THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECURITY AGREEMENT
The Grantors referred to
herein
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS,
T
A B L
E O F C O N T
E N T S
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Section
|
|
|
|
Page
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grant of
Security
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Security for
Obligations
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grantors Remain
Liable
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Delivery and
Control of Security Collateral
|
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maintaining the
Account Collateral
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing of
Amounts in the Collateral Account and the L/C Collateral
Account
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Release of
Amounts
|
|
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maintaining
Electronic Chattel Paper, Transferable Records and Letter-of-Credit
Rights and Giving Notice of Commercial Tort Claims
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Representations
and Warranties
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Further
Assurances
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As to Equipment
and Inventory
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post-Closing
Changes; Bailees; Collections on Assigned Agreements, Receivables
and Related Contracts
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As to
Intellectual Property Collateral
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Voting Rights;
Dividends; Etc.
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As to the
Assigned Agreements
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments Under
the Assigned Agreements
|
|
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As to
Letter-of-Credit Rights
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Transfers and
Other Liens; Additional Shares
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Administrative
Agent May Perform
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
Administrative Agent’s Duties
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Remedies
|
|
|
23
|
|
i
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Section
|
|
|
|
Page
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Indemnity and
Expenses
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amendments;
Waivers; Additional Grantors; Etc.
|
|
|
25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notices,
Etc.
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing
Security Interest; Assignments under the Credit
Agreement
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Release;
Termination
|
|
|
26
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Execution in
Counterparts
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
Mortgages
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Governing
Law
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Location, Chief
Executive Office, Place Where Agreements Are Maintained, Type
Of
Organization, Jurisdiction Of Organization And Organizational
Identification Number
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Pledged Equity
and Pledged Debt
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Assigned
Agreements
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Locations of
Equipment and Inventory
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Changes in
Name, Location, Etc.
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Patents,
Trademarks and Trade Names, Copyrights and IP Agreements
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Account
Collateral
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Intentionally
Omitted
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Commercial Tort
Claims
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Letters of
Credit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of
Security Agreement Supplement
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of Account
Control Agreement
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of Consent
and Agreement
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of
Securities Account Control Agreement
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of
Commodity Account Control Agreement
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of
Intellectual Property Security Agreement
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of
Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of Consent
to Assignment of Letter of Credit Rights
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of Account
Control Ratification
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Form of ACH
Account Control Agreement
|
ii
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT dated May 18, 2009
made by GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the
“ Borrower ”), the other Persons listed
on the signature pages hereof and the Additional Grantors (as
defined in Section 25) (the Borrower, the Persons so listed
and the Additional Grantors being, collectively, the “
Grantors ”), to DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with
any successor administrative agent appointed pursuant to
Article VII of the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined),
the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the
Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
(1) The
Borrower has entered into a Third Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of May 18, 2009 (said Agreement, as it may
hereafter be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, being the “
Credit Agreement ”) with the Lender Parties and
the Administrative Agent (each as defined therein).
(2) Pursuant
to the Credit Agreement, the Grantors are entering into this
Agreement in order to grant to the Administrative Agent for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in the
Collateral (as hereinafter defined).
(3) Each
Grantor is the owner of the shares of stock or other Equity
Interests (the “ Initial Pledged Equity
”) set forth opposite such Grantor’s name on and as
otherwise described in Part I of Schedule II hereto and
issued by the Persons named therein and of the indebtedness (the
“ Initial Pledged Debt ”) set forth
opposite such Grantor’s name on and as otherwise described in
Part II of Schedule II hereto and issued by the obligors
named therein.
(4) The
Borrower has security entitlements (the “ Pledged
Security Entitlements ”) with respect to all the
financial assets (the “ Pledged Financial
Assets ”) credited from time to time to the
Borrower’s accounts (the “ Securities
Accounts ”), as described in Part III of
Schedule VII hereto.
(5) The
Borrower has opened the Automated Clearing House deposit accounts
(the “ ACH Deposit Accounts ”), as
described in Part I of Schedule VII hereto, and the other
deposit accounts (the “ Other Deposit Accounts
” and, together with the ACH Deposit Accounts, the “
Deposit Accounts ”), as described in
Part II of Schedule VII hereto.
(6) A
Letter of Credit collateral deposit account has been opened with
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in the name of the
Administrative Agent and under the sole control and dominion of the
Administrative Agent (the “ L/C Collateral
Account ”).
(7) It
is a condition precedent to the making of Advances and the issuance
of Letters of Credit by the Lender Parties under the Credit
Agreement and the entry into Secured Hedge Agreements by the Hedge
Banks from time to time that the Grantors shall have granted the
assignment and security interest and made the pledge and assignment
contemplated by this Agreement.
(8) Each
Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from
the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.
(9) Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined in this
Agreement are used in this Agreement as defined in the Credit
Agreement. Further, unless otherwise
defined in this
Agreement or in the Credit Agreement, terms defined in
Article 8 or 9 of the UCC (as defined below) and/or in the
Federal Book Entry Regulations (as defined below) are used in this
Agreement as such terms are defined in such Article 8 or 9
and/or the Federal Book Entry Regulations. “
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect, from time to time, in the State of New York;
provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any
Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of
the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of
perfection or non-perfection or priority. The term “
Federal Book Entry Regulations ” means
(a) the federal regulations contained in Subpart B (“
Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System (TRADES)
”) governing book-entry securities consisting of U.S.
Treasury bills, notes and bonds and Subpart D (“
Additional Provisions ”) of 31 C.F.R. Part 357,
31 C.F.R. § 357.2, § 357.10 through § 357.15 and
§ 357.40 through § 357.45 and (b) to the extent
substantially identical to the federal regulations referred to in
clause (a) above (as in effect from time to time), the federal
regulations governing other book-entry securities.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order to induce
the Lender Parties to make Advances and issue Letters of Credit
under the Credit Agreement and to induce the Hedge Banks to enter
into Secured Hedge Agreements from time to time, each Grantor
hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit
of the Secured Parties as follows:
Section 1.
Grant of Security . Each Grantor hereby grants to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, a security interest in, such Grantor’s right, title
and interest in and to the following, in each case, as to each type
of property described below, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Grantor, wherever located, and whether now or
hereafter existing or arising (collectively, the “
Collateral ”):
(a) all equipment
in all of its forms, including, without limitation, all machinery,
tools, motor vehicles, vessels, aircraft, furniture and fixtures,
and all parts thereof and all accessions thereto and all software
related thereto, including, without limitation, software that is
embedded in and is part of the equipment (any and all such property
being the “ Equipment ”);
(b) all inventory
in all of its forms, including, without limitation, (i) all
raw materials, work in process, finished goods and materials used
or consumed in the manufacture, production, preparation or shipping
thereof, (ii) goods in which such Grantor has an interest in
mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind (including,
without limitation, goods in which such Grantor has an interest or
right as consignee) and (iii) goods that are returned to or
repossessed or stopped in transit by such Grantor), and all
accessions thereto and products thereof and documents therefor, and
all software related thereto, including, without limitation,
software that is embedded in and is part of the inventory (any and
all such property being the “ Inventory
”);
(c) all accounts,
chattel paper (including, without limitation, tangible chattel
paper and electronic chattel paper), instruments (including,
without limitation, promissory notes), deposit accounts,
letter-of-credit rights, general intangibles (including, without
limitation, payment intangibles) and other obligations of any kind,
whether or not arising out of or in connection with the sale or
lease of goods or the rendering of services and whether or not
earned by performance, and all rights now or hereafter existing in
and to all supporting obligations and in and to all security
agreements, mortgages, Liens, leases, letters of credit and other
contracts securing or otherwise relating to the foregoing property
(any and all of such accounts, chattel paper, instruments, deposit
accounts, letter-of-credit rights, general intangibles and other
obligations, to the extent not referred to in clause (d),
(e) or (f) below, being the “
Receivables ”,
2
and any and all
such supporting obligations, security agreements, mortgages, Liens,
leases, letters of credit and other contracts being the “
Related Contracts ”); provided however
that the security interest granted under this Section 1(c) shall
not attach to any of the Receivables or Related Contracts that by
their terms, prohibit or require the consent of any Person (other
than the Grantor) as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of
a lien thereon, but only, in all cases, to the extent, and for so
long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered
unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any
other applicable law;
(d) the
following (the “ Security Collateral
”):
(i) the Initial
Pledged Equity and the certificates, if any, representing the
Initial Pledged Equity, and all dividends, distributions, return of
capital, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of the Initial Pledged Equity and all
subscription warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with
respect thereto;
(ii) the Initial
Pledged Debt and the instruments, if any, evidencing the Initial
Pledged Debt, and all interest, cash, instruments and other
property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the
Initial Pledged Debt;
(iii) all
additional shares of stock and other Equity Interests from time to
time acquired by such Grantor in any manner (such shares and other
Equity Interests, together with the Initial Pledged Equity, being
the “ Pledged Equity ”), and the
certificates, if any, representing such additional shares or other
Equity Interests, and all dividends, distributions, return of
capital, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of such shares or other Equity Interests
and all subscription warrants, rights or options issued thereon or
with respect thereto;
(iv) all
additional indebtedness from time to time owed to such Grantor
(such indebtedness, together with the Initial Pledged Debt, being
the “ Pledged Debt ”) and the
instruments, if any, evidencing such indebtedness, and all
interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of such indebtedness;
(v) the Securities
Accounts, all Pledged Security Entitlements with respect to all
Pledged Financial Assets from time to time credited to the
Securities Accounts, and all Pledged Financial Assets, and all
dividends, distributions, return of capital, interest, cash,
instruments and other property from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange
for any or all of such Pledged Security Entitlements or such
Pledged Financial Assets and all subscription warrants, rights or
options issued thereon or with respect thereto; and
(vi) all other
investment property (including, without limitation, all (A)
securities, whether certificated or uncertificated,
(B) security entitlements, (C) securities accounts,
(D) commodity contracts and (E) commodity accounts) in
which such Grantor has now, or acquires from time to time
hereafter, any right, title or interest in any manner, and the
certificates or instruments, if any, representing or evidencing
such investment property, and all dividends, distributions, return
of capital, interest, distributions, value, cash, instruments and
other property from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise
3
distributed in
respect of or in exchange for any or all of such investment
property and all subscription warrants, rights or options issued
thereon or with respect thereto;
(e) each of the
Material Contracts to which such Grantor is now or may hereafter
become a party, the IP Agreements (as hereinafter defined), and
each Hedge Agreement to which such Grantor is now or may hereafter
become a party, in each case as such agreements may be amended,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time (collectively, the “ Assigned
Agreements ”), including, without limitation,
(i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to
become due under or pursuant to the Assigned Agreements,
(ii) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any
insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect to the
Assigned Agreements, (iii) claims of such Grantor for damages
arising out of or for breach of or default under the Assigned
Agreements and (iv) the right of such Grantor to terminate the
Assigned Agreements, to perform thereunder and to compel
performance and otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder (all
such Collateral being the “ Agreement
Collateral ”); provided, however, that this Section
1(e) shall not apply to any Material Contract pursuant to the terms
of which it would be a breach or default for Grantor to grant the
security interest contemplated by this Section 1(e) or would
require the consent of any Person (other than the Grantor) as a
condition to the creation by the Grantor of a lien
thereunder.
(f) the following
(collectively, the “ Account Collateral
”):
(i) any collateral
deposit account opened by the Borrower with Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas (or such other financial institution as the
Administrative Agent may direct), in the name of the Administrative
Agent and under the sole control and dominion of the Administrative
Agent and subject to the terms of this Agreement (the “
Collateral Account ”), the L/C Collateral
Account and the Deposit Accounts and all funds and financial assets
from time to time credited thereto (including, without limitation,
all Cash Equivalents), all interest, dividends, distributions,
cash, instruments and other property from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange
for any or all of such funds and financial assets, and all
certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time
representing or evidencing the Collateral Account, the L/C
Collateral Account and the Deposit Accounts;
(ii) all
promissory notes, certificates of deposit, deposit accounts, checks
and other instruments from time to time delivered to or otherwise
possessed by the Administrative Agent for or on behalf of such
Grantor, including, without limitation, those delivered or
possessed in substitution for or in addition to any or all of the
then existing Account Collateral;
(iii) all
interest, dividends, distributions, cash, instruments and other
property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the then
existing Account Collateral; and
(g) the following
(collectively, the “ Intellectual Property
Collateral ”):
(i) all patents,
patent applications, utility models and statutory invention
registrations, all inventions claimed or disclosed therein and all
improvements thereto (“ Patents
”);
(ii) all
trademarks, service marks, domain names, trade dress, logos,
designs, slogans, trade names, business names, corporate names and
other source identifiers,
4
whether
registered or unregistered (provided that no security interest
shall be granted in United States intent-to-use trademark
applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in
which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the
validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark
applications under applicable federal law), together, in each case,
with the goodwill symbolized thereby (“
Trademarks ”);
(iii) all
copyrights, including, without limitation, copyrights in Computer
Software (as hereinafter defined), internet web sites and the
content thereof, whether registered or unregistered (“
Copyrights ”);
(iv) all computer
software, programs and databases (including, without limitation,
source code, object code and all related applications and data
files), firmware and documentation and materials relating thereto,
together with any and all maintenance rights, service rights,
programming rights, hosting rights, test rights, improvement
rights, renewal rights and indemnification rights and any
substitutions, replacements, improvements, error corrections,
updates and new versions of any of the foregoing (“
Computer Software ”);
(v) all
confidential and proprietary information, including, without
limitation, know-how, trade secrets, manufacturing and production
processes and techniques, inventions, research and development
information, databases and data, including, without limitation,
technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and
cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and
supplier lists and information (collectively, “ Trade
Secrets ”), and all other intellectual, industrial
and intangible property of any type, including, without limitation,
industrial designs and mask works;
(vi) all
registrations and applications for registration for any of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, those registrations and
applications for registration set forth in Schedule VI hereto
(as such Schedule VI may be supplemented from time to time by
supplements to this Agreement, each such supplement being
substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (an “
IP Security Agreement Supplement ”) executed by
such Grantor to the Administrative Agent from time to time),
together with all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations
thereof;
(vii) all tangible
embodiments of the foregoing, all rights in the foregoing provided
by international treaties or conventions, all rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world and all other rights of any kind
whatsoever of such Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining
thereto;
(viii) all
agreements, permits, consents, orders and franchises relating to
the license, development, use or disclosure of any of the foregoing
to which such Grantor, now or hereafter, is a party or a
beneficiary, including, without limitation, the agreements set
forth in Schedule VI hereto (“ IP
Agreements ”); and
(ix) any and all
claims for damages and injunctive relief for past, present and
future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, violation, misuse
or breach with respect to any of the foregoing, with the right, but
not the obligation, to sue for and collect, or otherwise recover,
such damages;
5
(h) all commercial
tort claims described in Schedule IX hereto (collectively the
“ Commercial Tort Claims Collateral
”);
(i) all books and
records (including, without limitation, customer lists, credit
files, printouts and other computer output materials and records)
of such Grantor pertaining to any of the Collateral; and
(j) all proceeds
of, collateral for, income, royalties and other payments now or
hereafter due and payable with respect to, and supporting
obligations relating to, any and all of the Collateral (including,
without limitation, proceeds, collateral and supporting obligations
that constitute property of the types described in clauses
(a) through (i) of this Section 1 and this clause
(j)) and, to the extent not otherwise included, all (A) payments
under insurance (whether or not the Administrative Agent is the
loss payee thereof), or any indemnity, warranty or guaranty,
payable by reason of loss or damage to or otherwise with respect to
any of the foregoing Collateral, (B) tort claims, including,
without limitation, all commercial tort claims and
(C) cash.
Section 2.
Security for Obligations . This Agreement secures, in the
case of each Grantor, the payment of all Obligations of each Loan
Party now or hereafter existing under the Loan Documents, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for
principal, reimbursement obligations, interest, fees, premiums,
penalties, indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs,
expenses or otherwise (all such Obligations being the “
Secured Obligations ”).
Section 3.
Grantors Remain Liable . Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable under
the contracts and agreements included in such Grantor’s
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 the
Administrative Agent 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 and (c) no
Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under the
contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor shall any 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.
Section 4.
Delivery and Control of Security Collateral . (a) All
certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Security
Collateral shall be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the
Administrative Agent pursuant hereto and shall be in suitable form
for transfer by delivery, or shall be accompanied by duly executed
instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The
Administrative Agent shall have the right, at any time in its
discretion and without notice to any Grantor, to transfer to or to
register in the name of the Administrative Agent or any of its
nominees any or all of the Security Collateral, subject only to the
revocable rights specified in Section 15(a). For the better
perfection of the Administrative Agent’s rights in and to the
Security Collateral, each Grantor shall forthwith, upon the pledge
hereunder of any Security Collateral in which it has any right,
title or interest, cause such Security Collateral to be registered
in the name of the Administrative Agent or such of its nominees as
the Administrative Agent shall direct, subject only to the
revocable rights specified in Section 15(a). In addition, the
Administrative Agent shall have the right at any time to exchange
certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Security
Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger
denominations. Also, the Administrative Agent shall have the right
at any time to convert Security Collateral consisting of financial
assets credited to the Securities Accounts to Security Collateral
consisting of financial assets held directly by the Administrative
Agent, and to convert Security Collateral consisting of financial
assets held directly by the
6
Administrative
Agent to Security Collateral consisting of financial assets
credited to the Securities Accounts.
(b) With
respect to any Security Collateral in which any Grantor has any
right, title or interest and that constitutes an uncertificated
security, such Grantor will cause the issuer thereof either
(i) to register the Administrative Agent as the registered
owner of such security or (ii) to agree in an authenticated
record with such Grantor and the Administrative Agent that such
issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such security
originated by the Administrative Agent without further consent of
such Grantor, such authenticated record to be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. With respect to any
Security Collateral in which any Grantor has any right, title or
interest and that is not an uncertificated security, upon the
request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor will notify each
such issuer of Pledged Equity that such Pledged Equity is subject
to the security interest granted hereunder.
(c) With
respect to any Security Collateral in which any Grantor has any
right, title or interest and that constitutes a security
entitlement in which the Administrative Agent is not the
entitlement holder, such Grantor will cause the securities
intermediary with respect to such security entitlement either
(i) to identify in its records the Administrative Agent as the
entitlement holder of such security entitlement against such
securities intermediary or (ii) to agree in an authenticated
record with such Grantor and the Administrative Agent that such
securities intermediary will comply with entitlement orders (that
is, notifications communicated to such securities intermediary
directing transfer or redemption of the financial asset to which
such Grantor has a security entitlement) originated by the
Administrative Agent without further consent of such Grantor, such
authenticated record to be in substantially the form of
Exhibit D hereto or otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (such agreement being a
“ Securities Account Control Agreement
”).
(d) With
respect to any Security Collateral in which any Grantor has any
right, title or interest and that constitutes a commodity contract,
such Grantor shall cause the commodity intermediary with respect to
such commodity contract to agree in an authenticated record with
such Grantor and the Administrative Agent that such commodity
intermediary will apply any value distributed on account of such
commodity contract as directed by the Administrative Agent without
further consent of such Grantor, such authenticated record to be in
substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto or otherwise in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (such
agreement being a “ Commodity Account Control
Agreement ”, and all such authenticated records,
together with all Securities Account Control Agreements being,
collectively, “ Security Control Agreements
”).
(e) No
Grantor will change or add any securities intermediary or commodity
intermediary that maintains any securities account or commodity
account in which any of the Collateral is credited or carried, or
change or add any such securities account or commodity account, in
each case without first complying with the above provisions of this
Section 4 in order to perfect the security interest granted
hereunder in such Collateral.
(f) Upon
the request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor will notify
each such issuer of Pledged Debt that such Pledged Debt is subject
to the security interest granted hereunder.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, each Grantor shall not be required
to comply with Section 1 and this Section 4 with respect
to Initial Pledged Equity that is identified as “Pledged
Joint Venture Investments” and “Pledged REIT
Investments” so long as such Grantor promptly uses
commercially reasonable efforts to seek all consents and other
required approvals for the pledge of such Initial Pledged Equity
and fail to obtain same. Upon receipt of such required approvals,
such Grantor shall comply with Section 1 and this
Section 4 with respect to such Initial
7
Pledged Equity.
If any Grantor fails to obtain any required approval within
forty-five days from the date hereof, such Grantor shall provide a
report to the Administrative Agent on the date that is forty-five
days from the date hereof showing in reasonable detail the efforts
undertaken by such Grantor to seek such approval.
(h) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, Grantor shall have the right to
(i) modify the terms of and forgive the indebtedness of, the
Initial Pledged Debt identified as “Promissory notes issued
from time to time by various TIC and Master Lease Programs”
and (ii) modify the terms of, including, but not limited to,
extending the maturity date of, the Initial Pledged Debt issued by
Grubb & Ellis Apartment REIT, Inc., in each case in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice without
the consent of any Lender Party.
Section 5.
Maintaining the Account Collateral . So long as any Advance
or any other Obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document
shall remain unpaid, any Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, any
Secured Hedge Agreement shall be in effect or any Lender Party
shall have any Commitment:
(a) Each Grantor
will maintain all Account Collateral only with the Administrative
Agent or with banks (the “ Pledged Account
Banks ”) that have agreed, in a record authenticated
by the Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the Pledged Account
Banks, to (i) comply with instructions originated by the
Administrative Agent directing the disposition of funds in the
Account Collateral without the further consent of the Grantor and
(ii) waive or subordinate in favor of the Administrative Agent
all claims of the Pledged Account Banks (including, without
limitation, claims by way of a security interest, lien or right of
setoff or right of recoupment) to the Account Collateral, which
authenticated record shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit J hereto for ACH Deposit Accounts or Exhibit B
hereto for Other Deposit Accounts, or shall otherwise be in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the “
Account Control Agreement ”).
(b) Each Grantor
will (i) immediately instruct each Person obligated at any
time to make any payment to such Grantor for any reason (an “
Obligor ”) to make such payment to a Deposit
Account and (ii) deposit in a Deposit Account or pay to the
Administrative Agent for deposit in a Deposit Account, at the end
of each Business Day, all proceeds of Collateral and all other cash
of such Grantor.
(c) Each Grantor
agrees that it will not add any bank that maintains a deposit
account for such Grantor or open any new deposit account with any
then existing Pledged Account Bank unless (i) the
Administrative Agent shall have received at least
10 days’ prior written notice of such additional bank or
such new deposit account and (ii) the Administrative Agent
shall have received, in the case of a bank or Pledged Account Bank
that is not the Administrative Agent, an Account Control Agreement
authenticated by such new bank and such Grantor, or a supplement to
an existing Account Control Agreement with such then existing
Pledged Account Bank, covering such new deposit account (and, upon
the receipt by the Administrative Agent of such Account Control
Agreement or supplement, Schedule VII hereto shall be
automatically amended to include such Deposit Account). Each
Grantor agrees that it will not terminate any bank as a Pledged
Account Bank or terminate any Account Collateral.
(d) Upon any
termination by a Grantor of any Deposit Account by such Grantor, or
any Pledged Account Bank with respect thereto, such Grantor will
immediately (i) transfer all funds and property held in such
terminated Deposit Account to another Deposit Account listed in
Part II of Schedule VII and (ii) notify all Obligors
that were making payments to such Deposit
8
Account to make
all future payments to another Deposit Account listed in
Part II of Schedule VII hereto so that the Administrative
Agent shall have a continuously perfected security interest in such
Account Collateral, funds and property. Each Grantor agrees to
terminate any or all Account Collateral and Account Control
Agreements upon request by the Administrative Agent.
(e) The Borrower
may draw checks on, and otherwise withdraw amounts only from, the
Deposit Accounts and in such amounts as may be required in the
ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, to pay
or prepay Debt outstanding under the Loan Documents).
(f) The
Administrative Agent shall have sole right to direct the
disposition of funds with respect to the Collateral Account and the
L/C Collateral Account; and it shall be a term and condition of
each of the Collateral Account and the L/C Collateral Account,
notwithstanding any term or condition to the contrary in any other
agreement relating to the Collateral Account and the L/C Collateral
Account, as the case may be, that no amount (including, without
limitation, interest on Cash Equivalents credited thereto) will be
paid or released to or for the account of, or withdrawn by or for
the account of, the Borrower or any other Person from the
Collateral Account and the L/C Collateral Account, as the case may
be.
(g) The
Administrative Agent may, (i) at any time and without notice
to, or consent from, the Grantor, transfer, or direct the transfer
of, funds from the Account Collateral to satisfy the
Grantor’s obligations under the Loan Documents if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) at any
time after the Collateral Account has been opened and without
notice to, or consent from, the Grantor, transfer, or direct the
transfer of, funds from the Deposit Accounts to the Collateral
Account.
Section 6.
Investing of Amounts in the Collateral Account and the L/C
Collateral Account . The Administrative Agent will, subject to
the provisions of Sections 5, 7 and 23, at any time after the
Collateral Account or L/C Collateral Account, as the case may be,
has been opened, from time to time (a) invest, or direct the
applicable Pledged Account Bank to invest, amounts received with
respect to the Collateral Account and the L/C Collateral Account in
such Cash Equivalents credited to (A) the Collateral Account
and the L/C Collateral Account, respectively, as the Borrower may
select and the Administrative Agent may approve or (B) in the
case of Cash Equivalents consisting of Securities Collateral, a
securities account in which the Administrative Agent is the
securities intermediary or a securities account subject to a
Securities Account Control Agreement, and (b) invest interest paid
on the Cash Equivalents referred to in clause (a) above, and
reinvest other proceeds of any such Cash Equivalents that may
mature or be sold, in each case in such Cash Equivalents credited
in the same manner. Interest and proceeds that are not invested or
reinvested in Cash Equivalents as provided above shall be deposited
and held in the relevant Collateral Account or L/C Collateral
Account. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall have the right
at any time to exchange, or direct the applicable Pledged Account
Bank to exchange, such Cash Equivalents for similar Cash
Equivalents of smaller or larger determinations, or for other Cash
Equivalents, credited to the Collateral Account or the L/C
Collateral Account, as the case may be.
Section 7.
Release of Amounts . So long as no Default under
Section 6.01(a) or (f) of the Credit Agreement or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Administrative Agent will pay and release, or direct the applicable
Pledged Account Bank to pay and release, to the Borrower or at its
order or, at the request of the Borrower, to the Administrative
Agent to be applied to the Obligations of the Borrower under the
Loan Documents, in the case of the L/C Collateral Account, such
amount, if any, as is then on deposit in the L/C Collateral Account
to the extent permitted to be released under the terms of the
Credit Agreement and, in the case of the Collateral Account, the
amount, if any, by which the aggregate principal amount of the Cash
Equivalents credited to the Collateral
9
Account exceeds
all amounts then due and payable under the Loan Documents together
with all accrued and unpaid interest and fees under the Credit
Agreement.
Section 8.
Maintaining Electronic Chattel Paper, Transferable Records and
Letter-of-Credit Rights and Giving Notice of Commercial Tort
Claims . So long as any Advance or any other Obligation of any
Loan Party under any Loan Document shall remain unpaid, any Letter
of Credit shall be outstanding, any Secured Hedge Agreement shall
be in effect or any Lender Party shall have any
Commitment:
(a) Each Grantor
will maintain all (i) electronic chattel paper so that the
Administrative Agent has control of the electronic chattel paper in
the manner specified in Section 9-105 of the UCC and
(ii) all transferable records so that the Administrative Agent
has control of the transferable records in the manner specified in
Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as in
effect in the jurisdiction governing such transferable record
(“ UETA ”);
(b) Each Grantor
will maintain all letter-of-credit rights assigned to the
Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, all
letter-of-credit rights associated with each letter of credit that
is designated on Schedule X as constituting Collateral (each,
a “ Collateral L/C ”), if any, so that
the Administrative Agent has control of the letter-of-credit rights
in the manner specified in Section 9-107 of the UCC;
and
(c) Each Grantor
will immediately give notice to the Administrative Agent of any
commercial tort claim that may arise in the future and will
immediately execute or otherwise authenticate a supplement to this
Agreement, and otherwise take all necessary action, to subject such
commercial tort claim to the first priority security interest
created under this Agreement.
Section 9.
Representations and Warranties . Each Grantor represents and
warrants as follows:
(a) Such
Grantor’s exact legal name, as defined in
Section 9-503(a) of the UCC, is correctly set forth in
Schedule I hereto. Such Grantor has only the trade names,
domain names and marks listed on Schedule VI hereto. Such
Grantor is located (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the
UCC) and has its chief executive office and the office in which it
maintains the original copies of each Assigned Agreement and
Related Contract to which such Grantor is a party and all originals
of all chattel paper that evidence Receivables of such Grantor, in
the state or jurisdiction set forth in Schedule I hereto. The
information set forth in Schedule I hereto with respect to
such Grantor is true and accurate in all respects. Such Grantor has
not previously changed its name, location, chief executive office,
place where it maintains its agreements, type of organization,
jurisdiction of organization or organizational identification
number from those set forth in Schedule I hereto except as
disclosed in Schedule V hereto.
(b) All of the
Equipment and Inventory of such Grantor are located at the places
specified therefor in Schedule IV hereto, as such
Schedule IV may be amended from time to time pursuant to
Section 11(a). Within the 3 years preceding the execution
of this Agreement, such Grantor has not previously changed the
location of its Equipment and Inventory except as set forth in
Schedule V hereto. All Security Collateral consisting of
certificated securities and instruments have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent. Original copies of each Assigned Agreement
and all originals of all chattel paper that evidence Receivables
have been delivered to the Administrative Agent, in each case to
the extent that delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent is
required under the Credit Agreement. None of the Receivables or
Agreement Collateral
10
is evidenced by
a promissory note or other instrument that has not been delivered
to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Such Grantor
is the legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral of such Grantor
free and clear of any Lien, claim, option or right of others,
except for the security interest created under this Agreement or
permitted under the Credit Agreement. No effective financing
statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any
part of such Collateral or listing such Grantor or any trade name
of such Grantor as debtor is on file in any recording office,
except such as may have been filed in favor of the Administrative
Agent relating to the Loan Documents or as otherwise permitted
under the Credit Agreement.
(d) Such Grantor
has exclusive possession and control of the Equipment and Inventory
other than Inventory stored at any leased premises or warehouse for
which a landlord’s or warehouseman’s agreement, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, is in
effect and which leased premises or warehouse is so indicated by an
asterisk on Schedule IV hereto, as such Schedule IV may be
amended from time to time pursuant to Section 11(a). In the
case of Equipment and Inventory located on leased premises or in
warehouses, no lessor or warehouseman of any premises or warehouse
upon or in which such Equipment or Inventory is located has
(i) issued any warehouse receipt or other receipt in the
nature of a warehouse receipt in respect of any Equipment or
Inventory, (ii) issued any document for any of such
Grantor’s Equipment or Inventory, (iii) received
notification of any secured party’s interest (other than the
security interest granted hereunder) in such Grantor’s
Equipment or Inventory or (iv) any Lien, claim or charge
(based on contract, statute or otherwise) on such Equipment and
Inventory.
(e) The Pledged
Equity pledged by such Grantor hereunder has been duly authorized
and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable. With
respect to the Pledged Equity that is an uncertificated security,
such Grantor has caused the issuer thereof either (i) to
register the Administrative Agent as the registered owner of such
security or (ii) to agree in an authenticated record with such
Grantor and the Administrative Agent that such issuer will comply
with instructions with respect to such security originated by the
Administrative Agent without further consent of such Grantor. If
such Grantor is an issuer of Pledged Equity, such Grantor confirms
that it has received notice of such security interest. The Pledged
Debt pledged by such Grantor hereunder has been duly authorized,
authenticated or issued and delivered, is the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the issuers thereof, is evidenced by one or
more promissory notes (which notes have been delivered to the
Administrative Agent) and is not in default.
(f) The Initial
Pledged Equity pledged by such Grantor constitutes the percentage
of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the issuers
thereof indicated on Schedule II hereto. The Initial Pledged
Debt constitutes all of the outstanding indebtedness owed to such
Grantor by the issuers thereof and is outstand
|