Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
Portions of this Exhibit were
omitted and filed separately with the Secretary of the Commission
pursuant to an application for confidential treatment filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. Such omissions are designated as ***.
PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT , dated as of September 30, 2008 (this “
Agreement ”), is entered into by and among Unigene
Laboratories, Inc. (“ Principal Borrower ”),
Victory Park Management, LLC (“ Victory Park ”),
as the collateral agent (the “ Collateral Agent
”), the holders of the Notes (the “ Holders
”), the holders of the Shares (the “ Lenders
” and together with Victory Park and the Holders, the “
Secured Parties ”) and each Person which becomes a
party hereto pursuant to the joinder provisions of Section 20
hereof (hereinafter Principal Borrower and such other Persons are
collectively referred to as the “ Obligors ” or
individually referred to as an “ Obligor
”).
WHEREAS:
A. Pursuant to that certain
Financing Agreement entered into by and among the Obligors and the
Secured Parties dated as of even date herewith (as modified,
amended, extended, restated, amended and restated or supplemented
from time to time, the “ Financing Agreement ”)
the Holders have agreed to purchase those certain Senior Secured
Notes issued by the Obligors to the Holders due September 30,
2011 (or other date as set forth therein) in the original aggregate
principal amount of $15,000,000 (as the same may be amended from
time to time, the “ Initial Notes ”) and may
purchase additional Senior Secured Notes issued by the Obligors to
the Holders in the original aggregate principal amount of up to
$5,000,000 (together with the Initial Notes, the “
Notes ”), from the Obligors.
B. Pursuant to the Financing
Agreement, the Lenders have agreed to purchase 1,125,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Principal Borrower (the
“ Initial Shares ”), and may purchase up to
375,000 additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of Principal Borrower (together with the Initial Shares, the
“ Shares ”), from Principal Borrower.
D. Pursuant to that certain
Registration Rights Agreement entered into by and among Principal
Borrower and the Lenders dated as of even date herewith (as
modified, amended, extended, restated, amended and restated or
supplemented from time to time, the “ Registration Rights
Agreement ”), Principal Borrower has agreed to provide
the Lenders with certain registration rights with respect to the
Shares.
E. In order to secure the payment of
Principal Borrower under the Notes and as an inducement to the
Holders to purchase the Notes, and in order to secure the
performance of Principal Borrower under the Registration Rights
Agreement and as an inducement to the Lenders to purchase the
Shares, Principal Borrower has agreed to enter into this Agreement
for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the agreements
herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth in this Section 1. Terms used but not otherwise
defined in this Agreement that are defined in the UCC shall have
the respective meanings given such terms in the UCC (and if such
terms are defined in more than one article of the UCC, such terms
shall have the meaning given in Article 9 thereof), and capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given to
them in the Financing Agreement or the Notes, as
applicable.
(a) “ Collateral
” means the following property of the Obligors, whether
presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or coming into
existence and wherever located, and all additions and accessions
thereto and all substitutions and replacements thereof, and all
proceeds, products and accounts thereof, including, without
limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer thereof and of
insurance covering the same and of any tort claims in connection
therewith:
(i) all Accounts, Deposit Accounts,
Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper (whether Tangible Chattel
Paper or Electronic Chattel Paper), Goods (including Inventory,
Equipment, Fixtures and Motor Vehicles), Money, Payment
Intangibles, Software, customer lists and other General Intangibles
and all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(ii) the shares of common stock and
preferred stock, or partnership, membership and other ownership
interests, now or hereafter owned by the Obligors (other than any
ownership interests owned by the Obligors in Unigene U.K. Limited)
(collectively, the “ Pledged Equity ”),
provided, however that the foregoing shall not include shares of
common stock, preferred stock or other ownership interests of a
Controlled Foreign Corporation that exceeds 66% of the total
combined voting power of all classes of such stock or other
ownership interest entitled to vote and all certificates evidencing
the same, together with, in each case, all shares, securities,
monies or property representing a dividend on any of the Pledged
Equity, or representing a distribution or return of capital upon or
in respect of the Pledged Equity, or resulting from a split up,
revision, reclassification or other like change of the Pledged
Equity or otherwise received in exchange therefor, and any
subscription warrants, rights or options issued to the holders of,
or otherwise in respect of, the Pledged Equity (the Pledged Equity,
together with all other certificates, shares, securities,
properties, ownership interests, or moneys, dividends,
distributions, returns of capital subscription, warrants, rights or
options as may from time to time be pledged hereunder pursuant to
this clause being herein collectively called the “ Equity
Collateral ”);
(iii) all Investment Property,
Financial Assets and Securities Accounts not covered by the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii);
(iv) all Intellectual
Property;
(v) all commercial tort claims now
or hereafter described on Schedule C hereto;
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(vi) all other tangible and
intangible property of the Obligors, including all books,
correspondence, credit files, records, invoices, tapes, cards,
computer runs and other papers and documents in the possession or
under the control of the Obligors or any computer bureau or service
company from time to time acting for the Obligors; and
(vii) all Proceeds and products in
whatever form of all or any part of the other Collateral, including
all rents, profits, income and benefits and all proceeds of
insurance and all condemnation awards and all other compensation
for any event of loss with respect to all or any part of the other
Collateral (together with all rights to recover and proceed with
respect to the same), and all accessions to, substitutions for and
replacements of all or any part of the other Collateral.
(b) “ Controlled
Account ” means the bank accounts (including, without
limitation, all Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts) of the
Obligors, including without limitation those set forth on
Schedule F hereto, but excluding any accounts used
exclusively to fund payroll or any accounts with an average monthly
balance of less than $10,000.
(c) “ Controlled Foreign
Corporation ” shall mean a “controlled foreign
corporation” as defined in the United States Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
(d) “ Copyright
Licenses ” shall mean any and all agreements, licenses
and covenants to which an Obligor is a party providing for the
granting of any right in or to Copyrights or otherwise providing
for a covenant not to sue with respect to a Copyright (whether such
Obligor is licensee or licensor thereunder).
(e) “ Copyrights
” shall mean all United States and foreign copyrights owned
by an Obligor (including community designs), including but not
limited to copyrights in software (if any) and all rights in and to
databases, and all Mask Works (as defined under 17 U.S.C. 901 of
the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, moral
rights, reversionary interests, termination rights, and, with
respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations
and applications therefor, (ii) all extensions and renewals
thereof, (iii) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world, (iv) all rights to sue for past, present and future
infringements thereof and (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing,
including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income,
payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit.
(f) “ Event of Default
” shall have the meaning ascribed in the Financing
Agreement.
(g) “ Intellectual
Property ” shall mean, collectively, the Copyrights, the
Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trade
Secrets, the Trade Secret Licenses, the Trademarks and the
Trademark Licenses.
(h) “ Obligations
” shall have the meaning ascribed in the Financing
Agreement.
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(i) “ Patent Licenses
” means all agreements, licenses and covenants to which an
Obligor is a party providing for the granting of any right in or to
Patents or otherwise providing for a covenant not to sue with
respect to a Patent (whether such Obligor is licensee or licensor
thereunder).
(j) “ Patents ”
shall mean all United States and foreign patents and certificates
of invention, or similar industrial property rights, and
applications for any of the foregoing owned by an Obligor,
including, but not limited to: (i) all registrations and
applications therefor, (ii) all reissues, divisions,
continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and
reexaminations thereof, (iii) all rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world, (iv) all inventions and improvements
described therein, (v) all rights to sue for past, present and
future infringements thereof, (vi) all licenses, claims,
damages, and proceeds of suit arising therefrom, and (vii) all
Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses,
royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of
suit.
(k) “ Permitted Liens
” shall have the meaning ascribed in the Financing Agreement
(excluding clause (i) of the definition thereof).
(l) “ Requirements of
Laws ” means any U.S. federal, state and local, and any
non-U.S. laws, statutes, regulations, rules, codes or ordinances
enacted, adopted, issued or promulgated by any Governmental
Authority and applicable to an Obligor.
(m) “ Trade Secret
Licenses ” shall mean any and all agreements to which an
Obligor is a party providing for the granting of any right in or to
Trade Secrets (whether such Obligor is licensee or licensor
thereunder).
(n) “ Trade Secrets
” shall mean all trade secrets and all other confidential or
proprietary information and know-how owned by an Obligor whether or
not such Trade Secret has been reduced to a writing or other
tangible form, including all documents and things embodying,
incorporating, or referring in any way to such Trade Secret,
including but not limited to: (i) the right to sue for past,
present and future misappropriation or other violation of any Trade
Secret, and (ii) all proceeds of the foregoing, including,
without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims,
damages, and Proceeds of suit.
(o) “ Trademark
Licenses ” means any and all agreements, licenses and
covenants to which an Obligor is a party providing for the granting
of any right in or to Trademarks or otherwise providing for a
covenant not to sue or permitting co-existence with respect to a
Trademark (whether such Obligor is licensee or licensor
thereunder).
(p) “ Trademarks
” means United States and foreign trademarks, trade names,
corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business
names, Internet domain names, service marks, certification marks,
collective marks, logos, other source or business identifiers,
designs and general intangibles of a like nature owned by an
Obligor, all registrations and applications for any of the
foregoing including, but not limited to: (i) all registrations
and applications therefor, (ii) all extensions or renewals of
any of the foregoing, (iii) all of the goodwill of the
business connected with the use of and symbolized by the foregoing,
(iv) the right to sue for past, present and future
infringement or dilution of any of the foregoing or for any injury
to goodwill, and (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including,
without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims,
damages, and proceeds of suit.
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(q) “ Unasserted Contingent
Obligations ” means Obligations for taxes, costs,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities
(excluding Obligations (i) in respect of the principal of, and
interest and premium (if any) on, and fees and expenses relating
to, any Obligation and (ii) owing under the Registration
Rights Agreement) in respect of which no assertion of liability
(whether oral or written) and no claim or demand for payment
(whether oral or written) has been made (and, in the case of
Obligations for indemnification, no notice for indemnification has
been issued by the indemnitee) at such time.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
. As an inducement for the Secured Parties to purchase the Notes
and the Shares and to secure the complete and timely payment,
performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of
the Obligations, each Obligor hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing security
interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of set-off against all
of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever kind
and nature in and to the Collateral (the “ Security
Interest ”).
3. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES,
COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE OBLIGOR . Each Obligor
represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as
follows:
(a) Such Obligor has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and
otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution,
delivery and performance by such Obligor of this Agreement and the
filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of such Obligor and no further action
is required by such Obligor.
(b) Such Obligor has no place of
business or offices where its books of account and records are kept
(other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or
accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located,
except as set forth on Schedule A attached
hereto.
(c) Such Obligor is the sole owner
of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by
such Obligor in the ordinary course of business), and, except for
the Permitted Liens and liens in favor of the Secured Parties, such
Collateral is free and clear of any liens, security interests,
encumbrances, rights or claims, and such Obligor is fully
authorized to grant the Security Interest in and to pledge the
Collateral. There is not on file in any governmental or regulatory
authority, agency or recording office an effective financing
statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice of
any of the foregoing (other than those filed in favor of the
Secured Parties) covering or affecting any of the Collateral except
for the Permitted Liens and liens in favor of the Secured Parties.
So long as this Agreement shall be in effect, such Obligor shall
not execute and shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any
such office or agency any such financing statement or other
document or instrument (except to the extent filed or recorded in
favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement and except those arising from the Permitted
Liens).
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(d) No part of the Intellectual
Property constituting Collateral has been judged invalid or
unenforceable. Except as disclosed in the Schedules to the Loan
Agreement, no written claim has been received that any Intellectual
Property or such Obligor’s use of any Collateral violates the
intellectual property rights of any third party. There has been no
adverse decision to such Obligor’s claim of ownership rights
in or rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to such
Obligor’s right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full
force and effect, and, except as disclosed in the Schedules to the
Loan Agreement, there is no proceeding pending or threatened before
any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency,
arbitrator or other governmental authority contesting or
challenging the validity, scope or enforceability of, or an
Obligor’s ownership of or right to use such
Collateral.
(e) Such Obligor shall at all times
maintain its books of account and records relating to the
Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at
the locations set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and
may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible
Collateral unless it delivers to the Collateral Agent at least 30
days prior to such relocation (i) written notice of such
relocation and the new location thereof (which must be within the
United States) and (ii) evidence that appropriate financing
statements under the UCC and other necessary documents have been
filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the
Security Interest to create in favor of each of the Secured Parties
a valid, perfected and continuing perfected first priority (except
for the Permitted Liens) Lien in the Collateral.
(f) This Agreement creates in favor
of the Secured Parties a valid security interest in the Collateral
securing the payment and performance of the Obligations and, upon
making the filings described in clause (g) below with respect
to Collateral that may be perfected by such filing and upon the
timely effecting of actions required by applicable law to perfect
security interests in other Collateral which actions shall be taken
by such Obligor (including, without limitation, the transfer of
possession of original certificated securities together with
appropriate transfer instruments and the delivery of deposit
account control agreements), a perfected first priority (except for
the Permitted Liens) Lien in such Collateral.
(g) Such Obligor hereby authorizes
each of the Secured Parties to file one or more financing
statements under the UCC, with respect to the Security Interest
with the filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed
necessary or desirable in the sole and absolute discretion of the
Collateral Agent, and to file the Intellectual Property Security
Agreements with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or the U.S.
Copyright Office as appropriate. Without limiting the foregoing,
each Obligor authorizes the Collateral Agent to file the UCC
financing statement naming such Obligor as debtor set forth on
Exhibit B hereto.
(h) The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by such Obligor does not conflict
with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to
others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of,
any material agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument
(evidencing such Obligor’s debt or otherwise) to which such
Obligor is a party or by which any property or asset of such
Obligor is bound or affected. No consent (including, without
limitation, any consent from any holder of stock or other type of
ownership interest, any creditors, or any Governmental Authority
that currently regulates the business of such Obligor) is required
for such Obligor to enter into and perform its obligations
hereunder.
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(i) Such Obligor shall at all times
maintain the Liens and Security Interest provided for hereunder as
valid and perfected first priority (except for Permitted Liens)
Liens and Security Interests in the Collateral in favor of the
Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest
hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 13 hereof.
Such Obligor hereby agrees to defend the same against any and all
persons except for the Secured Parties. Such Obligor shall
safeguard and protect all Collateral for the account of the Secured
Parties; provided that an Obligor may, upon 60 days’
prior written notice to the Collateral Agent, permit to lapse, or
become abandoned, cancelled or expired, items of Intellectual
Property (other than items of Intellectual Property relating to any
project or development that has progressed into or beyond phase
one) that an Obligor determines, in the exercise of its reasonable
business judgment, have no material value to the business of such
Obligor. Each Obligor irrevocably authorizes the Secured Parties at
any time and from time to time to file in any filing office in any
jurisdiction any initial financing statement or amendment thereto
that indicates the collateral as “all assets” or
“all personal property” of such Obligor or words of
similar effect. Such Obligor will pay the cost of filing the same
in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the
Secured Parties to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights
and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, such Obligor shall pay all fees, taxes
and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the
Security Interest hereunder, and such Obligor shall obtain and
furnish to the Secured Parties from time to time, upon demand, such
releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be
required to maintain the priority of the Security Interest
hereunder.
(j) Except for the Permitted Liens
and as expressly permitted under the Financing Agreement, such
Obligor will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license,
sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral without the
prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.
(k) Such Obligor shall keep and
preserve its Equipment, Inventory and other tangible Collateral in
good condition, repair and order, and shall not operate or locate
any such Collateral (or cause to be operated or located) in any
area excluded from insurance coverage or otherwise prohibited by
any applicable Requirement of Law.
(l) Such Obligor shall, within three
(3) Business Days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the
Secured Parties promptly, in sufficient detail, of any substantial
change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which
would have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of the Collateral
or on the Secured Parties’ Lien thereon.
(m) Such Obligor shall promptly
execute and deliver to the Secured Parties such further deeds,
mortgages, fixture filings, assignments, security agreements,
financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates
and assurances and take such further action as any Secured Party
may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion deem
necessary to perfect, protect or enforce its security interest in
the Collateral or any additional collateral, including, without
limitation, the execution and delivery of separate mortgages and
fixture filings, which shall be satisfactory to the Secured Parties
in their sole discretion for real or personal property
interest.
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(n) Such Obligor shall permit the
Secured Parties and their representatives and agents to inspect the
Collateral and to make copies of records pertaining to the
Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Financing
Agreement.
(o) Such Obligor shall take all
steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to
preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action
and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.
(p) Such Obligor shall within three
(3) Business Days notify the Secured Parties in sufficient
detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment,
execution or other legal process levied against any Collateral and
of any other information received by such Obligor that may
materially affect the value of the Collateral, the Security
Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties
hereunder.
(q) All information heretofore,
herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties by or on behalf
of such Obligor with respect to the Collateral is accurate and
complete in all material respects as of the date
furnished.
(r) Such Obligor shall, and shall
cause its Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full
force and effect their respective valid existence and good standing
and any rights, permits, licenses and franchises material to their
businesses.
(s) Such Obligor will not change its
name, corporate structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious
name unless it provides at least thirty (30) Business Days
prior written notice to the Collateral Agent of such change and, at
the time of such written notification, such Obligor provides any
financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and
continue perfected the perfected first priority (except for
Permitted Liens) Security Interest granted and evidenced by the
Security Documents.
(t) Such Obligor may not consign any
of its Inventory or sell any of its Inventory on bill and hold,
sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of
sale without the consent of the Collateral Agent, which shall not
be unreasonably withheld.
(u) Such Obligor may not relocate
its chief executive office to a new location without providing
thirty (30) days prior written notification thereof to the
Secured Parties and so long as, at the time of such written
notification, such Obligor provides any financing statements or
fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue perfected the
perfected first priority (except for Permitted Liens ) Security
Interest granted and evidenced by the Security
Documents.
(v) Such Obligor’s exact legal
name and jurisdiction of organization is set forth in the
introduction paragraph of this Agreement.
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(w) With respect to the Pledged
Companies (as set forth in Schedule D):
(i) The Obligors shall deliver, or
cause to be delivered, all certificates or instruments representing
or evidencing the Pledged Equity of the Pledged Companies to the
Collateral Agent, which shall be in suitable form for transfer by
delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of
transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and each Obligor agrees to
execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the
Collateral Agent with respect to each Pledged Company a Consent, in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1, and a Pledge Instruction,
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-2 and by this reference
each made a part hereof. The Collateral Agent shall have the right,
at any time in its discretion and without notice to any Obligor,
after the occurrence of any Event of Default, to transfer to or to
register in the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees
any or all of such Pledged Equity with respect to such Pledged
Companies. The Collateral Agent shall also have the right at any
time, in connection with exercising its rights hereunder, to
exchange certificates or instruments, if any, representing or
evidencing such Pledged Equity for certificates or instruments of
smaller or larger denominations provided that the aggregate number
of interests on such certificates or instruments issued in exchange
thereof shall not exceed the number of interests pledged by the
Obligors in the Pledged Companies;
(ii) in addition, all other steps
necessary or advisable under any applicable law to be taken in
order to perfect the first priority (except for Permitted Liens )
Security Interest granted free from adverse claims hereunder shall
be taken by or on behalf of each Obligor, including without
limitation, any notation on any certificate or instrument
representing the Pledged Equity of the Pledged Companies and any
notation on any share register or similar document or
Instrument;
(iii) upon the proper filing of UCC
financing statements, which have been delivered to the Collateral
Agent for filing with the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of
such Obligor’s organization or formation, and/or upon
delivery to the Collateral Agent of certificates representing the
Pledged Equity of the Pledged Companies and the taking of any other
steps that may be required in accordance with this
Section 3(w) or otherwise, the pledge of Pledged Equity of the
Pledged Companies pursuant to this Agreement creates a valid and
perfected first priority (except for Permitted Liens) Security
Interest free from adverse claims in the Equity Collateral in
respect of the Pledged Companies securing the payment of the
Obligations for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured
Parties; and
(iv) Schedules D and
Schedule E to this Agreement with respect to the Pledged
Companies are true and correct and complete; and without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Pledged Equity set forth
opposite such Obligor’s name on Schedule E hereto,
constitutes, as of the date hereof, the number of the issued and
outstanding equity interests of each Pledged Company indicated on
Schedule D hereto, the percentage of each Pledged Company
indicated on Schedule E hereto and the Pledged Equity
constitutes all of the Equity Interests of any such Pledged Company
owned by such Obligor.
(x) (i) So long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each applicable
Obligor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other
rights pertaining to the Pledged Companies, as applicable, or any
part thereof for any purpose not
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inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement
and the Transaction Documents; provided , however ,
that such Obligor shall not exercise or shall refrain from
exercising any such right if such action or inaction could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
value of the Pledged Companies or any part thereof or be
inconsistent with or violate any provisions of this Agreement and
the Transaction Documents.
(ii) So long as no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, each applicable Obligor
shall be entitled to receive all dividends, distributions and
payments paid from time to time in respect of the Collateral,
Equity Collateral and Pledged Companies to the extent permitted by
the Transaction Documents.
(iii) So long as an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, any and all (A) dividends and
other distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of any
Equity Collateral in connection with a partial or total liquidation
or dissolution or in connection with a reduction of capital,
capital surplus or paid-in-surplus, and (B) cash paid, payable
or otherwise distributed in redemption of, or in exchange for, any
Equity Collateral, shall be in each case forthwith delivered to the
Collateral Agent, to hold and shall, if received by an Obligor, be
received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties, be segregated from the other property or funds of
such Obligor, and be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in
the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement).
(iv) The Collateral Agent shall
execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the
applicable Obligor all such proxies and other Instruments as such
Obligor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such
Obligor to exercise the voting and other rights which it is
entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 3(x)(i)
above.
(v) All dividends or other
distributions which are received by an Obligor contrary to the
provisions of this Section 3(x) shall be received in trust for
the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, shall
be segregated from other funds of such Obligor and shall be
forthwith paid over to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so
received (with any necessary endorsement).
(vi) Subject to the provisions of
Section 4 hereof, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
(A) all voting and other rights of an Obligor to exercise the
rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to
Section 3(x)(i) shall cease, and all such rights shall
thereupon (unless expressly waived by the Collateral Agent) become
vested in the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the
Secured Parties, which shall (unless expressly waived by the
Collateral Agent) thereupon have the sole right to exercise such
rights in accordance with Article 5 hereof, and (B) all cash
dividends or other distributions payable in respect of the Pledged
Companies shall be paid to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
itself and the Secured Parties and such Obligor’s right to
receive such cash payments pursuant to Sections 3(x)(ii) and
3(x)(iii) hereof shall immediately cease.
(y) Schedule F attached
hereto correctly sets forth all Controlled Accounts of each Obligor
as of the date hereof. Each Controlled Account is governed by an
account control agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent. Each Obligor agrees that (i) upon the
creation of a new Controlled Account, it will promptly enter into
an account control
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agreement for such Controlled Account in form
and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and
(ii) no proceeds of any Accounts will be deposited in or at
any time transferred to any Controlled Account other than a
Controlled Account governed by an account control agreement in form
and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
(z) Except as set forth on
Schedule G attached hereto, Obligor owns no motor vehicles
for which a certificate of title