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EXHIBIT
10.5
PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This PLEDGE AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 31, 2008 (as amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time, this “ Security Agreement ”), is made
by FLOTEK INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation and each
subsidiary of the Borrower signatory hereto (together with the
Borrower, the “ Grantors ” and individually, a
“ Grantor ”), in favor of WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
(“ Wells Fargo ”), as administrative agent
(together with any successor(s) and assign(s) thereto, in such
capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) for each
of the Secured Parties (as defined below).
WITNESSETH
:
WHEREAS, pursuant
to a Credit Agreement, dated as of March 31, 2008 (as amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the
Borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto (the
“ Lenders ”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as the
Administrative Agent, as the issuing lender (in such capacity, the
“ Issuing Lender ”), and as the swing line
lender (in such capacity, the “ Swing Line Lender
”) have extended Commitments to the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the terms of the Credit Agreement, and in consideration of the
loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the letters of credit
issued by the Issuing Lender for the account of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary of the Borrower (including certain of the Grantors),
certain Grantors have executed and delivered certain Guaranty
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Guaranty
”), guaranteeing the Secured Obligations (as defined in the
Credit Agreement); and
WHEREAS, as a
condition precedent to the execution of the Credit Agreement, each
Grantor is required to execute and deliver this Security Agreement;
and
WHEREAS, it is in
the best interests of each Grantor to execute this Security
Agreement inasmuch as each Grantor will derive substantial direct
and indirect benefits from the transactions contemplated by the
Credit Agreement, and in order to induce the Lenders or their
Affiliates to enter into one or more Hedging Arrangements with the
Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, and in order to induce the
Lenders or their Affiliates to provide Banking Services to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, each Grantor is willing to
execute and deliver and perform its obligations under this Security
Agreement to secure its obligations under the Guaranty and the
other Credit Documents;
NOW, THEREFORE, for
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor agrees, for the benefit
of each Secured Party, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1.
Certain Terms . The following terms (whether or not
underscored) when used in this Security Agreement, including its
preamble and recitals, shall have the following meanings (such
definitions to be equally applicable to the singular and plural
forms thereof):
“
Administrative Agent ” is defined in the
preamble .
“
Certificated Equipment ” means any Equipment the
ownership of which is evidenced by a certificate of title or for
which applicable Legal Requirement requires the issuance of a
certificate of title.
“
Collateral ” is defined in Section 2.1
.
“
Collateral Account ” is defined in
Section 4.3(b) .
“ Computer
Hardware and Software Collateral ” means (a) all
computer and other electronic data processing hardware, integrated
computer systems, central processing units, memory units, display
terminals, printers, features, computer elements, card readers,
tape drives, hard and soft disk drives, cables, electrical supply
hardware, generators, power equalizers, accessories and all
peripheral devices and other related computer hardware, including
all operating system software, utilities and application programs
in whatsoever form, (b) software programs (including both
source code, object code and all related applications and data
files), designed for use on the computers and electronic data
processing hardware described in clause (a) above,
(c) all firmware associated therewith, (d) all
documentation (including flow charts, logic diagrams, manuals,
guides, specifications, training materials, charts and pseudo
codes) with respect to such hardware, software and firmware
described in the preceding clauses (a) through
(c) , and (e) all rights with respect to all of the
foregoing, including copyrights, licenses, options, warranties,
service contracts, program services, test rights, maintenance
rights, support rights, improvement rights, renewal rights and
indemnifications and any substitutions, replacements, improvements,
error corrections, updates, additions or model conversions of any
of the foregoing.
“ Control
Agreement ” means an authenticated record in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, that
provides for the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of
the Secured Parties) to have “control” (as defined in
the UCC) over certain Collateral.
“
Copyright Collateral ” means all copyrights of any
Grantor, registered or unregistered and whether published or
unpublished, now or hereafter in force throughout the world
including all of such Grantor’s rights, titles and interests
in and to all copyrights registered in the United States Copyright
Office or anywhere else in the world, including without limitation
those copyrights referred to in Item C of Schedule
III hereto, and registrations and recordings thereof and all
applications for registration thereof, whether pending or in
preparation, all copyright licenses, the right to sue for past,
present and future infringements of any of the foregoing, all
rights corresponding thereto, all extensions and renewals of any
thereof and all Proceeds of the foregoing, including licenses,
royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and Proceeds of suit,
which are owned or licensed by such Grantor.
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“ Credit
Agreement ” is defined in the first recital
.
“
Distributions ” means all cash, cash dividends, stock
dividends, other distributions, liquidating dividends, shares of
stock resulting from (or in connection with the exercise of) stock
splits, reclassifications, warrants, options, non-cash dividends,
and all other distributions or payments (whether similar or
dissimilar to the foregoing) on or with respect to, or on account
of, any Pledged Share or Pledged Interest or other rights or
interests constituting Collateral.
“
Equipment ” is defined in Section 2.1(a)
.
“ Excluded
Stock ” means 34% of the Equity Interests in each direct
Foreign Subsidiary of the Grantors.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of Borrower that is a
“controlled foreign corporation” as defined in
Section 957 of the Code.
“ General
Intangibles ” means all “general intangibles”
and all “payment intangibles”, each as defined in the
UCC, and shall include all interest rate or currency protection or
hedging arrangements, all tax refunds, all licenses, permits,
concessions and authorizations and all Intellectual Property
Collateral (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as
general intangibles under the UCC).
“
Governmental Approval ” is defined in
Section 2.1(f) .
“
Grantor ” is defined in the preamble
.
“
Indemnified Parties ” is defined in
Section 6.4(a) .
“
Intellectual Property Collateral ” means,
collectively, the Computer Hardware and Software Collateral, the
Copyright Collateral, the Patent Collateral, the Trademark
Collateral and the Trade Secrets Collateral.
“
Inventory ” is defined in Section 2.1(b)
.
“
Lenders ” is defined in the first recital
.
“
Obligor ” means the Borrower or any
Guarantor.
“ Patent
Collateral ” means (a) all inventions and
discoveries, whether patentable or not, all letters patent and
applications for letters patent throughout the world, including
without limitation those patents referred to in Item A of
Schedule III hereto, and any patent applications in
preparation for filing, (b) all reissues, divisions,
continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and
reexaminations of any of the items described in clause (a) ,
(c) all patent licenses, and other agreements providing any
Grantor with the right to use any items of the type referred to in
clauses (a) and (b) above, and
(d) all Proceeds of, and rights associated with, the foregoing
(including licenses, royalties income, payments, claims, damages
and Proceeds of infringement suits), the right to sue third parties
for past, present or future infringements of any patent or patent
application, and for breach or enforcement of any patent
license.
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“
Permitted Liens ” means all Liens permitted by
Section 6.2 of the Credit Agreement or any other Credit
Document.
“ Pledged
Interests ” means all Equity Interests or other ownership
interests of any Pledged Interests Issuer described in Item
A of Schedule I hereto; all registrations, certificates,
articles, by-laws, regulations, limited liability company
agreements or constitutive agreements governing or representing any
such interests; all options and other rights, contractual or
otherwise, at any time existing with respect to such interests, as
such interests are amended, modified, or supplemented from time to
time, and together with any interests in any Pledge Interests
Issuer taken in extension or renewal thereof or substitution
therefor.
“ Pledged
Interests Issuer ” means each Person identified in
Item A of Schedule I hereto as the issuer of the
Pledged Shares or the Pledged Interests identified opposite the
name of such Person.
“ Pledged
Note Issuer ” means each Person identified in Item
B of Schedule I hereto as the issuer of the Pledged
Notes identified opposite the name of such Person.
“ Pledged
Notes ” means all promissory notes of any Pledged Note
Issuer evidencing Debt incurred pursuant to
Section 6.1(b) of the Credit Agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent
delivered by any Grantor to the Administrative Agent as Pledged
Property hereunder, as such promissory notes, in accordance with
Section 7.3 , are amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time and together with any promissory note of any
Pledged Note Issuer taken in extension or renewal thereof or
substitution therefor.
“ Pledged
Property ” means all Pledged Notes, Pledged Interests,
Pledged Shares, all assignments of any amounts due or to become due
with respect to the Pledged Interests or the Pledged Shares, all
other instruments which are now being delivered by any Grantor to
the Administrative Agent or may from time to time hereafter be
delivered by any Grantor to the Administrative Agent for the
purpose of pledge under this Security Agreement or any other Credit
Document, and all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“ Pledged
Shares ” means all Equity Interests of any Pledged
Interests Issuer identified under Item A of Schedule
I which are delivered by any Grantor to the Administrative
Agent as Pledged Property hereunder.
“
Receivables ” is defined in Section 2.1(c)
.
“ Related
Contracts ” is defined in Section 2.1(c)
.
“ Secured
Obligations ” is defined in Section 2.2
.
“ Secured
Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the Credit
Agreement.
“
Securities Act ” is defined in
Section 6.2(a) .
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“ Security
Agreement ” is defined in the preamble
.
“
Termination Date ” means the date that all Secured
Obligations (other than contingent Obligations with respect to
indemnity and reimbursement of expenses as to which no claim has
been made as of the time of determination) have been paid in full
in cash, all Letters of Credit have been terminated or expired (or
been cash collateralized to the satisfaction of the Issuing
Lender), all Hedging Arrangements with any Secured Party have been
terminated or novated to a counterparty that is not Secured Party,
and all Commitments shall have terminated.
“
Trademark Collateral ” means (a) (i) all
trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business
names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks,
certification marks, collective marks, logos and other source or
business identifiers, and all goodwill of the business associated
therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, including
without limitation those trademarks referred to in Item B of
Schedule III hereto, whether currently in use or not, all
registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in
connection therewith, whether pending or in preparation for filing,
including registrations, recordings and applications in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or in any office or agency of
the United States of America, or any State thereof or any other
country or political subdivision thereof or otherwise, and all
common-law rights relating to the foregoing, and (ii) the
right to obtain all reissues, extensions or renewals of the
foregoing (collectively referred to as the “ Trademark
”), (b) all trademark licenses for the grant by or to
any Grantor of any right to use any trademark, (c) all of the
goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized
by the items described in, clause (a) , and to the extent
applicable clause (b) , (d) the right to sue third
parties for past, present and future infringements of any Trademark
Collateral described in clause (a) and, to the extent
applicable, clause (b) , and (e) all Proceeds of, and
rights associated with, the foregoing, including any claim by any
Grantor against third parties for past, present or future
infringement or dilution of any Trademark, Trademark registration
or Trademark license, or for any injury to the goodwill associated
with the use of any such Trademark or for breach or enforcement of
any Trademark license and all rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world.
“ Trade
Secrets Collateral ” means all common law and statutory
trade secrets and all other confidential, proprietary or useful
information and all know-how obtained by or used in or contemplated
at any time for use in the business of any Grantor, (all of the
foregoing being collectively called a “ Trade Secret
”), including all Documents and things embodying,
incorporating or referring in any way to such Trade Secret, all
Trade Secret licenses, and including the right to sue for and to
enjoin and to collect damages for the actual or threatened
misappropriation of any Trade Secret and for the breach or
enforcement of any such Trade Secret license.
“ UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the
State of Texas, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
SECTION 1.2.
Credit Agreement Definitions . Unless otherwise defined
herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this
Security Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, have the
meanings provided in the Credit Agreement.
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SECTION 1.3. UCC
Definitions . Unless otherwise defined herein or the context
otherwise requires, terms for which meanings are provided in the
UCC are used in this Security Agreement, including its preamble and
recitals, with such meanings.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY INTEREST
SECTION 2.1.
Grant of Security Interest . Each Grantor hereby pledges,
hypothecates, assigns, charges, mortgages, delivers, and transfers
to the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the ratable
benefit of each of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the ratable benefit of
each of the other Secured Parties, a continuing security interest
in all of such Grantor’s following property, whether now or
hereafter existing, owned or acquired by such Grantor, and wherever
located, (collectively, the “ Collateral
”):
(a) all
equipment in all of its forms (including but not limited to
drilling platforms and rigs and remotely operated vehicles,
trenchers, and other equipment used by any Grantor, vehicles, motor
vehicles, rolling stock, vessels, aircraft), of such Grantor,
wherever located, and all machinery, apparatus, installation
facilities and other tangible personal property, and all parts
thereof and all accessions, additions, attachments, improvements,
substitutions, replacements and proceeds thereto and therefore (any
and all of the foregoing being the “ Equipment
”);
(b) all
inventory in all of its forms of such Grantor, wherever located,
including (i) all oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons and all
products and substances derived therefrom, all raw materials and
work in process therefore, finished goods thereof, and materials
used or consumed in the manufacture or production thereof,
(ii) all goods in which such Grantor has an interest in mass
or a joint or other interest or right of any kind (including goods
in which such Grantor has an interest or right as consignee), and
(iii) all goods which are returned to or repossessed by such
Grantor, and all accessions thereto, products thereof and documents
therefore (any and all such inventory, materials, goods,
accessions, products and documents being the “
Inventory ”);
(c) all
accounts, money, payment intangibles, deposit accounts (including
the Collateral Accounts and all amounts on deposit therein and all
cash equivalent investments carried therein and all proceeds
thereof), contracts, contract rights, all rights constituting a
right to the payment of money, chattel paper, documents, documents
of title, instruments, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights
and General Intangibles of such Grantor, whether or not earned by
performance or arising out of or in connection with the sale or
lease of goods or the rendering of services, including all moneys
due or to become due in repayment of any loans or advances, and all
rights of such Grantor now or hereafter existing in and to all
security agreements, guaranties, leases, agreements and other
contracts securing or otherwise relating to any such accounts,
money, payment intangibles, deposit accounts, contracts, contract
rights, rights to the payment of money, chattel paper, documents,
documents of title, instruments, letters of credit,
letter-of-credit rights and General Intangibles (any and all such
accounts, money, payment intangibles, deposit accounts, contracts,
contract rights, rights to the payment of money, chattel
paper,
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documents,
documents of title, instruments, letters of credit,
letter-of-credit rights and General Intangibles being the “
Receivables ”, and any and all such security
agreements, guaranties, leases, agreements and other contracts
being the “ Related Contracts ”);
(d) all
Intellectual Property Collateral of such Grantor;
(e) all
books, correspondence, credit files, records, invoices, tapes,
cards, computer runs, writings, data bases, information in all
forms, paper and documents and other property relating to, used or
useful in connection with, evidencing, embodying, incorporating or
referring to, any of the foregoing in this Section 2.1
;
(f) all
governmental approvals, permits, licenses, authorizations,
consents, rulings, tariffs, rates, certifications, waivers,
exemptions, filings, claims, orders, judgments and decrees (each a
“ Governmental Approval ”), to the extent a
security interest may be granted therein; provided that any
Governmental Approval that by its terms or by operation of law
would be void, voidable, terminable or revocable if mortgaged,
pledged or assigned hereunder is expressly excepted and excluded
from the Liens and terms of this Security Agreement, including the
grant of security interest in this Section 2.1
;
(g) all
interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and
interest rate collar agreements, and all other agreements or
arrangements designed to protect such Grantor against fluctuations
in interest rates or currency exchange rates and all commodity
hedge, commodity swap, exchange, forward, future, floor, collar or
cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or
arrangements designed to protect such Grantor against fluctuations
in commodity prices (including, without limitation, any Hedging
Arrangement);
(h) to the
extent not included in the foregoing, all bank accounts, investment
property, fixtures and supporting obligations;
(i) all
Pledged Interests, Pledged Notes, Pledged Shares and any other
Pledged Property whether now or hereafter delivered to the
Administrative Agent in connection with this Security Agreement and
all Distributions, interest, and other payments and rights with
respect to such Pledged Property;
(j) all
accessions, substitutions, replacements, products, offspring,
rents, issues, profits, returns, income and proceeds of and from
any and all of the foregoing Collateral (including proceeds which
constitute property of the types described in clauses
(a) , (b) , (c) , (d) , (e) ,
(f) , (g) , (h), and (i) and proceeds
deposited from time to time in any lock boxes of such Grantor, and,
to the extent not otherwise included, all payments and proceeds
under insurance (whether or not the Administrative Agent is the
loss payee thereof), or any condemnation award, indemnity, warranty
or guaranty, payable by reason of loss or damage to or otherwise
with respect to any of the Collateral); and
(k) all of
such Grantor’s other property and rights of every kind and
description and interests therein, including without limitation,
all other “ Accounts ”, “ Certificated
Securities ”, “ Chattel Paper ”,
“ Commercial Tort Claims ”, “
Commodity
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Accounts
”, “ Commodity Contracts ”, “
Deposit Accounts ”, “ Documents ”,
“ Equipment ”, “ Fixtures ”,
“ General Intangibles ”, “ Goods
”, “ Instruments ”, “
Inventory ”, “ Investment Property
”, “ Letter of Credit Rights ”, “
Letters of Credit ”, “Money”, “
Proceeds ”, “ Securities ”, “
Securities Account ”, “ Security
Entitlements ”, “ Supporting Obligations
” and “ Uncertificated Securities ” as
such terms are defined in the UCC;
Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, Excluded Equity shall be excluded
from the lien and security interest granted hereunder (and shall,
as applicable, not be included as “Collateral”, General
Intangibles”, “Investment Property”, or
“Pledged Property” for the purposes hereof.
SECTION 2.2.
Security for Obligations . This Security Agreement, and the
Collateral in which the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties is granted a security interest hereunder by each
Grantor, secures the prompt and indefeasible payment in full and
performance of all Secured Obligations (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) of each Grantor and each other Obligor now or hereafter
existing, whether for principal, interest, costs, fees, expenses or
otherwise, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct
or indirect, primary or secondary, fixed or absolute or contingent,
joint or several, or now or hereafter existing under this Security
Agreement and each other Credit Document to which it is or may
become a party (all such Secured Obligations and other obligations
of each Grantor being the “ Secured Obligations
”).
SECTION 2.3.
Continuing Security Interest; Transfer of Loans;
Reinstatement . This Security Agreement shall create
continuing security interests in the Collateral and shall
(a) remain in full force and effect until the Termination
Date, (b) be binding upon each Grantor and its successors,
transferees and assigns, and (c) inure, together with the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent hereunder, to the
benefit of the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party
and its respective successors, transferees and assigns, subject to
the limitations as set forth in the Credit Agreement. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c) , any
Lender may assign or otherwise transfer (in whole or in part) any
Note or any Advance held by it as provided in
Section 9.7 of the Credit Agreement, and any successor
or assignee thereof shall thereupon become vested with all the
rights and benefits in respect thereof granted to such Secured
Party under any Credit Document (including this Security
Agreement), or otherwise, subject, however, to any contrary
provisions in such assignment or transfer, and as applicable to the
provisions of Section 9.7 and Article 8 of the
Credit Agreement. If at any time all or any part of any payment
theretofore applied by the Administrative Agent or any Secured
Party to any of the Secured Obligations is or must be rescinded or
returned by the Administrative Agent or any such Secured Party for
any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the
insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding
of any Grantor or any other Person), such Secured Obligations
shall, for purposes of this Security Agreement, to the extent that
such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have
continued to be in existence, notwithstanding any application by
the Administrative Agent or such Secured Party or any termination
agreement or release provided to any Grantor, and this Security
Agreement shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case
may be, as to such Secured Obligations, all as though such
application by the Administrative Agent or such Secured Party had
not been made .
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SECTION 2.4.
Grantors Remain Liable . Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable under
the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral to the
extent set forth therein, and will perform all of its duties and
obligations under such contracts and agreements to the same extent
as if this Security Agreement had not been executed, (b) the
exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of its rights hereunder
shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations
under any such contracts or agreements included in the Collateral,
and (c) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured
Party shall have any obligation or liability under any contracts or
agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this Security
Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent nor any Secured Party
be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any
Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any
claim for payment assigned hereunder.
SECTION 2.5.
Delivery of Pledged Property .
(a) Other
than as provided in the last sentence of Section 4.5 below,
all certificates or instruments representing or evidencing any
Collateral, including all Pledged Shares and Pledged Notes, shall
be delivered to and held by or on behalf of (or in the case of the
Pledged Notes, endorsed to the order of) the Administrative Agent
pursuant hereto, shall be in suitable form for transfer by
delivery, and shall be accompanied by all necessary indorsements or
instruments of transfer or assignment, duly executed in
blank.
(b) To the
extent any of the Collateral constitutes an “uncertificated
security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the
UCC) or a “security entitlement” (as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC), the applicable Grantor shall
take and cause the appropriate Person (including any issuer,
entitlement holder or securities intermediary thereof) to take all
actions necessary to grant “control” (as defined in
8-106 of the UCC) to the Administrative Agent (for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties) over such Collateral.
SECTION 2.6.
Distributions on Pledged Shares . In the event that any
Distribution with respect to any Pledged Shares or Pledged
Interests pledged hereunder is permitted to be paid (in accordance
with Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement), such
Distribution or payment may be paid directly to the applicable
Grantor. If any Distribution is made in contravention of
Section 6.9 of the Credit Agreement, the applicable
Grantor shall hold the same segregated and in trust for the
Administrative Agent until paid to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with Section 4.1(e) .
SECTION 2.7.
Security Interest Absolute, etc . This Security Agreement
shall in all respects be a continuing, absolute, unconditional and
irrevocable grant of security interest, and shall remain in full
force and effect until the Termination Date. All rights of the
Secured Parties and the security interests granted to the
Administrative Agent (for its benefit and the ratable benefit of
each other Secured Party) hereunder, and all obligations of each
Grantor hereunder, shall, in each case, be absolute, unconditional
and irrevocable irrespective of (a) any lack of validity,
legality or enforceability of any Credit Document, (b) the
failure of any Secured Party (i) to assert any claim or demand
or to enforce any right or remedy against any Grantor or any other
Person under the provisions of any Credit Document or otherwise, or
(ii) to exercise any
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right or remedy against any
other guarantor of, or collateral securing, any Secured
Obligations, (c) any change in the time, manner or place of
payment of, or in any other term of, all or any part of the Secured
Obligations, or any other extension, compromise or renewal of any
Secured Obligations, (d) any reduction, limitation, impairment
or termination of any Secured Obligations (except in the case of
the occurrence of the Termination Date) for any reason, including
any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise,
and shall not be subject to (and each Grantor hereby waives any
right to or claim of) any defense or setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity,
illegality, nongenuineness, irregularity, compromise,
unenforceability of, or any other event or occurrence affecting,
any Secured Obligations or otherwise, (e) any amendment to,
rescission, waiver, or other modification of, or any consent to or
departure from, any of the terms of any Credit Document,
(f) any addition, exchange or release of any Collateral of the
Secured Obligations, or any surrender or non-perfection of any
collateral, or any amendment to or waiver or release or addition
to, or consent to or departure from, any other guaranty held by any
Secured Party securing any of the Secured Obligations, or
(g) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, any
Grantor or any other Obligor, any surety or any
guarantor.
SECTION 2.8.
Waiver of Subrogation . Until one year and one day after the
Termination Date, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim
or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against any
Obligor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or
enforcement of such Grantor’s obligations under this Security
Agreement or any other Credit Document, including any right of
subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration or indemnification, any
right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Secured Party
against any Obligor or any collateral which any Secured Party now
has or hereafter acquires, whether or not such claim, remedy or
right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law,
including the right to take or receive from any Obligor, directly
or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any
manner, payment or security on account of such claim or other
rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Grantor in violation of
the preceding sentence and the Secured Obligations shall not have
been indefeasibly paid in full in cash or all Commitments and all
other commitments by any Secured Party to any Obligor have not been
terminated or all Letters of Credit have not terminated or expired,
then such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Grantor
for the benefit of, and held in trust for, the Administrative Agent
(on behalf of the Secured Parties), and shall forthwith be paid to
the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied upon the
Secured Obligations, whether matured or unmatured. Each Grantor
acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from
the financing arrangements contemplated by the Credit Agreement and
that the waiver set forth in this Section 2.8 is
knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
SECTION 2.9.
Election of Remedies . Except as otherwise provided in the
Credit Agreement, if any Secured Party may, under applicable law,
proceed to realize its benefits under any of this Security
Agreement or the other Credit Documents giving any Secured Party a
lien upon any Collateral, either by judicial foreclosure or by
non-judicial sale or enforcement, such Secured Party may, at its
sole option, determine which of its remedies or rights it may
pursue without affecting any of its rights and remedies under this
Security Agreement. If, in the exercise of any of its rights and
remedies, any Secured Party shall forfeit any of its rights or
remedies, including its right to enter a deficiency judgment
against any Obligor or any other
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Person, whether because of
any applicable laws pertaining to “election of
remedies” or the like, each Grantor hereby consents to such
action by such Secured Party and waives any claim based upon such
action, even if such action by such Secured Party shall result in a
full or partial loss of any rights of subrogation that such Grantor
might otherwise have had but for such action by such Secured
Party.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
In order to induce
the Secured Parties to enter into the Credit Agreement and make
Advances thereunder and for the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of
Credit thereunder, and to induce the Secured Parties to enter into
Hedging Arrangements, each Grantor represents and warrants unto
each Secured Party, as at date hereof and at the date of each
pledge and delivery hereunder by such Grantor to the Administrative
Agent of any Collateral (including each pledge and delivery of any
Pledged Shares or Pledged Notes), as set forth in this
Article.
SECTION 3.1.
Validity, etc . This Security Agreement and the other Credit
Documents to which such Grantor is a party constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligations of such Grantor, enforceable against
such Grantor in accordance with their respective terms (except, in
any case, as such enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by principles of
equity).
SECTION 3.2.
Ownership, No Liens, etc . Such Grantor is the legal and
beneficial owner of, and has good and defensible title to (and has
full right and authority to pledge, grant and assign) the
Collateral, free and clear of all Liens, except for any Lien
(a) granted pursuant to this Security Agreement in favor of
the Administrative Agent, or (b) that is a Permitted Lien. No
effective UCC financing statement or other filing similar in effect
covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any
recording office, except those filed in favor of the Administrative
Agent relating to this Security Agreement, Permitted Liens or as to
which a duly authorized termination statement relating to such UCC
financing statement or other instrument has been delivered to the
Administrative Agent on the Effective Date. This Security Agreement
creates a valid security interest in the Collateral, securing the
payment of the Secured Obligations, and, except for the proper
filing of the applicable filing statements with the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware, all filings and other actions
necessary to perfect and protect such security interest have been
duly taken and such security interest shall be a first priority
security interest.
SECTION 3.3. As
to Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries, Investment Property
.
(a) With
respect to the Pledged Shares, all such Pledged Shares are duly
authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and
represented by a certificate.
(b) With
respect to the Pledged Interests, no such Pledged Interests
(i) are dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in
securities markets, (ii) expressly provide that such Pledged
Interests are securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC, or
(iii) are held in a Securities Account, except, with respect
to this clause (b) , Pledged Interests (A)
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for which the
Administrative Agent is the registered owner or (B) with
respect to which the Pledged Interests Issuer has agreed in an
authenticated record with such Grantor and the Administrative Agent
to comply with any instructions of the Administrative Agent without
the consent of such Grantor.
(c) Such
Grantor has delivered all Certificated Securities constituting
Collateral held by such Grantor on the Effective Date to the
Administrative Agent, together with duly executed undated blank
stock powers, or other equivalent instruments of transfer
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(d) With
respect to Uncertificated Securities constituting Collateral owned
by such Grantor, such Grantor has caused the Pledged Interests
Issuer or other issuer thereof either (i) to register the
Administrative Agent as the registered owner of such security, or
(ii) to agree in an authenticated record with such Grantor and
the Administrative Agent that such Pledged Interests Issuer or
other issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such
security originated by the Administrative Agent without further
consent of such Grantor.
(e) The
percentage of the issued and outstanding Pledged Shares and Pledged
Interests of each Issuer pledged by such Grantor hereunder is as
set forth on Schedule I . All of the Pledged Shares and
Pledged Interests constitute one hundred percent (100%) of
such Grantor’s interest in the applicable Pledged Interests
Issuer and the percentage of the total membership, partnership
and/or other equity interests in the Pledged Interests Issuer
indicated on Schedule I .
(f) Such
Grantor has no outstanding rights, rights to subscribe, options,
warrants or convertible securities outstanding or any other rights
outstanding whereby any Person would be entitled to acquire shares,
member interests or units of any Pledged Interest
Issuer.
(g) In the
case of each Pledged Note, all of such Pledged Notes have been duly
authorized, executed, endorsed, issued and delivered, and are the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuers thereof, and are
not in default.
SECTION 3.4.
Grantor’s Name, Location, etc .
(a) (i) the
jurisdiction in which such Grantor is located for purposes of
Sections 9.301 and 9.307 of the UCC is set forth in Item A-1
of Schedule II hereto, (ii) the place of business of
such Grantor or, if such Grantor has more than one place of
business, the chief executive office of such Grantor and the office
where such Grantor keeps its records concerning the Receivables,
and all originals of all chattel paper which evidence Receivables,
is set forth in Item A-2 of Schedule II hereto, and
(iii) such Grantor’s federal taxpayer identification
number is set forth in Item A-3 of Schedule II
hereto.
(b) Such
Grantor has not been known by any legal name different from the one
set forth on the signature page hereto, nor has such Grantor been
the subject of any merger or other corporate reorganization, except
as set forth in Item B of Schedule II
hereto.
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(c) Such
Grantor is not a party to any federal, state or local government
contract except contracts with Mineral Management Services or other
Federal leases.
(d) Such
Grantor does not maintain any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts
or Commodity Accounts with any Person, in each case, except as set
forth on Item C of Schedule II .
(e) None of
the Receivables is evidenced by a promissory note or other
instrument other than a promissory note or instrument that has been
delivered to the Administrative Agent (with appropriate
endorsements).
(f) Such
Grantor is not the beneficiary of any Letters of Credit, except as
set forth on Item D of Schedule II (as such schedule
may be amended or supplemented from time to time) hereto and such
Grantor has obtained the consent of each issuer of any Letter of
Credit with a stated amount in excess of $250,000 to the assignment
of the proceeds of the letter of credit to the Administrative
Agent.
(g) Such
Grantor does not have Commercial Tort Claims (i) in which a
suit has been filed by such Grantor, and (ii) where the amount
of damages reasonably expected to be claimed exceeds $250,000,
except as set forth on Item E of Schedule II
.
(h) The name
set forth on the signature page attached hereto is the true and
correct legal name (as defined in the UCC) of such
Grantor.
(i) Such
Grantor has obtained a legal, valid and enforceable consent of each
issuer of any Letter of Credit with a stated amount in excess of
$250,000 to the assignment of the Proceeds of such Letter of Credit
to the Administrative Agent and has not consented to, and is
otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Administrative Agent
pursuant hereto) having control (within the meaning of
Section 9.104 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in any
of such Grantor’s rights in respect thereof.
SECTION 3.5.
Possession of Inventory, Control; etc . Such Grantor
(a) has exclusive possession and control, subject to Permitted
Liens, of the Equipment and Inventory, and (b) is the sole
entitlement holder of its Accounts and no other Person (other than
the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement or any
other Person with respect to Permitted Liens) has
“control” or “possession” of, or any other
interest in, any of its Accounts or any other securities or
property credited thereto except as permitted pursuant to this
Security Agreement.
SECTION 3.6.
Negotiable Documents, Instruments and Chattel Paper . Such
Grantor has, contemporaneously herewith, delivered to the
Administrative Agent possession of all originals of all Documents,
Instruments, Promissory Notes, Pledged Notes and tangible Chattel
Paper owned or held by such Grantor (duly endorsed, in blank, if
requested by the Administrative Agent).
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SECTION 3.7.
Intellectual Property Collateral . Such Grantor represents
that except for any Patent Collateral, Trademark Collateral, and
Copyright Collateral specified in Item A , Item B and
Item C , respectively, of Schedule III hereto,
and any and Trade Secrets Collateral, such Grantor owns and has no
interests in any Intellectual Property Collateral as of the date
hereof, other than the Computer Hardware and Software Collateral.
Such Grantor further represents and warrants that, with respect to
all Intellectual Property Collateral (a) such Intellectual
Property Collateral is valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable
and has not been abandoned or adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in
whole or in part except as could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect, (b) such Grantor is the sole and
exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and
interest in and to such Intellectual Property Collateral, subject
to Permitted Liens, and no claim has been made that the use of such
Intellectual Property Collateral does or may, conflict with,
infringe, misappropriate, dilute, misuse or otherwise violate any
of the rights of any third party in any material respects,
(c) such Grantor has made all necessary filings and
recordations to protect its interest in such material Intellectual
Property Collateral, including recordations of any of its interests
in the Patent Collateral and Trademark Collateral in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office and in corresponding offices
throughout the world, and its claims to the Copyright Collateral in
the United States Copyright Office and in corresponding offices
throughout the world, and, to the extent necessary, has used proper
statutory notice in connection with its use of any material patent,
Trademark and copyright in any of the Intellectual Property
Collateral, (d) such Grantor has taken all reasonable steps to
safeguard its Trade Secrets and to its knowledge none of the Trade
Secrets of such Grantor has been used, divulged, disclosed or
appropriated for the benefit of any other Person other than such
Grantor, (e) to such Grantor’s knowledge, no third party
is infringing upon any material Intellectual Property owned or used
by such Grantor in any material respect, or any of its respective
licensees, (f) no settlement or consents, covenants not to
sue, nonassertion assurances, or releases have been entered into by
such Grantor or to which such Grantor is bound that adversely
affects its rights to own or use any Intellectual Property except
as would not reasonably have a Material Adverse Effect,
(g) such Grantor has not made a previous assignment, sale,
transfer or agreement constituting a present or future assignment,
sale or transfer of any Intellectual Property for purposes of
granting a security interest or as Collateral that has not been
terminated or released, (h) such Grantor uses adequate
standards of quality in the manufacture, distribution, and sale of
all products sold and in the provision of all services rendered
under or in connection with any Trademarks and has taken all
commercially reasonable action necessary to insure that any
licensees of any Trademarks owned by such Grantor use such adequate
standards of quality, (i) the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Credit Agreement and this Security Agreement
will not result in the termination or material impairment of any
material portion of the Intellectual Property Collateral, and
(j) such Grantor owns directly or is entitled to use by
license or otherwise, any patents, trademarks, tradenames, Trade
Secrets, copyrights, mask works, licenses, technology, know-how,
processes and rights with respect to any of the foregoing used in,
and necessary for the conduct of such Grantor’s business in
any material respect.
SECTION 3.8.
Authorization, Approval, etc . Except as have been obtained
or made and are in full force and effect, no Governmental Approval,
authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other third party is
required either (a) for the grant by such Grantor of the
security interest granted hereby or for the execution, delivery and
performance of this Security Agreement by such Grantor,
(b) for the
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perfection or maintenance of
the security interests hereunder including the first priority
(subject to Permitted Liens) nature of such security interest
(e
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