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Title: SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
Date: 8/20/2009
Industry: Software and Programming     Sector: Technology

SECURITY AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT, Parties: ciber inc , bank of america  n.a. , ciber  inc
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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


 
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