SUBORDINATED
GUARANTOR SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS
SUBORDINATED GUARANTOR SECURITY AGREEMENT (together with all
amendments and other modifications, if any from time to time
hereto, this “ Security Agreement ”), is dated
as of February 20, 2009, by and among EACH OF THE GRANTORS
SIGNATORY HERETO AND EACH ADDITIONAL PARTY THAT BECOMES A GRANTOR
HERETO PURSUANT TO SECTION 25 HEREOF (together with their
respective successors and assigns, collectively “
Grantors ” and each individually “
Grantor ”), and BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as
collateral agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, the
“ Collateral Agent ”).
WHEREAS,
Palisades Acquisition XVI, LLC (the “ Borrower
”), Palisades Collection L.L.C., as the servicer of the
Receivables (in such capacity, the “ Servicer
”), Fairway Finance Company, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (together with its successors and assigns, the
“ Lender ”), BMO Capital Markets Corp., as
administrative agent for the Lender (in such capacity, the “
Administrator ”) and as Collateral Agent, and Bank of
Montreal, as liquidity agent for the Liquidity Providers (in such
capacity, the “ Liquidity Collateral Agent ”),
have entered into a Receivables Financing Agreement, dated as of
March 2, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “ Receivables Financing
Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Lender, subject to
the terms and conditions of the Receivables Financing Agreement,
has made Loans to the Borrower, which Loans are evidenced by the
Lender Note;
WHEREAS,
the Grantors have entered into the Subordinated Limited Recourse
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Guaranty ”) in favor of Collateral Agent;
and
WHEREAS,
the Grantors have agreed to grant a security interest in certain
collateral to the Collateral Agent in order to secure the
Grantors’ obligations to the Collateral Agent under the
Guaranty;
WHEREAS,
the senior secured creditors of Grantors have, as a condition to
consenting to the Guaranty and this Security Agreement, required
that the Secured Parties subordinate their liens and claims as set
forth in the Senior Creditor Intercreditor Agreement;
WHEREAS,
one of the Grantors, Asta, has issued promissory notes to the order
of Asta Group, Incorporated, in the aggregate principal amount of
$8,226,278 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, collectively, the “ Asta Group Notes
”) and the other Grantors have agreed to guarantee payment of
the Asta Group Notes pursuant to the Subordinated Limited Recourse
Guaranty Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Asta Group Guaranty”);
WHEREAS,
Asta has agreed to grant a security interest in certain collateral
to Asta Group in order to secure Asta’s liability under the
Asta Group Notes and other Grantors have
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agreed
to grant to Asta Group a security interest in certain collateral in
order to secure their liability under the Asta Group Guaranty;
and
WHEREAS,
the Collateral Agent and Asta Group have agreed to enter into the
Junior Creditor Intercreditor Agreement to provide, among other
things, that its liens will be pari pasu .
NOW,
THEREFORE, THE PARTIES HERETO FOR GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION
AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
(a) Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Receivables
Financing Agreement or the Guaranty are used in this Security
Agreement (including the recitals hereof) as therein defined. All
other terms contained in this Security Agreement, unless the
context indicates otherwise or such terms are defined below, have
the meanings provided for by the UCC to the extent the same are
used or defined therein and, otherwise, as set forth in the
Receivables Financing Agreement or the Guaranty, as applicable. In
addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings
(such meanings to be applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined):
“
Asta ” means Asta Funding, Inc.
“
Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble , or its permitted successors or
assigns.
“
Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2 .
“
Collateral Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble ; or its permitted successors or
assigns.
“
Excluded Assets ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a) .
“
Guaranty ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble .
“
IDB ” means Israel Discount Bank of New York, a New
York banking corporation, in its capacity as collateral agent,
together with its successors and assigns.
“
Loan Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated
Loan Agreement, entered into as of July 11, 2006, by and among
Asta, each of the Borrowers party thereto, each of the Guarantors
party thereto, IDB and Merrill Lynch Capital, as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“
Intercreditor Agreements ” means the Senior Lender
Intercreditor Agreement and the Junior Lender Intercreditor
Agreement.
“
Junior Lender Intercreditor Agreement ” means the
intercreditor agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and
between Asta Group, Incorporated and the Collateral
Agent.
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“
Lien ” means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
right, claim, security interest or encumbrance of any kind of or on
any Person’s assets or properties in favor of any other
Person (including any UCC financing statement or any similar
instrument filed against such Person’s assets or
properties).
“
Permitted Encumbrances ” means any “Senior
Lien” (as defined in the Senior Lender Intercreditor
Agreement), any “Junior Lien” (as defined in the Junior
Lender Intercreditor Agreement), Liens permitted under any
“Senior Indebtedness” (as defined in the Senior Lender
Intercreditor Agreement) or otherwise consented to by the
“Senior Agent” (as defined in the Senior Lender
Intercreditor Agreement) and purchase money Liens against assets
other than Portfolios.
“
Portfolio ” means each group or pool or consumer loans
acquired by any of the Borrowers (as defined in the IDB Loan
Agreement) from a single seller (or seller and its affiliates) in a
single purchase transaction, which consumer loans are recorded and
administered in the books and records of the Borrower acquiring the
same as a separate group or pool of consumer loans.
“
Portfolio Acquisition Document ” means the purchase
and other agreements between a Credit Party (as defined in the Loan
Agreement) and the seller of each Portfolio, as each may be
amended.
“
Receivables Financing Agreement ” has the meaning set
forth in the preamble .
“
Security Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble .
“
Senior Creditor Intercreditor Agreement ” means the
subordination and intercreditor agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, by and between IDB and the Collateral Agent.
“
Servicing Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2(a)(xvii) .
“
Tangible Net Worth ” means, with respect to the
Grantors, the aggregate shareholders’ equity (or the
equivalent thereof) of the Grantors calculated in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied after subtracting therefrom the aggregate
amount of the Grantors’ intangible assets (as determined in
accordance with GAAP), including, without limitation, goodwill,
franchises, licenses, patents, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights
and service marks and after subtracting any equity of the Borrower
calculated in accordance with GAAP.
“
Tangible Net Worth Trigger Event ” means on any date
that the Tangible Net Worth is less than $50,000,000.
(b) “UCC
jurisdiction” means any jurisdiction that has adopted all or
substantially all of Article 9 as contained in the 2000
Official Text of the Uniform Commercial Code, as recommended by the
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and the
American Law Institute, together with any subsequent amendments or
modifications to the Official Text.
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(a) To
secure the prompt and complete payment, performance and observance
of all of the Guaranteed Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants,
assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates and transfers to
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest in and Lien that is prior to any Lien or security
interest other than Permitted Encumbrances upon all of its right,
title and interest in, to and under all property, including
personal property and other assets, whether now owned by or owing
to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of such Grantor
(including under any trade names, styles or derivations thereof),
and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, such
Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which being
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “
Collateral ”), including, without limitation, the
following:
(ii) all
Chattel Paper (including Electronic chattel paper and Tangible
chattel paper);
(iv) all
General Intangibles (including Payment intangibles and Software and
tax refunds);
(vi) all
Licenses; (vii) all Goods (including Inventory, Equipment and
Fixtures); (viii) all Consumer Loans; (ix) all
Instruments;
(x) all
Investment Property;
(xi) all
Intellectual Property;
(xii) all
Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts of any Grantor, and all
other bank accounts and all deposits therein;
(xiii) all
money, cash or cash equivalents of any Grantor;
(xiv) all
Supporting Obligations and Letter-of-credit rights of any
Grantor;
(xv) all
Commercial tort claims;
(xvi)
without limiting any of the foregoing, all Portfolios and Portfolio
Acquisition Documents and all accounts receivable, consumer
receivables, rights to
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payment
of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, and
other Accounts constituting any or all of the
Portfolios;
(xvii) the
Collateral (as defined in the Senior Lender Intercreditor
Agreement); and
(xviii) all
right, title and interest of Grantors in and to all servicing
agreements, master servicing agreements, servicing and collection
agreements and other similar contracts and agreements relating to
any Portfolio (or any portion of a Portfolio) or Account (the
“Servicing Agreements”) and any right to payment
arising under the Servicing Agreements; and to the extent not
otherwise included, all Proceeds, tort claims, insurance claims and
other rights to payments not otherwise included in the foregoing
and products of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions
and replacements for, and rents and profits of, each of the
foregoing.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Collateral shall not include any assets leased
or licensed to any Grantor from any unaffiliated third party if the
granting of a security interest therein is prohibited by or
otherwise would materially breach the terms of such lease or
license (the property covered by such lease or license being
hereinafter referred to as “ Excluded Assets
”).
(b) Subject
to the terms of the Guaranty, to secure the prompt and complete
payment, performance and observance of the Guaranteed Obligations,
each Grantor hereby grants to Collateral Agent, for itself and the
benefit of Secured Parties, a right of setoff against the Cash
Collateral Account (as defined in the Guaranty).
3.
COLLATERAL AGENT’S AND SECURED PARTIES’ RIGHTS:
LIMITATIONS ON COLLATERAL AGENT’S AND SECURED PARTIES’
OBLIGATIONS .
(a) It
is expressly agreed by Grantors that, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable for the
Collateral and all aspects of the Collateral. Neither Collateral
Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability
under any Contract or License by reason of or arising out of this
Security Agreement or the granting herein of a security interest or
Lien thereon or the receipt by Collateral Agent or any Secured
Party of any payment relating to any Contract or License pursuant
hereto. Neither Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party shall be
required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of
the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Contract or
License, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the
nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or the
sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Contract or
License, or to present or file any claims, or to take any action to
collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts
which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled
at any time or times.
(b) Subject
to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the limitations
set forth in the Guaranty, Collateral Agent may, at any time upon
the occurrence and continuance of a Termination Event, upon notice
to any Grantor, notify Account Debtors and/or servicers thereof and
other Persons obligated on the Collateral that Collateral Agent has
a security interest therein, and that payments shall be made
directly to Collateral Agent upon the occurrence of a Termination
Event. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and
the
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limitations
set forth in the Guaranty, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Termination Event, at the request of Collateral
Agent, in its reasonable business discretion, each Grantor shall
notify Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on the
Collateral that Collateral Agent has a first-priority security
interest in the Collateral (subject to Permitted Encumbrances).
Once any such notice has been given to any Account Debtor or other
Person obligated on the Collateral, the affected Grantor shall not
give any contrary instructions to such Account Debtor or other
Person without Collateral Agent’s prior written
consent.
(c) Subject
to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the limitations
set forth in the Guaranty, Collateral Agent may at any time in
Collateral Agent’s own name, in the name of a nominee of
Collateral Agent or in the name of any Grantor communicate (by
mail, telephone, facsimile or otherwise) with Account Debtors
and/or servicers thereof, any parties to Contracts and obligors in
respect of Instruments to verify, to Collateral Agent’s
satisfaction, the existence, amount, terms of, and any other matter
relating to, Accounts, payment intangibles, Instruments or Chattel
Paper or other Collateral.
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES . Each Grantor represents and
warrants that:
(a) Each
Grantor has rights in and the power to transfer each item of the
Collateral (other than Excluded Assets) upon which it purports to
grant a security interest and Lien hereunder, free and clear of any
and all Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances.
(b) No
effective security agreement, financing statement, equivalent
security or Lien instrument or continuation statement covering all
or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public
office, except such as may have been filed (i) by any Grantor
in favor of Collateral Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement or
the other Transaction Documents, (ii) in connection with any
other Permitted Encumbrances, and (iii) financing statements
describing a Grantor’s purchase or sale of
Collateral.
(c) This
Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing
security interest in and other Lien (as applicable) on the
Collateral and, upon the filing of the appropriate financing
statements listed on Schedule I attached hereto, a
perfected security interest in favor of Collateral Agent, for
itself and the benefit of Secured Parties on the Collateral, with
respect to which a security interest may be perfected by filing
pursuant to the UCC. Such security interest in favor of Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Secured Parties, is
senior and prior to all other security interests and Liens in the
Collateral, except Permitted Encumbrances, and is enforceable as
such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from any
Grantor (other than purchasers and lessees of Accounts in the
ordinary course of business, non-exclusive licensees of General
Intangibles in the ordinary course of business). All action by any
Grantor necessary or reasonably desirable to protect and perfect
such Lien on each item of the Collateral has been duly taken which
can be perfected by filing a UCC financing statement.
(d) Upon
the occurrence of the Tangible Net Worth Trigger Event (for so long
as the Tangible Net Worth Trigger Event continues) and to the
extent that all Senior Indebtedness has been Paid in Full, upon the
request of the Collateral Agent, the Grantors shall
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prepare
a schedule from time to time upon the request of the Collateral
Agent listing all Instruments and Chattel Paper of each Grantor.
The Lien of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent
and Secured Parties, on the Collateral listed on such schedule is
senior and prior to all other Liens, except Permitted Encumbrances,
that would be prior to the Liens in favor of Collateral Agent as a
matter of law, and is enforceable as such against any and all
creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor.
(e) Each
Grantor’s name as it appears in official filings in the state
of its incorporation or other organization, the type of entity of
each Grantor (including corporation, partnership, limited
partnership or limited liability company), organizational
identification number issued by each Grantor’s state of
incorporation or organization or a statement that no such number
has been issued, each Grantor’s state of organization or
incorporation, and the location of each Grantor’s chief
executive office, are set forth on Schedules IIA —
IIH , respectively, hereto. Each Grantor has only one state
of incorporation or organization.
(f) With
respect to Accounts: (i) the Accounts are owned by Grantors,
free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Encumbrances; and
(ii) Grantors have the right to pursue the collection of the
Accounts.
5.
COVENANTS . Each Grantor, jointly and severally, covenants
and agrees with Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral
Agent and Secured Parties, that from and after the date of this
Security Agreement and until the Guaranteed Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full:
(i) Upon
the occurrence of the Tangible Net Worth Trigger Event (for so long
as the Tangible Net Worth Trigger Event continues), upon the
written request of the Collateral Agent and at the sole expense of
Grantors, each Grantor shall promptly and duly execute and deliver
any and all such further instruments and documents and take such
further actions with respect to any Collateral valued (in
accordance with GAAP) at or above twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) as Collateral Agent may reasonably deem desirable to
obtain the full benefits of this Security Agreement and of the
rights and powers herein granted. Each Grantor hereby authorizes
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties to file and record in such
public records offices as Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties
may reasonably determine such financing statements as Collateral
Agent and the Secured Parties may reasonably determine relative to
the transactions contemplated by this Security
Agreement.
(ii) Each
Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes Collateral Agent and Secured
Parties at any time and from time to time to file in any filing
office in any UCC jurisdiction any initial financing statements and
amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Collateral
(i) as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect,
regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the
Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC or
such jurisdiction, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser
scope or with greater detail, and (b) contain any other
information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the
sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement
or amendment, including whether such Grantor is an organization,
the type of organization and any organization identification number
issued to such
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Grantor.
Each Grantor agrees to furnish any such information to Collateral
Agent promptly upon request. Each Grantor also ratifies its
authorization for Collateral Agent to have filed in any UCC
jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto
if filed prior to the date hereof.
(iii) Subject
to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, upon the occurrence
of the Tangible Net Worth Trigger Event, upon the request of the
Collateral Agent, each Grantor shall promptly notify Collateral
Agent of any material commercial tort claim (as defined in the UCC)
acquired by it and unless otherwise consented by Collateral Agent,
such Grantor shall enter into a supplement to this Security
Agreement, granting to Collateral Agent a Lien in such material
commercial tort claim.
(b)
Maintenance of Records . Grantors shall keep and maintain,
at their own cost and expense, records of the Collateral kept in
the ordinary course of business, including a record of any and all
payments received and any and all credits granted with respect to
the Collateral and all other dealings with the
Collateral.
(c)
Indemnification . Subject to the limitations set forth in
the Intercreditor Agreements and the Guaranty, in any suit,
proceeding or action brought by Collateral Agent or any Secured
Party relating to any Collateral for any sum owing with respect
thereto or to enforce any rights or claims with respect thereto,
each Grantor will save, indemnify and keep Collateral Agent and
Secured Parties harmless from and against all expense (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), loss or damage
suffered by reason of any defense, setoff, counterclaim, recoupment
or reduction of liability whatsoever of the Account Debtor or other
Person obligated on the Collateral, arising out of a breach by any
Grantor of any obligation thereunder or arising out of any other
agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to, or in
favor of, such obligor or its successors from such Grantor, except
in the case of Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, to the
extent: (i) such expense, loss, or damage is attributable to
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Collateral Agent or
such Secured Party as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction, or (ii) of Collateral Agent’s or any
Secured Party’s failure to act in a commercially reasonable
manner (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction)
such that such failure is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be egregious, unconscionable and beyond the
standards of experienced commercial lenders in similar
circumstances. All such obligations of Grantors shall be and remain
enforceable against and only against Grantors and shall not be
enforceable against Collateral Agent or any Secured
Party.
(d)
Compliance with Terms of Accounts, etc. In all material
respects, each Grantor will perform and comply with all obligations
in respect of the Collateral and all other agreements to which it
is a party or by which it is bound relating to the
Collateral.
(e)
Limitation on Liens on Collateral . No Grantor will create,
permit or suffer to exist, and each Grantor will defend the
Collateral against, and take such other action as is necessary to
remove, any Lien on the Collateral except Permitted Encumbrances,
and will defend the right, title and interest of Collateral Agent
and Secured Parties in and to any of such Grantor’s rights
under the Collateral against the claims and demands of all Persons
whomsoever.
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(f)
Limitations on Disposition. On or after the occurrence of
the Tangible Net Worth Trigger Event (for so long as the Tangible
Net Worth Trigger Event continues), no Grantor will sell, license,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral, or
attempt or contract to do so, except for sales of Accounts and
Portfolios in the ordinary course of business, as permitted by the
Intercreditor Agreements or as consented to by the Senior Creditor
(as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement as of the date hereof or
such other definition after the date hereof as is consented to in
writing by the Guarantors).
(g)
Notices . On or after the occurrence of the Tangible Net
Worth Trigger Event (for so long as the Tangible Net Worth Trigger
Event continues), Grantors will advise Collateral Agent promptly,
in reasonable detail, (i) of Liens in aggregate of $100,000
(other than Permitted Encumbrances) made or asserted against any of
the Collateral, and (ii) of 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 Liens
created hereunder or under any other Transaction Document. The
Guarantors shall cause the termination of any Liens on the
Collateral (other than Permitted Encumbrances) in excess of
$100,000 in the aggregate within 30 days after such Liens
attach to the Collateral.
(h)
No Reincorporation . No Grantor shall reincorporate or
reorganize itself under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized as of the
date hereof without giving at least 10 days prior notice to
Collateral Agent.
(i)
Terminations; Amendments Not Authorized . Except upon
delivery of the Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the
Aggregate Liability pursuant to Section 2 of the Guaranty or
the Guaranteed Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash
(in which cases, each Grantor is so authorized), each Grantor
acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing
statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any
financing statement without the prior written consent of Collateral
Agent and agrees that it will not do so without the prior written
consent of Collateral Agent.
(j)
Tangible Net Worth Trigger Event . The Grantors shall
promptly notify the Collateral Agent of the occurrence of a
Tangible Net Worth Trigger Event.
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REMEDIES: RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT .
(a)
Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the
Guaranty, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to
it under this Security Agreement, the Guaranty, the Transaction
Documents and under any other instrument or agreement securing,
evidencing or relating to any of the Guaranteed Obligations, if any
Termination Event shall have occurred and is continuing, after
thirty (30) days written notice to Grantors, and subject to
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, Collateral Agent may
exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Guaranty and such
notice, to the extent permitted by law, each Grantor expressly
agrees that in any such event Collateral Agent, without demand of
performance or other demand,
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advertisement
or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time
and place of public or private sale) to or upon such Grantor or any
other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and
notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted
by the UCC and other applicable law), may forthwith enter upon the
premises of such Grantor where any Collateral is located through
self-help, without judicial process, without first obtaining a
final judgment or giving such Grantor or any other Person notice
and opportunity for a hearing on Collateral Agent’s claim or
action and may collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate and
realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and may forthwith
sell, lease, license, assign, give an option or options to
purchase, or sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver said
Collateral (or contract to do so), or any part thereof, in one or
more parcels at a public or private sale or sales, at any exchange
at such prices as it may deem acceptable, for cash or on credit or
for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Subject
to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Guaranty and
after such notice, Collateral Agent or any Secured Party shall have
the right upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent
permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase
for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Secured Parties, the whole
or any part of said Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity
of redemption, which equity of redemption each Grantor hereby
waives and releases. Such sales may be adjourned and continued from
time to time with or without notice. Collateral Agent shall have
the right to conduct such sales on any Grantor’s premises or
elsewhere and shall have the right to use any Grantor’s
premises without charge for such time or times as Collateral Agent
deems necessary or advisable.
Subject
to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Guaranty, if
any Termination Event shall have occurred and is continuing, each
Grantor further agrees, after such notice, at Collateral
Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it
available to Collateral Agent at a place or places designated by
Collateral Agent which are reasonably convenient to Collateral
Agent and such Grantor, whether at such Grantor’s premises or
elsewhere. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements,
after such notice, until Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale,
lease, or other disposition of Collateral, Collateral Agent shall
have the right to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to
the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving
Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate
by Collateral Agent. Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to
any Grantor to maintain or preserve the rights of such Grantor as
against third parties with respect to Collateral while Collateral
is in the possession of Collateral Agent. Subject to the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreements, Collateral Agent may, if it so
elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take
possession of Collateral and to enforce any of Collateral
Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of Collateral Agent and
Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment without prior
notice or hearing as to such appointment. Collateral Agent shall
apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt,
appropriation, realization or sale to the Guaranteed Obligations as
provided in the Receivables Financing Agreement, and only after so
paying over such net proceeds, and after the payment by Collateral
Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, need
Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor
waives all claims, damages, and demands against Collateral Agent or
any Secured Party arising out of the repossession, retention or
sale of the Collateral except such as arise solely out of the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of Collateral Agent or such
Secured Party as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction. Each Grantor agrees that ten (10) days prior
notice by Collateral Agent
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of the
time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a
private sale may take place is reasonable notification of such
matters. Grantors shall remain liable for any deficiency if the
proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are
insufficient to pay all Guaranteed Obligations, including any
attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred by Collateral
Agent or any Secured Party to collect such deficiency.
(b) Except
as otherwise specifically provided herein, each Grantor hereby
waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with
this Security Agreement or any Collateral.
(c) To
the extent that applicable law imposes duties on Collateral Agent
to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each
Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially
unreasonable for Collateral Agent (i) to fail to incur
expenses reasonably deemed significant by Collateral Agent to
prepare Collateral for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain
third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or
to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain
governmental or third party consents for the collection or
disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of,
(iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Account
Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Liens
on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise
collection remedies against Account Debtors and other Persons
obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection
agencies and other collection specialists, (v) to advertise
dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general
circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized
nature, (vi) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the
same business as the Grantor, for expressions of interest in
acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vii) to hire
one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition
of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized
nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet
sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included
in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so,
or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of
assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (x) to
disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet
enjoyment, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to
insure Collateral Agent against risks of loss, collection or
disposition of Collateral or to provide to Collateral Agent a
guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral,
or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by Collateral Agent,
to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers,
consultants and other professionals to assist Collateral Agent in
the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. Each
Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this
Section 7(c) is to provide non-exhaustive indications
of what actions or omissions by Collateral Agent would not be
commercially unreasonable in Collateral Agent’s exercise of
remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions
by Collateral Agent shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable
solely on account of not being indicated in this
Section 7(c) . Without limitation upon the foregoing,
nothing contained in this Section 7(c) shall be
construed to grant any rights to any Grantor or to impose any
duties on Collateral Agent that would not have been granted or
imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the
absence of this Section 7(c) .
(d)
Neither Collateral Agent nor the Secured Parties shall be required
to make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights
or remedies against, any Grantor, any other obligor, guarantor,
pledgor or any other Person with respect to the payment
of
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the
Guaranteed Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights
or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefore or any direct
or indirect guarantee thereof. Neither Collateral Agent nor the
Secured Parties shall be required to marshal the Collateral or any
guarantee of the Guaranteed Obligations or to resort to the
Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, and all
of its and their rights hereunder or under any other Transaction
Document shall be cumulative. To the extent it may lawfully do so,
each Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the
benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, any valuation, stay,
appraisement, extension, redemption or similar laws and any and all
rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or hereafter
existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the
sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of
any court, or privately under the power of sale conferred by this
Security Agreement, or otherwise.
8.
GRANT OF LICENSE TO USE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
COLLATERAL . F
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