This SECURITY
AGREEMENT is made as of this 27th day of May, 2009 by and between
TD BANK, N.A., a national banking association with an office
located at 102 West Main Street, New Britain, Connecticut
06050-0174 (the “Bank” or “Secured Party”)
and EDAC TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Wisconsin corporation, with a
place of business at 1806 Farmington Avenue, Farmington,
Connecticut 06032, GROS-ITE INDUSTRIES, INC., a Connecticut
corporation, with a place of business at 1806 Farmington Avenue,
Farmington, Connecticut 06032, and APEX MACHINE TOOL COMPANY, INC.,
a Connecticut corporation, with a place of business at 1806
Farmington Avenue, Farmington, Connecticut 06032 (collectively, the
“Debtors”).
WHEREAS, Bank has
agreed to make certain loans to Debtors, pursuant to the terms of a
certain Credit Agreement dated of even date herewith among Debtors
and Bank (the “Credit Agreement”), including (i) a
Mortgage Loan in the amount of TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED FORTY
THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($2,640,000.00) (the “Mortgage
Loan”), which Mortgage Loan is evidenced by a certain
Mortgage Note of even date herewith in the original amount of TWO
MILLION SIX HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS
($2,640,000.00) (the “Mortgage Note”), (ii) a Term
Loan in the amount of FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND AND
00/100 DOLLARS ($4,360,000.00) (the “Term Loan”), which
Term Loan is evidenced by a certain Term Note of even date herewith
in the original amount of FOUR MILLION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND
AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($4,360,000.00) (the “Term Note”),
and (iii) a Revolving Loan in the amount of SEVEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($7,500,000.00) (the
“Revolving Loan”, together with the Mortgage Loan and
the Term Loan, collectively, the “Loans”), which
Revolving Loan is evidenced by a certain Revolving Credit Note of
even date herewith in the original amount of SEVEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND AND 00/100 DOLLARS ($7,500,000.00) (the
“Revolving Credit Note”, together with the Mortgage
Note and the Term Note, collectively, the “Note”);
and
WHEREAS, Debtors
have and will derive substantial benefits from the making of such
Loans, advances and extensions of credit to Debtors by Bank;
and
WHEREAS, it is a
condition precedent to the obligation of the Bank to make loans,
advances and other extensions of credit to the Borrowers under the
Credit Agreement that the Debtors shall have executed and delivered
this Security Agreement to the Secured Party;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and to induce the Secured Party to
continue to make loans, advances and other extensions of credit
under the Credit Agreement, the Debtors hereby agree as
follows:
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(a) Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms which are defined in the Credit
Agreement and used herein are so used as so defined.
(b) The
following terms which are defined in Article 9 are used herein
as so defined: Accessions, Accounts, As-Extracted Collateral,
Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Consignments, Deposit
Accounts, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, General Intangibles,
Goods, Health-Care-Insurance Receivables, Instruments, Inventory,
Investment Property, Letters of Credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights,
Payment Intangibles, Proceeds, Promissory Notes, Software and
Supporting Obligations.
(c) The
following terms shall have the following meanings:
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Article 9 ” means Article 9 of the Code as
in effect on and after October 1, 2001, the effective date of
Public Act No. 01-132 of the State of Connecticut.
“ Bank
Account ” means (i) a deposit, custody or other
account (whether, in any case, time or demand or interest or
non-interest bearing) maintained by the Debtors with the Secured
Party, (ii) all cash and securities from time to time held
within such accounts and (iii) all dividends and other
distributions payable on or with respect to, such account or such
cash or securities.
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Code ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time
to time in effect in the State of Connecticut, including,
specifically, Article 9.
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Collateral ” shall have the meaning assigned to it in
Section 2 of this Security Agreement.
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Collateral Disclosure List ” means, collectively,
those certain Collateral Disclosure Lists executed by Debtors and
delivered to the Bank.
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Contracts ” means the separate contracts between the
Debtors and third parties (including without limitation its
customers), as the same may from time to time be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, including, without limitation,
(a) all rights of the Debtors to receive moneys due and to
become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith,
(b) all rights of the Debtors to damages arising out of, or
for, breach or default in respect thereof and (c) all rights
of the Debtors to perform and to exercise all remedies thereunder;
but excluding any contracts, the assignment or hypothecation of
which, for collateral purposes, would result in a default or
require, or cause, a forfeiture or permit a revocation of material
rights under such contract.
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Copyrights ” means (a) all copyrights of the
United States or any other country, including, without limitation,
any thereof referred to in the Collateral Disclosure List;
(b) all copyright registrations filed in the United States or
in any other country, including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in the Collateral Disclosure List; and (c) all
proceeds thereof.
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Copyright License ” means all agreements, whether
written or oral, providing for the grant by the Debtors of any
right to use any Copyright, including, without limitation, any
thereof referred to in the Collateral Disclosure List and all
proceeds thereof.
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Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in the Credit
Agreement.
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Patents ” means (a) all patents of the United
States and all reissues and extensions thereof, (b) all
applications for patents of the United States and all divisions,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof or any other
country, including, without limitation, any thereof referred to in
the Collateral Disclosure List and (c) all proceeds thereof,
including the goodwill of the business connected with the use of
and symbolized by the Patents.
“ Patent
License ” means all agreements, whether written or oral,
providing for the grant by the Debtors of any right to manufacture,
use or sell any invention covered by a Patent, including, without
limitation, any thereof referred to in the Collateral Disclosure
List and all proceeds thereof.
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Requirement of Law ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.(b) hereof.
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Security Agreement ” means this Security Agreement, as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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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 the goodwill associated therewith, now
existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith,
whether registered 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, including, without limitation, any thereof referred
to in the Collateral Disclosure List; (b) all renewals
thereof; and (c) all proceeds thereof, including the goodwill
of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the
Trademarks.
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Trademark License ” means any agreement, written or
oral, providing for the grant by the Debtors of any right to use
any Trademark, including, without limitation, any thereof referred
to in the Collateral Disclosure List and all proceeds
thereof.
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Vehicles ” means all cars, trucks, trailers,
construction and earth moving equipment and other vehicles covered
by a certificate of title law of any state and, in any event, shall
include, without limitation, the vehicles listed in the Collateral
Disclosure List and all tires and other appurtenances to any of the
foregoing.
2. Grant
of Security Interest .
(a) As
collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations, the Debtors hereby
grant to the Secured Party a security interest in all properties,
assets and rights of
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Debtors now
owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Debtors or in which
the Debtors now have or at any time in the future may acquire any
right, title or interest, wherever located or situated and however
defined or classified under Article 9 (collectively, the
“Collateral”):
(b) Without
limitation of the foregoing, the Collateral includes the
following:
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(i)
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all
Accounts;
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(ii)
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all
As-Extracted Collateral;
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(iii)
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all
Chattel Paper;
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(iv)
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all
Commercial Tort Claims, if any, listed and described in the
Collateral Disclosure List or on any supplement thereto;
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(v)
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all
Consignments;
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(vi)
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all
Contracts;
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(vii)
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all
Copyrights;
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(viii)
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all
Copyright Licenses;
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(ix)
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all
Deposit Accounts;
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(x)
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all
Documents;
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(xi)
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all
Equipment;
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(xii)
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all
General Intangibles;
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(xiii)
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all
Goods;
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all
Health-Care-Insurance Receivables;
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(xv)
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all
Instruments;
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(xvi)
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all
Inventory;
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(xvii)
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all
Investment Property;
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(xviii)
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all
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
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(xix)
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all
Letters of Credit;
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(xx)
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all
Patents;
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(xxi)
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all
Patent Licenses;
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(xxii)
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all
Payment Intangibles;
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(xxiii)
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all
Promissory Notes;
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(xxiv)
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all
Software;
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(xxv)
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all
Supporting Obligations;
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(xxvi)
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all
Trademarks;
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(xxvii)
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all
Trademark Licenses;
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(xxviii)
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all
Vehicles; and
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(xxix)
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to
the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds (including
condemnation proceeds), all Accessions and additions thereto and
all substitutions and replacements therefore and products of any
and all of the foregoing.
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3. Rights
of Secured Party; Limitations on Secured Party’s
Obligations .
(a)
Debtors Remains Liable under Accounts and Contracts .
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Debtors shall
remain liable under each of the Accounts and Contracts to observe
and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and
performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any
agreement giving rise to each such Account and in accordance with
and pursuant to the terms and provisions of each such Contract. The
Secured Party shall not have any obligation or liability under any
Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or under any
Contract by reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or
the receipt by the Secured Party of any payment relating to such
Account or Contract pursuant hereto, nor shall the Secured Party be
obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of the
Debtors under or pursuant to any Account (or any agreement giving
rise thereto) or under or pursuant to any Contract, to make any
payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of
any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any
performance by any party under any Account (or any agreement giving
rise thereto) or under any Contract, to present or file any claim,
to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the
payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to
which it may be entitled at any time or times.
(b)
Notice to Account Debtors and Contracting Parties . Upon the
request of the Secured Party at any time after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Debtors shall
notify account debtors on the Accounts and parties to the Contracts
that the Accounts and the Contracts have been assigned to the
Secured Party and that payments in respect thereof shall be made
directly to the Secured Party. The Secured Party may in its
own
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name or in the
name of others communicate with account debtors on the Accounts and
parties to the Contracts to verify with them to its satisfaction
the existence, amount and terms of any Accounts or
Contracts.
(c)
Analysis of Accounts . Subject to the provisions of the
Credit Agreement, the Secured Party shall have the right, at its
own expense, to make test verifications of the Accounts in any
manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers
advisable, and Debtors shall furnish all such assistance and
information as the Secured Party may reasonably require in
connection therewith, provided that the making of the foregoing
test verifications shall be at the expense of Debtors if and only
if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, at any time upon
the Secured Party’s request and after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, or in connection
with Debtor’s annual audit, Debtors, at its sole expense,
shall cause its independent public accountants or others selected
by Debtors and satisfactory to the Secured Party to furnish to the
Secured Party reports showing reconciliations, aging and test
verifications of, and trial balances for, the Accounts.
(d)
Collections on Accounts . The Secured Party hereby
authorizes the Debtors to collect the Accounts subject to the
Secured Party’s direction and control as set forth in the
Credit Agreement, and the Secured Party may curtail or terminate
said authority upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default. If required by the Secured Party upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any
payments of Accounts, when collected by the Debtors, shall be
forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited
by the Debtors in the exact form received, duly endorsed by the
Debtors to the Secured Party if required, in a special collateral
account maintained by the Secured Party, subject to withdrawal by
the Secured Party only, as hereinafter provided, and, until so
turned over, shall be held by the Debtors in trust for the Secured
Party, segregated from other funds of the Debtors. Each deposit of
any such Proceeds shall be accompanied by a report identifying in
reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in
the deposit. All Proceeds constituting collections of Accounts
while held by the Secured Party (or by the Debtors in trust for the
Secured Party) shall continue to be collateral security for all of
the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until
applied as hereinafter provided. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Secured
Party’s election, the Secured Party shall apply all or any
part of the funds on deposit in said special collateral account on
account of the Obligations in accordance with the Credit Agreement,
and any part of such funds which the Secured Party elects not so to
apply and deems not required as collateral security for the
Obligations shall be paid over from time to time by the Secured
Party to the Debtors or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive the same. At the Secured Party’s request during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the Debtors shall deliver to
the Secured Party all original and other documents evidencing, and
relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the
Accounts, including, without limitation, all original orders,
invoices and shipping receipts.
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4.
Representations and Warranties . The Debtors hereby
represent and warrant that:
(a)
Title; No Other Encumbrances . Except for the Encumbrance
granted to the Secured Party pursuant to this Security Agreement,
and the other Encumbrances permitted to exist on the Collateral
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Debtors own each item of the
Collateral free and clear of any and all Encumbrances or claims of
others. No security agreement, financing statement or other public
notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file
or of record in any public office, except such as may have been
filed in favor of the Secured Party or any other Person holding a
Permitted Encumbrance or as may be permitted pursuant to the Credit
Agreement.
(b)
Perfected First Priority Encumbrances . Except with respect
to Vehicles referred to in Section 5(q) with respect to Permitted
Encumbrances, the Encumbrances granted pursuant to this Security
Agreement constitute perfected Encumbrances on the Collateral (not
constituting real property) in favor of the Secured Party, which
are prior to all other Encumbrances on the Collateral created by
the Debtors and in existence on the date hereof, except as
otherwise permitted in the Credit Agreement, based upon a search
and review of the public files and records referenced in Section
4(a) hereof and which are enforceable as such against all creditors
of and purchasers from the Debtors and against any owner or
purchaser of the real property where any of the Equipment is
located and any present or future creditor obtaining a Encumbrance
on such real property.
(c)
Accounts . The amount represented by the Debtors to the
Secured Party from time to time as owing by each account debtor or
by all account debtors in respect of the Accounts will at such time
be the correct amount actually owing by such account debtor or
debtors thereunder in all material respects. No amount payable to
the Debtors under or in connection with any Account is evidenced by
any Instrument or Chattel Paper (other than Contracts constituting
Chattel Paper), which has not been delivered to the Secured Party.
The place where the Debtors keep its records concerning the
Accounts is set forth in the Collateral Disclosure List.
(d)
Contracts . No consent of any party (other than the Debtors)
to any Contract is required, or purports to be required, in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Security Agreement. Each Contract is in full force and effect and
constitutes a valid and legally enforceable obligation of the
parties thereto, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally. No
consent or authorization of, filing with or other act by or in
respect of any Governmental Authority is required in connection
with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of any of the Contracts by any party thereto other
than those which have been duly obtained, made or performed, are in
full force and effect and do not subject the scope of any such
Contract to any material adverse limitation, either specific or
general in nature. Neither the Debtors nor (to the Debtors’
actual knowledge) any other party to any Contract is in default in
a manner which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely
affect the value of all such Contracts as Collateral or is
reasonably likely to become in default in the performance or
observance of any of the terms thereof in any material respect. The
Debtors have fully performed all its current obligations under each
Contract. The right, title and interest of the Debtors in, to and
under each Contract are not subject to any defense, offset,
counterclaim or claim which in the aggregate could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No amount payable to
the Debtors under or in connection with any Contract is
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evidenced by
any Instrument or Chattel Paper (other than Contracts constituting
Chattel Paper), which has not been delivered to the Secured
Party.
(e)
Inventory and Equipment . The Inventory and the Equipment
are kept at the locations listed in the Collateral Disclosure
List.
(f) Chief
Executive Office . The Debtors’ chief executive office,
chief place of business and jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization is set forth in the Collateral Disclosure
List.
(g)
As-Extracted Collateral . None of the Collateral
constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, As-Extracted
Collateral.
(h)
Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks . All Patents, Patent
Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark Licenses, Copyrights and Copyright
Licenses owned by the Debtors in its own name as of the date hereof
are listed on the Collateral Disclosure List. To the best of the
Debtors’ knowledge, each Patent, Copyright and Trademark is
valid, subsisting, unexpired, enforceable and has not been
abandoned. Except as set forth in the Collateral Disclosure List,
none of such Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks is the subject of
any licensing or franchise agreement. No holding, decision or
judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority which
would limit, cancel or question the validity of any Patent,
Copyright or Trademark. Except as disclosed in the Credit
Agreement, no action or proceeding is pending (i) seeking to
limit, cancel or question the validity of any Patent, Copyright or
Trademark, or (ii) which, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(i)
Vehicles . A complete
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