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EXHIBIT 10.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE and SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of
December 31, 1999 for reference purposes only (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, this "Pledge Agreement"), between ALTIVA
FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), having its
principal place of business at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
00000 and VALUE PARTNERS, LTD., a Texas limited partnership, having its
principal place of business at 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000,
on its own behalf and as agent (in such agency capacity and together with any
successor agent, the "Agent") for Value Partners, Ltd. as the initial purchaser
(the "Initial Purchaser") of the Notes, as defined herein, issued pursuant to
the Purchase Agreement, as defined herein, and any subsequent Registered Owners
of the Notes sold, assigned or otherwise transferred in accordance with the
Purchase Agreement (who together with any successor agent acting as such under
the Purchase Agreement, are referred to collectively as the "Lenders").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, on August 31, 1999, the Borrower and the Initial Purchaser
entered into that certain Secured Convertible Note Purchase Agreement (the
"First Purchase Agreement"), which First Purchase Agreement is incorporated
herein by reference, which provided for the loan by the Lenders of $7,000,000.00
in the aggregate to be evidenced by the issuance by the Borrower of 12% Secured
Convertible Notes due 2006 (the "First Notes") to the Initial Purchaser in the
aggregate principal amount of $7,000,000.00; and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the First
Purchase Agreement, the Borrower issued the First Notes to the Initial
Purchaser; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Initial Purchaser to purchase the First
Notes, on August 31, 1999 the Borrower entered into that certain Pledge and
Security Agreement (the "First Pledge Agreement") pursuant to which the Borrower
granted to the Agent for the account of the Lenders (a) a first priority lien
and security interest in certain Collateral, as defined therein, and (b) a
subordinated lien and security interest in the Subordinated Collateral, as
defined therein, which Subordinal Collateral was at that time pledged to and
subject to the security interest of Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation ("Greenwich") pursuant to that certain Pledge and
Security Agreement, dated April 17, 1997, which subordinated lien became a first
priority lien and security interest on such date or dates of the Borrower's
satisfaction of its indebtedness and obligations to Greenwich secured by the
Subordinated Collateral; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Initial Purchaser to purchase the
Notes, the Borrower has agreed to grant to the Lenders a first priority lien and
security interest in the Textron Collateral, as defined herein, pledged by the
Borrower to Textron Financial Corporation ("Textron") pursuant to the Textron
Documents, as defined herein, and to deliver to the Agent for the account of the
Lenders the Textron Collateral, together with appropriate endorsements in
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blank, within ten (10) Business Days of the date the security interest of
Textron in the Textron Collateral is extinguished; and
WHEREAS, on December 13, 1999 the Borrower and the Initial Purchaser
entered into that certain Amendment #1 to the Secured Convertible Senior Note
Purchase Agreement (the "Second Purchase Agreement") pursuant to which the
parties agreed to increase the principal amount of 12% Secured Convertible Notes
issued pursuant to the First Purchase Agreement by $250,000.00; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Initial Purchaser to purchase the note
in the principal sum of $250,000.00 issued pursuant to the Second Purchase
Agreement (the "Second Note") the Borrower and the Initial Purchaser entered
into that certain Amendment #1 to Pledge and Security Agreement dated December
13, 1999 (the "Second Pledge Agreement"), pursuant to which the First Pledge
Agreement was amended, modified, extended, renewed and increased to provide that
the Second Note was subject to the pledge of Collateral granted to secure
repayment of the First Note pursuant to the terms of the First Pledge Agreement;
and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Second
Purchase Agreement, the Borrower issued the Second Note to the Initial
Purchaser; and
WHEREAS, on or about December 30, 1999, the Borrower and the Initial
Purchaser entered into that certain Amendment #2 to Secured Convertible Note
Purchase Agreement (the "Third Purchase Agreement"), which Third Purchase
Agreement is incorporated herein by reference, which provides for the loan by
the Lenders of $9,000,000.00 in the Aggregate, to be evidenced by the issuance
of the First Note, the Second Note and additional notes (the "Third Notes") in
the principal sum of $1,750,000.00 (the obligations of the Borrower under the
First Notes, the Second Notes and the Third Notes shall be referred to herein
collectively as the "Notes"); and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, the
Borrower has issued the Third Notes to the Initial Purchaser; and
WHEREAS, to induce the Initial Purchaser to purchase the Third Notes,
the Borrower has agreed to enter into this Amended and Restated Pledge and
Security Agreement, pursuant to which the liens and rights granted in the First
Pledge Agreement and Second Pledge Agreement are affirmed, amended, modified,
confirmed, extended and renewed; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the Collateral pledged to secure repayment in
the First Pledge Agreement and the Second Pledge Agreement, the Borrower is also
granting herein a first lien and security interest in the Pledged Shares as to
up to $2,000,000.00 aggregate principal amount of Notes purchased by the Lenders
on or after December 30, 1999, consisting of the Third Notes and additional
notes in the principal amount of $250,000.00 if issued;
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NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used herein, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"Accounts" shall have such meaning as such term is defined in Article 9
of the UCC, and shall include, without limitation, each of the following,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower: (a) all accounts
receivable, contract rights, book debts, notes, drafts and other obligations or
indebtedness owing the Borrower (including, without limitation, any such
obligation that might be characterized as an account, contract right, or general
intangible under the UCC in effect in any jurisdiction) and all monies due to or
to become due to the Borrower under all contracts for the sale, lease, or
exchange of goods or other property (whether or not earned by performance on the
part of the Borrower), in each case whether now in existence or hereafter
arising or acquired, including, without limitation, the right to receive the
proceeds thereof; (b) all rights of the Borrower to receive any payment of money
or other form of consideration; (c) all security pledged, assigned or granted to
or held by the Borrower to secure any of the foregoing; and (d) all guaranties
of, or indemnifications with respect to, any of the foregoing.
"Additional Collateral" means property acceptable to the holders of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding
in writing, in their sole and absolute discretion.
"Agent" shall have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereof.
"Borrower" shall have the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
"Borrower's Residual Percentage" means the percentage of residual
interest in a Securitization which a particular Residual Interest Instrument
owned by the Borrower (and not by a subsidiary or affiliate) and pledged as
Collateral represents.
"Business Day" means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day
on which banking institutions in Atlanta, Georgia are authorized or required by
law or executive order to be closed.
"Certificates" means any security, chattel paper, certificated security
or instrument, as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including
the following: any Residual Interest Instrument, any Interest Only Instrument,
the Senior Trust Certificate, the Pledged Shares and a Certificated Security as
defined in Section 8-102 of the UCC.
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"Clearing Corporation" shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 8-102(a)(5) of the UCC.
"Collateral" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
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"Collateral Requirement" means an aggregate dollar amount equal to one
hundred seventy-five percent (175%) of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount unpaid under the then outstanding First Notes and Second Notes, plus
accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any other sums then due the Lenders
under the Loan Documents.
"Current Market Value" means the lesser of (a) the fair market value of
the Qualified Collateral on such day as determined in good faith by the Agent,
applying standards of commercial reasonableness that are customary in the
mortgage-related securities industry, minus all sums due any Person who holds a
security interest senior to that of the Agent for the account of the Lenders in
such Qualified Collateral, or (b) the sum of the Overcollateralization Amount
for each Qualified Securitization as reported by the most recent trustee
certificate to which the Borrower is entitled, plus the fair market value of any
Additional Collateral (the value of which shall be determined by the Agent in
its sole and absolute discretion), plus the Restricted Proceeds, minus all sums
due any Person who holds a security interest senior to that of the Lenders in
Collateral issued pursuant to such Qualified Securitization, in the Restricted
Proceeds or in any Additional Collateral. The Pledged Shares shall not be
included to determine Fair Market Value.
"Default" has the meaning set forth in Article I of the Notes.
"Delivery" means a delivery of Collateral to the Agent (or Escrow
Agent, in the case of proceeds) in accordance with this Pledge Agreement,
including Section 2.2 hereof.
"Escrow Agent" means U.S. Trust Company of Texas, N.A., or such
successor thereto, who acts as escrow agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
"Escrow Agreement" means that certain Escrow and Security Agreement,
dated August 31, 1999 as amended by Amendment #1 to Escrow and Security
Agreement, dated December 13, 1999, both in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
"B" and by this reference incorporated herein.
"Event of Default" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of the
Notes.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect from time to time.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation, government, state, or any
political subdivision thereof, or any court, stock exchange, entity or agency
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
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"Grantor Trust Right" means all rights of the Borrower, including the
right to payments to the Borrower, in the Sale Agreement executed in relation to
Mego Mortgage Home Loan Trust 1996-3, including, without limitation, the rights
set forth in Section 4.05(b)(xvii) of such Sale Agreement.
"Greenwich" has the meaning specified in the third recital paragraph
hereof.
"Greenwich Documents" means that certain Amended and Restated Master
Loan Purchase and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 1996 between
Greenwich as lender and the Borrower, that certain Promissory Note in the
original maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $11,000,000.00 and all
related documents, including that certain Pledge and Security Agreement dated as
of April 17, 1997, financing statements and transfer powers, all as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified.
"Indebtedness" has the meaning set forth in Section 2 of the Notes.
"Intercreditor Agreement" means that certain Intercreditor and
Collateral Subordination Agreement, dated August 31, 1999, entered into by
Greenwich, the Agent and the Borrower, pursuant to which, inter alia Greenwich
agreed to hold the Subordinated Collateral to perfect the pledge of such
Subordinated Collateral to the Agent for the account of Lenders, subject to the
security interest of Greenwich.
"Interest Only Instrument(s)" shall, as to that particular Certificate,
have the meaning ascribed to the term "Class S Certificate", "Class IS
Certificate, "Class IIS Certificate" or a similar phrase describing an interest
only security in the respective Sale Agreement arising from the Securitization
pursuant to which such security is issued, which security represents the
undivided interest of the Borrower in all or a portion of the interest payments
due on certain loans securitized in that Securitization.
"Lenders" shall have the meaning specified in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
"Loan Documents" means, collectively, the First, Second and Third
Purchase Agreements, the Notes, the Escrow Agreement and amendment thereto, this
Pledge Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreements and any other documents
evidencing or relating to the Notes or the Collateral, the Additional Collateral
or any such security which may now or hereafter be given as further security for
or in connection with the Notes.
"Notes" shall have the meaning specified in the eighth recital
paragraph hereof.
"Overcollateralization Amount" has, as to a particular Securitization,
the meaning ascribed it in the respective Sale Agreement related to a Qualified
Securitization, multiplied by the Borrower's Residual Percentage of that
Securitization.
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"Person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, or governmental entity (or any department, agency
or political subdivision thereof), or any other entity.
"Pledge Agreement" shall have the meaning specified in the first
paragraph hereof, and shall include the First Pledge Agreement, the Second
Pledge Agreement and this Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, each as
amended, modified, extended, renewed and increased.
"Pledged Shares" shall mean any and all shares of stock or other
evidence of equity or ownership interest of the Borrower in The Money Centre,
Inc. (either as record owner or beneficially), including but not limited to
those shares set forth on Exhibit "D" attached hereto and by this reference
incorporated herein, including any such interests which may be acquired after
the date hereof and the certificates or stock representing all such items. This
shall include all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of The
Money Centre, Inc. in existence until expiration of the Pledge Agreement.
"Proceeds Accounts" shall mean any and all accounts established and
maintained by the Escrow Agent in the name of the Borrower, established pursuant
to the Escrow Agreement, for the deposit of proceeds of the Collateral.
"Purchase Agreement" shall mean the First Purchase Agreement, as
amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time.
"Qualified Collateral" means: all Collateral other than the Pledged
Shares, including the Restricted Proceeds and any Additional Collateral, to the
extent each is Collateral at such time. The Textron Collateral shall become
Qualified Collateral only when it becomes Collateral pursuant to the terms
hereof.
"Qualified Securitization" means a Securitization as to which a
Residual Interest Instrument (which represents not less that ninety-nine percent
(99%) of the residual interest in such Securitization) is pledged as Qualified
Collateral pursuant to the terms of this Pledge Agreement.
"Quarter" means any final quarter ended on the last day of the months
of February, May, August and November.
"Registration Rights Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Purchase Agreement.
"Residual Interest Instrument(s)" shall, as to that particular
Certificate, have the meaning ascribed to the term "Class R Certificate",
"Residual Interest Instrument", "Residual Certificate", "Residual Instrument" or
a similar phrase describing a certificated residual interest in the Sale
Agreement arising from the Securitization pursuant to which such security is
issued, which security represents the undivided residual interest of the holder,
including in all or a portion of the interest and principal payments due on
certain loans securitized in that Securitization.
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Neither the Grantor Trust Right nor the Senior Trust Certificate are Residual
Interest Instruments.
"Restricted Proceeds" shall mean those sums deposited in the Proceeds
Accounts, which constitute proceeds of the Collateral, which the Borrower is
prohibited from withdrawing from the Proceeds Accounts pursuant to the terms of
this Pledge Agreement, including Section 2.7.
"Sale Agreement" means the respective Pooling and Servicing Agreement,
Sale and Servicing Agreement or similar agreement, together with related
agreements, including trust agreements and indentures, which create and grant
rights in Certificates and the Grantor Trust Right, entered into or otherwise
issued in relation to a particular Securitization.
"Securitization" means the respective securitization as set forth on
Exhibit "E" hereto and by this reference incorporated herein.
"Senior Trust Certificate" means that certain 125 Home Loan Owner Trust
1998-1, Senior Trust Certificate.
"Subordinated Collateral" means the Certificates and all other rights
pledged to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders in the First Pledge Agreement,
subject to the security interest of Greenwich. The Subordinated Collateral
constituted those items now set forth as items G through L on Exhibit "C"
hereto. These Certificates and other rights are also set forth on Exhibit "C" as
Collateral pledged herein subject to a first lien of the Agent on behalf of the
Lenders for the reason that the Greenwich lien has been satisfied.
"Textron" shall have the meaning specified in the fourth recital
paragraph hereof.
"Textron Collateral" means those Certificates and all other rights
presently pledged to Textron as described in Exhibit "F" attached hereto and by
this reference incorporated herein.
"Textron Documents" means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
October 27, 1997 by and between Textron as agent and the Borrower, that certain
note as of the same date issued to the lenders under such Credit Agreement and
all related documents, including that certain Security Agreement dated as of
October 27, 1997, financing statements and transfer powers, all as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of
Maryland; provided, that if by mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or
effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interest in any
Collateral to which this Pledge Agreement relates is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date hereof in any other
jurisdiction, UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection
or the effect of perfection or non-perfection.
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"Uncertificated Security" shall have the meaning given such term in
Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC.
ARTICLE II
PLEDGE AND DELIVERY OF COLLATERAL
MANAGEMENT OF COLLATERAL
2.1 Security. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.9, as security
for the payment (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise)
of all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lenders,
whether now or hereafter owing or existing, arising under or relating to this
Pledge Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents, and for the payment,
performance and discharge of all other obligations or undertakings now or
hereafter made for the benefit of the Lenders under this Pledge Agreement, the
Notes, the other Loan Documents or under any other agreement, promissory note or
undertaking now existing or hereafter entered into by the Borrower with or to
the Lenders pursuant to the terms hereof, including any guaranty or surety
obligations of the Borrower owed to the Lenders arising under or relating to the
Pledge Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents (the "Secured
Obligations"), the Borrower hereby pledges, assigns, transfers and delivers to
Agent for the account of the Lenders, and grants to the Agent for the account of
the Lenders (and which as to Collateral pledged pursuant to the First Pledge
Agreement and the Second Pledge Agreement, shall also constitute a confirmation,
extension, renewal and affirmation of such liens), a continuing first priority
lien and security interest (except as noted below or, in the case of Additional
Collateral, as otherwise agreed by the Lenders in accepting the same) in all of
the Borrower's rights, title and interest in, to and under: (a) the Certificates
representing the Collateral; (b) the Grantor Trust Right, subject to the
Securitizations; (c) the Pledged Shares and Certificates (d) any other property
of the Borrower held by the Agent on behalf of the Lenders arising under or
relating to the Loan Documents, from time to time, or securing any other
obligation of the Borrower to the Lenders or any of their respective affiliates;
(e) Additional Collateral, and (f) all proceeds, payments, income, products and
profits derived from or related to the above-described property, including
without limitation, the Restricted Proceeds (all of the foregoing are
collectively referred to herein as the "Collateral"). The agreements and related
documents evidencing the Grantor Trust Right and the Certificates, as well as
related documents comprising such Collateral are set forth on Exhibit "C". The
Pledged Shares described in Exhibit "D" and the Residual Interest Instruments,
Senior Trust Certificate and Interest Only Instruments described on Exhibit "C",
and "F" are Certificates, all of which are Collateral.
The Collateral shall include all rights of the Borrower related to the
Collateral, the Additional Collateral and any other Collateral pledged pursuant
to the terms hereof, including the following:
(a) Cash Proceeds. All rights to receive the payment of money in
respect of the Collateral, including the Certificates and Grantor Trust Right.
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(b) Chattel Paper, Instruments, etc. All chattel paper, securities,
uncertificated securities, instruments, non-negotiable instruments, negotiable
instruments, investment property, general intangibles, documents (as those terms
are defined in the UCC), Accounts and Certificates evidencing or with respect to
any of the Collateral.
(c) Deposit Accounts. All rights to payments under the Collateral,
including payments due to the holders of Certificates and the Grantor Trust
Right from the accounts of the trustee (or other Person) into which funds to be
payable under Certificates and the Grantor Trust Right are deposited or held
under a Securitization, and all money, cash and cash equivalents of the
Borrower, in each case arising from payments with respect to any of the
Collateral, including the Certificates and the Grantor Trust Right or other
Collateral.
(d) Collateral. All collateral granted by third party obligors to, or
held by, the Borrower with respect to the Collateral, including the Certificates
and the Grantor Trust Right.
(e) Books and Records. All books and records, including books of
account and ledgers of every kind and nature, all electronically recorded data
(including all computer programs, disks, tapes, electronic data processing media
and software used in connection with maintaining the Borrower's books and
records), all files and correspondence and all receptacles and containers for
the foregoing, all with respect to the Collateral, including Certificates and
the Grantor Trust Right.
(f) Cash. All cash and other property (including the Proceeds Account)
held by the Escrow Agent under this Pledge Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.
(g) Proceeds Accounts. Each of the Proceeds Accounts (to the extent a
security interest therein is not otherwise created pursuant to this Pledge
Agreement), including any and all assets of whatever type or kind deposited by
on behalf of the Borrower in such Proceeds Accounts, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, existing or arising, including, without limitation, all
moneys, checks, drafts, instruments, securities or interests therein of any type
or nature deposited in such Proceeds Accounts, and all investments and all
certificates and other instruments (including depository receipts, if any) from
time to time representing or evidencing the same, and all dividends, interest,
distributions, cash and other property from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the
foregoing.
(h) Miscellaneous. All right, title, interest in, to and under the
clean-up call provisions, including as contained in Section 9.01 of each of the
Sale Agreement with respect to the subject Securitization, and all proceeds,
payments and income derived from or relating thereto.
(i) Proceeds and Products. All proceeds and products of the Collateral,
to the extent not included in the foregoing, including;
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(i) all distributions arising from and pursuant to
the designated trust agreements or other Securitization
agreements (including Sales Agreements) with respect to the
Collateral,
(ii) all other proceeds of insurance and
guarantees, if any, with respect to the Collateral provided by
MBIA Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Administration
or any other Person providing coverage for loss or diminution
in value of the Collateral;
(iii) all other proceeds from the liquidation or
other recovery (if any) of loans relating to the Collateral;
(iv) all "proceeds", as that term is defined in
Section 9-306 of the UCC;
(v) all cash, securities, dividends, increases,
distributions and profits received therefrom or in connection
therewith, including distributions or payments in partial or
complete liquidation or redemption, or as a result of
reclassifications, readjustments, reorganizations or changes
in the capital structure of the issuer thereof and any other
property at any time and from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed or delivered to the Agent
on behalf of the Lenders or the Escrow Agent, and all rights
and privileges pertaining thereto;
(vi) all additional shares of stock of any issuer
of any Certificate from time to time acquired by the Borrower
in any manner, and all dividends, cash, instruments and other
property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of
such shares;
(vii) all securities hereafter delivered to Agent in
substitution for, or in addition to, any of the foregoing, all
certificates representing or evidencing such securities, and
all cash, securities, instruments, documents, dividends,
increases, distributions and profits received therefrom, and
any other property at any time and from time to time received
by, receivable by or otherwise distributed or delivered to the
Agent in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the
property described;
(viii) all subscriptions, warrants, options and any
other rights issued now or hereafter by the issuer of the
Certificates or any other person whatsoever upon or in
connection with the Certificates and any part of the
Collateral; and
(ix) all products and proceeds of the foregoing and
all general intangibles and contract rights related thereto,
including without limitation, all revenues, distributions,
dividends, property, registration rights, contract rights and
other rights and interests that Borrower is, or may hereafter
become, entitled to receive on account of any collateral
described above.
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Borrower shall forthwith deliver to the Agent on behalf of the Lender all
subscriptions, warrants, options and all such other rights, and upon delivery to
the Agent, the Agent shall hold such subscriptions, warrants, options and other
rights as Collateral pledged to secure the obligations of Borrower, provided,
however, that if the Agent determines, in its sole discretion, that the value of
any such subscriptions, warrants, options or other rights shall terminate,
expire or be materially reduced in value by holding the same as Collateral, the
Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation), in its sole discretion, to
sell or exercise the same; and if exercised, then the monies disbursed by the
Agent in connection therewith shall become part of the Collateral and all of the
stock, securities, evidences of indebtedness and other items so acquired shall
become part of the Collateral;
The Borrower will pay all filing, recording, search and other expenses
reasonably incurred by the Lenders with respect to perfection of the Lenders'
security interest under this Pledge Agreement and the confirmation of the
priority of the Lenders' security interest in the Collateral.
2.2 Delivery of Collateral.
(a) Delivery of Collateral to the Agent under this Pledge Agreement
shall be made in the following manner: (i) in the case of cash, including
proceeds on the Collateral and cash which constitutes Additional Collateral, by
wire transfer or other method acceptable to the Agent of immediately available
funds to the applicable Proceeds Account; (ii) in the case of a Certificate (or
similar property perfected by possession), by the physical delivery thereof
evidencing such Collateral to the Agent or its designee, whenever possible (in
the sole discretion of the Agent), registered in the name of the Agent, and in
all other instances, in suitable form for delivery and transfer, accompanied by
duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank or such other
documentation as may be necessary to effect transfer to the Agent, whereupon the
Agent may take such steps as it deems necessary to effect the recordation or
re-registration of such Collateral in its name; (iii) with respect to an
Uncertificated Security by registration in the name of the Agent, whenever
possible, and in all other instances (other than an Uncertificated Security
credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation), the Borrower shall cause the
issuer of such Uncertificated Security to duly authorize and execute, and
deliver to the Agent, an agreement for the benefit of the Lenders substantially
in the form of Exhibit "G" hereto (appropriately completed to the satisfaction
of the Agent and with such modifications, if any, as shall be satisfactory to
the Agent) pursuant to which such issuer agrees to comply with any and all
instructions originated by the Agent for the account of the Lenders without
further consent by the registered owner and not to comply with instructions
regarding such Uncertificated Security originated by any other Person other than
a court of competent jurisdiction (Exhibit "G" shall be executed as to the
Grantor Trust Right, even if not an Uncertificated Security): (iv) with respect
to a certificated security (as defined in the UCC) or Uncertificated Security
credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation (including a Federal Reserve
Bank, Participants Trust Company or The Depository Trust Company), the Borrower
shall promptly notify the Agent thereof and shall promptly take all actions (x)
required (i) to comply with the applicable rules of such Clearing Corporation
and (ii) to perfect the security interest of the Lenders under applicable law
(including, in any event, under Sections 9-115 (4)(a) and (b), 9-115 (1)(e) and
8-106(d) of the UCC) and (y) as the Agent deems necessary or desirable to effect
the foregoing; and (v) in the
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case of any other Collateral (such Collateral to be subject to the written
approval of the Agent, which approval may be withheld in the sole discretion of
the Agent), in such manner as the Agent shall agree to in writing. Except as
otherwise provided herein or, in the case of Additional Collateral, as otherwise
agreed by the Agent in accepting the same, all Collateral shall be delivered
free and clear of all liens and security interests other than the lien and
security interest created in favor of the Agent for the account of the Lenders
under this Pledge Agreement.
(b) In addition to the actions required to be taken pursuant to
preceding Section 2.2(a), the Borrower shall take the following additional
actions with respect to the Collateral:
(i) with respect to all Collateral of such Borrower whereby or
with respect to which the Agent for the account of the Lenders may obtain
"control" thereof within the meaning of Section 8-106 of the UCC (or under any
other provision of the UCC as the same may be amended or supplemented from time
to time, or under the laws of any relevant State other than the State of
Maryland), the Borrower shall take all actions as may be requested from time to
time by the Agent so that "control" of such Collateral is obtained and at all
times held by the Agent; and
(ii) Borrower shall from time to time cause appropriate
financing statements (on Form UCC-1 or other appropriate form) under the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the various relevant states, covering all
Collateral hereunder (with the form of such financing statements to be
satisfactory to the Agent), to be filed in the relevant filing offices so that
at all times the Agent has a security interest in all Collateral which is
perfected by the filing of such financing statements (in each case to the
maximum extent perfection by filing may be obtained under the laws of the
relevant states, including, without limitation, Section 9-115(4)(b) of the UCC).
2.3 The Escrow.
(a) Restricted Proceeds. Restricted Proceeds shall be deposited into
one or more Proceeds Accounts, established as a cash account, over which the
Agent shall have exclusive and absolute control and dominion (and no withdrawals
or transfers may be made therefrom by any Person except with the prior written
consent of the Agent). Deposits of Restricted Proceeds shall be held in a
segregated account or accounts. The Proceeds Accounts shall be established at
the Escrow Agent and shall be subject to the Escrow Agreement. Cash deposited in
that account on behalf of the Lenders shall constitute Collateral. The Agent may
exercise all rights granted a secured party under ss. 9-502 of the UCC, without
need of notice or consent of the Borrower, whether or not a Default exists. This
Section 2.3 shall not limit or otherwise affect any other rights and remedies of
the Lenders.
(b) Cash as Collateral. In the event cash is provided as Additional
Collateral, the Borrower shall deposit such sums in an account (other than the
Proceeds Accounts) with the Escrow Agent, subject to the terms of the Escrow
Agreement and shall take all steps necessary to perfect a security interest in
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account in favor of the Agent, including permitting such account to be located
in the State of California and complying with all requirements of the UCC of the
State of California necessary to perfect such a pledge.
2.4 Notice, Registration and Consents.
On or prior to the date a Certificate, the Grantor Trust Right or any
other property becomes or is to become Collateral, the Borrower shall:
(a) obtain all requisite consents necessary to provide to the Lenders
the rights granted in this Pledge Agreement, including the grant and perfection
of the Agent (for the account of the Lenders) of a security interest in such
Collateral and, in the case of registered or certificated Collateral, to cause
the registration thereof (on the books of the Securitization trustee,
certificate transfer agent and registrar or similar Person) in the name of the
Agent on behalf of the Lenders; and
(b) provide all requisite notices necessary to provide to the Lenders
the rights granted in this Pledge Agreement, including the grant and perfection
of the Lenders' security interest in such Collateral, including the notice set
forth in Exhibit "G" attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein.
Notices and consents shall include notices to and consents of the
indenture trustee and the certificate transfer agent and registrar of any
Securitization.
2.5 Additional Collateral.
(a) Delivery of Collateral. If the Current Market Value is less than
the Collateral Requirement at the close of business on any Business Day, the
Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of written notice from
the Agent, make Delivery to the Agent of Additional Collateral such that the
aggregate Current Market Value (determined as of the Business Day prior to such
Delivery) is equal to or in excess of the Collateral Requirement. Once delivered
such Additional Collateral shall remain Collateral pursuant to this Agreement,
even if no longer necessary to cause the Current Market Value to exceed the
Collateral Requirement.
(b) Right of Agent to Direct Payment of Additional Collateral. The
Agent may, at any time, whether or not there then exists a Default or an Event
of Default, without the consent of the Borrower, direct the issuer which has
issued an instrument constituting Additional Collateral to make payment to the
Escrow Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, with such payments to be deposited in a
segregated Proceeds Account with the Escrow Agent to be held as collateral
pursuant to this Pledge Agreement. The Borrower shall provide irrevocable
written notice of such right to the issuer of such instrument in a form
acceptable to the Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion.
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2.6 Subordinated Collateral and Textron Collateral.
(a) Subordinated Collateral. The Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of
the date of this Pledge Agreement, was entered into among the Borrower, the
Agent, Greenwich and Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. The Subordinated Collateral
was held by Greenwich pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement until such time as
such Certificates were delivered to the Agent pursuant to the Intercreditor
Agreement, on behalf of the Lenders.
(b) Textron Collateral. On the date Textron's security interest in the
Textron Collateral is terminated in accordance with the terms of the Textron
Documents, the Textron Collateral shall be deemed Collateral as if it were set
forth in Section 2.1 and included on Exhibit "C". Commencing at such time the
Lenders shall have a first priority lien and security interest therein pursuant
to this Pledge Agreement and the Borrower shall within ten (10) Business Days
after the expiration of Textron's security interest deliver to and register in
the name of the Agent (including in compliance with Section 2.2) those items on
Exhibit "F" hereto, together with any other such documents necessary to perfect
the Lenders' first priority lien and security interest therein and to grant
control to the Agent under Article 8.
2.7 Proceeds.
(a) Until such time as all obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders
under the Loan Documents are satisfied and the security interest granted the
Agent herein is terminated, without limiting any rights or remedies of the Agent
in the Loan Documents, all payments due the holder of a Certificate (other than
the Pledged Shares) and/or the Grantor Trust Right shall be disbursed as
follows:
(i) all proceeds from the Collateral received during the
existence and continuance of a Default (including without limitation because the
Current Market Value is less than the Collateral Requirement at the close of
business on any Business Day) or during the existence and continuance of an
Event of Default, shall be made to the Agent's account for deposit into the
Proceeds Accounts as Restricted Proceeds and shall remain as Collateral and
shall not thereafter be released to the Borrower upon cure of a Default or an
Event of Default; and
(ii) should proceeds from the Collateral be received when no
Default or an Event of Default exists and is continuing, Agent shall within five
(5) Business Days of receipt of a written request from the Borrower send written
direction to the Escrow Agent that such sums be disbursed to the Borrower,
except as otherwise limited by this Pledge Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents.
(b) Nothing in this paragraph shall serve to limit any other rights or
remedies of the Agent;
(c) Possession and Registration of the Certificates and the Grantor
Trust Right shall remain in the name of the Agent until all obligations of the
Borrower to the Lenders under the
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Loan Documents are satisfied and the Lenders' liens under this Pledge Agreement
are terminated. This Section shall not limit or otherwise effect any other
rights or remedies of the Lenders. The Agent shall notify the Securitization
trustees to disburse proceeds to the Borrower during the time period where the
Borrower is entitled to receive such proceeds under the terms hereof. In the
event proceeds to which the Agent (including pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
Section 2.7) is entitled or which are forwarded to the Agent or to be deposited
into Proceeds Accounts as Restricted Proceeds are paid to Borrower, Borrower
shall keep such sums segregated from other funds and shall promptly and in any
event within five (5) Business Days notify the Agent in writing of such event
and pay such proceeds to the Escrow Agent as directed by the Agent. In the event
proceeds to which the Borrower, pursuant to paragraph (a) of this Section 2.7,
is entitled are deposited in the Proceeds Accounts, the Agent shall, within five
(5) Business Days of receipt of a written request from the Borrower, send
written direction to the Escrow Agent to pay such sums to Borrower (or
deliver such sums received by it directly).
(d) The Borrower shall not cause any sums to be deposited into the
Proceeds Accounts which are not proceeds of the Collateral.
2.8 Held in Trust. Any sums collected or received and any property
recovered or possessed by the Borrower in connection with the Collateral, which,
under the terms of this Pledge Agreement, should have been delivered to the
Agent or the Escrow Agent, shall be received and held by the Borrower in trust
for and on the Lenders' behalf, shall be segregated from the other assets and
funds of the Borrower, and shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent or the Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders.
2.9 The Pledged Shares. The Pledged Shares shall serve as Collateral
only as to Notes purchased by the Lenders, up to the sum of $1,750,000.00, which
are purchased on or after December 30, 1999 and additional notes in the sum of
$250,000.00, if subsequently agreed to by the Borrower and the Agent on behalf
of the Lenders. All other Collateral, other than the Pledged Shares, shall serve
(or continue to serve, as the case may be) as Collateral as to all Notes,
including those Notes secured by the Pledged Shares.
ARTICLE III
FURTHER ASSURANCES
Subject to the terms of the Textron Documents, the Borrower will, from
time to time, at its expense, execute, deliver, file, register, and record (in
such manner and form as the Agent may require) any statement, assignment, stock
powers, instrument, document, agreement, or other paper and take any other
action (including, without limitation, any filings of financing or continuation
statements under the UCC) that the Agent may from time to time determine to be
necessary or desirable in order to create, preserve, upgrade in rank (to the
extent required hereby), perfect, confirm, or validate the lien and first or
other priority security interests granted the Lenders, or to enable the Lenders
to obtain the full benefits of this Pledge Agreement (including control, as that
term is used in Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC), and to enable the Lenders to
exercise and enforce any of its rights, powers, and remedies hereunder with
respect to any of the Collateral.
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At the request of the Agent, the Borrower will use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain the consent or acknowledgement of any Person that is necessary
or desirable to effect the pledge hereunder of any right, title, claims, and
benefits now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower.
To the extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby authorizes the
Agent to execute and file financing statements or continuation statements
without the Borrower's signature appearing thereon. The Borrower agrees that a
carbon, photographic, or other reproduction of this Pledge Agreement or of a
financing statement is sufficient as a financing statement. The Borrower shall
pay the costs of, or incidental to, any financing or continuation statements
concerning the Collateral. In the event that any re-recording or refiling
thereof (or filing of any statements of continuation or assignment of any
financing statement) is required to protect and preserve such security interest,
the Borrower, at its own cost and expense, shall cause the same to be
re-recorded and/or refiled at the time and in the manner requested by the Agent.
The Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent for the account of the Lenders
to file or refile any financing statements, continuation statements, and/or
amended statements with respect to the security interests granted or to be
granted pursuant to this Pledge Agreement which, at any time, may be required or
appropriate, although the same may have been executed only by the Agent, and to
execute such statements on behalf of the Borrower.
In addition, in the event and to the extent that any of the Collateral
consists of or is represented by Certificates, including instruments or other
evidences of ownership such as would require physical possession of the same in
order to perfect the security interests therein, subject to the terms of the
Textron Documents, the Borrower will promptly, at its expense, deliver the same
to the Agent, with any necessary endorsements thereon. The Borrower shall take
all steps necessary to cause the Collateral to be registered in the name of the
Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, with the appropriate Person, including under
the Securitizations. Upon the Agent's request, subject to the terms of the
Textron Documents, the Borrower shall promptly deliver any documents related to
any of the Collateral and provide the Lenders all information it may reasonably
request concerning the Collateral. The Borrower will take all steps requested by
the Agent to perfect a security interest in the Additional Collateral, including
delivery of physical possession, the granting of control, the execution and
delivery of assignments and/or endorsements, the registration thereof in the
name of the Agent, and the execution of financing statements. The Borrower
hereby irrevocably designates the Agent for the account of the Lenders as agent
and attorney-in-fact for the Borrower for the aforesaid purposes.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
4.1 No Liens. Subject to the terms of the Textron Documents, the
Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, in any
manner, transfer, assign or further encumber or permit the encumbrance of the
Borrower's interest in the Collateral. If the Collateral, or any part thereof,
is sold or otherwise disposed of in violation of these provisions,
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the security interest of the Lenders shall continue in such Collateral or any
part thereof notwithstanding such sale or other disposition, and the Borrower
will deliver any proceeds thereof to the Escrow Agent.
4.2 Loan Documents. The Borrower shall at all times during the term of
this Pledge Agreement comply with all of the affirmative covenants, negative
covenants and other terms and provisions contained in the Loan Documents.
4.3 Consents. By no later than December 31, 1999, the Borrower shall
have obtained all consents of the respective issuer of any Collateral and of any
third party necessary for an effective pledge thereof, including the consent of
any governmental unit or agency.
4.4 Textron Collateral. The Borrower shall take all action which is
necessary or advisable in order for the Lenders to obtain, and the Lenders shall
receive, a first priority lien and security interest in the Textron Collateral
after the lien of Textron in the Textron Collateral terminates.
4.5 Delivery of Certificates and Reports. The Borrower shall deliver,
by facsimile and first class mail, to the Agent, the following: (a) not later
than ten (10) Business Days following the end of each Quarter, a certificate
setting forth the Current Market Value (determined by the Company under
generally accepted accounting principles pursuant to clause (a) of the
definition of this term) as of the last day of such Quarter in the form of
Exhibit "H", a copy of which is attached hereto and by this reference
incorporated herein; and (b) not later than ten (10) Business Days following the
end of each month, a certificate setting forth an analysis of subpart (b) of the
Current Market Value (as determined pursuant to clause (b) of the definition of
this term) as of the last day of such month, in the form of Exhibit "I", a copy
of which is attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein. Such
certificates shall set forth in detail the basis of the above information and
attach all reports from the respective trustee, servicer or other party of the
particular Securitization related to such certifications, even in the event such
report is not utilized in preparing such certifications. Each certification
shall be executed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower and shall
provide that such officer has caused such certificate to be reviewed and that
the information provided in such certificate is true and correct in all material
respects. Should the Agent, in writing, request additional information related
to any such certificate, such information shall be provided to the Agent by
facsimile and first class mail not later than five (5) Business Days following
the date of such written request.
4.6 Taxes. All payments due the Lenders under the Loan Documents shall
be made without set-off or counterclaim and free and clear of any deductions,
including deductions for taxes, unless the Borrower is required by law to make
such deductions. If (a) any Lender shall be subject to any tax with respect to
any such payment (other than income or franchise taxes), or (b) the Borrower
shall be required to withhold or deduct any tax on any such payment, then such
Lender may claim compensation from the Borrower under Section 4.7. Whenever
taxes must be withheld by the Borrower with respect to any such payments, the
Borrower shall promptly furnish to the Agent official receipts (to the extent
that the relevant governmental authority delivers such receipts) evidencing
payment of any such taxes so withheld. If the Borrower fails
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to pay any such taxes when due or fails to remit to the Agent the required
receipts evidencing payment of any such taxes so withheld or deducted, the
Borrower shall indemnify the affected Lender for any incremental taxes and
interest or penalties that may become payable by such Lender as a result of any
such failure.
4.7 Compensation Claims. Within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by
the Borrower of a certificate from the Agent on behalf of a Lender setting forth
why such Lender is claiming compensation under Section 4.6 and computations (in
reasonable detail) of the amount thereof, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender
such additional amounts as such Lender sets forth in such certificate as
sufficient fully to compensate it on account of the foregoing provisions of
Section 4.6, together with interest on such amount from the 15th day after
receipt of such certificate until payment in full thereof at the applicable
interest rate on the Notes which is then in effect. The reasonable determination
of such Lender of the amount to be paid to it and the basis for computation
thereof hereunder shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive. In
determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods.
4.8 Other Information. The Borrower shall use its best efforts to, and
cause the trustee or servicing agent for a Securitization to, enable the Agent's
authorized officers and representatives, during normal business hours upon
reasonable notice and at reasonable intervals, to examine documents, bank
statements and other records and to make copies and notes therefrom for the
purpose of ascertaining the financial condition of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries and the condition of the Collateral, provided, however, that any
such examination shall be at the Borrower's expense, including all reasonable
and necessary travel expenses, but excluding salaries for the officers and
representatives conducting such examination.
4.9 Books and Records. The Borrower shall at all times keep its
records concerning the Collateral at its chief executive office and principal
place of business (which shall be one and the same) as set forth in this Pledge
Agreement, or so long as the Borrower shall have taken all steps reasonably
necessary to perfect the Agent's security interest in the Collateral with
respect to such new address, at such other address as the Borrower may specify
by notice actually received by the Agent not less than (10) Business Days prior
to such change of address.
4.10 Insurance Policies. The Borrower grants to the Agent full power
and authority as its attorney-in-fact, effective upon notice to the Borrower
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to
adjust and settle any insurance policy owned by the Borrower insuring against
loss to the Collateral, to endorse any drafts thereon and to sign receipts for
any payments thereunder. Any amounts that the Agent receives under any such
policy (including return of unearned premiums) insuring against loss to the
Collateral shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent to be held as Collateral.
4.11 Performance of Securitization Obligations. The Borrower shall
perform all servicing and other obligations required to be performed by it under
the Securitization agreements or any other agreement relating to the Collateral
and the Textron Collateral.
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4.12 Protection of the Collateral. All Collateral shall be free and
clear of any liens and restrictions on the transfer hereof, except as
specifically permitted or granted herein. The Borrower shall defend the title to
the Collateral against all claims and demands which could have an effect on the
Lenders' rights or privileges hereunder. Except as set forth in the
Securitization documents, the Textron Documents, the Borrower shall keep the
respective Collateral free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests,
restrictions of transfer, charges, encumbrances, taxes and assessments, and
shall pay all taxes, assessments and fees relating to the Collateral. The
Borrower will exclude from contracts to which it becomes a party after the date
hereof, provisions that would prevent the Borrower from creating and maintaining
in favor of the Lenders a security interest in the Collateral as pledged hereby.
The Borrower shall not modify, amend or waive any terms or conditions of the
Collateral or the Textron Collateral (including the waiver of a default), or any
rights or interest therein, without the Agent's prior written consent. The
Borrower will not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the
Collateral. The Borrower will not take any action or suffer to exist any
conditions that could have an adverse effect on the Lenders' rights (including,
without limitation, the security interest in the Collateral) granted hereunder,
subject to the Greenwich Documents and the Textron Documents.
4.13 Applicable Law. The Borrower will not use any of the Collateral in
violation of any applicable law.
4.14 Reserved
4.15 Records. The Borrower shall allow the Agent to inspect all records
of the Borrower relating to the Collateral or to the obligations, and to make
and take away copies of such records.
4.16 Notice of Change. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent of
any change in any fact or circumstances warranted or represented by the Borrower
in this Pledge Agreement or in any other writing (including the First Pledge
Agreement and Second Pledge Agreement) furnished by the Borrower to the Agent in
connection with the Collateral or the obligations.
4.17 Notice of Claims. The Borrower shall promptly notify the Agent of
any claim, action or proceeding affecting title to the Collateral, or any part
thereof, or the security interest herein, and, at the request of the Agent,
appear in and defend, at the Borrower's expense, any such action or proceeding.
4.18 Rule 144 The Borrower will cooperate fully with the Agent with
respect to any sale by the Agent of any of the Collateral, including full and
complete compliance with all requirements of Rule 144 under the Securities Act
of 1933 and will give to the Agent all information and will do all things
necessary, including the execution of all documents, forms, instruments, and
other items, to comply with Rule 144 and any and all other rules, regulations or
laws of the United States or the appropriate state necessary for the complete
and unrestricted sale and/or transfer of the Collateral and will exercise its
best efforts to have the issuer of such collateral, upon the request of the
Agent, publicly disseminate all information required to satisfy Rule 144(c).
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4.19 Merger. The Borrower shall not vote for, or consent to, any
amendment of the articles of incorporation or charter of any issuer of
Collateral that might materially adversely affect the value of the Collateral or
permit the issuer thereof to merge or consolidate with or into any other
corporation, firm or entity.
4.20 Dividends. All stock and/or liquidating dividends, distributions
in property, returns of capital or other distributions made on or in respect of
the Collateral, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or
reclassification of the outstanding capital stock of any issuer thereof or
received in exchange for Collateral or any part thereof or as a result of any
merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which any such
issuer may be a party or otherwise, and any and all cash and other property
received in exchange for the Collateral or received in payment of the principal
of or in redemption of the Collateral (either at maturity, upon call for
redemption or otherwise), shall be and become part of the collateral pledged
hereunder and, if received by the Borrower, shall be held in trust for the
benefit of the Agent and forthwith be delivered to the Agent (accompanied by
proper instruments of assignment and/or stock powers executed by the Borrower in
accordance with the Agent's instructions) to be held subject to the terms of
this Pledge Agreement.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES
5.1 Remedies. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, then the Agent may, at its election, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, but subject to the Textron Documents:
(a) Proceed to exercise any rights or remedies the Lenders' may have
hereunder or under the Notes or any other Loan Documents or otherwise;
(b) Pursue, consecutively or cumulatively, any rights or remedies it
may have at law, equity or otherwise, including all rights and remedies
available to secured parties under the applicable UCC provisions;
(c) Cancel or otherwise terminate this Pledge Agreement, the Notes and
any other agreement with the Borrower without prior notice to the Borrower (and
the Borrower will be liable to the Lenders for any resulting loss, costs and
expenses), and the Lenders may: (i) set off any obligation to the Borrower
hereunder or thereunder against any obligation of the Borrower to the Lenders
hereunder or thereunder; and (ii) realize upon property securing any obligation
to Lenders hereunder or thereunder;
(d) Require the Borrower to, upon the Agents' request, assemble the
Collateral and otherwise make it available to the Agent. The Agent may have a
receiver appointed for all or any portion of the Borrower's assets or business
which constitutes the Collateral in order to manage, protect, preserve, sell and
otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Collateral in accordance with the
terms of the Loan Documents, to continue the operations of the Borrower and to
collect all revenues and profits therefrom to be applied to the payment of the
Notes,
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including the compensation and expenses of such receiver. The Agent may offset
and apply toward the payment of the Notes or require to be paid to the Escrow
Agent (and/or toward the curing of any Event of Default) any indebtedness from
any Lender to the Borrower, including any indebtedness represented by deposits
in any account maintained with any Lender, and the Proceeds Account regardless
of the adequacy of any security for the Loan. The Agent shall have no duty to
determine the adequacy of any such security in connection with any such offset;
(e) To the extent specified in written notice from the Agent to the
Borrower take any of the following actions (for the sole benefit of the Lenders
but at the Borrower's expense):
(i) To ask for, demand, take, collect, xxx for and receive all
payments in respect of any Collateral which the Borrower could otherwise ask
for, demand, take, collect, xxx for and receive for its own use;
(ii) To extend the time of payment of any Collateral and to make
any allowance or other adjustment with respect thereto;
(iii) To settle, compromise, prosecute or defend any action or
proceeding with respect to any Collateral and to enforce all rights and remedies
thereunder which the Borrower could otherwise enforce;
(iv) To enforce the payment of any Collateral, either in the name
of the Borrower or in its own name, and to endorse the name of the Borrower on
all checks, drafts, money orders and other instruments tendered to or received
in payment of indebtedness to the Lenders;
(v) To notify the third party payor with respect to any
Collateral of the existence of the security interest created hereby and to cause
all payments in respect thereof thereafter to be made directly to the Agent,
provided, however, that whether or not the Agent shall have so notified such
payor, the Borrower will at its expense render all reasonable assistance to the
Agent in collecting such items and in enforcing claims thereon;
(vi) To sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with any
Collateral or the proceeds thereof, as fully as the Borrower otherwise could do;
(vii) To withdraw any and all cash from the Proceeds Accounts;
(viii) To vote all or any part of the Collateral (whether or not
transferred into the name of the Agent) and give all consents, waivers and
ratifications in respect of the Collateral and otherwise act with respect
thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof (the Borrower hereby
irrevocably constituting and appointing the Agent the proxy and attorney in fact
of the Borrower, with full power of substitution to do so); and
(ix) To transfer all or any part of the Collateral into the
Agent's name or the name of its nominee or nominees;
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(f) All or any part of the Collateral may be sold for cash or other
value, and the proceeds thereof applied against any amounts owed to the Lenders
by the Borrower, in any number of lots at public or private sale in a
commercially reasonable manner, without demand, advertisement or notice,
provided, however, that the Agent shall give the Borrower 10 days' prior written
notice of the time and place and proposed terms of any public sale, or the time
after which a private sale may be made, which notice each of the Borrower and
the Agent agrees to be reasonable. At any sale or sales of Collateral, the Agent
or the Lenders or any of their officers acting on their behalf, or their
assigns, may bid for and purchase all or any part of the property and rights so
sold, may use all or any portion of the indebtedness owed to the Lenders as
payment for the property or rights so purchased, and upon compliance with the
terms of such sale may hold and dispose of such property and rights without
further accountability to the Borrower, except for the proceeds of such sale or
sales pursuant to Article X. The Borrower acknowledges that any such sale will
be made by the Agent or the Lenders on an "as is" basis with disclaimers of all
warranties, whether express or implied. The Borrower will execute and deliver or
cause to be executed and delivered such instruments, documents, assignments,
waivers, certificates and affidavits, will supply or cause to be supplied such
further information and will take such further action, as the Agent or the
Lenders shall reasonably request in connection with any such sale. The Agent and
the Lenders shall not be obligated to make such sale of Collateral regardless of
whether such notice of sale has theretofore been given. Each purchaser at any
such sale shall hold the property so sold absolutely free from any claim or
right on the part of the Borrower. In lieu of selling the Collateral, the
Lenders may credit the current market value of the Collateral, as determined in
a commercially reasonable manner, all free from any right of redemption, against
any amounts owed by the Borrower to the Lenders; provided, however, that the
Borrower shall remain liable for any deficiency and shall pay interest on such
deficiency as prescribed in the Notes (the Borrower agreeing that, to the extent
that applicable law requires the giving of notice by the Agent to the Borrower
of any such disposition, the minimum time required by such law (or if no minimum
time is specified, one Business Day) shall constitute reasonable notice).
Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall be liable for failure to collect or
realize upon any or all of the Collateral or for any delay in so doing nor shall
any of them be under any obligation to take action whatsoever with regard
thereto;
(g) If, at any time when the Agent shall determine to exercise its
rights hereunder to sell all or a part of the securities included in the
Collateral, the securities in question shall not be effectively registered under
applicable law, the Agent may, in its sole discretion, sell such securities by
private or other sale not requiring such registration in such manner and in such
circumstances as the Agent may deem necessary or advisable in order that such
sale may be effected in accordance with applicable securities laws without such
registration and the related delays, uncertainty and expense. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, in any event the Agent may in its sole
discretion; (a) approach and negotiate with a single purchaser or one or more
possible purchasers to effect such sale; (b) restrict such sale to one or more
purchaser each of whom will represent and agree that such purchaser is
purchasing for its own account, for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or sale of such securities; and (c) cause to be placed on
certificates representing the securities in question a legend to the effect that
such securities have not been registered under applicable law and may not be
disposed of in violation
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of the provisions thereof. The Borrower agrees that such manner of disposition
is commercially reasonable, that it will, upon the Agent's request, give any
such purchaser access to such information regarding the issuer of the securities
in question as the Agent may reasonably request and that the Agent shall not
incur any responsibility for selling all or a part of the securities included in
the Collateral at any private or other sale not requiring such registration,
notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might be
realized if the sale were deferred until after registration under applicable law
or until made in compliance with certain other rules or exemptions from the
registration provisions under applicable law. The Borrower acknowledges that no
adequate remedy at law exists for breach by it of this provision and that such
breach would not be adequately compensable in damages and therefore agrees that
this provision may be specifically enforced; and/or
(h) Transfer or assign the Loan Documents to any Person without the
prior written consent of the Borrower.
5.2 Cost and Expenses on Default. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred, the Lenders shall be entitled to collect, in addition to principal,
interest and delinquency charges hereunder, all costs of collection, including
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred in
connection with the protection or realization of Collateral or in connection
with any of the Lenders' collection efforts, whether or not suit on the Notes or
any foreclosure proceeding is filed, and all such costs and expenses shall be
payable on demand and until paid shall also be secured by the Collateral and
other Loan Documents and by all other collateral held by the Agent as security
for the Borrower's obligations to the Lenders.
5.3 Marshaling. Neither the Agent nor the other Lenders shall be
required to make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of its rights or
remedies against, the Borrower or any guarantor, pledgor or any other Person
with respect to the payment of the Notes or to pursue or exhaust any of its
rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefore or any direct or
indirect guarantee thereof or insurance with respect thereto. Neither the Agent
nor the Lenders shall be required to marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of
the Notes or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular
order, and all of its rights hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be
cumulative. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Borrower absolutely and
irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants
not to assert against the Agent or the other Lenders, any valuation, stay,
appraisement, extension, redemption or similar laws now or hereafter existing
which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral
made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or privately under the
power of sale conferred by this Pledge Agreement, or otherwise. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the Borrower: (a) agrees that it will not
invoke or utilize any law which might prevent, cause a delay in or otherwise
impede the enforcement of the rights of the Agent or the Lenders in the
Collateral; (b) waives all such laws; and (c) agrees that it will not invoke or
raise as a defense to any enforcement by the Agent or the other Lenders of any
rights and remedies relating to the Collateral or the Notes, any legal or
contractual requirement with which the Agent or the other Lenders may have in
good faith failed to comply. In addition, the Borrower waives any right to prior
notice (except to the extent expressly required by the other provisions of this
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foreclosure on or disposition of any Collateral, including any such right which
the Borrower would otherwise have under the Constitution of the United States of
America, any state or territory thereof or any other jurisdiction. The Borrower
hereby waives and releases to the fullest extent permitted by law any right or
equity of redemption with respect to the Collateral, whether before or after
sale hereunder.
ARTICLE VI
CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST
The Borrower shall not assign or otherwise transfer this Pledge
Agreement or any interest herein without the Agent's prior written consent. This
Pledge Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral
and shall: (a) remain in full force and effect until the final payment in full
of all amounts payable under the Notes and the other Loan Documents; (b) bind
the Borrower, its successors and permitted assigns; and (c) inure to the benefit
of the Lenders and its successors, transferees and assigns.
Subject to the requirements of Sections 3.2 of the Purchase Agreement,
upon transfer of Notes, each of the respective Lenders may transfer its interest
in the Loan Documents to any of its successors or assigns, by notice to the
Borrower, and such other person or entity shall thereupon be vested with all the
benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender herein or otherwise; provided
that such successor or assign has agreed in a writing, which shall be delivered
to the Borrower, to assume all of the obligations of the respective Lender under
the Loan Documents.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES
AND ADDITIONAL COVENANTS OF BORROWER
7.1 Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and
warrants to the Lenders continuously throughout the term of the Notes, that:
(a) The Collateral is owned by the Borrower free and clear of all
liens, claims or encumbrances, except for those granted Lenders herein (except,
as to the Textron Collateral, the security interest of Textron, and as to the
Certificates and the Grantor Trust Right, subject to the applicable
Securitization). Except as disclosed in this Pledge Agreement, none of the
Collateral is subject to any option to purchase or similar rights of any Person;
(b) All Collateral (other than cash, the Grantor Trust Right or
Additional Collateral consented to in writing) shall be evidenced by
certificates or instruments, which certificates or instruments shall be
registered in the name of and delivered to the Agent with any related assignment
forms, duly completed by the Borrower, required by the Securitization agreements
(or as to the Textron Collateral, shall be subject to the Textron Documents
until such registration in the name of the Agent and delivery to the Agent). The
Borrower will, promptly upon the receipt thereof, deliver to the Agent any
certificate or similar instrument representing any of such Collateral, together
with appropriate, duly executed assignment forms, in accordance with the
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terms hereof. The Borrower will take all steps necessary to register the pledge
to the Agent (or ownership if requested by the Agent in writing) on the books of
the issuer, purchaser, trustee or custodian, as the case may be, with respect to
all Collateral that is not evidenced by certificates or other instruments in
accordance with the terms hereof;
(c) The Borrower has obtained any and all permits, licenses, approval
and consents of any Governmental Authority and any third party as may be
required to own, purchase, pledge, sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral
and to conduct or to transact its business or own, lease or operate its
properties and is in material compliance with all applicable requirements of
law;
(d) The lien of this Pledge Agreement constitutes a first priority
perfected and enforceable security interest in the Collateral in favor of the
Lenders (other than the Textron Collateral, which shall be subject to the
existing security interest of Textron); on each occasion which the Borrower
makes a Delivery of Collateral to the Agent, the Borrower will be the sole
record and beneficial owner of that Collateral (until registration thereof in
the name of the Agent) and will, subject to the terms of the Pledge Agreement,
have the right to receive all payments (subject to the terms of any sales and
servicing or pooling and servicing agreement, indenture or any similar agreement
pursuant to which the Certificates were issued or to which the Grantor Trust
Right or any other right or interest arose) on the Collateral, in each case free
and clear of all liens and security interests other than the lien of this Pledge
Agreement, and other than the Textron Collateral, which is subject to the
Textron Documents and the security interest of Textron;
(e) Except for financing statements contemplated or permitted by this
Pledge Agreement, there are no financing statements or other actions required
under the UCC or similar law of any state or jurisdiction required in connection
with the grants of security interests to the lenders set forth in this Pledge
Agreement;
(f) No representation or warranty made by or on behalf of Borrower
contained in any Loan Document and no information (written or oral),
certificate, financial statement or report furnished or to be furnished by or on
behalf of the Borrower thereunder or in connection with the transactions
contemplated thereby, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material
fact, or, omits or will omit to state any material fact (including without
limitation, whether, to the best knowledge of Borrower, Borrower or any of its
respective officers or directors (past or present) is (or during the last five
(5) years has been) under civil or criminal investigation by a Governmental
Authority or is under indictment by any Governmental Authority) necessary to
make the statements herein or therein contained, in light of the circumstances
in which made, not misleading;
(g) The Borrower does not have any reason to believe that it will not
be able to perform in all material respects all covenants and agreements to be
performed by it under this Pledge Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents;
(h) Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower
contained in the other Loan Documents is true and correct;
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(i) The right of Borrower to receive a residual cash payment pursuant
to Section 4.05(b)(xvii) of the sale Agreement arising from the Mego Mortgage
Home Loan Trust 1996-3 is non-certificated and is evidenced only by the Sale
Agreement arising from that Securitization;
(j) Any Residual Interest Instrument pledged as Collateral shall
represent the right of the holder thereof to receive one hundred percent (100%)
of the residual interest in the interest and principal payments due on the
underlying loans securitized in that Securitization, except as follows: (a)
Class R Certificate R-0001, 1996-3 represents the right to receive one hundred
percent (100%) of the residual interests in Group 1 Loans, as that term is
defined in the Sale Agreement for that Securitization; and (b) Residual Interest
Instrument No. 1 1997-1 and Residual Certificate Xx. 0, 0000-0 each represent
the right to receive ninety-nine percent (99%) of the residual interest in the
respective Securitization;
(k) Except as disclosed on Schedule I hereto, there is no circumstance
presently in existence which prohibits the receipt of payment of obligations due
pursuant to the terms of the Certificates and the Grantor Trust Right pledged as
Collateral;
(l) To the best of Borrower's knowledge, all of the Collateral has been
duly and validly authorized, issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is
subject to no options to purchase or similar rights;
(m) Each Pledged Share is validly authorized, issued, is fully paid and
non assessable and is subject to no option to purchase or similar rights;
(n) The execution, delivery and consummation of this Pledge Agreement
will not violate the charter or bylaws of the Borrower or the issuer of any
Collateral or any law, regulation, mortgage, indenture, contract, instrument,
judgment or decree applicable to or binding on the Borrower or the issuer of the
Collateral;
(o) The Pledged Shares constitute and shall at all times constitute one
hundred percent of the issued and outstanding voting and nonvoting stock of The
Money Centre;
(p) The Borrower has held the Pledged Shares, free and clear of all
liens, encumbrances and debt, and borne the full economic risk thereof since the
time of acquisition thereof on August 31, 1999 and at no time during said period
did the Borrower hold any short position in the Pledged Shares or option to
sell, and at no time during such period did any other party hold a short
position in the Pledged Shares or an option to sell thereof;
(q) The pledge, collateral assignment and delivery to and continuous
possession by the Agent of the Collateral consisting of certificated securities
pursuant to this Pledge Agreement creates a valid and perfected first priority
security interest in such securities and the proceeds thereof, subject to no
prior lien or encumbrance or to any agreement purporting to grant to any third
party a lien or encumbrance on the property or assets of the Borrower which
would include the Collateral and the Agent for the account of the Lender is
entitled to all the rights, priorities
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and benefits afforded by the UCC or other relevant law as enacted in any
relevant jurisdiction to perfect security interests in respect of such
Collateral; and
(r) "Control" (as defined in Section 8-106 of the UCC) has been
obtained by the Lenders over all Collateral consisting of Securities with
respect to which such "control" may be obtained pursuant to Section 8-106 of the
UCC.
ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENT MAY PERFORM
The Borrower hereby appoints any officer, general partner or agent of
the Agent as the Borrower's true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full authority
in the place and stead of the Borrower and in the name of the Agent or
otherwise, from time to time in the Agent's discretion, to take any action and
to execute any agreements, documents and instruments which the Agent may deem
necessary or advisable to accomplish the purpose of this Pledge Agreement. The
powers conferred on the Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest in
the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Agent to exercise any such
powers. All authorization and agencies herein contained with respect to the
Collateral are irrevocable and powers coupled with an interest.
ARTICLE IX
CUSTODY OF COLLATERAL
Except as provided by applicable law that cannot be waived, the Agent
will have no duty as to the custody and protection of the Collateral, the
collection of any part thereof or of any income thereon or the preservation or
exercise of any rights pertaining thereto, including rights against prior
parties, except for the use of reasonable care in the custody and physical
preservation of any Collateral in its possession. The Agent will not be liable
or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution
in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any agent selected by
the Agent (including without limitation the Escrow Agent) acting in good faith.
ARTICLE X
APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL AND PROCEEDS
The proceeds of any sale of, or other realization upon, all or any part
of the Collateral shall be applied in the order set forth in Section 5.3 of the
Notes.
ARTICLE XI
SECURITY INTEREST ABSOLUTE
All rights of the Lenders hereunder and the interest and all
obligations of the Borrower hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of:
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(a) except as expressly provided in Section 14.9, any lack of
validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents or any other agreement or
instrument relating to the Loan Documents;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or
in any other term of, the Loan Documents, or any renewal or extension of the
Loan Documents or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any
departure from this Pledge Agreement or any other agreement or instrument;
(c) any sale, exchange, release or nonperfection of any of the
Collateral, or any release of any guarantor or any person liable in any manner
for the collection of the Notes, or any amendment or waiver of or consent to or
departure from any guaranty or the Loan Documents; or
(d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower in respect of any of the
Loan Documents.
ARTICLE XII
REMEDIES CUMULATIVE
Each right, power and remedy of the Borrower provided for in this
Pledge Agreement or any other Loan Document, or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or by statute shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be in
addition to every other such right, power or remedy. The exercise or beginning
of the exercise by the Agent of any one or more of the rights, powers or
remedies provided for in this Pledge Agreement or any other Loan Document or now
or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall not
preclude the simultaneous or later exercise by the Agent of all such other
rights, powers or remedies, and no failure or delay on the part of the Agent to
exercise any such right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof.
Unless otherwise required by the Loan Documents, no notice to or demand on the
Borrower in any case shall entitle the Borrower to any other or further notice
or demand in similar other circumstances or constitute waiver of any of the
rights of the Agent to any other or further action in any circumstances without
demand or notice. The obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents are
with full recourse to the Borrower and the Borrower shall remain liable for any
deficiency upon the exercise of remedies by Agent.
ARTICLE VIII
REFERENCES IN PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND
CONFIRMATION OF LIENS
13.1 References in Pledge Agreement All references in this Pledge
Agreement to the Notes, the Loan Documents and this Pledge Agreement shall
henceforth include references to the Notes, the Loan Documents and this Pledge
Agreement as such documents are amended, modified, extended, renewed, restated,
reinstated and increased hereby, and as such documents may, from time to time,
be further amended, modified, extended, renewed, restated, reinstated and/or
increased.
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13.2 Confirmation of Liens The Borrower hereby modifies, confirms,
extends, renews and affirms to the Lenders the security interests, liens and
rights of any and all security for the Notes, including without limitation, the
liens, security interests and rights set forth in the First Pledge Agreement,
the Second Pledge Agreement and all other Loan Documents, to secure repayment of
the Notes. The Borrower confirms that the liens, security interests and rights
of the Lenders under the First Pledge Agreement and Second Pledge Agreement and
other Loan Documents are valid and subsisting liens, security interests and
rights against the property described therein. The Borrower confirms that this
modification shall in no manner affect or impair any of the liens, security
interests or rights securing payment of the Notes and other obligations as set
forth in the First Pledge Agreement and Second Pledge Agreement, and that none
of those liens, security interests and rights shall in any manner be waived, the
purpose of this instrument being in part to carry forward, renew and extend all
those liens, security interests and rights. The Lenders shall have the right to
exercise all of its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents and under
applicable law upon the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default under any
of the Loan Documents and under any and all existing or future amendment,
restatement or modification to any of the Loan Documents or the terms hereof. To
the extent not provided in this Pledge Agreement, this Pledge Agreement,
including Section 2.1, shall be deemed amended to include as an obligation,
repayment of which is secured thereby, all future advances by the Lenders to the
Borrower whether under the Loan Documents, as they may be modified, amended,
extended, restated, reinstated, renewed and/or increased from time to time, or
under other separate documents, agreements or instruments. The parties do not
intend that the Second Pledge Agreement constitute a novation of the First
Pledge Agreement or that this Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement constitute a
novation of the First Pledge Agreement or the Second Pledge Agreement.
13.3 Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of the
Borrower.
The Borrower further represents, warrants and covenants and agrees with
the Agent as follows:
a. the information set forth in the recitals of this Pledge Agreement
are true and correct in all respects;
b. except as effected by the repayment of obligations of the Borrower
to Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc., the representations and
warranties of the Borrower as set forth in the First Pledge Agreement and Second
Pledge Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof;
c. Borrower hereby confirms all of its covenants, obligations and
duties under the First Pledge Agreement and the Second Pledge Agreement as
modified herein and each shall remain effective as of the date originally made;
and
d. Borrower has not pledged, transferred, conveyed, or assigned any
interest in the Collateral except to the Agent on behalf of the Lender pursuant
to the Loan Documents.
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13.4 Continued Effect
Except to the extent amended hereby or in connection herewith, all
terms, provisions and conditions of the Loan Documents (including all documents
executed in connection herewith) shall be enforceable and binding in accordance
with their respective terms.
13.5 Waiver of Defaults.
All defaults of the Agent on behalf of the Lender, if any, under the
First Pledge Agreement and Second Pledge Agreement, are hereby waived.
13.6 Further Amendments.
All of the terms and provisions of the First Pledge Agreement and
Second Pledge Agreement are hereby amended and modified wherever necessary, even
though not specifically addressed herein, so as to conform to the amendments and
modifications set forth herein.
ARTICLE XIV
RESERVED
ARTICLE XV
MISCELLANEOUS
14.1 Successors and Assigns; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Pledge
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Pledge Agreement
shall not confer any rights, obligations, remedies or liabilities upon any
Person other than the parties hereto and their permitted successors and assigns.
14.2 GOVERNING LAW. THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT AND THE NOTES BEAR A
REASONABLE RELATION TO THE STATE OF MARYLAND IN THAT, INTER ALIA, AN INTENDED
PARTICIPANT IN THE NOTES HAS ITS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF
MARYLAND, PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS RELATING TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY HAS OCCURRED IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND THE CLOSING WILL OCCUR IN SUCH
STATE. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT
OF LAWS THEREOF.
14.3 Notices. All notices, requests, demands, claims and other
communications under this Pledge Agreement shall be in writing (unless otherwise
specified herein) and shall be deemed duly given if (and then two (2) Business
Days after) it is sent by registered or certified
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mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed to the intended
recipient as set forth below:
If to Borrower:
Altiva Financial Corporation
Sixth Floor
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Office of the Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a Copy to:
King & Spalding
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Driver, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to the Agent:
Value Partners, Ltd.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to:
Bergman, Xxxxx & Bird, L.L.P.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
And
Elias, Matz, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X.
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Any party may send any notice, request, demand, claim or other
communications hereunder to the intended recipient at the address set forth
above using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier,
messenger service, telecopy, telex, ordinary mail, or electronic mail), but no
such notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication shall be deemed to
have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the intended
recipient. Any party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands,
claims, and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the
other party notice in the manner herein set forth.
14.4 Amendments; Waivers. This Pledge Agreement may not be amended,
modified or supplemented except in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.
Each party may, by written notice to the other, extend the time for or waive the
performance of any of the obligations of such other hereunder. The waiver by any
party hereto of a breach of this Pledge Agreement shall not operate or be
construed as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. No delay, omission or
act by a party shall be deemed a waiver of such party's rights, powers or
remedies. No course of dealing between the parties hereto shall operate a waiver
of any provision hereof.
14.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnity. The Borrower shall:
(a) pay or reimburse the Agent on demand for all of its reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development,
preparation and execution of any amendment, modification or supplement to, or
any waiver under, any Loan Document and any other document prepared in
connection therewith, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Lenders;
(b) pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses of the Lenders,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
to Lenders, in connection with the occurrence or continuance of an Event of
Default and the enforcement, collection, protection or preservation (whether
through negotiation, legal proceedings or otherwise) of this Pledge Agreement or
any other Loan Document, the Collateral, and any obligation or any rights,
remedy, power or privilege of the Lenders hereunder or thereunder;
(c) pay and hold the Lenders harmless from and against any and all
present and future stamp, excise, recording or other similar taxes or fees
payable in connection with the execution, delivery, recording and filing of any
Loan Document and hold the Lenders harmless from and against any and all
liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or omission to pay such
taxes or fees; and
(d) indemnify and hold harmless the Lenders and their respective
directors, officers, partners, employees and agents from and against, any and
all liabilities, losses, damages,
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penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and disbursements,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursement of counsel
to the Lenders and such other parties, incurred by any of them in connection
with, arising out of or in any way relating to any investigation, claim,
litigation or other proceeding, pending or threatened (whether or not any of
them is designated a party thereto), in connection with, arising out of or in
any way related to this Pledge Agreement or any other Loan Document or any of
the transactions contemplated herein or therein or any use of the proceeds of
the Notes by the Borrower; provided that the Lenders shall not be entitled to
any indemnification for any of the foregoing resulting from their gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
If, and to the extent that, the indemnity obligations of the Borrower
hereunder may be unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower hereby agrees to
make the maximum contributions to the payment and satisfaction of each of such
indemnity obligations which is permissible under applicable law.
14.6 Limited Liability. No recourse under any Loan Document shall be
had against, and no personal liability shall attach to, any officer, employee,
director, partner, affiliate, shareholder or agent of any party hereto, as such,
by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by
virtue of any statute or otherwise in respect of any of the Loan Documents, it
being expressly agreed and understood that each Loan Document is solely a
corporate or limited liability entity obligation of each party hereto, and that
any and all personal liability, either at common law or in equity, or by statute
or constitution, of every such officer, employee, director, partner, affiliate,
shareholder or agent for breaches by any party hereto of any obligation under
any Loan Document is hereby expressly waived as a condition of and in
consideration for the execution and delivery of this Pledge Agreement.
14.7 Counterparts. This Pledge Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
14.8 Severability; Interpretation. Any term or provision of this Pledge
Agreement that is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any situation in any
jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity, legality or
enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in
any other jurisdiction.
14.9 Usury. All agreements between Borrower and the Agent on behalf of
the Lenders, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or
oral, are hereby limited so that in no contingency, whether by reason of demand
or acceleration of the maturity Date, as that term is defined in the Notes, or
otherwise, shall the interest contracted for, charged, received, paid or agreed
to be paid to the Lenders exceed the maximum amount permissible under the laws
of the State of Maryland (hereinafter the "Applicable Law"). If, from any
circumstance whatsoever, interest would otherwise be payable to Lenders in
excess of the maximum amount permissible under the Applicable Law, the interest
payable to Lenders shall be
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reduced to the maximum amount permissible under the Applicable Law, and if from
any circumstance Lenders shall ever receive anything of value deemed interest by
the Applicable Law in excess of the maximum amount permissible under the
Applicable Law, an amount equal to the excessive interest shall be applied to
the reduction of the principal of the Notes and not to the payment of interest,
or if such excessive amount of interest exceeds the unpaid balance of principal
of the Notes, such excess shall be refunded to the Borrower. All interest paid
or agreed to be paid to the Lenders shall, to the extent permitted by the
Applicable Law, be amortized, pro-rated, allocated and spread throughout the
full period (including any renewal or extension) until payment in full of the
principal so that the interest on the Notes for such full period shall not
exceed the maximum amount permissible under the Applicable Law. The Lenders
expressly disavow any intent to contract for, charge or receive interest in an
amount which exceeds the maximum amount permissible under the Applicable Law.
This paragraph as well as a similar paragraph as set forth in the Notes shall
control all agreements between Borrower and the Lenders.
14.10 Time is of the Essence; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. Time and
exactitude of each of the terms, obligations, covenants and conditions of this
Pledge Agreement are hereby declared to be of the essence.
14.11 Binding Effect. This Pledge Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective heirs,
executors, administrators, successors and assigns. Subject to Article VI, the
Lenders may assign this Pledge Agreement, and if assigned, the assignee shall be
entitled, upon notifying the Borrower, to the payment and performance of the
obligations arising under the Loan Documents and agreements of the Borrower
hereunder and to all of the rights and remedies of the Lenders hereunder, and
the Borrower will assert no claims or defenses the Borrower may have against the
Lenders against the assignee. The gender and number used in this Pledge
Agreement are used for reference term only and shall apply with the same effect
whether the parties are masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural.
14.12 Multiple Counterparts. This Pledge Agreement may be executed in
separate or multiple counterparts by the parties, and all of such counterparts
shall be considered as one and the same instrument notwithstanding the fact that
various counterparts are signed by only one or more of the parties, and all of
such Pledge Agreements shall be deemed but one and the same Pledge Agreement.
14.13 Headings. The captions and Section headings in this Pledge
Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or
otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof.
14.14 Secured Party. This Pledge Agreement shall constitute a security
agreement, and the Lenders shall have all of the rights in the Collateral of a
secured party, including under Articles 8 and 9 of the UCC.
14.15 Chief Executive Office; Records. The chief executive office of
the Borrower is located at the address specified in the introduction. The
Borrower will not move its chief
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executive office except to such new location as such Borrower may establish in
accordance with the last sentence in this Section 13.16. The Borrower shall not
establish a new location for such office until (i) it shall have given to the
Agent and the Escrow Agent not less than 30 days' prior written notice of its
intention so to do, clearly describing such new location and providing such
other information in connection therewith as the Agent may reasonably request
and (ii) with respect to such new location, it shall have taken all action,
satisfactory to the Agent, to maintain the security interest of the Agent in the
Collateral intended to be granted hereby at all times fully perfected and in
full force and effect.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Pledge
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
VALUE PARTNERS, LTD., on its own behalf and on
behalf of the Lenders as Agent
By: XXXXX & PARTNERS,
General Partner
By:
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Managing Partner
Address:
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
ALTIVA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By: /S/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Chairman of the Board/CEO
Address:
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
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