EX-10.5
Published on February 8, 2011
Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION VERSION
SECURITY AGREEMENT
made by
NOVELIS INC.,
as the Borrower,
as the Borrower,
and
THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
in favor of
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent
as Collateral Agent
Dated as of December 17, 2010
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE
EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THAT CERTAIN
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF DECEMBER 17, 2010 (AS AMENDED, RESTATED, AMENDED AND RESTATED,
SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), AMONG NOVELIS
INC., NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS CAST HOUSE TECHNOLOGY LTD., 4260848 CANADA INC., 4260856 CANADA
INC., NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, NOVELIS CORPORATION, NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, NOVELIS
BRAND LLC, NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, NOVELIS EUROPE
HOLDINGS LIMITED, NOVELIS UK LTD., NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, NOVELIS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, NOVELIS AG,
NOVELIS SWITZERLAND SA, NOVELIS TECHNOLOGY AG, NOVELIS ALUMINUM HOLDING COMPANY, NOVELIS DO BRASIL
LTDA., NOVELIS LUXEMBOURG S.A., NOVELIS PAE, NOVELIS MADEIRA UNIPESSOAL, LDA, AV METALS INC.
(HOLDINGS), THE OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF HOLDINGS OR NOVELIS INC. FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE REVOLVING CREDIT
CLAIMHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN LENDERS (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
AS COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE TERM LOAN SECURED PARTIES (AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT),
AND CERTAIN OTHER PERSONS WHICH MAY BE OR BECOME PARTIES THERETO OR BECOME BOUND THERETO FROM TIME
TO TIME. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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PREAMBLE |
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RECITALS |
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AGREEMENT |
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ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
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SECTION 1.1. DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.2. INTERPRETATION |
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SECTION 1.3. RESOLUTION OF DRAFTING AMBIGUITIES |
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SECTION 1.4. PERFECTION CERTIFICATE |
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ARTICLE II |
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GRANT OF SECURITY AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS |
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SECTION 2.1. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST |
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SECTION 2.2. FILINGS |
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ARTICLE III |
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PERFECTION; SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES;
USE OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 3.1. DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATED SECURITIES COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 3.2. PERFECTION OF UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 3.3. FINANCING STATEMENTS AND OTHER FILINGS; MAINTENANCE OF PERFECTED SECURITY INTEREST |
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SECTION 3.4. OTHER ACTIONS |
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SECTION 3.5. JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS |
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SECTION 3.6. SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES |
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ARTICLE IV |
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REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS |
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SECTION 4.1. TITLE |
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SECTION 4.2. VALIDITY OF SECURITY INTEREST |
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SECTION 4.3. DEFENSE OF CLAIMS; TRANSFERABILITY OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 4.4. OTHER FINANCING STATEMENTS |
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SECTION 4.5. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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SECTION 4.6. DUE AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE |
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SECTION 4.7. CONSENTS, ETC. |
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SECTION 4.8. PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 4.9. INSURANCE |
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ARTICLE V |
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CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING SECURITIES COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 5.1. PLEDGE OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 5.2. VOTING RIGHTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; ETC. |
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SECTION 5.3. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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SECTION 5.4. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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SECTION 5.5. CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF PLEDGORS AS ISSUERS AND HOLDERS OF EQUITY INTERESTS |
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ARTICLE VI |
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CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 6.1. GRANT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE |
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SECTION 6.2. PROTECTION AND MAINTENANCE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 6.3. AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY |
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SECTION 6.4. LITIGATION |
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ARTICLE VII |
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CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING RECEIVABLES |
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SECTION 7.1. MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS |
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SECTION 7.2. MODIFICATION OF TERMS, ETC |
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SECTION 7.3. COLLECTION |
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ARTICLE VIII |
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TRANSFERS |
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SECTION 8.1. TRANSFERS OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
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ARTICLE IX |
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REMEDIES |
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SECTION 9.1. REMEDIES |
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SECTION 9.2. NOTICE OF SALE |
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SECTION 9.3. WAIVER OF NOTICE AND CLAIMS |
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SECTION 9.4. CERTAIN SALES OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 9.5. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES |
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SECTION 9.6. CERTAIN ADDITIONAL ACTIONS REGARDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
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ARTICLE X |
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APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS |
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SECTION 10.1. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS |
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ARTICLE XI |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 11.1. CONCERNING COLLATERAL AGENT |
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SECTION 11.2. COLLATERAL AGENT MAY PERFORM; COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
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SECTION 11.3. CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST; ASSIGNMENT |
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SECTION 11.4. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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SECTION 11.5. MODIFICATION IN WRITING |
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SECTION 11.6. NOTICES |
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SECTION 11.7. GOVERNING LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL |
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SECTION 11.8. SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS |
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SECTION 11.9. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS |
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SECTION 11.10. BUSINESS DAYS |
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SECTION 11.11. NO CREDIT FOR PAYMENT OF TAXES OR IMPOSITION |
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SECTION 11.12. NO CLAIMS AGAINST COLLATERAL AGENT |
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SECTION 11.13. NO RELEASE |
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SECTION 11.14. OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE |
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SECTION 11.15. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS |
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SECTION 11.16. DELIVERY OF COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 11.17. MORTGAGES |
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SECTION 11.18. CONFLICTS WITH CANADIAN SECURITY AGREEMENT |
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SIGNATURES |
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EXHIBIT 1
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Form of Issuers Acknowledgment | |
EXHIBIT 2
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Form of Securities Pledge Amendment | |
EXHIBIT 3
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Form of Joinder Agreement | |
EXHIBIT 4
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Form of Copyright Security Agreement | |
EXHIBIT 5
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Form of Patent Security Agreement | |
EXHIBIT 6
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Form of Trademark Security Agreement | |
EXHIBIT 7
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Form of Bailee Letter |
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SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof, this
Agreement), made by NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business
Corporations Act (the Borrower), and the Guarantors from to time to time party hereto
(the Guarantors), as pledgors, assignors and debtors (the Borrower, together with the
Guarantors, in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the
Pledgors, and each, a Pledgor), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its
capacity as collateral agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) (in such
capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the Collateral Agent).
R E C I T A L S:
A. The Borrower, AV Metals Inc., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations
Act, the other Loan Parties from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party
thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, and the other
parties from time to time party thereto have, in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified
from time to time in one or more agreements, the Credit Agreement; which term shall also
include and refer to any increase in the amount of indebtedness under the Credit Agreement).
B. The Borrower has, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, borrowed the Loans provided for
thereunder, and each Guarantor has, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, unconditionally guaranteed
the Secured Obligations.
C. The Borrower and each Guarantor will receive substantial benefits from the execution,
delivery and performance of the obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
and each is, therefore, willing to enter into this Agreement.
D. This Agreement is given by each Pledgor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties to secure the payment and performance of all of the Secured Obligations.
E. It is a condition to the obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans under the Credit
Agreement that each Pledgor execute and deliver the applicable Loan Documents, including this
Agreement.
A G R E E M E N T:
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Pledgor and the
Collateral Agent hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
(a) Unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, capitalized terms used herein
that are defined in the UCC shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC; provided
that in any event, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC:
Accounts; Bank; Chattel Paper; Commercial Tort Claim;
Commodity Account; Commodity Contract; Commodity Intermediary;
Documents; Electronic Chattel Paper; Entitlement Order;
Equipment; Financial Asset; Fixtures; Goods,
Inventory; Letter-of-Credit Rights; Letters of Credit;
Money; Payment Intangibles; Proceeds; Records;
Securities Account; Securities Entitlement; Securities Intermediary;
Supporting Obligations; and Tangible Chattel Paper.
(b) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Credit
Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
(c) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
Account Debtor shall mean each Person who is obligated on a Receivable or Supporting
Obligation related thereto.
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
Bailee Letter shall be an agreement in form substantially similar to Exhibit
7 hereto or in such other form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy,
as now and hereinafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Borrower shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
Collateral Agent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble
hereof.
Cash Management System shall mean a cash management system acceptable to the
Collateral Agent among the Pledgors in the United States, Canada, England and Wales, Switzerland
and Germany (and any other jurisdiction in which a borrower or borrowing base guarantor under the
Revolving Credit Agreement is located).
Collateral Support shall mean all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated
or otherwise securing any Pledged Collateral and shall include any security agreement or other
agreement granting a lien or security interest in such real or personal property.
Commodity Account Control Agreement shall mean a control agreement in a form that is
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent establishing the Collateral Agents Control with
respect to any Commodity Account.
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Contracts shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all sale, service,
performance, equipment or property lease contracts, licenses, agreements and grants and all other
contracts, licenses, agreements or grants (in each case, whether written or oral, or third party or
intercompany), between such Pledgor and any third party, and all assignments, amendments,
restatements, supplements, extensions, renewals, replacements or modifications thereof.
Control shall mean (i) in the case of each Deposit Account, control, as such term
is defined in Section 9-104 of the UCC, (ii) in the case of any Security Entitlement, control, as
such term is defined in Section 8-106 of the UCC, (iii) in the case of any Commodity Contract,
control, as such term is defined in Section 9-106 of the UCC, and (iv) in the case of any
Letter-of-Credit Right, control, as such term is defined in Section 9-107 of the UCC.
Control Agreements shall mean, collectively, the Deposit Account Control Agreement,
the Securities Account Control Agreement and the Commodity Account Control Agreement.
Copyright shall mean, collectively, all copyrights (whether statutory or common law,
whether established, registered or recorded in Canada, the United States or any other country or
any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or
unpublished) and all mask works (as such term is defined in 17 U.S.C. Section 901, et seq.),
together with any and all (i) copyright registrations and applications, (ii) rights and privileges
arising under applicable law with respect to such copyrights, (iii) renewals and extensions thereof
and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter
due and/or payable with respect thereto, including damages and payments for past, present or future
infringements or other violations thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world
and (vi) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements thereof.
Copyright Security Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit 4 hereto.
Credit Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Recital A
hereof.
Deposit Account Control Agreement shall mean an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent establishing the Collateral Agents Control with
respect to any Deposit Account.
Deposit Accounts shall mean, collectively, (i) all deposit accounts (as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC) and all accounts and sub-accounts relating to any of the foregoing accounts
and (ii) all cash, funds, checks, notes and instruments from time to time held in, credited to or
on deposit in any of the accounts or sub-accounts described in clause (i) of this definition.
Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured Obligations shall have the meaning assigned to
such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Distributions shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all dividends,
cash, options, warrants, rights, instruments, distributions, returns of capital or principal,
income, interest, profits and other property, interests (debt or equity) or proceeds, including as
a result of a split, revision, reclassification or other like change of the Pledged Securities,
from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed to such Pledgor in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of the Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes.
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Excluded Commodities Accounts shall mean Commodities Accounts with Investment
Property or other property held in or credited to such Commodities Accounts with an aggregate value
of less than $1,000,000 at any time with respect to any particular Commodities Account and less
than $2,500,000 at any time in the aggregate for all such Commodities Accounts.
Excluded Deposit Accounts shall mean (i) Deposit Accounts that are zero balance
disbursement accounts, (ii) Deposit Accounts used solely to fund payroll, payroll taxes and similar
employment taxes or employee benefits in the ordinary course of business, (iii) local Deposit
Accounts listed on Schedule 14 of the Perfection Certificate under the heading Local Cash
Accounts that are not a part of the Cash Management System which individually do not at any time
contain funds in excess of $100,000 and, together with all other such local cash accounts, do not
contain funds in excess of $2,000,000, and (iv) other Deposit Accounts with an amount on deposit of
less than $1,000,000 at any time with respect to any particular Deposit Account and less than
$2,500,000 at any time in the aggregate for all such Deposit Accounts; provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, no Net Cash Proceeds Account shall be an Excluded Deposit Account.
Excluded Securities Accounts shall mean (i) Securities Accounts with Investment
Property or other property held in or credited to such Securities Accounts with an aggregate value
of less than $10,000,000 at any time in the aggregate for all such Securities Accounts and (ii)
Securities Accounts with property held in or credited to such Securities Accounts consisting solely
of the Equity Interests of Aluminum Company of Malaysia Berhad.
Excluded Property shall mean
(a) any permit or license issued by a Governmental Authority to any Pledgor or any
agreement to which any Pledgor is a party, in each case, only to the extent and for so long
as the terms of such permit, license or agreement (other than any of the foregoing entered
into with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or any Requirement of Law
applicable thereto, validly prohibit the creation by such Pledgor of a security interest
(or, in the case of any agreement (but not any permit or license), require the consent of
any person therefor (so long as any such consent requirement is permitted under Section 6.19
of the Credit Agreement)) in such permit, license or agreement in favor of the Collateral
Agent (after giving effect to Sections 9-406(d), 9-407(a), 9-408(a) or 9-409 of the UCC (or
any successor provision or provisions) or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy
Code) or principles of equity),
(b) any Venture Interests as defined in the Joint Venture Agreement, dated January
18, 1985, between Arco Logan Inc. and Alcan Aluminum Corporation, as such Joint Venture
Agreement may have been amended prior to June 4, 2009, and any Equity Interest in any other
joint ventures to the extent the terms of the applicable joint venture agreement (other than
any of the foregoing entered into with the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary), prohibit
the creation by the applicable Pledgor of a security interest, or require the consent of any
person therefor, in such Equity Interests in favor of the Collateral Agent, but only to the
extent and for so long as (i) the terms of the applicable agreement prohibit the creation by
the applicable Pledgor of a security interest in such Venture Interests or other Equity
Interests in favor of the Collateral Agent (after giving effect to Sections 9-406(d),
9-407(a), 9-408(a) or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) or any
other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity) and (ii) such
prohibition is permitted by Section 6.19 of the Credit Agreement,
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(c) any property owned by any Pledgor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is
subject to a Lien securing a Purchase Money Obligation or Capital Lease Obligation permitted
to be incurred pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement if the contract or other
agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such Purchase
Money Obligation or Capital Lease Obligation) validly prohibits the creation of any other
Lien on such property,
(d) any United States trademark or service mark application filed on the basis of a
Pledgors intent-to-use such mark, in each case, unless and until evidence of the use of
such trademark in interstate commerce is submitted to and accepted by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office,
(e) any Equity Interests of Novelis de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. so long as (i) such
Subsidiary is an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary and (ii) the pledge of or grant of a
security interest in the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary pursuant hereto would
constitute an investment of earnings in United States property under Section 956 (or a
successor provision) of the Code, which investment would or could reasonably be expected to
trigger an increase in the net income of a United States shareholder of such Subsidiary
pursuant to Section 951 (or a successor provision) of the Code, as reasonably determined by
the Collateral Agent; provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not
include (x) Voting Stock of such Subsidiary representing not more than 65% of the total
voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock of such Subsidiary and (y) 100% of the Equity
Interests not constituting Voting Stock of such Subsidiary, except that any such Equity
Interests constituting stock entitled to vote within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.956-2(c)(2) shall be treated as Voting Stock for purposes of this clause (e),
(f) any leasehold interests in real property,
(g) any Excluded Equity Interests and any Equity Interests in Excluded Collateral
Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties,
(h) motor vehicles and any other assets where ownership is evidenced by a certificate
of title,
(i) deposits posted by customers pursuant to forward sale agreements entered into by
the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and
that is held in a segregated Deposit Account that is not commingled with any other
Collateral (other than other such deposits posted by customers), and any Deposit Accounts
and Securities Accounts to which only such customer deposits are credited;
(j) Letter of Credit Rights that are not Supporting Obligations.
provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not include any Proceeds,
substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property referred to in clauses (a) through (j)
(unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property referred to
in clauses (a) through (i)).
General Intangibles shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all
general intangibles, as such term is defined in the UCC, of such Pledgor and, in any event, shall
include (i) all of such Pledgors rights, title and interest in, to and under all Contracts and
insurance policies (including all rights and remedies relating to monetary damages, including
indemnification rights and remedies, and
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claims for damages or other relief pursuant to or in respect of any Contract), (ii) all
know-how and warranties relating to any of the Pledged Collateral or the Mortgaged Property, (iii)
any and all other rights, claims, choses-in-action and causes of action of such Pledgor against any
other Person and the benefits of any and all collateral or other security given by any other Person
in connection therewith, (iv) all guarantees, endorsements and indemnifications on, or of, any of
the Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property, (v) all intellectual property, (vi) all
lists, books, records, correspondence, ledgers, printouts, files (whether in printed form or stored
electronically), tapes and other papers or materials containing information relating to any of the
Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property, including all customer or tenant lists,
identification of suppliers, data, plans, blueprints, specifications, designs, drawings,
appraisals, recorded knowledge, surveys, studies, engineering reports, test reports, manuals,
standards, processing standards, performance standards, catalogs, research data, computer and
automatic machinery software and programs and the like, field repair data, accounting information
pertaining to such Pledgors operations or any of the Pledged Collateral or any of the Mortgaged
Property and all media in which or on which any of the information or knowledge or data or records
may be recorded or stored and all computer programs used for the compilation or printout of such
information, knowledge, records or data, (vii) all licenses, consents, permits, variances,
certifications, authorizations and approvals, however characterized, now or hereafter acquired or
held by such Pledgor, including building permits, certificates of occupancy, environmental
certificates, industrial permits or licenses and certificates of operation and (viii) all rights to
reserves, deferred payments, deposits, refunds, indemnification of claims and claims for tax or
other refunds against any Governmental Authority.
Guarantors shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
Immaterial Intellectual Property Collateral shall mean Intellectual Property
Collateral that is not Material Intellectual Property Collateral.
Instruments shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all
instruments, as such term is defined in Article 9, rather than Article 3, of the UCC, and shall
include all promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange or acceptances.
Intellectual Property shall mean, collectively, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights,
Intellectual Property Licenses and Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights.
Intellectual Property Collateral shall mean, collectively, the Patents, Trademarks,
Copyrights, Intellectual Property Licenses and Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights of the
Pledgors, in each case, other than any Excluded Property.
Intellectual Property Licenses shall mean, collectively, with respect to each
Pledgor, all license agreements and covenants not to sue (regardless of whether such agreements and
covenants are contained within an agreement that also covers other matters, such as development or
consulting) with respect to any Patent, Trademark, Copyright or Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary
Rights, whether such Pledgor is a licensor or licensee under any such agreement, together with any
and all (i) amendments, renewals, extensions, supplements and continuations thereof, (ii) income,
fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and
with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or
violations thereof, (iii) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements, breaches or
violations thereof and (iv) other rights to use, exploit or practice any or all Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights or Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights.
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Intercompany Notes shall mean, with respect to each Pledgor, all intercompany notes
described in Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate and intercompany notes hereafter
acquired by such Pledgor and all certificates, instruments or agreements evidencing such
intercompany notes, and all assignments, amendments, restatements, supplements, extensions,
renewals, replacements or modifications thereof to the extent permitted pursuant to the terms
hereof.
Intercreditor Agreement shall mean that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof, by and among the Pledgors and the other Companies party thereto, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Revolving Credit Agents, and certain other
persons which may be or become parties thereto or become bound thereto from time to time, as the
same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
Investment Property shall mean a security, whether certificated or uncertificated,
Security Entitlement, Securities Account, Commodity Contract or Commodity Account, excluding,
however, the Securities Collateral.
Joinder Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
3 hereto.
Material Intellectual Property Collateral shall mean any Intellectual Property
Collateral that is material (i) to the use and operation of any material Pledged Collateral or
Mortgaged Property or (ii) to the business, results of operations, prospects or condition,
financial or otherwise, of any Pledgor.
Mortgaged Property shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Mortgages.
Patent Security Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit 5 hereto.
Patents shall mean, collectively, all patents, patent applications, certificates of
inventions, industrial designs and rights corresponding thereto throughout the world (whether
established or registered or recorded in Canada, the United States or any other country or any
political subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under
applicable law with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) inventions and improvements described and
claimed therein, (iii) reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and
continuations-in-part thereof and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims
and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including
damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof, (v)
rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue for past, present or
future infringements or other violations thereof.
Perfection Certificate shall mean, individually and collectively, as the context may
require, each perfection certificate dated December 17, 2010, executed and delivered by each
Pledgor in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and each other Perfection
Certificate (which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent)
executed and delivered by the applicable Pledgor in favor of the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties contemporaneously with the execution and
delivery of each Joinder Agreement executed in accordance with Section 3.5 hereof, in each
case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
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Permitted Encumbrances shall mean Permitted Liens of the type described in Section
6.02(a), (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) (to the extent provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement), (n), (o), (q), (r), (s), (t) and (y) of the Credit Agreement which have priority over
the Liens granted pursuant to this Agreement (and in each case, subject to the proviso to Section
6.02 of the Credit Agreement).
Pledge Amendment shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1
hereof.
Pledged Collateral shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.1 hereof.
Pledged Securities shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, (i) all
issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each issuer set forth on Schedule 10 to the
Perfection Certificate as being owned by such Pledgor and all options, warrants, rights, agreements
and additional Equity Interests of whatever class of any such issuer acquired by such Pledgor
(including by issuance), together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor
relating to such Equity Interests in each such issuer or under any Organizational Document of each
such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such Equity Interests
and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary
pertaining to such Equity Interests, (ii) all Equity Interests of any issuer, which Equity
Interests are currently owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor (including by issuance) and all
options, warrants, rights, agreements and additional Equity Interests of whatever class of any such
issuer owned or acquired by such Pledgor (including by issuance), together with all rights,
privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such Equity Interests or under any
Organizational Document of any such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements
representing such Equity Interests and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the
books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such Equity Interests, from time to time acquired
by such Pledgor in any manner, and (iii) all Equity Interests issued in respect of the Equity
Interests referred to in clause (i) or (ii) upon any consolidation or merger of any issuer of such
Equity Interests, other than to the extent any such Pledged Securities constitute Excluded Equity
Interests.
Pledgor shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
Receivables shall mean all (i) Accounts, (ii) Chattel Paper, (iii) Payment
Intangibles, (iv) General Intangibles, (v) Instruments and (vi) all other rights to payment,
whether or not earned by performance, for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned
or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered, regardless of how classified
under the UCC together with all of Pledgors rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving
rise to such right to payment and all Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations related thereto
and all Records relating thereto.
Revolving Credit Agents shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
Revolving Credit Security Documents shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the Intercreditor Agreement.
Securities Account Control Agreement shall mean an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent establishing the Collateral Agents Control with
respect to any Securities Account.
Securities Collateral shall mean, collectively, the Pledged Securities, the
Intercompany Notes and the Distributions.
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Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights shall mean, collectively, all
intellectual property rights not covered by the definitions of Copyrights, Patents, and
Trademarks, including all intellectual property rights in trade secrets, proprietary information
and data and databases, know-how and processes, designs, inventions, technology and software and
any other intangible rights to the extent not covered by the definitions of Patents, Trademarks and
Copyrights; whether registered or unregistered, whether statutory or common law, and whether
established or registered in Canada, the United States or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, together with any and all (i) registrations and applications for the
foregoing, (ii) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to the use of any
of the foregoing, (iii) reissues, continuations, extensions, renewals and divisions thereof and
amendments thereto, (v) income, fees, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or
payable thereunder and with respect thereto, including damages, claims and payments for past,
present or future infringements or other violations thereof, (vi) rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world and (vii) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements and other
violations thereof.
Trademark Security Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit 6 hereto.
Trademarks shall mean, collectively, all trademarks (including service marks and
certification marks), slogans, logos, trade dress, internet domain names, corporate names and trade
names, whether registered or unregistered (whether statutory or common law and whether established
or registered in Canada, the United States or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof), together with any and all (i) registrations and applications for any of the foregoing,
(ii) goodwill connected with the use thereof and symbolized thereby, (iii) rights and privileges
arising under applicable law with respect to the use of any of the foregoing, (iv) reissues,
continuations, extensions and renewals thereof and amendments thereto, (v) income, fees, royalties,
damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto,
including damages, claims and payments for past, present or future infringements, dilutions or
other violations thereof, (vi) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vii) rights
to sue for past, present and future infringements, dilutions or other violations thereof.
UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the
State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Collateral Agents security
interest in any item or portion of the Pledged Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term UCC shall mean the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating
to such provisions.
SECTION 1.2. Interpretation. Sections 1.03, 1.04 and 1.05 of the Credit Agreement shall apply
herein mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 1.3. Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that it was
represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery hereof, that it and its
counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof and that any rule of
construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party
(i.e., the Collateral Agent) shall not be employed in the interpretation hereof.
SECTION 1.4. Perfection Certificate. The Collateral Agent and each Secured Party agree that the
Perfection Certificate and all descriptions of Pledged Collateral, schedules, amendments and
supplements thereto are and shall at all times remain a part of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE II
GRANT OF SECURITY AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS
SECTION 2.1. Grant of Security Interest. As collateral security for the payment and performance in
full of all the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security interest in all of the right, title
and interest of such Pledgor in, to and under the following property, wherever located, and whether
now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to time (collectively, the Pledged
Collateral):
(i) | all Accounts; | ||
(ii) | all Equipment, Goods, Inventory and Fixtures; | ||
(iii) | all Documents, Instruments and Chattel Paper; | ||
(iv) | all Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights; | ||
(v) | all Securities Collateral; | ||
(vi) | all Investment Property; | ||
(vii) | all Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Intellectual Property Licenses and Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Rights; | ||
(viii) | the Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule 13 to the Perfection Certificate; | ||
(ix) | all General Intangibles; | ||
(x) | all Money and all Deposit Accounts; | ||
(xi) | all Supporting Obligations; | ||
(xii) | all books and records relating to the Pledged Collateral; and | ||
(xiii) | to the extent not covered by clauses (i) through (xii) of this sentence, all other personal property of such Pledgor, whether tangible or intangible, and all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, any and all Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Pledgor from time to time with respect to any of the foregoing. |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (i) through (xiii) above, the
security interest created by this Agreement shall not extend to, and the terms Pledged Collateral
and Pledged Securities shall not include, any Excluded Property and the Pledgors shall, upon the
request of the Collateral Agent at any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
give written notice to the Collateral Agent identifying in reasonable detail the Excluded Property
and shall provide to the
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Collateral Agent such information regarding the Excluded Property as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request (including written notice identifying in reasonable detail the Excluded
Property).
SECTION 2.2. Filings. (a) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any
time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements (including
fixture filings) and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement
or amendment relating to the Pledged Collateral, including (i) whether such Pledgor is an
organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such
Pledgor, (ii) any financing or continuation statements or other documents without the signature of
such Pledgor where permitted by law, including the filing of a financing statement describing the
Pledged Collateral as all assets now owned or hereafter acquired by the debtor or in which debtor
otherwise has rights or a similar description and (iii) in the case of a financing statement filed
as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Pledged Collateral
relates. Each Pledgor agrees to provide all information described in the immediately preceding
sentence to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request by the Collateral Agent.
(b) Each Pledgor hereby ratifies its authorization for the Collateral Agent to file in any
relevant jurisdiction any financing statements relating to the Pledged Collateral if filed prior to
the date hereof.
(c) Each Pledgor hereby further authorizes the Collateral Agent to execute and/or submit
filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or
any successor office or any similar office in any other country), as applicable, including this
Agreement, the Copyright Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the Trademark
Security Agreement, or other documents and to take such other actions as may be required under
applicable law for the purpose of perfecting, recording, confirming, continuing, enforcing or
protecting the security interest granted by such Pledgor hereunder, without the signature of such
Pledgor, and naming such Pledgor, as debtor, and the Collateral Agent, as secured party.
ARTICLE III
PERFECTION; SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES;
USE OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL
USE OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL
SECTION 3.1. Delivery of Certificated Securities Collateral. Each Pledgor represents and warrants
that all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Securities
Collateral (other than Excluded Property and any certificates, agreements or instruments
representing or evidencing Equity Interests in an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary which is not a
Loan Party) in existence on the date hereof have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in suitable
form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment
in blank and that the Collateral Agent has a perfected First Priority security interest therein.
Each Pledgor hereby agrees that all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or
evidencing Securities Collateral acquired by such Pledgor after the date hereof shall promptly (but
in any event within thirty days after receipt thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may
be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) be delivered to and held by or on
behalf of the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto (provided that notwithstanding the
foregoing, no such certificates, agreements or instruments representing or
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evidencing Securities Collateral shall be required to be so delivered to the extent such
Securities Collateral constitutes Excluded Property or any certificates, agreements or instruments
representing or evidencing Equity Interests in an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary which is not a
Loan Party, but shall be so delivered promptly (but in any event within thirty days) following the
date such Securities Collateral ceases to constitute Excluded Property or such Subsidiary ceases to
qualify as an Excluded Collateral Subsidiary or otherwise becomes, or is required to become, a Loan
Party pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement). All certificated Securities Collateral 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 Collateral Agent.
The Collateral Agent shall have the right, at any time upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, to endorse, assign or otherwise transfer to or to register in
the name of the Collateral Agent or any of its nominees or endorse for negotiation any or all of
the Securities Collateral. In addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to exchange certificates
representing or evidencing Securities Collateral for certificates of smaller or larger
denominations.
SECTION 3.2. Perfection of Uncertificated Securities Collateral. Each Pledgor represents and
warrants that the Collateral Agent has a perfected First Priority security interest in all
uncertificated Pledged Securities (other than uncertificated Pledged Securities in which a security
interest cannot be perfected by taking all applicable actions under the UCC and such other actions
(including, without limitation, the delivery or filing of financing, statements, agreements
instruments or other documents) as may have been reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in
order to perfect such security interest under the local laws of the jurisdiction of the issuer of
such Pledged Securities) pledged by it hereunder that are in existence on the date hereof. Each
Pledgor hereby agrees that if any of the Pledged Securities are at any time not evidenced by
certificates of ownership, then each applicable Pledgor shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, (i) cause (or in the case of Pledged Securities issued by an issuer that is not a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) the issuer to execute and
deliver to the Collateral Agent an acknowledgment of the pledge of such Pledged Securities
substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto or such other form that is reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (ii) if necessary or desirable to perfect a security interest
in such Pledged Securities, cause (or in the case of Pledged Securities issued by an issuer that is
not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) the issuer of such
uncertificated Pledged Securities to enter into a control agreement with the Collateral Agent and
such Pledgor reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent pursuant to which such issuer shall
agree to comply with instructions originated by the Collateral Agent without further consent by
such Pledgor, and cause (or in the case of Pledged Securities issued by an issuer that is not a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) such pledge to be recorded
on the equityholder register or the books of the issuer, execute any customary pledge forms or
other documents necessary or appropriate to complete the pledge and give the Collateral Agent the
right to transfer such Pledged Securities under the terms hereof, and (iii) after the occurrence
and during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon request by the Collateral Agent, (A) cause
(or in the case of Pledged Securities issued by an issuer that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary,
use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) the Organizational Documents of each such issuer that
is a Subsidiary of a Pledgor to be amended to provide that such Pledged Securities shall be treated
as securities for purposes of the UCC and (B) cause (or in the case of Pledged Securities issued
by an issuer that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause)
such Pledged Securities to become certificated and delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance
with the provisions of Section 3.1.
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SECTION 3.3. Financing Statements and Other Filings; Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest.
Each Pledgor represents and warrants that all financing statements, agreements, instruments and
other documents necessary to perfect the security interest granted by it to the Collateral Agent in
respect of the Pledged Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing under the
UCC, and such other actions (including, without limitation, the delivery or filing of financing
statements, agreements, instruments or other documents) as may have been reasonably requested by
the Collateral Agent in order to perfect such security interest under the local laws of the
jurisdiction of the issuer of any Pledged Securities, have been delivered to the Collateral Agent
in completed and, to the extent necessary or appropriate, duly executed form for filing in each
governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 7 to the Perfection
Certificate. Each Pledgor agrees that at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, such Pledgor
will maintain the security interest created by this Agreement in the Pledged Collateral (other than
uncertificated Pledged Securities in which a security interest cannot be perfected by taking all
applicable actions under the UCC and such other actions (including, without limitation, the
delivery or filing of financing, statements, agreements instruments or other documents) as may have
been reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent in order to perfect such security interest under
the local laws of the jurisdiction of the issuer of such Pledged Securities) as a perfected First
Priority security interest subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (other than any Pledged
Collateral the cost of which the Collateral Agent reasonably determines, in its sole discretion,
outweighs the benefit of obtaining such perfection).
SECTION 3.4. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of,
and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the Collateral Agents security interest in the
Pledged Collateral, each Pledgor represents and warrants (as to itself) as follows and agrees, in
each case at such Pledgors own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the
following Pledged Collateral:
(a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. As of the date hereof, no amounts
payable under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral are evidenced by any
Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper other than such Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper
listed in Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate and other than such Instruments
and Tangible Chattel Paper held by a Pledgor which do not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate
for all Pledgors. Each Instrument and each item of Tangible Chattel Paper listed in
Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate has been properly endorsed, assigned and
delivered to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment duly
executed in blank. As of the date hereof, such Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper and
such instruments of transfer or assignment have been executed and delivered to the
Collateral Agent and the Collateral Agent has a perfected First Priority security interest
in such Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. If any amount then payable under or in
connection with any of the Pledged Collateral shall be evidenced by any Instrument or
Tangible Chattel Paper, and such amount, together with all amounts payable evidenced by any
Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper not previously delivered to the Collateral Agent
exceeds $2,000,000 in the aggregate for all Pledgors, the Pledgor acquiring such Instrument
or Tangible Chattel Paper shall promptly (but in any event within thirty days after receipt
thereof) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by such
instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may
from time to time specify.
(b) Deposit Accounts. As of the date hereof, no Pledgor has any Deposit
Accounts other than the accounts listed in Schedule 14 to the Perfection
Certificate. With respect to each such Deposit Account, as of the date hereof, the
applicable Deposit Account Control Agreement
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listed on Schedule 14 to the Perfection Certificate has been executed and
delivered and the Collateral Agent has a First Priority security interest in each such
Deposit Account (other than Excluded Deposit Accounts), which security interest is (or, with
respect to any such Deposit Accounts identified on Schedule 5.15 to the Credit Agreement,
after completion of the actions with respect to such Deposit Accounts specified on such
Schedule, will be) perfected by Control. No Pledgor shall hereafter establish and maintain
any Deposit Account unless such Bank and such Pledgor shall have duly executed and delivered
to the Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to such Deposit
Account (other than Excluded Deposit Accounts and Deposit Accounts constituting Excluded
Collateral). The Collateral Agent agrees with each Pledgor that the Collateral Agent shall
not give any instructions directing the disposition of funds from time to time credited to
any Deposit Account or withhold any withdrawal rights from such Pledgor with respect to
funds from time to time credited to any Deposit Account unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. The two immediately preceding sentences shall not apply to any
other Deposit Accounts for which the Collateral Agent is the Bank. No Pledgor shall grant
Control of any Deposit Account that is not an Excluded Deposit Account to any Person other
than (i) the Collateral Agent, (ii) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Revolving Credit Agents and (iii) in respect of any Deposit Account that holds only deposits
posted by customers described in clause (j) of the definition of Excluded Collateral.
(c) Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts. (i) As of the date hereof, no
Pledgor has any Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts other than those listed in
Schedule 14 to the Perfection Certificate. With respect to each such Securities
Account and Commodities Account, as of the date hereof, the applicable Securities Account
Control Agreement or Commodities Account Control Agreement listed on Schedule 14 to
the Perfection Certificate has been executed and delivered and the Collateral Agent has a
First Priority security interest in each such Securities Account and Commodity Account
(other than Excluded Securities Accounts and Excluded Commodities Accounts and Securities
Accounts constituting Excluded Collateral), which security interest is perfected by Control.
No Pledgor shall hereafter establish and maintain any Securities Account or Commodity
Account with any Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary unless such Securities
Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, as the case may be, and such Pledgor shall have duly
executed and delivered a Control Agreement with respect to such Securities Account or
Commodity Account (other than Excluded Securities Accounts, Excluded Commodities Accounts
and Securities Accounts constituting Excluded Collateral), as the case may be. Each Pledgor
shall accept any cash and Investment Property in trust for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and within five days of actual receipt thereof, deposit any and all cash and
Investment Property received by it into a Deposit Account or Securities Account. The
Collateral Agent agrees with each Pledgor that the Collateral Agent shall not give any
Entitlement Orders or instructions or directions to any issuer of uncertificated securities,
Securities Intermediary or Commodity Intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the
exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by such Pledgor, unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or, after giving effect to any such investment and withdrawal
rights, would occur. The two immediately preceding sentences shall not apply to any
Financial Assets credited to a Securities Account for which the Collateral Agent or any of
its affiliates is the Securities Intermediary. No Pledgor shall grant Control over any
Investment Property to any Person other than (i) the Collateral Agent, (ii) subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agent and (iii) in respect of any
Deposit Account that holds only deposits posted by customers described in clause (j) of the
definition of Excluded Collateral, such customers.
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(ii) As between the Collateral Agent and the Pledgors, the Pledgors shall bear the
investment risk with respect to the Investment Property and Pledged Securities, and the risk
of loss of, damage to, or the destruction of the Investment Property and Pledged Securities,
whether in the possession of, or maintained as a Security Entitlement or deposit by, or
subject to the Control of, the Collateral Agent, a Securities Intermediary, a Commodity
Intermediary, any Pledgor or any other Person.
(d) Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. As of the date hereof,
no amount under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral is evidenced by any
Electronic Chattel Paper or any transferable record (as that term is defined in Section
201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section
16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction)
other than such Electronic Chattel Paper and transferable records listed in Schedule
11(a) to the Perfection Certificate. If any amount payable under or in connection with
any of the Pledged Collateral shall be evidenced by any Electronic Chattel Paper or any
transferable record, the Pledgor acquiring such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable
record shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent thereof and shall take such action as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Collateral Agent control of such
Electronic Chattel Paper under Section 9-105 of the UCC or control under Section 201 of the
Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be,
Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction,
of such transferable record. The requirement in the preceding sentence shall not apply to
the extent that such amount, together with all amounts payable evidenced by Electronic
Chattel Paper or any transferable record in which the Collateral Agent has not been vested
control within the meaning of the statutes described in the immediately preceding sentence,
does not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate for all Pledgors. The Collateral Agent agrees
with such Pledgor that the Collateral Agent will arrange, pursuant to procedures
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and so long as such procedures will not result in the
Collateral Agents loss of control, for the Pledgor to make alterations to the Electronic
Chattel Paper or transferable record permitted under Section 9-105 of the UCC or, as the
case may be, Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National
Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control
to allow without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
or would occur after taking into account any action by such Pledgor with respect to such
Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record.
(e) Letter-of-Credit Rights. If any Pledgor is at any time a beneficiary under
a Letter of Credit now or hereafter issued, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the
Collateral Agent thereof and such Pledgor shall, at the request of the Collateral Agent,
pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, either use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) arrange for the issuer and any
confirmer of such Letter of Credit to consent to an assignment to the Collateral Agent of
the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of Credit or (ii) arrange for the Collateral
Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, with the Collateral
Agent agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of Credit
are to be applied as provided in the Credit Agreement. The actions in the preceding
sentence shall not be required to the extent that the amount of any such Letter of Credit,
together with the aggregate amount of all other Letters of Credit for which the actions
described above in clauses (i) and (ii) have not been taken, does not exceed $2,500,000 in
the aggregate for all Pledgors. No Pledgor shall grant Control of any Letter-of-Credit
Right to any Person other than the Collateral Agent and, subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agents.
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(f) Commercial Tort Claims. As of the date hereof, each Pledgor hereby
represents and warrants that it holds no Commercial Tort Claims other than those listed in
Schedule 13 to the Perfection Certificate and other than Commercial Tort Claims
which do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Pledgors. If any Pledgor shall at
any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim, such Pledgor shall promptly notify the
Collateral Agent in writing signed by such Pledgor of the brief details thereof and grant to
the Collateral Agent in such writing a security interest therein and in the Proceeds
thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. The requirement in the preceding sentence
shall not apply to the extent that the amount of such Commercial Tort Claim, together with
the amount of all other Commercial Tort Claims held by any Pledgor in which the Collateral
Agent does not have a security interest, does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all
Pledgors.
(g) Landlords Access Agreements/Bailee Letters. If and to the extent
reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain as soon as practicable after such request with respect to each
location where such Pledgor maintains Pledged Collateral, a Bailee Letter and/or Landlord
Access Agreement, as applicable, and use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Bailee
Letter, Landlord Access Agreement and/or landlords lien waiver, as applicable, from all
such bailees and landlords, as applicable, who from time to time have possession of any
Pledged Collateral. A waiver of bailees lien shall not be required if the value of the
Pledged Collateral held by such bailee is less than $500,000, provided that the aggregate
value of the Pledged Collateral held by all bailees who have not delivered a Bailee Letter
is less than $2,500,000 in the aggregate.
SECTION 3.5. Joinder of Additional Guarantors. The Pledgors shall cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower
that is either (x) organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the
District of Columbia and required to become a party to this Agreement or to otherwise pledge any
assets to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the provisions of
the Credit Agreement or (y) a Foreign Subsidiary and is required to become a party to this
Agreement pursuant to Section 5.11(e) of the Credit Agreement to execute and deliver to the
Collateral Agent (i) a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit 3 hereto within
thirty days (or such longer period as may be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole
discretion) of the date on which it became a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, ceased to be an
Excluded Collateral Subsidiary or was required to become a Loan Party or a party to this Agreement
by operation of the provisions of Sections 5.11(b), (d) or (e) of the
Credit Agreement, as the case may be, and (ii) a Perfection Certificate, in each case, within
thirty days (or such longer period as may be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole
discretion) of the date on which it became a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary, ceased to be an
Excluded Collateral Subsidiary or was required to become a Loan Party or a party to this Agreement
by operation of the provisions of Sections 5.11(b), (d) or (e) of the
Credit Agreement, as the case may be, and, in each case, upon such execution and delivery, such
Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute a Guarantor and a Pledgor for all purposes hereunder
with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor and Pledgor herein. In the
case of a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary organized outside of the United States that is
required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.11(e) of the Credit
Agreement, such Restricted Subsidiary shall also execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such
additional documentation as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to provide for perfected
and valid liens on its assets in the jurisdiction where it is organized or doing business. The
execution and delivery of such Joinder Agreement shall not require the consent of any Pledgor
hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guarantor and Pledgor as a party to this Agreement.
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SECTION 3.6. Supplements; Further Assurances. Each Pledgor shall take such further actions, and
execute and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent such additional financing statements, amendments,
assignments, agreements, supplements, powers and instruments, as the Collateral Agent may in its
reasonable judgment deem necessary or appropriate in order to create, perfect, preserve and protect
the security interest in the Pledged Collateral as provided herein and the rights and interests
granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, to carry into effect the purposes hereof or better to
assure and confirm the validity, enforceability and priority of the Collateral Agents security
interest in the Pledged Collateral or permit the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its
rights, powers and remedies hereunder with respect to any Pledged Collateral, including the filing
of financing statements, continuation statements and other documents (including this Agreement)
under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with
respect to the security interest created hereby and the execution and delivery of Control
Agreements, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and in such
offices (including the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright
Office) wherever required by law to perfect, continue and maintain the validity, enforceability and
priority of the security interest in the Pledged Collateral as provided herein and to preserve the
other rights and interests granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, as against third parties,
with respect to the Pledged Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Pledgor shall make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file or refile and/or deliver to the Collateral
Agent from time to time upon reasonable request by the Collateral Agent such lists, schedules,
descriptions and designations of the Pledged Collateral, copies of warehouse receipts, receipts in
the nature of warehouse receipts, bills of lading, documents of title, vouchers, invoices,
schedules, confirmatory assignments, supplements, additional security agreements, conveyances,
financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney, certificates, reports and other
assurances or instruments as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request. If an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent may institute and maintain, in its own name or
in the name of any Pledgor, such suits and proceedings as the Collateral Agent may be advised by
counsel shall be necessary or expedient to prevent any impairment of the security interest in or
the perfection thereof in the Pledged Collateral. All of the foregoing shall be at the sole cost
and expense of the Pledgors.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
Each Pledgor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
SECTION 4.1. Title. Except for the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and Permitted Liens, such Pledgor owns
and has rights and, as to Pledged Collateral acquired by it from time to time after the date
hereof, will own and have rights in each item of Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder, free
and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. In addition, no Liens or claims exist on the
Securities Collateral, other than Permitted Liens that are permitted to attach to Securities
Collateral pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4.2. Validity of Security Interest. The security interest in and Lien on the Pledged
Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder
constitutes (a) a legal and valid security interest in all the Pledged Collateral securing the
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performance of the Secured Obligations, and (b) subject to the filings and other actions
described in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate (to the extent required to be listed
on the schedules to the Perfection Certificate as of the date this representation is made or deemed
made), a perfected security interest in all the Pledged Collateral (other than any Pledged
Collateral the cost of which the Collateral Agent reasonably determines, in its sole discretion,
outweighs the benefit of obtaining such perfection). The security interest and Lien granted to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement in and on the
Pledged Collateral will at all times constitute a perfected, continuing First Priority security
interest therein (other than any Pledged Collateral the cost of which the Collateral Agent
reasonably determines, in its sole discretion, outweighs the benefit of obtaining such perfection).
SECTION 4.3. Defense of Claims; Transferability of Pledged Collateral. Except to the extent
otherwise permitted by Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement, each Pledgor shall, at its own cost
and expense, defend title to the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder and the security
interest therein and Lien thereon granted to the Collateral Agent and the priority thereof against
all claims and demands of all Persons, at its own cost and expense, at any time claiming any
interest therein adverse to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party other than Permitted
Encumbrances. Except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, there is no agreement, order, judgment
or decree, and no Pledgor shall enter into any agreement or take any other action, that would
restrict the transferability of any of the Pledged Collateral or otherwise impair or conflict with
such Pledgors obligations or the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder.
SECTION 4.4. Other Financing Statements. It has not filed, nor authorized any third party to file,
any valid or effective financing statement (or similar statement, instrument of registration or
public notice under the law of any jurisdiction) covering or purporting to cover any interest of
any kind in the Pledged Collateral, except such as have been filed in favor of the Collateral Agent
pursuant to this Agreement, in favor of the Revolving Credit Collateral Agent or in favor of any
holder of a Permitted Encumbrance with respect to such Permitted Encumbrance or financing
statements or public notices relating to the termination statements listed on Schedule 7 to
the Perfection Certificate or relating to Liens permitted by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4.5. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
SECTION 4.6. Due Authorization and Issuance. All of the Pledged Securities existing on the date
hereof have been, and to the extent any Pledged Securities are hereafter issued, such Pledged
Securities will be, upon such issuance, duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable to the extent applicable. There is no amount or other obligation owing by any
Pledgor to any issuer of the Pledged Securities in exchange for or in connection with the issuance
of the Pledged Securities or any Pledgors status as a partner or a member of any issuer of the
Pledged Securities.
SECTION 4.7. Consents, etc. In the event that the Collateral Agent desires to exercise any remedies,
voting or consensual rights or attorney-in-fact powers set forth in this Agreement and determines
it necessary to obtain any approvals or consents of any Governmental Authority or any other Person
therefor, then, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, such Pledgor agrees to use its
best efforts to assist and aid the Collateral Agent to obtain as soon as practicable any necessary
approvals or consents for the exercise of any such remedies, rights and powers.
SECTION 4.8. Pledged Collateral. All information set forth herein, including the schedules hereto,
and all information contained in any documents, schedules and lists heretofore delivered
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to any Secured Party, including the Perfection Certificate and the schedules thereto, in
connection with this Agreement, in each case, relating to the Pledged Collateral, is accurate and
complete in all material respects. The Pledged Collateral described on the schedules to the
Perfection Certificate constitutes all of the property of such type of Pledged Collateral owned or
held by the Pledgors (other than Immaterial Intellectual Property Collateral).
SECTION 4.9. Insurance. In the event that the proceeds of any insurance claim are paid to any
Pledgor after the Collateral Agent has exercised its right to foreclose after an Event of Default,
such Net Cash Proceeds shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and
immediately after receipt thereof shall be paid to the Collateral Agent for application in
accordance with the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE V
CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING SECURITIES COLLATERAL
SECTION 5.1. Pledge of Additional Securities Collateral. Each Pledgor shall, upon obtaining any
Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes of any Person, accept the same in trust for the benefit of
the Collateral Agent and promptly (but in any event within thirty days (or such longer period as
may be determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) after receipt thereof) deliver to
the Collateral Agent a pledge amendment, duly executed by such Pledgor, in substantially the form
of Exhibit 2 hereto (each, a Pledge Amendment), and to the extent required
thereunder, the certificates and other documents required under Section 3.1 and Section
3.2 hereof in respect of the additional Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes which are to
be pledged pursuant to this Agreement, and confirming the attachment of the Lien hereby created on
and in respect of such additional Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes. Each Pledgor hereby
authorizes the Collateral Agent to attach each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that
all Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes listed on any Pledge Amendment delivered to the
Collateral Agent shall for all purposes hereunder be considered Pledged Collateral.
SECTION 5.2. Voting Rights; Distributions; etc.
(a) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual
rights pertaining to the Securities Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not
inconsistent with the terms or purposes hereof, the Credit Agreement or any other document
evidencing the Secured Obligations; provided, however, that no Pledgor shall
in any event exercise such rights in any manner which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain, and to utilize free and
clear of the Lien hereof, any and all Distributions, but only if and to the extent not
prohibited by the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that any and all such
Distributions consisting of rights or interests in the form of securities shall be forthwith
delivered to the Collateral Agent to hold as Pledged Collateral and shall, if received by
any Pledgor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, be segregated
from the other property or funds of such Pledgor and be promptly (but in any event within
five days (or such longer period as may be determined by the Collateral
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Agent in its sole discretion) after receipt thereof) delivered to the Collateral Agent
as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
(b) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent
shall be deemed without further action or formality to have granted to each Pledgor all necessary
consents relating to voting rights and shall, if necessary, upon written request of any Pledgor and
at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, from time to time execute and deliver (or cause to be
executed and delivered) to such Pledgor all such instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request
in order to permit such Pledgor to exercise the voting and other rights which it is entitled to
exercise pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) hereof and to receive the Distributions which it is
authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) hereof.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and notice by the
Collateral Agent:
(i) All rights of each Pledgor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights it
would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) hereof shall
immediately cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral
Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting and other
consensual rights.
(ii) All rights of each Pledgor to receive Distributions which it would otherwise be
authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) hereof shall
immediately cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent,
which shall thereupon have the sole right to receive and hold as Pledged Collateral such
Distributions.
(d) Each Pledgor shall, at its sole cost and expense, from time to time execute and deliver to
the Collateral Agent appropriate instruments as the Collateral Agent may request in order to permit
the Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and other rights which it may be entitled to exercise
pursuant to Section 5.2(c)(i) hereof and to receive all Distributions which it may be
entitled to receive under Section 5.2(c)(ii) hereof.
(e) All Distributions which are received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of
Section 5.2(c)(ii) hereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such Pledgor and shall immediately be paid over to
the Collateral Agent as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement).
SECTION 5.3. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
SECTION 5.4. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]
SECTION 5.5. Certain Agreements of Pledgors As Issuers and Holders of Equity Interests.
(a) In the case of each Pledgor which is an issuer of Securities Collateral, such Pledgor
agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Securities Collateral issued by
it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it.
(b) In the case of each Pledgor which is a partner, shareholder or member, as the case may be,
in a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, such Pledgor hereby consents to
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the extent required by the applicable Organizational Document to the pledge by each other
Pledgor, pursuant to the terms hereof, of the Pledged Securities in such partnership, limited
liability company or other entity and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, to the transfer of such Pledged Securities to the Collateral Agent or its nominee and
to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as a substituted partner, shareholder or
member in such partnership, limited liability company or other entity with all the rights, powers
and duties of a general partner, limited partner, shareholder or member, as the case may be.
ARTICLE VI
CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY COLLATERAL
PROPERTY COLLATERAL
SECTION 6.1. Grant of Intellectual Property License. For the purpose of enabling the Collateral
Agent, during the continuance of an Event of Default, to exercise rights and remedies under
Article IX hereof at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to
exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Pledgor hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent an irrevocable, non-exclusive license and, to the extent permitted under
Intellectual Property Licenses granting such Pledgor rights in Intellectual Property, sublicense
(in each case, exercisable without payment of royalties or other compensation to such Pledgor) to
use, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property Collateral now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Pledgor, wherever the same may be located; provided that the quality of
any products in connection with which the Trademarks are used will not be materially inferior to
the quality of such products prior to such Event of Default. Such license shall include access to
all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs
used for the compilation or printout hereof.
SECTION 6.2. Protection and Maintenance of Intellectual Property Collateral. On a continuing
basis, each Pledgor shall, at its sole cost and expense, (i) within thirty (30) days of its
becoming aware thereof, notify the Collateral Agent of any adverse determination in any proceeding
(not including office or other matters in the ordinary course of prosecution before the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or any foreign
counterpart) or the institution of any proceeding in any federal, state or local court or
administrative body or in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States
Copyright Office regarding any Material Intellectual Property Collateral, such Pledgors right to
register such Material Intellectual Property Collateral or its right to keep and maintain such
Material Intellectual Property Collateral in full force and effect, (ii) maintain all Material
Intellectual Property Collateral as presently used and operated, except as shall be consistent with
commercially reasonable business judgment, (iii) not permit to lapse or become abandoned any
Material Intellectual Property Collateral, (iv) take action to prosecute infringers and violators
of Material Intellectual Property Collateral, and not settle or compromise any pending or future
litigation or administrative proceeding with respect to any Material Intellectual Property
Collateral, in each case, except as shall be consistent with commercially reasonable business
judgment, (v) not license (a) any Material Intellectual Property Collateral in a manner that would
materially impair the value of such Material Intellectual Property Collateral or (b) any
Intellectual Property Collateral in a manner that impairs the Lien on and security interest in the
Intellectual Property Collateral created hereby, in each case without the consent of the Collateral
Agent, (vi) diligently keep adequate records respecting all Intellectual Property Collateral, (vii)
without limiting the Collateral Agents rights and each Pledgors obligations under Section
6.3 below, furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time upon the Collateral
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Agents request therefor reasonably detailed statements and amended schedules further
identifying and describing the Intellectual Property Collateral and such other materials evidencing
or reports pertaining to any Intellectual Property Collateral as the Collateral Agent may from time
to time request, (viii) make commercially reasonable efforts to require the use of statutory notice
of registration in connection with its use of registered Trademarks, proper marking practices in
connection with the use of Patents (including the removal of expired patents from being marked on
the Pledgors products), and appropriate notice of Copyright in connection with the publication of
material subject to Copyrights and (ix) maintain the level of quality of products sold and services
rendered under any Trademarks owned by such Pledgor at a level at least consistent with the quality
of such products and services as of the date hereof to the extent consistent with reasonable
business judgment, and adequately control the quality of goods an services offered by any licensees
of its Trademarks to maintain such standards.
SECTION 6.3. After-Acquired Property. If any Pledgor shall at any time after the date hereof (i)
obtain any ownership or other rights in and/or to any additional Intellectual Property (including
trademark applications for which evidence of the use of such trademarks in interstate commerce has
been submitted to and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to 15
U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or a successor provision)) or (ii) become entitled to the benefit of any
additional Intellectual Property or any renewal or extension thereof, including any reissue,
division, continuation, or continuation-in-part of any Intellectual Property Collateral, or any
improvement on any Intellectual Property Collateral, the provisions of this Agreement shall
automatically apply thereto and any such item described in the preceding clause (i) or (ii) (other
than any Excluded Property) shall automatically constitute Intellectual Property Collateral as if
such would have constituted Intellectual Property Collateral at the time of execution hereof and
such Intellectual Property (other than any Excluded Property) shall be subject to the Lien and
security interest created by this Agreement without further action by any party. Concurrently with
the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(d) of the Credit Agreement,
each Pledgor shall provide to the Collateral Agent written notice of any of the foregoing
Intellectual Property owned by such Pledgor which is the subject of a registration or application
and confirm the attachment of the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement to any
rights described in clauses (i) and (ii) above by the delivery of an executed instrument or other
statement(s) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent as shall be
reasonably necessary to create, record, preserve, protect or perfect the Collateral Agents lien
and security interest in such Intellectual Property. Further, each Pledgor authorizes the
Collateral Agent to modify this Agreement by amending Schedules 12(a) and 12(b) to
the Perfection Certificate to include any Intellectual Property Collateral of such Pledgor acquired
or arising after the date hereof.
SECTION 6.4. Litigation. Unless there shall occur and be continuing any Event of Default, each
Pledgor shall have the right to commence and prosecute in its own name, as the party in interest,
for its own benefit and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, such applications for
protection of the Intellectual Property Collateral and suits, proceedings or other actions to
prevent the infringement, counterfeiting, unfair competition, dilution, diminution in value or
other damage as are necessary to protect the Intellectual Property Collateral. Upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right but
shall in no way be obligated to file applications for protection of the Intellectual Property
Collateral and/or bring suit in the name of any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties to enforce the Intellectual Property Collateral and any license thereunder. In the event
of such suit, after an Event of Default, each Pledgor shall, at the reasonable request of the
Collateral Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all documents requested by the
Collateral Agent in aid of such enforcement and the Pledgors shall promptly reimburse and indemnify
the Collateral Agent for all costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in the exercise of
its rights under this Section 6.4 in accordance with Section 11.03 of the Credit Agreement.
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the event that the Collateral Agent shall elect not to bring suit to enforce the Intellectual
Property Collateral, each Pledgor agrees, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, to
take all commercially reasonable actions necessary, whether by suit, proceeding or other action, to
prevent the infringement, counterfeiting, unfair competition, dilution, diminution in value of or
other damage to any of the Intellectual Property Collateral by any Person.
ARTICLE VII
CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING RECEIVABLES
SECTION 7.1. Maintenance of Records. Each Pledgor shall keep and maintain at its own cost and
expense complete records of Receivables in all material respects, in a manner consistent with
prudent business practice, including records of all payments received, all credits granted thereon,
all merchandise returned and all other documentation relating thereto. Each Pledgor shall, at such
Pledgors sole cost and expense, upon the Collateral Agents demand made at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, deliver all tangible evidence of
Receivables, including all documents evidencing Receivables and any books and records relating
thereto to the Collateral Agent or to its representatives (copies of which evidence and books and
records may be retained by such Pledgor). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may transfer a full and complete copy of any Pledgors
books, records, credit information, reports, memoranda and all other writings relating to the
Receivables to and for the use by any Person that has acquired or is contemplating acquisition of
an interest in the Receivables or the Collateral Agents security interest therein without the
consent of any Pledgor.
SECTION 7.2. Modification of Terms, etc. No Pledgor shall rescind or cancel any obligations
evidenced by any Receivable or modify any term thereof or make any adjustment, discount, credit,
rebate or reduction with respect thereto except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
prudent business practice except as may be permitted by any Loan Document, or extend or renew any
such obligations except in the ordinary course of business consistent with prudent business
practice or compromise or settle any dispute, claim, suit or legal proceeding relating thereto or
sell any Receivable or interest therein except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
prudent business practice except as may be permitted by any Loan Documents, without the prior
written consent of the Collateral Agent. Each Pledgor shall timely fulfill all obligations on its
part to be fulfilled under or in connection with the Receivables except as may be otherwise
consistent with the exercise of reasonable business judgment in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 7.3. Collection. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be
collected from the Account Debtor of each of the Receivables, as and when due in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with prudent business practice (including Receivables that are
delinquent, such Receivables to be collected in accordance with generally accepted commercial
collection procedures), any and all amounts owing under or on account of such Receivable, and apply
forthwith upon receipt thereof all such amounts as are so collected to the outstanding balance of
such Receivable, except that any Pledgor may, with respect to a Receivable, allow in the ordinary
course of business (i) a refund or credit due as a result of returned or damaged or defective
merchandise and (ii) such extensions of time to pay amounts due in respect of Receivables and such
other modifications of payment terms or settlements in respect of Receivables as shall be
commercially reasonable in the circumstances, all in accordance with such Pledgors ordinary course
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collection practices as in effect from time to time. The costs and expenses (including
attorneys fees) of collection, in any case, whether incurred by any Pledgor, the Collateral Agent
or any Secured Party, shall be paid by the Pledgors.
ARTICLE VIII
TRANSFERS
SECTION 8.1. Transfers of Pledged Collateral. No Pledgor shall sell, convey, assign or otherwise
dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Pledged Collateral pledged by it
hereunder except as not prohibited by the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
REMEDIES
SECTION 9.1. Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the
Collateral Agent may from time to time (alternatively, successively or concurrently on any one or
more occasions) exercise in respect of the Pledged Collateral, in addition to the other rights and
remedies provided for herein, under the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to it, the
following remedies:
(i) Personally, or by agents or attorneys, immediately take possession of the Pledged
Collateral or any part thereof, from any Pledgor or any other Person who then has possession of any
part thereof with or without notice or process of law, and for that purpose may enter upon any
Pledgors premises where any of the Pledged Collateral is located, remove such Pledged Collateral,
remain present at such premises to receive copies of all communications and remittances relating to
the Pledged Collateral and use in connection with such removal and possession any and all services,
supplies, aids and other facilities of any Pledgor;
(ii) Demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or property at any time payable or
receivable in respect of the Pledged Collateral including instructing the obligor or obligors on
any agreement, instrument or other obligation constituting part of the Pledged Collateral to make
any payment required by the terms of such agreement, instrument or other obligation directly to the
Collateral Agent, and in connection with any of the foregoing, compromise, settle, extend the time
for payment and make other modifications with respect thereto; provided, however,
that in the event that any such payments are made directly to any Pledgor, prior to receipt by any
such obligor of such instruction, such Pledgor shall segregate all amounts received pursuant
thereto in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and shall promptly (but in no event later
than one Business Day after receipt thereof) pay such amounts to the Collateral Agent;
(iii) Sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate and dispose of, or direct
any Pledgor to sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate and dispose of, any and
all investments made in whole or in part with the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, and take
possession of the proceeds of any such sale, assignment, license, liquidation or disposition;
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(iv) Take possession of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, by directing any Pledgor
in writing to deliver the same to the Collateral Agent at any place or places so designated by the
Collateral Agent, in which event such Pledgor shall at its own expense: (A) forthwith cause the
same to be moved to the place or places designated by the Collateral Agent and therewith delivered
to the Collateral Agent, (B) store and keep any Pledged Collateral so delivered to the Collateral
Agent at such place or places pending further action by the Collateral Agent and (C) while the
Pledged Collateral shall be so stored and kept, provide such security and maintenance services as
shall be necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain them in good condition. Each
Pledgors obligation to deliver the Pledged Collateral as contemplated in this Section
9.1(iv) is of the essence hereof. Upon application to a court of equity having jurisdiction,
the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to a decree requiring specific performance by any Pledgor of
such obligation;
(v) Withdraw all moneys, instruments, securities and other property in any bank, financial
securities, deposit or other account of any Pledgor constituting Pledged Collateral for application
to the Secured Obligations as provided in Article X hereof;
(vi) Retain and apply the Distributions to the Secured Obligations as provided in Article
X hereof;
(vii) Exercise any and all rights as beneficial and legal owner of the Pledged Collateral,
including perfecting assignment of and exercising any and all voting, consensual and other rights
and powers with respect to any Pledged Collateral;
(viii) In the Collateral Agents own name, in the name of a nominee of the Collateral Agent,
or in the name of any Pledgor, communicate (by mail, telephone, facsimile or otherwise) with the
Account Debtors and other obligors in respect of Receivables of such Pledgor and parties to
contracts with such Pledgor, to verify with such Persons, to the Collateral Agents satisfaction,
the existence, amount, terms of, and any other matter relating to, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Payment
Intangibles, General Intangibles, Instruments and other Receivables that are Pledged Collateral;
and
(ix) Exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor upon a default under the UCC,
and the Collateral Agent may also in its sole discretion, without notice except as specified in
Section 9.2 hereof, sell, assign or grant a license to use the Pledged Collateral or any
part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, brokers board or
at any of the Collateral Agents offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery,
and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially
reasonable. The Collateral Agent may be the purchaser, licensee, assignee or recipient of the
Pledged Collateral or any part thereof at any such sale and shall be entitled, for the purpose of
bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the
Pledged Collateral sold, assigned or licensed at such sale, to use and apply any of the Secured
Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price of the Pledged Collateral or any part
thereof payable at such sale. Each purchaser, assignee, licensee or recipient at any such sale
shall acquire the property sold, assigned or licensed absolutely free from any claim or right on
the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future
have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. The Collateral Agent
shall not be obligated to make any sale of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof regardless of
notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from
time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without
further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Pledgor hereby
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims against the
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Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Pledged Collateral
or any part thereof may have been sold, assigned or licensed at such a private sale was less than
the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the
first offer received and does not offer such Pledged Collateral to more than one offeree.
SECTION 9.2. Notice of Sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent notice of
sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof shall be required by law,
10 days prior notice to such Pledgor of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after
which any private sale or other intended disposition is to take place shall be commercially
reasonable notification of such matters. No notification need be given to any Pledgor if it has
signed, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, a statement renouncing or modifying any right
to notification of sale or other intended disposition.
SECTION 9.3. Waiver of Notice and Claims. Each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, notice or judicial hearing in connection with the Collateral Agents
taking possession or the Collateral Agents disposition of the Pledged Collateral or any part
thereof, including any and all prior notice and hearing for any prejudgment remedy or remedies and
any such right which such Pledgor would otherwise have under law, and each Pledgor hereby further
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) all damages occasioned by such
taking of possession, (ii) all other requirements as to the time, place and terms of sale or other
requirements with respect to the enforcement of the Collateral Agents rights hereunder and (iii)
all rights of redemption, appraisal, valuation, stay, extension or moratorium now or hereafter in
force under any applicable law. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any incorrect or
improper payment made pursuant to this Article IX in the absence of gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral Agent. Any sale of, or the grant of options to
purchase, or any other realization upon, any Pledged Collateral shall operate to divest all right,
title, interest, claim and demand, either at law or in equity, of the applicable Pledgor therein
and thereto, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against such Pledgor and
against any and all Persons claiming or attempting to claim the Pledged Collateral so sold,
optioned or realized upon, or any part thereof, from, through or under such Pledgor.
SECTION 9.4. Certain Sales of Pledged Collateral.
(a) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in law, rules,
regulations or orders of any Governmental Authority, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with
respect to any sale of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, to limit purchasers to those who
meet the requirements of such Governmental Authority. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such
sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Collateral Agent than those obtainable
through a public sale without such restrictions, and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees
that any such restricted sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner
and that, except as may be required by applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall have no
obligation to engage in public sales.
(b) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the
Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with
respect to any sale of all or any part of the Securities Collateral and Investment Property, to
limit purchasers to Persons who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Securities
Collateral or Investment Property for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sales may be at
prices and on terms less favorable to the Collateral Agent than those obtainable through a public
sale without such restrictions (including a public offering made pursuant to a registration
statement under the Securities Act), and, notwithstanding such
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circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a
commercially reasonable manner and that the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to engage in
public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Securities Collateral or Investment
Property for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for a form of
public sale requiring registration under the Securities Act or under applicable state securities
laws, even if such issuer would agree to do so.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Pledgor shall, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, at the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, cause any registration, qualification under or compliance with any
federal or state securities law or laws to be effected with respect to all or any part of the
Securities Collateral as soon as practicable and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors.
Each Pledgor will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration to be effected
(and be kept effective) and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such
qualification and compliance to be effected (and be kept effective) as may be so requested and as
would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of such Securities Collateral including
registration under the Securities Act (or any similar statute then in effect), appropriate
qualifications under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance
with all other requirements of any Governmental Authority. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Collateral Agent to be kept advised in writing as to the progress
of each such registration, qualification or compliance and as to the completion thereof, shall
furnish to the Collateral Agent such number of prospectuses, offering circulars or other documents
incident thereto as the Collateral Agent from time to time may request, and shall indemnify and
shall cause the issuer of the Securities Collateral to indemnify the Collateral Agent and all
others participating in the distribution of such Securities Collateral against all claims, losses,
damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material
fact contained therein (or in any related registration statement, notification or the like) or by
any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein (or in any related registration statement,
notification or the like) a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading.
(d) If the Collateral Agent determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the
Securities Collateral or Investment Property, upon written request, the applicable Pledgor shall
from time to time furnish to the Collateral Agent all such information as the Collateral Agent may
request in order to determine the number of securities included in the Securities Collateral or
Investment Property which may be sold by the Collateral Agent as exempt transactions under the
Securities Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, as the same are
from time to time in effect.
(e) Each Pledgor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this
Section 9.4 will cause irreparable injury to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured
Parties, that the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in
respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this
Section 9.4 shall be specifically enforceable against such Pledgor, and such Pledgor hereby
waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such
covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
SECTION 9.5. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
(a) No failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, no course of dealing with
respect to, and no delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in exercising, any right, power or
remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
such right, power, privilege or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
the exercise of any
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other right, power, privilege or remedy; nor shall the Collateral Agent be required to look
first to, enforce or exhaust any other security, collateral or guaranties. All rights and remedies
herein provided are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law or
otherwise available.
(b) In the event that the Collateral Agent shall have instituted any proceeding to enforce any
right, power, privilege or remedy under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by foreclosure,
sale, entry or otherwise, and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any
reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Collateral Agent, then and in every such
case, the Pledgors, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall be restored to their
respective former positions and rights hereunder with respect to the Pledged Collateral, and all
rights, remedies, privileges and powers of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall
continue as if no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 9.6. Certain Additional Actions Regarding Intellectual Property. If any Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, upon the written demand of the Collateral Agent, each
Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an assignment or assignments of such
Pledgors rights in the Intellectual Property Collateral, in recordable form with respect to those
items of the Intellectual Property Collateral consisting of registered Patents, Trademarks and/or
Copyrights (or applications therefor) and such other documents as are necessary or appropriate to
carry out the intent and purposes hereof. Within five Business Days of written notice thereafter
from the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall make available to the Collateral Agent, to the extent
within such Pledgors power and authority, such personnel in such Pledgors employ on the date of
the Event of Default as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate to permit such Pledgor to
continue, directly or indirectly, to produce, advertise and sell the products and services sold by
such Pledgor under the registered Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights of such Pledgor, and such
Persons shall be available to perform their prior functions on the Collateral Agents behalf.
ARTICLE X
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
SECTION 10.1. Application of Proceeds. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the
proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other
realization upon all or any part of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to the exercise by the
Collateral Agent of its remedies shall be applied, together with any other sums then held by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1. Concerning Collateral Agent.
(a) The Collateral Agent has been appointed as collateral agent pursuant to the Credit
Agreement. The actions of the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the
Credit Agreement. The Collateral Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give
notices,
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to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking action
(including the release or substitution of the Pledged Collateral), in accordance with this
Agreement and the Credit Agreement. The Collateral Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact
in connection herewith and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents
or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith. The Collateral Agent may resign and a successor
Collateral Agent may be appointed in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as the Collateral Agent by a successor Collateral Agent, that
successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent under this Agreement, and the
retiring Collateral Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and obligations under this
Agreement. After any retiring Collateral Agents resignation, the provisions hereof shall inure to
its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement while it was
the Collateral Agent.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and
preservation of the Pledged Collateral in its possession if such Pledged Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Collateral Agent, in its individual capacity,
accords its own property consisting of similar instruments or interests, it being understood that
neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Secured Parties shall have responsibility for (i)
ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or
other matters relating to any Securities Collateral, whether or not the Collateral Agent or any
other Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters or (ii) taking any necessary
steps to preserve rights against any Person with respect to any Pledged Collateral.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notice, statement,
certificate, order or other document or any telephone message believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and, with respect to all
matters pertaining to this Agreement and its duties hereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by
it.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 11.17 and 11.18 hereof, if any
item of Pledged Collateral also constitutes collateral granted to the Collateral Agent under any
other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type, in the event
of any conflict between the provisions hereof and the provisions of such other deed of trust,
mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such collateral, the
Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, shall select which provision or provisions shall control.
(e) The Collateral Agent may rely on advice of counsel as to whether any or all UCC financing
statements of the Pledgors need to be amended as a result of any of the changes described in
Section 5.13 of the Credit Agreement. If any Pledgor fails to provide information to the
Collateral Agent about such changes on a timely basis, the Collateral Agent shall not be liable or
responsible to any party for any failure to maintain a perfected security interest in such
Pledgors property constituting Pledged Collateral, for which the Collateral Agent needed to have
information relating to such changes. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire about
such changes if any Pledgor does not inform the Collateral Agent of such changes, the parties
acknowledging and agreeing that it would not be feasible or practical for the Collateral Agent to
search for information on such changes if such information is not provided by any Pledgor.
SECTION 11.2. Collateral Agent May Perform; Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. If any
Pledgor shall fail to perform any covenants contained in this Agreement (including such Pledgors
covenants to (i) pay the premiums in respect of all required insurance policies
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hereunder, (ii) pay and discharge any taxes, assessments and special assessments, levies, fees
and governmental charges imposed upon or assessed against, and landlords, carriers, mechanics,
workmens, repairmens, laborers, materialmens, suppliers and warehousemens Liens and other
claims arising by operation of law against, all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral, (iii)
make repairs, (iv) discharge Liens or (v) pay or perform any obligations of such Pledgor under any
Pledged Collateral) or if any representation or warranty on the part of any Pledgor contained
herein shall be breached, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) do the same or
cause it to be done or remedy any such breach, and may expend funds for such purpose;
provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall in no event be bound to inquire
into the validity of any tax, Lien, imposition or other obligation which such Pledgor fails to pay
or perform as and when required hereby and which such Pledgor does not contest in accordance with
the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Any and all amounts so expended by the Collateral Agent
shall be paid by the Pledgors in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.03 of the Credit
Agreement. Neither the provisions of this Section 11.2 nor any action taken by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11.2 shall prevent any such
failure to observe any covenant contained in this Agreement nor any breach of representation or
warranty from constituting an Event of Default. Each Pledgor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent
its attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in
the name of such Pledgor, or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agents discretion to
take any action and to execute any instrument consistent with the terms of the Credit Agreement,
this Agreement and the other Security Documents which the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof (but the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to and
shall have no liability to such Pledgor or any third party for failure to so do or take action).
The foregoing grant of authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such
appointment shall be irrevocable for the term hereof. Each Pledgor hereby ratifies all that such
attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SECTION 11.3. Continuing Security Interest; Assignment. This Agreement shall create a continuing
security interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall (i) be binding upon the Pledgors, their
respective successors and assigns and (ii) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the
Collateral Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties
and each of their respective successors, transferees and assigns. No other Persons (including any
other creditor of any Pledgor) shall have any interest herein or any right or benefit with respect
hereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (ii), any Secured Party may assign
or otherwise transfer any indebtedness held by it secured by this Agreement to any other Person,
and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof
granted to such Secured Party, herein or otherwise, subject however, to the provisions of the
Credit Agreement and, in the case of a Secured Party that is a party to a Hedging Agreement, such
Hedging Agreement. Each of the Pledgors agrees that its obligations hereunder and the security
interest created hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as applicable, if at
any time payment, or any part thereof, of all or any part of the Secured Obligations is rescinded
or must otherwise be restored by the Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any
Pledgor or otherwise.
SECTION 11.4. Termination; Release. Upon full payment of the Secured Obligations, this Agreement
shall terminate. Upon termination of this Agreement the Pledged Collateral shall be released from
the Lien of this Agreement. Upon such release or any release of Pledged Collateral or any part
thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall upon
the request and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors (subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement), assign, transfer and deliver to the relevant Pledgor, against receipt and
without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent except as to the fact that the Collateral
Agent has not encumbered the released assets, such of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof to
be released (in the case of a release)
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as may be in possession of the Collateral Agent and as shall not have been sold or otherwise
applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and, with respect to any other Pledged Collateral, proper
documents and instruments (including any necessary UCC-3 termination financing statements or
releases) acknowledging the termination hereof or the release of such Pledged Collateral, as the
case may be, in each case pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 11.5. Modification in Writing. No amendment, modification, supplement, termination or
waiver of or to any provision hereof, nor consent to any departure by any Pledgor therefrom, shall
be effective unless the same shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and
unless in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent. Any amendment, modification or supplement of
or to any provision hereof, any waiver of any provision hereof and any consent to any departure by
any Pledgor from the terms of any provision hereof in each case shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is
specifically required by this Agreement or any other document evidencing the Secured Obligations,
no notice to or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle any Pledgor to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 11.6. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Credit Agreement, any notice or
other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be given in the manner and
become effective as set forth in the Credit Agreement. Notices to any Pledgor or the Collateral
Agent shall be addressed to such party at the address set forth in the Credit Agreement, or in each
case at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other
party complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 11.6.
SECTION 11.7. Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.
Sections 11.09 and 11.10 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if a
part hereof.
SECTION 11.8. Severability of Provisions. Any provision hereof which is invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions
hereof or affecting the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.9. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or
supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery
of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other
electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other similar format) shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.10. Business Days. In the event any time period or any date provided in this Agreement
ends or falls on a day other than a Business Day, then such time period shall be deemed to end and
such date shall be deemed to fall on the next succeeding Business Day, and performance herein may
be made on such Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such other day.
SECTION 11.11. No Credit for Payment of Taxes or Imposition. Such Pledgor shall not be entitled to
any credit against the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Credit Agreement,
and such Pledgor shall not be entitled to any credit against any other sums which may
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become payable under the terms thereof or hereof, by reason of the payment of any Tax on the
Pledged Collateral or any part thereof.
SECTION 11.12. No Claims Against Collateral Agent. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall
constitute any consent or request by the Collateral Agent, express or implied, for the performance
of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the
Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, nor as giving any Pledgor any right, power or authority to
contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials
or other property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against the Collateral
Agent in respect thereof or any claim that any Lien based on the performance of such labor or
services or the furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the Lien hereof.
SECTION 11.13. No Release. Nothing set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor the
exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of the rights or remedies hereunder, shall relieve any
Pledgor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on such Pledgors part
to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Pledged Collateral or from any
liability to any Person under or in respect of any of the Pledged Collateral or shall impose any
obligation on the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term,
covenant, condition or agreement on such Pledgors part to be so performed or observed or shall
impose any liability on the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on
the part of such Pledgor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on
the part of such Pledgor contained in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan
Documents, or under or in respect of the Pledged Collateral or made in connection herewith or
therewith. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Collateral Agent nor any
other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any contracts, agreements and
other documents included in the Pledged Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or
duties of any Pledgor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any such contract,
agreement or other document included in the Pledged Collateral hereunder. The obligations of each
Pledgor contained in this Section 11.13 shall survive the termination hereof and the
discharge of such Pledgors other obligations under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
SECTION 11.14. Obligations Absolute. All obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and
unconditional irrespective of:
(i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition,
liquidation or the like of any other Pledgor;
(ii) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any Hedging
Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(iii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to
any departure from the Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or any other Loan Document or
any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(iv) any pledge, exchange, release or non-perfection of any other collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any guarantee, for all or
any of the Secured Obligations;
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(v) any exercise, non-exercise or waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege under
or in respect hereof, the Credit Agreement, any Hedging Agreement or any other Loan
Document; or
(vi) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to,
or a discharge of, any Pledgor.
SECTION 11.15. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE
LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES,
PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE
OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. ANY
REFERENCE IN THIS AGREEMENT TO A FIRST PRIORITY SECURITY INTEREST OR WORDS OF SIMILAR EFFECT IN
DESCRIBING THE SECURITY INTERESTS CREATED HEREUNDER SHALL BE UNDERSTOOD TO REFER TO SUCH PRIORITY
SUBJECT TO THE CLAIMS OF THE REVOLVING CREDIT CLAIMHOLDERS ON REVOLVING CREDIT PRIORITY COLLATERAL
(AS DEFINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT) AS PROVIDED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND
THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
SECTION 11.16. Delivery of Collateral. Prior to the Discharge of Revolving Credit Secured
Obligations, to the extent any Pledgor is required hereunder to deliver Pledged Collateral that is
Revolving Credit Priority Collateral to the Collateral Agent for purposes of possession and control
and is unable to do so as a result of having previously delivered such Pledged Collateral to any of
the Revolving Credit Agents in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Credit Security
Documents, such Pledgors obligations hereunder with respect to such delivery shall be deemed
satisfied by the delivery to such Revolving Credit Agents, acting as a gratuitous bailee and/or
sub-agent of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
SECTION 11.17. Mortgages. In the case of a conflict between this Agreement and the Mortgages with respect
to Pledged Collateral that is real property (including Fixtures), the Mortgages shall govern. In
all other conflicts between this Agreement and the Mortgages, this Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 11.18. Conflicts with Canadian Security Agreement.
(a) In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and provisions contained in this Agreement
and the terms and provisions contained in the Credit Agreement, it is the intention of the parties
hereto that such terms and provisions in such documents shall be read together and construed, to
the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual,
irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the
Credit Agreement shall control and govern. In the event of a direct conflict between the terms and
provisions contained in this Agreement and the terms and provisions contained in the Canadian
Security Agreement, solely with respect to the Borrower, it is the intention of the parties hereto
that such terms and provisions in such
documents shall be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in
concert with each other. In the
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event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot
be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of the Canadian Security Agreement shall control
and govern.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
NOVELIS INC., as a Pledgor |
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By: | /s/ Randal P. Miller | |||
Name: | Randal P. Miller | |||
Title: | ||||
NOVELIS CORPORATION, as a Pledgor |
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By: | /s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Name: | Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Title: | ||||
NOVELIS PAE CORPORATION, as a Pledgor |
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By: | /s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Name: | Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Title: | ||||
NOVELIS BRAND LLC, as a Pledgor |
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By: | /s/ Marion Barnes | |||
Name: | Marion Barnes | |||
Title: | ||||
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, as a Pledgor |
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By: | /s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Name: | Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Title: |
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ALUMINUM UPSTREAM HOLDINGS LLC, as a Pledgor |
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By: | /s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Name: | Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Title: | ||||
NOVELIS ACQUISITIONS LLC, as a Pledgor |
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By: | /s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Name: | Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Title: | ||||
NOVELIS NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS INC., as a Pledgor |
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By: | /s/ Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Name: | Leslie J. Parrette Jr. | |||
Title: | ||||
NOVELIS NO. 1 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, |
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By: | 4260848 CANADA INC. | |||
Its: General Partner | ||||
By: | /s/ Marion Barnes | |||
Name: | Marion Barnes | |||
Title: | ||||
NOVELIS SERVICES LIMITED, |
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By: | /s/ Randal P. Miller | |||
Name: | Randal P. Miller | |||
Title: |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent |
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By: | /s/ Christopher Kelly Wall | |||
Name: | Christopher Kelly Wall | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
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EXHIBIT 1
ISSUERS ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned hereby
(i) acknowledges as of this day
of ,
20 , receipt of the Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Security Agreement; capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Security Agreement), dated as of December 17, 2010, made by NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated
under the Canada Business Corporations Act, and the Guarantors party thereto, in favor of BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such
capacity, the Collateral Agent), (ii) agrees promptly to note on its books the security
interests granted to the Collateral Agent and confirmed under the Security Agreement, (iii) agrees
that it will comply with instructions of the Collateral Agent with respect to the applicable
Securities Collateral without further consent by the applicable Pledgor, (iv) agrees to notify the
Collateral Agent upon obtaining knowledge of any interest in favor of any Person in the applicable
Securities Collateral that is adverse to the interest of the Collateral Agent therein and (v)
waives any right or requirement at any time hereafter to receive a copy of the Security Agreement
in connection with the registration of any Securities Collateral thereunder in the name of the
Collateral Agent or its nominee or the exercise of voting rights by the Collateral Agent or its
nominee.
[ ] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
EXHIBIT 2
SECURITIES PLEDGE AMENDMENT
This Securities Pledge Amendment, dated as of [________ ___, 20__] (Securities Pledge
Amendment), is delivered by [ ] (the Pledgor), in favor of BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such
capacity, the Collateral Agent), pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Security
Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the Security Agreement; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement), dated as of December 17, 2010,
made by NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under the Canada Business Corporations Act, and the
Guarantors party thereto, in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as the Collateral Agent.
As collateral security for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations,
the Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a lien on and security interest in all of the right, title and interest of the Pledgor in,
to and under the Pledged Securities and Intercompany Notes listed on this Securities Pledge
Amendment and all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing (other than Excluded Property).
The Pledgor hereby agrees that this Securities Pledge Amendment may be attached to the
Security Agreement and that the Pledged Securities and/or Intercompany Notes listed on this
Securities Pledge Amendment shall be deemed to be and shall become part of the Pledged Collateral
and shall secure all Secured Obligations.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS SECURITIES PLEDGE
AMENDMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED
PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF
ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS
SECURITIES PLEDGE AMENDMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND
CONTROL.
PLEDGED SECURITIES
PERCENTAGE OF | ||||||||||
CLASS | NUMBER OF SHARES | ALL ISSUED CAPITAL | ||||||||
OF STOCK | PAR | CERTIFICATE | OR | OR OTHER EQUITY | ||||||
ISSUER | OR INTERESTS | VALUE | NO(S). | INTERESTS | INTERESTS OF ISSUER | |||||
INTERCOMPANY NOTES
PRINCIPAL | DATE OF | INTEREST | MATURITY | |||||
ISSUER | AMOUNT | ISSUANCE | RATE | DATE | ||||
[ ], as Pledgor |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT 3
JOINDER AGREEMENT
[Name of New Pledgor]
[Address of New Pledgor]
[Address of New Pledgor]
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the Security Agreement; capitalized terms used but
not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security
Agreement), dated as of December 17, 2010, made by NOVELIS INC., a corporation amalgamated under
the Canada Business Corporations Act, and the Guarantors party thereto, in favor of BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such
capacity, the Collateral Agent).
This Joinder Agreement (Joinder Agreement) supplements the Security Agreement and is
delivered by the undersigned, [ ] (the New Pledgor), pursuant to
Section 3.5 of the Security Agreement. The New Pledgor hereby agrees to be bound as a
Guarantor and as a Pledgor party to the Security Agreement by all of the terms, covenants and
conditions set forth in the Security Agreement to the same extent that it would have been bound if
it had been a signatory to the Security Agreement on the date of the Security Agreement. The New
Pledgor also hereby agrees to be bound as a Pledgor by all of the terms, covenants and conditions
applicable to it set forth in Articles V, VI and VII of the Credit Agreement to the same extent
that it would have been bound if it had been a signatory to the Credit Agreement on the execution
date of the Credit Agreement (provided that for purposes of this sentence, references in such
Articles to Closing Date or the date hereof shall be deemed to be the date of execution of this
Joinder Agreement). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Pledgor hereby
grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent, as collateral security for the full, prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, a lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title
and interest in, to and under the Pledged Collateral and expressly assumes all obligations and
liabilities of a Guarantor and Pledgor thereunder. The New Pledgor hereby makes each of the
representations and warranties and agrees to each of the covenants applicable to the Pledgors
contained in the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement.
Annexed hereto are supplements to each of the schedules to the Security Agreement and the
Credit Agreement, as applicable, with respect to the New Pledgor. Such supplements shall be deemed
to be part of the Security Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable.
This Joinder Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Joinder Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic
transmission (including in pdf format or other similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a
manually executed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION
OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE
COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT AND
THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER
ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR
INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, THE
PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Pledgor has caused this Joinder Agreement to be executed and
delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
[NEW PLEDGOR] |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
[Schedules to be attached]
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EXHIBIT 4
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________] ( Copyright Security
Agreement), by [__________] and [___________] (individually, an Assignor, and,
collectively, the Assignors), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking
association located at 1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, in its capacity as collateral
agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the Assignee).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Assignors are party to a Security Agreement of even date herewith (the
Security Agreement) in favor of the Assignee pursuant to which the Assignors are required
to execute and deliver this Copyright Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Assignor and the
Assignee hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement. For purposes of this Copyright
Security Agreement, the term Copyrights shall mean, collectively, all copyrights (whether
statutory or common law, whether established, registered or recorded in the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether
published or unpublished) and all mask works (as such term is defined in 17 U.S.C. Section 901, et
seq.), together with any and all (i) copyright registrations and applications, (ii) rights and
privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such copyrights, (iii) renewals and
extensions thereof and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and
payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, including damages and payments
for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof, (v) rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue for past, present or future infringements
thereof.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Copyright Collateral. As collateral security
for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations, each Assignor hereby
pledges and grants to the Assignee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security
interest in all of the right, title and interest of such Assignor in, to and under the following
property, wherever located, and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to
time (collectively, the Pledged Copyright Collateral):
(a) all Copyrights of such Assignor, including, without limitation, the registered and
applied-for Copyrights of such Assignor listed on Schedule I attached hereto; and
(b) all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions
and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, and any and all
Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Assignor from time to
time with respect to any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (a) and (b) above, the security
interest created by this Copyright Security Agreement shall not extend to any Excluded Property.
SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The lien and security interest granted pursuant to
this Copyright Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the lien and security interest
granted to the Assignee pursuant to the Security Agreement and Assignors hereby acknowledge and
affirm that the rights and remedies of the Assignee with respect to the lien and security interest
in the Copyrights made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement. In
the event that any provision of this Copyright Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the
Security Agreement, the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control unless the Assignee
shall otherwise determine.
SECTION 4. Recordation. Each Assignor hereby authorizes and requests that the United
States Copyright Office record this Copyright Security Agreement.
SECTION 5. Termination. When all the Secured Obligations have been paid in full and
the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or
been sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Copyright
Security Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination of this Copyright Security Agreement the
Pledged Copyright Collateral shall be released from the Lien of this Copyright Security Agreement
and upon the request and at the sole cost and expense of the Assignors, the Assignee shall execute,
acknowledge, and deliver to the Assignors an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the
Pledged Copyright Collateral from the Lien of this Copyright Security Agreement.
SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Copyright Security Agreement and any amendments,
waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the
same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Copyright Security
Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other
similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Copyright
Security Agreement.
SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Copyright Security Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of
law principles that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
SECTION 8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE
CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ASSIGNEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED
PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY
THE ASSIGNEE AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR
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INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS COPYRIGHT
SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Assignor has caused this Copyright Security Agreement to be executed
and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
[ASSIGNORS]1 |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Accepted and Agreed: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Assignee |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
1 | This document needs only to be executed by Pledgors that hold registered or applied-for Copyrights that are subject to the Lien of the Security Agreement. |
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Acknowledgement of ASSIGNOR
State of
|
) | |||||
) | ss. | |||||
County of
|
) |
On this [ ] day of ___________, 20__ before me personally appeared [______________________],
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed the foregoing
instrument on behalf of [______________________], who being by me duly sworn did depose
and say that he is an authorized officer of said [corporation], that the said instrument was signed
on behalf of said [corporation] as authorized by its [Board of Directors] and that he acknowledged
said instrument to be the free act and deed of said [corporation].
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: _______________
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SCHEDULE I
to
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS AND COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS
to
COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT
COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS AND COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS
Copyright Registrations:
registration | ||||
owner | number | title of work | ||
Copyright Applications:
owner | title of work | |
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EXHIBIT 5
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________] (Patent Security Agreement), by
[________] and [_________] (individually, an Assignor, and, collectively, the
Assignors), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association located at
1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to the
Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the Assignee).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Assignors are party to a Security Agreement of even date herewith (the
Security Agreement) in favor of the Assignee pursuant to which the Assignors are required
to execute and deliver this Patent Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Assignor and the
Assignee hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement. For purposes of this Patent
Security Agreement, the term Patents shall mean, collectively, all patents, patent
applications, certificates of inventions, industrial designs and rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world (whether established or registered or recorded in the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) rights and
privileges arising under applicable law with respect to any of the foregoing, (ii) inventions and
improvements described and claimed therein, (iii) reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals,
extensions and continuations-in-part thereof and amendments thereto, (iv) income, fees, royalties,
damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect
thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or other
violations thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to sue
for past, present or future infringements or other violations thereof.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Patent Collateral. As collateral security
for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations, each Assignor hereby
pledges and grants to the Assignee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security
interest in all of the right, title and interest of such Assignor in, to and under the following
property, wherever located, and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to
time (collectively, the Pledged Patent Collateral):
(a) all Patents of such Assignor, including, without limitation, the registered and
applied-for Patents of such Assignor listed on Schedule I attached hereto; and
(b) all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions
and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, and any and all
Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Assignor from time to
time with respect to any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (a) and (b) above, the security
interest created by this Patent Security Agreement shall not extend to any Excluded Property.
SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The lien and security interest granted pursuant to
this Patent Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the lien and security interest
granted to the Assignee pursuant to the Security Agreement and Assignors hereby acknowledge and
affirm that the rights and remedies of the Assignee with respect to the lien and security interest
in the Patents made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement. In the
event that any provision of this Patent Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the Security
Agreement, the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control unless the Assignee shall
otherwise determine.
SECTION 4. Recordation. Each Assignor hereby authorizes and requests that the
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks record this Patent and Security Agreement.
SECTION 5. Termination. When all the Secured Obligations have been paid in full and
the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or
been sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Patent
Security Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination of this Patent Security Agreement the Pledged
Patent Collateral shall be released from the Lien of this Patent Security Agreement and upon the
request and at the sole cost and expense of the Assignors, the Assignee shall execute, acknowledge,
and deliver to the Assignors an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the Pledged
Patent Collateral from the Lien of this Patent Security Agreement.
SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Patent Security Agreement and any amendments, waivers,
consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Patent Security
Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other
similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Patent
Security Agreement.
SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Patent Security Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of
law principles that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
SECTION 8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE
CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ASSIGNEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED
PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE
ASSIGNEE AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR
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INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS PATENT SECURITY
AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Assignor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be executed and
delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
[ASSIGNORS]2 |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
Accepted and Agreed: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Assignee |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
2 | This document needs only to be executed by Pledgors that hold registered or applied-for Patents that are subject to the Lien of the Security Agreement. |
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Acknowledgement of ASSIGNOR
State of
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) | |||||
) | ss. | |||||
County of
|
) |
On this [ ] day of ___________, 20__ before me personally appeared [______________________],
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed the foregoing
instrument on behalf of [______________________], who being by me duly sworn did depose
and say that he is an authorized officer of said [corporation], that the said instrument was signed
on behalf of said [corporation] as authorized by its [Board of Directors] and that he acknowledged
said instrument to be the free act and deed of said [corporation].
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: _______________
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SCHEDULE I
to
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
to
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
PATENT REGISTRATIONS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS
Patent Registrations:
registration | ||||
owner | number | name | ||
Patent Applications:
application | ||||
owner | number | name | ||
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EXHIBIT 6
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [__________] ( Trademark Security
Agreement), by [________] and [________] (individually, an Assignor, and, collectively, the
Assignors), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association located at
1455 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to the
Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the Assignee).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Assignors are party to a Security Agreement of even date herewith (the
Security Agreement) in favor of the Assignee pursuant to which the Assignors are required
to execute and deliver this Trademark Security Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Assignor and the
Assignee hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement. For purposes of this Trademark
Security Agreement, the term Trademarks shall mean, collectively, all trademarks
(including service marks and certification marks), slogans, logos, certification marks, trade
dress, Internet Domain Names, corporate names and trade names, whether registered or unregistered
(whether statutory or common law and whether established or registered in the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) registrations
and applications for any of the foregoing, (ii) goodwill connected with the use thereof and
symbolized thereby, (iii) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to the
use of any of the foregoing, (iv) reissues, continuations, extensions and renewals thereof and
amendments thereto, (v) income, fees, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or
payable thereunder and with respect thereto, including damages, claims and payments for past,
present or future infringements, dilutions or other violations thereof, (vi) rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world and (vii) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements,
dilutions or other violations thereof.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest in Trademark Collateral. As collateral security
for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations, each Assignor hereby
pledges and grants to the Assignee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security
interest in all of the right, title and interest of such Assignor in, to and under the following
property, wherever located, and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to
time (collectively, the Pledged Trademark Collateral):
(a) all Trademarks of such Assignor, including, without limitation, the registered and
applied-for Trademarks of such Assignor listed on Schedule I attached hereto; and
(b) all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions
and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, and any and all
Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Assignor from time to
time with respect to any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (a) through (c) above, the security
interest created by this Trademark Security Agreement shall not extend to any Excluded Property.
SECTION 3. Security Agreement. The lien and security interest granted pursuant to
this Trademark Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the lien and security interest
granted to the Assignee pursuant to the Security Agreement and Assignors hereby acknowledge and
affirm that the rights and remedies of the Assignee with respect to the lien and security interest
in the Trademarks made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement. In
the event that any provision of this Trademark Security Agreement is deemed to conflict with the
Security Agreement, the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control unless the Assignee
shall otherwise determine.
SECTION 4. Recordation. Each Assignor hereby authorizes and requests that the
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks record this Trademark Security Agreement.
SECTION 5. Termination. When all the Secured Obligations have been paid in full and
the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or
been sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Trademark
Security Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination of this Trademark Security Agreement the
Pledged Trademark Collateral shall be released from the Lien of this Trademark Security Agreement
and upon the request and at the sole cost and expense of the Assignors, the Assignee shall execute,
acknowledge, and deliver to the Assignors an instrument in writing in recordable form releasing the
Pledged Trademark Collateral from the Lien of this Trademark Security Agreement.
SECTION 6. Counterparts. This Trademark Security Agreement and any amendments,
waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the
same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Trademark Security
Agreement by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other
similar format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Trademark
Security Agreement.
SECTION 7. Governing Law. This Trademark Security Agreement shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of
law principles that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
SECTION 8. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT GOVERNS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE
CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE ASSIGNEE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SECURED
PARTIES, PURSUANT TO THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY
THE ASSIGNEE AND THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT OR
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INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS TRADEMARK
SECURITY AGREEMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Assignor has caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be executed
and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
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Accepted and Agreed: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Assignee |
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Acknowledgement of ASSIGNOR
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County of
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On this [ ] day of ___________, 20__ before me personally appeared [______________________],
proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who executed the foregoing
instrument on behalf of [______________________], who being by me duly sworn did depose
and say that he is an authorized officer of said [corporation], that the said instrument was signed
on behalf of said [corporation] as authorized by its [Board of Directors] and that he acknowledged
said instrument to be the free act and deed of said [corporation].
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: _______________
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SCHEDULE I
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TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
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TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT
TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS AND TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS
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EXHIBIT 7
FORM OF BAILEE LETTER
Bank of America, N.A.
1455 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Attn: Bridgett Manduk
Fax: 415-503-5011
1455 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Attn: Bridgett Manduk
Fax: 415-503-5011
Re: [__________]
[__________] (the Bailor), a [__________] [and a subsidiary of Novelis Inc.] (the
Borrower), now does or hereafter may deliver to certain premises [managed][owned] by
[__________] (the Bailee), a [__________], on behalf of the Bailor as owner and located
at [__________] (the Premises), certain of its [DESCRIBE PROPERTY SUBJECT TO BAILMENT]
for [DESCRIBE PURPOSE FOR WHICH PROPERTY HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO BAILEE].
The Borrower and certain of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the Companies) have
entered into financing arrangements with certain financial institutions (the Lenders),
pursuant to a Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented,
extended, renewed, refunded, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time in one or
more agreements, the Credit Agreement) for which Bank of America, N.A. shall act as
administrative agent and collateral agent (collectively in such capacities, the Agent).
As a condition to the Agents and the Lenders loans and other financial accommodations to the
Companies, the Agent and the Lenders require, among other things, liens on all of the Bailors
property located on the Premises, and the proceeds thereof (the Collateral). Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Credit Agreement
To induce the Agent and the Lenders (together with their respective agents and assigns) to
enter into said financing arrangements, and for other good and valuable consideration, the Bailee
hereby acknowledges receipt of the above notice, and hereby further agrees that:
(i) title to the Collateral remains with the Bailor while the Collateral is in
the custody, control or possession of the Bailee, the undersigned, to the best of
its knowledge without special inquiry, does not know of any security interest or
claim with respect to such goods or proceeds, other than the security interest which
is the subject of this letter agreement, and the Bailee will not assert against the
Collateral any lien, right of distraint or levy, right of offset, claim, deduction,
counterclaim, security or other interest in the Collateral, including any of the
foregoing which might arise or exist in its favor pursuant to any agreement, common
law, statute (including the Federal Bankruptcy Code) or otherwise, all of which the
undersigned hereby subordinates in favor of the Agent;
(ii) the Collateral shall be clearly identified or identifiable as being owned
by the Bailor and is distinguishable from the property of the Bailee and other
property in its possession;
(iii) none of the Collateral located on the Premises shall be permitted to
become a fixture to the Premises;
(iv) the Bailee has not issued, and shall not issue, any negotiable documents
or other negotiable instruments in respect of any Collateral;
(v) if the Borrower defaults on its obligations to the Agent and the Lenders,
subject to any grace period, and, as a result, the Agent undertakes to enforce its
security interest in the Collateral, the Bailee, upon receipt of reasonable written
confirmation of the currency and existence of a default (a) will hold the Collateral
for the Agents account for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and release the
Collateral only to the Agent or its designee, (b) will permit the Agent to enter the
Premises upon reasonable notice and during regular business hours and without unduly
interrupting the Bailees operations, to inspect, assemble, take possession of, and
remove all of the Collateral located on the Premises and will reasonably cooperate
with the Agent in its efforts to do so; (c) will permit the Collateral to remain on
the Premises for forty-five (45) days after the Agent notifies the Bailee in writing
of the default, or, at the Agents option, to remove the Collateral from the
Premises within a reasonable time, not to exceed forty-five (45) days after the
Agent notifies the undersigned in writing of the default; (d) will not hinder the
Agents actions in enforcing its liens on the Collateral; and (e) after the Agent
notifies the Bailee in writing of the default, will, without further consent or
agreement of the Bailor, abide solely by Agents lawful instructions with respect to
the Collateral, and not those of the Bailor; and
(vi) the Bailee hereby waives and releases, for Agents benefit, any and all
claims, liens, including bailees liens, and demands of every kind which Bailee has
or may later have against the Collateral (including any right to include such goods
in any secured financing to which Bailee may become party).
The Bailee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes Agent (or its designee) to file
at any time prior to the payment in full of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) in any jurisdiction and with such filing offices as the Agent so chooses such financing
statements naming the Bailee as the debtor consignee, the Bailor as the secured party consignor,
and the Agent as assignee, describing the Collateral in a manner that Agent believes is reasonably
necessary or desirable to protect its security interest in the Bailors property, and including any
other information with respect to the Bailee required under the Uniform Commercial Code for the
sufficiency of such financing statement or for it to be accepted by the filing office of any
applicable jurisdiction (and any amendments or continuations with respect thereto);
provided, however, Agent shall provide to Bailor for review copies of any such filings to
be made, sufficiently in advance of filing and once filed, final copies of such filings.
Any notice(s) required or desired to be given hereunder shall be directed to the party to be
notified at the address stated herein.
The agreements contained herein shall continue in force until the Borrowers obligations and
liabilities to the Agent and the Lenders are paid and satisfied in full and all financing
arrangements among the Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower have been terminated.
The consent of the Bailor hereto constitutes its acknowledgment that Agent may assert any of
the rights set forth or referred to herein, without objection by the Bailor, and that the Bailee
may act in accordance with this letter agreement without liability to the Bailor. By its signature
below, the
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Bailor agrees to reimburse the Bailee for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the
Bailee as a direct result of compliance with this letter agreement.
The Bailee will notify all successor owners, transferees, purchasers and mortgagees of the
Premises of the existence of this waiver. The agreements contained herein may not be modified or
terminated orally and shall be binding upon the successors, assigns and personal representatives of
the undersigned.
[Signature pages follow]
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This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
to this letter agreement on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this letter agreement by
facsimile, e-mail or other electronic transmission (including in pdf format or other similar
format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this letter agreement.
The undersigned hereby waives notice of acceptance of this letter agreement by Agent.
Executed and
delivered this ___ day of , 20
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[__________] [Address] |
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CONSENTED AND AGREED TO: [__________] [Address] |
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. 1455 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Attn: Bridgett Manduk Fax: 415-503-5011 |
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