EXHIBIT 10.3
PLEDGE
AGREEMENT
This
PLEDGE AGREEMENT (the “ Pledge Agreement
”), is made as of September 22, 2009, jointly and severally
by each of LoJack Corporation, (“ LoJack ”), and
the Canadian Borrowers and Foreign Borrowers defined in the Credit
Agreement referred to below (collectively with LoJack, the “
Pledgors ” and each sometimes referred to herein as a
“ Pledgor ”), in favor of RBS CITIZENS,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for itself and
the other Lenders hereinafter defined (the “
Agent ”).
WHEREAS
,
the Pledgors have entered into a Multicurrency Revolving Credit and
Term Loan Agreement dated as of July 20, 2007 with the Agent and
the other Lenders (the “ Lenders ”) defined
therein (as may be further amended, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”),
pursuant to which the Lenders have made loans to the
Pledgors;
WHEREAS
,
pursuant to a Waiver Agreement dated as of September 22, 2009 (the
“ Waiver Agreement ”), the Pledgors have agreed
to provide the Collateral defined herein to provide security for
the Obligations;
WHEREAS,
capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings given in the Credit Agreement or the Waiver Agreement, as
applicable;
WHEREAS
,
each Pledgor wishes to grant pledges, assignments and security
interests in favor of the Agent as herein provided; and
NOW,
THEREFORE , in
consideration of the premises contained herein and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Pledge of Collateral .
Each Pledgor
hereby pledges, assigns, grants a security interest in, and
delivers to the Agent for the benefit of Lenders the following
collateral (the “ Collateral ”):
(a) The
$22,500,000 of cash wired by the Borrower to its operating account
with the Agent ( the “Operating Account”)on September
21, 2009;
(b) All
right, title and interest of the Pledgors to the cash, cash
equivalents and proceeds to be maintained in that certain Deposit
Account to be created by the parties as possible after the date of
this Agreement, and to thereupon be listed on Schedule A
hereto, and into which the Agent will, upon creation of the
Account, move the $22,500,000 of cash collateral
referenced in Section 1(a) above (the “ Cash Collateral
Account ”),
(c) all
property credited to or on deposit from time to time in the Cash
Collateral Account;
(d) All
Cash Collateral and the Cash Collateral Account; and
(e) all
other property at any time assigned or pledged to the Agent
hereunder (whether described herein or not),
in each
case, together with all substitutions, accessions or additions
thereto, together with all proceeds and products thereof, and all
distributions, dividends, and income received thereon.
Each of the
Pledgors also hereby agrees to add additional cash or cash
equivalents to the Cash Collateral Account from time to time to the
extent required by the Waiver Agreement, all of which additional
amounts shall be Collateral hereunder.
Each of the
Pledgors also hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time
and from time to time to file in any filing office in any UCC
jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments
thereto indicating the Collateral.
2.
Definitions . The
term “ Obligations ” and all other capitalized
terms used herein without definition shall have the respective
meanings provided therefor in the Credit
Agreement. Terms used herein and not defined in the
Credit Agreement or otherwise defined herein that are defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(the “ UCC ”) have such defined meanings herein,
unless the context otherwise indicates or requires, and the
following additional terms shall have the following
meanings:
Cash
Collateral . See
§4.
Cash
Collateral Account . See
§1(b).
Operating
Account . See
§1(a).
3.
Security for Obligations . This
Agreement and the security interest in and assignment and pledge of
the Collateral hereunder are made with and granted to the Agent as
security for the payment and performance in full of all the
Obligations.
4.
Interest, Dividends, etc . Any
sums or other property paid or distributed upon or with respect to
any of the Collateral, whether by dividend, interest or redemption
or upon the liquidation or dissolution of the issuer thereof or
otherwise, shall be paid over and delivered to the Agent to be held
by the Agent as security for the payment and performance in full of
all of the Obligations.
4.1.
Cash Collateral Account . All
sums of money that are delivered to the Lender pursuant to this
§4 shall be deposited into the Cash Collateral
Account to
be maintained with the Agent and to be listed on Schedule A
hereto; provided, however, that as provided in Section 1, the
initial deposit of the Cash Collateral shall be made into the
Operating Account pending creation of the Cash Collateral
Account. The Cash Collateral Account will be an interest
bearing deposit account. The Cash Collateral Account,
all sums from time to time standing to the credit of the Cash
Collateral Account, including interest thereon, and any and all
proceeds of any thereof are hereinafter referred to as the “
Cash Collateral ”. Agent has and will have
“control” within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the
UCC of the Operating Account until such time as the Collateral is
transferred to the Cash Collateral Account, and thereafter of the
Cash Collateral Account.
4.2.
Withdrawals from Cash Collateral Account
. Except as
otherwise expressly provided in §14 upon termination of this
Pledge Agreement, until such time as the Cash Collateral
is transferred to the Cash Collateral Account, the
Pledgor shall have no right to withdraw (x) the Collateral from the
Operating Account and (y) the Pledgors shall have no right to
withdraw sums from the Cash Collateral Account, to receive any of
the Cash Collateral or to require the Agent to part with the
Agent's possession of any instruments or other writings evidencing
any deposits within the Cash Collateral Account..
5.
Warranty of Title; Authority .
Each Pledgor
hereby represents and warrants that:
(a) such
Pledgor has good and marketable title to the Collateral described
in §1, subject to no pledges, liens, security interests,
charges, options, restrictions or other encumbrances or other
adverse claims except the pledge, assignment and security interest
created by this Agreement,
(b) such
Pledgor has full power, authority and legal right to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to
pledge, assign and grant a security interest in all of the
Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, and
(c) the
execution, delivery and performance hereof and the pledge and
assignment of and granting of a security interest in the Collateral
hereunder have been duly authorized by such Pledgor and do not
contravene any law, rule or regulation or any judgment, decree or
order of any tribunal or of any agreement or instrument to which
such Pledgor is a party or by which such Pledgor or any of such
Pledgor's property is bound or affected or constitute a default
thereunder.
Each Pledgor
covenants that:
(x) the
Pledgor will defend the Agent's rights and security interest in the
Collateral against the claims and demands of all persons
whomsoever;
(y) the
Pledgor will have the like title to and right to pledge and assign
and grant a security interest in the Collateral hereafter pledged
or assigned or in which a security interest is granted to the Agent
hereunder and will likewise defend the Agent's rights, pledge,
assignment and security interest thereof and therein;
The
occurrence of the Termination Date (as defined in the Waiver
Agreement) shall constitute an “Event of Default” under
this Pledge Agreement. Upon occurrence of any Event of
Default, the Agent shall thereafter have the following rights and
remedies in addition to the rights and remedies of a secured party
under the Uniform Commercial Code of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, all such rights and remedies being cumulative, not
exclusive, and enforceable alternatively, successively or
concurrently, at such time or times as the Agent deems
expedient:
(a) the
Agent may demand, sue for, collect or make any compromise or
settlement the Agent deems suitable in respect of any of the
Collateral;
(b) the
Agent may sell, resell, assign or deliver or otherwise dispose of
any or all of the Collateral, for cash or credit or both and upon
such terms at such place or places, at such time or times and to
such entities or other persons as the Agent thinks expedient, all
without demand for performance by the Pledgors or any notice or
advertisement whatsoever except as expressly provided herein or as
may otherwise be required by law and the Agent may instruct any
custodian to effect the immediate sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or any part of the Collateral;
(c) the
Agent may cause all or any part of the Collateral to be transferred
into its name or the name of its nominee or nominees and, for such
purpose, without limitation upon any other rights or remedies
available to the Agent, may give instructions to such effect to any
issuer of any of the Collateral or any broker or other financial
intermediary or book-entry custodian in possession of any of the
Collateral or upon whose books any of the Collateral is then
registered; and
(d) the
Agent may set off or otherwise apply against any of the Obligations
any and all sums deposited with it or held by it, including without
limitation, any sums standing to the credit of the Cash Collateral
Account.
6.1.
Sale of Collateral .
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