EXHIBIT 10.35
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”) is dated as of September 29
, 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 29, 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 federal and
state income tax refunds received by or payable to Grantors, in
each case after the Closing Date (collectively, “Refund
Collateral”);
(b)
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.
Each Grantor agrees that from time
to time, at the expense of Grantors and upon the reasonable request
of Secured Party, 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
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, upon the reasonable request of
Securied Party, 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 has a
security interest in the Collateral and the right to directly
receive payments from the federal and state government with respect
to such Collateral after the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default; (iii) 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;
(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; ; and
(c) 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.
SECTION 5.
Certain Covenants of
Grantors.
Each Grantor shall:
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(a)
Either
(i) deposit all Refund Collateral received by a Borrower or
Guarantor into a deposit account 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;
and
(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 to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including,
without limitation:
(a)
upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to
ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive and
give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due
under or in respect of any of the Collateral;
(b)
upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to
receive, endorse and collect any drafts or other Instruments,
Documents, Chattel Paper and other documents in connection with
clauses (a) above;
(c)
upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to
file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings
that Secured Party may deem necessary or desirable for the
collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce or
protect the rights of Secured Party with respect to any of the
Collateral;
(d)
to pay or
discharge liens (other than liens permitted under this Agreement or
the Credit Agreement) levied or placed upon or threatened against
the Collateral, the legality or validity thereof and the amounts
necessary to discharge the same to be determined by Secured Party
in its sole discretion, any such payments made by Secured Party to
become obligations of such Grantor to Secured Party, due and
payable immediately without demand; and
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(e)
upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
generally to sell, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise
deal with any of the Collateral as Secured Party may be permitted
to do under the UCC in its capacity as a Secured Party, and to do,
at Secured Party’s option and Grantors’ expense, at any
time or from time to time, all acts and things that Secured Party
deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral
and Secured Party’s security interest therein in order to
effect the intent of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.
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