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JUNIOR LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Security Agreement

JUNIOR LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT | Document Parties: UNISYS CORP | CONVERGENT, INC | DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY | UNISYS AFRICA HOLDING, INC | UNISYS AP INVESTMENT COMPANY | UNISYS CHINA LIMITED | Unisys Corporation | UNISYS DE CENTRO AMERICA, SA | UNISYS DE COLOMBIA, SA | UNISYS DEL PERU LLC | Unisys Holding Corporation | UNISYS ITEM PROCESSING SERVICES LLC | UNISYS JAPAN, LTD | UNISYS NPL, INC | UNISYS PHILIPPINES LIMITED | UNISYS PUERTO RICO, INC | UNISYS PULSEPOINT COMMUNICATIONS | UNISYS SOUTH AMERICA LLC | UNISYS SUDAMERICANA CORPORATION | UNISYS TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC | UNISYS WORLD SERVICES, INC | UNISYS WORLD TRADE, INC You are currently viewing:
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UNISYS CORP | CONVERGENT, INC | DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY | UNISYS AFRICA HOLDING, INC | UNISYS AP INVESTMENT COMPANY | UNISYS CHINA LIMITED | Unisys Corporation | UNISYS DE CENTRO AMERICA, SA | UNISYS DE COLOMBIA, SA | UNISYS DEL PERU LLC | Unisys Holding Corporation | UNISYS ITEM PROCESSING SERVICES LLC | UNISYS JAPAN, LTD | UNISYS NPL, INC | UNISYS PHILIPPINES LIMITED | UNISYS PUERTO RICO, INC | UNISYS PULSEPOINT COMMUNICATIONS | UNISYS SOUTH AMERICA LLC | UNISYS SUDAMERICANA CORPORATION | UNISYS TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC | UNISYS WORLD SERVICES, INC | UNISYS WORLD TRADE, INC

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Title: JUNIOR LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Date: 8/3/2009
Industry: Computer Services     Sector: Technology

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JUNIOR LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of July 31, 2009
among
EACH OF UNISYS CORPORATION
AND
THE OTHER GRANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Collateral Trustee

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

 

 

 

SECTION 1.
1.1General Definitions

 

DEFINITIONS; GRANT OF SECURITY

1.2Definitions; Interpretation

SECTION 2.
2.1Grant of Security

 

GRANT OF SECURITY

2.2Certain Limited Exclusions

SECTION 3.

 

SECURITY FOR JUNIOR LIEN OBLIGATIONS; GRANTORS REMAIN LIABLE

3.1Security for Junior Lien Obligations

3.2Continuing Liability Under Collateral

SECTION 4.

 

CERTAIN PERFECTION REQUIREMENTS

 

 

4.1

 

Delivery, Control and Intellectual Property Recording Requirements—Collateral Owned on the Original Issue Date

 

 

 

4.2

 

Other Actions

 

 

 

4.3

 

Delivery, Control and Intellectual Property Recording Requirements—Collateral Owned or Acquired after the Original Issue Date

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.
5.1Grantor Information and Status

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

5.2Collateral Identification, Special Collateral

5.3Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens

5.4Status of Security Interest
5.5Goods and Receivables

 

5.6Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property

5.7Intellectual Property
SECTION 6.
6.1Grantor Information and Status

 


COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

6.2Collateral Identification; Special Collateral

6.3Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens

6.4Status of Security Interest
6.5Goods and Receivables

 

6.6Pledged Equity Interests, Investment Related Property

6.7Intellectual Property
SECTION 7.
7.1Right of Inspection
7.2Further Assurances
7.3Additional Grantors
SECTION 8.
8.1Power of Attorney

 


RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND FURTHER ASSURANCES; ADDITIONAL GRANTORS



COLLATERAL TRUSTEE APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

8.2No Duty on the Part of Collateral Trustee or Secured Parties

SECTION 9.
9.1Generally
9.2Application of Proceeds
9.3Sales on Credit
9.4Investment Related Property

 

REMEDIES



9.5Grant of Intellectual Property License

9.6Intellectual Property
9.7Cash Proceeds; Deposit Accounts
SECTION 10.
SECTION 11.
SECTION 12.
SECTION 13.

 



COLLATERAL TRUSTEE; COLLATERAL TRUST AGREEMENT
CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST
STANDARD OF CARE; COLLATERAL TRUSTEE MAY PERFORM
MISCELLANEOUS

SCHEDULE 5.1 — GENERAL INFORMATION

SCHEDULE 5.2 — COLLATERAL IDENTIFICATION

SCHEDULE 5.4 — FINANCING STATEMENTS

SCHEDULE 5.7 — INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

EXHIBIT A — PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT

EXHIBIT B — TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT C — COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT D — PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This JUNIOR LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT , dated as of July 31, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the Collateral Trust Agreement referred to below, this “ Agreement ”), among Unisys Corporation (the “ Company ”) and each of the subsidiary guarantors party hereto from time to time, whether as an original signatory hereto or as an Additional Grantor (as herein defined) (each, a “ Grantor ”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral trustee for the Secured Parties (as herein defined) (in such capacity as collateral trustee, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “ Collateral Trustee ”).

RECITALS:

WHEREAS , reference is made to (a) that certain Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), by and among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors named therein and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as second lien trustee thereunder (the “ Trustee ”) and (b) that certain Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Collateral Trust Agreement ”), by and among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Trustee, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as first lien trustee thereunder, and the Collateral Trustee; and

WHEREAS , each Grantor has agreed to secure such Grantor’s obligations under the Indenture and any future Junior Lien Documents (as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement) as set forth herein.

NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, each Grantor and the Collateral Trustee agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; GRANT OF SECURITY.

1.1 General Definitions. In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Grantors ” has the meaning assigned in Section 7.3.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereinafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

Cash Proceeds ” has the meaning assigned in Section 9.7.

Collateral ” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.1.

Collateral Account ” means any account established by the Collateral Trustee.

Collateral Trust Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Collateral Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Collateral Records ” means books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, supplier lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software and related documentation, computer printouts, tapes, disks and other electronic storage media and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization thereupon.

Collateral Support ” means all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated or otherwise securing any Collateral and shall include any security agreement or other agreement granting a Lien or security interest in such real or personal property.

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Control ” means: (i) with respect to any Deposit Accounts, control within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC, (ii) with respect to any Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Commodity Contract or Commodity Account, control within the meaning of Section 9-106 of the UCC, (iii) with respect to any Uncertificated Securities, control within the meaning of Section 8-106(c) of the UCC, (iv) with respect to any Certificated Security, control within the meaning of Section 8-106(a) or (b) of the UCC, (v) with respect to any Electronic Chattel Paper, control within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC, (vi) with respect to Letter-of-Credit Rights, control within the meaning of Section 9-107 of the UCC and (vii) with respect to any “transferable record” (as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction), control within the meaning of Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in the jurisdiction relevant to such transferable record.

Controlled Foreign Corporation ” means “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Copyright Licenses ” means any and all written agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the granting of any right in or to any Copyright.

Copyrights ” means all United States, and foreign copyrights (including European Union Community designs), including but not limited to copyrights in software and all rights in and to databases, and all Mask Works (as defined under 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, protectable designs, moral rights, reversionary interests, termination rights, and, with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications therefor including, without limitation, the registrations and applications required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Copyrights” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof), (ii) all extensions and renewals thereof, (iii) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for past, present and future infringements thereof, (iv) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (v) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

Grantors ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Guarantor Obligations ” means, with respect to any Grantor other than the Company, all obligations and liabilities of such Grantor which may arise under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Junior Lien Document to which such Grantor is a party (including, without limitation, Article 11 of the Indenture), in each case whether on account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all attorney costs that are required to be paid by such Grantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Junior Lien Document).

Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.

Insurance ” means all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Collateral Trustee is the loss payee thereof).

Intellectual Property ” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks, the Trademark Licenses, and all trade secrets and all other confidential or proprietary information and know-how.

Investment Accounts ” means the Collateral Account, Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts and Deposit Accounts.

Investment Related Property ” means: (i) all “investment property” (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and (ii) all of the following (regardless of whether classified as investment property under the UCC): all Pledged Equity Interests, Pledged Debt, Investment Accounts and certificates of deposit.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company or the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies of the Collateral Trustee under any Junior Lien Document or (c) the ability of any Grantor to perform its obligations under any Junior Lien Document to which it is a party.

Material Intellectual Property ” shall mean any Intellectual Property included in the Collateral which is material to the business of any Grantor or is otherwise of material value.

Patent Licenses ” means all written agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the granting of any right in or to any Patent.

Patents ” means all United States and foreign patents and certificates of invention, or similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to: (i) each patent and patent application required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Patents” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof), (ii) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all rights to sue or otherwise recover for past, present and future infringements thereof, (iv) all licenses, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit arising therefrom, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

Pledge Supplement ” means any supplement to this Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A .

Pledged Debt ” means all indebtedness for borrowed money owed to such Grantor, whether or not evidenced by any Instrument, including, without limitation, all indebtedness described on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged Debt” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof), issued by the obligors named therein, the instruments, if any, evidencing any of the foregoing, any other promissory note at any time issued to or held by any Grantor, 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 or all of the foregoing.

Pledged Equity Interests ” means all Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests.

Pledged LLC Interests ” means all interests directly owned by a Grantor in any limited liability company and each series thereof including, without limitation, all limited liability company interests listed on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged LLC Interests” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof) and the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of such 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.

Pledged Partnership Interests ” means all interests directly owned by a Grantor in any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership including, without limitation, all partnership interests listed on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged Partnership Interests” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof) and 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.

Pledged Stock ” means all shares of capital stock directly owned by a Grantor, including, without limitation, all shares of capital stock described on Schedule 5.2(I) under the heading “Pledged Stock” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof), and the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any direct interest of such Grantor in the entries on the books of the issuer of such shares or on the books 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.

“Quarterly Reporting Date” means the date on which quarterly financial statements are required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to any Junior Lien Document, including without limitation the date on which quarterly and annual reports would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such reports.

Receivables ” means all 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, including, without limitation all such rights constituting or evidenced by any Account, Chattel Paper, Instrument, General Intangible or Investment Related Property, together with all of Grantor’s 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; provided , that, Receivables will not include any 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, that are transferred or purported to be transferred in a Permitted Securitization Program.

Receivables Records ” means (i) all original copies of all documents, instruments or other writings or electronic records or other Records evidencing the Receivables, (ii) all books, correspondence, credit or other files, Records, ledger sheets or cards, invoices, and other papers relating to Receivables, including, without limitation, all tapes, cards, computer tapes, computer discs, computer runs, record keeping systems and other papers and documents relating to the Receivables, 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, secured parties 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 Receivable.

Secured Obligations ” means (i) in the case of the Company, its Junior Lien Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement), and (ii) in the case of each other Grantor, its Guarantor Obligations.

Secured Parties ” means the holders of the Junior Lien Obligations.

Securities ” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.

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

Trademark Licenses ” means any and all written agreements, licenses and covenants providing for the granting of any right in or to any Trademark.

Trademarks ” means all United States, and foreign trademarks, trade names, trade dress, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, Internet domain names, service marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of a like nature, whether or not registered, including, but not limited to: (i) the registrations and applications required to be listed in Schedule 5.2(II) under the heading “Trademarks” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof), (ii) all extensions or renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by any of the foregoing, (iv) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any past, present and future infringement, dilution or other violation of any of the foregoing or for any injury to goodwill, (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, license fees, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, and (vi) all other rights of any kind accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto throughout the world.

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided , however , that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, priority or remedies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.2

 

 

United States ” means the United States of America.
Definitions; Interpretation.

(a) In this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meaning given to them in the UCC (and, if defined in more than one Article of the UCC, shall have the meaning given in Article 9 thereof): “Account”, “Account Debtor”, “As-Extracted Collateral”, “Bank”, “Certificated Security”, “Chattel Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claims”, “Commodity Account”, “Commodity Contract”, “Consignee”, “Consignment”, “Consignor”, “Deposit Account”, “Document”, “Entitlement Order”, “Electronic Chattel Paper”, “Equipment”, “Farm Products”, “Fixtures”, “General Intangible”, “Goods”, “Health-Care-Insurance Receivable”, “Instrument”, “Inventory”, “Letter of Credit Right”, “Manufactured Home”, “Money”, “Proceeds”, “Record”, “Securities Account”, “Securities Intermediary”, “Security Certificate”, “Security Entitlement”, “Supporting Obligations”, “Tangible Chattel Paper” and “Uncertificated Security”.

(b) All other capitalized terms used herein (including the preamble and recitals hereto) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Collateral Trust Agreement. The incorporation by reference of terms defined in the Collateral Trust Agreement shall survive any termination of the Collateral Trust Agreement until this Agreement is terminated as provided in Section 11 hereof. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. Any references in this Agreement to “Articles” and/or “Sections” which make reference to any particular piece of legislation or statute, including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code and/or the UCC shall for greater certainty mean the equivalent section in the applicable piece of legislation to the extent that the context implies reference to such other similar or equivalent legislation as in effect from time to time in any other applicable jurisdiction, as applicable. Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect. The use herein of the word “include” or “including”, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting language (such as “without limitation” or “but not limited to” or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license, as applicable. If any conflict or inconsistency exists between this Agreement and the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Collateral Trust Agreement shall govern. All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all successor provisions under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC.

SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY.

2.1 Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Trustee, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and continuing lien on all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property of such Grantor, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.2, including, but not limited to the following, in each case whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired, created or arising and wherever located (all of which being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “ Collateral ”), as collateral security for, the prompt and complete payment or performance in full when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including the payment of amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code (and any successor provision thereof)), of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations:

(a) Accounts;

(b) Chattel Paper;

(c) Documents;

(d) Fixtures;

(e) General Intangibles;

(f) Goods (including, without limitation, Inventory and Equipment);

(g) Instruments;

(h) Insurance;

(i) Intellectual Property;

(j) Investment Related Property (including, without limitation, Deposit Accounts);

(k) Letter-of-Credit Rights;

(l) Money;

(m) Receivables and Receivables Records;

(n) Commercial Tort Claims listed on Schedule 5.2(III) (as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof);

(o) to the extent not otherwise included above, all other personal property of any kind and all Collateral Records, Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations relating to any of the foregoing; and

(p) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Proceeds, products, accessions, rents and profits of or in respect of any of the foregoing.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of (i) the lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by such Collateral Trustee hereunder is subject to the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement and subordinate to the security interests granted to the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the Priority Lien Representatives and the holders of the Priority Lien Debt. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement will govern.

2.2 Certain Limited Exclusions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Collateral include or the security interest granted under Section 2.1 hereof attach to any of the following (the “ Excluded Property ”) (a) any lease, license, contract, property right or agreement to which any Grantor is a party, and any of its rights or interests thereunder, if and to the extent that a security interest is (i) prohibited by or in violation of any law, rule or regulation applicable to such Grantor, or (ii) will constitute or result in a breach, termination or default under or requires any consent not obtained under any such lease, license, contract, property right or agreement (other than to the extent that any such law, rule, regulation, term, provision or condition would be rendered ineffective with respect to the creation of the security interest in the Collateral pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity); provided that the Collateral shall include (and such security interest shall attach to any such lease, license, contract, property right or agreement) immediately at such time as any such contractual or legal prohibition shall no longer be applicable and to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such lease, license, contract, property right or agreement not subject to the prohibitions specified in subclauses (i) or (ii) of this clause (a); provided further that the exclusions referred to in clause (a) of this Section 2.2 shall not include any Proceeds of any such lease, license, contract, property right or agreement; (b) any real property or fixtures located outside of the United States and any leasehold interests in real property; (c) any of the outstanding capital stock of a Controlled Foreign Corporation in excess of 65% of the voting power of all classes of capital stock of such Controlled Foreign Corporation entitled to vote; provided that immediately upon the amendment of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, to allow the pledge of a greater percentage of the voting power of capital stock in a Controlled Foreign Corporation without adverse tax consequences, the Collateral shall include, and the security interest granted by each Grantor shall attach to, such greater percentage of capital stock of each Controlled Foreign Corporation; (d) any other property or assets in which a Lien cannot be perfected by (i) the filing of a financing statement under the UCC of the relevant jurisdiction or (ii) a filing at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or the U.S. Copyright Offices, so long as the aggregate Fair Market Value of all such property and assets does not at any one time exceed $20.0 million; (e) any deposit account for taxes, payroll, employee benefits or similar items and any other account or financial asset in which such security interest would be unlawful or in violation of any Plan or employee benefit agreement; (f) accounts receivable and related assets transferred or purported to be transferred in a Permitted Securitization Program; (g) assets, with respect to which any applicable law prohibits the creation or perfection of security interests therein; (h) Deposit Accounts or checking accounts with a value of less than, or having funds or other assets credited thereto with a value of less than, $1.0 million individually, so long as the aggregate balance of all such deposit and checking accounts does not at any one time exceed $10.0 million; (i) any motor vehicles, vessels and aircraft, or other property subject to a certificate of title; (j) any intent-to-use application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law; (k) any cash or Cash Equivalents securing reimbursement obligations under letters of credit or surety bonds, which letters of credit and surety bonds are otherwise not secured by Priority Liens, Junior Liens or Permitted ABL Liens; and (l) any equity interests in any joint venture with a third party that is not an Affiliate, to the extent a pledge of such equity interests is prohibited by the documents governing such joint venture; provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not include any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property referred to above and such Proceeds shall not constitute “Excluded Property” (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property referred to above).

SECTION 3. SECURITY FOR JUNIOR LIEN OBLIGATIONS; GRANTORS REMAIN LIABLE.

3.1 Intentionally Omitted.

3.2 Continuing Liability Under Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Collateral Trustee or any Secured Party, (b) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Collateral Trustee nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Collateral Trustee nor any Secured Party have any obligation to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, and (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Trustee of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral.

SECTION 4. CERTAIN PERFECTION REQUIREMENTS.

4.1 Delivery, Control and Intellectual Property Recording Requirements—Collateral Owned on the Original Issue Date.

With respect to any Collateral owned by a Grantor on the Original Issue Date, each Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to take the following actions on the Original Issue Date and to the extent any actions cannot be taken by the Original Issue Date, each Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions promptly following the Original Issue Date (but in any event no later than 90 days thereafter):

(a) With respect to any Certificated Securities included in the Collateral, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Trustee the Security Certificates evidencing such Certificated Securities duly indorsed by an effective indorsement (within the meaning of Section 8-107 of the UCC), or accompanied by share transfer powers or other instruments of transfer duly endorsed by such an effective endorsement, in each case, to the Collateral Trustee or in blank. In addition, each Grantor shall cause any certificates, if any, evidencing any Pledged Equity Interests, including, without limitation, any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, to be similarly delivered to the Collateral Trustee regardless of whether such Pledged Equity Interests constitute Certificated Securities;

(b) With respect to any Instruments included in the Collateral, each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Collateral Trustee all such Instruments duly indorsed in blank; provided , however , that such delivery requirement shall not apply to any Instruments having a face amount of less than $4.0 million;

(c) With respect to any Tangible Chattel Paper included in the Collateral, each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Collateral Trustee all such Tangible Chattel Paper duly indorsed in blank; provided , however , that such delivery requirement shall not apply to (i) any Tangible Chattel Paper having a face amount of less than $7.5 million and (ii) any Tangible Chattel Paper relating to accounts receivable payable by a Person that is not a Grantor that are due to a Grantor within 60 days of sale and that arise in the ordinary course of business pursuant to forms of sales documentation containing a grant or reservation of security interest clause in favor of a Grantor;

(d) With respect to any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Commodity Accounts and Commodity Contracts included in the Collateral, each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Collateral Trustee to have Control thereof, for any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Commodity Accounts and Commodity Contracts as set forth on Schedule 5.2(I) as of the Original Issue Date; provided , however , that such Control requirement shall not apply to any accounts held outside of the United States. With respect to any Securities Accounts or Securities Entitlements, such Control shall be accomplished by the Grantor causing the Securities Intermediary maintaining such Securities Account or Security Entitlement to enter into an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Trustee pursuant to which the Securities Intermediary shall agree to comply with the Collateral Trustee’s Entitlement Orders in accordance with and subject to the Collateral Trust Agreement without further consent by such Grantor; provided , further , the Collateral Trustee agrees that it shall not issue any Entitlement Order unless a Secured Debt Default has occurred and is continuing. With respect to any Deposit Account, each Grantor shall cause the depositary institution maintaining such account to enter into an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Trustee, pursuant to which the Bank shall agree to, upon notice from the Collateral Trustee that a Secured Debt Default has occurred and is continuing, comply with the Collateral Trustee’s instructions with respect to disposition of funds in the Deposit Account without further consent by such Grantor. With respect to any Commodity Accounts or Commodity Contracts each Grantor shall cause Control in favor of the Collateral Trustee in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Trustee;

(e) With respect to any Uncertificated Security included in the Collateral (other than any Uncertificated Securities credited to a Securities Account), each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the issuer of such Uncertificated Security to either (i) so long as a Secured Debt Default has occurred and is continuing, register the Collateral Trustee as the registered owner thereof on the books and records of the issuer or (ii) execute an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Trustee, pursuant to which such issuer agrees to, upon notice from the Collateral Trustee that a Secured Debt Default has occurred and is continuing, comply with the Collateral Trustee’s instructions with respect to such Uncertificated Security in accordance with and subject to the Collateral Trust Agreement without further consent by such Grantor; provided , however , that the foregoing requirement shall not apply to any Uncertificated Security having a value of less than $1.0 million;

(f) With respect to any Letter-of-Credit Rights included in the Collateral (other than any Letter-of-Credit Rights constituting a Supporting Obligation for a Receivable in which the Collateral Trustee has a valid and perfected security interest), Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that Collateral Trustee has Control thereof by obtaining the written consent of each issuer of each related letter of credit to the assignment of the proceeds of such letter of credit to the Collateral Trustee; provided , however , that such Control requirement shall not apply to any letter of credit having a principal amount of less than $2.0 million;

(g) With respect to any Electronic Chattel Paper or “transferable record” (as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction) included in the Collateral, each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Collateral Trustee has Control thereof; provided , however , that such Control requirement shall not apply to any Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record (i) having a face amount of less than $7.5 million and (ii) relating to accounts receivable payable by a Person that is not a Grantor that are due to a Grantor within 60 days of sale and that arise in the ordinary course of business pursuant to forms of sales documentation containing a grant or reservation of security interest clause in favor of a Grantor;

(h) In the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created) consisting of U.S. Patents and Patent Licenses in respect of U.S. Patents for which any Grantor is the exclusive licensee, Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Trustee a Patent Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto (or a supplement thereto) covering all such Patents and Patent Licenses in appropriate form for recordation with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with respect to the security interest of the Collateral Trustee;

(i) In the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created) consisting of U.S. Trademarks and Trademark Licenses in respect of registered U.S. Trademarks for which any Grantor is the exclusive licensee, Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Trustee a Trademark Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto (or a supplement thereto) covering all such Trademarks and Trademark Licenses in appropriate form for recordation with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with respect to the security interest of the Collateral Trustee; and

(j) In the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created) consisting of registered U.S. Copyrights and Copyright Licenses in respect of registered U.S. Copyrights for which any Grantor is the exclusive licensee, Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Trustee a Copyright Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (or a supplement thereto) covering all such Copyright and Copyright Licenses in appropriate form for recordation with the U.S. Copyright Office with respect to the security interest of the Collateral Trustee.

With respect to Section 4.1(b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g), to the extent after using commercially reasonable efforts a Grantor has not delivered to the Collateral Trustee, ensured the Collateral Trustee has Control, or otherwise satisfied the provisions of such sections with respect to any item of Collateral covered thereby, such Grantor agrees that it will not deliver or give Control over such item of Collateral to any other Person.

4.2 Other Actions. With respect to any Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests included in the Collateral, if the Grantors own less than 100% of the equity interests in any issuer of such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests, Grantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of each other holder of partnership interest or limited liability company interests in such issuer to the security interest of the Collateral Trustee hereunder and following a Secured Debt Default, the transfer of such Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests to the Collateral Trustee or its designee, and to the substitution of the Collateral Trustee or its designee as a partner or member with all the rights and powers related thereto. Each Grantor consents to the grant by each other Grantor of a Lien in all Investment Related Property to the Collateral Trustee and without limiting the generality of the foregoing consents to the transfer of any Pledged Partnership Interest and any Pledged LLC Interest to the Collateral Trustee or its designee if a Secured Debt Default has occurred and is continuing and to the substitution of the Collateral Trustee or its designee as a partner in any partnership or as a member in any limited liability company with all the rights and powers related thereto if a Secured Debt Default has occurred and is continuing.

4.3 Delivery, Control and Intellectual Property Recording Requirements—Collateral Owned or Acquired after the Original Issue Date. In the event that any Grantor acquires rights in Collateral (including without limitation by acquisition of a new Grantor and the opening of or entering into of any Deposit Account, Securities Account, Security Entitlement, Commodity Account and Commodity Contact) after the Original Issue Date, such Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take the actions listed in Section 4.1 on the date of acquisition and to the extent any actions cannot be taken by the date of acquisition, such Grantor will use commercially reasonable efforts to take such actions promptly following the date of acquisition, but in any event no later than the Quarterly Reporting Date with respect to the fiscal quarter in which the creation or acquisition occurred.

In the event that any Grantor determines, after the Original Issue Date, that any issued or applied for Patent, registered or applied for Trademark, or registered or applied for Copyright that was previously anticipated to be abandoned, cancelled, or permitted to lapse by such Grantor will not actually be abandoned, cancelled, or permitted to lapse, such Grantor agrees that  with respect to such issued or applied for Patent, registered or applied for Trademark, or registered or applied for Copyright, as applicable, it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take the actions listed in Section 4.1 (h), (i), and (j) promptly, but, in any event, no later than the Quarterly Reporting Date with respect to the fiscal quarter in which such determination was made.

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, on the date hereof and on the date of incurrence of any Junior Lien Debt, that:

5.1 Grantor Information and Status.

(a) Schedule 5.1(A) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof) sets forth under the appropriate headings: (1) the full legal name of such Grantor, (2) the type of organization of such Grantor, (3) the jurisdiction of organization of such Grantor, (4) its organizational identification number, if any, and (5) the jurisdiction where the chief executive office or its sole place of business is located;

(b) except as provided on Schedule 5.1(B) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof), it has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business or its corporate structure in any way (e.g., by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) and has not done business under any other name, in each case, within the past five (5) years;

(c) it has not within the last five (5) years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as debtor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, which has not heretofore been terminated other than the agreements identified on Schedule 5.1(C) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof);

(d) such Grantor has been duly organized and is validly existing as an entity of the type as set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 5.1(A) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof) solely under the laws of the jurisdiction as set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on Schedule 5.1(A) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof) and remains duly existing as such. Such Grantor has not filed any certificates of dissolution or liquidation, any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction;

(e) the execution, delivery and performance by such Grantor of this Agreement are within such Grantor’s corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) violate the terms of such Grantor’s organizational documents, (b) violate or result in any breach of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than Liens created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens), or require any payment to be made under (i) any contractual obligation to which such Grantor is a party or which is binding upon such Grantor or the properties of such Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Grantor or its property is subject; or (c) violate any law; except with respect to any violation or breach (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (b) and (c) above, to the extent that such violation or breach could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(f) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Grantor, and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor, enforceable against such Grantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

5.2 Collateral Identification, Special Collateral.

(a) Schedule 5.2 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof) sets forth under the appropriate headings all of such Grantor’s: (1) Pledged Equity Interests, (2) Pledged Debt, (3) Securities Accounts with a value equal or greater than $1.0 million, (4) Deposit Accounts with a value equal or greater than $1.0 million, (5) Commodity Contracts and Commodity Accounts with a value equal or greater than $1.0 million, (6) all United States registrations of and applications for Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights owned by each Grantor, (7) Commercial Tort Claims other than any Commercial Tort Claims having a value of less than $2.0 million, (8) Letter-of-Credit Rights (other than any Letter-of-Credit Rights constituting a Supporting Obligation for a Receivable in which the Collateral Trustee has a valid and perfected security interest) for letters of credit other than any Letter-of-Credit Rights worth less than $2.0 million individually or $4.0 million in the aggregate and (9) the name and address of any warehouseman, or bailee in possession of any Inventory, Equipment and other tangible personal property other than any Inventory, Equipment or other tangible personal property having a value less than $10.0 million in the aggregate;

(b) except as provided in Section 6.2(a), none of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, (1) Farm Products, (2) As-Extracted Collateral, (3) Manufactured Homes, (4) Health-Care-Insurance Receivables; (5) timber to be cut, or (6) aircraft, aircraft engines, satellites, ships or railroad rolling stock; and

(c) all written information supplied by any Grantor with respect to any of the Collateral (in each case taken as a whole with respect to any particular Collateral) is accurate and complete in all material respects.

5.3 Ownership of Collateral and Absence of Other Liens.

(a) it owns the Collateral purported to be owned by it or otherwise has the rights it purports to have in each item of Collateral and, as to all Collateral whether now existing or hereafter acquired (including by way of lease or license), will continue to own or have such rights in each item of the Collateral (except as otherwise permitted by the Junior Lien Documents), in each case free and clear of any and all Liens, rights or claims of all other Persons, other than (i) any Permitted Liens and (ii) the Lien granted to the Collateral Trustee pursuant to this Agreement; and

(b) other than any financing statements filed in favor of the Collateral Trustee, no effective financing statement, fixture filing or other instrument similar in effect under any applicable law covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing or recording office except for (x) financing statements for which duly authorized proper termination statements have been delivered to the Collateral Trustee for filing and (y) financing statements filed in connection with Permitted Liens. Other than the Collateral Trustee and any automatic control in favor of a Bank, Securities Intermediary or commodity intermediary maintaining a Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Contract, no Person is in Control of any Collateral.

5.4 Status of Security Interest.

(a) upon the filing of financing statements naming each Grantor as “debtor”


 
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