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Exhibit 10.15 GUARANTY, PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Dated as of March 23, 2007 among PROS REVENUE MANAGEMENT, L.P. and Each Grantor From Time to Time Party Hereto and CHURCHILL FINANCIAL LLC
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ii GUARANTY, PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 23, 2007, by PROS Revenue Management, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Borrower") and each of the other entities listed on the signature pages hereof or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.6 (together with the Borrower, the " Grantors "), in favor of Churchill Financial LLC (" Churchill "), as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the " Administrative Agent ") for the Lenders and the L/C Issuers and each other Secured Party (each as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below). W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 23, 2007 (as the same may be modified from time to time, the " Credit Agreement ") among the Borrower, PROS Revenue I, LLC, PROS Revenue II, LLC, PROS Holdings, Inc., the Lenders and the L/C Issuers from time to time party thereto, Churchill, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein; WHEREAS, each Grantor (other than the Borrower) has agreed to guaranty the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Borrower; WHEREAS, each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the L/C Issuers to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent as follows: ARTICLE I Section 1.1 Definitions . (a) Capital terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Credit Agreement. (b) The following terms have the meanings given to them in the UCC and terms used herein without definition that are defined in the UCC have the meanings given to them in the UCC (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined): " account ", " account debtor ", " as-extracted collateral ", " certificated security ", " chattel paper ", " commercial tort claim ", " commodity contract ", " deposit account ", " electronic chattel paper ", " equipment ", " farm products ", " fixture ", " general intangible ", " goods ", " health-care-insurance receivable ", " instruments ", " inventory ", " investment property ", "l etter-of-credit right ", " proceeds ", " record ", " securities account ", " security ", " supporting obligation " and " tangible chattel paper ". (c) The following terms shall have the following meanings: " Agreement " means this Guaranty, Pledge and Security Agreement. " Applicable IP Office " means the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency within or outside the United States. " Collateral " has the meaning specified in Section 3.1 . " Excluded Equity " means any voting stock in excess of 66% of the outstanding voting stock of any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary. For the purposes of this definition, " voting stock " means, with respect to any issuer, the issued and outstanding shares of each class of Stock of such issuer entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.956-2(c)(2)). " Excluded Property " means, collectively: (i) Excluded Equity; (ii) any permit or license of, or any Contractual Obligation entered into by, any Grantor (A) that prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than Borrower and its Affiliates as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Agreement or any Stock or Stock Equivalent related thereto or (B) to the extent that any Requirement of Law applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a Lien thereon, but only, with respect to the prohibition in (A) and (B), to the extent, and for as long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other Requirement of Law; (iii) fixed or capital assets owned by any Grantor that is subject to a purchase money Lien or a Capital Lease if the Contractual Obligation pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or in the document providing for such Capital Lease) prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than Borrower and its Affiliates as a condition to the creation of any other Lien on such equipment; (iv) assets sold to a Person which is not a Loan Party in compliance with the Credit Agreement; (v) assets owned by a Guarantor after the release of the guarantee of such Guarantor by the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement; (vi) any domestic deposit account of which all or a substantial portion of the funds on deposit are used for funding (A) payroll, (B) 401(k) and other retirement plans and employee benefits, including rabbi trusts for deferred compensation, (C) health care benefits, and (D) escrow arrangements (e.g. environmental indemnity accounts); (vii) any foreign deposit accounts not in excess of $50,000; (viii) real estate leasehold interests; (ix) any letter of credit rights for a specified purpose to the extent the Loan Party is required by applicable law to apply the proceeds of such letter of credit rights for a specified purpose; (x) any collateral as to which the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole discretion that collateral value thereof is insufficient to justify the difficulty, time and/or expense of obtaining a perfected security interest; and (xi) any "intent to use" Trademark applications for which a statement of use has not been filed (but only until such statement is filed); provided , however , " Excluded Property " shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property). " Guaranteed Obligations " has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 . " Guarantor " means each Grantor other than a Borrower. " Guaranty " means the guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations made by the Guarantors as set forth in this Agreement. " Material Intellectual Property " means Intellectual Property that is owned by or licensed to a Grantor and material to the conduct of any Grantor's business. " Pledged Certificated Stock " means all certificated securities and any other Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Person evidenced by a certificate, instrument or other similar document (as defined in the UCC), in each case owned by any Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate including all Stock and Stock Equivalents listed on Schedule 5 . Pledged Certificated Stock excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Securities Accounts to the extent permitted by Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement. " Pledged Collateral " means, collectively, the Pledged Stock and the Pledged Debt Instruments. " Pledged Debt Instruments " means all right, title and interest of any Grantor in instruments evidencing any Indebtedness owed to such Grantor or other obligations, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate including all Indebtedness described on Schedule 5 , issued by the obligors named therein. Pledged Debt Instruments excludes any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Securities Accounts to the extent permitted by Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement. 2 " Pledged Investment Property " means any investment property of any Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate other than any Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt Instruments. Pledged Investment Property excludes any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Securities Accounts to the extent permitted by Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement. " Pledged Stock " means all Pledged Certificated Stock and all Pledged Uncertificated Stock. " Pledged Uncertificated Stock " means any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Person that is not Pledged Certificated Stock, including all right, title and interest of any Grantor as a limited or general partner in any partnership not constituting Pledged Certificated Stock or as a member of any limited liability company, all right, title and interest of any Grantor in, to and under any Constituent Document of any partnership or limited liability company to which it is a party, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate including in each case those interests set forth on Schedule 5 , to the extent such interests are not certificated. Pledged Certificated Stock excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Securities Accounts to the extent permitted by Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement. " Security Cash Collateral Account " means a Cash Collateral Account that is not a L/C Cash Collateral Account. " Software " means (a) all computer programs, including source code and object code versions, (b) all data, databases and compilations of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, and (c) all documentation, training materials and configurations related to any of the foregoing. " Subsidiary Guarantor " means any Guarantor that is a Subsidiary of Borrower. " UCC " means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided , however , that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent's or any other Secured Party's security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, " UCC " shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of the definitions related to or otherwise used in such provisions. " Vehicles " means all vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state. Section 1.2 Certain Other Terms . (a) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. The terms " herein ", " hereof " and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or clause in this Agreement. References herein to an Annex, Schedule, Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Annex or Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in this Agreement. Where the context requires, provisions relating to any Collateral when used in relation to a Grantor shall refer to such Grantor's Collateral or any relevant part thereof. (b) Section 1.5 ( Interpretation ) of the Credit Agreement is applicable to this Agreement as and to the extent set forth therein. ARTICLE II Section 2.1 Guaranty . To induce the Lenders to make the Loans and the L/C Issuers to Issue Letters of Credit, each Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, the full and punctual payment 3 when due, whether at stated maturity or earlier, by reason of acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise in accordance with any Loan Document, of all the Obligations of the Borrower whether existing on the date hereof or hereinafter incurred or created (the " Guaranteed Obligations "). This Guaranty by each Guarantor hereunder constitutes a guaranty of payment and not of collection. Section 2.2 Limitation of Guaranty . Any term or provision of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount for which any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall not exceed the maximum amount for which such Subsidiary Guarantor can be liable without rendering this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, as it relates to such Subsidiary Guarantor, subject to avoidance under applicable Requirements of Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer (including the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and Section 548 of title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable provisions of comparable Requirements of Law) (collectively, " Fraudulent Transfer Laws "). Any analysis of the provisions of this Guaranty for purposes of Fraudulent Transfer Laws shall take into account the right of contribution established in Section 2.3 and, for purposes of such analysis, give effect to any discharge of intercompany debt as a result of any payment made under the Guaranty. Section 2.3 Contribution . To the extent that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required hereunder to pay any portion of any Guaranteed Obligation exceeding the greater of (a) the amount of the economic benefit actually received by such Subsidiary Guarantor from the Loans and other Obligations and (b) the amount such Subsidiary Guarantor would otherwise have paid if such Subsidiary Guarantor had paid the aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (excluding the amount thereof repaid by the Borrower and Holdings) in the same proportion as such Subsidiary Guarantor's net worth on the date enforcement is sought hereunder bears to the aggregate net worth of all the Subsidiary Guarantors on such date, then such Guarantor shall be reimbursed by such other Subsidiary Guarantors for the amount of such excess, pro rata, based on the respective net worth of such other Subsidiary Guarantors on such date. Section 2.4 Authorization; Other Agreements . The Secured Parties are hereby authorized, without notice to or demand upon any Guarantor and without discharging or otherwise affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder and without incurring any liability hereunder, from time to time, to do each of the following: (a) (i) modify, amend, supplement or otherwise change, (ii) accelerate or otherwise change the time of payment or (iii) waive or otherwise consent to noncompliance with, any Guaranteed Obligation or any Loan Document; (b) apply to the Guaranteed Obligations any sums by whomever paid or however realized to any Guaranteed Obligation in such order as provided in the Loan Documents; (c) refund at any time any payment received by any Secured Party in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation; (d) (i) Sell, exchange, enforce, waive, substitute, liquidate, terminate, release, abandon, fail to perfect, subordinate, accept, substitute, surrender, exchange, affect, impair or otherwise alter or release any Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligation or any other guaranty therefor in any manner, (ii) receive, take and hold additional Collateral to secure any Guaranteed Obligation, (iii) add, release or substitute any one or more other Guarantors, makers or endorsers of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof and (iv) otherwise deal in any manner with Borrower and any other Guarantor, maker or endorser of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof; and (e) settle, release, compromise, collect or otherwise liquidate the Guaranteed Obligations. Section 2.5 Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional . Each Guarantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defense, whether arising in connection with or in respect of any of the following or 4 otherwise, and hereby agrees that its obligations under this Guaranty are irrevocable, absolute and unconditional and shall not be discharged as a result of or otherwise affected by any of the following (which may not be pleaded and evidence of which may not be introduced in any proceeding with respect to this Guaranty, in each case except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Administrative Agent): (a) the invalidity or unenforceability of any obligation of Borrower or any other Guarantor under any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto (including any amendment, consent or waiver thereto), or any security for, or other guaranty of, any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof, or the lack of perfection or continuing perfection or failure of priority of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof; (b) the absence of (i) any attempt to collect any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof from Borrower or any other Guarantor or other action to enforce the same or (ii) any action to enforce any Loan Document or any Lien thereunder; (c) the failure by any Person to take any steps to perfect and maintain any Lien on, or to preserve any rights with respect to, any Collateral; (d) any workout, insolvency, bankruptcy proceeding, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or dissolution by or against Borrower, any other Guarantor or any of Borrower's other Subsidiaries or any procedure, agreement, order, stipulation, election, action or omission thereunder, including any discharge or disallowance of, or bar or stay against collecting, any Guaranteed Obligation (or any interest thereon) in or as a result of any such proceeding; (e) any foreclosure, whether or not through judicial sale, and any other Sale of any Collateral or any election following the occurrence of an Event of Default by any Secured Party to proceed separately against any Collateral in accordance with such Secured Party's rights under any applicable Requirement of Law; or (f) any other defense, setoff, counterclaim or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of Borrower, any other Guarantor or any of such Borrower's other Subsidiaries, in each case other than the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. Section 2.6 Waivers . Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim based on diligence, promptness, presentment, requirements for any demand or notice hereunder including any of the following: (a) any demand for payment or performance and protest and notice of protest, (b) any notice of acceptance, (c) any presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirements of any kind with respect to any Guaranteed Obligation (including any accrued but unpaid interest thereon) becoming immediately due and payable and (d) any other notice in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof, and any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of Borrower or any other Guarantor. Each Guarantor further unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to (x) enforce or otherwise exercise any right of subrogation or any right of reimbursement or contribution or similar right against Borrower or any other Guarantor by reason of any Loan Document or any payment made thereunder or (y) assert any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim it may have against any other Loan Party or set off any of its obligations to such other Loan Party against obligations of such Loan Party to such Guarantor. No obligation of any Guarantor hereunder shall be discharged other than by complete performance. Section 2.7 Reliance . Each Guarantor hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of Borrower, each other Guarantor and any other guarantor, maker or endorser of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof that diligent inquiry would reveal, and each Guarantor hereby agrees that no Secured Party shall have any duty to advise 5 any Guarantor of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event any Secured Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any Guarantor, such Secured Party shall be under no obligation to (a) undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, (b) disclose any information that such Secured Party, pursuant to commercially reasonable commercial finance or banking practices, wishes to maintain confidential or (c) make any future disclosures of such information or any other information to any Guarantor. ARTICLE III Section 3.1 Collateral . For the purposes of this Agreement, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by a Grantor or in which a Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interests is collectively referred to as the " Collateral ": (a) all accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents (as defined in the UCC), equipment, general intangibles, instruments, inventory, investment property and any supporting obligations related thereto; (b) the commercial tort claims described on Schedule 1 and on any supplement thereto received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.9 ; (c) all books and records pertaining to the other property described in this Section 3.1 ; (d) all property of such Grantor held by any Secured Party, including all property of every description, in the custody of or in transit to such Secured Party for any purpose, including safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of such Grantor or as to which such Grantor may have any right or power, including but not limited to cash; (e) all other goods (including but not limited to fixtures) and personal property of such Grantor, whether tangible or intangible and wherever located; and (f) to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds of the foregoing; provided , however , that " Collateral " shall not include any Excluded Property; and provided , further , that if and when any property shall cease to be Excluded Property, such property shall be deemed at all times from and after the date hereof to constitute Collateral. Section 3.2 Grant of Security Interest in Collateral . Each Grantor, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations of such Grantor (the " Secured Obligations "), hereby mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral of such Grantor. 6 ARTICLE
IV To induce the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Loan Documents, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants each of the following to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the other Secured Parties: Section 4.1 Title; No Other Liens . Except for the Lien granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and other Permitted Liens (except for those Permitted Liens not permitted to exist on any Collateral) under any Loan Document (including Section 4.2 ), such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. Such Grantor (a) is the record and beneficial owner of the Collateral pledged by it hereunder constituting instruments or certificates and (b) has rights in or the power to transfer each other item of Collateral in which a Lien is granted by it hereunder, free and clear of any other Lien. Section 4.2 Perfection and Priority . The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement constitutes a valid and continuing perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent in all Collateral subject, for the following Collateral, to the occurrence of the following: (i) in the case of all Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC, the completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 2 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on such schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly authorized form), (ii) with respect to any deposit account, the execution of Control Agreements, (iii) in the case of all Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents for which UCC filings are insufficient, all appropriate filings having been made with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, (iv) in the case of letter-of-credit rights that are not supporting obligations of Collateral, the execution of a Contractual Obligation granting control to the Administrative Agent over such letter-of-credit rights, (v) in the case of electronic chattel paper, the completion of all steps necessary to grant control to the Administrative Agent over such electronic chattel paper and (vi) in the case of Vehicles, the actions required under Section 5.1(e) . Such security interest shall be prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Customary Permitted Liens having priority over the Administrative Agent's Lien by operation of law or unless otherwise permitted by any Loan Document upon (i) in the case of all Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged Investment Property, the delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent of such Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged Investment Property consisting of instruments and certificates, in each case properly endorsed for transfer to the Administrative Agent or in blank, (ii) in the case of all Pledged Investment Property not in certificated form, the execution of Control Agreements with respect to such investment property and (iii) in the case of all other instruments and tangible chattel paper that are not Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments or Pledged Investment Property, the delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent of such instruments and tangible chattel paper. Except as set forth in this Section 4.2 , all actions by each Grantor necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Lien granted hereunder on the Collateral have been duly taken. Section 4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office . Such Grantor's jurisdiction of organization, legal name and organizational identification number, if any, and the location of such Grantor's chief executive office or sole place of business, in each case as of the date hereof, is specified on Schedule 3 and such Schedule 3 also lists all jurisdictions of incorporation, legal names and locations of such Grantor's chief executive office or sole place of business for the five years preceding the date hereof. Section 4.4 Locations of Inventory, Equipment and Books and Records . On the date hereof, such Grantor's inventory and equipment (other than inventory or equipment in transit) and books and records concerning the Collateral are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 4 and such Schedule 4 7 also lists the locations of such inventory, equipment and books and records for the five years preceding the date hereof. Section 4.5 Pledged Collateral . (a) The Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder (a) is listed on Schedule 5 and constitutes that percentage of the issued and outstanding equity of all classes of each issuer thereof as set forth on Schedule 5 , (b) has been duly authorized, validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable (other than as such rights may arise under mandatory provisions of applicable law that may be waived or otherwise agreed and not as a result of any rights contained in any organizational documents, or Pledged Stock in limited liability companies and partnerships) and (c) constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms. (b) As of the Closing Date, all Pledged Collateral (other than Pledged Uncertificated Stock) and all Pledged Investment Property consisting of instruments and certificates has been delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 5.3(a) . (c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of the Grantor granting the security interest in any Pledged Stock, and a transferee or assignee of such Pledged Stock shall become a holder of such Pledged Stock to the same extent as such Grantor and be entitled to participate in the management of the issuer of such Pledged Stock and, upon the transfer of the entire interest of such Grantor, such Grantor shall, by operation of law, cease to be a holder of such Pledged Stock. Section 4.6 Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper Formerly Accounts . No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any account is evidenced by any instrument or tangible chattel paper that has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent, properly endorsed for transfer, to the extent delivery is required by Section 5.6(a) . Section 4.7 Intellectual Property . (a) Schedule 6 sets forth a true and complete list of the following Intellectual Property such Grantor owns, licenses or otherwise has the right to use: (i) Intellectual Property that is registered or subject to applications for registration, (ii) Internet Domain Names and (iii) Material Intellectual Property and material Software, separately identifying that which is owned or licensed to such Grantor and including for each of the foregoing items (1) the owner, (2) the title, (3) the jurisdiction in which such item has been registered or otherwise arises or in which an application for registration has been filed, (4) as applicable, the registration or application number and registration or application date and (5) any IP Licenses or other rights (including franchises) granted by the Grantor with respect thereto. (b) On the Closing Date, all Material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is valid, in full force and effect, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, and no Material Intellectual Property has been abandoned. No breach or default of any material IP License shall be caused by any of the following, and none of the following shall limit or impair the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of, or any rights of such Grantor in, any Material Intellectual Property: (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by any Loan Document or (ii) any holding, decision, judgment or order rendered by any Governmental Authority. There are no pending (or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes challenging the ownership, use, validity, enforceability of, or such Grantor's rights in, any Material Intellectual Property of such Grantor. To such Grantor's knowledge, no Person has been or is infringing, misappropriating, diluting, violating or otherwise impairing any Intellectual Property of such Grantor. Such Grantor, and to such Grantor's knowledge each other party thereto, is not in material breach or default of any material IP License. Section 4.8 Commercial Tort Claims . The only commercial tort claims of any Grantor existing on the date hereof (regardless of whether the amount, defendant or other material facts can be determined and regardless of whether such commercial tort claim has been asserted, threatened or has 8 otherwise been made known to the obligee thereof or whether litigation has been commenced for such claims) are those listed on Schedule 1 , which sets forth such information separately for each Grantor. Section 4.9 Specific Collateral . None of the Collateral is, or is proceeds or products of, farm products, as-extracted collateral, health-care-insurance receivables or timber to be cut. Section 4.10 Enforcement . No Permit, notice to or filing with any Governmental Authority or any other Person or any consent from any Person is required for the exercise by the Administrative Agent of its rights (including voting rights) provided for in this Agreement or the enforcement of remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, including the transfer of any Collateral, except as may be required in connection with the disposition of any portion of the Pledged Collateral by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally or any approvals that may be required to be obtained from any bailees or landlords to collect the Collateral. Section 4.11 Representations and Warranties of the Credit Agreement . The representations and warranties as to such Grantor and its Subsidiaries made by the Borrower in Article IV ( Representations and Warranties ) of the Credit Agreement are true and correct on each date required by Section 3.2(b) of the Credit Agreement. ARTICLE V Each Grantor agrees with the Administrative Agent to the following, as long as any Obligation or Commitment remains outstanding and, in each case, unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent in writing: Section 5.1 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation and Consents . (a) Generally . Such Grantor shall (i) not use or permit any Collateral to be used unlawfully or in violation of any provision of any Loan Document, any Related Document, any Requirement of Law or any policy of insurance covering the Collateral and (ii) not enter into any Contractual Obligation or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to Sell any Collateral if such restriction would have a Material Adverse Effect. (b) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest and such priority against the claims and demands of all Persons. (c) Pursuant to Section 6.1(e) of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor shall furnish to the Administrative Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other documents in connection with the Collateral as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. (d) At any time and from time to time upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall, for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, (i) promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further documents, including an authorization to file (or, as applicable, the filing) of any financing statement or amendment under the UCC (or other filings under similar Requirements of Law) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby and (ii) take such further action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, including (A) using its commercially reasonable efforts to secure all approvals necessary or appropriate for the assignment to or for the benefit of the Administrative Agent of any Contractual Obligation, including any IP License, held by such Grantor and to enforce the security interests granted hereunder and (B) executing and delivering a Control Agreement with respect to any deposit accounts and securities accounts for which Control Agreements are required under the Credit Agreement. 9 (e) If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Grantor shall arrange for the Administrative Agent's first priority security interest to be noted on the certificate of title of each Vehicle and shall file any other necessary documentation in each jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent shall deem advisable to perfect its security interests in any Vehicle. (f) To ensure that any of the Excluded Property set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of "Excluded Property" becomes part of the Collateral, such Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any required consents from any Person other than Borrower and its Affiliates with respect to any permit or license or any Contractual Obligation with such Person entered into by such Grantor that requires such consent as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Obligation or any Stock or Stock Equivalent related thereto. Section 5.2 Changes in Locations, Name, Etc. Except upon 30 days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of (a) all documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 4 showing any additional locations at which inventory or equipment shall be kept, such Grantor shall not do any of the following: (i) permit any inventory or equipment to be kept at a location other than those listed on Schedule 4 , except for inventory or equipment in transit; (ii) change its jurisdiction of organization or its location, in each case from that referred to in Section 4.3 ; or (iii) change its legal name or organizational identification number, if any, or corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other organizational structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement would become misleading. Section 5.3 Pledged Collateral . (a) Delivery of Pledged Collateral . Such Grantor shall (i) deliver to the Administrative Agent, in suitable form for transfer and in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (A) all Pledged Certificated Stock, (B) all Pledged Debt Instruments and (C) all certificates and instruments evidencing Pledged Investment Property and (ii) maintain all other Pledged Investment Property in a Controlled Securities Account. (b) Event of Default . During the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, at any time in its discretion and without notice to the Grantor, to (i) transfer to or to register in its name or in the name of its nominees any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment Property and (ii) exchange any certificate or instrument representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment Property for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations. (c) Cash Distributions with respect to Pledged Collateral . Except as provided in Article VI , such Grantor shall be entitled to receive all cash distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral. (d) Voting Rights . Except as provided in Article VI , such Grantor shall be entitled to exercise all voting, consent and corporate, partnership, limited liability company and similar rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast, consent given or right exercised or other action taken by such Grantor that would impair the Collateral or be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of any Loan Document. Section 5.4 Accounts . (a) Such Grantor shall not, other than in the ordinary course of business, (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any account, (ii) compromise or settle any account for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any account, (iv) allow any credit or discount on any account or (v) amend, supplement or modify any account in any manner that could adversely affect the value thereof. 10 (b) The Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Accounts in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and such Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require in connection therewith. At any time and from time to time, upon the Administrative Agent's request, such Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to furnish to the Administrative Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the accounts; provided , however , that unless a Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall request no more than three such reports during any calendar year. Section 5.5 Commodity Contracts . Su | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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