Execution Copy
PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated as of June 7, 1999, among XxXXXXXXX
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Panamanian corporation (the "Borrower"), each
Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule I hereto or becoming a
party hereto as provided in Section 24 (each such Subsidiary
individually a "Subsidiary Pledgor" and, collectively, the "Subsidiary
Pledgors"; the Borrower and the Subsidiary Pledgors are referred to
collectively herein as the "Pledgors") and CITIBANK, N.A. ("CitiBank"),
as collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent").
Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of June 7, 1999
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto (the "Lenders"),
Citibank, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent"), and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Barney, Inc., as lead arranger and book runner (the
"Lead Arranger and Book Runner") and (b) the Loan Documents referred to in the
Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall
have meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
The Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower, pursuant to, and
upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the Credit Agreement.
The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans are conditioned upon, among other
things, the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of a Pledge Agreement in the
form hereof to secure (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of
and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the
pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on
the Loans made to the Borrower, when and as due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii)
all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities,
whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including
monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding), of the Borrower to the Lenders under the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document and (b) the due and punctual performance of
all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower under or
pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document (all the monetary
and other obligations referred to in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) being
referred to collectively called the "Obligations"). Each Pledgor agrees that the
Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to
or further assent from it, and that the security interest granted hereunder and
the obligations of each Pledgor will survive any extension or renewal of any
Obligation.
Accordingly, the Pledgors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and each Secured Party (and each of their respective successors or assigns)
hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Pledge. As security for the payment and performance, as the
case may be, in full of the Obligations, each Pledgor hereby transfers, grants,
bargains, sells, conveys, hypothecates, pledges, sets over and delivers unto the
Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, and hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Pledgor's right, title and
interest in, to and under (a) all shares of Capital Stock of Acquisition Sub and
JRMSA and all securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of such
Capital Stock owned by it as of the date hereof, all of which are listed on
Schedule II hereto, and any shares of Capital Stock of Acquisition Sub and JRMSA
and all securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of such Capital
Stock obtained in the future by such Pledgor and the certificates representing
all such shares of Capital Stock or securities (the "Pledged Securities"); (b)
subject to Section 5, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash,
instruments and other property from time to
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time received, receivable or otherwise distributed, in respect of, in exchange
for or upon the conversion of the securities referred to in clause (a) above;
(c) subject to Section 5, all rights and privileges of the Pledgor with respect
to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above;
and (d) all proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses
(a) through (d) above being collectively referred to as the "Collateral"). Upon
delivery to the Collateral Agent, (a) any stock certificates or other securities
now or hereafter included in the Collateral shall be accompanied by stock powers
duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably request and (b) all other property comprising part of the
Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of assignment duly
executed by the applicable Pledgor and such other instruments or documents as
the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities
shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities theretofore and
then being pledged hereunder, which schedule shall be attached hereto as
Schedule II and made a part hereof. Each schedule so delivered shall supersede
any prior schedules so delivered.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Collateral, together with all right, title,
interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto,
unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit
of the Secured Parties, forever; subject, however, to the terms, covenants and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2. Delivery of the Collateral. Each Pledgor agrees promptly to
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any and all Pledged
Securities, and any and all certificates or other instruments or documents
representing the Collateral.
SECTION 3. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each Pledgor
hereby represents, warrants and covenants, as to itself and the Collateral
pledged by it hereunder, to and with the Collateral Agent that:
(a) the Pledged Securities represent that percentage as set
forth on Schedule II of the issued and outstanding shares of each class
of the Capital Stock of the issuer with respect thereto;
(b) except for the security interest granted hereunder, each
Pledgor (i) is and will at all times continue to be the direct owner,
beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on
Schedule II, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, (iii)
will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or
create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on,
the Collateral, other than pursuant hereto, and (iv) subject to Section
5, will cause any and all Collateral, whether for value paid by the
Pledgor or otherwise, to be forthwith deposited with the Collateral
Agent and pledged or assigned hereunder;
(c) such Pledgor (i) has the power and authority to pledge the
Collateral in the manner hereby done or contemplated and (ii) will
defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all
Liens (other than the Lien created by this Agreement), however arising,
of all persons whomsoever;
(d) no consent of any other person (including stockholders or
creditors of any Pledgor) and no consent or approval of any
Governmental Authority or any securities exchange was or is necessary
to the validity of the pledge effected hereby, and there is no
provision in the charter or other organizational documents of any
issuer of Pledged Securities that would limit or otherwise be
inconsistent with the rights granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder
in respect of such Pledged Securities;
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(e) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Pledgors of
this Agreement, when the Pledged Securities, certificates or other
documents representing or evidencing the Collateral are delivered (with
appropriate notations being made in the share registry of JRMSA and
Acquisition Sub) to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agree
ment, the Collateral Agent will obtain, a valid and perfected first
lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security
for the payment and performance of the Obligations;
(f) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, the rights of the
Collateral Agent in the Collateral as set forth herein;
(g) all of the Pledged Securities have been duly authorized
and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable;
(h) all information set forth herein relating to the Pledged
Securities is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the
date hereof; and
(i) the pledge of the Pledged Securities pursuant to this
Agreement does not violate Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve
Board or any successor thereto as of the date hereof.
SECTION 4. Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. The Collateral
Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and
absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in the name of the Pledgors
(or, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in
its own name as pledgee or in the name of its nominee as pledgee or as
sub-agent) endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent.
Each Pledgor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or
other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities
registered in the name of such Pledgor. The Collateral Agent shall at all times
have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for
certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with
this Agreement.
SECTION 5. Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc. (a) Unless and
until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all
voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of
Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with
the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents; provided, however, that such Pledgor will not be entitled to
exercise any such right if the result thereof could materially and
adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of the Pledged
Securities or the rights and remedies of any of the Secured Parties
under this Agreement or the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document
or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.
(ii) The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to each
Pledgor, or cause to be executed and delivered to each Pledgor, all
such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Pledgor
may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Pledgor to
exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled
to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and to receive the cash
dividends it is entitled to receive pursuant to subparagraph (iii)
below.
(iii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain any
and all cash dividends, interest and principal paid on the Pledged
Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such cash
dividends, interest and principal are permitted by, and otherwise paid
in
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accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the
other Loan Documents and applicable laws. All noncash dividends,
interest and principal, and all dividends, interest and principal paid
or payable in cash or otherwise in connection with a partial or total
liquidation or dissolution, return of capital, capital surplus or
paid-in surplus, and all other distributions (other than distributions
referred to in the preceding sentence) made on or in respect of the
Pledged Securities, whether paid or payable in cash or otherwise,
whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification
of the outstanding Capital Stock of the issuer of any Pledged
Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part
thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger,
consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such
issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the
Collateral, and, if received by any Pledgor, shall not be commingled by
such Pledgor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held
separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of
the Collateral Agent and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral
Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, all rights of any Pledgor to dividends, interest or principal that such
Pledgor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) above shall
cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral
Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive
and retain such dividends, interest or principal. All dividends, interest or
principal received by the Pledgor contrary to the provisions of this Section 5
shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be
segregated from other property or funds of such Pledgor and shall be forthwith
delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the same form as so received
(with any necessary endorsement). Any and all money and other property paid over
to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this
paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be
established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property
and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 7. After all
Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Collateral Agent shall, within
five Business Days after all such Events of Default have been cured or waived,
repay to each Pledgor all cash dividends, interest or principal (without
interest), that such Pledgor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to
the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) above and which remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, all rights of any Pledgor to exercise the voting and consensual rights
and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this
Section 5, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii)
of this Section 5, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become
vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right
and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers, provided
that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent
shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of
an Event of Default to permit the Pledgors to exercise such rights. After all
Events of Default have been cured or waived, such Pledgor will have the right to
exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers that it would otherwise be
entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) above.
SECTION 6. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, subject to applicable regulatory and legal
requirements, the Collateral Agent may sell the Collateral, or any part thereof,
at public or private sale or at any broker's board or on any securities
exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent
shall deem appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such
sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or
purchasers to persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the
Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the
Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the
purchaser or
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purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale
shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part
of any Pledgor, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Pledgors
hereby waive all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal any Pledgor
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 give a Pledgor 10 days' prior written notice
(which each Pledgor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section
9-504(3) of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or
its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent's intention to
make any sale of such Pledgor's Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public
sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at
a broker's board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange
at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion
thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such
public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours
and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the
notice of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be
sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the
Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The
Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it
shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such
Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or
publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be
adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for
sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place
to which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the
Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may
be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid in full by the
purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any
liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay
for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may
be sold again upon like notice. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 6, any Secured Party
may bid for or purchase, free from any right of redemption, stay or appraisal on
the part of any Pledgor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released),
the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on
account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to it from such Pledgor
as a credit against the purchase price, and it may, upon compliance with the
terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further
accountability to such Pledgor therefor. For purposes hereof, (a) a written
agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as
a sale thereof, (b) the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale
pursuant to such agreement and (c) such Pledgor shall not be entitled to the
return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding
the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an
agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations
paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred
upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity
to foreclose upon the Collateral and to sell the Collateral or any portion
thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent
jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6 shall be deemed to conform to the
commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-504(3) of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or its equivalent in other
jurisdictions.
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SECTION 7. Application of Proceeds of Sale. The proceeds of any sale of
Collateral pursuant to Section 6, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash,
shall be applied by the Collateral Agent as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by
the Collateral Agent in connection with such sale or otherwise in
connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the
Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and
expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances
made by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document
on behalf of any Pledgor and any other costs or expenses incurred in
connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under
any other Loan Document;
SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations (the amounts
so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in
accordance with the amounts of the Obligations owed to them on the date
of any such distribution); and
THIRD, to the Pledgors, their successors or assigns, or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of
application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this
Agreement. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including
pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding),
the receipt of the purchase money by the Collateral Agent or of the officer
making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers
of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be
obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over
to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the
misapplication thereof.
SECTION 8. Reimbursement of Collateral Agent. (a) Each Pledgor agrees
to pay upon demand to the Collateral Agent the amount of any and all reasonable
expenses, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of its
counsel and of any experts or agents, that the Collateral Agent may incur in
connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or
preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any
of the Collateral, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the
Collateral Agent hereunder or (iv) the failure by such Pledgor to perform or
observe any of the provisions hereof.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the
other Loan Documents, each Pledgor agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and
the Indemnitees (as defined in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement) against,
and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, charges and
disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in
any way connected with, or as a result of any claim, litigation, investigation
or proceeding (including any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding with
respect to any Environmental Law or tax matters) relating to (i) the execution
or delivery of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or
instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto
of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the
Transactions and the other transactions contemplated thereby or (ii) the use of
proceeds of the Loans, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto,
provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to
the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses
are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable
judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of such
Indemnitee.
(c) Any amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional
Obligations secured hereby. The provisions of this Section 8 shall remain
operative and in full force and effect
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regardless of the termination of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the
invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 8 shall be
payable on written demand therefor and shall bear interest at the rate specified
in Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 9. Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Pledgor
hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Pledgor for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any
action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary
or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable
and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in
the Collateral Agent's name or in the name of such Pledgor, to ask for, demand,
xxx for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to
become due under and by virtue of any Collateral, to endorse checks, drafts,
orders and other instruments for the payment of money payable to the Pledgor
representing any interest or dividend or other distribution payable in respect
of the Collateral or any part thereof or on account thereof and to give full
discharge for the same, to settle, compromise, prosecute or defend any action,
claim or proceeding with respect thereto, and to sell, assign, endorse, pledge,
transfer and to make any agreement respecting, or otherwise deal with, the same;
provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring
or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry
as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent,
or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to
the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect
thereof or any property covered thereby. The Collateral Agent and the other
Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a
result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they
nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any
Pledgor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross
negligence or wilful misconduct.
SECTION 10. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the
Collateral Agent in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or
power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder
and of the other Secured Parties under the other Loan Documents are cumulative
and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.
No waiver of any provisions of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any
Pledgor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No
notice or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle such Pledgor to any
other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived,
amended or modified except pursuant to a written agreement entered into between
the Collateral Agent and the Pledgor or Pledgors with respect to which such
waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required
in accordance with Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 11. Securities Act, etc. In view of the position of the
Pledgors in relation to the Pledged Securities, or because of other current or
future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as
now or hereafter in effect, or any similar statute hereafter enacted analogous
in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time
in effect being called the "Federal Securities Laws") with respect to any
disposition of the Pledged Securities permitted hereunder. Each Pledgor
understands that compliance with the
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Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the
Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or
any part of the Pledged Securities, and might also limit the extent to which or
the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Securities could
dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or
limitations affecting the Collateral Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or
part of the Pledged Securities under applicable Blue Sky or other state
securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Each Pledgor
recognizes that in light of such restrictions and limitations the Collateral
Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Pledged Securities, limit the
purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Pledged
Securities for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the
distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that in
light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent, in its sole
and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a
registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Securities or
part thereof shall have been filed under the Federal Securities Laws and (b) may
approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale.
Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices
and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public
sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Collateral
Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of
the Pledged Securities at a price that the Collateral Agent, in its sole and
absolute discretion, may in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable under the circumstances,
notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have
been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or
if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section
11 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon
which the quotations or sales prices may exceed sub stantially the price at
which the Collateral Agent sells.
SECTION 12. Registration, etc. Each Pledgor agrees that, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, if for
any reason the Collateral Agent desires to sell any of the Pledged Securities at
a public sale, it will, at any time and from time to time, upon the written
request of the Collateral Agent, use its best efforts to take or to cause the
issuer of such Pledged Securities to take such action and prepare, distribute
and/or file such documents, as are required or advisable in the reasonable
opinion of counsel for the Collateral Agent to permit the public sale of such
Pledged Securities. Each Pledgor further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Collateral Agent, each other Secured Party, any underwriter and
their respective officers, directors, affiliates and controlling persons from
and against all loss, liability, expenses, costs of counsel (including, without
limitation, reasonable fees and expenses to the Collateral Agent of legal
counsel), and claims (including the costs of investigation) that they may incur
insofar as such loss, liability, expense or claim arises out of or is based upon
any alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any prospectus (or
any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any notification or offering
circular, or arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
in any thereof not misleading, except insofar as the same may have been caused
by any untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing
to such Pledgor or the issuer of such Pledged Securities by the Collateral Agent
or any other Secured Party expressly for use therein. Each Pledgor further
agrees, upon such written request referred to above, to use its best efforts to
qualify, file or register, or cause the issuer of such Pledged Securities to
qualify, file or register, any of the Pledged Securities under the Blue Sky or
other securities laws of such states as may be requested by the Collateral Agent
and keep effective, or cause to be kept effective, all such qualifications,
filings or registrations. Each Pledgor will bear all costs and expenses of
carrying out its obligations under this Section 12. Each Pledgor acknowledges
that there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with the
provisions of this Section 12 and that such failure would not be adequately
compensable in damages, and therefore agrees that its agreements contained in
this Section 12 may be specifically enforced.
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SECTION 13. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral
Agent hereunder, the grant of a security interest in the Collateral and all
obligations of each Pledgor hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the
Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the
foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any
other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver
of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan
Document or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing,
(c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any other collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent to or departure from any guaranty,
for all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might
otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor in
respect of the Obligations or in respect of this Agreement (other than the
indefeasible payment in full of all the Obligations).
SECTION 14. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement and the security
interests granted hereby shall terminate when all the Obligations have been paid
in full and the Lenders have no further commitment to lend under the Credit
Agreement.
(b) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph
(a), the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Pledgor, at such
Pledgor's expense, all documents that such Pledgor shall reasonably request to
evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents
pursuant to this Section 14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the
Collateral Agent.
SECTION 15. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be
in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All
communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Pledgor shall be given to
it in care of the Borrower at the address set forth in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 16. Further Assurances. Each Pledgor agrees to do such further
acts and things, and to execute and deliver such additional conveyances,
assignments, agreements and instruments, as the Collateral Agent may at any time
reasonably request in connection with the administration and enforcement of this
Agreement or with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or in order
better to assure and confirm unto the Collateral Agent its rights and remedies
hereunder.
SECTION 17. Binding Effect; Several Agreement; Assignments. Whenever in
this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be
deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants,
promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Pledgor that are contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of its successors and
assigns. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Pledgor when a
counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Pledgor shall have been delivered
to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on
behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such
Pledgor and the Collateral Agent and their respective successors and assigns,
and shall inure to the benefit of such Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and the
other Secured Parties, and their respective successors and assigns, except that
no Pledgor shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest
herein or in the Collateral (and any such attempted assignment shall be void),
except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each
Pledgor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with
respect to any Pledgor without the approval of any other Pledgor and without
affecting the obligations of any other Pledgor hereunder.
SECTION 18. Survival of Agreement; Severability. (a) All covenants,
agreements, representations and warranties made by each Pledgor herein and in
the certificates or other
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instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied
upon by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and shall survive the
making by the Lenders of the Loans, regardless of any investigation made by the
Secured Parties or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect
(in the case of representations and warranties, when and as made) as long as the
principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any other fee or amount
payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document is outstanding and
unpaid and as long as the Commitments have not been terminated.
(b) In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood
that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall
not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other
jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace
the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the
economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 19. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 20. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which, when
taken together, shall constitute a single contract, and shall become effective
as provided in Section 17. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature
page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 21. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation
specified in Section 1.02 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this
Agreement. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only,
are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to
be taken into consideration in interpreting this Agreement.
SECTION 22. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each
Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or
Federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any
appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or
enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all
claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined
in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal
court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final and nonappealable judgment
in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in
other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by
law to the full extent permitted by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect
any right that the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may otherwise
have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents against any Pledgor or its properties in the courts of any
jurisdiction.
(b) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the
fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may
now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any
New York State or Federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
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(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents, to the fullest
extent it may legally and effectively do so, to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 15. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the
right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law.
SECTION 23. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL
BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF,
UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT
NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 24. Additional Pledgors. Pursuant to Section 5.08 of the Credit
Agreement, each Subsidiary of the Borrower is required to enter in this
Agreement as a Subsidiary Pledgor if such Subsidiary owns or possesses property
of a type that would be considered Collateral hereunder. Upon execution and
delivery by the Collateral Agent and a Subsidiary of an instrument in the form
of Annex 1, such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Pledgor hereunder with the
same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Pledgor herein. The
execution and delivery of such instrument 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
Subsidiary Pledgor as a party to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXXXXX INTERNATIONAL, INC., as
Borrower,
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: X. X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
XxXXXXXXX ACQUISITION COMPANY,
INC.,
By /s/ X. X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: X. X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Treasurer
CITIBANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent,
By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
Schedule I to the
Pledge Agreement
SUBSIDIARY PLEDGORS
Name Address
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XxXxxxxxx Acquisition Company, Inc. 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Schedule II to the
Pledge Agreement
CAPITAL STOCK
PERCENTAGE
NUMBER OF REGISTERED NUMBER AND (OF CLASS)
ISSUER CERTIFICATE OWNER CLASS OF SHARES OF SHARES
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JRMSA CS 0052 MII 24,668,297 common 63%
JRMSA 1 MII 3,200,000 Series A 100%
Preferred
XxXxxxxxx 1 MII 500 common 100%
Acquisition
Company, Inc.
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Annex 1 to the
Pledge Agreement
SUPPLEMENT NO. dated as of , to the PLEDGE
AGREEMENT dated as of June 7, 1999, among XxXXXXXXX
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Panamanian corporation (the
"Borrower"), and each subsidiary of the Borrower
listed on Schedule I thereto (each such subsidiary
individually a "Subsidiary Pledgor" and collectively,
the "Subsidiary Pledgors"; the Borrower and the
Subsidiary Pledgors are referred to collectively
herein as the "Pledgors") and CITIBANK, N.A.
("Citibank"), as collateral agent (in such capacity,
the "Collateral Agent") for the Secured Parties (as
defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below)
A. Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of June 7,
1999 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party
thereto (the "Lenders") and Citibank, as administrative agent for the Lenders
and Collateral Agent, and (b) the other Loan Documents.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
C. The Pledgors have entered into the Pledge Agreement in order to
induce the Lenders to make Loans. Pursuant to Section 5.08 of the Credit
Agreement, each Subsidiary of the Borrower is required to enter into the Pledge
Agreement as a Subsidiary Pledgor if such Subsidiary owns or possesses property
of a type that would be considered Collateral under the Pledge Agreement.
Section 24 of the Pledge Agreement provides that such Subsidiaries may become
Subsidiary Pledgors under the Pledge Agreement by execution and delivery of an
instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the "New
Pledgor") is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of
the Credit Agreement to become a Subsidiary Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement
in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and as consideration for
Loans previously made.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Pledgor agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 24 of the Pledge Agreement, the
New Pledgor by its signature below becomes a Pledgor under the Pledge Agreement
with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Pledgor and
the New Pledgor hereby agrees (a) to all the terms and provisions of the Pledge
Agreement applicable to it as a Pledgor thereunder and (b) represents and
warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Pledgor
thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof except for
representations and warranties which by their terms refer to a specific date. In
furtherance of the foregoing, the New Pledgor, as security for the payment and
performance in full of the Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement),
does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and
assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a
security interest in and lien on all of the New Pledgor's right, title and
interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) of the
New Pledgor. Each reference to a "Subsidiary Pledgor" or a "Pledgor" in the
Pledge Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Pledgor. The Pledge
Agreement is hereby incorpo rated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The New Pledgor represents and warrants to the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and
binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject
to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors' rights generally.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall
constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the
Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when
taken together, bear the signatures of the New Pledgor and the Collateral Agent.
Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile
transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart
of this Supplement.
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SECTION 4. The New Pledgor hereby represents and warrants that set
forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of all its
Pledged Securities.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Pledge
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
neither party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long
as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unen forceable, but the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein and in the Pledge Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic
effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing
and given as provided in Section 15 of the Pledge Agreement. All communications
and notices hereunder to the New Pledgor shall be given to it in care of the
Borrower as set forth in the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 9. The New Pledgor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for
its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement,
including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for
the Collateral Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Pledgor and the Collateral Agent have duly
executed this Supplement to the Pledge Agreement as of the day and year first
above written.
[NAME OF NEW PLEDGOR],
By_______________________________
Name:
Title:
CITIBANK, N.A., as
Collateral Agent,
By_______________________________
Name:
Title:
Schedule I to
Supplement No. [ ]
to the Pledge Agreement
Pledged Securities of the New Pledgor
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CAPITAL STOCK OR OTHER EQUITY INTEREST
Number and Percentage of
Class of Shares Shares
Number of Registered or Other or Other
Issuer Certificate Owner Equity Interest Equity Interest
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