Exhibit 10.51
PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(as it may be amended or modified from time to time, this “
Security Agreement ”) is entered into as of
August 3, 2009, by and among Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), The
Heartland Payroll Company, L.L.C., an Ohio limited liability
company (“ Payroll ”), Debitek, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ Debitek ”), Heartland
Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Heartland Acquisition ” and, together with Payroll and
Debitek, collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent
(in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the
“ Administrative Agent ”) for the lenders from
time to time party to the Credit Agreement referred to below
(collectively, the “ Lenders ”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
The Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders are party to that certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2008 (as amended
by the Amendment referred to below, and as the same may be further
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).
The Guarantors have executed those
certain Guaranties (as defined in the Credit Agreement), pursuant
to which they have guaranteed the Secured Obligations (as
hereinafter defined).
The Borrower, the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders party thereto are entering into that certain
Amendment No. 1 and Limited Waiver dated as of the date hereof
(the “ Amendment ”).
The Borrower and the Guarantors
(collectively, the “ Grantors ”) are entering
into this Security Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to
enter into the Amendment and to secure the Secured
Obligations.
ACCORDINGLY, the Grantors and the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Terms Defined in Credit
Agreement . All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise
defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Credit Agreement.
1.2. Terms Defined in UCC .
Terms defined in the UCC (as hereinafter defined) that are not
otherwise defined in this Security Agreement are used herein as
defined in the UCC.
1.3. Definitions of Certain Terms
Used Herein . As used in this Security Agreement, in addition
to the terms defined in the introductory paragraph and the
Preliminary Statements of this Security Agreement, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
“ Accounts ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Article ” means
a numbered article of this Security Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.
“ Chattel Paper ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Collateral ”
means all (a) Accounts; (b) Chattel Paper (including,
without limitation, electronic chattel paper and tangible chattel
paper); (c) Commercial Tort Claims; (d) Copyrights,
Patents, Trademarks and Licenses; (e) Deposit Accounts;
(f) Documents; (g) Equipment; (h) Fixtures;
(i) General Intangibles; (j) Goods; (k) Instruments;
(l) Inventory; (m) Investment Property; (n) Money;
(o) letters of credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Supporting
Obligations; (p) Commodities Accounts, (q) Securities
Accounts and (r) all accessions to, substitutions for and
replacements, Proceeds, Stock Rights, insurance proceeds and
products of the foregoing, together with all books and Records,
customer lists, credit files, computer files, programs, printouts
and other computer materials and Records related thereto and any
General Intangibles at any time evidencing or relating to any of
the foregoing.
“ Collateral Access
Agreement ” means any landlord waiver or other agreement,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, between the Administrative Agent and any third party
(including any bailee, consignee, customs broker, or other similar
Person) in possession of any Collateral or any landlord of any
Grantor for any real property where any Collateral is located, as
such landlord waiver or other agreement may be amended, restated,
or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Commercial Tort
Claims ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of
the UCC and shall include those claims listed on Schedule 1
attached hereto.
“ Commodity Account
” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Control ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Article 8 or, if applicable, in
Section 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Copyrights ”
means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s
right, title, and interest in and to the following: (a) all
copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable
by copyright, copyright registrations, and copyright applications;
(b) all renewals of any of the foregoing; (c) all income,
royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due and/or
payable under any of the foregoing, including, without limitation,
damages or payments for past or future infringements for any of the
foregoing; (d) the right to sue for past, present, and future
infringements of any of the foregoing; and (e) all rights
corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the
world.
“ Deposit Account Control
Agreement ” means an agreement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among a
Grantor, a banking or financial institution with which a Deposit
Account is maintained, and the Administrative Agent, which
agreement grants the Administrative Agent Control of such Deposit
Account and all deposits and balances held in such Deposit
Account.
“ Deposit Accounts
” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Documents ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Equipment ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Exhibit ”
refers to a specific exhibit to this Security Agreement, unless
another document is specifically referenced.
“ Fixtures ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ General Intangibles
” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Goods ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“ Instruments ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Inventory ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Investment Property
” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Letter-of-Credit
Rights ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of
the UCC.
“ Licenses ”
means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s
right, title, and interest in and to (a) any and all licensing
agreements or similar arrangements in and to its Patents,
Copyrights, or Trademarks, (b) all income, royalties, damages,
claims, and payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with
respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and
payments for past and future breaches thereof, and (c) all
rights to sue for past, present, and future breaches
thereof.
“ Money ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Article 1 of the UCC.
“ Patents ”
means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s
right, title, and interest in and to: (a) any and all patents
and patent applications; (b) all inventions and improvements
described and claimed therein; (c) all reissues, divisions,
continuations, renewals, extensions, and continuations-in-part
thereof; (d) all income, royalties, damages, claims, and
payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with respect
thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for
past and future infringements thereof; (e) all rights to sue
for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and
(f) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing
throughout the world.
“ Pledged Collateral
” means all Instruments, Securities and other Investment
Property of each of the Grantors, whether or not physically
delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Security
Agreement.
“ Proceeds ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Receivables ”
means the Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Investment Property,
Instruments and any other rights or claims to receive money that
are General Intangibles or which are otherwise included as
Collateral.
“ Records ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“ Section ” means
a numbered section of this Security Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.
“ Secured Obligations
” means, with respect to the Borrower, all
“Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement and,
with respect to each Guarantor, all “Guaranteed
Obligations” as defined in the Guaranty executed by such
Guarantor.
“ Secured Parties
” means the holders from time to time of the Secured
Obligations.
“ Securities Account
” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the
UCC.
“ Security ” has
the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.
“ Stock Rights ”
means all dividends, instruments or other distributions and any
other right or property that any Grantor shall receive or shall
become entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect
to, in substitution for or in exchange for any Equity Interest
constituting Collateral, any right to receive an Equity Interest
and any right to receive earnings, in which such Grantor now has or
hereafter acquires any right, issued by an issuer of such Equity
Interest.
“ Supporting
Obligations ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article
9 of the UCC.
“ Trademarks ”
means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s
right, title, and interest in and to the following: (a) all
trademarks (including service marks), trade names, trade dress, and
trade styles and the registrations and applications for
registration thereof and the goodwill of the business symbolized by
the foregoing; (b) all licenses of the foregoing, whether as
licensee or licensor; (c) all renewals of the foregoing;
(d) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or
hereafter due or payable with respect thereto, including, without
limitation, damages, claims, and payments for past and future
infringements thereof; (e) all rights to sue for past,
present, and future infringements of the foregoing, including the
right to settle suits involving claims and demands for royalties
owing; and (f) all rights corresponding to any of the
foregoing throughout the world.
“ UCC ” means the
Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the
State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are
required as a result thereof to be applied in connection with the
attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to,
the Administrative Agent’s Lien on any Collateral.
The foregoing definitions shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
defined terms.
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST
2.1. Assignment and Grant of
Security Interest . As security for the payment and
performance, as the case may be, in full of the Secured
Obligations, each Grantor hereby assigns to, and pledges and grants
to the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in the entire
right, title, and interest of such Grantor in and to all Collateral
of such Grantor, whether now or hereafter existing, owned, arising
or acquired. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the security interests granted under this Security
Agreement shall not extend to any lease, license or other contract
of a Grantor if the grant of a security interest in such lease,
license or contract in the manner contemplated by this Security
Agreement is prohibited by the terms of such lease, license or
contract or by applicable law and would result in the termination
of such lease, license or contract or give the other parties
thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise adversely
alter such Grantor’s rights, titles and interests thereunder
(including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both);
provided that any such limitation described above on the
security interests granted hereunder shall only apply to the extent
that any such prohibition could not be rendered ineffective
pursuant to the UCC or any other applicable law. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the amount of Equity
Interests in any First Tier Foreign Subsidiary pledged by such
Grantor hereunder shall be (i) no more than 66% of the issued
and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to vote (within the
meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in such First
Tier Foreign Subsidiary and (ii) 100% of the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the
meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in such First
Tier Foreign Subsidiary.
2.2. Grantor Remains Liable .
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each
Grantor shall remain liable with respect to and under all
Collateral, (b) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or
any other Secured Party of any of the rights hereunder shall not
release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations with
respect to or under any Collateral, and (c) neither the
Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any
obligation or liability with respect to or under any Collateral by
reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any
other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations
or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to
collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, nothing contained
in this Security Agreement shall be construed as rendering the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party liable, directly or
indirectly, for any obligations of any Grantor under any agreement,
instrument, permit, lease, license or other document subject to the
Lien hereof, or any judgment, decree or order of any governmental
authority. Until an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing,
except as otherwise provided in this Security Agreement, the Credit
Agreement or other Loan Documents, Grantors shall have the right to
possession and enjoyment of the Collateral for the purpose of
conducting the ordinary course of their respective businesses,
subject to and upon the terms hereof and of the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents.
2.3. Delivery of Security and
Instrument Collateral . All certificates or Instruments
constituting or evidencing the Collateral shall be delivered to and
held by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto
and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery,
or
shall be accompanied by undated and duly
executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Except
as set forth in Section 4.6 , it is the intention of
the parties hereto that record and beneficial ownership of such
certificates, Instruments or any Pledged Collateral, including all
voting, consensual, and dividend rights, shall remain in the
applicable Grantor until the occurrence and during the continuation
of an Event of Default and until the Administrative Agent shall
notify the applicable Grantor of the Administrative Agent’s
exercise of voting, consensual, or dividend rights with respect to
such certificates, Instruments or Pledged Collateral or of its
intent to transfer to or to register in the name of the
Administrative Agent or any of its nominees any or all of such
Collateral; provided that no such notice shall be required
if an Event of Default has occurred under Sections 7.01(h)
or 7.01(i) of the Credit Agreement. In addition, the
Administrative Agent has the right at any time to exchange
certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Collateral
for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger
denominations.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Each Grantor represents and warrants
to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties with
respect to itself and the Collateral owned by it that:
3.1. Title, Perfection and
Priority . Each Grantor has good and valid rights in or the
power to transfer the Collateral and title to the Collateral with
respect to which it has purported to grant a security interest
hereunder, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted
under Section 4.1(e) , and has full power and authority
to grant to the Administrative Agent the security interest in such
Collateral pursuant hereto. When a financing statement listing such
Grantor as debtor, the Administrative Agent as secured party and
describing the Collateral (or describing the Collateral as
“all assets of Grantor” or words of similar effect) has
been filed with the Secretary of State (or other similar
Governmental Authority) of the state of organization of such
Grantor listed in Section 1 of the Perfection
Certificate, the Administrative Agent will have a fully perfected
first priority security interest in the Collateral of each Grantor
in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing
statement, subject only to Liens permitted under
Section 4.1(e) .
3.2. Type and Jurisdiction of
Organization, Organizational and Identification Numbers . The
type of entity of each Grantor, its state of organization, the
organizational number issued to it by its state of organization and
its federal employer identification number are set forth in
Section 1 of the Perfection Certificate.
3.3. Principal Location .
Each Grantor’s mailing address and the location of its place
of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if
it has more than one place of business), are disclosed in
Section 2(a) of the Perfection Certificate.
3.4. Deposit Accounts and
Securities Accounts . Each Grantor’s Deposit Accounts and
Securities Accounts are listed in Section 2(f) of the
Perfection Certificate (other than payroll processing accounts for
third parties, remote deposit capture processing accounts and card
processing accounts).
3.5. Exact Names . The name
in which each Grantor has executed this Security Agreement is the
exact name as it appears in such Grantor’s organizational
documents, as amended, as filed with such Grantor’s
jurisdiction of organization.
3.6. Intellectual Property .
No Grantor has any interest in, or title to, any Patent, Trademark
or Copyright except as set forth in Exhibit A , other than
Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights that are not material to the
conduct of such Grantor’s business or operations. This
Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing
Lien and, upon filing of appropriate financing statements in the
offices referenced in Section 3.1 and this Security
Agreement with the United States Copyright Office and the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, fully perfected first priority
security interests in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties)
on each Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights; such
perfected security interests are enforceable as such as against any
and all creditors of and purchasers from each Grantor; and all
action necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the
Administrative Agent’s Lien on each Grantor’s Patents,
Trademarks or Copyrights shall have been duly taken.
3.7. Filing Requirements .
None of the Equipment is covered by any certificate of title,
except for vehicles with an aggregate value not in excess of
$1,000,000. None of the Collateral is of a type for which security
interests or liens may be perfected by filing under any federal
statute except for (a) vehicles and (b) Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights held by the Grantors as set forth in
Section 3.6.
3.8. No Financing Statements,
Security Agreements . No financing statement or security
agreement describing all or any portion of the Collateral which has
not lapsed or been terminated naming any Grantor as debtor has been
filed or is of record in any jurisdiction except (a) for
financing statements or security agreements naming the
Administrative Agent as the secured party on behalf of the Secured
Parties and (b) as permitted by Section 4.1(e)
.
3.9. Pledged Collateral
.
(a) Schedules 9 and 10
to the Perfection Certificate set forth a complete and accurate
list of all of the Pledged Collateral (other than Instruments with
an outstanding amount of less than $250,000). Each Grantor is the
direct, sole beneficial owner and sole holder of record of the
Pledged Collateral listed on Schedules 9 and 10 to
the Perfection Certificate as being owned by it, free and clear of
any Liens, except for the security interest granted to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of itself and the other
Secured Parties hereunder. Each Grantor further represents and
warrants that (i) all Pledged Collateral constituting an
Equity Interest has been (to the extent such concepts are relevant
with respect to such Pledged Collateral) duly authorized and
validly issued, and is fully paid and non-assessable,
(ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the
Administrative Agent representing an Equity Interest, either such
certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a
result of actions by the issuer or otherwise, or, if such
certificates are not Securities, the Grantor has so informed the
Administrative Agent so that the Administrative Agent may take
steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General
Intangible, (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent,
all Pledged Collateral held by a securities intermediary is covered
by a control agreement among the Grantor, the securities
intermediary and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which
the
Administrative Agent has Control and
(iv) with respect to all Pledged Collateral which represents
Indebtedness owed to any Grantor, (a) such Pledged Collateral
has been duly authorized, authenticated or issued and delivered by
the issuer of such Indebtedness and is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of such issuer; and (b) such issuer is not in
default thereunder.
(b) In addition, (i) none of
the Pledged Collateral has been issued or transferred in violation
of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar
laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be
subject, (ii) there are existing no options, warrants, calls
or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to the Pledged
Collateral or which obligate the issuer of any Equity Interest
included in the Pledged Collateral to issue additional Equity
Interests, and (iii) no consent, approval, authorization, or
other action by, and no giving of notice to or, filing with, any
governmental authority or any other Person is required for the
pledge by any Grantor of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to this
Security Agreement or for the execution, delivery and performance
of this Security Agreement by any Grantor, or for the exercise by
the Administrative Agent of the voting or other rights provided for
in this Security Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the
Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement, except as
may be required in connection with such disposition by laws
affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
From the date of this Security
Agreement, and thereafter until this Security Agreement is
terminated, each Grantor agrees that:
4.1. General .
(a) Collateral Records . Each
Grantor will maintain complete and accurate books and Records with
respect to the Collateral, and furnish to the Administrative Agent,
with sufficient copies for each of the Secured Parties, such
reports relating to the Collateral as the Administrative Agent
shall from time to time reasonably request.
(b) Authorization to File
Financing Statements; Ratification . Each Grantor hereby
authorizes the Administrative Agent to file, and if requested will
deliver to the Administrative Agent, all financing statements and
other documents and take such other actions as may from time to
time be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order
to maintain a first priority perfected security interest in and, if
applicable, Control of, the Collateral. Any financing statement
relating to any Grantor filed by the Administrative Agent may be
filed in any filing office in any UCC jurisdiction and may
(i) indicate the Collateral (1) as all assets of such
Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any
particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope
of Article 9 of the UCC or such jurisdiction, or (2) by any
other description which reasonably approximates the description
contained in this Security Agreement, and (ii) contain any
other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for
the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing
statement or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is
an organization, the type of organization and any organization
identification number issued to such Grantor, and (B) in the
case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or
indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be
cut, a sufficient description of real property to which the
Collateral relates. Each Grantor also agrees to furnish any such
information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon
request.
(c) Further Assurances . Each
Grantor will, if so requested by the Administrative Agent, furnish
to the Administrative Agent, as often as the Administrative Agent
reasonably requests, statements and schedules further identifying
and describing the Collateral and such other reports and
information in connection with the Collateral as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request, all in such detail as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably specify. Each Grantor also
agrees to take any and all actions necessary to defend title to the
Collateral against all persons and to defend the security interest
of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral and the priority
thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted
hereunder.
(d) Disposition of Collateral
. Each Grantor will not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the
Collateral except for dispositions specifically permitted pursuant
to Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement.
(e) Liens . Each Grantor will
not create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien on the Collateral
owned by such Grantor except (i) the security interests
created by this Security Agreement and (ii) Liens permitted by
Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(f) Other Financing
Statements . Each Grantor will not authorize the filing of any
financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion
of the Collateral, except as permitted by
Section 4.1(e) . Each Grantor acknowledges that it is
not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or
termination statement with respect to any financing statement
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent,
subject to such Grantor’s rights under
Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.
(g) Locations . Each Grantor
will not, without thirty (30) days prior written notice,
change its principal place of business or chief executive office
from the location identified in Section 2(a) of the
Perfection Certificate.
4.2. Receivables .
(a) Certain Agreements on
Receivables. Each Grantor will not, without the consent of the
Administrative Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld, make or
agree to make any discount, credit, rebate or other reduction in
the original amount owing on a Receivable or accept in satisfaction
of a Receivable less than the original amount thereof, except that,
prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Grantor may
reduce the amount of Accounts arising from the sale of Inventory in
accordance with its present policies and in the ordinary course of
business.
(b) Collection of Receivables
. Except as otherwise provided in this Security Agreement, each
Grantor will collect and enforce, at such Grantor’s sole
expense, all amounts due or hereafter due to such Grantor under the
Receivables.
(c) Delivery of Invoice s.
Each Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent promptly upon
its reasonable request after the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default duplicate invoices with respect
to each Account of such Grantor bearing such language of assignment
as the Administrative Agent shall specify.
(d) Electronic Chattel Paper
. Upon the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request, each
Grantor shall take all steps necessary to grant the Administrative
Agent Control of all electronic chattel paper having a value in
excess of $250,000 in accordance with the UCC and all
“transferable records” as defined in each of the
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures
in Global and National Commerce Act.
4.3. Inventory and Equipment
.
(a) Maintenance of Goods .
Each Grantor will do all things necessary to maintain, preserve,
protect and keep the Inventory and the Equipment of such Grantor in
good repair and working and saleable condition, except for damaged
or defective goods arising in the ordinary course of such
Grantor’s business and except for ordinary wear and tear in
respect of such Equipment.
(b) Titled Vehicles . Upon
the Administrative Agent’s request, each Grantor will deliver
to the Administrative Agent the original of any vehicle title
certificate and provide and/or file all other documents or
instruments necessary to have the Lien of the Administrative Agent
granted pursuant to this Security Agreement noted on any such
certificate or with the appropriate state office; provided
that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred, no such request
shall be made with respect to vehicles having a value less than
$1,000,000.
4.4. Delivery of Instruments,
Securities, Chattel Paper and Documents . Except as otherwise
specified in Section 5.11 of the Credit Agreement, each
Grantor will (a) deliver to the Administrative Agent
immediately upon execution of this Security Agreement the originals
of all Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments constituting
Collateral (if any then exist), provided that, so long as no
Event of Default has occurred, no such delivery shall be required
with respect to Chattel Paper and Instruments having a value less
than $250,000, (b) hold in trust for the Administrative Agent
upon receipt and immediately thereafter deliver to the
Administrative Agent any Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments
constituting Collateral, provided that, so long as no Event
of Default has occurred, no such delivery shall be required with
respect to Chattel Paper and Instruments having a value less than
$250,000, (c) upon the Administrative Agent’s request,
deliver to the Administrative Agent (and thereafter hold in trust
for the Administrative Agent upon receipt and immediately deliver
to the Administrative Agent) any Document evidencing or
constituting Collateral provided that, so long as no Event
of Default has occurred, no such delivery shall be required with
respect to Documents having a value less than $250,000 and
(d) upon the Administrative Agent’s request, deliver to
the Administrative Agent a duly executed amendment to this Security
Agreement, in the form of Exhibit B hereto (each, an “
Amendment ”), pursuant to which such Grantor will
pledge such additional Collateral. Each Grantor hereby authorizes
the Administrative Agent to attach each Amendment to this Security
Agreement and agrees that all additional Collateral set forth in
such Amendments shall be considered to be part of the
Collateral.
4.5. Uncertificated Pledged
Collateral . Each Grantor will permit the Administrative Agent
from time to time to cause the appropriate issuers (and, if held
with a securities
intermediary, such securities intermediary) of
uncertificated securities or other types of Pledged Collateral not
represented by certificates to mark their books and Records with
the numbers and face amounts of all such uncertificated securities
or other types of Pledged Collateral not represented by
certificates and all rollovers and replacements therefor to reflect
the Lien of the Administrative Agent granted pursuant to this
Security Agreement. Each Grantor will take any reasonable actions
deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent to cause (a) the
issuers of uncertificated securities which are Pledged Collateral
and (b) any securities intermediary which is the holder of any
Pledged Collateral, to cause the Administrative Agent to have and
retain Control over such Pledged Collateral. Without limiting the
foregoing, at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request,
each Grantor, will, with respect to Pledged Collateral held with a
securities intermediary, cause such securities intermediary to
enter into a control agreement with the Administrative Agent, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, giving the Administrative Agent Control.
4.6. Pledged Collateral
.
(a) Certificated Pledged
Collateral . If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire
any certificated Pledged Collateral, such Grantor shall forthwith
deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such
instruments of endorsement, transfer or assignment duly executed in
blank as Administrative Agent may from time to time specify;
provided that, so long as no Event of Default has occurred
no such delivery shall be required with respect to Instruments
having a value less than $250,000.
(b) Changes in Capital Structure
of Issuers . Each Grantor will not (i) permit or suffer
any issuer of an Equity Interest constituting Pledged Collateral
held by such Grantor to dissolve, merge, consolidate with any other
entity, or liquidate (except as permitted by
Section 6.03 of the Credit Agreement), retire any of
its Equity Interests or other Instruments or Securities evidencing
ownership, reduce its capital, sell or encumber all or
substantially all of its assets (except for Liens permitted
pursuant to Section 4.1(e) and sales of assets
permitted pursuant to Section 4.1(d) ) or
(ii) vote any Pledged Collateral in favor of any of the
foregoing.
(c) Issuance of Additional
Securities . Each Grantor will not permit or suffer the issuer
of an Equity Interest constituting Pledged Collateral held by such
Granter to issue additional Equity Interests, any right to receive
the same or any right to receive earnings, except as permitted by
Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement.
(d) Registration of Pledged
Collateral . Each Grantor will permit any registerable Pledged
Collateral to be registered in the name of the Administrative Agent
or its nominee upon the occurrence and during the continuation of
an Event of Default.
(e) Exercise of Rights in Pledged
Collateral .
(i) Without in any way limiting the
foregoing and subject to clause (ii) below, each Grantor shall
have the right to exercise all voting rights or other rights
relating to the Pledged Collateral for all purposes not
inconsistent with this Security Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents; provided that no vote or other right shall be
exercised or action taken which would have the effect of impairing
the rights of the Administrative Agent in respect of the Pledged
Collateral.
(ii) Each Grantor will permit the
Administrative Agent or its nominee at any time after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, without notice, to exercise all
voting rights or other rights relating to Pledged Collateral,
including, without limitation, exchange, subscription or any other
rights, privileges, or options pertaining to any Equity Interest or
Investment Property constituting Pledged Collateral as if it were
the absolute owner thereof.
(iii) Prior to an Event of Default,
each Grantor shall be entitled to collect and receive for its own
use all cash dividends and interest paid in respect of the Pledged
Collateral to the extent not in violation of the Credit Agreement
other than any of the following distributions and payments
(collectively referred to as the “ Excluded Payments
”): (A) dividends and interest paid or payable other
than in cash in respect of any Pledged Collateral, and instruments
and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed in
respect of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Collateral;
(B) dividends and other distributions paid or payable in cash
in respect of any Pledged Collateral in connection with a partial
or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection with a
reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid-in capital of an
issuer; and (C) cash paid, payable or otherwise distributed,
in respect of principal of, or in redemption of, or in exchange
for, any Pledged Collateral; provided that, until actually
paid, all rights to such distributions shall remain subject to the
Lien created by this Security Agreement; and
(iv) All Excluded Payments whenever
paid or made and, during the continuation of any Event of Default,
and all other distributions in respect of any of the Pledged
Collateral, whenever paid or made, shall be delivered to the
Administrative Agent to hold as Pledged Collateral and shall, if
received by any Grantor, be received in trust for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent, be segregated from the other property or
funds of such Grantor, and be forthwith delivered to the
Administrative Agent as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so
received (with any necessary endorsement).
4.7. Intellectual Property
.
(a) Each Grantor will, upon the
Administrative Agent’s request, use commercially reasonable
efforts to secure all consents and approvals necessary or
appropriate for the assignment to or benefit of the Administrative
Agent of any material License held by such Grantor and to enforce
the security interests granted hereunder.
(b) Each Grantor shall notify the
Administrative Agent promptly if it knows or has reason to know
that any application or registration relating to any Patent,
Trademark or Copyright (now or hereafter existing) may become
abandoned or dedicated, or of any adverse determination or
development (including the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright
Office or any court) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of
any Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same,
or to keep and maintain the same, unless such Grantor shall
determine in its reasonable business judgment that such Patent,
Trademark or Copyright is not material to the conduct of such
Grantor’s business.
(c) In no event shall any Grantor,
either directly or through any agent, employee, licensee or
designee, file an application for the registration of any Patent,
Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or
agency without giving the Administrative Agent prior written notice
thereof, and, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such
Grantor shall execute and deliver any and all security agreements
as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the
Administrative Agent’s first priority security interest on
such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and the General Intangibles of
such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.
(d) Each Grantor shall take all
actions necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent to maintain and pursue each application, to obtain the
relevant registration and to maintain the registration of each of
the Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (now or hereafter existing),
including the filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of
use, affidavits of noncontestability and opposition and
interference and cancellation proceedings, unless such Grantor
shall determine in its reasonable business judgment that such
Patent, Trademark or Copyright is not material to the conduct of
such Grantor’s business.
(e) Each Grantor shall, unless it
shall reasonably determine that such Patent, Trademark or Copyright
is not material to the conduct of its business or operations,
promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to
recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation
or dilution, and shall take such other actions as the
Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate under the circumstances
to protect such Patent, Trademark or Copyright. In the event that
any Grantor institutes suit because any of the Patents, Trademarks
or Copyrights constituting Collateral is infringed upon, or
misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall
comply with Section 4.8 .
4.8. Commercial Tort Claims .
Each Grantor shall promptly, and in any event within ten Business
Days (or such longer period of time consented to by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) after the same is
acquired by it, notify the Administrative Agent of any Commercial
Tort Claim acquired by it, other than those claims listed on
Schedule 1 attached hereto, in which the damages claimed by
such Grantor exceed $250,000 and, unless the Administrative Agent
otherwise consents, the Grantor shall enter into an amendment to
this Security Agreement, in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
granting to the Administrative Agent a first priority security
interest in such commercial tort claim.
4.9. Letter-of-Credit Rights
. If any Grantor is or becomes the beneficiary of a letter of
credit with a face amount in excess of $500,000, such Grantor shall
promptly, and in any event within ten Business Days (or such longer
period of time consented to by the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion) after becoming a beneficiary, notify the Administrative
Agent thereof and upon request of the Administrative Agent cause
the issuer and/or confirmation bank to consent to the assignment of
any Letter-of-Credit Rights to the Administrative Agent.
4.10. Federal, State or Municipal
Claims . Each Grantor will promptly notify the Administrative
Agent of any Collateral which constitutes a claim against the
United States
government or any state or local government or
any instrumentality or agency thereof if the amount of such claim
exceeds $250,000, the assignment of which claim is restricted by
federal, state or municipal law.
4.11. No Interference . Each
Grantor agrees that it will not interfere with any right, power or
remedy of the Administrative Agent provided for in this Security
Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by
statute or otherwise, or the exercise or beginning of the exercise
by the Administrative Agent of any one or more of such rights,
powers or remedies.
4.12. Insurance . (a) In
the event any Collateral is located in any area that has been
designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a
“Special Flood Hazard Area”, the Grantor that owns such
Collateral shall, promptly upon its obtaining knowledge of such
designation, purchase and maintain flood insurance on such
Collateral (including any personal property which is located on any
real property leased by such Loan Party within a “Special
Flood Hazard Area”). The amount of all insurance required by
this Section shall at a minimum comply with applicable law,
including the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended.
All premiums on such insurance shall be paid when due by such
Grantor, and copies of the policies delivered to the Administrative
Agent. If such Grantor fails to obtain any insurance as required by
this Section, the Administrative Agent may obtain such insurance at
the Borrower’s expense. By purchasing such insurance, the
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have waived any Default
arising from such Grantor’s failure to maintain such
insurance or pay any premiums therefor.
(b) All insurance policies required
under Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement shall name
the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the other Secured Parties) as an additional insured or as
loss payee, as applicable, and shall contain loss payable clauses
or mortgagee clauses, through endorsements in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which provide that:
(i) all Proceeds thereunder with respect to any Collateral
shall be payable to the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties);
(ii) if available on commercially reasonable terms, no such
insurance shall be affected by any act or neglect of the insured or
owner of the property described in such policy; and (iii) such
policy and loss payable or mortgagee clauses may be canceled,
amended, or terminated only upon at least thirty days prior written
notice given to the Administrative Agent.
4.13. Collateral Access
Agreements . With respect to each location (other than a
location that is owned by a Grantor) where any Collateral with an
aggregate fair market value in excess of $250,000 is maintained,
upon the Administrative Agent’s request, each Grantor shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Collateral Access
Agreement, from the lessor of each leased property, mortgagee of
owned property or bailee or consignee with respect to any
warehouse, processor or converter facility or other location where
Collateral is stored or located, which agreement or letter shall
provide access rights, contain a waiver or subordination of all
Liens or claims that the landlord, mortgagee, bailee or consignee
may assert against the Collateral at that location, and shall
otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Administrative Agent. Each Grantor shall timely and fully pay and
perform its obligations under all leases and other agreements with
respect to each leased location or third party warehouse where any
Collateral is or may be located.
4.14. Deposit Accounts, Commodity
Accounts and Securities Accounts . (a) Each Grantor will
provide to the Administrative Agent a Deposit Account Control
Agreement duly executed on behalf of each financial institution
holding a Deposit Account of such Grantor, provided that no
such Deposit Account Control Agreement shall be required for any
such Deposit Account that is a payroll processing account for third
parties, remote deposit capture processing account or card
processing account.
(b) Each Grantor will upon the
Administrative Agent’s request, take all actions necessary to
establish in the Administrative Agent Control over each Securities
Account or Commodity Account established or maintained by such
Grantor.
4.15. Change of Name or Location;
Change of Fiscal Year . Each Grantor shall not (a) change
its name as it appears in official filings in the state of its
incorporation or organization, (b) change its chief executive
office, principal place of business or mailing address,
(c) change the type of entity that it is, (d) change its
organization identification number, if any, issued by its state of
incorporation or other organization, or (e) change its
jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, in each case, unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received at least thirty
days’ (or such shorter period of time permitted by the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) prior written notice
of such change and the Administrative Agent shall have acknowledged
in writing (such acknowledgment not to be unreasonably withheld)
that either (1) such change will not adversely affect the
validity, perfection or priority of the Administrative
Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, or (2) any
reasonable action requested by the Administrative Agent in
connection therewith has been completed or taken (including any
action to continue the perfection of any Liens in favor of the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of Secured Parties, in any
Collateral).
ARTICLE V
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES
5.1. Events of Default . The
occurrence of any Event of Default under the Credit Agreement shall
constitute an Event of Default hereunder.
5.2. Remedies .
(a) Upon the occurrence and during
the continuation of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent
may exercise any or all of the following rights and
remedies:
(i) those rights and remedies
provided in this Security Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents; provided that, this Section 5.2(a)
shall not be understood to limit any rights or remedies available
to the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties prior to an
Event of Default;
(ii) those rights and remedies
available to a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC
applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable
law (including, without limitation, any law governing the exercise
of a bank’s right of setoff or bankers’ lien) when a
debtor is in default under a security agreement;
(iii) give notice of sole control or
any other instruction under any Deposit Account Control Agreement
or and other control agreement with any commodity intermediary or
securities intermediary and take any action therein with respect to
such Collateral;
(iv) without notice (except as
specifically provided in Section 7.1 , pursuant to any
Collateral Access Agreement or elsewhere herein), demand or
advertisement of any kind to any Grantor or any other Person, enter
the premises of any Grantor where any Collateral is located
(through self-help and without judicial process) to collect,
receive, assemble, process, appropriate, sell, lease, assign, grant
an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of, deliver,
or realize upon, the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more
parcels at public or private sale or sales (which sales may be
adjourned or continued from time to time with or without notice and
may take place at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere), for
cash, on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any
credit risk, and upon such other terms as the Administrative Agent
may deem commercially reasonable; and
(v) concurrently with written notice
to any Grantor that owns such Collateral, transfer and register in
its name or in the name of its nominee the whole or any part of the
Pledged Collateral, exchange certificates or instruments
representing or evidencing Pledged Collateral for certificates or
instruments of smaller or larger denominations, exercise the voting
and all other rights as a holder with respect thereto, collect and
receive all cash dividends, interest, principal and other
distributions made thereon and otherwise act with respect to the
Pledged Collateral as though the Administrative Agent was the
outright owner thereof.
(b) The Administrative Agent, on
behalf of itself and the other Secured Parties, may comply with any
applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a
disposition of the Collateral and compliance will not be considered
to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of
the Collateral.
(c) The Administrative Agent (or its
nominee) shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales
and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or
sales, to purchase for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and
the other Secured Parties, the whole or any part of the Collateral
so sold, free of any right of equity redemption, which equity
redemption each Grantor hereby expressly releases.
(d) Until the Administrative Agent
is able to effect a sale, lease, or other disposition of
Collateral, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to hold
or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems
appropriate for the purpose of preserving Collateral or its value
or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent may, if it so elects, seek the
appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of
Collateral and to enforce any of the Administrative Agent’s
remedies (for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and Secured
Parties), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or
hearing as to such appointment.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
neither the Administrative Agent nor the
other Secured Parties shall be required to
(i) make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their
rights or remedies against, any Loan Party, any other obligor,
guarantor, pledgor or any other Person with respect to the payment
of the Secured Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their
rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any
direct or indirect guarantee thereof, (ii) marshal the
Collateral or any guarantee of the Secured Obligations or to resort
to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, or
(iii) effect a public sale of any Collateral.
(f) Each Grantor recognizes that the
Administrative Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any
or all the Pledged Collateral and may be compelled to resort to one
or more private sales thereof in accordance with clause (a)
above. Each Grantor also acknowledges that any private sale
may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller
than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such
circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall not be
deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner
solely by virtue of such sale being private. The Administrative
Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the
Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit any
Grantor or the issuer of the Pledged Collateral to register such
securities for public sale under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such
Grantor and the issuer would agree to do so.
5.3. Grantor’s Obligations
Upon Event of Default . Upon the request of the Administrative
Agent during the continuation of an Event of Default, each Grantor
will:
(a) assemble and make available to
the Administrative Agent the Collateral and all books and Records
relating thereto at any place or places specified by the
Administrative Agent, whether at such Grantor’s premises or
elsewhere;
(b) permit the Administrative Agent,
by the Administrative Agent’s representatives and agents, to
enter, occupy and use any premises where all or any part of the
Collateral, or the books and Records relating thereto, or both, are
located, to take possession of all or any part of the Collateral or
the books and Records relating thereto, or both, to remove all or
any part of the Collateral or the books and Records relating
thereto, or both, and to conduct sales of the Collateral, without
any obligation to pay such Grantor for such use and occupancy;
provided such Grantor shall be permitted a reasonable period of
time to make copies of the Collateral or the books and Records
related thereto, as applicable, prior to removal;
(c) prepare and file, or cause an
issuer of Pledged Collateral to prepare and file, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any other applicable
government agency, registration statements, a prospectus and such
other documentation in connection with the Pledged Collateral as
the Administrative Agent may request, all in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and furnish to the
Administrative Agent, or cause an issuer of Pledged Collateral to
furnish to the Administrative Agent, any information regarding the
Pledged Collateral in such detail as the Administrative Agent may
specify;
(d) take, or cause an issuer of
Pledged Collateral to take, any and all actions necessary to
register or qualify the Pledged Collateral to enable the
Administrative Agent to consummate a public sale or other
disposition of the Pledged Collateral; and
(e) at its own expense, cause the
independent certified public accountants then engaged by such
Grantor to prepare and deliver to the Administrative Agent and each
other Secured Party, at any time, and from time to time, promptly
upon the Administrative Agent’s request, the following
reports with respect to the Grantor: (i) a reconciliation of
all Accounts; (ii) an aging of all Accounts; (iii) trial
balances; and (iv) a test verification of such
Accounts.
5.4. Grant of Intellectual
Property License . For the purpose of enabling the
Administrative Agent to exercise the rights and remedies under this
Article V at such time as the Administrative Agent shall be
lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each
Grantor hereby (a) grants to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties,
an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment
of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, license
or sublicense any intellectual property rights now owned or
hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be
located, and including in such license access to all media in which
any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all
computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout
thereof and (b) irrevocably agrees that the Administrative
Agent may sell any of such Grantor’s Inventory directly to
any person, including without limitation persons who have
previously purchased such Grantor’s Inventory from such
Grantor and in connection with any such sale or other enforcement
of the Administrative Agent’s rights under this Security
Agreement, may sell Inventory which bears any Trademark owned by or
licensed to such Grantor and any Inventory that is covered by any
Copyright owned by or licensed to such Grantor and the
Administrative Agent may finish any work in process and affix any
Trademark owned by or licensed to such Grantor and sell such
Inventory as provided herein.
ARTICLE VI
ACCOUNT VERIFICATION; ATTORNEY IN
FACT; PROXY
6.1. Account Verification .
After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Administrative Agent may, in the Administrative
Agent’s own name, in the name of a nominee of the
Administrative Agent, or in the name of any Grantor, communicate
(by mail, telephone, facsimile or otherwise) with the Account
Debtors of such Grantor, parties to contracts with such Grantor and
obligors in respect of Instruments of such Grantor to verify with
such Persons, to the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction, the
existence, amount, terms of, and any other matter relating to,
Accounts, Instruments, Chattel Paper, payment intangibles and/or
other Receivables.
6.2. Authorization for Secured
Party to Take Certain Action .
(a) Each Grantor irrevocably
authorizes the Administrative Agent, with respect to clauses (i),
(iii) and (iv) below, at any time and, with respect to
clause (ii) and clauses (v) through (xvi) below,
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and
appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney in fact
(i) to execute on behalf of such Grantor as debtor and to file
financing statements necessary or desirable in the Administrative
Agent’s sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the
perfection and priority of the Administrative Agent’s
security interest in the Collateral, (ii) to endorse and
collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral, (iii) to file a
carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Security
Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the
Collateral as a financing statement and to file
any other financing statement or amendment of a financing statement
(which does not add new collateral or add a debtor) in such offices
as the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary
or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority
of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the
Collateral, (iv) to contact and enter into one or more
agreements with the issuers of uncertificated securities which are
Pledged Collateral or with securities intermediaries holding
Pledged Collateral as may be necessary or advisable to give the
Administrative Agent Control over such Pledged Collateral,
(v) to apply the proceeds of any Collateral received by the
Administrative Agent to the Secured Obligations as provided in
Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement, (vi) to
discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens on
the Collateral (except for such Liens as are specifically permitted
hereunder), (vii) to contact Account Debtors for any reason,
(viii) to demand payment or enforce payment of the Receivables
in the name of the Administrative Agent or such Grantor and to
endorse any and all checks, drafts, and other instruments for the
payment of money relating to the Receivables, (ix) to sign
such Grantor’s name on any invoice or bill of lading relating
to the Receivables, drafts against any Account Debtor of such
Grantor, assignments and verifications of Receivables, (x) to
exercise all of such Grantor’s rights and remedies with
respect to the collection of the Receivables and any other
Collateral, (xi) to settle, adjust, compromise, extend or
renew the Receivables, (xii) to settle, adjust or compromise
any legal proceedings brought to collect Receivables,
(xiii) to prepare, file and sign such Grantor’s name on
a proof of claim in bankruptcy or similar document against any
Account Debtor of such Grantor, (xiv) to prepare, file and
sign such Grantor’s name on any notice of Lien, assignment or
satisfaction of Lien or similar document in connection with the
Receivables, (xv) to change the address for delivery of mail
addressed to such Grantor to such address as the Administrative
Agent may designate and to receive, open and dispose of all mail
addressed to such Grantor, and (xvi) to do all other acts and
things necessary to carry out this Security Agreement; and each
Grantor agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent on demand for
any documented payment made or any documented expense incurred by
the Administrative Agent in connection with any of the foregoing;
provided that, this authorization shall not relieve any
Grantor of any of its obligations under this Security Agreement or
the Loan Documents.
(b) All acts of said attorney or
designee are hereby ratified and approved. The powers conferred on
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent and the Secured Parties, under this Section 6.2
are solely to protect the Administrative Agent’s interests in
the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any
such powers.
6.3. Proxy . EACH GRANTOR
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AS THE PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT (AS SET FORTH IN SECTION
6.2 ABOVE) OF SUCH GRANTOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PLEDGED
COLLATERAL UPON THE OCCURRENCE AND DURING THE CONTINUANCE OF AN
EVENT OF DEFAULT, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO VOTE SUCH PLEDGED
COLLATERAL, WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION TO DO SO. IN ADDITION
TO THE RIGHT TO VOTE ANY SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL, THE APPOINTMENT
OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AS PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT SHALL
INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL OTHER RIGHTS, POWERS, PRIVILEGES
AND REMEDIES TO WHICH A HOLDER OF SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL WOULD BE
ENTITLED (INCLUDING GIVING OR WITHHOLDING
WRITTEN CONSENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS, CALLING
SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS AND VOTING AT SUCH MEETINGS). SUCH
PROXY SHALL BE EFFECTIVE, AUTOMATICALLY AND WITHOUT THE NECESSITY
OF ANY ACTION (INCLUDING ANY TRANSFER OF ANY SUCH PLEDGED
COLLATERAL ON THE RECORD BOOKS OF THE ISSUER THEREOF) BY ANY PERSON
(INCLUDING THE ISSUER OF SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL OR ANY OFFICER OR
AGENT THEREOF), UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF A DEFAULT.
6.4. Nature of Appointment;
Limitation of Duty . THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AS PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT IN THIS ARTICLE VI IS
COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST AND SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE UNTIL THE DATE ON
WHICH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT IS TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 7.14 . NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED HEREIN,
NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, NOR ANY OTHER SECURED PARTY, NOR
ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE ANY DUTY TO EXERCISE ANY RIGHT
OR POWER GRANTED HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE OR TO PRESERVE THE SAME AND
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO DO SO OR FOR ANY DELAY IN
DOING SO, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE SOLELY TO THEIR
OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY
A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION; PROVIDED THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL
THEY BE LIABLE FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
7.1. Waivers . Unless
prohibited by applicable law, each Grantor hereby waives notice of
the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any
private sale or other disposition of all or any part of the
Collateral may be made. To the extent such notice may not be waived
under applicable law, any notice made shall be deemed reasonable if
sent to the Grantor that owns such Collateral and the other
Grantors, addressed as set forth in Article VIII , at least
ten days prior to (i) the date of any such public sale or
(ii) the time after which any such private sale or other
disposition may be made. To the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages, and
demands against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party
arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the
Collateral, except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence
or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such other
Secured Party as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction. To the extent it may lawfully do so, each Grantor
absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and
advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, any valuation,
stay, appraisal, extension, moratorium, redemption or similar laws
and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or
hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be
applicable to the sale of any Collateral made under the judgment,
order or decree of any court, or privately under the power of sale
conferred by this Security Agreement, or otherwise. Except as
otherwise specifically provided herein, each Grantor hereby waives
presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this
Security Agreement or any Collateral.
7.2. Limitation on the
Administrative Agent’s and Secured Parties’ Duty with
Respect to the Collateral . The Administrative Agent shall have
no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for
sale. The Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party shall
use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its
possession or under its control. Neither the Administrative Agent
nor any other Secured Party shall have any other duty as to any
Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or
control of any agent or nominee of the Administrative Agent or such
other Secured Party, or any income thereon or as to the
preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining thereto. To the extent that applicable law imposes
duties on the Administrative Agent to exercise remedies in a
commercially reasonable manner, each Grantor acknowledges and
agrees that it is commercially reasonable for the Administrative
Agent (i) to fail to incur expenses deemed significant by the
Administrative Agent to prepare Collateral for disposition or
otherwise to transform raw material or work in process into
finished goods or other finished products for disposition,
(ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to
Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by
other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents
for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or
disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies
against Account Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral or
to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral,
(iv) to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors
and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the
use of collection agencies and other collection specialists,
(v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through
publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the
Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other
Persons, whether or not in the same business as such Grantor, for
expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of such
Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers
to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the
Collateral is of a specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of
Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction
of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the
reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers
of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than
retail markets, (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, such
as title, possession or quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase
insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Administrative Agent
against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or
to provide to the Administrative Agent a guaranteed return from the
collection or disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the
extent deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent, to obtain
the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and
other professionals to assist the Administrative Agent in the
collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. Each Grantor
acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 7.2 is to
provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by
the Administrative Agent would be commercially reasonable in the
Administrative Agent’s exercise of remedies against the
Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable
solely on account of not being indicated in this
Section 7.2 . Without limitation upon the foregoing,
nothing contained in this Section 7.2 shall be
construed to grant any rights to any Grantor or to impose any
duties on the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party that
would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement
or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 7.2
.
7.3. Compromises and Collection
of Collateral . Each Grantor and the Administrative Agent
recognize that setoffs, counterclaims, defenses and other claims
may be asserted by
obligors with respect to certain of the
Receivables, that certain of the Receivables may be or become
uncollectible in whole or in part and that the expense and
probability of success in litigating a disputed Receivable may
exceed the amount that reasonably may be expected to be recovered
with respect to a Receivable. In view of the foregoing, each
Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent may at any time and
from time to time, if an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, compromise with the obligor on any Receivable, accept
in full payment of any Receivable such amount as the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion shall determine, or abandon any
Receivable, and any such action by the Administrative Agent shall
be commercially reasonable so long as the Administrative Agent acts
in good faith based on information known to it at the time it takes
any such action.
7.4. Secured Party Performance of
Debtor Obligations . Without having any obligation to do so,
the Administrative Agent may perform or pay any obligation which
any Grantor has agreed to perform or pay in this Security Agreement
and such Grantor shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any
documented amounts paid by the Administrative Agent pursuant to
this Section 7.4 . Each Grantor’s obligation to
reimburse the Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding
sentence shall be a Secured Obligation payable on
demand.
7.5. Specific Performance of
Certain Covenants . Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that a
breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 4.1(d)
, 4.1(e) , 4.4 , 4.5 , 4.6 , 4.7
, 4.8 , 4.9 , 4.10 , 4.12 , 4.13
, 4.14 , 4.15 , 5.3 , or 7.6 will cause
irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and the other
Secured Parties and that the Administrative Agent and the other
Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such
breaches, and therefore agrees, without limiting the right of the
Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties to seek and
obtain specific performance of other obligations of such Grantor
contained in this Security Agreement, that the covenants of such
Grantor contained in the Sections referred to in this
Section 7.5 shall be specifically enforceable against
such Grantor.
7.6. Dispositions Not
Authorized . No Grantor is authorized to sell or otherwise
dispose of the Collateral except as set forth in
Section 4.1(d) , and notwithstanding any course of
dealing between any Grantor and the Administrative Agent or other
conduct of the Administrative Agent, no authorization to sell or
otherwise dispose of the Collateral (except as set forth in
Section 4.1(d) ) shall be binding upon the
Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties unless such
authorization is in writing signed by the Administrative
Agent.
7.7. No Waiver; Amendments;
Cumulative Remedies . No delay or omission of the
Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any
right or remedy granted under this Security Agreement shall impair
such right or remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any Default
or an acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of
any such right or remedy shall not preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No
waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or
provisions of this Security Agreement whatsoever shall be valid
unless in writing signed by the Administrative Agent with the
concurrence or at the direction of the Lenders required under
Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement and then only to
the extent in such writing specifically set forth. All rights and
remedies contained in this Security Agreement or by law afforded
shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties until the
Secured Obligations have been paid in full.
7.8. Limitation by Law;
Severability of Provisions . All rights, remedies and powers
provided in this Security Agreement may be exercised only to the
extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable
provision of law, and all the provisions of this Security Agreement
are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions
of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent
necessary so that they shall not render this Security Agreement
invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded or
registered, in whole or in part. Any provision in this Security
Agreement that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid
in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative,
unenforceable, or invalid without affecting the remaining
provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability,
or validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to
this end the provisions of this Security Agreement are declared to
be severable.
7.9. Reinstatement . This
Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against
any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should any Grantor
become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any
creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed
for all or any significant part of any Grantor’s assets, and
shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be, if at any time payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law,
rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or
returned by any obligee of the Secured Obligations, whether as a
“voidable preference,” “fraudulent
conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or
performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or
any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the
Secured Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by
such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or
returned.
7.10. Benefit of Agreement .
The terms and provisions of this Security Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Grantors, the
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their
respective successors and assigns (including all persons who become
bound as a debtor to this Security Agreement), except that no
Grantor shall have the right to assign its rights or delegate its
obligations under this Security Agreement or any interest herein
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. No
sales of participations, assignments, transfers, or other
dispositions of any agreement governing the Secured Obligations or
any portion thereof or interest therein shall in any manner impair
the Lien granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties,
hereunder.
7.11. Survival of
Representations . All representations and warranties of the
Grantors contained in this Security Agreement shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Security Agreement.
7.12. Expenses . The Grantors
shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any and all reasonable
and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable outside
attorneys’, auditors’ and accountants’ fees) paid
or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the
preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this
Security Agreement. The Grantors shall also reimburse the
Administrative Agent for any and all documented out-of-pocket
expenses (including reasonable outside attorneys’,
auditors’ and accountants’ fees) paid or incurred by
the Administrative Agent in connection with the collection and
enforcement of
this Security Agreement and in the audit,
analysis, administration, collection, preservation or sale of the
Collateral (including the expenses and charges associated with any
periodic or special audit of the Collateral). Any and all costs and
expenses incurred by the Grantors in the performance of actions
required pursuant to the terms hereof shall be borne solely by the
Grantors.
7.13. Headings . The title of
and section headings in this Security Agreement are for convenience
of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any
of the terms and provisions of this Security Agreement.
7.14. Termination . This
Security Agreement shall continue in effect (notwithstanding the
fact that from time to time there may be no Secured Obligations
outstanding) until (i) the Credit Agreement has terminated
pursuant to its express terms and (ii) all of the Secured
Obligations have been paid and performed in full (or with respect
to any outstanding Letters of Credit, a cash deposit or supporting
letter of credit acceptable to the Administrative Agent has been
delivered to the Administrative Agent) and no commitments of the
Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties which would give
rise to any Secured Obligations are outstanding.
7.15. Entire Agreement . This
Security Agreement and the other Loan Documents embody the entire
agreement and understanding between each Grantor, the
Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties relating to the
Collateral and supersede all prior agreements and understandings
between each Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the other
Secured Parties relating to the Collateral.
7.16. CHOICE OF LAW . THIS
SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS)
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS
APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.
7.17. CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION . EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR NEW YORK STATE
COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL
CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION
IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT,
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER SECURED PARTY TO BRING
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY GRANTOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY ANY GRANTOR AGAINST THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER SECURED PARTY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OTHER SECURED PARTY INVOLVING,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF,
RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS SECURITY
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN
A COURT IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
7.18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
. EACH GRANTOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH OTHER SECURED
PARTY HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING
INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN
TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO,
OR CONNECTED WITH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED
THEREUNDER.
7.19. Indemnity . Each
Grantor hereby agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the
other Secured Parties (each being referred to as an “
Indemnitee ”), and their respective successors,
assigns, agents and employees, from and against, and hold each
Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and
disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or
asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with,
or as a result of the execution or delivery of this Security
Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or
thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective
obligations hereunder, or in any way relating to the manufacture,
purchase, acceptance, rejection, ownership, delivery, lease,
possession, use, operation, condition, sale, return or other
disposition of any Collateral (including, without limitation,
latent and other defects, whether or not discoverable by any
Indemnitee or the Grantors, and any claim for Patent, Trademark or
Copyright infringement), whether based on contract, tort or any
other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party
thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any
Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims,
damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to
have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee.
7.20. Additional Grantors .
Any Person that becomes a Guarantor in accordance with
Section 5.09 of the Credit Agreement subsequent to the
date hereof and that was not a “grantor” under this
Security Agreement at the time of initial execution hereof shall
become a “Grantor” hereunder by executing and
delivering to the Administrative Agent an Additional Grantor
Supplement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C . Any
such Person shall thereafter be deemed a “Grantor” for
all purposes under this Security Agreement.
7.21. Counterparts . This
Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any
of the parties hereto may execute this Security Agreement by
signing any such counterpart.
7.22. Lien Absolute . All
rights of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties
hereunder, and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder, shall be
absolute and unconditional irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or
enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or
any other agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any
Secured Obligations;
(b) any change in the time, manner
or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any part of
the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any
consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement or instrument governing or
evidencing any Secured Obligations, except to the extent expressly
set forth in any such amendment, waiver or consent;
(c)