Exhibit 10.9
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
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY, a Nevada corporation, for itself and
as agent for the Purchasers defined below (together with its
successors and assigns, if any, in such capacity “
Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain
Note and Warrant Purchase 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 “
Note Purchase Agreement ”) among Progressive Gaming
International Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“
Issuer ”), each Subsidiary of the Issuer 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 noteholders that are, from time to time, parties
thereto (each a “Purchaser” and collectively, the
“ Purchasers ”), and Agent, the Purchaser Group
is willing to make certain financial accommodations available to
Issuer from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions
thereof, and
WHEREAS, Agent has agreed to act as
Agent for the benefit of the Purchaser Group in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the
Purchaser Group to enter into the Note Purchase Agreement and the
other Purchase Documents and to induce the Purchaser Group to make
financial accommodations to Issuer as provided for in the Note
Purchase 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
(other than the obligations of the Issuer to deliver Conversion
Shares upon conversion of any Note but not any monetary amount due
under any Note, including without limitation, any amounts due for
failure to timely deliver the Conversion Shares) of each Grantor
arising from this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, any
Guaranty or any other Purchase Document, and (b) all
Obligations of Issuer or any 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 purposes of the definition of
“Secured Obligations,” the “Purchase
Documents” shall exclude the Warrants, the Conversion Shares
and the Warrant Shares, 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 Note Purchase Agreement. Any terms used in
this Agreement that are defined in the Code shall be construed and
defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined herein or
in the Note Purchase 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) “ 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) “ Capital Stock
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
(g) “ Cash and Cash
Equivalents ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Note Purchase Agreement.
(h) “ CFC ” has
the meaning specified therefor in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
(i) “ Chattel Paper
” means chattel paper (as that term is defined in the Code)
and includes tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel
paper.
(j) “ 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 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.
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(k) “ Collateral
” has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2
hereof.
(l) “ 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 ”).
(m) “ Control Agreement
” means a control agreement, in form and substance customary
for such agreements and satisfactory to Agent, executed and
delivered by Grantors or any of their Subsidiaries, Agent, and the
applicable securities intermediary (with respect to a Securities
Account) or bank (with respect to a Deposit Account).
(n) “ Copyright Security
Agreement ” means each Copyright Security Agreement among
Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, for the benefit of the
Purchaser Group, in substantially the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have granted to Agent,
for the benefit of the Purchaser Group, a security interest in all
their respective Copyrights.
(o) “ 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.
(p) “ Deposit Account
” means a “deposit account” (as that term is
defined in the Code).
(q) “ 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.
(r) “ Event of Default
” has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 9.01 of the Note Purchase Agreement.
(s) “ 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
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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.
(t) “ Gaming Laws
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
(u) “ Gaming License
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
(v) “ Gaming
Subsidiaries ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Note Purchase Agreement.
(w) “ 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.
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(x) “ Grantor ”
and “ Grantors ” have the meaning specified
therefor in the preamble to this Agreement.
(y) “ Guarantor ”
and “ Guarantors ” have the meaning specified
therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(z) “ Guaranty ”
has the meaning specified therefor in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
(aa) “ Insolvency
Proceeding ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Note Purchase Agreement.
(bb) “ Intellectual
Property ” means any and all Intellectual Property
Licenses, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, the goodwill associated
with such Trademarks, trade secrets and customer lists.
(cc) “ 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 Purchaser
Group’s rights under the Purchase 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.
(dd) “ Inventory
” means inventory (as that term is defined in the
Code).
(ee) “ 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.
(ff) “ Issuer ”
has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this
Agreement.
(gg) “ Mississippi Gaming
Authorities ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Note Purchase Agreement.
(hh) “ Negotiable
Collateral ” means letters of credit, letter of credit
rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts and documents (as
that term is defined in the Code).
(ii) “ Nevada Gaming
Authorities ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Note Purchase Agreement.
(jj) “ NGC ”
means the Nevada Gaming Commission.
(kk) “ NGCB ”
means the Nevada State Gaming Control Board.
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(ll) “ Note Purchase
Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
recital to this Agreement.
(mm) “ Obligations
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
(nn) “ Patent Security
Agreement ” means each Patent Security Agreement among
Grantors, or any of them, and Agent, for the benefit of the
Purchaser Group, in substantially the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have granted to Agent,
for the benefit of the Purchaser Group, a security interest in all
their respective Patents.
(oo) “ 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.
(pp) “ Permitted Liens
” has the meaning specified therefor in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
(qq) “ Person ”
has the meaning specified therefor in the Note Purchase
Agreement.
(rr) “ 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 Closing Date.
(ss) “ 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
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 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 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.
(tt) “ Pledged Interests
Addendum ” means a Pledged Interests Addendum
substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this
Agreement.
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(uu) “ 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.
(vv) “ 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.
(ww) “ Proceeds ”
has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2
hereof.
(xx) “ Purchaser
” and “ Purchasers ” have the meaning
specified therefor in the recitals to this Agreement.
(yy) “ Purchaser Group
” means, individually and collectively, each of the
Purchasers and Agent.
(zz) “ Purchase
Document ” has the meaning specified therefore in the
Note Purchase Agreement.
(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 Note
Purchase 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
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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
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 Agent, as agent, to benefit from its
rights under the Note Purchase 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
Agent, among each Grantor, Issuer, Agent, and an escrow agent
satisfactory to 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 Agent, for the benefit of the
Purchaser Group, in substantially the form of Exhibit D
attached hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have granted to Agent,
for the benefit of the Purchaser 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
Agent, for the benefit of the Purchaser 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;
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(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;
(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 Agent or any other member of the Purchaser
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 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 Agent, the Purchaser 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.
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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
Agent or any other member of the Purchaser 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
Purchaser 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 Purchaser 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 Default
shall occur and while it remains continuing, except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, or the
other Purchase 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 Note Purchase
Agreement and the other Purchase 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 Agent shall notify the
applicable Grantor of 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 Agent pursuant to
Section 6.02(c) of the Note Purchase Agreement, as set
forth in such notice.
(b) Schedule 4 attached
hereto sets forth all Real Property owned by such Grantor as of the
Closing 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 Closing 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
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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 Issuer’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 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, 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.
(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 mandatory Gaming
Laws, such Grantor has the right and requisite authority to pledge,
the Investment Related Property pledged by such Grantor to Agent as
provided herein; (iv) all actions necessary or desirable to
perfect, establish the first priority of, or otherwise protect,
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 Agent or any custodian of
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;
(D) with respect to any Deposit Accounts and Securities
Accounts, upon the execution and delivery of Control Agreements
with respect thereto; and (E) with respect to the pledge of
the stock of PGIC NV and the restrictions on transfer and agreement
not to encumber the equity securities issued by PGIC NV, upon the
receipt of required approvals from Nevada Gaming Authorities; and
(v) each
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Grantor has delivered to Agent or a custodian of
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 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 mandatory 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
Purchase 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.
(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 any
Grantor, (i) employees of such 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
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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
Closing Date, by model, model year and vehicle identification
number.
6. Covenants . Each Grantor
covenants and agrees, as to itself, with Agent and the Purchaser
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 Agent’s Security Interest is
dependent on or enhanced by possession, such Grantor, immediately
upon the request of Agent and in accordance with
Section 8 hereof, shall, subject to all applicable
mandatory Gaming Laws, execute such other documents and instruments
as shall be requested by Agent or, if applicable, endorse and
deliver physical possession of such Negotiable Collateral,
Investment Related Property, or Chattel Paper to Agent or a
custodian of Agent, together with such undated powers endorsed in
blank as shall be requested by Agent;
(b) Chattel Paper.
(i) Such Grantor shall take all
steps necessary or desirable to grant 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 Note Purchase Agreement), promptly upon the request of 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
International Game Technology, a Nevada corporation, as Agent for
the benefit of the Purchaser Group”;
(c) Control Agreements.
(i) Except to the extent otherwise
permitted by the Note Purchase 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 Note Purchase 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;
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(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 Agent thereof and, upon the
request by Agent, enter into, and use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause such issuer or confirming bank to enter into, a
tri-party agreement with 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 Agent and
directing all payments thereunder to a deposit account designated
by Agent, all in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent;
(e) Commercial Tort Claims .
Each Grantor shall promptly (and in any event within 5 Business
Days of receipt thereof), notify Agent in writing upon incurring or
otherwise obtaining a Commercial Tort Claim after the date hereof
against any third party and, upon request of 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 Agent to give 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
Agent thereof in writing and take any steps reasonably required by
Agent in order that all moneys due or to become due under such
contract or contracts shall be assigned to Agent, for the benefit
of the Purchaser Group, and notice thereof given under the
Assignment of Claims Act or other applicable law;
(g) Intellectual Property
.
(i) Upon request of 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 Agent one or more Copyright Security
Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, or Patent Security
Agreements to evidence 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 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
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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 Agent, and
(y) to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that any
Intellectual Property License entered into after the Closing 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 Agent (and any successors or permitted
assigns of the Agent);
(iii) Grantors acknowledge and agree
that the Purchaser 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 Purchaser
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 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 Issuer and
shall be chargeable to the Note 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 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
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 Agent documentation satisfactory to Agent identifying
the Copyrights, whether created or acquired before or after the
Closing 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
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days following each such date of delivery, such
Grantor shall (A) file applications and take any and all other
actions necessary to 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 Agent, with sufficient time
to permit 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 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 Agent of a security interest in such Copyrights and (II)
any other documentation as Agent deems necessary, in its sole and
absolute discretion, in order to perfect and continue perfected
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 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 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
Agent supplemental schedules to the applicable Purchase 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 Agent of such
registration by delivering, or causing to be delivered to Agent,
via overnight courier, electronic mail or telefacsimile at the
addresses designated in the Note Purchase Agreement, documentation
sufficient for Agent to perfect Agent’s Liens on such
Copyright(s);
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(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 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 Closing Date, but in any event within 90
days after the Closing Date, Agent shall have received:
(i) duly executed counterparts of
the Source Code Escrow Agreement,
(ii) evidence satisfactory to the
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 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 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 Agent of a security interest in such
Copyrights and (II) any other documentation as Agent deems
necessary in order to perfect and continue