Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
made by
POWER-ONE, INC.
and
EACH OTHER PLEDGOR
HEREUNDER
in favor
of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent
Dated as of
June 17, 2008
TABLE OF
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SECTION 1.
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Certain Definitions
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SECTION 2.
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Pledge of Security
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SECTION 3.
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Security for
Obligations
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SECTION 4.
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Delivery of Pledged
Equity
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SECTION 5.
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Representations and
Warranties
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SECTION 6.
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Covenants
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SECTION 7.
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Further Assurances
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SECTION 8.
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Voting Rights; Dividends;
Etc.
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SECTION 9.
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Collateral Agent Appointed
Attorney-in-Fact
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SECTION 10.
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Collateral Agent
May Perform; No Assumption
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SECTION 11.
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Standard of Care
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SECTION 12.
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Insurance Matters
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SECTION 13.
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Remedies
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SECTION 14.
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Application of
Proceeds
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SECTION 15.
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Indemnity and
Expenses
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SECTION 16.
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Set-Off
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SECTION 17.
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Continuing Security Interest;
Assigns
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SECTION 18.
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Additional Pledgors
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SECTION 19.
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Amendments; Etc.
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SECTION 20.
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Notices
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SECTION 21.
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Failure or Indulgence Not
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
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SECTION 22.
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Severability
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SECTION 23.
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Headings
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SECTION 24.
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Governing Law;
Terms
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SECTION 25.
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Consent to Jurisdiction and
Service of Process
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SECTION 26.
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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SECTION 27.
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Acknowledgments
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SECTION 28.
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Counterparts
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SECTION 29.
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Suretyship Waivers by
Pledgors, etc.
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SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This
PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated as
of June 17, 2008 and entered into by and among POWER-ONE,
INC. , a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”),
each of THE UNDERSIGNED DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES of
Company (each of such undersigned Subsidiaries being a “
Subsidiary Pledgor ” and collectively “
Subsidiary Pledgors, ”) and each Additional Pledgor
that may become a party hereto after the date hereof in accordance
with Section 18 hereof (each of Company, Subsidiary Pledgors
and each Additional Pledgor being a “ Pledgor ”
and collectively “ Pledgors ”), in favor of
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. , a national
banking association (in such capacity, together with its successors
and assigns, herein called “ Collateral Agent
”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
A.
Company and Collateral Agent are parties to an Indenture dated the
date hereof (said indenture, as it may hereafter be amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time, being the “Indenture” , the terms
defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used herein
as therein defined; the Indenture, together with this Agreement and
the other Security Documents, being collectively the “
Indenture Documents ”). The Indenture Documents
evidence and govern the issuance of debt securities (the “
Securities ”) by the Company in the original principal
amount of up to Eighty Million Dollars ($80,000,000).
B.
As a condition to the purchase of the Securities pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, the Company and each other Pledgor party hereto
is required to grant the security interests and undertake the
obligations contemplated by this Agreement.
C.
Each Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of certain shares of
stock, partnership interests, interests in joint ventures, limited
liability company interests and other equity interests (“
Equity Interests ”) in one or more Persons and/or
certain other assets and property described herein.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the agreements set forth herein and for other good
and valuable consideration, each Pledgor hereby agrees with
Collateral Agent (and acknowledges that such Pledgor’s
agreement to fulfill its obligations hereunder is a material and
essential part of the consideration and inducement of Collateral
Agent and the purchases of the Securities) as follows:
SECTION 1.
Certain Definitions .
(a)
The following terms used in this Agreement shall have the following
meanings:
“Account
Collateral” means each Pledgor’s right,
title and interest, whether now existing or hereafter acquired or
arising, in, to and under, each Deposit Account and Securities
Account (including any successor accounts to any such accounts) and
all amounts, investments
and any other
property (including, but not limited to, checks, securities,
financial assets, investment property, security entitlements and
instruments) at any time deposited in or credited to any such
account and all security entitlements with respect thereto,
including all income or gain earned thereon and any proceeds
thereof.
“ Account
Control Agreement ” means, in respect of a Deposit
Account, a Deposit Account Control Agreement, and in respect of a
Securities Account, a Securities Account Control
Agreement.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as
now or hereafter in effect.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means any of the following, to the extent
owned by a Pledgor free and clear of all Liens other than Liens
created under the Indenture Documents and having a maturity of not
greater than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof:
(a) readily marketable direct obligations of the Government of
the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof or
obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit
of the Government of the United States, (b) insured
certificates of deposit of or time deposits with any commercial
bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System, issues (or the
parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in
clause (c) below, is organized under the laws of the United
States or any State thereof and has combined capital and surplus of
at least $1,000,000,000, (c) commercial paper in an aggregate
amount of no more than $20,000,000 per issuer outstanding at any
time, issued by any corporation organized under the laws of any
State of the United States and rated at least “
Prime-1 ” (or the then equivalent grade) by
Moody’s or “ A-1 ” (or the then equivalent
grade) by S&P or (d) Investments, classified in accordance
with GAAP as current assets of any Pledgor, in money market funds
that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, that are administered by financial institutions that have
the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P
and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of
the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a),
(b) and (c) of this definition including, without
limitation, any such fund for which any Secured Party or an
Affiliate of a Secured Party serves as an investment advisor,
administrator, shareholder servicing agent, custodian or
sub-custodian, notwithstanding that (A) such Secured Party or
Affiliate of a Secured Party charges and collects fees and expenses
from such funds for services rendered (provided that such charges,
fees and expenses are on terms consistent with terms negotiated at
arm’s length) and (B) such Secured Party charges and
collects fees and expenses for services rendered, pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Contractual
Obligation” , as applied to any Person, means any
provision of any security issued by that Person or of any material
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of
its properties is subject.
“Copyrights”
means all items under copyright in various published and
unpublished works of authorship including, without limitation,
computer programs, computer data bases, other computer software
layouts, trade dress, drawings, designs, writings, and
formulas.
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“Copyright
Registrations” means all copyright registrations
issued to any Pledgor and applications for copyright registration
that have been or may hereafter be issued or applied for thereon in
the United States and any state thereof and in foreign
countries.
“Copyright
Rights” means all common law and other rights in
and to the Copyrights in the United States and any state thereof
and in foreign countries including all copyright licenses (but with
respect to such copyright licenses, only to the extent permitted by
such licensing arrangements), the right (but not the obligation) to
renew and extend Copyright Registrations and any such rights and to
register works protectable by copyright and the right (but not the
obligation) to sue in the name of any Pledgor or in the name of
Collateral Agent for past, present and future infringements of the
Copyrights and any such rights.
“Counterpart”
means a counterpart to this Agreement entered into by the Company
or a subsidiary of Company pursuant to Section 18 hereof.
“Deposit Account Control
Agreement” means, in respect of a Deposit Account,
a Deposit Account Control Agreement, in a form reasonably
acceptable to Collateral Agent, by and among the applicable
Pledgor, Collateral Agent and a depositary institution, granting
Collateral Agent Control over such Deposit Account.
“Designated Italian
Merger” means a merger or consolidation of
Power-One Italy Holdings S.p.A. with and into Power-One Italy
S.p.A., provided that upon the effectiveness of such merger
or consolidation, Company shall pledge all of the outstanding
Equity Interests of the surviving or resulting Person (subject to
the proviso to Section 2(a)), securing the payment of the
Secured Obligations, and within five Business Days after such
merger or consolidation, such pledge shall constitute a perfected
(to the extent such concept or an analogous concept is applicable
under the relevant laws) security interest in such Equity Interests
prior to all other Liens.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect
Subsidiary of Company that is incorporated or organized under the
laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or in the
District of Columbia.
“ Equity
Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, shares of
capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such
Person, warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or other
acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants,
rights or options for the purchase or other acquisition from such
Person of such shares (or such other interests), and other
ownership or profit interests in such Person (including, without
limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein),
whether voting or nonvoting.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect
Subsidiary of Company that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Grant”
means a Grant of Trademark Security Interest, substantially in the
form of Exhibit I annexed hereto, and a Grant of Patent
Security Interest, substantially in the form of
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Exhibit II annexed hereto, and
a Grant of Copyright Security Interest, substantially in the form
of Exhibit III annexed hereto.
“Intellectual Property
Collateral” means, with respect to any Pledgor all
right, title and interest (including rights acquired pursuant to a
license or otherwise but only to the extent permitted by agreements
governing such license or other use) in and to all
(i)
Copyrights, Copyright Registrations and Copyright Rights,
including, without limitation, each of the Copyrights, rights,
titles and interests in and to the Copyrights, all derivative works
and other works protectable by copyright, which are presently, or
in the future may be, owned, created (as a work for hire for the
benefit of such Pledgor), authored (as a work for hire for the
benefit of such Pledgor), or acquired by such Pledgor, in whole or
in part, and all Copyright Rights with respect thereto and all
Copyright Registrations therefor, heretofore or hereafter granted
or applied for, and all renewals and extensions thereof, throughout
the world;
(ii)
Patents;
(iii)
Trademarks, Trademark Registrations, the Trademark Rights and
goodwill of such Pledgor’s business symbolized by the
Trademarks and associated therewith;
(iv)
all trade secrets, trade secret rights, know-how, customer lists,
processes of production, ideas, confidential business information,
techniques, processes, formulas, and all other proprietary
information;
(v)
all proceeds thereof (such as, by way of example and not by
limitation, license royalties and proceeds of infringement
suits).
“Investment”
means, with respect to any Person, (a) any purchase or other
acquisition by such Person of (i) any Equity Interest issued
by, (ii) a beneficial interest in any Equity Interest issued
by, or (iii) any other equity ownership interest in, any other
Person, (b) any purchase by such Person of all or
substantially all of the assets of a business conducted by another
Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting the
business of a division, branch or other unit operation of any other
Person, (c) any loan, advance (other than deposits with
financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand, prepaid
expenses, accounts receivable and similar items made or incurred in
the ordinary course of business as presently conducted), or capital
contribution by such Person to any other Person, including all
Indebtedness of any other Person to such Person arising from a sale
of property by such Person other than in the ordinary course of its
business, (d) any guarantee obligation incurred by such Person
in respect of any obligation of another and (e) any purchase,
or entry into, of any derivative instrument or other contract by
such Person providing for the economic or risk equivalent of all or
any part of any investment in another Person of the type referred
to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d)
above.
“ IP
Filing Office ” means either the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO or PTO) or the United States Copyright
Office, as applicable.
“IP
Supplement” means an IP Supplement, substantially
in the form of Exhibit IV annexed hereto.
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“Lien”
means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest,
charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature
thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest) and any
option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the
practical effect of any of the foregoing.
“Patents”
means all patents and patent applications and rights and interests
in patents and patent applications under any domestic or foreign
law that are presently, or in the future may be, owned or held by a
Pledgor and all patents and patent applications and rights, title
and interests in patents and patent applications under any domestic
or foreign law that are presently, or in the future may be, owned
by such Pledgor in whole or in part, all rights (but not
obligations) corresponding thereto to sue for past, present and
future infringements and all re-issues, divisions, continuations,
renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof.
“Permitted
Dispositions” means (A) dispositions in the
ordinary course of business of inventory, (B) dispositions of
obsolete or worn out property (including obsolete or valueless
intellectual property), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in
the ordinary course of business, and dispositions of property
(including intellectual property) that are reasonably determined by
the Board of Directors of the disposing Pledgor (or, in the case of
any disposition or series of related dispositions in an amount not
in excess of $100,000, reasonably determined by the disposing
Pledgor) in good faith to be of no practical use to the business of
Company and its Subsidiaries, which dispositions do not, in the
aggregate, materially adversely affect the value of the Pledged
Collateral taken as a whole, in an aggregate amount not in excess
of $2,000,000 over the term of this Agreement,
(C) dispositions of cash or Cash Equivalents not otherwise
prohibited herein, (D) dispositions to any Pledgor not
otherwise prohibited by the Indenture Documents,
(E) dispositions of property to the extent such transaction
constitutes a Permitted Investment, and (F) dispositions of
equipment to the extent that such equipment is exchanged for credit
against the purchase price of similar replacement equipment.
“Permitted
Investments” means (i) Investments by
Company that are not through or in any Subsidiary or other Person
and that are (x) reasonably determined by Company to be
strategic in nature and to have a valid business purpose or
(y) in the ordinary course of business, (ii) Investments
in cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii) Investments in any Pledgor
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, any newly formed Domestic
or Foreign Subsidiary (first tier or otherwise) that has become a
Domestic or Foreign Subsidiary Pledgor hereunder),
(iv) Investments in any Subsidiary of a Pledgor that are in
existence as of the Issue Date, (v) Investments in the
ordinary course of business in any newly formed wholly-owned
Foreign Subsidiary of a newly formed first tier Domestic or Foreign
Subsidiary that has become a Domestic or Foreign Subsidiary Pledgor
hereunder where Company has in good faith reasonably determined
that the creation of the newly formed wholly-owned Foreign
Subsidiary and the Investment each have a valid business purpose
and do not materially impair the value of the Pledged Collateral
taken as a whole, (vi) Investments (including debt obligations
and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of
delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and
suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the
foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other
transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment, and
(vii) Investments by a Pledgor in equipment, fixed assets,
real property or improvements, or replacements or substitutions
therefor or additions thereto (excluding normal replacements and
maintenance which are properly charged to current
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operations as
operating expenses in accordance with GAAP), that have been or
should be, in accordance with GAAP, reflected as additions to
property, plant or equipment on a Consolidated balance sheet of
such Pledgor or have a useful life of more than one year,
(viii) lease, utility and other similar deposits in the
ordinary course of business, (ix) hedging or other derivative
obligations otherwise permitted to be incurred under the
Indebtedness covenants under the Indenture and incurred in the
ordinary course of business for a valid business purpose,
(x) receivables owing to Company or any Subsidiary if created
or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or
dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided,
however, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade
terms as Company or any such Subsidiary deems commercially
reasonable under the circumstances, (xi) Investments that are
advances paid to third-party contract manufacturers in the ordinary
course of business to purchase specialized equipment required to
produce specialized products for Company or its Subsidiaries, (xii)
Investments made by Company or a Subsidiary for consideration
consisting only of common Equity Interests of Company, (xiii)
stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts
created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company
or any Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments, (xiv) any other
Investment where Company has in good faith reasonably determined
that the Investment has a valid business purpose and does not
materially impair the value of the Pledged Collateral taken as a
whole if, upon the consummation of the Investment, the resulting
Investment has been pledged for the benefit of the Secured Parties
on a basis consistent with this Agreement and (xv) any other
Investments not specified above that do not in the aggregate, since
the Issue Date, exceed $1,000,000 (for purposes of calculating
which, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually
invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases
in the value of such Investment).
“Permitted
Securities” means (i) any security issued
under any Company or Subsidiary employee, officer and/or director
stock or option plan reflected in the financial statements
contained in Company’s March 30, 2008 Form 10-Q, or
under any Company or Subsidiary employee, officer and/or director
stock or option plan adopted in the ordinary course of business
after the date hereof, in each case whether directly or upon
exercise of any option or other security issued thereunder and
(ii) warrants for shares of Company’s common stock or
securities issued in connection with the exercise thereof.
“Pledged
Collateral” has the meaning provided therefor in
Section 2.
“ Secured
Parties ” means, collectively, the Trustee, Collateral
Agent and each Holder.
“Securities Account
Control Agreement” means, in respect of a
Securities Account, a Securities Account Control Agreement, in a
form reasonably acceptable to Collateral Agent, by and among the
applicable Pledgor, Collateral Agent and a Securities Intermediary,
granting Collateral Agent Control over such Securities Account.
“Trademarks”
means all trademarks, service marks, designs, logos, indicia,
tradenames, trade dress, corporate names, company names, business
names, fictitious business names, trade styles and/or other source
and/or business identifiers and applications pertaining thereto,
owned by a Pledgor, or hereafter adopted and used, in its
business.
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“Trademark
Registrations” means all registrations that have
been or may hereafter be issued or applied for thereon in the
United States and any state thereof and in foreign countries
(including, without limitation, the registrations and applications
set forth on Schedule VII annexed hereto).
“Trademark
Rights” means all common law and other rights (but
in no event any of the obligations) in and to the Trademarks in the
United States and any state thereof and in foreign countries.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code, as it exists on that date of the
Agreement or as it may hereafter be amended in the State of New
York.
(b)
The following terms are used herein as defined in the UCC:
Accounts, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort
Claims, Control, Deposit Account, Documents, Equipment, Farm
Products, Goods, Instruments, Inventory, Letter of Credit Rights,
Securities Account, Securities Intermediary and Supporting
Obligations.
SECTION 2.
Pledge of Security .
Each Pledgor hereby appoints Collateral Agent to act as collateral
agent hereunder and pledges and assigns to Collateral Agent, for
the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to
Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest in, all of such Pledgor’s right, title and
interest in and to the following (the “ Pledged
Collateral ”):
(a)
(i)
all of the Equity Interests now or hereafter owned by such Pledgor
in each Domestic Subsidiary that is or subsequently becomes a first
tier Subsidiary of Company;
(ii)
all of the Equity Interests now or hereafter owned by such Pledgor
in each Foreign Subsidiary of Company listed on Schedule I
;
in each case, whether
such Equity Interests are classified as investment property or
general intangibles under the UCC, and shall include all securities
convertible into, and rights, warrants, options and other rights to
purchase or otherwise acquire, any Equity Interest, and shall
include those owned on the date hereof and described in Schedule
I for such Pledgor, the certificates or other instruments
representing any of the foregoing and any interest of such Pledgor,
and all such interests hereafter acquired by Pledgors (or any of
them) and in the entries on the books of any Securities
Intermediary pertaining thereto (the “ Pledged Equity
”), and all distributions, dividends, and other property
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange therefore;
provided , that , if the
issuer of any such Pledged Equity is a controlled foreign
corporation (as such term is defined in Section 957(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), the Pledged Equity
shall not include any Equity Interests of such issuer to the extent
that creation of a security interest by Pledgor in such Equity
Interests could reasonably be expected to result in material
adverse tax consequences to Company, it being acknowledged and
agreed that the creation of a security interest in Equity Interests
possessing up to 66% of the voting power of all
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classes of Equity
Interests of such issuer entitled to vote will not result in such
adverse tax consequences;
(b)
the assets and property described in Schedule II for such
Pledgor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor
and howsoever its interest therein may arise or appear (whether by
ownership, security interest, claim or otherwise) (the “
Pledged Assets ”);
(c)
all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, computer
programs, tapes, disks and related data processing software that at
any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the
Pledged Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the
collection thereof or realization thereupon; and
(d)
to the extent not covered by clauses (a) and (b) above,
all proceeds of any or all of the foregoing Pledged
Collateral. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “
proceeds ” means all “proceeds” as such
term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC and, in any
event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other
income from such Pledged Collateral, collections thereon or
distributions or payments with respect thereto, whatever is
receivable or received when Pledged Collateral or proceeds are
sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise disposed of, whether such
disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes, without
limitation, proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty payable to
Pledgors or Collateral Agent from time to time with respect to any
of the Pledged Collateral.
SECTION 3.
Security for Obligations . This Agreement
secures, and the Pledged Collateral is collateral security for, the
prompt payment or performance in full when due, whether at stated
maturity, by required redemption, conversion, repurchase,
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, 11 U.S.C.
§362(a)), of all obligations and liabilities of every nature
of Company now or hereafter existing under or arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the Indenture Documents,
together with all extensions or renewals thereof, whether for
principal, interest (including without limitation interest that,
but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to any
Pledgor, would accrue on such obligations, whether or not a claim
is allowed against such Pledgor for such interest in the related
bankruptcy proceeding), fees, expenses, indemnities or otherwise,
whether voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed
with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or
extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or
any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to
the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered
directly or indirectly from Collateral Agent as a preference,
fraudulent transfer or otherwise; all other loans and future
advances made by Collateral Agent to any Pledgor and all other
debts, obligations and liabilities of each Pledgor or every kind
and character now or hereafter existing in favor of Collateral
Agent, whether direct or indirect, primary or secondary, joint or
several, fixed or contingent, secured or unsecured, and whether
originally payable to Collateral Agent or to a third party and
subsequently acquired by Collateral Agent, it being contemplated
that any Pledgor may hereafter become indebted to Collateral Agent
for such further debts, obligations and liabilities; and all
obligations of every nature of Pledgors now or hereafter existing
under this Agreement (all such obligations of Pledgors being the
“ Secured Obligations ”).
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SECTION 4.
Delivery of Pledged Equity . In the case of
Pledged Equity consisting of Certificated Securities or
Instruments, all such Certificated Securities or Instruments
representing or evidencing such Pledged Equity shall be delivered
to and held by or on behalf of Collateral Agent in a segregated
account pursuant hereto and shall be in suitable form for transfer
by delivery or, as applicable, shall be accompanied by the
applicable Pledgor’s endorsement, where necessary, or duly
executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in
form and substance satisfactory to Collateral Agent. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default,
Collateral Agent shall have the right, without notice to Pledgors,
to transfer to or to register in the name of Collateral Agent or
any of its nominees any or all of the Pledged Equity.
SECTION 5.
Representations and Warranties . Each
Pledgor represents and warrants as follows:
(a)
Organization and Powers . Such Pledgor is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing (solely in the
case of an entity incorporated or organized under the laws of the
United States of America or any state thereof or in any other
jurisdiction in which an entity may be in good standing) and has
all requisite power and authority to own and operate its
properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and proposed
to be conducted and to enter into this Agreement and carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(b)
Good Standing . Such Pledgor is qualified to do
business and in good standing (solely in the case of an entity
incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of
America or any state thereof or in any other jurisdiction in which
an entity may be in good standing) wherever necessary to carry on
its present business and operations, except in jurisdictions in
which the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not
had and will not have a material adverse effect on the business,
operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or
otherwise) of such Pledgor and its subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
(c)
Binding Obligation . This Agreement is the legally
valid and binding obligation of such Pledgor, enforceable against
it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws or equitable principles relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally.
(d)
Due Authorization, etc. of Pledged Collateral . All of
the Pledged Equity described in Schedule I for such Pledgor
has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and
non-assessable and represents all of the Pledged Equity owned
by such Pledgor.
(e)
Description of Pledged Collateral . The Pledged Equity
constitutes all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests in
each issuer thereof (subject to the proviso to Section 2(a)),
and there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to
purchase, or other agreements outstanding with respect to, or
property that is now or hereafter convertible into, or that
requires the issuance or sale of, any securities, or rights or
interest in any securities, of any of the issuers of any of the
Pledged Equity or any of the properties or assets of any of such
issuers.
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(f)
Ownership of Pledged Collateral . Such Pledgor is the
legal, record and beneficial owner of the Pledged Collateral and
its interests in the Pledged Collateral are free and clear of any
Lien except for the security interest created by this
Agreement.
(g)
Governmental Authorizations . No authorization,
approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either
(i) the pledge by such Pledgor of the Pledged Collateral
pursuant to this Agreement and the grant by such Pledgor of the
security interest granted hereby, (ii) the execution, delivery
or performance of this Agreement by such Pledgor, or (iii) the
exercise by Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights, or the
remedies in respect of the Pledged Collateral, provided for in this
Agreement (except as may be required in connection with a
disposition of Pledged Collateral by laws affecting the offering
and sale of securities generally).
(h)
Perfection . Upon (i) the filing of UCC financing
statements naming such Pledgor as “debtor,” naming
Collateral Agent as “secured party” and describing the
Pledged Collateral in the filing offices set forth on
Schedule III , (ii) in the case of Pledged
Collateral consisting of certificated securities or evidenced by
instruments, in addition to filing such financing statements,
delivery of the certificates representing such certificated
securities and delivery of such instruments to Collateral Agent, in
each case duly endorsed or accompanied by duly executed instruments
of assignment or transfer in blank (and in the case of Pledged
Collateral issued by a foreign issuer, any actions required under
foreign law to perfect (to the extent such concept or an analogous
concept is applicable under the relevant laws) a security interest
in such Pledged Collateral), (iii) in the case of the
Intellectual Property Collateral, in addition to the filing of such
UCC financing statements, the recordation of a Grant with the
applicable IP Filing Office, and (iv) in the case of Pledged
Collateral consisting of Account Collateral with respect to a
Deposit Account or Securities Account, the effectiveness of an
Account Control Agreement in respect of such Deposit Account or
Securities Account, the security interests in the Pledged
Collateral, granted to Collateral Agent, will constitute perfected
(to the extent such concept or an analogous concept is applicable
under the relevant laws) security interests in the Pledged
Collateral prior to all other Liens (except for Permitted Liens of
the types described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii),
(viii) (solely with respect to the extension, renewal or
refinancing of Indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described
in clause (vi) thereof), (ix) and (xii) of the definition
of Permitted Liens), securing the payment of the Secured
Obligations.
(i)
Office Locations; Type and Jurisdiction of Organization
. Such Pledgor’s name as it appears in official filings
in its jurisdiction of organization, type of organization (i.e.
corporation, limited liability company, etc.), jurisdiction of
organization, principal place of business, chief executive office,
office where such Pledgor keeps its records regarding the Pledged
Collateral, and organization number provided by the applicable
government authority of the jurisdiction of organization are set
forth on Schedule IV annexed hereto or the applicable
Counterpart.
(j)
Names . No Pledgor (or predecessor by merger or
otherwise of such Pledgor) has, within the five-year period
preceding the date hereof, or, in the case of an Additional
Pledgor, the date of the applicable Counterpart, had a different
name from the name `
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such Pledgor listed on the signature pages hereof, except the
names set forth on Schedule IV annexed hereto or the
applicable Counterpart.
(k)
Margin Regulations . The pledge of the Pledged
Collateral pursuant to this Agreement does not violate Regulation
T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
(l)
Account Collateral . The value of cash and other
property in all Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
constituting Pledged Collateral, that are not subject to effective
Account Control Agreements, does not, in the aggregate, exceed
$1,000,000.
(m)
Other Information . All information heretofore, herein
or hereafter supplied to Collateral Agent by or on behalf of such
Pledgor with respect to the Pledged Collateral is accurate and
complete in all material respects.
(n)
Account Debtors . None of the account debtors or other
persons obligated on any of the portions of the Pledged Assets
consisting of accounts receivable is a governmental authority
covered by the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or like federal,
state or local statute or rule in respect of such Pledged
Collateral.
The
representations and warranties as to the information set forth in
Schedules referred to herein are made, as to each Pledgor as of the
date hereof (or, in the case of the representation and warranty set
forth in clause (l) above, shall be made on and as of
June 30, 2008) and, as to each Additional Pledgor, as of the
date of the applicable Counterpart, that, in the case of a Pledge
Amendment, such representations and warranties are made as of the
date of such Pledge Amendment.
Company shall
cause its legal counsel to deliver a legal opinion regarding
certain of the representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 5 and such other matters as may be reasonably
requested by Collateral Agent.
SECTION 6.
Covenants . Each Pledgor shall:
(a)
not, except as expressly permitted by the Indenture Documents and
without prejudice to clause (y) below, (i) sell, assign
(by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or
grant any option with respect to, any of the Pledged Collateral,
except for Permitted Dispositions, (ii) create or suffer to
exist any Lien (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, Permitted
Liens) upon or with respect to any of the Pledged Collateral,
except for the security interest under this Agreement or any other
Indenture Document, or (iii) permit any issuer of Pledged
Equity to merge or consolidate with another Person (except
(x) with a Pledgor in a merger or consolidation in which the
surviving or resulting Person is a Pledgor and (y) the
Designated Italian Merger) unless upon the effectiveness of such
merger or consolidation, the surviving or resulting Person (if
other than a Pledgor) becomes a Pledgor hereunder and all of the
outstanding Equity Interests of the surviving or resulting Person
(subject to the proviso to Section 2(a)) become pledged
hereunder and no cash, securities or other property is distributed
in respect of the outstanding shares of any other constituent
Person;
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(b)
do or cause to be done, and cause each issuer of Pledged Equity to
do or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and keep
in full force and effect its respective corporate existence in
accordance with its organizational documents (as the same may be
amended from time to time);
(c)
(i) cause each issuer of Pledged Equity not to issue Equity
Interests (except Permitted Securities) in addition to or in
substitution for the Pledged Equity issued by such issuer, except
to Company or any other Pledgor, (ii) subject to the proviso
to Section 2(a), pledge hereunder, immediately upon its
acquisition (directly or indirectly) thereof, any and all
additional Equity Interests of each issuer of Pledged Equity, and
(iii) subject to the proviso to Section 2(a), pledge
hereunder, immediately upon its acquisition (directly or
indirectly) thereof, any and all Equity Interests of any Person
that, after the date of this Agreement, becomes, as a result of any
occurrence, a direct Domestic Subsidiary or a first tier Foreign
Subsidiary of Company;
(d)
at its expense (i) perform and comply in all material respects
with all terms and provisions of any agreement related to the
Pledged Collateral required to be performed or complied with by it,
(ii) maintain its agreements in all such agreements in full
force and effect, and (iii) enforce its rights under all such
agreements in accordance with their terms;
(e)
give Collateral Agent at least 30 days’ prior written
notice of any (i) change in such Pledgor’s name,
identity or corporate structure and (ii) reincorporation,
reorganization or other action that results in a change of the
jurisdiction or organization of such Pledgor;
(f)
promptly deliver to Collateral Agent all written notices received
by it with respect to the Pledged Collateral;
(g)
pay promptly when due all taxes, assessments and governmental
charges or levies imposed upon, and all claims against, the Pledged
Collateral, except to the extent the validity thereof is being
contested in good faith and with respect to which reserves in
conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the
applicable Pledgor; provided that such Pledgor shall in any
event pay such taxes, assessments, charges, levies or claims not
later than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale under
any judgement, writ or warrant of attachment entered or filed
against such Pledgor or any of the Pledged Collateral as a result
of the failure to make such payment;
(h)
keep adequate records concerning the Pledged Collateral and permit
Collateral Agent or its representatives or designees from time to
time upon reasonable notice within normal business hours to examine
and make copies of and abstracts from such records;
(i)
at its expense, defend Collateral Agent’s right, title and
security interest in and to the Pledged Collateral against the
claims of any person;
(j)
at its expense, at any time and from time to time, promptly execute
and deliver all further instruments, financing statements,
continuation statements and documents and take all further action
that may be necessary or desirable or that Collateral Agent may
reasonably request in order to (i) perfect and protect the
security interests created or purported to be created
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hereby, (ii) enable Collateral Agent to
exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in respect
of the Pledged Collateral or (iii) otherwise effect the
purposes of this Agreement;
(k)
not make or consent to any amendment or other modification or
waiver with respect to any agreement concerning the Pledged
Collateral as permitted by the Indenture Documents and this
Agreement; not take any action that could, or fail to take any
action which failure could, reasonably be expected to result in any
one or more of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 5 of this Agreement being incorrect or inaccurate in
any material respect when made;
(l)
in the case of Company, not have or permit to exist any first-tier
Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Pledgor hereunder without the
prior written consent of Collateral Agent (provided, however, in
the case of a Domestic Subsidiary that is directly or indirectly
acquired or formed by Company after the Issue Date, this covenant
shall not be breached for a period of five Business Days after such
acquisition or formation thereof, provided that within such period
such acquired or formed Domestic Subsidiary shall become an
Additional Pledgor in accordance with Section 18, and Schedule
II shall be updated to reflect such Domestic Subsidiary as a
Pledgor);
(m)
not take any action which would, or fail to take any action which
failure would, in any manner impair the enforceability of
Collateral Agent’s security interest in any Pledged
Collateral; `
(n)
keep the Pledged Collateral in good order and repair and not use
the same in violation of law or any policy of insurance
thereon;
(o)
permit Collateral Agent, or its designee, to inspect the Pledged
Collateral at any reasonable time, wherever located;
(p)
not, from and after June 30, 2008, permit the value of all
cash and other assets maintained in all Deposit Accounts and
Securities Accounts constituting Pledged Collateral, that are not
subject to effective Account Control Agreements, to exceed, in the
aggregate, $1,000,000;
(q)
not grant Control over any Deposit Account or Securities Account
constituting Pledged Collateral to any Person other than Collateral
Agent;
(r)
promptly notify Collateral Agent in writing of, and update Schedule
II so as to list with specificity, all Commercial Tort Claims at
any time held or acquired by such Pledgor (except for such
Commercial Tort Claims in amounts as do not, in the aggregate,
exceed $1,000,000), in each case including a summary description of
such claim, and grant to Collateral Agent in writing a security
interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of
this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent;
(s)
[Intentionally omitted];
(t)
[Intentionally omitted];
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(u)
[Intentionally omitted];
(v)
conduct all transactions with any of its Affiliates on terms that
are fair and reasonable and no less favorable to such Pledgor than
it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with
a Person not an Affiliate;
(w)
[Intentionally omitted];
(x)
[Intentionally omitted];
(y)
in the case of Company, maintain direct ownership of all of, and
not transfer or dispose of any of, and not permit to be issued to
any Person other than Company any of, the Capital Stock in the
Pledged Subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of
Shenzhen, PAI shall maintain direct ownership of all of, and shall
not transfer or dispose of any of, and shall not permit to be
issued to any Person other than PAI any of, the Capital Stock in
Shenzhen; and provided further that, in the case of
PowerOne UK, Company shall maintain direct ownership of no less
than 60.5% of, and shall not transfer or dispose of any of, and
shall not permit to be issued (if after such issuance Company shall
have less than 60.5% of the Capital Stock in PowerOne UK) to any
Person other than Company any of, the Capital Stock in PowerOne UK;
and
(z)
not make or hold any Investments in any other Person, except for
Permitted Investments.
SECTION 7.
Further Assurances .
(a)
Each Pledgor agrees that from time to time, at the expense of such
Pledgor, such Pledgor will promptly execute and deliver, and cause
to be executed and delivered, at request of Collateral Agent,
agreements establishing that Collateral Agent has control over all
Pledged Collateral and all further instruments and documents, and
take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or
that Collateral Agent may request, in order to perfect and protect
any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or
to enable Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and
remedies hereunder with respect to any Pledged Collateral.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor
will: (i) execute (if necessary) and file such financing
or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such other
instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as
Collateral Agent may request, in order to perfect and preserve the
security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby
(including, without limitation, pledge agreements under the local
law of the jurisdiction of any Person the Equity Interests in which
constitute Pledged Collateral, and all filings, notices,
instruments and other documents relating thereto) and (ii) at
Collateral Agent’s request, appear in and defend any action
or proceeding that may affect such Pledgor’s title to or
Collateral Agent’s security interest in all or any part of
the Pledged Collateral. Each Pledgor hereby authorizes
Collateral Agent ( provided Collateral Agent shall have no
obligation) to file one or more financing or continuation
statements, and amendments thereto, relative to all or any part of
the Pledged Collateral without the signature of such Pledgor;
provided , however, that each Pledgor shall have the primary
obligation to file any financing or continuation
statement.
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(b)
Each Pledgor further agrees that it will, upon obtaining any
additional Equity Interest (including any additional Equity
Interest hereafter owned in a Domestic Subsidiary that is a direct
subsidiary of Company or a Foreign Subsidiary that is a first tier
subsidiary of Company (in each case, formed or acquired after the
date of this Agreement)), promptly (and in any event within five
Business Days) deliver to Collateral Agent a Pledge Amendment, duly
executed by such Pledgor, in substantially the form of
Schedule V annexed hereto (a “ Pledge
Amendment ”), in respect of the additional Pledged Equity
to be pledged pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the
failure of such Pledgor to execute a Pledge Amendment with respect
to any additional Pledged Equity shall not impair the security
interest of Collateral Agent therein or otherwise adversely affect
the rights and remedies of Collateral Agent hereunder with respect
thereto. Upon each such acquisition, the representations and
warranties contained in Section 5 hereof shall be deemed to
have been made by such Pledgor as to the Pledged Equity described
in such Pledge Amendment.
(c)
Each Pledgor shall promptly notify Collateral Agent in writing of
any rights to Intellectual Property Collateral acquired by such
Pledgor after the date hereof. Promptly aft
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