EXHIBIT 10.21(e)
SECURITY AGREEMENT (together with any instruments executed and
delivered pursuant to Section 7.15, this "Agreement") dated as of
March 15, 1999, among PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. (f/k/a New Playboy,
Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), PEI HOLDINGS, INC., a
Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
("PHI"), each other subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule I
hereto or becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.15 (the
"Subsidiary Grantors"; and, together with the Company and PHI, the
"Grantors") and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, a bank organized under the
laws of Switzerland, acting through its New York Branch ("CSFB"), as
collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent") for the
Secured Parties (as defined herein).
Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of February 26, 1999,
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement") among the Company, PHI, the Lenders (as defined in Article I
thereof) and CSFB, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"), as collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as issuing bank (in such capacity, the "Issuing Bank") for the
Lenders and (b) the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement dated as of March 15, 1999
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement"), among the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined
therein) and the Collateral Agent.
The Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower (as defined in the
Credit Agreement), and the Issuing Bank has agreed to issue Letters of Credit
for the account of the Borrower, in each case pursuant to, and upon the terms
and subject to the conditions specified in, the Credit Agreement. Each of the
Grantors has agreed to guarantee, among other things, all the obligations of the
Borrower under the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to make such
Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue such Letters of Credit are conditioned
upon, among other things, the execution and delivery by the Grantors of an
agreement in the form hereof to secure the Obligations.
Accordingly, the Grantors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and
each Secured Party (and each of their respective successors or assigns), hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Definition of Terms Used Herein. (a) Unless the context
otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein
shall have the meanings set
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forth in the Credit Agreement and all references to the Uniform Commercial Code
shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York as of
the date hereof.
(b) As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Account Debtor" shall mean any person who is or who may become obligated to
any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.
"Accounts" shall mean any and all right, title and interest of any Grantor to
payment for goods and services sold or leased, including any such right
evidenced by chattel paper, whether due or to become due, whether or not it has
been earned by performance, and whether now or hereafter acquired or arising in
the future, including payments due from Affiliates of the Grantors.
"Account Rights" shall mean all Accounts and all right, title and interest in
any returned goods, together with all rights, titles, securities and guarantees
with respect thereto, including any rights to stoppage in transit, replevin,
reclamation and resales, and all related security interests, liens and pledges,
whether voluntary or involuntary, in each case whether now existing or owned or
hereafter arising or acquired.
"Collateral" shall mean all (a) Account Rights, (b) Documents, (c) Inventory,
(d) Contract Rights, (e) Equipment, (f) General Intangibles, (g) cash and cash
accounts, (h) Intellectual Property, (i) Investment Property and (j) Proceeds;
provided that the Collateral shall not include (i) except as set forth in
Section 9-318 of the U.C.C., any agreement or License which can not be pledged
or assigned according to its terms, (ii) Investment Property evidenced by a
certificate pledged under the Pledge Agreement, (iii) except as set forth in
Section 9-318 of the U.C.C., any agreement or License to the extent that the
pledge or assignment of such property requires the consent of any third party
unless such third party has consented thereto and (iv) property subject to a
Lien permitted by Section 6.02(a), (c) and (k) of the Credit Agreement
"Commodity Account" shall mean an account maintained by a Commodity
Intermediary in which a Commodity Contract is carried for a Commodity Customer.
"Commodity Contract" shall mean a commodity futures contract, an option on a
commodity futures contract, a commodity option or any other contract that, in
each case, is (a) traded on or subject to the rules of a board of trade that has
been designated as a contract market for such a contract pursuant to the federal
commodities laws or (b) traded on a foreign commodity board of trade, exchange
or market, and is carried on the books of a Commodity Intermediary for a
Commodity Customer.
"Commodity Customer" shall mean a person for whom a Commodity Intermediary
carries a Commodity Contract on its books.
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"Commodity Intermediary" shall mean (a) a person who is registered as a
futures commission merchant under the federal commodities laws or (b) a person
who in the ordinary course of its business provides clearance or settlement
services for a board of trade that has been designated as a contract market
pursuant to federal commodities laws.
"Contract Rights" shall mean the rights of the Grantors to xxxx and receive
payment under any and all contracts, agreements or purchase orders.
"Copyright License" shall mean any written agreement, now or hereafter in
effect, granting any right to any Grantor under any Copyright now or hereafter
owned by any third party, and all rights of such Grantor under any such
agreement.
"Copyrights" shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired
by any Grantor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright
laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee,
transferee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations and applications for
registrations of any such copyright in the United States or any other country,
including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending
applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office or any
similar offices in any other country, including those listed on Schedule II.
"Credit Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement of this Agreement.
"Documents" shall mean all instruments, certificates representing shares of
capital stock or other securities, files, records, ledger sheets and documents
covering or relating to any of the Collateral.
"Entitlement Holder" shall mean a person identified in the records of a
Securities Intermediary as the person having a Security Entitlement against the
Securities Intermediary. If a person acquires a Security Entitlement by virtue
of Section 8-501(b)(2) or (3) of the Uniform Commercial Code, such person is the
Entitlement Holder.
"Equipment" shall mean all equipment, furniture and furnishings and all
tangible personal property similar to any of the foregoing, including tools,
parts and supplies of every kind and description, and all improvements,
accessions or appurtenances thereto, that are now or hereafter owned by any
Grantor. The term Equipment shall include Fixtures.
"Financial Asset" shall mean (a) a Security, (b) an obligation of a person or
a share, participation or other interest in a person or in property or an
enterprise of a person, which is, or is of a type, dealt with in or traded on
financial markets, or which is recognized in any area in which it is issued or
dealt in as a medium for investment or (c) any property that is held by a
Securities Intermediary for another person in a
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Securities Account if the Securities Intermediary has expressly agreed with the
other person that the property is to be treated as a Financial Asset under
Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code. As the context requires, the term
Financial Asset shall mean either the interest itself or the means by which a
person's claim to it is evidenced, including a certificated or uncertificated
Security, a certificate representing a Security or a Security Entitlement.
"Fixtures" shall mean all items of Equipment, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, of any Grantor that become so related to particular real estate that
an interest in them arises under any real estate law applicable thereto.
"General Intangibles" shall mean all choses in action and causes of action and
all other assignable intangible personal property of any Grantor of every kind
and nature (other than Account Rights) now owned or hereafter acquired by any
Grantor, including all rights and interests in partnerships, limited
partnerships, limited liability companies and other unincorporated entities, the
capital stock, Equity Interests and Rights in uncertificated form set forth on
Schedule VI, corporate or other business records, indemnification claims,
contract rights (including (a) rights under leases, whether entered into as
lessor or lessee, (b) rights under the Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Agreements, (c)
rights under Hedging Agreements, (d) intercompany payment obligations, (e) any
written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third
party under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or which such
Grantor otherwise has the right to license, and all rights of such Grantor under
any such agreement, (f) any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect,
granting to any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on
which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or which any Grantor
otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, and all rights of any
Grantor under any such agreement (g) any written agreement, now or hereafter in
effect, granting any right to any third party to use any Trademark now or
hereafter owned by any Grantor or which such Grantor otherwise has the right to
license, and all rights of such Grantor under any such agreement, and (h) other
agreements, goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any
letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by
or granted to any Grantor to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the
Account Rights.
"Intellectual Property" shall mean all intellectual property of any Grantor of
every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including
inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets,
confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-
how or other data or information, software and databases and all embodiments or
fixations thereof and related documentation, registrations and franchises, and
all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing
or used in connection with, any of the foregoing.
"Inventory" shall mean all goods of any Grantor, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, held for sale or lease, or furnished or to be furnished by
any Grantor under
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contracts of service or consumed in any Grantor's business, including raw
materials, intermediates, work in process, packaging materials, finished goods,
semi-finished inventory, scrap inventory, manufacturing supplies and spare
parts, and all such goods that have been returned to or repossessed by or on
behalf of any Grantor.
"Investment Property" shall mean all Securities (whether certificated or
uncertificated), Security Entitlements, Securities Accounts, Commodity Contracts
and Commodity Accounts of any Grantor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired
by any Grantor.
"License" shall mean any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License
or other license or sublicense to which any Grantor is a party, including those
listed on Schedule III (other than those licenses or license agreements in
existence on the date hereof and listed on Schedule III and those licenses or
license agreements entered into after the date hereof, in either case which by
their terms prohibit (or as to which applicable law prohibits) assignment or a
grant of a security interest by such Grantor).
"Obligations" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit
Agreement.
"Patent License" shall mean any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect,
granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a
Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all
rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.
"Patents" shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by
any Grantor: (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country,
all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications for letters patent
of the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings
and pending applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any
similar offices in any other country, including those listed on Schedule IV, and
(b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or
extensions thereof and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including
the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
"Perfection Certificate" shall mean a certificate substantially in the form of
Annex 1 hereto, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments
contemplated thereby, and duly executed by a Financial Officer and the chief
legal officer of the Company.
"Proceeds" shall mean any consideration received from the sale, exchange,
license, lease or other disposition of any asset or property that constitutes
Collateral, any value received as a consequence of the possession of any
Collateral and any payment received from any insurer or other person or entity
as a result of the destruction, loss, theft, damage or other involuntary
conversion of whatever nature of any asset or property which constitutes
Collateral and shall include (a) any claim of any Grantor against any third
party for (and the
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right to xxx and recover for and the rights to damages or profits due or accrued
arising out of or in connection with) (i) past, present or future infringement
of any Patent now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or licensed to any Grantor
under a Patent License, (ii) past, present or future infringement or dilution of
any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or licensed to a Grantor
under a Trademark License or injury to the goodwill associated with or
symbolized by any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, (iii) past,
present or future breach of any License and (iv) past, present or future
infringement of any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or licensed
to a Grantor under a Copyright License and (b) any and all other amounts from
time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.
"Secured Parties" shall mean (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent,
(c) the Collateral Agent, (d) the Issuing Bank, (e) each counterparty to a
Hedging Agreement entered into with the Borrower if such counterparty was a
Lender at the time the Hedging Agreement was entered into, (f) the beneficiaries
of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Grantor under any Loan
Document and (g) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
"Securities" shall mean any obligations of an issuer or any shares,
participations or other interests in an issuer or in property or an enterprise
of an issuer which (a) are represented by a certificate representing a security
in bearer or registered form, or the transfer of which may be registered upon
books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer, (b) are one of
a class or series or by its terms is divisible into a class or series of shares,
participations, interests or obligations and (c)(i) are, or are of a type, dealt
with or traded on securities exchanges or securities markets or (ii) are a
medium for investment and by their terms expressly provide that they are a
security governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code (other than as
expressly excluded by Section 8-103(c), (e) and (f) of such Article).
"Securities Account" shall mean an account to which a Financial Asset is or
may be credited in accordance with an agreement under which the person
maintaining the account undertakes to treat the person for whom the account is
maintained as entitled to exercise rights that comprise the Financial Asset.
"Security Entitlements" shall mean the rights and property interests of an
Entitlement Holder with respect to a Financial Asset.
"Security Interest" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section
2.01.
"Securities Intermediary" shall mean (a) a clearing corporation or (b) a
person, including a bank or broker, that in the ordinary course of its business
maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity.
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"Trademark License" shall mean any written agreement, now or hereafter in
effect, granting to any Grantor any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter
owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such
agreement.
"Trademarks" shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired
by any Grantor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade
dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general
intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration applications filed in
connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office, any State of the United States or
any similar offices in any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
and all extensions or renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule V,
(b) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized thereby and (c) all other
assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody such goodwill.
SECTION 1.02. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified
in Sections 1.02 and 1.03 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this
Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Security Interest
SECTION 2.01. Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance,
as the case may be, in full of the Obligations and any extensions, renewals,
modifications or refinancings of the Obligations, each Grantor hereby mortgages
and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its
successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security
interest in, all of such Grantor's right, title and interest in, to and under
the Collateral (the "Security Interest"). Without limiting the foregoing, the
Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to file one or more financing statements
(including fixture filings), continuation statements, filings with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any
successor office) or other documents for the purpose of perfecting, confirming,
continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each
Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the
Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.
SECTION 2.02. No Assumption of Liability. The Security Interest is granted as
security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any
Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.
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SECTION 2.03. Licencing Arrangements. Notwithstanding anything in the Loan
Documents to the contrary, the Grantors shall each have the right, without the
consent of the Collateral Agent or the Lenders, to enter into bona fide
licensing arrangements permitted by Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement in the
ordinary course of their businesses at arm's length with unaffiliated third
parties for the use by such third parties of any Collateral consisting of
Intellectual Property so long as (a) the Administrative Agent retains the right
to collect any sums due the Grantor in accordance with the terms of such
arrangements (subject to the right of setoff granted Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx under
the Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Agreements) and (b) the proceeds of such licensing
arrangements are applied in accordance with the Credit Agreement. Copies of the
documentation for such arrangements shall be promptly provided by the Grantor or
the Company to the Administrative Agent). The Lenders agree that, whether or not
the Collateral Agent has foreclosed or exercised any other rights to enforce its
Lien on such Collateral, licensees under such licensing arrangements described
in the foregoing sentence shall be afforded the use of such Collateral in
accordance with the terms of such licensing arrangements for the duration set
forth therein.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties
The Grantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Collateral
Agent and the Secured Parties that:
SECTION 3.01. Title and Authority. Each Grantor has good and valid rights in
and title to the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a
Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the
Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto and to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other person other than
any consent or approval which has been obtained.
SECTION 3.02. Filings. (a) The Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared,
completed and executed and the information set forth therein is correct and
complete. Fully executed Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including
fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or
registrations containing a description of the Collateral have been delivered to
the Collateral Agent for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office
specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate, which are all the
filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright
Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Collateral consisting of
United States Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights or rights in any thereof) that
are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish
a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent
(for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Collateral in which
the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in
the United States
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(or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and
no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration
or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided
under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or,
upon any amendments to applicable law, the change of any Grantor's name,
location, identity or corporate structure, with respect to the filing of
financing statements or amendments to filed financing statements.
(b) Each Grantor represents and warrants that fully executed security
agreements in the form hereof and containing a description of all Collateral
consisting of Intellectual Property (other than Copyrights, as to which this
representation and warranty shall be limited to Copyrights registered on the
date hereof in the name of a Grantor which are noted on Schedule II) shall have
been received and recorded within three months after the execution of this
Agreement with respect to United States Patents and United States registered
Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are
pending) and within one month after the execution of this Agreement with respect
to United States registered Copyrights(1) by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
ss. 261, 15 U.S.C. ss. 1060 or 17 U.S.C. ss. 205 and the regulations thereunder,
as applicable, to the extent necessary to protect the validity of and to
establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest (to the extent
perfectible by filing in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the
United States Copyright Office) in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the
benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Collateral consisting of
United States Patents and Trademarks and Copyrights noted on Schedule III in
which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration
in such offices, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording,
rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than such
actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any
Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registrations or
applications for registration thereof) acquired or registered after the date
hereof) for that purpose.
SECTION 3.03. Validity of Security Interest. The Security Interest constitutes
(a) a legal and valid security interest in all the Collateral securing the
payment and performance of the Obligations, (b) subject to the filings described
in Section 3.02 above, a perfected security interest in all Collateral in which
a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a
financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political
subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform
Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (c) a security
interest that shall be perfected in all United States Collateral (other than
Copyrights, as to which this representation and warranty shall be limited to
Copyrights registered on the date hereof in the name of a Grantor which are
noted on Schedule II) in which a security interest may be perfected upon the
receipt and recording of this Agreement with the United States
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(1) Discuss actions to be taken to perfect on film, video and photo libraries.
Describe Copyrights as to which no Federal filings will be made.
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Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as
applicable, within the three month period (commencing as of the date hereof)
pursuant to 35 U.S.C. ss. 261 or 15 U.S.C. ss. 1060 or the one month period
(commencing as of the date hereof) pursuant to 17 U.S.C. ss. 205. The Security
Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Collateral, other
than Liens expressly permitted to be prior to the Security Interest pursuant to
Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3.04. Absence of Other Liens. The Collateral is owned by the Grantors
free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to
Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement. No Grantor has filed or consented to the
filing of (a) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform
Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Collateral, (b) any
assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement
or similar instrument covering any Collateral with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (c) any assignment in
which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar
instrument covering any Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or
other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment,
security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each
case, for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit
Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Covenants
SECTION 4.01. Change of Name; Location of Collateral; Records; Place of
Business. (a) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent in
writing of any change (i) in its corporate name or in any trade name used to
identify it in the conduct of its business or in the ownership of its
properties, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office, its principal
place of business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to
Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Collateral owned by it
is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility),
(iii) in its identity or corporate structure or (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer
Identification Number. Each Grantor agrees not to effect or permit any change
referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under
the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the
Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid,
legal and perfected first priority security interest in all the Collateral. Each
Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent if any material portion
of the Collateral owned or held by such Grantor is damaged or destroyed.
(b) Each Grantor agrees to maintain, at its own cost and expense, such
complete and accurate records with respect to the Collateral owned by it as is
consistent with its current practices and in accordance with such prudent and
standard practices used in industries that are the same as or similar to those
in which such Grantor is engaged, but in any event to
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include complete accounting records indicating all payments and proceeds
received with respect to any part of the Collateral, and, at such time or times
as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, promptly to prepare and deliver
to the Collateral Agent a duly certified schedule or schedules in form and
detail satisfactory to the Collateral Agent showing the identity, amount and
location of any and all Collateral.
SECTION 4.02. Periodic Certification. (a) Each year, at the time of delivery
of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year
pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement, the Company shall deliver to
the Collateral Agent a certificate executed by a Financial Officer and the chief
legal officer of the Company (i) setting forth the information required pursuant
to Section 2 of the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no
change in such information since the date of such certificate or the date of the
most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 4.02(a) and (ii)
certifying that all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including
fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or
registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations,
containing a description of the Collateral have been filed of record in each
governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction
identified pursuant to clause (i) above to the extent necessary to protect and
perfect the Security Interest for a period of not less than 18 months after the
date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any
continuation statements to be filed within such period) and (b) each year (i) at
the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the
preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Credit Agreement and (ii)
within 60 days after the end of the second fiscal quarter, the Company shall
deliver to the Collateral Agent a certificate executed by a Financial Officer
and the chief legal officer of the Company (x) identifying in the format of
Schedule II, III, IV or V, as applicable, all Copyrights, Licenses, Patents and
Trademarks of any Grantor in existence on the date thereof and not then listed
on such Schedules or previously so identified to the Collateral Agent and (y)
certifying, as to any such United States Copyrights, Licenses, Patents or
Trademarks that have been registered, or for which applications for registration
are pending, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United
States Copyright Office, that all appropriate filings, recordings or
registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, have
been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States
Copyright Office, as applicable, to protect the validity of and to establish a
legal, valid and perfected security interest (to the extent perfectible by
filing in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States
Copyright Office) in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the
Secured Parties) in each United States Copyright, License, Patent and Trademark
identified pursuant to clause (x) above and that no further or subsequent
filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is
necessary for that purpose.
SECTION 4.03. Protection of Security. Each Grantor shall, at its own cost and
expense, take any and all actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral
against all persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Collateral Agent
in the Collateral and the
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priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to Section
6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4.04. Further Assurances. Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to
execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further
instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Collateral Agent may
from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and
perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby,
including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest
and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other
documents in connection herewith or therewith. If any amount payable to any
Grantor under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become
evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument in an amount in excess of
$100,000, such note or instrument shall be immediately pledged and delivered to
the Collateral Agent, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby
authorizes the Collateral Agent to supplement this Agreement by adding
additional schedules hereto to specifically identify any asset or item that may
constitute Collateral; provided, however, that any Grantor shall have the right,
exercisable within 10 days after it has been notified by the Collateral Agent of
the specific identification of such Collateral, to advise the Collateral Agent
in writing of any inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such
Grantor hereunder with respect to such Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that it
will use its best efforts to take such action as shall be necessary in order
that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct in
all material respects with respect to such Collateral within 30 days after the
date it has been notified by the Collateral Agent of the specific identification
of such Collateral.
SECTION 4.05. Inspection and Verification. The Collateral Agent and such
persons as the Collateral Agent may reasonably designate shall have the right,
at the Grantors' own cost and expense, to inspect the Collateral, all records
related thereto (and to make extracts and copies from such records) and the
premises upon which any of the Collateral is located, to discuss the Grantors'
affairs with the officers of the Grantors and their independent accountants and
to verify under reasonable procedures, in accordance with Section 5.06 of the
Credit Agreement, the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and
status of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral, including, in the
case of Accounts or Collateral in the possession of any third person, by
contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Collateral for
the purpose of making such a verification during normal business hours upon
reasonable advance notice. The Collateral Agent shall have the absolute right to
share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any
Secured Party.
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SECTION 4.06. Taxes; Encumbrances. At its option, the Collateral Agent may
discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests
or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Collateral and not
permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the
maintenance and preservation of the Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails
to do so as required by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement, and each Grantor
jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent on demand for any
payment made or any expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
foregoing authorization; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.06
shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or
imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or
perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to taxes,
assessments, charges, fees, liens, security interests or other encumbrances and
maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 4.07. Assignment of Security Interest. If at any time any Grantor
shall take a security interest in any property of an Account Debtor or any other
person to secure payment and performance of an Account, such Grantor shall
promptly assign such security interest to the Collateral Agent. Such assignment
need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue the perfected
status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the
Account Debtor or other person granting the security interest.
SECTION 4.08. Continuing Obligations of the Grantors. Each Grantor shall
remain liable to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be
observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument
relating to the Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions
thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and
all liability for such performance.
SECTION 4.09. Use and Disposition of Collateral. None of the Grantors shall
make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the
Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Collateral, except as
expressly permitted by Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement. None of the
Grantors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Collateral and each
Grantor shall remain at all times in possession of the Collateral owned by it,
except that (a) Inventory may be sold in the ordinary course of business and (b)
unless and until the Collateral Agent shall notify the Grantors that an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and that during the continuance
thereof the Grantors shall not sell, convey, lease, assign, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any Collateral (which notice may be given by telephone if
promptly confirmed in writing), the Grantors may use and dispose of the
Collateral in any lawful manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that it shall not permit any
Inventory in excess of $500,000 to be in the possession or control of any
warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor at any time unless such warehouseman,
bailee, agent or processor shall have been
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notified of the Security Interest and the Company shall have used reasonable
best efforts to cause such warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor to agree in
writing to hold the Inventory subject to the Security Interest and the
instructions of the Collateral Agent and to waive and release any Lien held by
it with respect to such Inventory, whether arising by operation of law or
otherwise.
SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Modification of Accounts. None of the Grantors
will, without the Collateral Agent's prior written consent, grant any extension
of the time of payment of any of the Account Rights, compromise, compound or
settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or
partly, any person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or
discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, credits, discounts,
compromises or settlements granted or made in the ordinary course of business
and consistent with its current practices and in accordance with such prudent
and standard practices used in industries that are the same as or similar to
those in which such Grantor is engaged.
SECTION 4.11. Insurance. The Grantors, at their own expense, shall keep or
cause to be kept the Inventory and Equipment adequately insured at all times by
financially sound and reputable insurers; maintain such other insurance, to such
extent and against such risks, including fire and other risks insured against by
extended coverage, as is customary with companies in the same or similar
businesses operating in the same or similar locations, including public
liability insurance against claims for personal injury or death or property
damage occurring upon, in, about or in connection with the use of any properties
owned, occupied or controlled by it; and maintain such other insurance as may be
required by law.
(b) The Grantors shall: (i) cause all such policies to be endorsed or
otherwise amended to include a "standard" or "New York" lender's loss payable
endorsement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Collateral Agent, which endorsement shall provide that, from and
after the Closing Date, if the insurance carrier shall have received written
notice from the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent of the occurrence
of an Event of Default, the insurance carrier shall pay all proceeds otherwise
payable to the Company or any Loan Party under such policies directly to the
Collateral Agent; (ii) deliver original or certified copies of all such policies
or certificates of insurance for the same to the Collateral Agent; (iii) cause
each such policy to provide that it shall not be canceled, modified or not
renewed except (x) by reason of nonpayment of premium upon not less than 10
days' prior written notice thereof by the insurer to the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent (giving the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent the right to cure defaults in the payment of premiums) or (y) for any
other reason upon not less than 30 days' prior written notice thereof by the
insurer to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent; and (iv) deliver
to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, prior to the cancelation,
material modification or nonrenewal of any such policy of insurance, a copy of a
renewal or replacement policy (or other evidence of renewal of a policy
previously delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
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Agent) together with evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent of payment of the premium therefor.
(c) The Grantors shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent immediately whenever any separate insurance concurrent in form or
contributing in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this
Section 4.11 is taken out by the Company; and promptly deliver to the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent a duplicate original copy of such
policy or policies or certificates of insurance of the same.
(d) In connection with the covenants set forth in this Section 4.11, it is
understood and agreed that:
(i) none of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank, or
their respective agents or employees shall be liable for any loss or damage
insured by the insurance policies required to be maintained under this Section
4.11, it being understood that (A) the Company and the other Loan Parties
shall look solely to their insurance companies or any other parties other than
the aforesaid parties for the recovery of such loss or damage and (B) such
insurance companies shall have no rights of subrogation against the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Bank or
their agents or employees. If, however, the insurance policies do not provide
waiver of subrogation rights against such parties, as required above, then the
Company hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to waive its right of
recovery, if any, against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Lenders, the Issuing Bank and their agents and employees; and
(ii) the designation of any form, type or amount of insurance coverage by
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders under
this Section 4.11 shall in no event be deemed a representation, warranty or
advice by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders that
such insurance is adequate for the purposes of the business of the Company and
the Subsidiaries or the protection of their properties and the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Required Lenders shall have the right from
time to time to require the Company and the other Loan Parties to keep other
insurance in such form and amount as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request, provided that such
insurance shall be obtainable on commercially reasonable terms.
(e) Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral
Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent)
as such Grantor's true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose,
during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting
claims in respect of Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name
of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the
proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all
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determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Grantor
at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of
insurance required hereby or to pay any premium in whole or part relating
thereto, the Collateral Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation
or liability of the Grantors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole
discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium
and take any other actions with respect thereto as the Collateral Agent deems
advisable. All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this
Section 4.11, including reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, expenses and
other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Grantors
to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured hereby.
SECTION 4.12. Legend. Each Grantor shall legend, in form and manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, its books, records and documents
evidencing or pertaining to Account Rights with an appropriate reference to the
fact that such Account Rights have been assigned to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties and that the Collateral Agent has a security
interest therein.
SECTION 4.13. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.
(a) Each Grantor agrees that it will not, nor will it permit any of its
licensees (unless (i) it has a purpose in the ordinary course of business to do
otherwise or (ii) to do otherwise could not reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect) to, do any act, or
omit to do any act, which would cause any Patents that are, individually or in
the aggregate, material to the conduct of such Grantor's business to become
invalidated or dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall continue to
xxxx any products covered by a Patent with the relevant patent number as
necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under
applicable patent laws.
(b) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees)
will, for all Trademarks that are, individually or in the aggregate, material to
the conduct of such Grantor's business, (unless (x) it has a purpose in the
ordinary course of business to do otherwise or (y) to do otherwise could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect) (i) maintain such Trademarks in full force free from
any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of
products and services offered under such Trademarks, (iii) display such
Trademarks with notice of Federal or foreign registration to the extent
necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under
applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of such
Trademarks in violation of any third party rights.
(c) Each Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will, for all works
covered by Copyrights that are, individually or in the aggregate, material to
the conduct of such Grantor's business (unless (i) it has a purpose in the
ordinary course of business to do otherwise or (ii) to do otherwise could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect), continue to publish, reproduce, display,
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adopt and distribute the works with appropriate copyright notices as necessary
and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable
copyright laws.
(d) Each Grantor shall notify the Collateral Agent immediately if it knows or
should be reasonably expected to know that any Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights
that are, individually or in the aggregate, material to the conduct of its
business may become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any
adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any court or similar office
of any country other than non-final determinations of such offices or courts)
regarding such Grantor's ownership of any such material Patents, Trademarks or
Copyrights, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same.
(e) In the event any Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee,
licensee or designee, files an application for any Patent, Trademark or
Copyright (or for the registration of any Trademark or Copyright) with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any
office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States, it shall
within fifteen business days of such Grantor's receipt of an application number
(with respect to Patent and Trademark applications) or registration numbers
(with respect to Copyright applications) execute, deliver and file in such
office or agency any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as
shall be required or as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence
the Collateral Agent's security interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright,
and shall provide evidence of all such filings to the Collateral Agent at the
time of providing the Collateral Agent with the next Certificate pursuant to
Section 4.02(b) hereof. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent as its
attorney-in-fact to execute and file all instruments and documents that it shall
deem necessary or advisable for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such
attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; such power, being coupled with an
interest, is irrevocable.
(f) Each Grantor will take all necessary steps it deems appropriate under the
circumstances that are consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any
office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States or in any
other country or any political subdivision thereof (unless (i) it has a purpose
in the ordinary course of business to do otherwise or (ii) to do otherwise could
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect), to maintain and pursue each material application
relating to the Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights (and to use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain the relevant grant or registration) and to maintain each
issued Patent and each registration of the Trademarks and Copyrights that is
material to the conduct of any Grantor's business, including timely filings of
applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and
payment of maintenance fees, and, if consistent with good business judgment, to
initiate opposition, interference and cancelation proceedings against third
parties.
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(g) In the event that any Grantor has reason to believe that any Collateral
consisting of Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights that are, individually or in the
aggregate, material to the conduct of any Grantor's business have been or are
about to be infringed, misappropriated or, in the case of any material
Trademark, diluted by a third party, such Grantor (unless (i) it has a purpose
in the ordinary course of business to do otherwise or (ii) to do otherwise could
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect) promptly shall notify the Collateral Agent and shall,
if consistent with the Grantor's good business judgment, promptly xxx for
infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages
for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions
as are appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Collateral. Such
Grantor may discontinue or settle any such suit or other action if the Grantor
deems such discontinuance or settlement to be appropriate in its reasonable
business judgment.
(h) Upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor
shall, at the request of the Collateral Agent, use its reasonable best efforts
to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor of each Copyright
License, Patent License or Trademark License to effect the assignment of all of
such Grantor's right, title and interest thereunder to the Collateral Agent or
its designee.
ARTICLE V
Power of Attorney
Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent
(and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as
such Grantor's true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, and in such capacity
the Collateral Agent shall have the right, with power of substitution for each
Grantor and in each Grantor's name or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or
deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other
evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to
demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and
releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on
any invoice or xxxx of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send
verifications of Account Rights to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and
prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any
court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of
the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to
settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings
relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any
Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Collateral
Agent; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with
respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all
other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as
fully and completely as
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though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all
purposes; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as
requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to make any
commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment
received by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, or to present or file any
claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any
part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any
property covered thereby, and no action taken or omitted to be taken by the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party with respect to the Collateral or any part
thereof shall give rise to any defense, counterclaim or offset in favor of any
Grantor or to any claim or action against the Collateral Agent or any Secured
Party. It is understood and agreed that the appointment of the Collateral Agent
as the agent and attorney-in-fact of the Grantors for the purposes set forth
above is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. The provisions of this
Section shall in no event relieve any Grantor of any of its obligations
hereunder or under any other Loan Document with respect to the Collateral or any
part thereof or impose any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured
Party to proceed in any particular manner with respect to the Collateral or any
part thereof, or in any way limit the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any
Secured Party of any other or further right which it may have on the date of
this Agreement or hereafter, whether hereunder, under any other Loan Document,
by law or otherwise.
ARTICLE VI
Remedies
SECTION 6.01. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor agrees to deliver each item of
Collateral to the Collateral Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the
Collateral Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following
actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Collateral
consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest
to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such
Collateral by the applicable Grantors to the Collateral Agent or to license or
sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive
or non-exclusive basis, any such Collateral throughout the world on such terms
and conditions and in such manner as the Collateral Agent shall determine (other
than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that
waivers cannot be obtained) and (b) with or without legal process and with or
without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the
Collateral and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where the
Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing
the Collateral, exercise any Pledgor's right to xxxx and receive payment for
completed work, and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a
secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the
Collateral Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of
applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the
Collateral, at public
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or private sale or at any broker's board or on any securities exchange, for
cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem
appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it
deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers
to persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing any Collateral
which constitutes a "security" under applicable securities law for their own
account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof,
and upon consummation of any such sale the Collateral Agent shall have the right
to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the
Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property
sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and
each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of
redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in
the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter
enacted.
The Collateral Agent shall give the Grantors 10 days' written notice (which
each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-504(3)
of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or its
equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent's intention to make
any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state
the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker's board
or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such
sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will
first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall
be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place
or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of
such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may
be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral
Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Collateral Agent
shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine
not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral
shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication,
adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time
to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may,
without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so
adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on
credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the
Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers
thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such
purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold
and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like
notice. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made
pursuant to this Section, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to
the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or
appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived
and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof
offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then
due and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the
purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of
sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability
to any
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Grantor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the
Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the
Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement
and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion
thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral
Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have
been remedied and the Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising
the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by
a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the
Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or
courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-
appointed receiver.
SECTION 6.02. Application of Proceeds. The Collateral Agent shall apply the
proceeds of any collection or sale of the Collateral, as well as any Collateral
consisting of cash, as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (in its capacity as such
hereunder or under any other Loan Document) in connection with such collection
or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement or any of the
Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of
its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the
Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of any
Grantor and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with
the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan
Document;
SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations (the amounts so applied
to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the
amounts of the Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution);
and
THIRD, to the Grantors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of
application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this
Agreement. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including
pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding),
the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a
sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold
and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the
application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent
or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.
SECTION 6.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. For the purpose
of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this
Article at such time
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as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and
remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable,
non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other
compensation to the Grantors) to use, license or sub-license any of the
Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired
by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such
license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be
recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof. The use of such license by the Collateral Agent
may be exercised, at the option of the Collateral Agent, upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided that any license, sub-
license or other transaction entered into by the Collateral Agent in accordance
herewith shall be binding upon the Grantors notwithstanding any subsequent cure
of an Event of Default.
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 7.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except
as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in
Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder
to any Grantor shall be given to it at its address or telecopy number set forth
on Schedule I, with a copy to the Company.
SECTION 7.02. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral Agent
hereunder, the Security Interest and all obligations of the Grantors hereunder
shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or
enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement
with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument
relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of
payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other
amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any
exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any
release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any
guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations, or (d) any
other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement.
SECTION 7.03. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties made by any Grantor herein and in the
certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or
pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the
Secured Parties and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, and
the execution and delivery to the Lenders of any notes evidencing such
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Loans, regardless of any investigation made by the Lenders or on their behalf,
and shall continue in full force and effect until this Agreement shall
terminate.
SECTION 7.04. Binding Effect; Several Agreement. This Agreement shall become
effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such
Grantor shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart
hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and
thereafter this Agreement shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Collateral
Agent and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit
of such Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their
respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall have the right
to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein
or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except
as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement. This
Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each
Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with
respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without
affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.
SECTION 7.05. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the
parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the
successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements
by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Collateral Agent that are contained in
this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns.
SECTION 7.06. Collateral Agent's Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each
Grantor jointly and severally agrees to pay upon demand to the Collateral Agent
the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees,
disbursements and other charges of its counsel and of any experts or agents,
which the Collateral Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration
of this Agreement (including the customary fees and charges of the Collateral
Agent for any audits conducted by it or on its behalf with respect to the
Account Rights or Inventory), (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale
of, collection from or other realization upon any of the Collateral, (iii) the
exercise, enforcement or protection of any of the rights of the Collateral Agent
hereunder or (iv) the failure of any Grantor to perform or observe any of the
provisions hereof.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan
Documents, each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Collateral
Agent and the other Indemnitees against, and hold each of them harmless from,
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including
reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel, incurred by or
asserted against any of them arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a
result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any
claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating hereto or to the
Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such
indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such
losses, claims, damages,
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liabilities or related expenses have resulted from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of any Indemnitee.
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional
Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions
of this Section 7.06 shall remain operative and in full force and effect
regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of
the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on
behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under
this Section 7.06 shall be payable on written demand therefor and shall bear
interest at the rate specified in Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 7.07. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7.08. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the Collateral
Agent in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or
any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power,
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right or power. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder and of
the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provisions
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by any
Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be
permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No
notice to or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle such Grantor or any
other Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other
circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or
modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into
by the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or
modification is to apply and by the Collateral Agent with any consent required
under the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 7.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER
OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS. EACH
PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF
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ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY
WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND
(B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER
INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.09.
SECTION 7.10. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby
(it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a
particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such
provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties shall endeavor in good-faith
negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with
valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that
of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when
taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become effective as
provided in Section 7.04. Delivery of an executed signature page to this
Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 7.12. Headings. Article and Section headings used herein are for the
purpose of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect
the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this
Agreement.
SECTION 7.13. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each Grantor
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to
the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or Federal court of
the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court
from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any
judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard
and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in
such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in
any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Collateral Agent, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring
any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
against any Grantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest
extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or
hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any New York
State or Federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in
the manner provided for notices in Section 7.01. Nothing in this Agreement will
affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other
manner permitted by law.
SECTION 7.14. Termination. This Agreement and the Security Interest shall
terminate when (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including
interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding) on all Loans, (ii) each payment required to be
made under the Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, and (iii)
all other obligations then due and owing, have in each case been indefeasibly
paid in full, the Lenders have no further commitment to lend, the L/C Exposure
has been reduced to zero and the Issuing Bank has no further commitment to issue
Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement, at which time the Collateral Agent
shall execute and deliver to the Grantors, at the Grantors' expense, all Uniform
Commercial Code termination statements, terminations and reassignments for
mortgages and assignments of copyrights, patents and trademarks, and similar
documents which the Grantors shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination. Any execution and delivery of termination statements or documents
pursuant to this Section 7.14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the
Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent is hereby expressly authorized to, and
upon request of the Company shall, release the Security Interest in any
Collateral in the event that such Collateral, or all the capital stock of the
Grantor owning such Collateral, shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed
of to a person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower in a transaction
permitted by Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement, and to execute any and all
documents (including releases) with respect to the Collateral and the rights of
the Secured Parties with respect thereto, in each case as contemplated by and in
accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
SECTION 7.15. Additional Grantors. Pursuant to Section 5.09 of the Credit
Agreement, each Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary) that was not in
existence on the date of the Credit Agreement is required to enter into the
Security Agreement as a Grantor upon becoming such a Subsidiary. Upon execution
and delivery by the Collateral Agent and such a Subsidiary of a Supplement in
the form of Annex 2 hereto, such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder
with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The
execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of
any Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder
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shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new
Grantor as a party to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the day and year first above written.
PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. (f/k/a New
Playboy, Inc.),
by
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Name:
Title:
PEI HOLDINGS, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:
EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARIES LISTED ON
SCHEDULE I HERETO,
by
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Name:
Title:
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, as
Collateral Agent,
by
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Name:
Title:
by
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Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE I
TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
Subsidiary Guarantor Address
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AdulTVision Communications, Inc. c/o Playboy Enterprises, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
After Dark Video, Inc. Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Alta Loma Entertainment, Inc. Attn: General Counsel
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Alta Loma Distribution, Inc.
with a copy to:
Cameo Films, Inc. Xxxx, Weiss, Rifkind,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
Critics' Choice Video, Inc. 0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Impulse Productions, Inc. Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attn: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Lake Shore Press, Inc.
Lifestyle Brands, Ltd.
Mystique Films, Inc.
Playboy Club of Hollywood, Inc.
Playboy Club of New York, Inc.
Playboy Clubs International, Inc.
Playboy Enterprises, Inc. to be renamed Playboy Enterprises International, Inc.
Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.
Playboy Gaming International, Ltd.
Playboy Gaming Nevada, Inc.
Playboy Models, Inc.
Playboy of Xxxxx, Inc.
Playboy of Sussex, Inc.
Playboy Preferred, Inc.
Playboy Properties, Inc.
Playboy Shows, Inc.
Precious Films, Inc.
Special Editions, Ltd.
Steelton, Inc.
Telecom International, Inc.
Women Productions, Inc.
CPV Productions, Inc.
Cyberspice, Inc.
MH Pictures, Inc.
Spice Entertainment Companies, Inc.
Spice Direct, Inc.
Spice International, Inc.
Spice Networks, Inc.
Spice Productions, Inc.
SCHEDULE II
TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
U.S. COPYRIGHTS OWNED BY [NAME OR GRANTOR]
[Make a separate Schedule I for each Grantor and if no copyrights owned so
state. List in numerical order by Registration No.]
U.S. Copyright Registrations
Title Reg. No. Author
----- -------- ------
Pending U.S. Copyright Applications for Registration
Title Author Class Date Filed
----- ------ ----- ----------
SCHEDULE III
TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
LICENSES
[Make a separate Schedule III for each Grantor, and if not a licensor/licensee
in a license/sublicense so state.]
PART 1
LICENSES/SUBLICENSEES OF [NAME OF GRANTOR] AS LICENSOR ON DATE HEREOF
A. Copyrights
[List U.S. copyrights in numerical order by Reg. No.]
U.S. Copyrights
License Name Date of License/ Title of
and Address Sublicense U.S. Copyright Author Reg. No.
------------ ---------------- -------------- ------ --------
B. Patents
[List in numerical order by U.S. patent nos.
followed by U.S. patent application nos.]
U.S. Patents
Licensee Name Date of License/
and Address Sublicense Issue Date Patent No.
------------- ---------------- ---------- ---------
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U.S. Patent Applications
Licensee Name Date of License/
and Address Sublicense U.S. Xxxx Reg. Date Reg. No.
------------- ---------------- --------- --------- --------
C. Trademarks
[List in numerical order by U.S. trademark nos.,
followed by U.S. trademark application nos.]
U.S. Trademarks
Licensee Name Date of License/
and Address Sublicense U.S. Xxxx Reg. Date Reg. No.
------------- ---------------- --------- --------- --------
U.S. Trademark Applications
Licensee Name Date of License/ Application
and Address Sublicense U.S. Xxxx Date Filed No.
------------- ---------------- --------- ---------- -----------
D. Others
Date of License/
License Name and Address Sublicense Subject Matter
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PART 2
LICENSEES/SUBLICENSES OF [NAME OF GRANTOR] AS LICENSEE ON DATE HEREOF
A. Copyrights
[List U.S. copyrights in numerical order by Reg. No.]
U.S. Copyrights
----------------
Licensee Name Date of License/ Title of
and Address Sublicense U.S. Copyright Author Reg. No.
------------- ---------------- -------------- ---------- -----------
B. Patents
[List in numerical order by U.S. patent nos.
followed by U.S. patent application nos.]
U.S. Patents
Licensee Name Date of License/
and Address Sublicense Issue Date Patent No.
------------- ---------------- --------- ----------
U.S. Patent Applications
Licensee Name Date of License/
and Address Sublicense Date Filed Application No.
------------- ---------------- --------- ---------------
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C. Trademarks
[List in numerical order by U.S. trademark nos.,
followed by U.S. trademark application nos.]
U.S. Trademarks
Licensee Name Date of License/
and Address Sublicense U.S. Xxxx Reg. Date Reg. No.
------------- ---------------- --------- --------- --------
U.S. Trademark Applications
Licensee Name Date of License/ Application
and Address Sublicense U.S. Xxxx Date Filed No.
------------- ---------------- --------- ---------- -----------
SCHEDULE IV
TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
PATENTS OWNED BY [NAME OF GRANTOR]
[Make a separate Schedule IV for each Grantor and if no patents owned so state.
List in numerical order by Patent No./Patent Application No.]
U.S. Patent Registrations
Patent Numbers Issue Date
-------------- ----------
U.S. Patent Applications
Patent Application No. Filing Date
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SCHEDULE V
TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
TRADEMARK/TRADE NAMES OWNED BY [NAME OF GRANTOR]
[Make a separate Schedule V for each Grantor
and if no trademarks/trade names owned so state.
List in numerical order by trademark registration/application no.]
U.S. Trademark Registrations
Xxxx Reg. Date Reg. No.
---- --------- --------
U.S. Trademark Applications
Xxxx Filing Date Application No.
---- ----------- ---------------
State Trademark Registrations
[List in alphabetical order by State/numerical order by trademark no.]
State Xxxx Filing Date Application No.
----- ---- ----------- ---------------
Trade Names
Country(s) Where Used Trade Names
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Annex 1 to the
Security Agreement
[Form of]
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of February 26,
1999, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement") among NEW PLAYBOY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), PEI HOLDINGS, INC., a [Delaware] corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company ("PHI"), the Lenders (as defined in Article I
thereof), and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, a bank organized under the laws of
Switzerland, acting through its New York Branch ("CSFB"), as administrative
agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent"), as collateral agent (in
such capacity, the "Collateral Agent") and as issuing bank (in such capacity,
the "Issuing Bank") for the Lenders and (b) the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement
dated as of March 15, 1999 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time, the "Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement"), among the Subsidiary
Grantors and the Collateral Agent.
The undersigned, a Financial Officer and a Legal Officer, respectively, of
the Company, hereby certify to the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party
as follows:
1. Names. (a) The exact corporate name of each Grantor, as such name
appears in its respective certificate of incorporation, is as follows:
(b) Set forth below is each other corporate name each Grantor has had in
the past five years, or currently proposes to adopt after the date hereof
together with the date of the relevant change:
(c) Except as set forth in the recitals to the Credit Agreement or in
Schedule 1 hereto, no Grantor has changed its identity or corporate structure in
any way within the past five years and no Grantor currently proposes to make any
such change. Changes in identity or corporate structure would include mergers,
consolidations and acquisitions, as well as any change in the form, nature or
jurisdiction of corporate organization. If any such change has occurred, include
in Schedule 1 the information required by Sections 1 and 2 of this certificate
as to each acquiree or constituent party to a merger or consolidation.
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(d) The following is a list of all other names (including trade names or
similar appellations) used by each Grantor or any of its divisions or other
business units in connection with the conduct of its business or the ownership
of its properties at any time during the past five years:
(e) Set forth below is the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of each
Grantor:
2. Current Locations. (a) The chief executive office of each Grantor is
located at the address set forth opposite its name below:
Grantor Mailing Address County State
------- --------------- ------ -----
(b) Set forth below opposite the name of each Grantor are all locations
where such Grantor maintains any books or records relating to any Account Rights
(with each location at which chattel paper, if any, is kept being indicated by
an "*"):
Grantor Mailing Address County State
------- --------------- ------ -----
(c) Set forth below opposite the name of each Grantor are all the places
of business of such Grantor not identified in paragraph (a) or (b) above:
Grantor Mailing Address County State
------- --------------- ------ -----
(d) Set forth below opposite the name of each Grantor are all the
locations where such Grantor maintains any Collateral not identified above:
Grantor Mailing Address County State
------- --------------- ------ -----
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(e) Set forth below opposite the name of each Grantor are the names and
addresses of all persons other than such Grantor that have possession of any of
the Collateral of such Grantor:
Grantor Mailing Address County State
------- --------------- ------ -----
3. Unusual Transactions with respect to Account Rights and Inventory.
Except as set forth below, all Account Rights have been originated by the
Grantors and all Inventory has been acquired by the Grantors in the ordinary
course of business:
4. UCC File Search Reports. Attached hereto as Schedule 4(A) are true
copies of file search reports from the Uniform Commercial Code filing offices
where filings described in Section 3.19 of the Credit Agreement are to be made.
Attached hereto as Schedule 4(B) is a true copy of each financing statement or
other filing identified in such file search reports.
5. Intellectual Property File Search Reports. Attached hereto as Schedule
5(A) are true copies of file search reports from the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office. Attached hereto as
Schedule 5(B) is a true copy of each filing identified in such file search
reports.
6. UCC Filings. Duly signed financing statements on Form UCC-1 in
substantially the form of Schedule 6 hereto (or such other form as shall be
appropriate in any jurisdiction) have been prepared for filing in the Uniform
Commercial Code filing office in each jurisdiction where a Grantor has
Collateral as identified in Section 2 hereof.
7. Schedule of UCC Filings. Attached hereto as Schedule 7 is a schedule
setting forth, with respect to the filings described in Section 6 above, each
filing and the filing office in which such filing is to be made.
8. Schedule of Intellectual Property Filings. Attached hereto as Schedule
8(A) is a schedule setting forth each filing to be made in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office to satisfy the conditions and agreements set forth
in the Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement. Attached hereto as Schedule
8(B) is a schedule setting forth each filing to be made in the United States
Copyright Office.
9. Advances. Attached hereto as Schedule 9 is a true and correct list of
all unpaid intercompany transfers of goods sold and delivered by or to the
Company or any Subsidiary.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this certificate on
this 15 day of March 1999.
NEW PLAYBOY, INC.,
by
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Name:
Title:[Financial Officer]
by
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Name:
Title:[Legal Officer]
Annex 2 to the
Security Agreement
SUPPLEMENT NO. (this "Supplement") dated as of _____________, to
the Security Agreement dated as of March 15, 1999 (the "Security
Agreement"), among PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES, INC. (f/k/a New Playboy,
Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), PEI HOLDINGS, INC., a
Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
("PHI"), each other subsidiary of the Company listed on Schedule I
thereto (together with PHI, the "Subsidiary Grantors"; and, together
with the Company, the "Grantors") and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, a
bank organized under the laws of Switzerland, acting through its New
York Branch ("CSFB"), as collateral agent (in such capacity, the
"Collateral Agent") for the Secured Parties (as defined therein).
A. Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement dated as of February 26,
1999, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement") among the Company, PHI, the Lenders (as defined in Article I
thereof), and CSFB, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent"), as collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral
Agent") and as issuing bank (in such capacity, the "Issuing Bank") for the
Lenders and (b) the Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement dated as of March 15, 1999
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Subsidiary Guarantee Agreement"), among the Subsidiary Grantors and the
Collateral Agent.
B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement and the
Credit Agreement.
C. The Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to
induce the Lenders to make Loans and the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of
Credit. Section 7.15 of the Security Agreement provides that additional
Subsidiaries may become Grantors under the Security Agreement by execution and
delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned
Subsidiary (the "New Grantor") is executing this Supplement in accordance with
the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Grantor under the Security
Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make additional Loans and the
Issuing Bank to issue additional Letters of Credit and as consideration for
Loans previously made and Letters of Credit previously issued.
Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Grantor agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 7.15 of the Security Agreement, the
New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Security
Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a
Grantor and the New Grantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of
the Security Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder and (b)
represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as
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a Grantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. In
furtherance of the foregoing, the New Grantor, as security for the payment and
performance in full of the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement),
does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and
assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a
security interest in and lien on all of the New Grantor's right, title and
interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the
New Grantor. Each reference to a "Grantor" in the Security Agreement shall be
deemed to include the New Grantor.
SECTION 2. The New Grantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent
and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by
different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral
Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken
together, bear the signatures of the New Grantor and the Collateral Agent.
Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile
transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart
of this Supplement.
SECTION 4. The New Grantor hereby represents and warrants that Schedule I
attached hereto sets forth all information as to such Grantor that would be
required in order to make the Perfection Certificate true and complete if it
were executed and delivered by such Grantor on and as of the date hereof.
SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein and in the Security Agreement shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular
provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the
validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall
endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions.
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SECTION 8. The New Grantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including
the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the
Collateral Agent.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor and the Collateral Agent have duly
executed this Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first
above written.
[Name of New Grantor],
by
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Name:
Title:
Address:
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, as
Collateral Agent,
by
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Title:
by
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