SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT
SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of
August 17, 2009, by and among GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,
INC., a Nevada corporation (“ GEM-NV ”), GENERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation (“
GEM-DE ”), GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF RANCHO
CORDOVA LLC, a California limited liability company (“
GEMRC ”), GEM 6 ACQUISITIONS CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (“ GEM 6 ”), ISLAND ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES, INC., a California corporation (“ Island
”) and any and all Additional Grantors who may become a party
to this Agreement from time to time (the Borrower, GEM-DE, GEMRC,
GEM 6, Island and such Additional Grantors are each hereinafter
referred to as a “ Grantor ” and collectively as
the “ Grantors ”), and MTS ACQUISITION COMPANY,
INC., a California corporation (the “ Secured Party
”).
STATEMENT OF
PURPOSE
On the date hereof, GEM-NV, GEM-DE and the
Secured Party are consummating the transactions contemplated by the
Purchase Agreement, and pursuant to the terms of the Purchase
Agreement, GEM-NV and GEM-DE may hereafter become obligated to make
indemnification payments to the Secured Party in accordance with
Section 7 of the Purchase Agreement (the “ Obligations
”).
It is a condition precedent to the obligation of
the Secured Party to consummate the transactions under the Purchase
Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this
Agreement to the Secured Party.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged by the parties hereto, each Grantor hereby agrees with
the Secured Party, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
Section
1.1. Terms Defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code .
(a) The
following terms when used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the UCC (as defined in Section 1.2
below) as in effect from time to time: “
Account ”, “ Account Debtor ”,
“ Authenticate ”, “ Certificated
Security ”, “ Chattel Paper ”; “
Commercial Tort Claim ”, “ Deposit
Account ”, “ Documents ”, “
Electronic Chattel Paper ”, “ Equipment
”, “ Farm Products ” “
Fixture ”, “ General Intangible ”,
“ Instrument ”, “ Inventory
”, “ Investment Company Security ”,
“ Investment Property ”, “ Issuer
”, “ Letter of Credit Rights ”, “
Proceeds ”, “ Record ”, “
Registered Organization ”, “ Security
”, “ Securities Entitlement ”, “
Securities Intermediary ”, “ Securities
Account ”, “ Supporting Obligation ”,
“ Tangible Chattel Paper ”, and “
Uncertificated Security ”.
(b) Terms
defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meaning assigned in the UCC as in effect from time to
time.
Section
1.2. Definitions
. The following terms when used in this Agreement shall
have the meanings assigned to them below:
“ Additional Grantor ” means
each Subsidiary of the Borrower which hereafter becomes a Grantor
pursuant to Section 7.15 hereof.
“ Agreement ” means this
Collateral Agreement, as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Applicable Insolvency Laws
” means all Applicable Laws governing bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debts, relief of
debtors, dissolution, insolvency, fraudulent transfers or
conveyances or other similar laws (including, without limitation,
11 U.S.C. Sections 547, 548 and 550 and other
“avoidance” provisions of Title 11 of the United States
Code, as amended or supplemented).
“ Applicable Law ” means all
applicable provisions of all (a) constitutions, statutes,
ordinances, rules, regulations and orders of all governmental
and/or quasi-governmental bodies, (b) authorizations, consents,
non-actions, approvals, licenses or exemptions of, registration or
filing with, or report to, any governmental or quasi-governmental
department, agency, body or other unit, and (c) orders, judgments
and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.
“ Assignment of Claims Act ”
means the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (41 U.S.C. Section 15,
31 U.S.C. Section 3737, and 31 U.S.C. Section 3727),
including all amendments thereto and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
“ Collateral ” has the
meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.1 .
“ Collateral Account ” means
any collateral account established by the Secured Party as provided
in Section 5.2 .
“ Contract ” shall mean any
indenture, agreement (other than this Agreement), other contractual
restriction, lease in which any Grantor is a lessor or lessee,
license or instrument.
“ Control ” means the manner
in which “control” is achieved under the UCC with
respect to any Collateral for which the UCC specifies a method of
achieving “control”.
“ Controlled Depository ” has
the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.6(a) .
“ Copyrights ” means
collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (a) all
copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable
by copyright, copyright registrations and copyright applications
anywhere in the world, (b) all reissues, extensions,
continuations (in whole or in part) and renewals of any of the
foregoing, (c) all income, royalties, damages and payments now
or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing or with
respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation,
damages or payments for past or future infringements of any of the
foregoing, (d) the right to sue for past, present and future
infringements of any of the foregoing, and (e) all rights
corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the
world.
“ Copyright Licenses ” means
any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee,
granting any right under any Copyright, including, without
limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit
and sell materials derived from any Copyright.
“ Domestic Subsidiary ” shall
mean any Subsidiary which is incorporated or formed under the laws
of the United States, any State or Commonwealth in the United
States, or the District of Columbia.
“ Effective Endorsement and
Assignment ” means, with respect to any
specific type of Collateral, all such endorsements, assignments and
other instruments of transfer reasonably requested by the Secured
Party with respect to the Security Interest granted in such
Collateral, and in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Secured Party.
“ Event of Default ” shall
mean the failure of GEM-NV or GEM-DE to pay or cause to be paid any
amount due and payable for indemnification under Section 7 of the
Purchase Agreement as and when such obligation shall be determined
pursuant to a written agreement of GEM-NV or GEM-DE or any judgment
or arbitrator’s award.
“ Government Approval ” means
any of the items described in clause (b) of the definition of
“Applicable Law” above.
“ Government Contract ” means
a contract between any Grantor and an agency, department or
instrumentality of the United States or any state, municipal or
local governmental authority located in the United States or all
obligations of any such governmental authority arising under any
Account now or hereafter owing by any such governmental authority,
as account debtor, to any Grantor.
“ Grantors ” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble of this Agreement.
“ Intellectual Property ”
means collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (a)
all systems software, applications software and internet rights,
including, without limitation, screen displays and formats,
internet domain names, web sites (including web links), program
structures, sequence and organization, all documentation for such
software, including, without limitation, user manuals, flowcharts,
programmer’s notes, functional specifications, and operations
manuals, all formulas, processes, ideas and know-how embodied in
any of the foregoing, and all program materials, flowcharts, notes
and outlines created in connection with any of the foregoing,
whether or not patentable or copyrightable, (b) concepts,
discoveries, improvements and ideas, (c) any useful
information relating to the items described in clause (a) or (b),
including know-how, technology, engineering drawings, reports,
design information, trade secrets, practices, laboratory notebooks,
specifications, test procedures, maintenance manuals, research,
development, manufacturing, marketing, merchandising, selling,
purchasing and accounting, (d) Patents and Patent Licenses,
Copyrights and Copyright Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark
Licenses, and (e) other licenses to use any of the items
described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) or any
other similar items of such Grantor necessary for the conduct of
its business.
“ Issuer ” means any issuer
of any Investment Property or Partnership/LLC Interests (including,
without limitation, any Issuer as defined in the UCC).
“ Liens ” has the meaning
ascribed to such term in the Loan Agreement.
“ Loan Agreement ” means the
Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 31,
2008 by and between CVC California, LLC and GEM-NV, as same may be
amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to
time.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means any event, act, omission, condition or circumstance which has
or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on (a) the business, operations, properties, assets or condition,
financial or otherwise, of GEM-NV and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of, or the Secured
Party’s rights and remedies under, this Agreement.
Obligations ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
the first recital paragraph above.
“ Partnership/LLC Interests ”
means, with respect to any Grantor, the entire partnership,
membership interest or limited liability company interest, as
applicable, of such Grantor in each partnership, limited
partnership or limited liability company owned thereby, including,
without limitation, such Grantor’s capital account, its
interest as a partner or member, as applicable, in the net cash
flow, net profit and net loss, and items of income, gain, loss,
deduction and credit of any such partnership, limited partnership
or limited liability company, as applicable, such Grantor’s
interest in all distributions made or to be made by any such
partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company, as
applicable, to such Grantor and all of the other economic rights,
titles and interests of such Grantor as a partner or member, as
applicable, of any such partnership, limited partnership or limited
liability company, as applicable, whether set forth in the
partnership agreement or membership agreement, as applicable, of
such partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company,
as applicable, by separate agreement or otherwise.
“ Patents ” means
collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (a) all
patents, rights and interests in patents, patentable inventions and
patent applications anywhere in the world, (b) all reissues,
extensions, continuations (in whole or in part) and renewals of any
of the foregoing, (c) all income, royalties, damages or
payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the
foregoing or with respect to any of the foregoing, including,
without limitation, damages or payments for past or future
infringements of any of the foregoing, (d) the right to sue
for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing,
and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing
throughout the world.
“ Patent License ” means all
agreements now or hereafter in existence, whether written or oral,
providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to
manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part
by a Patent.
“ Perfection Certificate ”
means (a) the perfection certificate dated as of the date hereof,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, and
otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Secured Party,
and duly certified by an authorized officer of the Borrower, and
(b) a perfection certificate in form and substance satisfactory to
the Secured Party, delivered by each Additional Grantor at the time
that such Additional Grantor becomes a party hereto, which shall be
duly certified by an authorized officer of such Additional
Grantor.
“ Permitted Liens ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the Loan Agreement.
“ Person ” shall mean any
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
banking association, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority
or other entity of whatever nature.
“ Purchase Agreement ” means
the Stock Purchase Agreement of even date herewith by and among
GEM-NV, GEM-DE, GEM Mobile Treatment Services, Inc., and the
Secured Party, as same may be amended, modified, supplemented
and/or restated from time to time.
“ Secured Party ” has the
meaning assigned thereto in the preamble of this
Agreement.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, including all amendments thereto and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ Security Interests ” means
the liens and security interests granted pursuant to Article
II .
“ Senior Liens ” shall mean
the liens and security interests securing the Senior Obligations
from time to time.
“ Senior Obligations ” means
the “Obligations” under and as defined in the Loan
Agreement.
“ Subsidiary ” shall mean any
corporation, limited liability company or other entity of which 50%
or more of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity
interests of each class having ordinary voting power and/or rights
to profits (other than stock having such power only by reason of
the happening of a contingency) is at the time owned by GEM-NV,
directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries of
GEM-NV.
“ Subsidiary Issuer ” means
any Issuer of Investment Property or any Partnership/LLC Interests,
which is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of any Grantor.
“ Trademarks ” means
collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (a) all
trademarks, rights and interests in trademarks, trade names,
corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business
names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other business
identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have
appeared or appear, all registrations and recordings thereof, and
all applications in connection therewith anywhere in the world,
(b) all reissues, extensions, continuations (in whole or in
part) and renewals of any of the foregoing, (c) all income,
royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable
under any of the foregoing or with respect to any of the foregoing,
including, without limitation, damages or payments for past or
future infringements of any of the foregoing, (d) the right to
sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the
foregoing, and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the
foregoing throughout the world.
“ Trademark License ” means
any agreement now or hereafter in existence, whether written or
oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to
use any Trademark.
“ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of California, as amended
or modified from time to time.
“ Vehicles ” means all cars,
trucks, trailers, and other vehicles covered by a certificate of
title under the laws of any state, all tires and all other
appurtenances to any of the foregoing.
Section
1.3. Other
Definitional Provisions . The words
“hereof,” “herein”, “hereto”
and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used
in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and
Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified. The meanings given to terms defined herein
shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms
of such terms. Where the context requires, terms
relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in
relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s
Collateral or the relevant part thereof. The word
“including” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall mean “including, without
limitation,” unless otherwise specified.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY INTEREST
Section
2.1. Grant of Security
Interest .
(a) Each
Grantor hereby grants, pledges and collaterally assigns to the
Secured Party a security interest in all of such Grantor’s
right, title and interest in the following property now owned or at
any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such
Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right,
title or interest, and wherever located or deemed located
(collectively, the “ Collateral ”), 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:
(ii) all
cash and currency;
(iv) all
Commercial Tort Claims;
(v) all
Deposit Accounts;
(ix) all
General Intangibles (including, without limitation, any and all
indemnification claims against the Seller under the Acquisition
Agreement);
(xi) all
Intellectual Property;
(xiii) all Investment
Property;
(xiv) all Letter of
Credit Rights;
(xvi) all other personal
property not otherwise described above;
(xvii) all books and records
pertaining to the Collateral; and
(xviii) to the extent not otherwise
included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing
and all collateral security and Supporting Obligations (as now or
hereafter defined in the UCC) given by any Person with respect to
any of the foregoing.
(b) Notwithstanding
clause (a) of this Section 2.1 , to the extent that, at any
time, the grant of a security interest in any contract rights
would, notwithstanding Sections 9-407 and 9-408 of the UCC or other
applicable law, cause a breach of the subject Contract permitting
the conterparty thereto to terminate such Contract under applicable
law, such contract rights shall not at such time be part of the
Collateral (but the proceeds thereof and any Supporting Obligations
therefor shall be part of the Collateral). Each Grantor
shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any
necessary consents or waivers required in order for such Grantor to
grant the Security Interests in any affected Contract.
Section
2.2. Grantors Remain
Liable . Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding: (a) each Grantor shall remain liable under the
contracts and agreements included in the Collateral to the extent
set forth therein to perform all of its duties and obligations
thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been
executed, (b) the exercise by Secured Party of any of the rights
hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or
obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the
Collateral, (c) the Secured Party shall have no obligation or
liability under the contracts and agreements included in the
Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Secured Party
be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any
Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any
claim for payment assigned hereunder, and (d) the Secured Party
shall have no liability in contract or tort for any Grantor’s
acts or omissions.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
To induce the Secured Party to consummate the
transactions under the Purchase Agreement, each Grantor hereby
represents and warrants to the Secured Party that:
Section
3.1. Existence
. Each Grantor is duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or formation, has the requisite power and authority
to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and is
duly qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction
in which the character of its properties or the nature of its
business requires such qualification and authorization other than
in any such jurisdiction where failure to so qualify would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 3.2.
Authorization of Agreement; No Conflict . Each
Grantor has the right, power and authority and has taken all
necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of, this
Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the duly authorized officers of each Grantor and this
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Grantors enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar state or federal debtor
relief laws from time to time in effect which affect the
enforcement of creditors’ rights in general, and general
limitations on the availability of equitable
remedies. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Grantors of this Agreement will not, by the passage of time, the
giving of notice or otherwise, violate any material provision of
any Applicable Law or any Contract material to the business of any
Grantor and will not result in the creation or imposition of any
Lien, other than the Security Interests, upon or with respect to
any property or revenues of any Grantor.
Section 3.3.
Consents . No approval, consent, exemption,
authorization or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any
governmental authority or any other Person is necessary or required
in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or
enforcement against any Grantor or any Subsidiary Issuer of this
Agreement, except (i) as may be required by laws affecting the
offering and sale of securities generally, (ii) filings with
the United States Copyright Office and/or the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, and (iii) filings under the UCC and/or the
Assignment of Claims Act.
Section
3.4. Perfected
Priority Liens . The Security Interests granted
pursuant to this Agreement (a) constitute valid security
interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Secured Party,
as collateral security for the Obligations, enforceable in
accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such
Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from
such Grantor, and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the
Collateral in existence on the date hereof except (i) that the
Senior Liens shall have absolute priority over the Security
Interests, and (ii) to the extent of any priority accorded under
Applicable Law to any Permitted Liens. Upon the filing
of financing statements in the jurisdiction of formation of the
respective Grantors reflected in the respective Perfection
Certificates, and the filing of appropriate collateral assignments
with the United States Copyright Office and the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, the Security Interests will be
perfected first priority security interests (subject only to the
exceptions noted in the immediately preceding sentence) in all
Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected by means
of filing; and after the repayment in full of the Senior
Obligations and termination of all lending commitments under the
Loan Agreement, upon delivery to the Secured Party of the
certificates representing the Collateral consisting of Certificated
Securities, the Security Interests will be perfected first priority
security interests in such Collateral.
Section
3.5. Title; No Other
Liens . Except for the Security Interests, each
Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and
all Liens or claims other than the Senior Liens and Permitted
Liens. No financing statement under the UCC of any state
which names a Grantor as debtor 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 have been filed in favor of the
Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement or in respect of the
Senior Liens and Permitted Liens. No Collateral is in
the possession or Control of any Person asserting any claim thereto
or security interest therein, except that (a) the holder of the
Senior Liens is entitled to possession of all possessory Collateral
until the payment in full of the Senior Obligations and termination
of all lending commitments under the Loan Agreement, (b) the
Secured Party or its designee may have possession or Control of
Collateral as contemplated hereby, (c) a depositary bank may have
Control of a Deposit Account owned by a Grantor at such depositary
bank and a Securities Intermediary may have Control over a
Securities Account owned by a Grantor at such Securities
Intermediary, in each case subject to the terms of any Deposit
Account control agreement or Securities Account control agreement,
as applicable and to the extent required by Section 4 , in
favor of the holder of the Senior Liens or the Secured Party (as
applicable), and (d) a bailee, consignee or other Person may have
possession of Collateral as contemplated by, and so long as, the
applicable Grantors have complied to the satisfaction of the
Secured Party with the applicable provisions of
Section 4 .
Section 3.6.
State of Organization; Location of Inventory, Equipment and
Fixtures; Other Information .
(a) The
exact legal name of each Grantor is as set forth in its Perfection
Certificate.
(b) Each
Grantor is a Registered Organization organized under the laws of
the jurisdiction identified for such Grantor in its Perfection
Certificate. The taxpayer identification number and
Registered Organization number of each Grantor is as set forth for
such Grantor in its Perfection Certificate.
(c) All
Collateral consisting of Inventory, Equipment and Fixtures (whether
now owned or hereafter acquired) is (or will be) located at the
locations specified in the Perfection Certificates.
(d) The
mailing address, chief place of business, chief executive office
and office where each Grantor keeps its books and records relating
to the Accounts, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments and
Investment Property in which it has any interest is located at the
locations specified for such Grantor in its Perfection
Certificate. No Grantor has any other places of
business. No Grantor does business nor has done business
during the past five years under any trade name or fictitious
business name except as disclosed for such Grantor in its
Perfection Certificate. Except as disclosed in its
Perfection Certificate, no Grantor has acquired assets from any
Person, other than assets acquired in the ordinary course of such
Grantor’s business, during the past five years.
Section
3.7. Accounts
. Each existing Account constitutes, and each hereafter
arising Account will constitute, the legally valid and binding
obligation of the applicable Account Debtor. The amount
represented by each Grantor to the Secured Party as owing by each
Account Debtor is, or will be, the correct amount actually and
unconditionally owing, except for normal cash discounts and
allowances in the ordinary course of business where
applicable. No Account Debtor has any defense, set-off,
claim or counterclaim against any Grantor that can be asserted
against the Secured Party, whether in any proceeding to enforce
Secured Party’s rights in the Collateral or otherwise, except
defenses, set-offs, claims or counterclaims that are not, in the
aggregate, material to the value of the Accounts. None
of the Accounts is, nor will any hereafter arising Account be,
evidenced by a promissory note or other Instrument, other than a
check, that has not been pledged and delivered to the holder of the
Senior Liens (while any Senior Obligations are outstanding or any
lending commitment under the Loan Agreement remains in effect) or
to the Secured Party in accordance with the terms
hereof.
Section
3.8. Chattel Paper
. As of the date hereof, the Borrower does not hold any
Chattel Paper.
Section
3.9. Commercial Tort
Claims . As of the date hereof, the Borrower does
not hold any Commercial Tort Claims except as described in its
Perfection Certificate; and, upon becoming aware at any time and
from time to time of any further Commercial Tort Claims, the
Grantors shall notify the Secured Party thereof in accordance with
Section 4.4 .
Section 3.10.
Deposit Accounts . As of the date hereof, all
Deposit Accounts (including, without limitation, cash management
accounts that are Deposit Accounts) owned by the Borrower are
listed in its Perfection Certificate.
Section 3.11.
Intellectual Property . None of the Intellectual
Property owned by any Grantor is the subject of any written
licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is
the licensor or franchisor, except as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.12.
Inventory . Collateral consisting of Inventory is
of good and merchantable quality, free from any material defects,
and has, to the knowledge of each Grantor, been manufactured in
accordance with the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act
and all other Applicable Law. To the knowledge of each
Grantor, none of such Inventory is subject to any licensing,
Patent, Trademark, trade name or Copyright with any Person that
restricts any Grantor’s ability to manufacture and/or sell
such Inventory.
Section 3.13.
Investment Property; Partnership/LLC Interests .
(a) As
of the date hereof, all Investment Property (including, without
limitation, Securities Accounts and cash management accounts that
are Investment Property) and all Partnership/LLC Interests owned by
the Borrower are listed in its Perfection Certificate.
(b) All
Investment Property and all Partnership/LLC Interests issued by any
Subsidiary Issuer to any Grantor (i) have been duly and validly
issued and, if applicable, are fully paid and nonassessable, (ii)
are beneficially owned as of record by such Grantor, and (iii)
represent the percentage ownership of all classes of the capital
stock or equity interests of such Subsidiary Issuer as set forth in
such Grantor’s Perfection Certificate.
(c) None
of the Partnership/LLC Interests (i) are traded on a securities
exchange or in securities markets, (ii) by their terms expressly
provide that they are Securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC,
or (iii) are Investment Company Securities.
Section 3.14.
Instruments . As of the date hereof, except for
promissory notes issued by the Secured Party to GEM-DE, no Grantor
holds any Instruments and is not named a payee of any promissory
note or other evidence of indebtedness.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Until any outstanding Obligations shall have
been indefeasibly paid in full and the earliest indemnification
claims period under the Purchase Agreement has expired and all
claims made within such claims period have been resolved, unless
express written consent has been obtained from the Secured Party,
the Grantors covenant and agree that:
Section
4.1. Maintenance of
Perfected Security Interest; Further Information .
(a) Each
Grantor shall maintain the Security Interest created by this
Agreement as a perfected Security Interest having at least the
priority described in Section 3.4 and shall defend such
Security Interest against the claims and demands of all Persons
whomsoever.
(b) Each
Grantor will furnish to the Secured Party from time to time
statements and schedules further identifying and describing the
assets and property of such Grantor and such other reports in
connection therewith as the Secured Party may reasonably request,
all in reasonable detail.
Section
4.2. Maintenance of
Insurance .
(a) Each
Grantor will maintain, with financially sound and reputable
companies, insurance policies (i) insuring the Collateral
against loss by fire, explosion, theft, fraud and such other
casualties, including business interruption, as may be reasonably
satisfactory to the Secured Party in amounts and with deductibles
at least as favorable as those generally maintained by businesses
of similar size engaged in similar activities, and
(ii) insuring such Grantor and the Secured Party against
liability for hazards, risks and liability to persons and property
relating to the Collateral, in amounts and with deductibles at
least as favorable as those generally maintained by businesses of
similar size engaged in similar activities, such policies to be in
such form and having such coverage as may be reasonably
satisfactory to the Lender.
(b) All
such insurance (other than workers’ compensation) shall
(i) name the Secured Party as loss payee (to the extent
covering risk of loss or damage to tangible property) and as an
additional insured as its interests may appear (to the extent
covering any other risk), (ii) provide that no cancellation
shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by
the Secured Party of written notice thereof, and (iii) be
reasonably satisfactory in all other respects to the Secured
Party.
(c) Upon
the request of the Secured Party, each Grantor shall deliver to the
Secured Party periodic information from a reputable insurance
broker with respect to the insurance referred to in this Section
4.2 .
Section
4.3. Changes in
Locations; Changes in Name or Structure . No Grantor
will, except upon fifteen (15) days’ prior written notice to
the Secured Party and delivery to the Secured Party of (a) all
additional financing statements (executed if necessary for any
particular filing jurisdiction) and other instruments and documents
reasonably requested by the Secured Party to maintain the validity,
perfection and priority of the Security Interests, and (b) if
applicable, a written supplement to its Perfection
Certificate:
(i) permit
any Deposit Account to be held by or at a depositary bank other
than the depositary bank that held such Deposit Account as of the
date hereof as set forth in the Perfection Certificate;
(ii) permit
any of the Inventory, Equipment or Fixtures to be kept at a
location other than those listed in the Perfection Certificate,
except as otherwise permitted hereunder;
(iii) permit
any Investment Property (other than Certificated Securities
delivered to the holder of the Senior Liens or the Secured Party
pursuant to Section 4.5 ) to be held by a Securities
Intermediary;
(iv) change its
jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive
office from that identified in the Perfection Certificate;
or
(v) change
its name, identity or corporate or organizational structure to such
an extent that any financing statement filed by the Secured Party
in connection with this Agreement would become
misleading.
Section
4.4. Required
Notifications . Each Grantor shall promptly notify
the Secured Party, in writing, of: (a) any Lien (other than the
Security Interests, the Senior Liens or Permitted Liens) on any of
the Collateral, (b) the occurrence of any other event which could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
aggregate value of the Collateral or on the Security Interests, (c)
any Collateral which, to the knowledge of such Grantor, constitutes
a Government Contract, and (d) the acquisition or ownership by
such Grantor of any (i) Commercial Tort Claim, (ii) Deposit
Account, or (iii) Investment Property after the date
hereof.
Section
4.5. Delivery
Covenants . Each Grantor will deliver and pledge to
the Secured Party all Certificated Securities, Partnership/LLC
Interests evidenced by a certificate, negotiable Documents,
Instruments, and Tangible Chattel Paper owned or held by such
Grantor, in each case, together with an Effective Endorsement and
Assignment and all Supporting Obligations, as applicable, unless
such delivery and pledge has been made to the holder of the Senior
Liens or waived in writing by the Secured Party.
Section
4.6. Control
Covenants .
(a) Promptly
following the payment in full of the Senior Obligations and
termination of all lending commitments under the Loan Agreement,
each Grantor shall instruct (and otherwise use its reasonable
efforts to cause) (i) each depositary bank holding a Deposit
Account owned by such Grantor, and (ii) each Securities
Intermediary holding any Investment Property owned by such Grantor,
to execute and deliver a control agreement, sufficient to provide
the Secured Party with Control of such Deposit Account or
Investment Property, and otherwise in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Secured Party (any such depositary bank
executing and delivering any such control agreement, a “
Controlled Depositary ”, and any such Securities
Intermediary executing and delivering any such control agreement, a
“ Controlled Intermediary ”). In the
event any such depositary bank or Securities Intermediary refuses
to execute and deliver such control agreement, the Secured Party,
in its sole discretion, may require the applicable Deposit Account
and Investment Property to be transferred to the Secured Party or a
different Controlled Depositary or Controlled Intermediary, as
applicable, reasonably selected by the Grantor and reasonably
satisfactory to the Secured Party, which ag
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