The Collateral Agent (a) Secured Party hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof, together with all such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
(b) The obligations of the Collateral Agent hereunder are only those expressly set forth in this Agreement.
(c) The Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts.
(d) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in connection with this Agreement (1) with the consent or at the request of Secured Party or (2) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability by acting in reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, statement, or other writing (which may be a bank wire, telex or similar writing) believed by it to be genuine or to be signed by the proper party or parties.
(e) Pledgor shall indemnify the Collateral Agent against any cost, expense (including counsel fees and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or liability (except such as result from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct) that the Collateral Agent may suffer or incur in connection with this Agreement or any action taken or omitted by the Collateral Agent hereunder.
(f) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent, bailee, clearing corporation or securities intermediary or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any of the Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any agent, bailee, clearing corporation or securities intermediary selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith (or selected by an agent, bailee, clearing corporation or securities intermediary so selected by the Collateral Agent or by any agent, bailee, clearing corporation or securities intermediary selected in accordance with this parenthetical phrase).
(g) Any corporation or association into which the Collateral Agent may be converted or merged, or with which it may be consolidated, or to which it may sell or transfer its agency business or assets as a whole or substantially as a whole, or any corporation or association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which it is a party, shall, subject to the prior written consent of Secured Party, be and become a successor Collateral Agent hereunder and vested with all of the title to the Collateral and all of the powers, discretions, immunities, privileges and other matters as was its predecessor without, except as provided above, the execution or filing of any instrument or any further act, deed or conveyance on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
To induce Collateral Agent and Lenders to enter into this Amendment, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Collateral Agent and Lenders as follows:
Real Estate Collateral If at any time following the Initial Funding Date, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter is greater than a ratio equal to 0.10x below the maximum Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio permitted pursuant to Section 7.1 for two consecutive Fiscal Quarters (the “Mortgage Trigger Event”), Borrowers shall, within 120 days following delivery of the Compliance Certificate related to such Fiscal Quarter, cause all Material Real Property of the Obligors to be subjected to a Lien securing the Obligations and shall deliver to Administrative Agent the following documents with respect to each parcel of Material Real Property:
(a) a Mortgage, duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto in recordable form (in such number of copies as Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested) and, if necessary to limit any mortgage recording tax, such Mortgage shall have a stated secured amount not exceeding 110% of the value of the relevant property as reasonably determined by Administrative Agent;
(b) (i) one or more mortgagee policies of title insurance in the form of and issued by one or more title companies reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (the “Title Companies”), insuring the validity and first-priority of the Liens created under each Mortgage for and in amounts and containing such endorsements and affirmative coverage reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, subject only to such exceptions as are reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and, to the extent necessary or advisable under applicable law, for filing in the appropriate county land office, Uniform Commercial Code financing statements covering fixtures (or any similar filings in the applicable jurisdiction), in each case appropriately completed and, as appropriate, duly executed, and (ii) evidence that Borrowers shall have paid to the Title Companies (x) all expenses and premiums of the Title Companies in connection with the issuance of such policies and (y) an amount equal to the recording and stamp taxes (or any other amounts) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages in the appropriate office;
(c) if any portion of any such property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (as now or hereafter in effect or successor act thereto), (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to Administrative Agent and the Lenders evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent;
(d) any existing as-built surveys of each parcel of the Mortgaged Property to the extent in Borrowers’ possession;
(e) any existing appraisals of each parcel of the Mortgaged Property to the extent in Borrowers’ possession;
(f) a “Phase I” environmental survey and assessment prepared by a firm of licensed engineers familiar with the identification of toxic and Hazardous Materials and reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, such “Phase I” environmental survey and assessment to be based upon physical on-site inspections by such firm of each of the Mortgaged Properties, as well as a historical review of the uses of such sites and facilities and of the business and operations of Borrowers and the Subsidiaries (including any former Subsidiaries or divisions of Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries that have been disposed of prior to the date of such survey and assessment and with respect to which Borrowers or any of the Subsidiaries may have retained liability for environmental matters); and
(g) such other documents and instruments in connection with the Mortgages as shall reasonably be deemed necessary by Administrative Agent or any Lender (including life of loan flood hazard determination certificates for all Mortgaged Properties and, if applicable, related Borrower notices), and evidence that all other actions that Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary in order to create valid first and subsisting Liens on the property described in the Mortgages has been taken. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 5.9 to the contrary, prior to the execution, delivery and recording of any Mortgages with respect to any Material Real Property as a result of a Mortgage Trigger Event, the Lenders shall have had a period of not less than 45 days following the date of the most recent Compliance Certificate to complete its flood insurance due diligence with respect to such Material Real Property.
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, 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 Agent’s 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) 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.
Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Loans shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8 of the Credit Agreement, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, promptly upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all of the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.7.
The Collateral Agent’s Duties (a) The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Parties’ interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not any Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property.
(b) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Collateral Agent may from time to time, when the Collateral Agent deems it to be necessary, appoint one or more subagents (each a “Subagent”) for the Collateral Agent hereunder with respect to all or any part of the Collateral. In the event that the Collateral Agent so appoints any Subagent with respect to any Collateral, (i) the assignment and pledge of such Collateral and the security interest granted in such Collateral by each Grantor hereunder shall be deemed for purposes of this Security Agreement to have been made to such Subagent, in addition to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the Secured Obligations of such Grantor, (ii) such Subagent shall automatically be vested, in addition to the Collateral Agent, with all rights, powers, privileges, interests and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder with respect to such Collateral, and (iii) the term “Collateral Agent,” when used herein in relation to any rights, powers, privileges, interests and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to such Collateral, shall include such Subagent; provided, however, that no such Subagent shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any such Collateral unless and except to the extent expressly authorized in writing by the Collateral Agent.
Location of the Collateral Except in the ordinary course of Grantor’s business, Grantor agrees to keep the Collateral (or to the extent the Collateral consists of intangible property such as accounts or general intangibles, the records concerning the Collateral) at Grantor’s address shown above or at such other locations as are acceptable to Lender. Upon Lender’s request, Grantor will deliver to Lender in form satisfactory to Lender a schedule of real properties and Collateral locations relating to Grantor’s operations, including without limitation the following: (1) all real property Grantor owns or is purchasing; (2) all real property Grantor is renting or leasing; (3) all storage facilities Grantor owns, rents, leases, or uses; and (4) all other properties where Collateral is or may be located.
The Collateral (a) The payment of the principal of and interest, and premium, if any, on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise and whether by the Issuer pursuant to the Notes or by any Secured Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee and the payment of all other First Lien Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and the Collateral Documents relating to the Notes are secured by First Liens on the Collateral, subject to Permitted Liens, as provided in the Collateral Documents relating to the Notes which the Issuer and the Guarantors have entered into simultaneously with the execution of this Indenture, or in certain circumstances, subsequent to the Issue Date or the Merger Date, and will be secured as provided in the Collateral Document relating to the Notes hereafter delivered as required or permitted by this Indenture.
(b) Each Holder of Notes, by its acceptance of the Notes and the Guarantees of the Notes, will be deemed to have consented and agreed to the terms of each Collateral Document relating to the Notes, as originally in effect and as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms or the terms of this Indenture, to have authorized and directed the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to enter into the Collateral Documents relating to the Notes to which it is a party, and to have authorized and empowered the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, and (through the Intercreditor Agreement) the Directing Agent to bind the Holders of Notes and other holders of First Lien Obligations as set forth in the Collateral Documents to which they are a party and to perform its respective obligations and exercise its respective rights and powers thereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such consent or deemed consent shall be deemed or construed to represent an amendment or waiver, in whole or in part, of any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. The foregoing will not limit the right of the Issuer to amend, waive or otherwise modify the Collateral Documents relating to the Notes in accordance with their terms.
(c) The Trustee and each Holder, by accepting the Notes and the Guarantees of the Notes, acknowledges that, as more fully set forth in the Collateral Documents relating to the Notes, the Collateral as now or hereafter constituted shall be held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of all the Holders, the Collateral Agent and the Trustee, and that the Lien granted by the Collateral Documents relating to the Notes in respect of the Trustee and the Holders is subject to and qualified and limited in all respects by the Collateral Documents relating to the Notes and actions that may be taken thereunder. In the event of conflict between the Intercreditor Agreement, any of the other Collateral Documents and this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
Sell the Collateral Lender shall have full power to sell, lease, transfer, or otherwise deal with the Collateral or proceeds thereof in Lender’s own name or that of Grantor. Lender may sell the Collateral at public auction or private sale. Unless the Collateral threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, Lender will give Grantor, and other persons as required by law, reasonable notice of the time and place of any public sale, or the time after which any private sale or any other disposition of the Collateral is to be made. However, no notice need be provided to any person who, after Event of Default occurs, enters into and authenticates an agreement waiving that person’s right to notification of sale. The requirements of reasonable notice shall be met if such notice is given at least ten (10) days before the time of the sale or disposition. All expenses relating to the disposition of the Collateral, including without limitation the expenses of retaking, holding, insuring, preparing for sale and selling the Collateral, shall become a part of the Indebtedness secured by this Agreement and shall be payable on demand, with interest at the Note rate from date of expenditure until repaid. Appoint Receiver. Lender shall have the right to have a receiver appointed to take possession of all or any part of the Collateral, with the power to protect and preserve the Collateral, to operate the Collateral preceding foreclosure or sale, and to collect the Rents from the Collateral and apply the proceeds, over and above the cost of the receivership, against the Indebtedness. The receiver may serve without bond if permitted by law. Lender’s right to the appointment of a receiver shall exist whether or not the apparent value of the Collateral exceeds the Indebtedness by a substantial amount. Employment by Lender shall not disqualify a person from serving as a receiver.
Concerning the Collateral and the Related Loan Documents Each Lender authorizes and directs the Agent to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral, for the ratable benefit of the Agent and the Lenders. Each Lender agrees that any action taken by the Agent, Majority Lenders or Required Lenders, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents relating to the Collateral, and the exercise by the Agent, the Majority Lenders, or the Required Lenders, as applicable, of their respective powers set forth therein or herein, together with such other powers that are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.