THIS SECURITY
AGREEMENT , dated
as of December 19, 2008 (this “ Agreement
”), is entered into by FRANKLIN CREDIT TRUST SERIES I
, a Delaware statutory trust (the “ Grantor ”),
and is in favor of THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK (“
Lender ”).
Whereas, Franklin Credit Holding
Corporation (“ Holding ”), Franklin Credit
Management Corporation (“ FCMC ”), Franklin
Credit Asset Corporation (“ Franklin Asset ”)
and certain subsidiaries of Franklin Asset party thereto as
borrowers (Franklin Asset and such borrowers collectively referred
to as the “ Franklin Loan Parties ”) and Lender
have entered into that certain First Amended and Restated
Forbearance Agreement and Amendment to Credit Agreements, dated as
of even date herewith (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
provisions thereof, the “ Franklin Forbearance
Agreement ”), pursuant to which Lender has agreed to make
and/or maintain Advances and other financial accommodations to and
for the benefit of the Franklin Loan Parties, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Franklin Forbearance
Agreement; and
Whereas, FCMC, Tribeca Lending
Corp. (“ Tribeca ”) and certain subsidiaries of
Tribeca party thereto as borrowers (Tribeca and such borrowers
collectively referred to as the “ Tribeca Borrowers
”) and Lender have entered into that certain First Amended
and Restated Tribeca Forbearance Agreement and Amendment to Credit
Agreements, dated as of even date herewith (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the provisions thereof, the “ Tribeca Forbearance
Agreement ”), pursuant to which Lender has agreed to make
and/or maintain Advances and other financial accommodations to and
for the benefit of the Tribeca Borrowers, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Tribeca Forbearance
Agreement; and
Whereas, the Franklin Loan
Parties and the Tribeca Borrowers are collectively referred to as
“ Borrowers ” and separately as a “
Borrower”, and the Franklin Forbearance Agreement and
the Tribeca Forbearance Agreement are collectively referred to as
the “ Forbearance Agreements ” and separately as
a “ Forbearance Agreement; ” and
Whereas , as of even date
herewith, the Grantor has executed (i) a certain Guaranty in
connection with the Franklin Forbearance Agreement (the “
Franklin Guaranty ”) and (ii) a certain Guaranty
in connection with the Tribeca Forbearance Agreement (the “
Tribeca Guaranty, ” and together with the Franklin
Guaranty, the “ Guaranties ”) whereby the
Grantor guaranteed to Lender the prompt and complete payment and
performance by Borrowers of all Secured Obligations; and
Whereas, the Forbearance
Agreements, the Guaranties, each master credit and security
agreement, flow warehousing credit and security agreement, term
loan and security agreement, warehousing credit and security
agreement, loan agreement, credit agreement, forbearance agreement,
promissory note, security agreement, certificate, letter of credit
reimbursement agreement, pledge agreement, control agreement,
joinder agreement, counterpart signature page,
assignment,
guaranty, banking services agreement, hedging agreement, cash
management agreement, consent agreement, collateral agreement,
amendment, modification agreement, instrument and financing
statements and other loan documents (as any of the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented, modified or replaced from time to
time) executed or delivered to Lender by any Loan Party, are
collectively referred to as the “ Credit Documents
”); and
Whereas, pursuant to the
respective Credit Documents, Lender has agreed subject to certain
conditions precedent, to make and/or maintain loans and other
financial accommodations to Borrowers from time to time;
and
Whereas, Lender has required as a
condition, among others, of extending credit to Borrowers or of
renewing, extending, or forbearing from demanding immediate payment
of extensions of credit to Borrowers, that the Grantor enter into
this Agreement.
Now, Therefore, in consideration
of the promises, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Grantor agrees with Lender as follows:
(a) Terms
used herein that are defined in the UCC have the meanings given to
them in the UCC, including the following terms (which are
capitalized herein):
“ Account
Debtor ”, “ Accounts ”, “
Chattel Paper ”, “ Commercial Tort Claim
”, “ Commodity Account ”, “
Commodity Intermediary ”, “ Deposit
Account ”, “ Documents ”, “
Entitlement Holder ”, “ Entitlement Order
”, “ Equipment ”, “ Financial
Asset ”, “ General Intangibles ”,
“ Instruments ”, “ Inventory
”, “ Investment Property ”, “
Letter-of-Credit Right ”, “ Proceeds
”, “ Securities Account ”, “
Securities Intermediary ”, “ Security,
“ Security Entitlement ”.
(b) The
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“
Additional Pledged Collateral ” means all shares of,
partnership interests in (whether limited or general), and limited
liability company interests in, all securities convertible into,
and warrants, options and other rights to purchase or otherwise
acquire, stock of or interests in, either (i) any Person that,
after the date of this Agreement, as a result of any occurrence,
becomes a direct Subsidiary of the Grantor or (ii) any issuer
of Pledged Stock, any Partnership or any LLC that is acquired by
the Grantor after the date hereof; all certificates or other
instruments representing any of the foregoing; all Security
Entitlements of the Grantor in respect of any of the foregoing; all
additional indebtedness from time to time owed to the Grantor by
any obligor on the Pledged Notes and the instruments evidencing
such indebtedness; and all interest, cash, instruments and other
property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any of the
foregoing. Additional Pledged Collateral may be General Intangibles
or Investment Property.
“
Agreement ” means this Security Agreement.
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“
Approved Deposit Account ” means any present or future
Deposit Account of the Grantor that (i) is maintained with Lender
(or any affiliate thereof) or (ii) is subject to an effective
Deposit Account Control Agreement in favor of Lender and maintained
with a Deposit Account Bank. “ Approved Deposit
Account ” includes all monies on deposit in a Deposit
Account and all certificates and instruments, if any, representing
or evidencing such Deposit Account.
“
Approved Securities Intermediary ” means a Securities
Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary acceptable to Lender and
with respect to which the Grantor has delivered to Lender an
executed Control Account Agreement.
“ Banking
Services ” means each and any of the following bank
services provided to the Grantor by Lender or any of its
affiliates: (a) commercial credit cards, (b) stored value
cards and (c) treasury management services (including, without
limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse
transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository
network services).
“
Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States
Code (11 USC, § 101 et seq ), as amended
from time to time, and any successor statute thereto, including
(unless the context requires otherwise) any rules or regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Capital
Leases ” means a lease that is required to be capitalized
for financial reporting purposes in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Cash
Collateral Account ” means any deposit account over which
Lender has sole dominion and control, or by contract agreement with
others, established by Lender, in its sole discretion at Lender,
and entitled “The Huntington National Bank, as Secured Party
for Franklin Management Credit Corporation and/or Tribeca Lending
Corp. (Blocked Account)” or such similar title as Lender may
approve or require.
“ Cash
Equivalents ” means (i) marketable direct
obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United
States of America or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the
full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing
within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof,
(ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the
United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any
public instrumentality thereof maturing within one (1) year
from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of
acquisition, having the highest rating obtainable from either
S&P or Moody’s, and (iii) certificates of deposit or
bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year from
the date of acquisition thereof either (A) issued by any bank
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
which bank has a rating of A or A2, or better, from S&P or
Moody’s, or (B) issued by any other bank insured by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (“ FDIC
”) provided that such certificates of deposit are less than
or equal to, in the aggregate, the deposit insurance coverage limit
set by the FDIC for single ownership accounts.
“
Collateral ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1.
“
Collection Account ” means any Approved Deposit
Account or Control Account in which cash and Cash Equivalents may
from time to time be on deposit or held therein as provided in this
Agreement .
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“
Contingent Obligations ” means any agreement,
undertaking or arrangement by which the Grantor assumes,
guaranties, endorses, agrees to provide funding, or otherwise
becomes or is contingently liable upon the obligation or liability
of any other Loan Party.
“ Control
Account ” means a Securities Account or Commodity Account
that is subject of an effective Control Account Agreement and that
is maintained by the Grantor with an Approved Securities
Intermediary. “ Control Account ” includes all
Financial Assets held in a Securities Account or a Commodity
Account and all certificates and instruments, if any, representing
or evidencing the Financial Assets contained therein.
“ Control
Account Agreement ” means an agreement, in form and
substance acceptable to Lender, executed by the relevant Loan
Party, Lender and the relevant Approved Securities
Intermediary.
“
Copyright Licenses ” means any written agreement
naming the Grantor as licensor or licensee granting any right under
any Copyright, including the grant of any right to copy, publicly
perform, create derivative works, manufacture, distribute, exploit
or sell materials derived from any Copyright.
“
Copyrights ” means (a) all copyrights arising
under the laws of the United States, any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered
and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and
recordings thereof and all applications in connection therewith,
including all registrations, recordings and applications in the
United States Copyright Office or in any foreign counterparts
thereof, and (b) the right to obtain all renewals
thereof.
“ Credit
Documents ” has the meaning specified above in the
recitals.
“ Deposit
Account Bank ” means a financial institution selected or
approved by Lender and with respect to which the Grantor has
delivered to Lender an executed Deposit Account Control
Agreement.
“ Deposit
Account Control Agreement ” means an agreement, in form
and substance acceptable to Lender, executed by the relevant Loan
Party, Lender and the relevant Deposit Account Bank.
“ Event
of Default ” means each of the following: (a) any
“Forbearance Default” shall occur under any Forbearance
Agreement; (b) the Grantor fails to perform or observe any
covenant, agreement or duty contained in this Agreement or any
other Loan Document; or (c) any warranty, representation or
other statement made or deemed to be made by the Grantor in this
Agreement or in any Loan Document is false or misleading in any
respect.
“
Excluded Property ” means Equipment owned by the
Grantor that is, and continues to be, subject to a Permitted Lien
listed on Schedule 8 attached hereto, if the contract
or other agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted contains
an enforceable prohibition on the creation of any Lien on such
Equipment in favor of Lender; and (b) equity interests
(whether Investment Property or General Intangibles), if the
organizational or operating documents pursuant to which such equity
interests are issued or governed contain an enforceable
prohibition
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on the creation
of any Lien on such equity interests in favor of Lender; in each
case, only to the extent, and for so long as, such prohibition is
not removed, terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise
deemed ineffective by applicable Law; provided, however,
that “ Excluded Property ” shall not include
(i) the right to receive any payment of money (including,
without limitation, general intangibles for money due or to become
due); and (ii) any proceeds, products, offspring, accessions,
rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions or replacements of
any of the foregoing.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board, the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards Board as in
effect from time to time in the United States consistently
applied.
“
Governmental Authority ” means any nation or
government, any federal, state, local or other political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative authority or
functions of or pertaining to government, including any authority
or other quasi-governmental entity established to perform any of
such functions.
“
Indebtedness ” means, at any time, (i) all
indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities (other than accounts
payable arising in the ordinary course of business payable on terms
customary in the trade) which in accordance with GAAP should be
classified as liabilities on the balance sheet of such Person,
including without limitation, (A) for borrowed money or
evidenced by debt securities, debentures, acceptances, notes or
other similar instruments, and any accrued interest, fees and
charges relating thereto, (B) under profit payment agreements
or in respect of obligations to redeem, repurchase or exchange any
securities or to pay dividends in respect of any stock, (C) with
respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptances, interest rate
swaps or other contracts, currency agreement or other financial
products, (D) to pay the deferred purchase price of property
or services, or (E) in respect of Capital Leases;
(ii) all indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities
secured by a lien on any property, whether or not such
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities are assumed by the owner
of the same; and (iii) all Contingent Obligations.
“
Insolvency Proceeding ” means any proceeding commenced
by or against any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code
or under any other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law,
receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, formal or
informal moratorium, forbearance, composition, extension generally
with creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement,
or other similar relief.
“
Intellectual Property ” means, collectively, all
rights, priorities and privileges of the Grantor relating to
intellectual property, whether arising under United States,
multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including domain names,
Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses,
Trademarks, Trademark Licenses and trade secrets, and all rights to
sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment
thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages
therefrom.
“
Intercompany Note ” means any promissory note
evidencing loans made by the Grantor to any of its Subsidiaries or
another Loan Party.
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“ Law
” means any law (including common law), constitution,
statute, treaty, convention, regulation, rule, ordinance, order,
injunction, writ, decree or award of any Governmental
Authority.
“
Lien ” means any interest in an asset securing an
obligation owed to, or a claim by, any Person other than the owner
of the asset, whether such interest shall be based on the common
law, statute, or contract, whether such interest shall be recorded
or perfected, and whether such interest shall be contingent upon
the occurrence of some future event or events or the existence of
some future circumstance or circumstances, including the lien or
security interest arising from any mortgage, deed of trust,
encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, assignment (collateral or
otherwise), hypothec, deposit arrangement, security agreement,
conditional sale, trust receipt, lease, consignment, or bailment
for security purposes, judgment, claim encumbrance or statutory
trust and also including reservations, exceptions, encroachments,
easements, rights-of-way, covenants, conditions, restrictions,
leases, and other title exceptions and encumbrances affecting real
property.
“ LLC
” means each limited liability company in which the Grantor
has an interest, including those set forth on
Schedule 2.
“ LLC
Agreement ” means each operating agreement with respect
to an LLC, as each agreement has heretofore been, and may hereafter
be, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ Loan
Documents ” means the Credit Documents, any agreements or
documents evidencing or relating to the provision of any Banking
Services by Lender for the benefit of a Loan Party, and any other
agreement, document, or arrangement (whether now existing or
hereafter arising) by and among Lender (or its affiliate) and one
or more Loan Party.
“ Loan
Party ” means each of the Grantor, FCMC, Holding, any
Subsidiary of Holding that is a signatory to any Loan Document,
Tribeca, any Subsidiary of Tribeca that is a signatory to any Loan
Document and any other Person who becomes a party to any Loan
Document, and their respective successors and assigns.
“ Master
Trust Agreement ” that certain Master Trust Agreement for
the Franklin Credit Trusts among FCMC, as a Depositor, Tribeca, as
a Depositor, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Certificate
Trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Delaware dated as of
December 15, 2008, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Material Intellectual Property ” means Intellectual
Property owned by or licensed to the Grantor and material to the
Grantor’s business.
“
Partnership ” means each partnership or joint venture
in which the Grantor has an interest, including those set forth on
Schedule 2 .
“
Partnership Agreement ” means each partnership or
joint venture agreement governing a Partnership, as each such
agreement has heretofore been, and may hereafter be, amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
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“
Patents ” means (a) all letters patent of the
United States, any other country or any political subdivision
thereof and all reissues and extensions thereof, (b) all
applications for letters patent of the United States or any other
country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part
thereof and (c) all rights to obtain any reissues or
extensions of the foregoing.
“ Patent
License ” means all agreements, whether written or oral,
providing for the grant by or to the Grantor of any right to
manufacture, use, import, sell or offer for sale any invention
covered in whole or in part by a Patent.
“
Permitted Contests ” means the right of the Grantor or
another Loan Party to contest or protest any Lien (other than any
such Lien that secures the Secured Obligations), taxes (other than
payroll taxes or taxes that are the subject of a United States
federal tax lien), or rental payment, provided that (i) a
reserve with respect to such obligation is established on such Loan
Party’s books and records in such amount as is required under
GAAP, (ii) any such protest is instituted promptly and
prosecuted diligently by the applicable Loan Party in good faith,
and (iii) Lender is satisfied in its sole, good faith discretion,
that, while any such protest is pending, there will be no
impairment of the enforceability, validity, or priority of any of a
Lender’s Liens.
“
Permitted Liens ” means (i) any Liens held by
Lender or an affiliate of Lender, (ii) Liens for unpaid taxes
that either are not yet delinquent, or do not constitute an Event
of Default hereunder and are the subject of a Permitted Contest,
(iii) Liens set forth on Schedule 8 to the extent
of the Indebtedness referenced therein, (iv) the interests of
lessors under operating leases, (v) Liens securing purchase money
Indebtedness or the interests of lessors under Capital Leases to
the extent that such Liens or interests secure Permitted Purchase
Money Indebtedness, (vi) Liens arising by operation of law in
favor of warehousemen, landlords, carriers, mechanics, materialmen,
or laborers, incurred in the ordinary course of the Grantor’s
business and not in connection with the borrowing of money, and
which Liens either (A) are for sums not yet delinquent, or
(B) are the subject of Permitted Contests, (vii) Liens
arising from deposits made in connection with obtaining
worker’s compensation or other unemployment insurance,
(viii) Liens or deposits to secure performance of bids,
tenders, or leases incurred in the ordinary course of the
Grantor’s business and not in connection with the borrowing
of money, (ix) Liens granted as security for surety or appeal
bonds in connection with obtaining such bonds in the ordinary
course of the Grantor’s business, and (x) Liens
resulting from any judgment or award that is not an Event of
Default hereunder.
“
Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness ” means secured
or unsecured purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations
under Capital Leases) incurred to finance the acquisition of fixed
assets or equipment, if such Indebtedness (i) has a scheduled
maturity and is not due on demand, (ii) does not exceed the
purchase price of the items being purchased, and (iii) is not
secured by any property or assets other than the item or items
being purchased.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm,
enterprise, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated
association, joint venture, joint stock company, limited liability
company or any other entity of any kind or any government or
political subdivision or any agency, department or instrumentality
thereof.
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“ Pledged
Collateral ” means, collectively, the Pledged Notes, the
Pledged Stock, the Pledged Partnership Interests, the Pledged LLC
Interests, any other Investment Property of the Grantor, all
certificates or other instruments representing any of the foregoing
and all Security Entitlements of the Grantor in respect of any of
the foregoing. Pledged Collateral may be General Intangibles or
Investment Property.
“ Pledged
LLC Interests ” means all right, title and interest of
any the Grantor as a member of any LLC and all right, title and
interest of the Grantor in, to and under any LLC Agreement to which
it is a party.
“ Pledged
Notes ” means all right, title and interest of the
Grantor in the Instruments evidencing all Indebtedness owed to the
Grantor, including all Indebtedness described on Schedule 2
, issued by the obligors named therein.
“ Pledged
Partnership Interests ” means all right, title and
interest of the Grantor as a limited or general partner in all
Partnerships and all right, title and interest of the Grantor in,
to and under any Partnership Agreements to which it is a
party.
“ Pledged
Stock ” means the shares of capital stock owned by the
Grantor, including all shares of capital stock listed on
Schedule 2 .
“ Rate
Management Transactions ” means any transaction
(including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or
hereafter entered into among any Loan Party, Lender or any
affiliate of Lender, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or
their successors, which is a rate swap, basis swap, forward rate
transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity
index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest
rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
transaction, collar transaction, forward transaction, currency swap
transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option
or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect
to any of these transactions) or any combination thereof, whether
linked to one or more interest rates, foreign currencies, commodity
prices, equity prices or other financial measures.
“ Secured
Obligations ” means (a) any and all indebtedness,
obligations, and liabilities now existing or hereafter arising of
the Grantor or any other Loan Party to Lender (or any affiliate) or
arising under or in connection with or evidenced by (i) the
Credit Documents, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document,
(ii) any other agreement relating to (A) letters of
credit or pursuant to any letter of credit agreements or
applications (if any), or pursuant to any agreement or document
relating to Banking Services, (B) any agreement in respect of
any Rate Management Transaction, (C) any agreement for any
electronic transfers, treasury management, cash management services
and deposit and disbursement account liability, and (D) any
agreement of guaranty, surety or indemnity issued by such Person,
(b) any and all indebtedness, obligations, and liabilities,
now existing or hereafter arising, whether absolute or contingent
and however and whenever created, arising, evidenced or acquired,
of the Grantor or any other Loan Party owed to Lender (or any
affiliate of Lender), (and in each instance in clauses (a) and
(b) above, whether arising before or after the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy and including all interest accrued after any
such petition date), due or to become due, direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, and howsoever evidenced, held or acquired,
and (c) any and all reasonable expenses
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and charges,
legal or otherwise, suffered or incurred by Lender or any affiliate
of Lender in collecting or enforcing any such indebtedness,
obligation, and liability or in realizing on or protecting or
preserving any security therefore, including, without limitation,
the Lien and security interest granted by any Credit
Document.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Subsidiary ” of a Person means any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity in which
such Person directly or indirectly owns or controls the securities
or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect
a majority of the board of directors, or appoint managers or other
persons performing similar functions.
“
Trademark License ” means any agreement, whether
written or oral, providing for the grant by or to the Grantor of
any right to use any Trademark.
“
Trademarks ” means (a) all trademarks, trade
names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious
business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source
or business identifiers, and, in each case, all goodwill associated
therewith, whether now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired,
all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in
connection therewith, in each case whether in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of
the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law
rights related thereto, and (b) the right to obtain all
renewals thereof.
“
Trust ” means one or more of the Delaware statutory
trusts created pursuant to the Master Trust Agreement.
“ UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the State of Ohio; provided , however ,
that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of Law,
any of the attachment, perfection or priority of Lender’s
security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State
of Ohio, the term “ UCC ” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for
purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment,
perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to
such provisions.
“
Vehicles ” means all vehicles covered by a certificate
of title law of any state.
Section 1.2 Certain Other Terms
(a) In this
Agreement, in the computation of periods of time from a specified
date to a later specified date, the word “from” means
“from and including” and the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding” and
the word “through” means “to and
including.”
(b) The terms
“herein,” “hereof,” “hereto”
and “hereunder” and similar terms refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section,
subsection or clause in this Agreement.
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(c) References
herein to a Schedule, Article, Section, subsection or clause refer
to the appropriate Schedule to, or Article, Section, subsection or
clause in this Agreement.
(d) The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(e) Any
reference in this Agreement to a Loan Document shall include all
appendices, exhibits and schedules thereto, and, unless
specifically stated otherwise all amendments, restatements,
supplements or other modifications thereto, and as the same may be
in effect at any time such reference becomes operative.
(f) The term
“Lender” includes its successors.
(g) References
in this Agreement to any statute shall be to such statute as
amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
ARTICLE II Grant of Security
Interest
For the purposes
of this Agreement, all of the following property now owned or at
any time hereafter acquired by the Grantor or in which the Grantor
now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title
or interests, to the extent that any such property relates to
assets of Grantor under the Master Trust Agreement, is collectively
referred to as the “ Collateral ”:
all Accounts and
all rights to payment of monetary obligations, whether or not
earned by performance, for property that has been or is to be sold,
leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or for
services rendered or to be rendered, to a government, state, or
governmental unit; all Chattel Paper; all Deposit Accounts; any
amounts or refunds received from or in connection with any taxing
authority; all Documents; all Equipment; all General Intangibles
(including, without limitation, all contractual rights arising
under any purchase agreement or assignments relating to mortgage
loans); all Instruments; all Inventory; all Investment Property;
all Letter-of-Credit Rights; all Vehicles; the Commercial Tort
Claims described on Schedule 7 and on any supplement
thereto received by Lender; all books and records pertaining to the
other property described in this Section 2.1 ; all
other goods and personal property of the Grantor, whether tangible
or intangible and wherever located; all property of the Grantor
held by Lender, including all property of every description, in the
possession or custody of or in transit to Lender for any purpose,
including safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of the
Grantor or as to which the Grantor may have any right or power; and
to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds.
Section 2.2 Grant of Security Interest in
Collateral
The Grantor, as
collateral security for the full, prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, hereby collaterally
assigns, mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to Lender, and grants
(whether under the UCC or otherwise) to Lender a lien on and
security interest in, and a
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collateral
assignment of, all of its right, title and interest in, to and
under the Collateral of the Grantor; provided ,
however , that the foregoing grant of security interest
shall not include a security interest in any Excluded Property;
provided , further , that, if and when any property
shall cease to be Excluded Property, Lender shall have, and at all
times after the date hereof deemed to have had, a security interest
in such property.
Section 2.3 Cash Collateral Accounts
Lender may, in its
discretion, establish one or more Cash Collateral Accounts with
Lender, one or more other Deposit Account Banks and one or more
Approved Securities Intermediaries as it in its sole discretion
shall determine. Each such account shall be in the name of Lender
(but may also have words referring to the Grantor and such
account’s purpose). The Grantor agrees that each such Cash
Collateral Account shall be under the sole dominion and control of
Lender. Lender shall be the sole Entitlement Holder with respect to
each Securities Account constituting a Cash Collateral Account and
the only Persons authorized to give Entitlement Orders with respect
thereto. Neither the Grantor nor any other Loan Party or Person
claiming on behalf of or through the Grantor or any other Loan
Party shall have any right to demand payment of any funds held in
any Cash Collateral Account at any time prior to the termination of
all outstanding Letters of Credit and the indefeasible payment in
full of all Secured Obligations. During the continuance of any
Event of Default, Lender shall apply all funds on deposit in any
Cash Collateral Account as Lender may elect.
ARTICLE III Representations and
Warranties
To induce Lender
to enter into or maintain the Credit Documents, the Grantor hereby
represents and warrants each of the following to Lender:
Section 3.1 Title; No Other Liens
Except for the
Lien granted to Lender pursuant to this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents and Permitted Liens, the Grantor is the record and
beneficial owner of the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder
constituting Instruments or certificated securities, is the
Entitlement Holder of all such Pledged Collateral constituting
Investment Property held in a Securities Account and has rights in
or the power to transfer each other item of Collateral in which a
Lien is granted by it hereunder, free and clear of any
Lien.
Section 3.2 Perfection and Priority
The security
interest granted pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a
valid and continuing perfected security interest in favor of Lender
in the Collateral for which perfection is governed by the UCC or
filing with the United States Copyright Office upon (i) the
completion of the filings and other actions specified on
Schedule 3 which, in the case of all filings and other
documents referred to on such schedule, have been delivered to
Lender in completed and duly executed form), (ii) the delivery
to Lender of all Collateral consisting of Instruments and
certificated securities, in each case properly endorsed for
transfer to Lender or in blank, (iii) the execution of Control
Account Agreements with respect to Investment Property not in
certificated form, (iv) the execution of Deposit Account
Control Agreements with respect to all Deposit Accounts and
(v) all appropriate filings having been made with the United
States Copyright
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Office. Such
security interest shall be prior to all other Liens on the
Collateral except for Permitted Liens having priority over
Lender’s Lien by operation of law or otherwise, as permitted
under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents.
Section 3.3 Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief
Executive Office
Except as set
forth on Schedule 1 , within the five-year period
preceding the date hereof, the Grantor has not had, or operated in
any jurisdiction, under any trade name, fictitious name or other
name other than its legal name, and the Grantor’s
jurisdiction of organization, organizational
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