Exhibit 10.28
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
Dated as of August 18,
2009
among
SCHIFF NUTRITION GROUP,
INC.,
as a Grantor
and
SCHIFF NUTRITION
INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
as a Grantor
and
WNG HOLDINGS
(INTERNATIONAL) LTD.,
as a Grantor
and
COPPAL RESEARCH,
INC.,
as a Grantor
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINED TERMS
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Definitions
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Certain Other Terms
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GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST
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Collateral
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Grant of Security Interest in
Collateral
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Title; No Other Liens
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Perfection and Priority
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Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief
Executive Office
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Locations of Inventory, Equipment
and Books and Records
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Pledged Collateral
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Instruments and Tangible Chattel
Paper Formerly Accounts
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Intellectual Property
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Commercial Tort Claims
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Enforcement
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COVENANTS
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Maintenance of Perfected Security
Interest; Further Documentation and Consents
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Changes in Locations, Name,
Organizational Documents, Etc
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Pledged Collateral
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Delivery of Instruments and
Tangible Chattel Paper and Control of Investment Property,
Letter-of-Credit
Rights and Electronic
Chattel Paper
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Intellectual Property
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Notices
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Notice of Commercial Tort
Claims
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REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
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Remedies
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Accounts and Payments in Respect of
General Intangibles
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Pledged Collateral
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Proceeds to be Turned over to
Secured Party
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Registration Rights
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Deficiency
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THE SECURED PARTY
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Secured Party’s Appointment
as Attorney-in-Fact
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Authorization to File Financing
Statements
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[Reserved]
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Duty; Obligations and
Liabilities
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Reinstatement
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Release of Collateral
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Independent Obligations
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No
Waiver by Course of Conduct
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Amendments in Writing
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Additional Pledged
Collateral
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Notices
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Successors and Assigns
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Counterparts
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Severability
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Governing Law
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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ANNEXES AND
SCHEDULES
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Form of Joinder
Agreement
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Form of Intellectual Property
Security Agreement
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Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief
Executive Office
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Location of Inventory and
Equipment
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SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of
August 18, 2009, by Schiff Nutrition Group, Inc., a Utah
corporation (“ Borrower ”), Schiff Nutrition
International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent
”), WNG Holdings (International) Ltd., a Nevada corporation
(“ WNG ”), Coppal Research, Inc., a Utah
corporation (“ Coppal ”) (Borrower, Parent, WNG,
and Coppal shall be referred to each as a “ Grantor
” and collectively as the “ Grantors ”),
in favor of U.S. Bank National Association, as administrative agent
(in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the
“ Agent ”) for the Lenders (as defined in the
Loan Agreement referred to below).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Loan
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended,
restated, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the
“ Loan Agreement ”) among Borrower, Agent, and
the Lenders from time to time party thereto, the Lenders, subject
to the terms and conditions contained therein, have agreed to make
available to Borrower credit in the aggregate principal amount of
the respective Revolving Credit Commitments;
WHEREAS, as a condition precedent
under the terms of the Loan Agreement, each Grantor has agreed to
grant a lien and security interest in all of its assets to secure
the Secured Obligations (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, each Grantor will derive
substantial direct and indirect benefits of reasonably equivalent
value from the transactions evidenced by the Transaction Documents;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and to induce the Agent and the Lenders to enter into
the transactions evidenced by the Transaction Documents, each
Grantor hereby agrees with the Agent as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED
TERMS
Section 1.1
Definitions . (a) Capitalized terms
used herein without definition shall have the meanings given in the
Loan Agreement.
(b)
The
following terms have the meanings given to them in the UCC and
terms used herein without definition that are defined in the UCC
have the meanings given to them in the UCC (such meanings to be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined): “ account ”, “ account
debtor ”, “ certificated security ”,
“ chattel paper ”, “ commercial tort
claim ”, “ commodity contract ”,
“ deposit account ”, “ documents
”, “ electronic chattel paper ”, “
equipment ”, “ fixture ”, “
general intangible ”, “ goods ”,
“ instruments ”, “ inventory
”, “ investment property ”, “l
etter-of-credit right ”, “ proceeds
”, “ record ”, “ securities
account ”, “ security ”, “
supporting obligation ” and “ tangible
chattel paper ”.
(c)
The
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“ Agreement ”
shall mean this Security Agreement, as amended, restated, modified
or otherwise supplemented from time to time.
“ Applicable IP Office
” shall mean the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency
within or outside the United States.
“ Collateral ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
“ Contractual
Obligations ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by
which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of
its properties is subject.
“ Control Agreement
” shall mean with respect to any deposit account, any
securities account, any commodity account, securities entitlement
or commodity contract, an agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, among the Agent, the financial
institution or Person at which such account is maintained or with
which such entitlement or contract is carried, and the respective
Grantor.
“ Equity Interests
” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
rights to purchase, options, warrants, general, limited or limited
liability partnership interests, member interests, units,
participations or other equivalents of or interest in (regardless
of how designated) equity of such Person, whether voting or
nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, convertible
securities or any other equity security.
“ Excluded Property
” shall mean the outstanding Equity Interests of (1) the
Excluded Subsidiaries and (2) a Foreign Subsidiary in excess of
sixty-five percent (65%) of the voting Equity Securities (within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2)
promulgated under the IRC) of such Foreign Subsidiary.
“ Governmental
Authority ” shall mean the government of any nation,
state, city, locality or other political subdivision of any
thereof, or any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
“ Intellectual
Property ” shall mean all rights, title and interest in
or related to intellectual property and all IP Ancillary Rights
related thereto, including all copyrights, patents, trademarks,
Internet domain names, trade secrets, and intellectual property
licenses.
“ IP Ancillary Rights
” shall mean with respect to any other
Intellectual Property, as applicable, all foreign counterparts to,
and all divisionals, reversions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, renewals and
extensions of, such Intellectual Property and all income,
royalties, proceeds and liabilities at any time due or payable or
asserted under or with respect to any of the foregoing or otherwise
with respect to such Intellectual Property, including all rights to
sue or recover at law or in equity for the past, present or future
infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other
impairment thereof.
“ IRC ” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time (or any successor statute thereto), and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
“ Material Intellectual
Property ” shall mean Intellectual Property that is owned
by or licensed to a Grantor and material to the conduct of any
Grantor’s business.
“ Pledged Certificated
Stock ” shall mean all certificated securities and any
other Equity Interests of any Person evidenced by a certificate,
instrument or other similar document (as defined in the UCC), in
each case owned by any Grantor, and any distribution of property
made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time
to time, including all Equity Interests listed on
Schedule 5 . Pledged Certificated Stock
excludes any Excluded Property.
“ Pledged Collateral
” shall mean, collectively, the Pledged Stock and the Pledged
Debt Instruments.
“ Pledged Debt
Instruments ” shall mean all right, title and interest of
any Grantor in instruments evidencing any indebtedness owed to such
Grantor or other obligations owed to such Grantor, and any
distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for
the foregoing from time to time, including all indebtedness
described on Schedule 5 , issued by the obligors named
therein.
“ Pledged Investment
Property ” shall mean any investment property of any
Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or
in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, other than any
Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt Instruments. Pledged
Investment Property excludes any Excluded Property.
“ Pledged Stock
” shall mean all Pledged Certificated Stock and all Pledged
Uncertificated Stock.
“ Pledged Uncertificated
Stock ” shall mean any Equity Interests of any Person
that is not Pledged Certificated Stock, including all right, title
and interest of any Grantor as a limited or general partner in any
partnership not constituting Pledged Certificated Stock or as a
member of any limited liability company, all right, title and
interest of any Grantor in, to and under any Organizational
Document of any partnership or limited liability company to which
it is a party, and any distribution of property made on, in respect
of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including in
each case those interests set forth on Schedule 5 , to
the extent such interests are not certificated. Pledged
Certificated Stock excludes any Excluded Property.
“ Requirements of Law
” shall mean, as to any Person, the organizational and
governing documents of such Person and any law, treaty, rule,
regulation, right, qualification or determination of a court or
other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable or binding on
such Person or its property.
“ Secured Obligations
” shall mean all Borrower’s Obligations including
without limitation all obligations of Grantors under this
Agreement.
“ Software ”
shall mean (a) all computer programs, including source code and
object code versions, (b) all data, databases and compilations of
data, whether machine readable or otherwise, and (c) all
documentation, training materials and configurations related to any
of the foregoing.
“ UCC ” shall
mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in
the State of Utah; provided , however , that, in the
event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of any applicable
Requirement of Law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority
of the Agent’s security interest in any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code of a jurisdiction other
than the State of Utah, “ 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 the definitions related
to or otherwise used in such provisions. Section
references in this Agreement to the UCC shall be deemed to be to
the equivalent section in the UCC in the applicable
State.
“ Vehicles ”
shall mean all vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of
any state.
Section 1.2
Certain Other Terms . (a) The meanings
given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both
the singular and plural forms of such terms. The terms
“ herein ”, “ hereof ” and
similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or clause in this
Agreement. References herein to an Annex, Schedule,
Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Annex or
Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in this
Agreement. Where the context requires, provisions
relating to any Collateral when used in relation to a Grantor shall
refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or any relevant part
thereof.
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST
Section 2.1
Collateral . For the purposes of this Agreement,
all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter
acquired by a Grantor or in which a Grantor now has or at any time
in the future may acquire any right, title or interests is
collectively referred to as the “ Collateral
”:
(a)
all
accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, equipment,
general intangibles (including the Intellectual Property), goods,
instruments, inventory, investment property (including the Pledged
Stock and the Pledged Investment Property), letter-of-credit rights
and any supporting obligations related thereto;
(b)
the
commercial tort claims described on Schedule 1 and on
any supplement thereto received by the Agent pursuant to
Section 3.8;
(c)
all books
and records pertaining to any of the property described in this
Section 2.1;
(d)
all
property of such Grantor held by the Agent, including all property
of every description, in the custody of or in transit to the Agent
for any purpose, including safekeeping, collection or pledge, for
the account of such Grantor or as to which such Grantor may have
any right or power, including but not limited to deposit accounts
and cash;
(e)
all other
goods (including but not limited to fixtures) and all other
personal property of such Grantor, whether tangible or intangible
and wherever located; and
(f)
to the
extent not otherwise included, all proceeds and products of the
foregoing;
provided , however , that “
Collateral ” shall not include any Excluded
Property.
Section 2.2
Grant of Security Interest in Collateral . Each
Grantor, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment
and performance of the Secured Obligations, hereby mortgages,
pledges and hypothecates to the Agent, and grants to the Agent a
Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and
interest in, to and under the Collateral of such
Grantor.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
To induce the Agent and the Lenders
to enter into the Loan Agreement, each Grantor hereby represents
and warrants each of the following to the Agent:
Section 3.1
Title; No Other Liens . Except for the Lien
granted to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement, the Liens granted
by the Transaction Documents, and other Permitted Liens, such
Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and
all Liens or claims of others. Such Grantor (a) is the
record and beneficial owner of the Collateral pledged by it
hereunder constituting instruments or certificates and (b) 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
other Lien other than Permitted Liens.
Section 3.2
Perfection and Priority . The security interest
granted pursuant to this Agreement constitutes a valid and
continuing security interest in favor of the Agent in all
Collateral, with perfection thereof to include without limitation
the following: (i) in the case of all Collateral in
which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing
statement under the UCC, the completion of the filings and other
actions specified on Schedule 2 , (ii) with respect to
any deposit account, the execution of a Control Agreement other
than deposit accounts for which the Agent is the depository bank
and has automatic control, (iii) in the case of all copyrights,
trademarks and patents, all appropriate filings having been made
with the Applicable IP Office, (iv) in the case of letter-of-credit
rights that are not supporting obligations of Collateral, the
execution of a Contractual Obligation granting control to the Agent
over such letter-of-credit rights, (v) in the case of electronic
chattel paper, the completion of all steps necessary to grant
control to the Agent over such electronic chattel paper, (vi) in
the case of Vehicles, the actions required under Section 4.1(e),
and (vii) in the case of Pledged Collateral or Pledged Investment
Property issued by a Foreign Subsidiary, such filings and actions
as may be required under the laws of the jurisdiction under which
such Foreign Subsidiary was formed. In the case of all
Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged
Investment Property, delivery shall be made to the Agent of such
Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged
Investment Property consisting of instruments and certificates, in
each case properly endorsed for transfer to the Agent or in
blank. In the case of all Pledged Investment Property
not in certificated form, Control Agreements shall be executed with
respect to such investment property. In the case of all
other instruments and tangible chattel paper that are not Pledged
Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments or Pledged Investment
Property, the delivery shall be made the Agent of such instruments
and tangible chattel paper. Such security interest shall
be prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for any
Permitted Liens having priority over the Agent’s Lien by
operation of law or unless otherwise granted or permitted by any
Transaction Document.
Section 3.3
Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office
. Such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization,
legal name and organizational identification number, if any, and
the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole
place of business, in each case as of the date hereof, is specified
on Schedule 3 and such Schedule 3 also
lists all jurisdictions of incorporation, legal names and locations
of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of
business for the five years preceding the date hereof.
Section 3.4
Locations of Inventory, Equipment and Books and Records
. On the date hereof, such Grantor’s inventory and
equipment (other than inventory or equipment in transit) and books
and records concerning the Collateral are kept at the locations
listed on Schedule 4 and such Schedule 4
also lists the locations of such inventory, equipment and books and
records for the five years preceding the date hereof.
Section 3.5
Pledged Collateral . (a) The Pledged
Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder (i) is listed on
Schedule 5 and constitutes that percentage of the
issued and outstanding equity of all classes of each issuer thereof
as set forth on Schedule 5 , (ii) has been duly
authorized, validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable
(other than Pledged Stock in limited liability companies and
partnerships). The pledge by such Grantor of the Pledged
Stock hereunder constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with
its terms.
(b)
As of the
Closing Date, all Pledged Collateral (other than Pledged
Uncertificated Stock) and all Pledged Investment Property
consisting of instruments and certificates has been delivered to
the Agent in accordance with Section 4.3(a).
Section 3.6
Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper Formerly Accounts
. As of the date hereof, no amount payable to such
Grantor under or in connection with any account is evidenced by any
instrument or tangible chattel paper that has not been delivered to
the Agent, properly endorsed for transfer, to the extent delivery
is required by Section 4.4(a).
Section 3.7
Intellectual Property . (a)
Schedule 6 sets forth a true and complete list of the
following Intellectual Property such Grantor owns, licenses or
otherwise has the right to use: (i) Intellectual
Property that is registered or subject to applications for
registration, (ii) Internet domain names and (iii) other Material
Intellectual Property and material Software, separately identifying
that owned and licensed to such Grantor and including for each of
the foregoing items (1) the owner, (2) the title, (3) the
jurisdiction in which such item has been registered or otherwise
arises or in which an application for registration has been filed,
(4) as applicable, the registration or application number and
registration or application date and (5) any intellectual property
licenses or other rights (including franchises) granted by the
Grantor with respect thereto.
(b)
On the
Closing Date, all Material Intellectual Property owned by such
Grantor is valid, in full force and effect, subsisting, unexpired
and enforceable, and no Material Intellectual Property has been
abandoned. On the Closing Date, no breach or default of
any Material Intellectual Property license shall be caused by any
of the following, and none of the following shall limit or impair
the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of, or any rights of
such Grantor in, any Material Intellectual Property: (i) the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by any Transaction
Document or (ii) to such Grantor’s knowledge, any
holding, decision, judgment or order rendered by any Governmental
Authority. There are no pending (or, to the knowledge of
such Grantor, threatened) actions, investigations, suits,
proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes
challenging the ownership, use, validity, enforceability of, or
such Grantor’s rights in, any Material Intellectual Property
of such Grantor. To such Grantor’s knowledge, no
Person has been or is infringing, misappropriating, diluting,
violating or otherwise impairing any Intellectual Property of such
Grantor. Such Grantor, and to such Grantor’s
knowledge each other party thereto, is not in material breach or
default of any Material Intellectual Property license.
Section 3.8
Commercial Tort Claims . The only commercial tort
claims of any Grantor existing on the date hereof (regardless of
whether the amount, defendant or other material facts can be
determined and regardless of whether such commercial tort claim has
been asserted, threatened or has otherwise been made known to the
obligee thereof or whether litigation has been commenced for such
claims) are those listed on Schedule 1 , which sets
forth such information separately for each Grantor.
Section 3.9
Enforcement . No permit, notice to or filing with
any Governmental Authority or any other Person or any consent from
any Person is required for the exercise by the Agent of its rights
(including voting rights) provided for in this Agreement or the
enforcement of remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to
this Agreement, including the transfer of any Collateral, except as
may be required in connection with the disposition of any portion
of the Pledged Collateral by laws affecting the offering and sale
of securities generally or any approvals that may be required to be
obtained from any bailees or landlords to collect the
Collateral.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Each Grantor agrees with the Agent
to the following, as long as any Secured Obligations remain
outstanding:
Section 4.1
Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further
Documentation and Consents . (a) Such
Grantor shall (i) not use or permit any Collateral to be used
unlawfully or in violation of any provision of any Transaction
Document, any Requirement of Law or any policy of insurance
covering the Collateral and (ii) not enter into any Contractual
Obligation or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such
Grantor or the Agent to sell any Collateral if such restriction
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Such
Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this
Agreement as a perfected security interest having the priority
described in Section 3.2 and shall defend such security
interest and such priority against the claims and demands of all
Persons not constituting Permitted Liens.
(c)
Such
Grantor shall furnish to the Agent from time to time statements and
schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and
such other documents in connection with the Collateral as the Agent
may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail and in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent.
(d)
At any
time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Agent,
such Grantor shall, for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the
full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein
granted, (i) promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have
recorded, such further documents, including an authorization to
file any financing statement or amendment under the UCC (or other
filings under similar Requirements of Law) in effect in any
jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby
and (ii) take such further action as the Agent may reasonably
request, including (A) during the continuance of an Event of
Default using its best efforts to secure all approvals necessary or
appropriate for the assignment to or for the Agent to enforce the
security interests granted hereunder and (B) executing and
delivering any Control Agreements with respect to deposit accounts
and securities accounts.
(e)
If
requested by the Agent, the Grantor shall arrange for the
Agent’s security interest to be noted on the certificate of
title of each Vehicle and shall file any other necessary
documentation in each jurisdiction that the Agent shall deem
advisable to perfect its security interests in any
Vehicle.
Section 4.2
Changes in Locations, Name, Organizational Documents, Etc.
Except upon thirty (30) days’ prior written
notice to the Agent and delivery to the Agent of (a) all
documents reasonably requested by the Agent to maintain the
validity, perfection and priority of the security interests
provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to
Schedule 4 showing any additional locations at which
inventory or equipment shall be kept, such Grantor shall not do any
of the following:
(i)
permit
any inventory or equipment to be kept at a location other than
those listed on Schedule 4 , except for inventory or
equipment in transit;
(ii)
change
its jurisdiction of organization or its location, in each case from
that referred to in Section 3.3; or
(iii)
change
its legal name or organizational identification number, if any, or
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other form
of legal entity.
Section 4.3
Pledged Collateral . (a) Delivery
of Pledged Collateral . Such Grantor shall
(i) deliver to the Agent, in suitable form for transfer and in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (i) all Pledged
Certificated Stock, (ii) all Pledged Debt Instruments and (iii) all
certificates and instruments evidencing Pledged Investment
Property.
(b)
Event
of Default . During the continuance
of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right, at any time
in its discretion and without notice to the Grantor, to (i)
transfer to or to register in its name or in the name of its
nominees any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment Property
and (ii) exchange any certificate or instrument representing or
evidencing any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment
Property for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger
denominations.
(c)
Cash
Distributions with respect to Pledged Collateral
. Except as
provided in Article V , such Grantor shall be entitled
to receive all cash or other distributions paid in respect of the
Pledged Collateral or Pledged Investment Property.
(d)
Voting
Rights . Except as provided in
Article V , such Grantor shall be entitled to exercise
all voting, consent and corporate, partnership, limited liability
company and similar rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral
and the Pledged Investment Property; provided ,
however , that no vote shall be cast, consent given or right
exercised or other action taken by such Grantor that would impair
the Collateral or be inconsistent with or result in any violation
of any provision of any Transaction Document.
(e)
Organizational Documents
. No Grantor
shall amend any of its organizational documents, or participate in
any amendment to the organizational documents of any issuer of
Pledged Stock, that in any way adversely affects the perfection of
the Agent’s Lien in the Pledged Stock including, without
limitation, any amendment electing to treat any membership interest
of any issuer of Pledged Stock as a security under Section 8-103 of
the UCC, or any election to turn any previously uncertificated
membership interest of any issuer of Pledged Stock into a
certificated membership interest.
Section 4.4
Delivery of Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper and Control
of Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Electronic
Chattel Paper . (a) If any amount in
excess of $100,000 payable under or in connection with any
Collateral owned by such Grantor shall be or become evidenced by an
instrument or tangible chattel paper other than such instrument
delivered in accordance with Section 4.3(a) and in the
possession of the Agent, such Grantor shall mark all such
instruments and tangible chattel paper with the following
legend: “This writing and the obligations
evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of
U.S. Bank National Association as Agent” and, at the request
of the Agent, shall immediately deliver such instrument or tangible
chattel paper to the Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory
to the Agent.
(b)
Such
Grantor shall not grant “control” (within the meaning
of such term under Section 9-106 of the UCC) over any deposit
account or investment property to any Person other than the
Agent.
(c)
If such
Grantor is or becomes the beneficiary of a letter of credit that is
(i) not a supporting obligation of any Collateral and (ii) has
a face amount in excess of $100,000, such Grantor shall promptly
(and in any event within two (2) Domestic Business Days) after
becoming a beneficiary, notify the Agent thereof and as soon as
practicable thereafter enter into a Contractual Obligation with the
Agent, the issuer of such letter of credit or any nominated person
with respect to the letter-of-credit rights under such letter of
credit. Such Contractual Obligation shall assign the
proceeds of such letter of credit to the Agent and such assignment
shall be sufficient to grant control for the purposes of Section
9-107 of the UCC (or any similar section under any equivalent
UCC). The provisions of the Contractual Obligation shall
be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent.
(d)
If any
amount in excess of $100,000 payable under or in connection with
any Collateral owned by such Grantor shall be or become evidenced
by electronic chattel paper, such Grantor shall take all steps
necessary to grant the Agent control of all such electronic chattel
paper for the purposes of Section 9-105 of the UCC.
Section 4.5
Intellectual Property . (a) Within
sixty (60) days after any change to Schedule 6 for such
Grantor, such Grantor shall provide the Agent notification thereof
and the short-form intellectual property agreements and assignments
as described in this Section 4.5 and other documents that the
Agent reasonably requests with respect thereto.
(b)
Such
Grantor shall (and shall require all its licensees to) (i) (A)
continue to use each trademark included in the Material
Intellectual Property in order to maintain such trademark in full
force and effect with respect to each class of goods for which such
trademark is currently used, free from any claim of abandonment for
non-use, (B) maintain at least the same standards of quality of
products and services offered under such trademark as are currently
maintained, (C) use such trademark with the appropriate notice of
registration and all other notices and legends required by
applicable Requirements of Law, (D) not adopt or use any other
trademark that is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of
such trademark unless the Agent shall obtain a perfected security
interest in such other trademark pursuant to this Agreement and
(ii) not do any act or omit to do any act whereby (A) such
trademark (or any goodwill associated therewith) may become
destroyed, invalidated, impaired or harmed in any way, (B) any
patent included in the Material Intellectual Property may become
forfeited, misused, unenforceable, abandoned or dedicated to the
public, (C) any portion of the copyright included in the Material
Intellectual Property may become invalidated, otherwise impaired or
fall into the public domain or (D) any trade secret that is
Material Intellectual Property may become publicly available or
otherwise unprotectable.
(c)
Such
Grantor shall notify the Agent immediately if it knows, or has
reason to know, that any application or registration relating to
any Material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, misused,
unenforceable, abandoned or de
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