Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION VERSION
PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
T HIS P LEDGE AND S ECURITY A GREEMENT (as it may be amended or modified from time to
time, this “ Security Agreement ”) is
entered into as of September 1, 2009 by and between
V ERENIUM
C ORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ” and a “ Grantor
”), and W ELLS F ARGO B ANK , N ATIONAL A SSOCIATION , in
its capacity as Collateral Agent (the “ Collateral
Agent ”) for the Secured Parties.
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENT
Pursuant to the Indenture, dated as
of September 1, 2009 (the “ Indenture
”), among the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee
”), the Company has issued its 9.00% convertible senior
secured notes due 2027 (the “ 9% Notes
”). On February 27, 2008, the Company issued $71 million
principal amount of those certain 8% senior convertible notes,
which notes were amended and restated on July 1, 2009 (as so
amended and as may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ 8% Notes
”, and together with the 9% Notes, the “
Notes ”). The Company intends to enter into
secured credit facilities, notes, indentures and other debt
instruments from time to time with lenders or other creditors and
their representatives (collectively, “ Lenders
”) after the date hereof in order to secure working capital
and other financing permitted by the terms of the Indenture, the 9%
Notes and the 8% Notes. As of the Effective Date, the Collateral
Agent has been appointed as the Collateral Agent for the Joined
Secured Parties pursuant to that certain Intercreditor and
Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of the date hereof among the
Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Company and the Joined Secured
Parties from time to time party thereto (the “
Intercreditor Agreement ”). The Grantor is
entering into this Security Agreement in order to induce certain
holders of the Grantor’s existing 5.5% Convertible Senior
Notes dues 2027 (the “ 5.5% Notes ”) to
exchange their 5.5% Notes for 9% Notes, to equally and ratably
secure the Grantor’s obligations under the 8% Notes with the
Grantor’s obligations under the 9% Notes and such secured
indebtedness as may be owed from time to time to the
Lenders.
A CCORDINGLY , the Grantor and the Collateral Agent, on
behalf of the Secured Parties, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
D EFINITIONS
1.1 Terms Defined in
Intercreditor Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Intercreditor Agreement.
1.2 Terms Defined in
UCC. Terms defined in the
UCC which 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
preamble and in the Preliminary Statement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
“ Account Debtor
” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Accounts
” has 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
” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Collateral
” has the meaning set forth in Article II.
“ Collateral
Account ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1.
“ Commercial Tort
Claims ” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of
the UCC.
“ Control
” has 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.
“ Debt
Instrument ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Intercreditor Agreement
“ Default
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ Deposit
Accounts ” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of
the UCC.
“ Documents
” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Effective Date
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ Equipment
” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Event of
Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Intercreditor Agreement.
“ Excluded
Payments ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.6(b)(iii).
“ Excluded
Property ” means: (a) all Vehicles; (b) any
equity interest issued by a Foreign Subsidiary
(i) representing more than 65% of the total outstanding
Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary if such
Foreign Subsidiary is directly owned by the
Grantor, or (ii) representing any of the
outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of such Foreign
Subsidiary if such Foreign Subsidiary is indirectly owned by the
Grantor; (c) any equity interest issued by a domestic
Subsidiary which is not directly or wholly owned by the Company;
(d) any treasury stock of the Company; (e) any lease,
license, contract, or agreement to which the Grantor is a party or
any of its rights or interests thereunder if and for so long as the
grant of such security interest shall constitute or result in
(i) the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any
right, title or interest of the Grantor therein or (ii) a
breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under,
any such lease, license, contract or agreement (other than to the
extent that any such Lien or other obligation would be rendered
ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of
the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions)); (f) any
asset owned by the Grantor that is subject to a Lien or other
contractual obligation that prohibits or requires the consent of
any Person (other than the Company) not obtained as a condition to
the creation of any lien on such asset (other than to the extent
that any such Lien or other obligation would be rendered
ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of
the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions)); (g) any
property to the extent that such grant of such security interest is
prohibited by any Requirement of Law of a Governmental Authority or
requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority
pursuant to such Requirement of Law is ineffective under applicable
law; (h) all aircraft; (i) any Intellectual Property of
the Company and any Licenses related thereto; (j) Margin
Stock; (k) Deposit Accounts; (l) cash and cash
equivalents; (m) any asset only to the extent and for so long
as the terms of any Requirement of Law or agreement relating
thereto validly prohibit the creation by the Grantor of a security
interest in such asset in favor of the Collateral Agent (after
giving effect to the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable
jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy
Code) or principles of equity); (n) any assets with respect to
which the Company shall certify to Collateral Agent in an
Officer’s Certificate that the Company has in good faith
determined that the cost of obtaining a security interest in such
assets is excessive in relation to the benefits provided to the
Secured Parties of the security interest afforded thereby; and
(o) real property.
“ Exhibit
” refers to a specific exhibit to this Security Agreement,
unless another document is specifically referenced.
“ Farm Products
” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Fixtures
” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Foreign
Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary that is not organized
under the laws of any State or Commonwealth of the United States of
America or under the laws of the District of Columbia.
“ Foreign Subsidiary
Voting Stock ” means the issued and outstanding
equity interests entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas.
Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) of any Foreign
Subsidiary.
“ General
Intangibles ” has the meaning set forth in Article 9
of the UCC.
“ Goods ”
has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means the government of the United States
of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof,
whether state, provisional, territorial or local, and any agency,
authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or
other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining
to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the
European Union or the European Central Bank) having jurisdiction
over the Company, any Subsidiary or any Secured Party as the
context may require.
“ Instruments
” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Intellectual
Property ” means the collective reference to all
rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual
property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the
Copyrights, the Patents, the Trademarks and the Licenses, and all
rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement thereof,
including the right to receive all proceeds and damages
therefrom.
“ Inventory
” has the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Investment
Property ” means the collective reference to
(i) all “investment property” as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC (other than any
Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock constituting Excluded Collateral)
and (ii) whether or not constituting “investment
property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged
Stock.
“ Issuer ”
means any issuer of any Investment Property.
“ Letter-of-Credit
Rights ” has 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.
“ Margin Stock
” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation
U.
“ Obligations
” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ 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 the Grantor, whether or not physically
delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Security
Agreement to the extent not constituting Excluded
Property.
“ Pledged Notes
” means all promissory notes listed on Exhibit B and
all other promissory notes issued to or held by the Grantor (other
than promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade
credit by the Grantor in the ordinary course of business) to the
extent not constituting Excluded Property.
“ Pledged Stock
” means the equity interests listed on Exhibit B ,
together with any other shares, stock certificates, options,
interests or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the
equity interests of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or
held by, the Grantor while this Security Agreement is in effect, in
each case, to the extent not constituting Excluded
Property.
“ Receivables
” means the Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Investment
Property, Instruments and any other rights or claims to receive
money which are General Intangibles (to the extent not constituting
Excluded Property) or which are otherwise included as
Collateral.
“ Regulation U
” means Regulation U (12 CFR Part 221) of the Board as from
time to time in effect and any successor or other regulation or
official interpretation of the Board relating to the extension of
credit by banks for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin
Stock applicable to member banks of the Federal Reserve
System.
“ Requirement of
Law ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) the
charter, articles or certificate of organization or incorporation
and bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person and (b) any statute, law (including common law),
treaty, rule, regulation, code, ordinance, order, decree, writ,
judgment, injunction or determination of any arbitrator or court or
other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding
upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
“ Section
” means a numbered section of this Security Agreement, unless
another document is specifically referenced.
“ Secured
Parties ” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Intercreditor Agreement.
“ 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 which the 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 the Grantor
now have or hereafter acquire any right, issued by an issuer of
such equity interest.
“ Supporting
Obligations ” has 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, trade styles, brand names, corporate names, business
names, domain names, logos and other source or business identifiers
and the registrations and applications for registration thereof,
all common-law rights related thereto, and the goodwill of the
business symbolized by the foregoing; (b) all renewals of the
foregoing; (c) 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; (d) 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 (e) 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, Collateral Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s
Lien on any Collateral.
“ Vehicles
” means all cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth
moving equipment and other vehicles covered by a certificate of
title law of any state.
1.4 Other Definitional
Provisions. The words
“hereof,” “herein”, “hereto”
and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used
in this Security Agreement shall refer to this Security Agreement
as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Security
Agreement, and Section and Exhibit references are to this Security
Agreement unless otherwise specified.
The meanings given to terms defined
herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of such terms.
1.5 Exhibit Updates.
The Grantor may update the Exhibits
hereto from time to time to reflect changes to the information
contained therein by notifying the Collateral Agent in writing and
delivering such updated Exhibits to the Collateral Agent within 15
days of any such change; provided that any such update shall
not have the effect of curing any Default or Event of Default that
may have otherwise occurred as a result of the actions taken or the
omissions that resulted in the need to update the
Exhibits.
ARTICLE II
G RANT OF S ECURITY I NTEREST
As of the Effective Date, the
Grantor hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Collateral Agent,
on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to
and under the personal property and other assets, whether now owned
by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of the
Grantor (including under any trade name or derivations thereof),
and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, the
Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be
collectively referred to as the “ Collateral
”), which is specifically listed below:
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all Documents;
(iv) all Equipment;
(v) all Fixtures;
(vi) all General Intangibles;
(vii) all Goods;
(viii) all Instruments;
(ix) all Inventory;
(x) all Investment Property;
(xi) all letters of credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights
and Supporting Obligations;
(xii) all Commercial Tort Claims listed on Exhibit
F ;
(xiii) all Farm Products;
(xiv) and all accessions to, substitutions for and
replacements, proceeds (including 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;
to secure the prompt and complete
payment and performance of the Obligations; provided,
however , that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set
forth in this Article II, this Security Agreement shall not
constitute a grant of a security interest in the Excluded Property
and the Excluded Property shall not be part of the
Collateral.
ARTICLE III
R EPRESENTATIONS AND W ARRANTIES
The Grantor represents and warrants
to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties
that:
3.1 Title, Perfection and
Priority. The 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, and has full power and
authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the security interest in
such Collateral pursuant hereto. When financing statements have
been filed in the appropriate offices against the Grantor in the
locations listed on Exhibit C , the Collateral Agent will
have a fully perfected with the priority required pursuant the
Intercreditor Agreement in that Collateral of the Grantor in which
a security interest may be perfected by filing.
3.2 Type and Jurisdiction of
Organization, Organizational and Identification Numbers.
As of the date hereof, the type of
entity of the 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 on
Exhibit A .
3.3 Principal
Location. As of the date
hereof, the 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 Exhibit A .
3.4 Exact Names.
As of the date hereof, the
Grantor’s name in which it has executed this Security
Agreement is the exact name as it appears in the Grantor’s
organizational documents, as amended, as filed with the
Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization. As of the date
hereof, the Grantor has not, (a) during the past five years
(i) other than as set forth in Part VIII of Exhibit A ,
been known by or used any other corporate or fictitious name,
(ii) except as described on Exhibit D , been a
party to any merger or consolidation or (iii) except as
described in Exhibit D , acquired all of the equity
interests or all or substantially all of the assets, or a business
unit, division, product line or line of business of a Person or
(b) during the past four months, except as described in
Exhibit D , been a party to any acquisition, other than
those described in clause (a)(iii) of this
Section 3.4.
3.5 Letter-of-Credit Rights and
Chattel Paper. As of the
date hereof, Exhibit E lists all Letter-of-Credit Rights
that are not Supporting Obligations and Chattel Paper of the
Grantor involving amounts, individually or in the aggregate, in
excess of $10,000,000. All actions to be taken by the Grantor to
protect and perfect the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the
Chattel Paper listed on Exhibit E (including the delivery of
all originals and the placement of a legend on all Chattel Paper as
required hereunder) have been duly taken. The Collateral Agent will
have a fully perfected security interest in the Chattel Paper
listed on Exhibit E . The Grantor has not pledged, assigned
or delivered any letter of credit or Chattel Paper to any third
party other than the Collateral Agent (to the extent required by
the Intercreditor Agreement).
3.6 Filing
Requirements. As of the
date hereof, none of the Grantor’s Equipment is covered by
any certificate of title, except for Vehicles. As of the date
hereof, none of the Collateral owned by the Grantor is of a type
for which security interests or liens may be perfected by filing
under any federal statute except for Collateral in an aggregate
amount not in excess of $5,000,000.
3.7 Pledged
Collateral.
(a) As of the date hereof, Exhibit B sets
forth a complete and accurate list of all Pledged Collateral held
by the Grantor; provided that , (i) with respect to
equity interests issued by a Subsidiary that constitute Pledged
Collateral, Exhibit B sets forth all such equity interests;
(ii) with respect to equity interests issued by a
non-Subsidiary, Exhibit B sets forth all such equity
interests with an individual value in excess of $5,000,000;
(iii) with respect to Instruments issued by a non-Subsidiary,
Exhibit B sets forth all such Instruments with an
individual value in excess of $5,000,000; and
(iv) with respect to Securities issued by a non-Subsidiary
held in a securities account, Exhibit B sets forth all such
Securities with an individual value in excess of $5,000,000. As of
the date hereof, the Grantor is the direct, sole beneficial owner
and sole holder of record of the Pledged Collateral listed on
Exhibit B as being owned by it, free and clear of any Liens,
except for Permitted Liens. The Grantor further represents and
warrants that (i) all Pledged Stock has been (to the extent
such concepts are relevant with respect to such Pledged Collateral)
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable, and (ii) all Pledged Collateral which
represents indebtedness owed to the Grantor by any Subsidiary
thereof has been duly authorized, authenticated or issued and
delivered by the issuer of such indebtedness, is the legal, valid
and binding obligation of such issuer.
(b) In addition, (i) none of the Pledged
Collateral owned by it 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 that could reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the value of such Collateral or the rights and
remedies of the Collateral Agent in respect thereof,
(ii) there are existing no options, warrants, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to such Pledged
Stock or which obligate any issuer of any Pledged Stock that is a
Subsidiary of the Company to issue additional equity interests, and
(iii) with respect to any Pledged Stock issued by a Subsidiary
of the Company, 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 the Grantor of such Pledged Stock pursuant to this
Security Agreement or for the execution, delivery and performance
of this Security Agreement by the Grantor, or for the exercise by
the Collateral 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.
(c) As of the date hereof, except as set forth in
Exhibit B , the Grantor owns 100% of the issued and
outstanding equity interests of each issuer of Pledged Stock owned
by it and none of the Pledged Collateral which represents
indebtedness owed to the Grantor is subordinated in right of
payment to other indebtedness (other than any such indebtedness
that is subordinated to the Obligations) or subject to the terms of
an indenture.
3.8 Subsidiary Debt.
As of the date hereof, the
consolidated Subsidiaries of the Company had not more than
$1,000,000 in the aggregate of debt for borrowed money, excluding
(i) capital leases, (ii) accrued but unpaid interest and
(iii) inter-company indebtedness.
ARTICLE IV
C OVENANTS
From the date of this Security
Agreement, and thereafter until this Security Agreement is
terminated, the Grantor agrees that:
4.1 General.
(a) Authorization to File
Financing Statements; Ratification. The Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral
Agent to file, and, to the extent required to comply with the
obligations hereunder, will deliver to the Collateral Agent, all
financing statements and other documents and take such other
actions as may from time to time be required in order to maintain a
perfected security interest with the priority required pursuant to
the Intercreditor Agreement in and, if applicable, Control of, the
Collateral owned by the Grantor. Any financing statement filed by
the Collateral Agent may be filed in any filing office in any UCC
jurisdiction and may (i) indicate the Grantor’s
Collateral (1) as all assets of the 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 the Grantor is an organization, the type
of organization and any organization identification number issued
to the Grantor, and (B) in the case of a financing statement
filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of real
property to which the Collateral relates. The Grantor also agrees
to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly
upon request. Notwithstanding the foregoing authorizations given to
the Collateral Agent, the Company shall at its own expense, take
all actions as necessary or advisable to establish, maintain and
perfect a security interest in and continuing Lien on all of the
Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Company shall execute or cause to the executed and shall file
and cause to be filed such financing statements, continuation
statements, and fixture filings in all places necessary to
establish, maintain and perfect the Liens and purported to be
provided for in the Collateral.
(b) Further
Assurances. The Grantor
will, upon the request of the Collateral Agent, furnish to the
Collateral Agent statements and schedules further identifying and
describing the Collateral owned by it and such other reports and
information in connection with its Collateral as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably request, all in such detail as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably specify. The 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 Collateral
Agent in its Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien
not expressly permitted hereunder.
(c) Locations.
From and during the continuance of
an Event of Default, at the request of the Collateral Agent, the
Grantor will promptly provide the Collateral Agent with such
information concerning the location of the Collateral as it may
reasonably request. Following the date hereof, the Grantor shall
not change its chief executive office if such change would
adversely impact the perfection or priority of the security
interests granted hereunder unless, prior to the taking of such
action, the Grantor notifies the Collateral Agent of such action
and takes all actions necessary to maintain the continuous validity
and perfection of such security interest.
4.2 Electronic Chattel
Paper. The Grantor shall
take all steps to grant the Collateral Agent Control of all
electronic chattel paper where the aggregate of all such electronic
chattel
paper is in excess of $5,000,000 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;
Maintenance of Goods. The
Grantor will do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect
and keep its Inventory and Equipment material to the conduct of its
business in good repair and working and saleable condition, except
for (i) damaged or defective goods arising in the ordinary
course of the Grantor’s business, (ii) ordinary wear and
tear in respect of the Equipment and (iii) casualty events (to
the extent such casualty, individually or in the aggregate, could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect)
and (iv) dispositions of any such Inventory and Equipment in
the course of the Company’s business.
4.4 Delivery of Instruments,
Securities, Chattel Paper and Documents. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Grantor will (a) deliver to the Collateral Agent, immediately
upon execution of this Security Agreement, any Chattel Paper,
certificated securities (other than certificated securities that
represent equity interests in Subsidiaries) and Instruments
constituting Collateral owned by it whose value exceeds $5,000,000,
and within 30 days of the execution of this Security Agreement, the
originals of all certificated securities that represent equity
interests in Subsidiaries, (b) hold in trust for the
Collateral Agent upon receipt and (i) promptly thereafter
deliver to the Collateral Agent all certificated securities that
represent equity interests in Subsidiaries and (ii) on a
quarterly basis, deliver to the Collateral Agent any such Chattel
Paper, certificated securities and Instrument