Exhibit 99.2
SECURITY AND PLEDGE
AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of
August 20, 2009 among CIBER, INC., a Delaware corporation (
“ Borrower ”), the other parties identified as
“Obligors” on the signature pages hereto and such
other parties that may become Obligors hereunder after the date
hereof (together with Borrower, individually an “
Obligor ”, and collectively “ Obligors
”) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its capacity as
administrative agent (in such capacity, “ Administrative
Agent ”) for the holders of the Secured Obligations
(defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended, modified,
extended, renewed or replaced from time to time, the “
Credit Agreement ”) among Borrower, the Subsidiary
Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto and
Administrative Agent, the Lenders have agreed to make Loans and
issue Letters of Credit upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth therein; and
WHEREAS, this Agreement is required
by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
these premises and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Definitions .
(a)
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have
the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit
Agreement.
(b)
The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in the UCC
(defined below): Accession, Account, Adverse Claim,
As-Extracted Collateral, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claim,
Consumer Goods, Deposit Account, Document, Electronic Chattel
Paper, Equipment, Farm Products, Financial Asset, Fixtures, General
Intangible, Goods, Instrument, Inventory, Investment Company
Security, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Right, Manufactured
Home, Money, Proceeds, Securities Account, Security Entitlement,
Security, Software, Supporting Obligation and Tangible Chattel
Paper.
(c)
In addition, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
“ Administrative Agent
” has the meaning provided in the introductory paragraph
hereof.
“ Collateral ”
has the meaning provided in Section 2
hereof.
“ Copyright License
” means any written agreement, naming any Obligor as
licensor, granting any right under any Copyright.
“ Copyrights ”
means (i) all copyrights registered in the United States in
all Works, now existing or hereafter created or acquired, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, including, without limitation, registrations,
recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office
or in any similar office or agency of the United States or any
state thereof, and (ii) all renewals thereof.
“ Patent License
” means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for
the grant by or to an Obligor of any right to manufacture, use or
sell any invention covered by a Patent.
“ Patents ” means
(i) all letters patent of the United States or any state
thereof and all reissues and extensions thereof, and (ii) all
applications for letters patent of the United States and all
divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part
thereof.
“ Pledged Equity
” means, with respect to each Obligor, (i) 100% of the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Domestic Subsidiary
of Borrower that is directly owned by such Obligor and
(ii) 66% (or such greater percentage that, due to a change in
an applicable Law after the date hereof, (A) could not
reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such
Foreign Subsidiary as determined for United States federal income
tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such Foreign
Subsidiary’s United States parent and (B) could not
reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax
consequences) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests
entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg.
Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the issued and outstanding
Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas.
Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in each Foreign Subsidiary of
Borrower that is directly owned by such Obligor, including the
Equity Interests of the Subsidiaries owned by such Obligor as set
forth on Schedule 1(b) hereto, in each case
together with the certificates (or other agreements or
instruments), if any, representing such shares, and all options and
other rights, contractual or otherwise, with respect thereto,
including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)
all Equity Interests representing a dividend thereon, or
representing a distribution or return of capital upon or in respect
thereof, or resulting from a stock split, revision,
reclassification or other exchange therefor, and any subscriptions,
warrants, rights or options issued to the holder thereof, or
otherwise in respect thereof; and
(2)
in the event of any consolidation or merger involving the issuer
thereof and in which such issuer is not the surviving Person, all
shares of each class of the Equity Interests of the successor
Person formed by or resulting from such consolidation or merger, to
the extent that such successor Person is a direct Subsidiary of an
Obligor.
“ Secured Obligations
” means, without duplication, (a) all Obligations and
(b) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with
enforcement and collection of the Obligations, including the fees,
charges and disbursements of counsel.
“ Trademark License
” means any agreement, written or oral, providing for the
grant by or to an Obligor 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 the goodwill associated therewith, now existing or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings
thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar
office or agency of the United States or any state thereof or
otherwise and (b) all renewals thereof.
“ UCC ” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the state
of New York.
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“ Work ” means
any work that is subject to copyright protection pursuant to Title
17 of the United States Code.
2.
Grant of Security Interest in the Collateral . To
secure the prompt payment and performance in full when due, whether
by lapse of time, acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise,
of the Secured Obligations, each Obligor hereby grants to
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Secured
Obligations, a continuing security interest in, and a right to set
off against, any and all right, title and interest of such Obligor
in and to all of the following, whether now owned or existing or
owned, acquired, or arising hereafter (collectively, the “
Collateral ”): (a) all Accounts;
(b) all Chattel Paper; (c) those certain Commercial Tort
Claims set forth on Schedule 2(c) hereto;
(d) all Copyrights; (e) all Copyright Licenses;
(f) all Deposit Accounts; (g) all Documents; (h) all
Equipment; (i) all Fixtures; (j) all General Intangibles;
(k) all Instruments; (l) all Inventory; (m) all
Investment Property; (n) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(o) all Money; (p) all Patents; (q) all Patent
Licenses; (r) all Pledged Equity; (s) all Software;
(t) all Supporting Obligations; (u) all Trademarks;
(v) all Trademark Licenses; and (w) all Accessions and
all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the security interests granted under
this Agreement shall not extend to (a) Excluded Property and
(b) any General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract
or other Instrument of an Obligor if the grant of a security
interest in such General Intangible, permit, lease, license,
contract or other Instrument in the manner contemplated by this
Agreement, under the terms thereof or under applicable Law, is
prohibited and would result in the termination thereof or give the
other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or
otherwise alter such Obligor’s rights, titles and interests
thereunder (including upon the giving of notice or the lapse of
time or both); provided that (i) any such limitation
described in the foregoing clause (b) on the security
interests granted hereunder shall only apply to the extent that any
such prohibition could not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the
UCC or any other applicable Law (including Debtor Relief Laws) or
principles of equity and (ii) in the event of the termination
or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any
consent contained in any applicable Law, General Intangible,
permit, lease, license, contract or other Instrument, to the extent
sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral hereunder,
or upon the granting of any such consent, or waiving or terminating
any requirement for such consent, a security interest in such
General Intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other
Instrument shall be automatically and simultaneously granted
hereunder and shall be included as Collateral hereunder.
Obligors and Administrative Agent,
on behalf of the holders of the Secured Obligations, hereby
acknowledge and agree that the security interest created hereby in
the Collateral (a) constitutes continuing collateral security
for all of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing or
hereafter arising and (b) is not to be construed as an
assignment of any Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent
Licenses, Trademarks or Trademark Licenses.
3.
Representations and Warranties . Each Obligor hereby
represents and warrants to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
the holders of the Secured Obligations, that:
(a)
Ownership . Each Obligor is the legal and beneficial
owner of its Collateral and has the right to pledge, sell, assign
or transfer the same. There exists no Adverse Claim with
respect to the Pledged Equity of such Obligor.
(b)
Security Interest/Priority . This Agreement creates a
valid security interest in favor of Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations, in the
Collateral of such Obligor and, when properly perfected by filing,
shall constitute a valid and perfected, first priority security
interest in such Collateral (including all uncertificated Pledged
Equity consisting of partnership or limited liability company
interests that do not constitute Securities), to the
extent
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such security interest can be
perfected by filing under the UCC, free and clear of all Liens
except for Permitted Liens. The taking possession by
Administrative Agent of the certificated securities (if any)
evidencing the Pledged Equity and all other Instruments
constituting Collateral will perfect and establish the first
priority of Administrative Agent’s security interest in all
the Pledged Equity evidenced by such certificated securities and
such Instruments. With respect to any Collateral consisting
of a Deposit Account, Securities Entitlement or held in a
Securities Account, upon execution and delivery by the applicable
Obligor, the applicable Securities Intermediary and Administrative
Agent of an agreement granting control to Administrative Agent over
such Collateral, Administrative Agent shall have a valid and
perfected, first priority security interest in such
Collateral.
(c)
Types of Collateral . None of the Collateral consists
of, or is the Proceeds of, As-Extracted Collateral, Consumer Goods,
Farm Products, Manufactured Homes or standing timber.
(d)
Accounts . (i) Each Account of Obligors and the
papers and documents relating thereto are genuine and in all
material respects what they purport to be, (ii) each Account
arises out of (A) a bona fide sale of goods sold and delivered
by such Obligor (or is in the process of being delivered) or
(B) services theretofore actually rendered by such Obligor to,
the account debtor named therein, (iii) no Account of an
Obligor is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper unless such
Instrument or Chattel Paper, to the extent requested by
Administrative Agent, has been endorsed over and delivered to, or
submitted to the control of, Administrative Agent, (iv) no
surety bond was required or given in connection with any Account of
an Obligor or the contracts or purchase orders out of which they
arose and (v) the right to receive payment under each Account
is assignable.
(e)
Equipment and Inventory . With respect to any
Equipment and/or Inventory of an Obligor, each such Obligor has
exclusive possession and control of such Equipment and Inventory of
such Obligor except for (i) Equipment leased by such Obligor
as a lessee or (ii) Equipment or Inventory in transit with
common carriers. No Inventory of an Obligor is held by a
Person other than an Obligor pursuant to consignment, sale or
return, sale on approval or similar arrangement.
(f)
Pledged Equity .
(i)
Authorization of Pledged Equity . All Pledged Equity
is duly authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and, to the
extent applicable, nonassessable and is not subject to the
preemptive rights, warrants, options or other rights to purchase of
any Person, or equityholder, voting trust or similar agreements
outstanding with respect to, or property that is convertible, into,
or that requires the issuance and sale of, any of the Pledged
Equity, except to the extent expressly permitted under the Loan
Documents.
(ii)
Obligor’s Authority . No authorization, approval
or action by, and no notice or filing with, any Governmental
Authority or with the issuer of any Pledged Equity or any other
Person is required either (A) for the pledge made by an
Obligor or for the granting of the security interest by an Obligor
pursuant to this Agreement (except as have been already obtained)
or (B) for the exercise by Administrative Agent or the holders
of the Secured Obligations of their rights and remedies hereunder
(except as may be required by the UCC or laws affecting the
offering and sale of securities).
(iii)
Security Interest/Priority . This Agreement creates a
valid security interest in favor of Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the holders of the Secured Obligations, in the Pledged
Equity. The taking of possession by Administrative Agent of
the certificates representing the Pledged Equity and all other
certificates and instruments
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constituting Pledged Equity will
perfect and establish the first priority of Administrative
Agent’s security interest in the Pledged Equity consisting of
certificated securities of Domestic Subsidiaries and, when properly
perfected by filing or registration, in all other Pledged Equity
and instruments securing the Secured Obligations. Except as
set forth in this Section 3(f)(iii) , no action is
necessary to perfect or otherwise protect such security.
(iv)
Exercising of Rights . The exercise by Administrative
Agent of its rights and remedies hereunder will not violate any law
or governmental regulation or any material contractual restriction
binding on or affecting an Obligor or any of its
property.
(g)
No Other Equity Interests, Instruments, Etc . As of
the Closing Date, no Obligor owns any certificated Equity Interests
in any Subsidiary that are required to be pledged and delivered to
Administrative Agent hereunder other than as set forth on
Schedule 1(b) hereto, and all such certificated Equity
Interests have been delivered to Administrative Agent.
(h)
Partnership and Limited Liability Company Interests .
Except as previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, none of
the Collateral (i) is dealt in or traded on a securities
exchange or in a securities market, (ii) by its terms
expressly provides that it is a Security governed by Article 8
of the UCC, (iii) is an Investment Company Security,
(iv) is held in a Securities Account or (v) constitutes a
Security or a Financial Asset.
(i)
Consents; Etc. There are no restrictions in any
Organizational Document governing any Pledged Equity or any other
document related thereto which would limit or restrict (i) the
grant of a Lien pursuant to this Agreement on such Pledged Equity,
(ii) the perfection of such Lien or (iii) the exercise of
remedies in respect of such perfected Lien in the Pledged Equity as
contemplated by this Agreement. Except for (i) the
filing or recording of UCC financing statements, (ii) the
filing of appropriate notices with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office,
(iii) obtaining control to perfect the Liens created by this
Agreement (to the extent required under Section 4(a)
hereof), (iv) such actions as may be required by Laws
affecting the offering and sale of securities, (v) such
actions as may be required by applicable foreign Laws affecting the
pledge of the Pledged Equity of Foreign Subsidiaries and
(vi) consents, authorizations, filings or other actions which
have been obtained or made, no consent or authorization of, filing
with, or other act by or in respect of, any arbitrator or
Governmental Authority and no consent of any other Person
(including, without limitation, any stockholder, member or creditor
of such Obligor), is required for (A) the grant by such
Obligor of the security interest in the Collateral granted hereby
or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by
such Obligor, (B) the perfection of such security interest (to
the extent such security interest can be perfected by filing under
the UCC, the granting of control (to the extent required under
Section 4(a) hereof) or by filing an appropriate
notice with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the
United States Copyright Office) or (C) the exercise by
Administrative Agent or the holders of the Secured Obligations of
the rights and remedies provided for in this Agreement.
(j)
Commercial Tort Claims . As of the Closing Date, no
Obligor has any Commercial Tort Claims seeking damages other than
as set forth on Schedule 2(c) hereto.
(k)
Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks .
(i)
Each Copyright, Patent and Trademark of such Obligor is valid,
subsisting, unexpired, enforceable and has not been
abandoned.
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(ii)
No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any
Governmental Authority that would limit, cancel or question the
validity of any Copyright, Patent or Trademark of any
Obligor.
(iii)
No action or proceeding is pending seeking to limit, cancel or
question the validity of any Copyright, Patent or Trademark of any
Obligor, or that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the value of any
Copyright, Patent or Trademark of any Obligor.
(iv)
All applications pertaining to the Copyrights, Patents and
Trademarks of each Obligor have been duly and properly filed, and
all registrations or letters pertaining to such Copyrights, Patents
and Trademarks have been duly and properly filed and
issued.
(v)
No Obligor has made any assignment or agreement in conflict with
the security interest in the Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks of
any Obligor hereunder.
4.
Covenants . Each Obligor covenants that until such time as
the Secured Obligations arising under the Loan Documents have been
paid in full and the Commitments have expired or been terminated,
such Obligor shall:
(a)
Instruments/Chattel Paper/Pledged Equity/Control
.
(i)
Instruments; Tangible Chattel Paper; Documents . If
any amount payable under or in connection with any of the
Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument or
Tangible Chattel Paper, or if any property constituting Collateral
shall be stored or shipped subject to a Document, ensure that such
Instrument, Tangible Chattel Paper or Document is either in the
possession of such Obligor at all times or, if requested by
Administrative Agent to perfect its security interest in such
Collateral, is delivered to Administrative Agent, duly endorsed in
a manner satisfactory to Administrative Agent. Such Obligor
shall ensure that any Collateral consisting of Tangible Chattel
Paper is marked with a legend acceptable to Administrative Agent
indicating Administrative Agent’s security interest in such
Tangible Chattel Paper.
(ii)
Delivery of Certificates . Deliver to Administrative
Agent promptly upon the receipt thereof by or on behalf of an
Obligor, all certificates and instruments constituting Pledged
Equity. Prior to delivery to Administrative Agent, all such
certificates constituting Pledged Equity shall be held in trust by
such Obligor for the benefit of Administrative Agent pursuant
hereto. All such certificates representing Pledged Equity
shall be delivered in suitable form for transfer by delivery or
shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or
assignment in blank, substantially in the form provided in
Exhibit 4(a)(ii) hereto.
(iii)
Control . Execute and deliver all agreements,
assignments, instruments or other documents, as required by the
Credit Agreement, with respect to Deposit Accounts, and otherwise
as reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, for the purpose of
obtaining and maintaining control with respect to any Collateral
consisting of (A) Deposit Accounts, (B) Investment
Property, (C) Letter-of-Credit Rights and (D) Electronic
Chattel Paper.
(b)
Filing of Financing Statements, Notices, etc . Each
Obligor shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent such
agreements, assignments or instruments (including affidavits,
notices, reaffirmations and amendments and restatements of existing
documents, as Administrative Agent
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may reasonably request) and do all
such other things as Administrative Agent may reasonably deem
necessary or appropriate (i) to assure to Administrative Agent
its security interests hereunder, including (A) such
instruments as Administrative Agent may from time to time
reasonably request in order to perfect and maintain the security
interests granted hereunder in accordance with the UCC,
(B) with regard to Patents, a Notice of Grant of Security
Interest in Patents for filing with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office in the form of Exhibit 4(b)(i)
hereto, (C) with regard to Trademarks, a Notice of Grant
of Security Interest in Trademarks for filing with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office in the form of
Exhibit 4(b)(ii) hereto, (D) with regard to
Copyrights, a Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Copyrights in
the form of Exhibit 4(b)(iii) , (ii) to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) to otherwise
protect and assure Administrative Agent of its rights and interests
hereunder. Furthermore, each Obligor also hereby irrevocably
makes, constitutes and appoints Administrative Agent, its nominee
or any other Person whom Administrative Agent may designate, as
such Obligor’s attorney-in-fact with full power and for the
limited purpose to sign in the name of such Obligor any financing
statements (including renewal statements), amendments and
supplements, notices or any similar documents that in
Administrative Agent’s reasonable discretion would be
necessary or appropriate, in order to perfect and maintain
perfection of the security interests granted hereunder, such power,
being coupled with an interest, being and remaining irrevocable so
long as the Secured Obligations remain unpaid and until the
commitments relating thereto shall have been terminated. Each
Obligor hereby agrees that a carbon, photographic or other
reproduction of this Agreement or any such financing statement is
sufficient for filing as a financing statement by Administrative
Agent without notice thereof to such Obligor wherever
Administrative Agent may in its sole discretion desire to file the
same.
(c)
Other Liens . Defend the Collateral against Liens
therein other than Permitted Liens.
(d)
Collateral Held by Warehouseman, Bailee, etc. If any
Collateral is at any time in the possession or control of a
warehouseman, bailee or any agent or processor of such Obligor and
Administrative Agent so requests (i) notify Administrative
Agent of such possession or control, (ii) notify such Person
in writing of Administrative Agent’s security interest
therein, (iii) instruct such Person to hold all such
Collateral for Administrative Agent’s account and subject to
Administrative Agent’s instructions and (iv) use its
best efforts to obtain a written acknowledgment from such Person
that it is holding such Collateral for the benefit of
Administrative Agent.
(e)
Treatment of Accounts . Not grant or extend the time
for payment of any Account, or adjust, compromise or settle any
Account for less than the full amount thereof, or release any
Person or property, in whole or in part, from payment thereof, or
allow any credit or discount thereon, in each case other than as
normal and customary in the ordinary course of an Obligor’s
business.
(f)
Commercial Tort Claims . (i) Promptly forward to
Administrative Agent an updated Schedule 2(c) listing
any and all Commercial Tort Claims by or in favor of such Obligor
and (ii) execute and deliver such statements, documents and
notices and do and cause to be done all such things as may be
required by Administrative Agent, or required by Law to create,
preserve, perfect and maintain Administrative Agent’s
security interest in any Commercial Tort Claims initiated by or in
favor of any Obligor.
(g)
Books and Records . Mark its books and records (and
shall cause the issuer of the Pledged Equity of such Obligor to
mark its books and records) to reflect the security interest
granted pursuant to this Agreement.
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(h)
Nature of Collateral . At all times maintain the
Collateral as personal property and not affix any of the Collateral
to any real property in a manner which would change its nature from
personal property to real property or a Fixture to real property,
unless Administrative Agent shall have a perfected Lien on such
Fixture or real property.
(i)
Issuance or Acquisition of Interests in Partnerships and Limited
Liability Companies . Not without executing and
delivering, or causing to be executed and delivered, to
Administrative Agent such agreements, documents and instruments as
Administrative Agent may reasonably require, issue or acquire any
Pledged Equity consisting of an interest in a partnership or a
limited liability company that (i) is dealt in or traded on a
securities exchange or in a securities market,
(ii)&nb