Exhibit 10.8
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including all exhibits and schedules hereto, this “
Agreement ”) is made as of August 15, 2008, among
the Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof and those
additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto by
executing the form of Supplement attached hereto as Annex 1
(collectively, jointly and severally, “ Grantors
” and each individually, “ Grantor ”), and
PRIVATE EQUITY MANAGEMENT GROUP FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a California
corporation, for itself and as administrative agent for the Lenders
defined below (together with its successors and assigns, if any, in
such capacity “ Administrative Agent
”).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of August 4, 2008 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including all exhibits and schedules thereto, the “ Credit
Agreement ”) among Progressive Gaming International
Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“ Borrower
”), each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed as a
“Guarantor” on the signature pages thereto (such
Subsidiaries, together with any additional entities that become
guarantors pursuant to the requirements of
Section 6.01(b) thereof or otherwise, each a “
Guarantor ” and collectively, jointly and severally,
the “ Guarantors ”), the lenders that are, from
time to time, parties thereto (each a “ Lender ”
and collectively, the “ Lenders ”), and
Administrative Agent, the Lender Group is willing to make certain
financial accommodations available to Borrower from time to time
pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof, and
WHEREAS, Administrative Agent has
agreed to act as administrative agent for the benefit of the Lender
Group in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the
Lender Group to enter into the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and to induce the Lender Group to make financial
accommodations to Borrower as provided for in the Credit Agreement,
Grantors have agreed to grant a continuing security interest in and
to the Collateral in order to secure the prompt and complete
payment, observance and performance of, among other things,
(a) all of the present and future obligations of each Grantor
arising from this Agreement, any Guaranty or any other Loan
Document, and (b) all Obligations of each Grantor, including,
in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b), reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses and any interest, fees or expenses that
accrue after the filing of an Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a claim in any
Insolvency Proceeding (clauses (a) and (b) being
hereinafter referred to as the “ Secured Obligations
”), it being acknowledged and agreed that for the purposes of
the definition of “Secured Obligations” the “Loan
Documents” shall exclude the Securities, and
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in
consideration of the recitals made above and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Defined Terms . All
capitalized terms used herein (including, in the preamble and
recitals hereof) without definition shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. Any terms used in this
Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be
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construed and defined as set forth in the Code
unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement;
provided , however , that to the extent that the Code
is used to define any term herein and such term is defined
differently in different Articles of the Code, the definition of
such term contained in Article 9 of the Code shall govern. In
addition to those terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
(a) “ Account ”
means an account (as that term is defined in the Code).
(b) “ Account Debtor
” means any Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel
paper, or a general intangible.
(c) “ Administrative
Agent ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
preamble to this Agreement.
(d) “ Agreement ”
has the meaning specified therefor in the preamble to this
Agreement.
(e) “ Books ”
means books and records (including each Grantor’s Records
indicating, summarizing, or evidencing such Grantor’s assets
(including the Collateral) or liabilities, each Grantor’s
Records relating to such Grantor’s business operations or
financial condition, and each Grantor’s goods or General
Intangibles related to such information).
(f) “ Borrower ”
has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this
Agreement.
(g) “ Capital Stock
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(h) “ Cash and Cash
Equivalents ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(i) “ CFC ” has
the meaning specified therefor in the Credit Agreement.
(j) “ Chattel Paper
” means chattel paper (as that term is defined in the Code)
and includes tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel
paper.
(k) “ Code ”
means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time
to time; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment,
perfection, priority, or remedies with respect to Administrative
Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of New York, the term “Code” shall mean
the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other
jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating
to such attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies.
(l) “ Collateral
” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2
hereof.
(m) “ Commercial Tort
Claims ” means commercial tort claims (as that term is
defined in the Code), and includes those commercial tort claims
listed on Schedule 3 attached hereto (“ Commercial
Tort Claims ”).
(n) “ Control Agreement
” means a control agreement, in form and substance customary
for such agreements and satisfactory to Administrative Agent,
executed and delivered by Grantors or any of their Subsidiaries,
Administrative Agent, and the applicable securities intermediary
(with respect to a Securities Account) or bank (with respect to a
Deposit Account).
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(o) “ Copyright Security
Agreement ” means each Copyright Security Agreement among
Grantors, or any of them, and Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of the Lender Group, in substantially the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have granted to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a
security interest in all their respective Copyrights.
(p) “ Copyrights
” means any and all copyrights and copyright registrations,
including the copyright registrations and recordings thereof and
all applications in connection therewith listed on Schedule
1 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and (i) all
reissues, continuations, extensions or renewals thereof,
(ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and
hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including,
payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith
and damages and payments for past or future infringements or
dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present
and future infringements and dilutions thereof, (iv) the
goodwill of each Grantor’s business symbolized by the
foregoing and connected therewith, and (v) all of each
Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world.
(q) “ Deposit Account
” means a “deposit account” (as that term is
defined in the Code).
(r) “ Equipment ”
means “equipment” (as that term is defined in the Code)
and includes machinery, machine tools, motors, furniture,
furnishings, fixtures, vehicles (including motor vehicles),
computer hardware, tools, parts, and goods (other than consumer
goods, farm products, or Inventory), wherever located, including
all attachments, accessories, accessions, replacements,
substitutions, additions, and improvements to any of the
foregoing.
(s) “ Event of Default
” has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
(t) “ Excluded Assets
” means with respect to any Grantor, (i) any leases,
permits, licenses (including Gaming Licenses) or other contracts or
agreements or other assets or property to the extent that a grant
of a Lien thereon (x) is prohibited by law or would constitute
or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of
any right, title or interest of such Grantor therein pursuant to
applicable law, (y) would require the consent of third parties
and such consent has not been obtained after such Grantor has used
commercially reasonable efforts to try to obtain such consent, or
(z) other than as a result of requiring a consent of third
parties that has not been obtained, would result in a breach of the
provisions thereof, or constitute a default under or result in a
termination of, such lease, permit, license, contract or agreement
(other than to the extent that any such provisions thereof would be
rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407 or 9-408
of the Code (or any successor provision or provisions) of any
relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law); provided
, however , that Excluded Assets shall not include (and,
accordingly, Collateral shall include) any and all Proceeds of any
such assets; and provided , further , that, with
respect to each Excluded Asset described in this clause (i),
immediately upon the uneffectiveness, lapse or termination of such
prohibition, or the obtaining of any required approvals, the
provisions that would be so breached or such breach, default or
termination or immediately upon the obtaining of any such consent
or approval, the Excluded Assets shall not include, and such
Grantor shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, all
such leases, permits, licenses, contracts and agreements and such
other assets and property as if such prohibition, the provisions
that would be so breached or such breach, default or termination
had never been in effect and as if such consent or approval had not
been required; and (ii) voting Capital Stock of any Subsidiary
of such Grantor that is a CFC solely to the extent that
(A) such Capital Stock represents more than 65% of the
outstanding voting Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, and
(B) hypothecating more than 65% of the total outstanding
voting Capital Stock of such Subsidiary would result in material
adverse tax consequences.
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(u) “ Credit Agreement
” has the meaning specified therefor in the recital to this
Agreement.
(v) “ Gaming Laws
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(w) “ Gaming License
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(x) “ Gaming
Subsidiaries ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(y) “ General
Intangibles ” means general intangibles (as that term is
defined in the Code) and includes payment intangibles, contract
rights, rights to payment, rights arising under common law,
statutes, or regulations, choses or things in action, goodwill
(including the goodwill associated with any Trademark, Patent, or
Copyright), Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, URLs and domain names,
industrial designs, other industrial or Intellectual Property or
rights therein or applications therefor, whether under license or
otherwise, programs, programming materials, blueprints, drawings,
purchase orders, customer lists, monies due or recoverable from
pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and other rights
under any royalty or licensing agreements, including Intellectual
Property Licenses, infringement claims, computer programs,
information contained on computer disks or tapes, software,
literature, reports, catalogs, pension plan refunds, pension plan
refund claims, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax
refund claims, uncertificated securities, and any other personal
property other than commercial tort claims, money, Accounts,
Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, goods, Investment Related
Property, Negotiable Collateral, and oil, gas, or other minerals
before extraction.
(z) “ Grantor ”
and “ Grantors ” have the meaning specified
therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.
(aa) “ Guarantor
” and “ Guarantors ” have the meaning
specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(bb) “ Guaranty ”
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(cc) “ Insolvency
Proceeding ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(dd) “ Intellectual
Property ” means any and all Intellectual Property
Licenses, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, the goodwill associated
with such Trademarks, trade secrets and customer lists.
(ee) “ Intellectual
Property Licenses ” means any license of patent,
trademark, copyright or other intellectual property, including
software license agreements with any other party, whether the
applicable Grantor is a licensee or licensor under any such license
agreement, including, the license agreements listed on Schedule
1 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and the right to use
the foregoing in connection with the enforcement of the Lender
Group’s rights under the Loan Documents, including, the right
to prepare for sale and sell any and all Inventory and Equipment
now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now or hereafter covered
by such licenses.
(ff) “ Inventory
” means inventory (as that term is defined in the
Code).
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(gg) “ Investment Related
Property ” means (i) any and all investment property
(as that term is defined in the Code), and (ii) any and all of
the following regardless of whether classified as investment
property under the Code: all Pledged Interests, Pledged Operating
Agreements, and Pledged Partnership Agreements.
(hh) “ Lender ”
and “ Lenders ” have the meaning specified
therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(ii) “ Lender Group
” means, individually and collectively, each of the Lenders
and Administrative Agent.
(jj) “ Loan Document
” has the meaning specified therefore in the Credit
Agreement.
(kk) “ Mississippi Gaming
Authorities ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(ll) “ Negotiable
Collateral ” means letters of credit, letter of credit
rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts and documents (as
that term is defined in the Code).
(mm) “ Nevada Gaming
Authorities ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(nn) “ NGC ”
means the Nevada Gaming Commission.
(oo) “ NGCB ”
means the Nevada State Gaming Control Board.
(pp) “ Obligations
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(qq) “ Patent Security
Agreement ” means each Patent Security Agreement among
Grantors, or any of them, and Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of the Lender Group, in substantially the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have granted to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a
security interest in all their respective Patents.
(rr) “ Patents ”
means any and all patents and patent applications, including, the
patents and patent applications listed on Schedule 1
attached hereto and made a part hereof, and (i) all renewals
thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now
and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto,
including, payments under all licenses entered into in connection
therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements
or dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past, present
and future infringements and dilutions thereof, and (iv) all
of each Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world.
(ss) “ Permitted Liens
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(tt) “ Person ”
has the meaning specified therefor in the Credit
Agreement.
(uu) “ Pledged
Companies ” means, each Person listed on Schedule
4 hereto as a “Pledged Company”, together with each
other Person, all or a portion of whose Capital Stock, is acquired
or otherwise owned by a Grantor after the Initial Funding
Date.
(vv) “ Pledged
Interests ” means all of each Grantor’s right,
title and interest in and to all of the Capital Stock now or
hereafter owned by such Grantor, regardless of class or
designation, including, in each of the Pledged Companies, and
all
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substitutions therefor and replacements thereof,
all proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, including,
any certificates representing the Capital Stock, the right to
request after the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default that such Capital Stock be registered in the name
of Administrative Agent or any of its nominees, the right to
receive any certificates representing any of the Capital Stock and
the right to require that such certificates be delivered to
Administrative Agent together with undated powers or assignments of
investment securities with respect thereto, duly endorsed in blank
by such Grantor, all warrants, options, share appreciation rights
and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof and
of all dividends, distributions of income, profits, surplus, or
other compensation by way of income or liquidating distributions,
in cash or in kind, and all cash, instruments, and other property
from time to time received, receivable, or otherwise distributed in
respect of or in addition to, in substitution of, on account of, or
in exchange for any or all of the foregoing.
(ww) “ Pledged Interests
Addendum ” means a Pledged Interests Addendum
substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this
Agreement.
(xx) “ Pledged Operating
Agreements ” means all of each Grantor’s rights,
powers, and remedies under the limited liability company operating
agreements of each of the Pledged Companies that is a limited
liability company.
(yy) “ Pledged Partnership
Agreements ” means all of each Grantor’s rights,
powers, and remedies under the partnership agreements of each of
the Pledged Companies that is a partnership.
(zz) “ Proceeds ”
has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2
hereof.
(aaa) “ Real Property
” means any estates or interests in real property now owned
or hereafter acquired by any Grantor or any Subsidiary of any
Grantor and the improvements thereto.
(bbb) “ Records ”
means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or which
is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in
perceivable form.
(ccc) “ Required
Library ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(ddd) “ Security
Interest ” has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2 in hereof.
(eee) “ Secured
Obligations ” has the meaning specified in the recitals
to this Agreement
(fff) “ Securities
Account ” means a securities account (as that term is
defined in the Code).
(ggg) “ Source Code
” means a complete copy of the annotated source code for each
current version or versions (including all a.x and a.x.y releases
but excluding the a.x.y versions that are bug fixes) and related
materials of or for each item of computer software programs or
other technology of any Grantor constituting the Required Library,
in machine-readable form on machine-readable storage medium
suitable for long-term storage and compatible with
commonly-available computer systems then in use by any
Grantor’s licensees of the computer software programs
comprising the Required Library and which, when compiled, will
produce the object code version of said software, including without
limitation all existing encryption code, system documentation and
flowcharts, algorithm and subroutine descriptions, memory and
overlay maps, name and/or label conventions, program narrators,
source code listings and other documentation and commentary
necessary or desirable for a reasonably competent computer
programmer to install, maintain, service, and otherwise use the
software programs comprising the Required Library, and with
respect
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to the currently shipping versions of the
software programs comprising the Required Library, to modify and
enhance such software programs, without the aid of any Grantor, as
may be necessary or desirable for the Administrative Agent, as
agent, to benefit from its rights under the Credit Agreement and
this Agreement.
(hhh) “ Source Code Escrow
Agreement ” means a source code escrow agreement with
respect to the Source Code, in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent, among each Grantor, Borrower, Administrative
Agent, and an escrow agent satisfactory to Administrative Agent in
its sole and absolute discretion.
(iii) “ Supporting
Obligation ” means Supporting Obligation (as such term is
defined in the Code), and includes letters of credit and guaranties
issued in support of Accounts, Chattel Paper, documents, General
Intangibles, instruments, or Investment Related
Property.
(jjj) “ Trademarks
” means any and all trademarks, trade names, registered
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered
service marks and service mark applications, including, the trade
names, registered trademarks, trademark applications, registered
service marks and service mark applications listed on Schedule
1 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and (i) all
renewals thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and
payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect
thereto, including, payments under all licenses entered into in
connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future
infringements or dilutions thereof, (iii) the right to sue for
past, present and future infringements and dilutions thereof,
(iv) the goodwill of each Grantor’s business symbolized
by the foregoing and connected therewith, and (v) all of each
Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world.
(kkk) “ Trademark Security
Agreement ” means each Trademark Security Agreement among
Grantors, or any of them, and Administrative Agent, for the benefit
of the Lender Group, in substantially the form of Exhibit D
attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have granted to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a
security interest in all their respective Trademarks.
(lll) “ URL ”
means “uniform resource locator,” an internet web
address.
2. Grant of Security . Each
Grantor hereby unconditionally grants, assigns and pledges to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group, a
continuing security interest (hereinafter referred to as the
“ Security Interest ”) in all personal property
of such Grantor whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising
and wherever located, including such Grantor’s right, title,
and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located (the “
Collateral ”):
(a) all of such Grantor’s
Accounts;
(b) all of such Grantor’s
Books;
(c) all of such Grantor’s
Chattel Paper;
(d) all of such Grantor’s
interest with respect to any Deposit Account or Securities
Account;
(e) all of such Grantor’s
Equipment and fixtures;
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(f) all of such Grantor’s
General Intangibles;
(g) all of such Grantor’s
Inventory;
(h) all of such Grantor’s
Investment Related Property;
(i) all of such Grantor’s
Negotiable Collateral;
(j) all of such Grantor’s
rights in respect of Supporting Obligations;
(k) all of such Grantor’s
interest with respect to any Commercial Tort Claims;
(l) all of such Grantor’s
money, Cash and Cash Equivalents, or other assets of each such
Grantor that now or hereafter come into the possession, custody, or
control of Administrative Agent or any other member of the Lender
Group;
(m) all of the proceeds and
products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of the foregoing,
including proceeds of insurance or commercial tort claims covering
or relating to any or all of the foregoing, and any and all
Accounts, Books, Cash and Cash Equivalents, Chattel Paper, Deposit
Accounts, Securities Accounts, Equipment, General Intangibles,
Inventory, Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral,
Supporting Obligations, Commercial Tort Claims, money, or other
tangible or intangible property resulting from the sale, lease,
license, exchange, collection, or other disposition of any of the
foregoing, the proceeds of any award in condemnation with respect
to any of the property of Grantors, any rebates or refunds, whether
for taxes or otherwise, and all proceeds of any such proceeds, or
any portion thereof or interest therein, and the proceeds thereof,
and all proceeds of any loss of, damage to, or destruction of the
above, whether insured or not insured, and, to the extent not
otherwise included, any indemnity, warranty, or guaranty payable by
reason of loss or damage to, or otherwise with respect to any of
the foregoing Collateral (the “ Proceeds ”).
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term
“Proceeds” includes whatever is receivable or received
when Investment Related Property or proceeds are sold, exchanged,
collected, or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is
voluntary or involuntary, and includes, proceeds of any indemnity
or guaranty payable to any Grantor or Administrative Agent from
time to time with respect to any of the Investment Related
Property.
The foregoing to the contrary
notwithstanding, “Collateral” shall not include the
Excluded Assets.
3. Security for Obligations .
This Agreement and the Security Interest created hereby secures the
payment and performance of all the Secured Obligations, whether now
existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of all amounts
which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed
by Grantors, or any of them, to Administrative Agent, the Lender
Group or any of them, but for the fact that they are unenforceable
or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding
involving any Grantor.
4. Grantors Remain Liable .
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each of
the Grantors shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements
included in the Collateral, including, the Pledged Operating
Agreements and the Pledged Partnership Agreements, to perform all
of the duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if
this Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by
Administrative Agent or any other member of the Lender Group of any
of the rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of
its duties or obligations under such contracts and agreements
included in the Collateral, and (c) none of the members of the
Lender Group shall have any obligation or liability under such
contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of
this Agreement, nor shall any of the members of the Lender Group be
obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any
Grantors thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any
claim for payment assigned hereunder. Until an Event of
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Default shall occur and while it remains
continuing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
Credit Agreement, or the 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. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties
hereto that record and beneficial ownership of the Pledged
Interests, including, all voting, consensual, and dividend rights,
shall remain in the applicable Grantor until the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default and until Administrative Agent
shall notify the applicable Grantor of Administrative Agent’s
exercise of voting, consensual, or dividend rights with respect to
the Pledged Interests pursuant to Section 15
hereof.
5. Representations and
Warranties . Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants, as to
itself, as follows:
(a) The exact legal name of such
Grantor is set forth on the signature pages of this Agreement or,
if such Grantor has provided a written notice to Administrative
Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(c) of the Credit
Agreement, as set forth in such notice.
(b) Schedule 4 attached
hereto sets forth all Real Property owned by such Grantor as of the
Initial Funding Date.
(c) Such Grantor is the sole legal
and beneficial owner, nonexclusive licensee, or exclusive licensee
of all Intellectual Property that is necessary to, or economically
desirable in connection with, the conduct of its business as
currently contemplated. As of the Initial Funding Date, such
Grantor has no interest in, or title to, any Intellectual Property
Licenses (other than Intellectual Property Licenses to use
commercial off-the-shelf software, which Intellectual Property
Licenses to use such commercial off-the-shelf software each
individually have a fair market value of less than $500), Patents,
Trademarks, or registered Copyrights except as set forth on
Schedule 1 , attached hereto. This Agreement is effective to
create a valid and continuing Lien on such Copyrights, Intellectual
Property Licenses (except to the extent the same is an Excluded
Asset), Patents and Trademarks and, upon filing of the Copyright
Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office and
filing of the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark Security
Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and
the filing of appropriate financing statements in the jurisdictions
listed on Schedule 5 hereto, all action necessary or
desirable to protect and perfect the Security Interest in and to
such Grantor’s United States Patents, United States
Trademarks, or United States Copyrights has been taken and such
perfected Security Interests are enforceable as such as against any
and all creditors of and purchasers from such Grantor, except as
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
moratorium or other similar laws and except as limited by general
principles of equity. Such Grantor has no interest in any Copyright
registered with the United States Copyright Office that is
necessary in connection with the operation of the Borrower’s
business, except for those registered Copyrights, identified on
Schedule 1 attached hereto.
(d) This Agreement creates a valid
security interest in the Collateral of such Grantor, to the extent
a security interest therein can be created under the Code, securing
the payment of the Secured Obligations. Except to the extent a
security interest in the Collateral cannot be perfected by the
filing of a financing statement under the Code, all filings and
other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and protect such
security interest have been duly taken or will have been taken upon
the filing of a financing statement listing such Grantor, as
debtor, and Administrative Agent, as secured party, in the
jurisdictions listed next to such Grantor’s name on
Schedule 5 attached hereto. Upon the making of such filings,
Administrative Agent shall have a first priority perfected security
interest (subject to Permitted Liens) in the Collateral of such
Grantor to the extent such security interest can be perfected by
the filing of a financing statement. All action by any Grantor
necessary to protect and perfect such security interest on each
item of Collateral has been duly taken.
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(e) (i) Except for the Security
Interest created hereby, each Grantor is and will at all times be
the sole holder of record and the legal and beneficial owner, free
and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, of the Pledged
Interests of such Grantor (including the Pledged Interests
indicated on Schedule 2 as being owned by such Grantor);
(ii) all of the Pledged Interests are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and the Pledged Interests
constitute the percentage of the issued and outstanding Capital
Stock of the Pledged Companies identified as held by any such
Grantor on Schedule 2 hereto as supplemented or modified by
any Pledged Interests Addendum or any Supplement to this Agreement;
(iii) subject to compliance with applicable Gaming Laws, such
Grantor has the right and requisite authority to pledge, the
Investment Related Property pledged by such Grantor to
Administrative Agent as provided herein; (iv) subject to
compliance with applicable Gaming Laws, all actions necessary or
desirable to perfect, establish the first priority of, or otherwise
protect, Administrative Agent’s Liens in the Collateral
consisting of Investment Related Property, and the proceeds
thereof, will have been duly taken, under the laws of the United
States or any state thereof (A) upon the execution and
delivery of this Agreement; (B) upon the taking of possession
by Administrative Agent or any custodian of Administrative Agent of
any certificates constituting the Pledged Interests, to the extent
such Pledged Interests are represented by certificates, together
with undated powers endorsed in blank by the applicable Grantor;
(C) upon the filing of financing statements in the applicable
jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 5 attached hereto for
such Grantor with respect to the Pledged Interests of such Grantor
that are not represented by certificates, and (D) with respect
to any Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts, upon the execution
and delivery of Control Agreements with respect thereto; and
(v) each Grantor has delivered to Administrative Agent or a
custodian of Administrative Agent all certificates representing the
Pledged Interests owned by such Grantor to the extent such Pledged
Interests are represented by certificates, and undated powers
endorsed in blank with respect to such certificates. None of the
Pledged Interests owned or held by such Grantor has been issued or
transferred in violation of any securities registration, securities
disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such
issuance or transfer may be subject.
(f) No consent, approval,
authorization, or other order or other action by, and no notice to
or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is
required (i) for the grant of a Security Interest by such
Grantor in and to the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or for
the execution, delivery, or performance of this Agreement by such
Grantor, or (ii) for the exercise by Administrative Agent of
the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement with
respect to the Investment Related Property or the remedies in
respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, except as may
be required in connection with such disposition of Investment
Related Property by laws affecting the offering and sale of
securities generally and except for approvals required under
applicable Gaming Laws. No Intellectual Property License material
to the conduct of such Grantor’s business to which such
Grantor is a party requires any consent for such Grantor to grant
the security interest granted hereunder, to the extent permitted
under Section 9-408 of the Code, in such Grantor’s
right, title or interest in or to any Copyrights, Patents,
Trademarks or material Intellectual Property Licenses.
(g) To the extent necessary or
desirable in the operation of such Grantor’s business and
subject to the Required Library obligations set forth in the Loan
Documents, such Grantor has made in accordance with the procedures
and regulations of the United States Copyright Office and the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, all
payments, filings and recordations to protect and maintain its
interest in the Intellectual Property identified on Schedule
1 in a manner sufficient to claim in the public record such
Grantor’s ownership thereof, including (i) making all
necessary registration, maintenance, and renewal fee payments; and
(ii) filing all necessary documents, including all
applications for registration of Copyrights comprising the Required
Library, Patents and Trademarks.
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(h) Such Grantor has and uses
commercially reasonable efforts to enforce a policy requiring its
employees, consultants and contractors to execute appropriate
assignment agreements, pursuant to which each such employee,
consultant or contractor has assigned to such Grantor all of such
individual’s rights (including with respect to Intellectual
Property) in and to all ideas, inventions, processes, works of
authorship and other work products that relate to such
Grantor’s business and that were conceived, created, authored
or developed during the term of such employee’s,
consultant’s or contractor’s employment or engagement
by such Grantor. No past or present employee or contractor of such
Grantor has any ownership interest, license, permission or other
right in or to any Intellectual Property that is necessary to, or
economically desirable in connection with, the conduct of any such
Grantor’s business, except that solely to the extent
necessary for the conduct of their work for or on behalf of such
Grantor, (i) employees of each Grantor may have permission to
use Intellectual Property Rights and (ii) contractors may have
permission to use or license rights in the Intellectual
Property.
(i) Except as set forth in
Schedule 1 , no claim has been made in writing and is
continuing or, to such Grantor’s knowledge, threatened that
the use by such Grantor of any Intellectual Property that is
necessary to, or economically desirable in connection with, the
conduct of its business does or may violate the Intellectual
Property rights of any Person. To such Grantor’s knowledge,
there is currently no infringement or unauthorized use of any item
of Intellectual Property contained on Schedule 1
.
(j) Schedule 6 attached
hereto sets forth all motor vehicles owned by Grantors as of the
Initial Funding Date, by model, model year and vehicle
identification number.
6. Covenants . Each Grantor
covenants and agrees, as to itself, with Administrative Agent and
the Lender Group that from and after the date of this Agreement and
until the date of termination of this Agreement in accordance with
Section 23 hereof:
(a) Possession of Collateral
. In the event that any Collateral, including proceeds, is
evidenced by or consists of Negotiable Collateral, Investment
Related Property, or Chattel Paper, and if and to the extent that
perfection or priority of Administrative Agent’s Security
Interest is dependent on or enhanced by possession, such Grantor,
immediately upon the request of Administrative Agent and in
accordance with Section 8 hereof, shall, subject to all
applicable Gaming Laws, execute such other documents and
instruments as shall be requested by Administrative Agent or, if
applicable, endorse and deliver physical possession of such
Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or Chattel
Paper to Administrative Agent or a custodian of Administrative
Agent, together with such undated powers endorsed in blank as shall
be requested by Administrative Agent;
(b) Chattel Paper
.
(i) Such Grantor shall take all
steps necessary or desirable to grant Administrative Agent control
of all electronic Chattel Paper in accordance with the Code and all
“transferable records” as that term is defined in
Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and
Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction;
(ii) If such Grantor retains
possession of any Chattel Paper or instruments (which retention of
possession shall be subject to the extent permitted hereby and by
the Credit Agreement), promptly upon the request of Administrative
Agent, such Chattel Paper and instruments shall be marked with the
following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced
or secured hereby are subject to the Security Interest of Private
Equity Management Group Financial Corporation, a California
corporation, as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lender
Group”;
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(c) Control Agreements
.
(i) Except to the extent otherwise
permitted by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall obtain an
authenticated Control Agreement, from each bank holding a Deposit
Account for such Grantor;
(ii) Except to the extent otherwise
permitted by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall obtain
authenticated Control Agreements, from each issuer of
uncertificated securities, securities intermediary, or commodities
intermediary issuing or holding any financial assets or commodities
to or for any Grantor;
(d) Letter of Credit Rights .
Each Grantor that is or becomes the beneficiary of a letter of
credit shall promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days
after becoming a beneficiary), notify Administrative Agent thereof
and, upon the request by Administrative Agent, enter into, and use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause such issuer or confirming
bank to enter into, a tri-party agreement with Administrative Agent
and the issuer or confirming bank with respect to letter-of-credit
rights (as that term is defined in the Code) assigning such
letter-of-credit rights to Administrative Agent and directing all
payments thereunder to a deposit account designated by
Administrative Agent, all in form and substance satisfactory to
Administrative Agent;
(e) Commercial Tort Claims .
Each Grantor shall promptly (and in any event within 5 Business
Days of receipt thereof), notify Administrative Agent in writing
upon incurring or otherwise obtaining a Commercial Tort Claim after
the date hereof against any third party and, upon request of
Administrative Agent, promptly amend Schedule 3 to this
Agreement, authorize the filing of additional financing statements
or amendments to existing financing statements and do such other
acts or things deemed necessary or desirable by Administrative
Agent to give Administrative Agent a first priority, perfected
security interest in any such Commercial Tort Claim, subject to
Permitted Liens;
(f) Government Contracts . If
any Account or Chattel Paper arises out of a contract or contracts
with the United States of America or Canada or any department,
agency, or instrumentality thereof, Grantors shall promptly (and in
any event within 5 Business Days of the creation thereof) notify
Administrative Agent thereof in writing and take any steps
reasonably required by Administrative Agent in order that all
moneys due or to become due under such contract or contracts shall
be assigned to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender
Group, and notice thereof given under the Assignment of Claims Act
or other applicable law;
(g) Intellectual Property
.
(i) Upon request of Administrative
Agent, in order to facilitate filings with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, each
Grantor shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent one or
more Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements,
or Patent Security Agreements to evidence Administrative
Agent’s Lien on such Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks, or
Copyrights (limited, with respect to Copyrights only, to registered
Copyrights and all Copyrights for which an application for
registration has been filed with the United States Copyright
Office), and the General Intangibles of such Grantor relating
thereto or represented thereby;
(ii) Each Grantor shall have the
duty, to the extent necessary or economically desirable in the
operation of such Grantor’s business, (A) to promptly
sue for infringement, misappropriation, or dilution and to recover
any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation, or
dilution, (B) to prosecute diligently any trademark
application or service mark application that is part of the
Trademarks pending as of the date hereof or hereafter until the
termination of this Agreement, (C) to prosecute
diligently
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any patent application that is part of the
Patents pending as of the date hereof or hereafter until the
termination of this Agreement, and (D) to take all necessary
or desirable action to preserve and maintain all of such
Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Intellectual
Property Licenses, and its rights therein, including the filing of
applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of
noncontestability and opposition and interference and cancellation
proceedings. Any expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing
shall be borne by the appropriate Grantor. Each Grantor further
agrees (x) not to abandon any Patent, Trademark, Copyright, or
Intellectual Property License that is necessary or economically
desirable in the operation of such Grantor’s business without
the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, and (y) to
use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any Intellectual
Property License entered into after the Initial Funding Date by
such Grantor under which such Grantor is the licensor and that
generates or, by its terms, will generate revenue for such Grantor,
permits the assignment of such agreement (and all rights of such
Grantor thereunder) to the Administrative Agent (and any successors
or permitted assigns of the Administrative Agent);
(iii) Grantors acknowledge and agree
that the Lender Group shall have no duties with respect to the
Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, or Intellectual Property Licenses.
Without limiting the generality of this Section 6(g) ,
Grantors acknowledge and agree that no member of the Lender Group
shall be under any obligation to take any steps to preserve rights
in the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, or Intellectual Property
Licenses against any other Person, but Administrative Agent may do
so at its option from and after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, and all expenses incurred in
connection therewith (including, reasonable fees and expenses of
attorneys and other professionals) shall be for the sole account of
Borrower and shall be chargeable to the Loan Account;
(iv) With respect to all
Intellectual Property that is material to the conduct of
Grantor’s businesses, such Grantor agrees, subject to the
last sentence of this subsection, to take all necessary or
desirable steps, including making all payments and filings in
connection with registration, maintenance, and renewal of
Copyrights (limited, with respect to Copyrights only, to the
Required Library), Trademarks, and Patents in the United States
Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
any other appropriate government agencies in foreign jurisdictions
or in any court, to maintain all such Intellectual Property. Such
Grantor hereby agrees to take corresponding steps with respect to
all new or acquired Intellectual Property (limited, with respect to
Copyrights only, to the Copyrights comprising the Required Library)
to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is now or later becomes
entitled that is material to the conduct of its business. Any
expenses incurred in connection with such activities shall be borne
solely by such Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event
shall such Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee,
licensee, or designee, file an application for the registration of
any Copyright with the United States Copyright Office or any
similar office or agency without giving Administrative Agent prior
written notice thereof or any Patent or Trademark with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office or agency
without giving Administrative Agent written notice thereof promptly
thereafter (and in no event later than 5 Business Days after such
filing). Promptly upon any such filing, such Grantor shall comply
with Section 6(g)(i) hereof;
(v) Within 30 days after the end of
each calendar quarter ending after the requirements of
Section 6(h) hereof are satisfied, such Grantor shall
deliver to Administrative Agent documentation satisfactory to
Administrative Agent identifying the Copyrights, whether created or
acquired before or after the Initial Funding Date, comprising the
Required Library (including all supporting documentation relating
to the determination of the composition of the Required Library),
and the amount of revenue and the percentage of the aggregate
amount of revenue generated for (A) the preceding calendar
quarter, and (B) the preceding twelve month period ending on
the last day of such calendar quarter, in each case, by and/or
arising from each such Copyright. No more than 5 days following
each such date of delivery, such Grantor shall (A) file
applications and take any and all other actions necessary
to
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register or record a transfer of ownership, as
applicable, to such Grantor on an expedited basis (if expedited
processing is available in accordance with the applicable
regulations and procedures of the United States Copyright Office
and any similar office of any other United States jurisdiction in
which Copyrights are used) each such Copyright comprising the
Required Library which on the applicable date of delivery is not
already the subject of a valid registration or an application
therefor diligently prosecuted with the United States Copyright
Office (or any similar office of any other United States
jurisdiction in which Copyrights are used) identifying such Grantor
as the sole claimant thereof in a manner sufficient to claim in the
public record (or as a co-claimant thereof, if such is the case)
such Grantor’s ownership thereof, unless filing such a
Copyright would waive any trade secret rights and (B) cause to
be prepared, executed, and delivered to Administrative Agent, with
sufficient time to permit Administrative Agent to record no later
than 5 days following the date of registration of or recordation of
transfer of ownership, as applicable, to the applicable Grantor of
such Copyrights, (I) a Copyright Security Agreement or
supplemental schedules to the Copyright Security Agreement
reflecting the security interest of Administrative Agent in such
Copyrights, which supplemental schedules shall be in form and
content suitable for recordation with the United States Copyright
Office (or any similar office of any other United States
jurisdiction in which Copyrights are used) so as to give
constructive notice, when so recorded, of the transfer by such
Grantor to Administrative Agent of a security interest in such
Copyrights and (II) any other documentation as Administrative Agent
deems necessary, in its sole and absolute discretion, in order to
perfect and continue perfected Administrative Agent’s Liens
on such Copyrights following such recordation;
(vi) Such Grantor shall deposit with
the escrow agent designated under the Source Code Escrow Agreement
the Source Code, within 5 days following the date of the delivery
of the documentation delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 6(g)(v) hereof and in accordance with all other
terms and conditions of the Source Code Escrow
Agreement;
(vii) Within 30 days after the end
of each calendar quarter, such Grantor shall provide Administrative
Agent with a written report of all new Copyrights (to the extent
not already covered in Section 6(g)(v) hereof), Patents
and Trademarks that are registered or the subject of pending
applications for registrations, which were acquired, generated or
filed by such Grantor during the prior period. In the case of such
registrations or applications therefor, which were acquired by such
Grantor, such Grantor shall file the necessary documents with the
appropriate filing office identifying such Grantor as the sole
claimant thereto in a manner sufficient to claim in the public
record (or as a co-claimant thereof, if such is the case) such
Grantor’s ownership thereof. In each of the foregoing cases,
such Grantor shall cause to be prepared, executed, and delivered to
Administrative Agent supplemental schedules to the applicable Loan
Documents to identify such Copyright, Patent and Trademark
registrations and applications therefor as being subject to the
security interests created thereunder and shall comply with
Section 6(g)(i) hereof;
(viii) Upon receipt from the United
States Copyright Office of notice of registration of any
Copyright(s), such Grantor shall promptly (but in no event later
than 5 days following such receipt) notify Administrative Agent of
such registration by delivering, or causing to be delivered to
Administrative Agent, via overnight courier, electronic mail or
telefacsimile at the addresses designated in the Credit Agreement,
documentation sufficient for Administrative Agent to perfect
Administrative Agent’s Liens on such Copyright(s);
(ix) Such Grantor shall take the
actions to protect the confidentiality of the Intellectual Property
Rights that are necessary or economically desirable to the conduct
of its business, including (a) taking actions to protect the
secrecy and confidentiality of its confidential information and
trade secrets by requiring all current employees, consultants,
licensees, vendors and contractors to execute appropriate
confidentiality agreements; (b) taking actions necessary to
ensure that no trade secret falls or has
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fallen into the public domain; and
(c) protecting the secrecy and confidentiality of the source
code of all computer software programs and applications of which it
is the owner or licensee by requiring any licensees (or
sublicensees) of such source code to enter into license agreements
with appropriate use and non-disclosure restrictions;
(h) Conditions Subsequent .
Promptly following the Initial Funding Date, but in any event
within 90 days after the Initial Funding Date, Administrative Agent
shall have received:
(i) duly executed counterparts of
the Source Code Escrow Agreement,
(ii) evidence satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent that the Loan Parties shall have deposited the
Source Code with the escrow agent in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Source Code Escrow Agreement, and
(iii) (A) satisfactory evidence that
each Grantor shall have filed applications and taken any and all
other actions necessary to register or record a transfer of
ownership, as applicable, to such Grantor of each such Copyright
comprising the Required Library which on the applicable date of
delivery is not already the subject of a valid registration or an
application therefore diligently prosecuted with the United States
Copyright Office (or any similar office of any other United States
jurisdiction in which Copyrights are used) identifying such Grantor
as the sole claimant thereof in a manner sufficient to claim in the
public record (or as a co-claimant thereof, if such is the case)
such Grantor’s ownership thereof unless filing such a
Copyright would waive any trade secret rights, and (B) with
sufficient time to permit Administrative Agent to record no later
than 5 days following the date of registration of or recordation of
transfer of ownership, as applicable, to the applicable Grantor of
such Copyrights, (I) a Copyright Security Agreement or
supplemental schedules to the Copyright Security Agreement
reflecting the security interest of Administrative Agent in such
Copyrights, which supplemental schedules shall be in form and
content suitable for recordation with the United States Copyright
Office (or any similar office of any other United States
jurisdiction in which Copyrights are used) so as to give
constructive notice, when so recorded, of the transfer by such
Grantor to Administrative Agent of a security interest in such
Copyrights and (II) any other documentation as Administrative Agent
deems necessary in order to perfect and continue perfected
Administrative Agent’s Liens on such Copyrights following
such recordation.
(i) Investment Related
Property .
(i) Subject to all applicable Gaming
Laws, if any Grantor shall receive or become entitled to receive
any Pledged Interests after the Initial Funding Date, it shall
promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days of receipt
thereof) deliver to Administrative Agent a duly executed Pledged
Interests Addendum identifying such Pledged Interests;
(ii) Upon the occurrence
o