PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 26,
2008
Warnaco
Inc.,
as a Grantor
Each Other Grantor
From Time to Time Party Hereto
Bank of
America, N.A.
as Collateral Agent
Kaye
Scholer LLP
425 Park
Avenue
New York, New York
10022
This Pledge and Security
Agreement (this “ Agreement
”), dated as of August 26, 2008, by Warnaco Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Borrower ”), and each
of the other entities listed on the signature pages hereof or that
becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.11 (Additional
Grantors) (each a “ Grantor ” and,
collectively, the “ Grantors ”), in favor
of Bank of America,
N.A. (“ BofA ”), as collateral
agent for the Secured Parties (as defined below) (in such capacity,
the “ Collateral Agent ”).
Whereas , the
Borrower, The Warnaco Group, Inc. (“ Group
”), the lenders and issuers party thereto from time to time,
BofA, as administrative agent for the Lenders and the Issuers (in
such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent
”) and as Collateral Agent (together with the Administrative
Agent, the “ Agents ”), Banc of America
Securities LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as joint lead
arrangers, Banc of America Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as joint bookrunners,
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as sole syndication agent, and HSBC
Business Credit (USA) Inc., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and RBS
Business Capital, a division of RBS Asset Finance Inc., as
co-documentation agents, have entered into a certain Credit
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit
Agreement ”);
Whereas , the
Grantors other than the Borrower are party to the Guaranty pursuant
to which they have guaranteed the Obligations of the Borrower under
the Credit Agreement;
Whereas , Warnaco of
Canada Company, a Canadian corporation (the “ Canadian
Borrower ”), the lenders and issuers party thereto
from time to time, BofA, as administrative agent and as collateral
agent, and certain other persons have entered into or will enter
into a certain Credit Agreement (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Canadian
Facility ”);
Whereas , in
connection with the Canadian Facility, the Grantors will enter into
the Loan Party Canadian Facility Guaranty pursuant to which they
will guarantee the Canadian Secured Obligations of the Canadian
Borrower under the Canadian Facility;
Whereas , it is a
condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement
and of the Canadian Facility that the Grantors shall have executed
and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral Agent;
Whereas , each
Grantor will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from
the making of the Loans, the issuance of the Letters of Credit and
the granting of the other financial accommodations to the Borrower
under the Credit Agreement and from the granting of the financial
accommodations to the Canadian Borrower under the Canadian
Facility;
Now, therefore, in
consideration of the premises and to induce the Lenders, the
Issuers, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to enter
into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Issuers
to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower
thereunder and to induce the lenders and issuers to be party to the
Canadian Facility to enter into the Canadian Facility and to make
their respective extensions of credit to the Canadian Borrower
thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent as
follows:
(a) Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and
used herein have the meanings given to them in the Credit
Agreement.
(b) Terms
used herein without definition that are defined in the UCC have the
meanings given to them in the UCC, including the following terms
(which are capitalized herein):
“Account”
“Account Debtor”
“Certificated Security”
“Chattel Paper”
“Commercial Tort Claim”
“Commodity Account”
“Control Account”
“Deposit Account”
“Documents”
“Entitlement Holder”
“Entitlement Order”
“Equipment”
“Financial Asset”
“General Intangibles”
“Goods”
“Instruments”
“Inventory”
“Investment Property”
“Letter-of-Credit Right”
“Proceeds”
“Securities Account”
“Securities Intermediary”
“Security”
“Security Entitlement”
“Supporting Obligation”
(c) The
following terms shall have the following meanings:
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“
Additional Pledged Collateral ” means any
Pledged Collateral acquired by any Grantor after the date hereof
and in which a security interest is granted pursuant to
Section 2.2 (Grants of Security Interests in
Collateral) , including, to the extent a security interest is
granted therein pursuant to Section 2.2 (Grants of Security
Interests in Collateral) , (i) all Stock and Stock
Equivalents of any Person that are acquired by any Grantor after
the date hereof, together with all certificates, instruments or
other documents representing any of the foregoing and all Security
Entitlements of any Grantor in respect of any of the foregoing,
(ii) all additional Indebtedness from time to time owed to any
Grantor by any obligor on the Pledged Debt Instruments and the
Instruments evidencing such Indebtedness and (iii) all
interest, cash, Instruments and other property or Proceeds from
time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in
respect of or in exchange for any of the foregoing. “
Additional Pledged Collateral ” may be General
Intangibles (including Intellectual Property), Instruments or
Investment Property.
“
Agents ” has the meaning specified in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“
Agreement ” means this Pledge and Security
Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time).
“
Blocked Account ” means a deposit account
maintained by any Grantor with a Blocked Account Bank which account
is the subject of an effective Blocked Account Letter, and includes
all monies on deposit therein and all certificates and instruments,
if any, representing or evidencing such Blocked Account.
“
Blocked Account Bank ” means a financial
institution approved (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld) by the Administrative Agent and with respect to which a
Grantor has delivered to the Collateral Agent an executed Blocked
Account Letter.
“
Blocked Account Letter ” means a letter
agreement, substantially in the form of Annex I-A (Form of
Blocked Account Letter) to this Agreement (with such changes
thereto as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent), executed
by the relevant Grantor and the Collateral Agent and acknowledged
and agreed to by the relevant Blocked Account Bank.
“
Cash Collateral Account ” means any Deposit
Account or Securities Account that is (a) established by the
Collateral Agent from time to time in its sole discretion to
receive cash and Cash Equivalents (or purchase cash or Cash
Equivalents with funds received) from any one or more of the
Grantors or their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or Persons acting on
their behalf pursuant to the Loan Documents, (b) with such
depositaries and securities intermediaries as the Collateral Agent
may determine in its sole discretion, (c) in the name of the
Collateral Agent (although such account may also have words
referring to the Borrower and the account’s purpose),
(d) under the control of the Collateral Agent and (e) in
the case of a Securities Account, with respect to which the
Collateral Agent shall be the Entitlement Holder and the only
Person authorized to give Entitlement Orders with respect thereto,
except as otherwise provided
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in
Section 2.3 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Special Cash Collateral Account shall not constitute a Cash
Collateral Account.
“
Collateral ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1 (Collateral) .
“
Collateral Agent ” shall include, in addition
to the Collateral Agent referred to in the preamble hereto, any
successors and assigns to the Collateral Agent appointed pursuant
to the Credit Agreement and means the “ Collateral
Agent ” in its capacity as collateral agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties with respect to the Secured
Obligations.
“
Control Account ” means a securities account
maintained by any Grantor with the relevant Approved Securities
Intermediary (as defined in Annex 2 (Form of Control Account
Agreement) ) which account is the subject of an effective
Control Account Agreement, and includes all monies and other assets
on deposit or otherwise held therein.
“
Control Account Agreement ” means a letter
agreement, substantially in the form of Annex 2 (Form of Control
Account Agreement) (with such changes as may be agreed to by
the Administrative Agent), executed by the relevant Grantor, the
Collateral Agent and the relevant Approved Securities Intermediary
(as defined in Annex 2 (Form of Control Account Agreement)
hereto).
“
Copyright Licenses ” means any agreement,
whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any
Grantor of any right under any Copyright, including the grant of
any right to use, copy, publicly perform, display, create
derivative works of, manufacture, distribute, exploit or sell
materials derived from any Copyright.
“
Copyrights ” means (a) all copyrights
arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or
any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or
unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all
registrations and recordings thereof and all applications for
registration or recording in connection therewith, including all
registrations, recordings and applications for registration or
recording in the United States Copyright Office or in any foreign
counterparts thereof, and (b) the right to obtain all
renewals, reversions and extensions thereof.
“
Discharge of Lender Claims ” means the payment
in full in cash of the principal of, interest and premium, if any,
on all Secured Obligations and Canadian Secured Obligations and,
with respect to Hedging Obligations, Hedging Obligations (as
defined in the Canadian Facility) or letters of credit outstanding
thereunder, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of
credit in respect thereof in compliance with the terms hereof, of
the Credit Agreement and of the Canadian Facility, in each case
after or concurrently with termination of all Commitments and
Commitments (as defined in the Canadian Facility), and payment in
full in cash of any other Secured Obligations and Canadian Secured
Obligations that are due and payable at or prior to the time such
principal and interest are paid.
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“
Excluded Equity ” means, collectively, any
Voting Stock of any direct Foreign Subsidiary of any Grantor in
excess of 65% of the total outstanding Voting Stock of such
Subsidiary. For the purposes of this definition, “
Voting Stock ” means, as to any issuer, the
issued and outstanding shares of each class of capital stock or
other ownership interests of such issuer entitled to vote (within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations §
1.956-2(c)(2)).
“
Excluded Property ” means, collectively,
(i) Excluded Equity, (ii) any permit, lease, license,
contract, instrument or other agreement held by any Grantor that
validly prohibits the creation by such Grantor of a Lien thereon,
or any permit, lease, license, contract, instrument or other
agreement held by any Grantor to the extent that any Requirement of
Law applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a Lien thereon,
but only, in each case, to the extent, and for so long as, such
prohibition is not removed, terminated or rendered unenforceable or
otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other Requirement of
Law; and (iii) any Equipment owned by any Grantor that is
Purchase-Money Collateral (as defined in the UCC) or subject to a
Capital Lease if the contract or other agreement in which such Lien
is granted (or in the documentation providing for such Capital
Lease) prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than
any Grantor as a condition to the creation of any other Lien on
such Equipment; provided , however , “
Excluded Property ” shall not include any
Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property
(unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would
constitute Excluded Property).
“
Foreign Person ” means any Person not organized
under the laws of any state of the United States of America or the
District of Columbia.
“
Grantor ” has the meaning specified in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“
Hedging Obligations ” means all obligations of
any Person under any Hedging Contract.
“
Intellectual Property ” means, collectively,
(a) all right, title and interest of any Grantor in
intellectual property, whether arising under United States,
multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including Copyrights,
Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark
Licenses, trade secrets, Internet domain names, Websites,
advertising rights, rights in designs, including registrations
thereof, and rights in data, and (b) all rights to income,
royalties, proceeds and damages now or hereafter due and/or payable
under and with respect thereto, including all rights to sue and
recover at law or in equity for any past, present and future
infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other
impairment thereof.
“
LLC ” means each limited liability company in
which a Grantor has an equity interest, including those set forth
on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral) .
“
LLC Agreement ” means each operating agreement
with respect to a LLC, as each agreement has heretofore been, and
may hereafter be, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
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“
Material Intellectual Property ” means
Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to a Grantor and
material to any Grantor’s business.
“
Partnership ” means each partnership in which a
Grantor has an equity interest, including those set forth on
Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral) .
“
Partnership Agreement ” means each partnership
agreement governing a Partnership, as each such agreement has
heretofore been, and may hereafter be, amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified.
“
Patent License ” means all agreements, whether
written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of
any right to manufacture, have manufactured, use, import, lease,
sell or offer for sale any product, design or process covered in
whole or in part by a Patent.
“
Patents ” means (a) all patents of the
United States or any other country or patent rights arising under
multinational laws, (b) all applications for patents of the
United States or any other country or patent rights arising under
multinational laws and (c) all rights to obtain any reissues,
extensions, divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part of
the foregoing.
“
Pledged Certificated Stock ” means all
Certificated Securities and any other Stock and Stock Equivalent of
a Person evidenced by a certificate, Instrument or other equivalent
document, in each case owned by any Grantor, including all Stock
listed on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral), but
excluding Excluded Equity.
“
Pledged Collateral ” means, collectively, the
Pledged Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments, any other Investment
Property of any Grantor (other than Pledged Stock, Pledged Debt
Instruments and other Investment Property whose value, in the
aggregate, does not exceed $1,000,000), all chattel paper,
certificates or other Instruments representing any of the foregoing
and all Security Entitlements of any Grantor in respect of any of
the foregoing. Pledged Collateral may be General Intangibles,
Instruments or Investment Property.
“
Pledged Debt Instruments ” means all right,
title and interest of any Grantor in Instruments evidencing any
Indebtedness owed to such Grantor, including all Indebtedness
described on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral) , issued
by the obligors named therein.
“
Pledged Stock ” means all Pledged Certificated
Stock and all Pledged Uncertificated Stock.
“
Pledged Uncertificated Stock ” means any Stock
or Stock Equivalent of any Person that is not a Pledged
Certificated Stock (excluding Excluded Equity), including all
right, title and interest of any Grantor as a limited or general
partner in any Partnership or as a member of any LLC and all right,
title and interest of any Grantor in, to and under any Partnership
Agreement or LLC Agreement to which it is a party.
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“
Restricted Account ” means a deposit account
maintained by any Grantor with a Restricted Account Bank which
account is the subject of an effective Restricted Account Letter,
and includes all monies on deposit therein and all certificates and
instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such Restricted
Account.
“
Restricted Account Bank ” means a financial
institution selected or approved (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld) by the Administrative Agent and with respect
to which a Grantor has delivered an executed Restricted Account
Letter.
“
Restricted Account Letter ” means a letter
agreement, substantially in the form of Annex I-B (Form of
Restricted Account Letter) or as otherwise acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, executed by the relevant Grantor.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
“
Secured Parties ” has the meaning specified in
the Credit Agreement.
“
Third Party Intellectual Property Rights ”
means any right, title or interest of any Person under patent,
copyright, trademark or trade secret law or any other statutory
provision or common law doctrine relating to intellectual property
or proprietary rights.
“
Trademark License ” means any agreement,
whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any
Grantor of any right under any Trademark.
“
Trademarks ” means (a) all trademarks,
trade names, corporate names, company names, business names,
fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, service
marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and, in each
case, all goodwill associated therewith, whether now existing or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings
thereof and all applications for registration or recording in
connection therewith, in each case whether in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of
the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any
political subdivision thereof and all common-law rights related
thereto, and (b) the right to obtain all renewals
thereof.
“
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from
time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided ,
however , that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, any of the perfection or priority of the
Collateral Agent’s (for the benefit of the Secured Parties)
security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State
of New York, the term “ UCC ” (as it
applies to such security interest) shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for
purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or
priority and for purposes of definitions related to such
provisions.
“
Vehicles ” means all vehicles covered by a
certificate of title law of any state of the United States of
America or the District of Columbia.
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(a) In
this Agreement, in the computation of periods of time from a
specified date to a later specified date, the word “
from ” means “ from and including ”
and the words “ to ” and “ until
” each mean “ to but excluding ” and the
word “ through ” means “ to and
including. ”
(b) The
terms “ herein, ” “ hereof, ”
“ hereto ” and “ hereunder ”
and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section, subsection or clause in this
Agreement.
(c) References
herein to an Annex, Schedule, Article, Section, subsection or
clause refer to the appropriate Annex or Schedule to, or Article,
Section, subsection or clause in, this Agreement.
(d) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(e) Where
the context requires, provisions relating to any Collateral, when
used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s
Collateral or any relevant part thereof.
(f) Any
reference in this Agreement to a Loan Document shall include all
appendices, exhibits and schedules thereto, and, unless
specifically stated otherwise, all amendments, restatements,
supplements or other modifications thereto, and as the same may be
in effect at any time such reference becomes operative.
(g) The
term “ including ” means “ including
without limitation ” except when used in the computation
of time periods.
(h) The
terms “ Lender, ” “ Issuer, ”
“ Administrative Agent ,” “ Collateral
Agent ” and “ Secured Party ” include
their respective successors.
(i) References
in this Agreement to any statute shall be to such statute as
amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
ARTICLE II. Grant of
Security Interest
For
the purposes of this Agreement, all of the following property now
owned or at any time hereafter acquired by a Grantor or in which a
Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right,
title or interests (other than, in each case, Excluded Property) is
collectively referred to as the “ Collateral
”:
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(iii) all
Deposit Accounts;
(vi) all
General Intangibles;
(ix) all
Investment Property;
(x) all
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(xii) the
Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule 6 (Commercial
Tort Claims) and on any supplement thereto received by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4.10 (Notice of
Commercial Tort Claims) ;
(xiii) all
Intellectual Property and goodwill associated therewith;
(xiv) all
books and records pertaining to any or all of the other property
described in this Section 2.1 ;
(xv) all
other goods and personal property of such Grantor, whether tangible
or intangible and wherever located; and
(xvi) to
the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds of any or all of
the foregoing.
Section 2.2 Grants of Security Interests in
Collateral
Each
Grantor, as collateral security for the full, prompt and complete
payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations of such
Grantor, hereby mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants
to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a
lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Collateral of such Grantor;
provided , however , that the foregoing grant of
security interest shall not include a security interest in any
Excluded Property; and provided , further , that, if
and when any property shall cease to be Excluded Property, the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties shall have,
and at all times from and after the date hereof be deemed to have
had, a security interest in such property.
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Section 2.3 Cash Collateral Accounts
The
Collateral Agent may establish one or more Cash Collateral Accounts
with such depositaries and Securities Intermediaries as it in its
sole discretion shall determine. Each Grantor agrees that each such
Cash Collateral Account shall be under the control of the
Collateral Agent and that the Collateral Agent shall be the
Entitlement Holder with respect to each such Cash Collateral
Account that is a Securities Account and the only Person authorized
to give Entitlement Orders with respect to each such Securities
Account. Without limiting the foregoing, funds on deposit in any
Cash Collateral Account may be invested in Permitted Cash
Equivalents at the direction of the Collateral Agent and, except
during the continuance of an Event of Default (unless otherwise
agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the
Collateral Agent agrees with each Grantor to issue Entitlement
Orders for such investments in Permitted Cash Equivalents as
requested by the Borrower; provided , however , that
the Collateral Agent shall not have any responsibility for, or bear
any risk of loss of, any such requested investment or income
thereon and the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to make
or cause to be made any such investment absent a request by the
Borrower for a specific investment in Permitted Cash Equivalents.
Neither any Warnaco Entity nor any other Person claiming on behalf
of or through any Warnaco Entity shall have any right to demand
payment of any funds held in any Cash Collateral Account at any
time prior to Discharge of Lender Claims, except (i) as
provided in Section 2.9(f) of the Credit Agreement and
(ii) that the Borrower may request that the Collateral Agent
apply funds in any Cash Collateral Account directly to the
immediate payment of the Loans and if paid in full then to the cash
collateralization of Letter of Credit Obligations (and not to be
delivered to any Warnaco Entity). The Collateral Agent shall apply
all funds on deposit in a Cash Collateral Account as provided in
Section 2.9(f) of the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE III.
Representations and Warranties
To
induce the Lenders, the Issuers, the Collateral Agent and the
Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement, each
Grantor hereby represents and warrants each of the following to the
Lenders, the Issuers, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative
Agent and the other Secured Parties:
Section 3.1 Title; No Other Liens
Except
for the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this
Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral
under the Credit Agreement, such Grantor (a) is the record and
beneficial owner of the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder
constituting Instruments or Certificated Securities, (b) is
the Entitlement Holder of all such Pledged Collateral constituting
Investment Property held in a Securities Account and (c) has
rights in or the power to collaterally transfer each other item of
Collateral in which a Lien is granted by it hereunder, free and
clear of any Lien (other than Liens for taxes not yet due and
payable).
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Section 3.2 Perfection and Priority
The
security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement shall
constitute valid and continuing perfected security interests in
favor of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral for which
perfection is governed by the UCC or filing with the United States
Copyright Office or with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office upon (i) in the case of all Collateral in which a
security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement
under the UCC, the completion of the filings and other actions
specified on Schedule 3 (Filings) (which, in the case
of all filings and other documents referred to on such schedule,
have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in completed and duly
executed form), (ii) the delivery to the Collateral Agent of
all Collateral consisting of Instruments and Certificated
Securities, in each case properly endorsed for transfer to the
Collateral Agent or in blank, (iii) the execution of Control
Account Agreements with respect to Investment Property not in
certificated form, (iv) the execution of a Blocked Account
Letter with respect to all Deposit Accounts of a Grantor as
specified in Section 4.7(a)(i) hereto, (v) all
appropriate filings having been made with the United States
Copyright Office and (vi) the receipt by the Collateral Agent
of the consent of the issuer or nominated person with respect to
each Letter-of-Credit Right that is not a Supporting Obligation.
Such security interests shall be prior to all other Liens on the
Collateral except for Customary Permitted Liens having priority
over the Collateral Agent’s Liens by operation of law or
otherwise as permitted hereunder or under the Credit
Agreement.
Section 3.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief
Executive Office
On
the Closing Date, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of
organization, legal name, organizational identification number, if
any, and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive
office or sole place of business is specified on Schedule 1
(Jurisdiction of Organization; Principal Executive Office) and,
to the extent different from that on the Closing Date, such
Schedule 1 (Jurisdiction of Organization; Principal
Executive Office) also lists all jurisdictions of organization,
legal names and locations of such Grantor’s chief executive
office or sole place of business for the period beginning five
years preceding the date hereof.
Section 3.4 Inventory and Equipment
Schedule 4 (Location of Inventory and Equipment) sets
forth each location at which such Grantor’s Inventory and
Equipment (other than mobile goods and Inventory or Equipment in
transit) is kept on the Closing Date.
Section 3.5 Pledged Collateral
(a) The
Pledged Stock that constitutes Pledged Collateral pledged hereunder
by such Grantor is listed on Schedule 2 (Pledged
Collateral) and constitutes that percentage of the issued and
outstanding equity of all classes of each issuer thereof as set
forth on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral) .
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(b) All
of the Pledged Stock (other than Pledged Stock in limited liability
companies and partnerships) that constitutes Pledged Collateral has
been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable.
(c) All
Pledged Collateral and, if applicable, any Additional Pledged
Collateral, consisting of Certificated Securities or Instruments
has been delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with
Section 4.4(a) (Pledged Collateral) and
Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement.
(d) Subject
to Section 4.7 , all Pledged Collateral held by a
Securities Intermediary in a Securities Account is subject to a
Control Account Agreement.
(e) Other
than Pledged Stock constituting General Intangibles, there is no
Pledged Collateral other than (i) that represented by
Certificated Securities or (ii) Instruments in the possession
of the Collateral Agent or that consisting of Financial Assets held
in a Securities Account that is subject to a Control Account
Agreement.
(f) The
Constituent Documents of any Person governing any Pledged Stock do
not prohibit (i) the Collateral Agent, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, from exercising all
of the rights of the Grantor granting the security interest
therein, and (ii) a transferee or assignee of Stock of such
Person from becoming a member, partner or, as the case may be,
other holder of such Pledged Stock to the same extent as the
Grantor entitled to participate in the management of such Person
and, pursuant to the Constituent Documents of any Person governing
any Pledged Stock, upon the transfer of the entire interest of such
Grantor, such Grantor shall cease to be a member, partner or, as
the case may be, other holder of such Pledged Stock.
Section 3.6 Deposit Accounts; Securities
Accounts
The
only Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts
maintained by any Grantor on the Closing Date are those listed on
Schedule 7 (Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts) ,
which sets forth such information separately for each Grantor and
which clearly identifies each Deposit Account which is maintained
as a concentration account by such Grantor.
No
amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any
Account is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper that has
not been delivered to the Collateral Agent, properly endorsed for
transfer, to the extent delivery is required by Section 4.5
(Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper).
Section 3.8 Intellectual Property
(a)
Schedule 5 (Intellectual Property) (i) sets
forth a true and complete list of all Intellectual Property of such
Grantor on the date hereof (other than licenses to commercial
off-the-shelf software), separately identifying that owned by such
Grantor and that licensed by or to such Grantor and (ii) sets
forth a true and complete list of all
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Material
Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to such Grantor on the
date hereof (other than licenses to commercial off-the-shelf
software), separately identifying that owned by such Grantor and
that licensed by or to such Grantor. The Material Intellectual
Property set forth on Schedule 5 (Intellectual
Property) constitutes all of the material intellectual property
rights necessary for the Grantors to conduct their business as
currently and as proposed to be conducted.
(b) On
the date hereof, all Material Intellectual Property owned by such
Grantor is valid, in full force and effect, subsisting, unexpired
and enforceable, has not been adjudged invalid and has not been
abandoned. To the knowledge of such Grantor, the business of such
Grantor, and the use of the Material Intellectual Property in
connection therewith, does not infringe, misappropriate, dilute or
violate any Third Party Intellectual Property Rights. Such Grantor
is not party to or the subject of any pending or, to such
Grantor’s knowledge, threatened claim of infringement,
misappropriation, dilution or violation of any Third Party
Intellectual Property Rights, and there are no facts or
circumstances that such Grantor reasonably believes are likely to
form the basis for any such claim, and such Grantor has not
received written notice of any such claim, or a written offer of a
license to any Third Party Intellectual Property Rights, or any
written notice regarding the existence of any Third Party
Intellectual Property Rights that would be likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect on any Grantor or otherwise would impair
any Material Intellectual Property.
(c) Except
as set forth in Schedule 5(c) (Intellectual Property),
on the date hereof, none of the Material Intellectual Property
owned by such Grantor is the subject of any licensing or franchise
agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or
franchisor.
(d) No
holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental
Authority challenging such Grantor’s rights in the Material
Intellectual Property or that would limit or otherwise impair the
ownership, use, validity or enforceability of any Material
Intellectual Property.
(e) No
action or proceeding challenging such Grantor’s rights in the
Intellectual Property or the ownership, use, validity or
enforceability of any Material Intellectual Property owned by such
Grantor is on the date hereof pending or, to the knowledge of such
Grantor, threatened. There are no claims, judgments or settlements
to be paid by such Grantor relating to the Material Intellectual
Property. To such Grantor’s knowledge, no Person has been or
is infringing, misappropriating, diluting or violating the Material
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor.
(f) No
Grantor is in material breach of any Copyright License, Patent
License or Trademark License and no Grantor in breach of any
Material License. The consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement shall not impair any of such Grantor’s
right in, cause a breach of, or impair the validity or
enforceability of, any Material Intellectual Property.
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Section 3.9 Commercial Tort Claims
The
only Commercial Tort Claims (with a reasonable expectation of
recovery of at least $1,000,000) of any Grantor existing on the
Closing Date (regardless of whether the amount, defendant or other
material facts can be determined and regardless of whether such
Commercial Tort Claim has been asserted, threatened or has
otherwise been made known to the obligee thereof or whether
litigation has been commenced for such claims) are those listed on
Schedule 6 (Commercial Tort Claims) , which sets forth
such information separately for each Grantor.
Each
Grantor agrees with the Collateral Agent to the following, as long
as any Secured Obligation, Canadian Secured Obligation, Commitment
or Commitment (as defined in the Canadian Facility) remains
outstanding and, in each case, unless the Requisite Lenders
otherwise consent in writing:
Such
Grantor shall (a) except for the security interest created by
this Agreement, not create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with
respect to any Collateral, except Liens permitted under
Section 8.2 (Liens, Etc.) of the Credit Agreement,
(b) not use or permit any Collateral to be used unlawfully or
in violation of any provision of this Agreement, any other Loan
Document, any Requirement of Law or any policy of insurance
covering the Collateral, (c) not sell, transfer or assign (by
operation of law or otherwise) any Collateral except as permitted
under the Credit Agreement, (d) not enter into any agreement
or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or
the Collateral Agent to sell, assign or transfer any Collateral
except in connection with an Asset Sale (i) that is permitted
under Section 8.4 of the Credit Agreement or
(ii) that is pursuant to a contract which contains a condition
precedent that consent under the Credit Agreement be
obtained.
Section 4.2 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest;
Further Documentation
(a) Such
Grantor shall maintain the security interests created by this
Agreement as perfected security interests having at least the
priority described in Section 3.2 (Perfection and
Priority) and shall defend such security interests and such
priority against the claims and demands of all Persons.
(b) Such
Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time
statements and schedules further identifying and describing the
Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral
as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in writing, all in
detail and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent.
(c) At
any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the
Collateral Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such
Grantor shall promptly
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and duly
execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments
and documents and take such further action as the Collateral Agent
may reasonably request (or be directed to request by the
Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable
request) for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full
benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein
granted, including the filing of any financing or continuation
statement under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any
jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby
and the execution and delivery of Blocked Account Letters or
Restricted Account Letters and Control Account
Agreements.
Section 4.3 Changes in Locations, Name,
Etc.
(a) Except
upon 15 or more days’ prior written notice to the Collateral
Agent and delivery to the Collateral Agent of (i) all
additional financing statements and other documents reasonably
requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the validity,
perfection and priority of the security interests provided for
herein and (ii) if applicable, a written supplement to
Schedule 4 (Location of Inventory and Equipment)
showing (A) any additional locations at which Inventory or
Equipment shall be kept or (B) any changes in any location
where Inventory or Equipment shall be kept that would require the
Collateral Agent to take any action to maintain perfected security
interests in such Collateral, such Grantor shall not do any of the
following:
(i) permit any
Inventory or Equipment to be kept at a location other than those
listed on Schedule 4 (Location of Inventory and
Equipment) , except for Inventory or Equipment in
transit;
(ii) change its
jurisdiction
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