Exhibit 10.35
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”) is dated as of September 30,
2008 and entered into by and among ORLEANS HOMEBUILDERS,
INC. , a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”),
(each of THE UNDERSIGNED AFFILIATES of Company (each of such
undersigned affiliates being a “Affiliate Grantor” and
collectively “ Affiliate Grantors ”) and each
ADDITIONAL GRANTOR that may become a party hereto after the
date hereof in accordance with Section 22 hereof (each of
Company, each Affiliate Grantor, and each Additional Grantor being
a “ Grantor ” and collectively the “
Grantors ”) and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION , as Agent for and representative of (in such
capacity herein called “ Secured Party ”) the
Lenders (as hereinafter defined).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
A. Pursuant
to the Second Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Loan Agreement
dated as of September 30, 2008 (said Credit Agreement, as it
may hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, being the “Credit
Agreement”),Wachovia Bank, National Association, as Agent,
and Lenders have made certain commitments, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, continue to make
loans and extend certain credit facilities to Affiliate
Grantors.
B. Company
has executed and delivered the Guaranty, in favor of Secured Party
for the benefit of Lenders, pursuant to which Company has
guarantied the prompt payment and performance when due of all
obligations of Affiliate Grantors under the Credit
Agreement.
C. It is a
condition precedent to the continued extensions of credit by
Lenders under the Credit Agreement that Grantor shall have granted
the security interests and undertaken the obligations contemplated
by this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the premises
and in order to induce Lenders to make loans and other extensions
of credit under the Credit Agreement, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees with Secured Party
as follows:
SECTION 1.
Grant of
Security.
Grantor hereby assigns to Secured
Party, and hereby grants to Secured Party a security interest in,
all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the
following personal property of such Grantor, in each case whether
now or hereafter existing, whether tangible or intangible, whether
now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever the same may be
located (the “ Collateral ”):
(a) all
Pledged Debt;
(b) all
federal and state income tax refunds received by, or payable to,
Grantors in each case after the Closing Date (collectively, the
“Refund Collateral”);
(c) all
Proceeds with respect to any of the foregoing
Collateral.
Each category of Collateral set
forth above shall have the meaning set forth in the UCC.
SECTION 2.
Security for
Obligations.
This Agreement secures, and the
Collateral is collateral security for, the prompt payment in full
when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment,
declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all Secured
Obligations of each Grantor. “ Secured Obligations
” means:
(a) with
respect to Company, all obligations and liabilities of every nature
of Company now or hereafter existing under or arising out of or in
connection with the Guaranty, and
(b) with
respect to each Affiliate Grantor and Additional Grantor, all
obligations and liabilities of every nature of such Affiliate
Grantor now or hereafter existing under or arising out of or in
connection with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
in each case together with all extensions or renewals thereof,
whether for principal, interest, reimbursement of amounts drawn
under letters of credit, fees, expenses, indemnities or otherwise,
whether voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed
with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or
extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or
any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to
the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered
directly or indirectly from Secured Party or any Lender as a
preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and all obligations
of every nature of Grantors now or hereafter existing under this
Agreement (including, without limitation, interest and other
amounts that, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with
respect to Company or any other Grantor, would accrue on such
obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Company or
such Grantor for such amounts in the related bankruptcy
proceeding).
SECTION 3.
Representations and
Warranties.
Each Grantor represents and warrants
as follows:
(a) Jurisdiction
of Organization . Each Grantor’s name
as it appears in official filings in the state of its organization;
such Grantor’s type of organization (i.e. corporation,
limited partnership, etc.), jurisdiction of organization and
organization number provided by the applicable government authority
of the jurisdiction of organization are set forth on Schedule 1
annexed hereto.
(b) Names
. No Grantor (or
predecessor by merger or otherwise of such Grantor) has, within the
four month period preceding the date hereof, or, in the case of an
Additional Grantor, the date of the applicable Counterpart, had a
different name from the name of such Grantor listed or the
signature pages hereof.
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(c) Due
Authorization, etc . Each Grantor is duly
formed, validly existing and in good standing and subsisting under
the law of its jurisdiction of organization and has full entity
power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been
duly authorized by all necessary entity action. This Agreement
constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of each Grantor,
enforceable against such Grantor in accordance with its terms,
except as enforcement hereof may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or
by general equitable principles.
(d) No
Conflict .
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each
Grantor will not violate the Organizational Documents of such
Grantor, any provision of law applicable to such Grantor or any
order, judgment or decree of any court or other governmental agency
binding on such Grantor.
(e) Security
Interests . The security interests in
the Collateral granted hereunder constitute valid security
interests in the Collateral, securing payment of the Secured
Obligations.
SECTION 4.
Further
Assurances.
(a) Generally.
Each Grantor
agrees that from time to time, at the expense of Grantors, such
Grantor will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments
and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary
or desirable, or that Secured Party may reasonably request, in
order to perfect and protect any security interest granted or
purported to be granted hereby or to enable Secured Party to
exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect
to any Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Grantor will: (a) (i) execute (if
necessary) and file such financing or continuation statements, or
amendments thereto, (ii) subject to the provisions of
Section 6(f), execute and deliver, and cause to be executed
and delivered, all federal and state tax forms establishing that
Secured Party or its designee has (A) a security interest in
the Collateral, (B) the Secured Party or its designee has the
right to directly receive payments from the federal government or
any state government with respect to such Collateral, and
(C) the right to endorse any instruments of payment drawn on
the United States Treasury, or any equivalent State government
agency (these forms shall include, but are not limited to, IRS Form
2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative,
Department of Treasury Form 234, General Power of Attorney By
a Corporation For the Collection of Certain Checks Drawn on the
United States Treasury and any equivalent forms issued by any state
taxing agency); (iii) provide Secured Party with any
documentation deemed necessary by Secured Party to allow Secured
Party to receive payments with respect to the Collateral in
compliance with the Federal Anti-Assignment Act (31 U.S.C. §
3727; (iv) deliver to Secured Party all Instruments representing or
evidencing the Pledged Debt, accompanied by duly executed
endorsements or instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all
in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party and
(v) deliver such other instruments or notices, in each case,
as may be necessary or desirable, or as Secured Party may request,
in order to perfect and preserve the security interests granted or
purported to be granted hereby; (vi) refrain from authorizing any
person other than Secured Party or its designee to directly receive
payments from the federal government or any state government with
respect to the Collateral or to endorse any instruments of payment
drawn on the United States Treasury or any equivalent State
government agency; (vii) revoke any existing powers of attorney
authorizing any person other than Secured Party or its designee to
directly receive payments from the federal government
or
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any state
government with respect to the Collateral or to endorse any
instruments of payment drawn on the United States Treasury or any
equivalent State government agency; (b) furnish to Secured
Party from time to time statements and schedules further
identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in
connection with the Collateral as Secured Party may reasonably
request, all in reasonable detail; (c) at Secured
Party’s reasonable request, appear in and defend any action
or proceeding that may affect such Grantor’s title to or
Secured Party’s security interest in all or any part of the
Collateral; and (d) use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain any necessary consents of third parties to the creation and
perfection of a security interest in favor of Secured Party with
respect to any Collateral. Each Grantor hereby authorizes Secured
Party to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and
amendments thereto, relative to all or any part of the
Collateral.
(b) Pledged
Debt . Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing Section 4(a)., Grantor agrees that
(i) all Instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged
Debt shall be delivered to and held by or on behalf of Secured
Party pursuant hereto and shall be in suitable form for transfer by
delivery or, as applicable, shall be accompanied by Grantor’s
endorsement, where necessary, or duly executed instruments of
transfer or assignments in blank, all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party and (ii) it will,
upon obtaining any additional Pledged Debt, promptly (and in any
event within five Business Days) deliver to Secured Party a Pledge
Supplement, duly executed by Grantor, in respect of such additional
Pledged Debt; provided, that the failure of Grantor to execute a
Pledge Supplement with respect to any additional Pledged Debt shall
not impair the security interest of Secured Party therein or
otherwise adversely affect the rights and remedies of Secured Party
hereunder with respect thereto.
SECTION 5.
Certain Covenants of
Grantors.
Each Grantor shall:
(a) Either
(i) deposit all Refund Collateral received by a Borrower or
Guarantor into a deposit account in the name of Guarantor at a
Lender and maintain such Collateral in a deposit account at a
Lender until the Maturity Date, or (ii) make a voluntary
prepayment of the Loans in the amount of such Refund Collateral
when such Refund Collateral is received by a Borrower or
Guarantor.
(b) not
use or permit any Collateral to be used unlawfully or in violation
of any provision of this Agreement or any applicable statute,
regulation or ordinance or any policy of insurance covering the
Collateral;
(c) give
Secured Party at least 30 days’ prior written notice of any
change in such Grantor’s name, identity or corporate
structure;
(d) give
Secured Party at least 30 days’ prior written notice of any
reincorporation, reorganization or other action that results in a
change of the jurisdiction of organization of such
Grantor;
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(e) permit
representatives of Secured Party at any time during normal business
hours to inspect and make abstracts from Records of the Collateral,
and each Grantor agrees to render to Secured Party, at
Grantor’s cost and expense, such clerical and other
assistance as may be reasonably requested with regard
thereto.
SECTION 6.
Secured Party Appointed
Attorney-in-Fact
Each Grantor hereby irrevocably
appoints Secured Party as such Grantor’s attorney-in-fact,
with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in
the name of such Grantor, Secured Party or otherwise, from time to
time in Secured Party’s discretion to take any action and to
execute any instrument that Secured Party may deem necessary or
advisable
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