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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
(amending and restating the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement dated as of November 4, 1999, as previously
amended and amended and restated)
made by
TENNECO INC.,
TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY INC.,
TENNECO INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CORP.,
TENNECO GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC.,
THE PULLMAN COMPANY,
TMC TEXAS INC.
and
CLEVITE INDUSTRIES INC.
in favor of
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of March __, 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS................................................. 2
1.1 Definitions...................................................... 2
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.................................... 7
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE..................................................... 7
2.1 Guarantee........................................................ 7
2.2 Right of Contribution............................................ 8
2.3 No Subrogation................................................... 9
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations........ 9
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional............................. 9
2.6 Reinstatement.................................................... 10
2.7 Payments......................................................... 10
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.................................... 11
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES................................ 11
4.1 Title; No Other Liens............................................ 12
4.2 Perfected First Priority Liens................................... 12
4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization..................................... 12
4.4 Inventory and Equipment.......................................... 12
4.5 Farm Products.................................................... 12
4.6 Investment Property.............................................. 12
4.7 Receivables...................................................... 13
4.8 Intellectual Property............................................ 13
SECTION 5. COVENANTS..................................................... 14
5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel
Paper............................................................ 14
5.2 Maintenance of Insurance......................................... 14
5.3 Payment of Obligations........................................... 14
5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further
Documentation.................................................... 15
5.5 Changes in Jurisdiction of Organization, Locations, Name, etc.... 15
5.6 Notices.......................................................... 15
5.7 Investment Property.............................................. 16
5.8 Receivables...................................................... 17
5.9 Intellectual Property............................................ 17
5.10 Jurisdiction of Organization..................................... 19
5.11 Commercial Tort Claims........................................... 19
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SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS........................................... 19
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables.......................... 19
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable............. 20
6.3 Pledged Stock.................................................... 20
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent............... 21
6.5 Application of Proceeds.......................................... 22
6.6 Code and Other Remedies.......................................... 22
6.7 Registration Rights.............................................. 23
6.8 Deficiency....................................................... 24
SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT...................................... 24
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc...... 24
7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent..................................... 26
7.3 Financing Statements............................................. 26
7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent................................ 26
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS................................................. 26
8.1 Amendments in Writing............................................ 26
8.2 Notices.......................................................... 27
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.............. 27
8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification............................ 27
8.5 Successors and Assigns........................................... 28
8.6 Set-Off.......................................................... 28
8.7 Counterparts..................................................... 28
8.8 Severability..................................................... 28
8.9 Section Headings................................................. 28
8.10 Integration...................................................... 28
8.11 GOVERNING LAW.................................................... 29
8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers.............................. 29
8.13 Acknowledgements................................................. 29
8.14 Additional Grantors.............................................. 30
8.15 Releases......................................................... 30
8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL............................................. 30
8.17 Amendment and Restatement........................................ 30
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1 Notice Addresses
Schedule 2 Investment Property
Schedule 3 Perfection Matters
Schedule 4 Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices
Schedule 5 Inventory and Equipment Locations
Schedule 6 Intellectual Property
ANNEX
Annex 1 Assumption Agreement
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EXECUTION COPY
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of March 16, 2007
(amending and restating the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of
November 4, 1999, as previously amended and amended and restated), made by each
of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a
party hereto as provided herein, the "Grantors"), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent") for the banks and other financial institutions (the "Lenders") from time
to time parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
March 16, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "Credit Agreement"), among Tenneco Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Borrower"), the Lenders, Citicorp North America, Inc., Bank of America, N.A.
and The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, as documentation agents, Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., as syndication agent, and the Administrative Agent.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as of September 30,
1999, as amended and restated as of December 12, 2003 and as amended thereafter
and prior to the date hereof (the "Existing Credit Agreement"), among the
Borrower, the lenders and agents party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as
successor to The Chase Manhattan Bank), the lenders thereunder made extensions
of credit to the Borrower;
WHEREAS, the Existing Credit Agreement has been amended and restated
pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and all obligations, liabilities, indebtedness
and liens created by the Existing Credit Agreement are continued unimpaired and
in full force and effect pursuant to the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally
made and agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies
that includes each other Grantor;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit
Agreement have been and will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make
valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the
operation of their respective businesses;
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related
businesses, and each Grantor derives and will derive substantial direct and
indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Grantors and the Administrative Agent are parties to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of November 4, 1999, as amended and
amended and restated prior to the date hereof (the "Existing Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement");
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WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders
to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit
Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to
the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders;
WHEREAS, for convenience the parties hereto desire to amend and
restate the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement pursuant to this
Agreement rather than amend the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to
induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower
under the Credit Agreement, the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is
hereby amended and restated as of the Restatement Date (as defined below) as
follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS
1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in
the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in
the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the
New York UCC: Accounts, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort
Claims, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, Instruments, Inventory, Letter of
Credit Rights and Supporting Obligations.
(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Agreement": the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as
amended and restated by this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the
same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time.
"Borrower Obligations": the collective reference to the unpaid
principal of and interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and
all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without
limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the
Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement
Obligations and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in
the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating
to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender (or, in the case of any Lender Hedge Agreement or Cash Management
Obligations, any Affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter
incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Credit
Agreement, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit,
any Lender Hedge Agreement (including any guarantees of the Borrower of any
Lender Hedge Agreements entered into by Tenneco Management (Europe) Limited
or any Subsidiary that succeeds
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Tenneco Management (Europe) Limited in the performance of international
treasury management functions for the Company), any Cash Management
Obligation (including any guarantees of the Borrower of any Cash Management
Obligations entered into by any Subsidiary) or any other document made,
delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case
whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation,
all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the
Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms
of any of the foregoing agreements).
"Cash Management Obligation": the collective reference to (a) any
obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of (i)
overdrafts and related liabilities owed to any Lender (or any Affiliate of
a Lender) that arise from treasury, depositary or cash pooling or
management services including in connection with any automated clearing
house transfers of funds or any similar transactions and (ii) credit and/or
purchasing cards issued by any Lender (or any Affiliate of a Lender) to or
for the benefit or account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
their respective employees and (b) any Supplemental Cash Management
Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that any
obligation of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to a Lender (or its
Affiliate) under any Cash Pooling Agreement to which such Lender (or its
Affiliate) is a party constitutes a "Cash Management Obligation" for
purposes hereof.
"Collateral": as defined in Section 3.
"Collateral Account": any collateral account established by the
Administrative Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.
"Copyrights": (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United
States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether
registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including,
without limitation, those listed in Schedule 6), all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and
applications in the United States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to
obtain all renewals thereof.
"Copyright Licenses": any written agreement naming any Grantor as
licensor or, any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensee to the
extent such agreement permits the Grantor to grant a security interest in
its rights thereunder, including, without limitation, those listed in
Schedule 6, granting any right under any Copyright, including, without
limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and
sell materials derived from any Copyright.
"Deposit Account": as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of any
applicable jurisdiction and, in any event, including, without limitation,
any demand, time, savings, passbook or like account maintained with a
depositary institution.
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"Foreign Subsidiary": any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any
jurisdiction outside the United States of America.
"Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock": the voting Capital Stock of any
Foreign Subsidiary.
"General Intangibles": all "general intangibles" as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the New York UCC (other than any Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the definition of "Pledged Stock")
and, in any event, including, without limitation, with respect to any
Grantor, all contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures in any form,
and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which such
Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such Grantor or any
property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, including, without limitation,
(i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to
it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of such Grantor
to damages arising thereunder and (iii) all rights of such Grantor to
perform and to exercise all remedies thereunder.
"Guarantor Obligations": with respect to any Guarantor (i) all
obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in
connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2)
or any other Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party, (ii) all
obligations or liabilities of such Guarantor under or in respect of Lender
Hedge Agreements to which such Guarantor is a party and (iii) all
obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor in respect of or in
connection with Cash Management Obligations; in each case whether on
account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise and whether material or
contingent (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to
be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any
other Loan Document).
"Guarantors": the collective reference to each Grantor other than the
Borrower.
"Immaterial Foreign Subsidiary": at any time, (i) any Foreign
Subsidiary of a Grantor (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) established
prior to the date hereof where the Grantor is prohibited from pledging its
ownership interests in such Foreign Subsidiary without the consent of the
other owner or owners of such Foreign Subsidiary, (ii) any Foreign
Subsidiary where the consent of a governmental authority is required for a
Grantor to pledge the Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary owned by the
Grantor (but only until such time as such approval has been obtained),
(iii) any Foreign Subsidiary where the Grantors collectively own less than
1% of the Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary and (iv) any Foreign
Subsidiary of a Grantor having total assets (as determined in accordance
with GAAP) in an amount of less than 1% of Consolidated Total Assets of the
Borrower; provided, however, that the total assets (as so determined) of
all Immaterial Foreign Subsidiaries referenced in the foregoing clause (iv)
shall not exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower. In the
event that the total
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assets of all Immaterial Foreign Subsidiaries referenced in clause (iv) of
the foregoing sentence exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets of the
Borrower, the Borrower will designate Foreign Subsidiaries which would
otherwise constitute Immaterial Foreign Subsidiaries to be excluded as
Immaterial Foreign Subsidiaries until such 5% threshold is met.
"Intellectual Property": the collective reference to all rights,
priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether
arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the
Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses,
and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other
impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages
therefrom, but excluding any intellectual property granted to any Grantor
as licensee to the extent such Grantor is not expressly permitted to grant
a security interest in its rights under such license.
"Intercompany Note": any promissory note evidencing loans made by any
Grantor to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Investment Property": the collective reference to (i) all "investment
property" as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York
UCC (other than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the
definition of "Pledged Stock") and (ii) whether or not constituting
"investment property" as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged
Stock.
"Issuers": the collective reference to each issuer of any Investment
Property.
"Lender Hedge Agreements": all interest rate swaps, caps or collar
agreements or similar arrangements entered into by the Borrower or Tenneco
Management (Europe) Limited or any Subsidiary that succeeds Tenneco
Management (Europe) Limited in the performance of international treasury
management functions for the Borrower with any Lender (or any Affiliate of
any Lender) providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates
or currency exchange rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations,
either generally or under specific contingencies.
"New York UCC": the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the State of New York.
"Obligations": (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower
Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor
Obligations.
"Patents": (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions
thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6, (ii) all
applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country
and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof,
including, without
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limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6, and (iii) all
rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.
"Patent License": all agreements, whether written or oral, providing
for (i) the grant by any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell
any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent and (ii) the grant to
any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered
in whole or in part by a Patent (to the extent such agreement permits the
Grantor to grant a security interest in its rights thereunder), including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6.
"Pledged Notes": all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2, all
Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other
promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than promissory
notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor
in the ordinary course of business).
"Pledged Stock": the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2,
together with any other shares, stock certificates, options or rights of
any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person that
may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement
is in effect other than the Capital Stock of any Immaterial Foreign
Subsidiary; provided that in no event shall more than 66% of the total
outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary be
required to be pledged hereunder, provided, further, that the Grantors
shall not be obligated to pledge the Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary
to the extent such pledge would violate the laws of the jurisdiction of
such Foreign Subsidiary's organization.
"Proceeds": all "proceeds" as such term is defined in Section
9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC and, in any event, shall include, without
limitation, all dividends or other income from the Investment Property,
collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.
"Receivable": any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for
services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument
or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance
(including, without limitation, any Account).
"Restatement Date": March ___, 2007.
"Supplemental Cash Management Obligations": obligations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of working capital and long term
credit agreements, credit facilities supporting letters of credit and/or
bank issued guarantees and foreign exchange liens of credit provided by any
Lender (or any Affiliate of a Lender) in an aggregate amount of up to
$15,000,000 at any time. Notwithstanding the foregoing (i) an obligation
shall constitute a Supplemental Cash Management Obligation only if the
Borrower has designated such obligation as a Supplemental Cash Management
Obligation in writing to the Administrative Agent, (ii) no obligation shall
constitute a
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Supplemental Cash Management Obligation if its treatment as such would
violate any material Contractual Obligation of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and (iii) no more than $15,000,000 of obligations shall
constitute Supplemental Cash Management Obligations at any time.
"Securities Act": the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Trademarks": (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles,
service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all
goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or
acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State
thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or
otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6, and (ii) the
right to obtain all renewals thereof.
"Trademark License": any agreement, whether written or oral, providing
for (i) the grant by any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark and (ii)
the grant to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark (to the extent
such agreement permits the Grantor to grant a security interest in its
rights thereunder), including, without limitation, any of the foregoing
referred to in Schedule 6.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words "hereof," "herein",
"hereto" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or
any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such
Grantor's Collateral or the relevant part thereof.
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE
2.1 Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and their respective successors,
indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and
performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed
by such Guarantor
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under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors
(after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.2).
(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any
time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor
hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or
affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full
force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations (other than contingent
indemnity obligations not due and payable) and the obligations of each Guarantor
under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been satisfied by
payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments
shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of
the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower Obligations.
(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other
guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any
set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in
reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to
modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor
hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment
made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any payment
received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower
Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum
liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations are paid in
full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), no
Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated.
(f) The Borrower hereby unconditionally guarantees to the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders (and their
Affiliates) and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns,
the prompt and complete payment and performance by its Subsidiaries of their
Cash Management Obligations and their obligations and liabilities under the
Lender Hedge Agreements.
2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the
extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any
payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive
contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid
its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor's right of contribution
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The provisions of
this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of
any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Guarantor
shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full
amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
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2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor
hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be
subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for
the payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be
entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any
other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until
all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower on
account of the Borrower Obligations are paid in full (other than contingent
indemnity obligations not due and payable), no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to
any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the
Borrower Obligations shall not have been paid in full (other than contingent
indemnity obligations not due and payable), such amount shall be held by such
Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from
other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received
by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent,
if required), to be applied against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each
Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by
the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Borrower Obligations
continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any other Person
upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor
or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in
part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed
and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or
terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required
Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to
time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower
Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect,
secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the
Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any
property subject thereto.
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any
and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the
Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance
of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower Obligations, and any
of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created,
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contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance
upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the
Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively
presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment,
protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the
Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each
Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2
shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of
payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any
other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect
thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of
payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by
the Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge
of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to
constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower
Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section
2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or
otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to,
make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may
have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against
any collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right
of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or
to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other
Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to
exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or
right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability
hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether
express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof "demand" shall include
the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall
continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of
the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a
receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the
Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise,
all as though such payments had not been made.
2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder
will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in
Dollars at the office of the Administrative Agent located at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
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SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent,
and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, a security interest in, all of the following property now owned or at
any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or
at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest
(collectively, the "Collateral"), as collateral security for the prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor's Obligations:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Chattel Paper;
(c) all Deposit Accounts;
(d) all Documents;
(e) all Equipment;
(f) all General Intangibles;
(g) all Instruments;
(h) all Intellectual Property;
(i) all Inventory;
(j) all Investment Property;
(k) all Letter of Credit Rights;
(l) all Commercial Tort Claims in an amount in excess of $500,000 in
which any Grantor has rights, as set forth on Schedule 7;
(m) all other property not otherwise described above;
(n) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(o) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting
Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral
security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the
Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions
of credit to the
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Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
4.1 Title; No Other Liens. Except (a) for the security interest
granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
pursuant to this Agreement, (b) for the other Liens permitted to exist on the
Collateral by the Credit Agreement, and (c) those items set forth on Schedule 6,
such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all
Liens or claims of others. No financing statement or other public notice with
respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any
public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement or as
are permitted by the Credit Agreement.
4.2 Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests granted
pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions
specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents
referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in
completed and, when required, duly executed form unless otherwise referred to in
such Schedule) will constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the
Collateral (to the extent a perfected security interest is required pursuant to
this Agreement and except as otherwise stated on Schedule 3) in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as collateral
security for such Grantor's Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the
terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to
purchase any Collateral from such Grantor, except as otherwise provided on
Schedule 3, and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence
on the date hereof except as are permitted by the Credit Agreement and except
for unrecorded Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over
the Liens on the Collateral by operation of law.
4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization. On the Restatement Date, such
Grantor's jurisdiction of organization, identification number from such
jurisdiction of organization (if any) and the location of such Grantor's chief
executive office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4.
4.4 Inventory and Equipment. On the Restatement Date, the Inventory
and the Equipment (other than mobile goods), in each case having an aggregate
value in excess of $1,000,000, are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 5.
4.5 Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the
Proceeds of, Farm Products.
4.6 Investment Property. (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by
such Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all
classes of the Capital Stock of each Issuer owned by such Grantor or, in the
case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, if less, 65% of the outstanding Foreign
Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer owned directly by such Grantor.
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(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) Each of the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with
its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles (whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good
faith and fair dealing.
(d) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good
and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free
of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person,
except the security interest created by this Agreement and security interests
permitted by Section 7.3(p) of the Credit Agreement.
4.7 Receivables. (a) No amount payable to such Grantor under or in
connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper
which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent, except for any of the
foregoing to the extent subject to and included in a Permitted Receivables
Financing.
(b) None of the obligors on any Receivables is a Governmental
Authority.
(c) The amounts represented by such Grantor to the Lenders from time
to time as owing to such Grantor in respect of the Receivables as of the last
day of any fiscal month will be accurate.
4.8 Intellectual Property. (a) Except as otherwise set forth on such
Schedule, Schedule 6 lists all registered, and all material unregistered,
Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name on the Restatement
Date and all applications to register any such Intellectual Property.
(b) On the Restatement Date, all material Intellectual Property is
valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not been abandoned and does
not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person in any
material respect.
(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 6, on the Restatement Date, none
of the material Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or
franchise agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or
franchisor.
(d) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any
Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or
such Grantor's rights in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) No action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such
Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question
the validity of any
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Intellectual Property or such Grantor's ownership interest therein, and (ii)
which, if adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the
value of any material Intellectual Property.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS
Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the
Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity
obligations not due and payable), no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and
the Commitments shall have terminated:
5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel
Paper. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral
in excess of $500,000 shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument,
Certificated Security or Chattel Paper, such Instrument, Certificated Security
or Chattel Paper shall be immediately delivered to the Administrative Agent,
duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held
as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, except to the extent any of the
foregoing is subject to and included in a Permitted Receivables Financing.
5.2 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor will maintain, with
financially sound and reputable companies with A.M. Best ratings of A-III or
better, insurance policies (i) insuring the Inventory and Equipment against loss
by fire, explosion, theft and such other casualties and (ii) insuring such
Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against liability for personal
injury and property damage relating to such Inventory and Equipment, in both
cases as is normal and customary for the automotive parts industry and mutually
agreeable to such Grantor and the Administrative Agent whose consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld.
(b) All such insurance shall (i) provide that no cancellation,
material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be
effective until at least 30 days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of
written notice thereof, (ii) name the Administrative Agent as insured party or
additional loss payee as its interests may appear and (iii) be reasonably
satisfactory in all other respects to the Administrative Agent.
(c) The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance
substantially concurrently with each delivery of the Borrower's audited annual
financial statements and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
5.3 Payment of Obligations. Such Grantor will pay and discharge or
otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the
case may be, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed
upon the Collateral or in respect of income or profits therefrom, as well as all
claims of any kind (including, without limitation, claims for labor, materials
and supplies) against or with respect to the Collateral, except that no such
tax, assessment, charge or levy need be paid if the amount or validity thereof
is currently
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being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, reserves in conformity
with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of such Grantor
and such proceedings would not reasonably be expected to result in the sale,
forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the Collateral or any interest
therein.
5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.
(a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement
as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in
Section 4.2 (and as otherwise reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent)
and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all
Persons whomsoever.
(b) Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and
describing the assets and property of such Grantor constituting Collateral and
such other reports in connection therewith as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the
Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will
promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further
instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full
benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted,
including, without limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation
statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect
in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and
(ii) in the case of Investment Property, Deposit Accounts and any other relevant
Collateral, taking any actions necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to
obtain "control" (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code)
with respect thereto.
5.5 Changes in Jurisdiction of Organization, Locations, Name, etc.
Such Grantor will not, except upon 15 days' prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of all additional
financing statements and other documents (executed where required) reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and
priority of the security interests provided for herein:
(i) change its jurisdiction of organization or, if such Grantor does
not have a jurisdiction of organization for purposes of the New York UCC,
the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business from
that referred to in Section 4.3; or
(ii) change its name.
5.6 Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders promptly after such Grantor obtains knowledge thereof, in reasonable
detail, of the following:
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(a) any Lien (other than security interests created hereby or Liens
permitted under the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral which would
adversely affect the ability of the Administrative Agent to exercise any of its
remedies hereunder; and
(b) the occurrence of any other event which would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the
Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.
5.7 Investment Property. (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to
receive or shall receive any stock certificate (including, without limitation,
any certificate representing a stock dividend or a distribution in connection
with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate
issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of
the Pledged Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as
a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of the Pledged Stock, or
otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall, to the extent such
certificate, option or right constitutes Pledged Stock, accept the same as the
agent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in trust for
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same forthwith to the
Administrative Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor
to the Administrative Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power
covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if
the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the
Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral
security for the Obligations. In each case, except to the extent the Credit
Agreement permits the applicable Grantor to retain such sums of money or
property, (i) any sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property upon
the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over to the
Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral
security for the Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be
made on or in respect of the Investment Property or any property shall be
distributed upon or with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the
recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to
the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise
subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent,
be delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as
additional collateral security for the Obligations, and (ii) if any sums of
money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Investment Property
shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or
property is paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold such money or
property in trust for the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor,
as additional collateral security for the Obligations.
(b) Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent,
such Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit,
any Issuer to issue any stock or other equity securities of any nature or to
issue any other securities convertible into or granting the right to purchase or
exchange for any stock or other equity securities of any nature of any Issuer
(except pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement), (ii) sell,
assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with
respect to, the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a
transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement), (iii) create, incur or permit to
exist any Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of
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any Person with respect to, any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof,
or any interest therein, except for the security interests created by this
Agreement except for Liens permitted by Section 7.3(p) of the Credit Agreement
or (iv) enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability
of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of
the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof.
(c) In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees
that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the
Investment Property issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such
terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent
promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section
5.7(a) with respect to the Pledged Stock or other Investment Property (as
applicable) issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 shall
apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required
of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 with respect to the Investment Property
issued by it.
5.8 Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of business
consistent with its past practice, such Grantor will not (i) grant any extension
of the time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any
Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or
partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any
credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or
modify any Receivable in any manner that could adversely affect the value
thereof.
(b) Such Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy of
each material demand, notice or document received by it that questions or calls
into doubt the validity or enforceability of more than 5% of the aggregate
amount of the then outstanding Receivables.
5.9 Intellectual Property. (a) Such Grantor (either itself or through
licensees) will (i) continue to use each material Trademark on each and every
trademark class of goods applicable to its current line as reflected in its
current catalogs, brochures and price lists in order to maintain such Trademark
in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as
in the past the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark,
(iii) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all
other notices and legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not
adopt or use any xxxx which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of
such Trademark unless the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, shall obtain a perfected security interest in such xxxx (to the extent
a security interest in such xxxx xxx be perfected by filing under the applicable
Uniform Commercial Code, or similar law in a foreign jurisdiction, or with the
US Patent and Trademark Office, or corresponding foreign office, and to the
extent requested pursuant to clause (f) below) pursuant to this Agreement, and
(v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or
knowingly omit to do any act whereby such Trademark may become invalidated or
impaired in any way.
(b) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any
act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent may become forfeited,
abandoned or dedicated to the public.
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(c) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) (i) will employ
each material Copyright and (ii) will not (and will not permit any licensee or
sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any
material portion of the Copyrights may become invalidated or otherwise impaired.
Such Grantor will not (either itself or through licensees) do any act whereby
any material portion of the Copyrights may fall into the public domain.
(d) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any
act that knowingly uses any material Intellectual Property to infringe the
intellectual property rights of any other Person.
(e) Such Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or
registration relating to any material Intellectual Property may become
forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination
or development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal in
any country) regarding such Grantor's ownership of, or the validity of, any
material Intellectual Property subject to such an application or registration or
such Grantor's right to register the same or to own and maintain the same.
(f) Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent,
employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration
of any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such
filing to the Administrative Agent concurrerently with the delivery of the
compliance certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(b) of
the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon
request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and
have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the
Administrative Agent may request to evidence the Administrative Agent's and the
Lenders' security interest in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the
goodwill (if applicable) and general intangibles of such Grantor relating
thereto or represented thereby.
(g) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps,
including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office
or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain
and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to
maintain each registration of the material registered Intellectual Property,
including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of
use and affidavits of incontestability.
(h) In the event that any material Intellectual Property is infringed,
misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall (i) take such
actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the
circumstances to protect such Intellectual
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Property and (ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material economic value,
promptly notify the Administrative Agent after it learns thereof and xxx for
infringement, misappropriation or dilution, to seek injunctive relief where
appropriate and to recover any and all damages for such infringement,
misappropriation or dilution.
5.10 Jurisdiction of Organization. At the Administrative Agent's
request, each Grantor will provide its jurisdiction of organization,
identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the
location of such Grantor's chief executive office or sole place of business. In
addition, the Administrative Agent may request, and such Grantor shall provide,
a certified charter, certificate of incorporation, or other organizational
document and long form good standing certificate from each Grantor.
5.11 Commercial Tort Claims. Such Grantor will advise the
Administrative Agent of such Grantor's interest in any Commercial Tort Claim in
an amount in excess of $500,000 in which such Grantor believes it has rights,
and such Grantor shall promptly provide the Administrative Agent with an updated
Schedule 7 describing such Commercial Tort Claim or such information with
respect thereto as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to
attach and perfect a security interest therein in accordance with applicable
law.
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. (a) The Administrative
Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any
manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each
Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Administrative
Agent may require in connection with such test verifications after the
occurrence of an Event of Default. At any time and from time to time, upon the
Administrative Agent's request and at the expense of the relevant Grantor, such
Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent to furnish to the Administrative Agent reports showing
reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the
Receivables.
(b) The Administrative Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect
such Grantor's Receivables, subject to the Administrative Agent's direction and
control, and the Administrative Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at
any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.
If required by the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when
collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within two
Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly
indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent if required, in a
Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the
Administrative Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Lenders only as provided in Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned
over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of
Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in
reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.
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(c) At the Administrative Agent's request during the existence of an
Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all
original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and
transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation,
all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. (a) The
Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
communicate with obligors under the Receivables and parties to any material
contract of any Grantor to verify with them to the Administrative Agent's
satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables or any material
contract of any Grantor.
(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall
notify obligors on the Receivables and parties to any material contract of any
Grantor that the Receivables and such contracts have been assigned to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and that payments in
respect thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor
shall remain liable under each of the Receivables and material contracts of any
Grantor to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed
and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any
agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender
shall have any obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement
giving rise thereto) or any contract of any Grantor by reason of or arising out
of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of
any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender
be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor
under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or
any contract of any Grantor, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the
nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency
of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to
take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any
amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any
time or times.
6.3 Pledged Stock. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given notice to the
relevant Grantor of the Administrative Agent's intent to exercise its
corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted
to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all
payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes, in each case paid in the normal
course of business of the relevant Issuer and consistent with past practice, to
the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and
corporate or other rights with respect to the Investment Property; provided,
however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other right exercised or
other action taken which, in the Administrative Agent's reasonable judgment,
would impair the Collateral in any material respect or which would be
inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Credit
Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the
Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to
the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the
right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in
respect of the Investment Property and make application thereof to the
Obligations in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine, and (ii)
any or all of the Investment Property shall be registered in the name of the
Administrative Agent or its nominee, and the Administrative Agent or its nominee
may thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to
such Investment Property at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer
or Issuers or otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and
subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such
Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without
limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the
Investment Property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization,
recapitalization or other fundamental change in the organizational structure of
any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or the Administrative Agent of
any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Investment Property, and in
connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the
Investment Property with any committee, depository, transfer agent, registrar or
other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Administrative
Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property
actually received by it, but the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any
Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be
responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.
(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any
Investment Property pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any
instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (x)
states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is
otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or
further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer
shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly
permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the
Investment Property directly to the Administrative Agent.
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent. In addition to
the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified in Section 6.1
with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and
be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor in respect of Collateral
consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such
Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from
other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor,
be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such
Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if
required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be
held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its
sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent
in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all
the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as
provided in Section 6.5.
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6.5 Application of Proceeds. At such intervals as may be agreed upon
by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative Agent's
election, the Administrative Agent may apply all or any part of Proceeds held in
any Collateral Account in payment of the Obligations in such order as the
Administrative Agent may elect, and any part of such funds which the
Administrative Agent elects not so to apply and deems not required as collateral
security for the Obligations shall be paid over from time to time by the
Administrative Agent to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled
to receive the same. Any balance of such Proceeds remaining after the
Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity
obligations not due and payable), no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding and
the Commitments shall have terminated shall be paid over to the Borrower or to
whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.
6.6 Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise, in
addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and
in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the
Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC
or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other demand,
presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice
required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person
(all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby
waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and
realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell,
lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and
deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the
foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any
exchange, broker's board or office of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or
elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such
prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without
assumption of any credit risk. The Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have
the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by
law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of
the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any
Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor
further agrees, at the Administrative Agent's request, to assemble the
Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at places which the
Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor's premises
or elsewhere. The Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any
action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.6, after deducting all reasonable
costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental
to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to
the Collateral or the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and
disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such
order as the Administrative Agent may elect, and only after such application and
after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required by
any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a)(3) of the
New York UCC, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to
any Grantor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all
claims, damages and demands it may acquire against
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the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of
any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of
Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and
proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.
6.7 Registration Rights. (a)(1) If the Administrative Agent shall
determine to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Pledged Stock pursuant
to Section 6.6, and if in the opinion of the Administrative Agent it is
necessary or advisable to have the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be
sold, registered under the provisions of the Securities Act, the relevant
Grantor will cause the Issuer thereof to (i) execute and deliver, and cause the
directors and officers of such Issuer to execute and deliver, all such
instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all such other acts as may
be, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, necessary or advisable to
register the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be sold, under the
provisions of the Securities Act, (ii) use its best efforts to cause the
registration statement relating thereto to become effective and to remain
effective for a period of one year from the date of the first public offering of
the Pledged Stock, or that portion thereof to be sold, and (iii) make all
amendments thereto and/or to the related prospectus which, in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission applicable thereto. Each Grantor agrees to
cause such Issuer to comply with the provisions of the securities or "Blue Sky"
laws of any and all jurisdictions which the Administrative Agent shall designate
and to make available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an
earnings statement (which need not be audited) which will satisfy the provisions
of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
(b) Each Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may be
unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Stock, by reason of
certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state
securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more
private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged
to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account
for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each
Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices
and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and,
notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be
deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Administrative
Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock
for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such
securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state
securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.
(c) Each Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause to be
done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all
or any portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 valid and
binding and in compliance with any and all other applicable Requirements of Law.
Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in
this Section 6.7 will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no adequate
remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and
every covenant contained in this
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Section 6.7 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such
Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action
for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of
Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.
6.8 Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if
the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient
to pay its Obligations and the reasonable fees and disbursements of any
attorneys employed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to collect such
deficiency.
SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a)
Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative
Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in
the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its
own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take
any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and
instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of
this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Grantor hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of
such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of
the following:
(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take
possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes,
acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any
Receivable or any material contract of any Grantor or with respect to any
other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding
in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the
Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys
due under any Receivable or any material contract of any Grantor or with
respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;
(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver,
and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and
papers as the Administrative Agent may request to evidence the
Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' security interest in such
Intellectual Property and the goodwill (if applicable) and general
intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;
(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or
threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance
called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the
premiums therefor and the costs thereof;
(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.6
or 6.7, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or
transfer with respect to the Collateral; and
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(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the
Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due
thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative
Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of
and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to
become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral;
(3)(i) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of
lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments,
verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the
Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at
law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the
Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect
of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought
against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise
or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith,
give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may deem
appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the
goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark
pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions,
and in such manner, as the Administrative Agent shall in its sole
discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make
any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral
as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the
absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Administrative
Agent's option and such Grantor's expense, at any time, or from time to
time, all acts and things which the Administrative Agent deems necessary to
protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Administrative
Agent's and the Lenders' security interests therein and to effect the
intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor
might do.
Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Administrative Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power
of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its
agreements contained herein, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but
without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause
performance or compliance, with such agreement.
(c) The expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection
with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, together with interest
thereon at a rate per annum equal to the highest rate per annum at which
interest would then be payable on any category of past due ABR Loans under the
Credit Agreement, from the date of demand by the Administrative Agent to the
date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the
Administrative Agent on demand.
(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and
agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are
irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests
created hereby are released.
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7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent's sole duty
with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the
Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or
otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative
Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the
Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or
realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be
under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the
request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action
whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers
conferred on the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are solely to
protect the Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' interests in the Collateral
and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be
accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the
exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure
to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
7.3 Financing Statements. Pursuant to applicable law, each Grantor
authorizes the Administrative Agent to file or record financing statements and
other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the
Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form and in such
offices as the Administrative Agent determines appropriate to perfect the
security interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. Each
Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to use the collateral description of
"all personal property" in any such financing statements. Each Grantor hereby
ratifies and authorizes the filing by the Administrative Agent of any financing
statement with respect to the Collateral made prior to the Restatement Date. A
photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a
financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for
filing or recording in any jurisdiction.
7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that
the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement
with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or
non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request,
judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising
out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with
respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the
Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be
conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders with full and valid
authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any
obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this
Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in
accordance with subsection 10.1 of the Credit Agreement.
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8.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner
provided for in subsection 10.2 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such
notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such
Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a written
instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be
deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any
Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in
exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any right or
remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any
right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise
have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any
other rights or remedies provided by law.
8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Guarantor agrees
to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its costs
and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee
contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
(including the allocated fees and expenses of in-house counsel) to each Lender
and of counsel to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or
resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other
taxes which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of
the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent the
Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to subsection 10.5 of the Credit
Agreement.
(d) The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment of the
Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
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8.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their successors and assigns; provided
that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent.
8.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Administrative Agent and each Lender at any time and from time to time while an
Event of Default pursuant to subsection 8(a) of the Credit Agreement shall have
occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor,
any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to set-off and
appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand,
provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or
claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender to or for the credit or the account of such
Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as the Administrative Agent or such
Lender may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of
such Grantor to the Administrative Agent or such Lender hereunder and claims of
every nature and description of the Administrative Agent or such Lender against
such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the Credit
Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, as the Administrative Agent or
such Lender may elect, whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Lender has
made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and
claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Administrative Agent and each Lender
shall notify such Grantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made
by the Administrative Agent or such Lender of the proceeds thereof, provided
that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such
set-off and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender
under this Section 8.6 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including,
without limitation, other rights of set-off) which the Administrative Agent or
such Lender may have.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by
telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
8.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.9 Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are
for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof
or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
8.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties
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by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof and
thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan
Documents.
8.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it
is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect
thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District
of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such
courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue
of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or
proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim
the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding
may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or
any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Grantor at its
address referred to in Section 8.2 or at such other address of which the
Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect
service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right
to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it
may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in
this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
8.13 Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary
relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between
the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the
other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and
creditor; and
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(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents
or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the
Lenders or among the Grantors and the Lenders.
8.14 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to subsection 6.10 of the
Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon
execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form
of Annex 1 hereto.
8.15 Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement
Obligations and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than
contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), the Commitments have been
terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Collateral shall
be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all
obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of
the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without
delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all
rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole
expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Administrative Agent
shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Administrative Agent
hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such
Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
(b) If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement,
then the Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor,
shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents
reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the Liens created hereby on
such Collateral. At the request and sole expense of the Borrower, a Subsidiary
Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all
the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement or such
Subsidiary is no longer required by the Loan Documents to be (and the Borrower
notifies the Administrative Agent that such Subsidiary shall no longer be) a
Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent, at least ten Business Days prior to the date of the
proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant
Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms of the sale or other disposition in
reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection
therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower stating that such
transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
8.17 Amendment and Restatement. (a) This Agreement amends and restates
the Existing Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. All terms, conditions,
agreements, covenants and representations and warranties contained in the
Existing Guarantee and Collateral
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Agreement remain in full force and effect, except as expressly amended herein.
Nothing herein or in the other Loan Documents shall impair or adversely affect
the continuation of the liability of the Borrower for the Borrower Obligations
or of any other Grantor for the Guarantor Obligations incurred before the
Restatement Date and the security interests, Liens and other interests in the
Collateral granted, pledged and or assigned by the Grantors to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the Existing Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.
(b) The amendment and restatement herein shall not, in any manner, be
construed to constitute payment of, or impair, limit, cancel or extinguish, or
constitute a novation in respect of any of the obligations, liabilities and
indebtedness of the Grantors evidenced by or arising under the Existing
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Lien
and security interests securing such obligations, liabilities and indebtedness,
which shall continue in full force and effect and shall not in any manner be
impaired, limited, terminated, waived or released.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other
Loan Document, any term, condition, agreement, covenant or representation or
warranty amended by this Agreement shall be deemed to have been so amended for
all periods prior to the Restatement Date (regardless of whether such amendment
by its terms purports to apply as of a certain date), and during all such
periods no Grantor shall have been required, or be liable for any failure, to
comply with any such provision except as amended by this Agreement.
8.18 Waiver of Covenant Violations Under Existing Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement. The Administrative Agent (and by their receipt of the
benefits hereof, the Lenders) hereby waive (i) any violation of any covenant set
forth in Section 5 and Section 6 of the Existing Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement occurring prior to the date hereof (and any breach of any
representation or warranty with respect to the existence of a Default or Event
of Default under such Sections) and (ii) any Default or Event of Default that
has occurred or would occur by virtue of any such violation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered, and amended and
restated as set forth herein.
TENNECO INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TENNECO AUTOMOTIVE OPERATING COMPANY
INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TENNECO INTERNATIONAL HOLDING CORP.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TENNECO GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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THE PULLMAN COMPANY
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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TMC TEXAS INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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CLEVITE INDUSTRIES INC.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Acknowledged and Agreed as of the date
hereof:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
as Administrative Agent
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Schedule 1
NOTICE ADDRESSES OF GUARANTORS
Schedule 2
DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT PROPERTY
PLEDGED STOCK:
Issuer Class of Stock Stock Certificate No. No. of Shares
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PLEDGED NOTES:
Issuer Payee Principal Amount
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Schedule 3
FILINGS AND OTHER ACTIONS
REQUIRED TO PERFECT SECURITY INTERESTS
Uniform Commercial Code Filings
[List each office where a financing statement is to be filed]*
Patent and Trademark Filings
[List all filings]
Actions with respect to Pledged Stock**
Other Actions
[Describe other actions to be taken]
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* Note that perfection of security interests in patents and trademarks
requires filings under the UCC in the jurisdictions where filings would be
made for general intangibles, as well as filings in the U.S Copyright
Office and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
** If the interest of a Grantor in Pledged Stock appears on the books of a
financial intermediary, a control agreement as described in Section 8-106
of the New York UCC will be required.
Schedule 4
LOCATION OF JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Grantor Location
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Schedule 5
LOCATION OF INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT
Grantor Location
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Schedule 6
COPYRIGHTS AND COPYRIGHT LICENSES
PATENTS AND PATENT LICENSES
TRADEMARKS AND TRADEMARK LICENSES
Schedule 7
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
Annex 1 to
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of ____________ __, 200_, made by
______________________________, a ______________ corporation (the "Additional
Grantor"), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in
such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for the banks and other financial
institutions (the "Lenders") parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below.
All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them
in such Credit Agreement.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Tenneco Inc. (the "Borrower"), the Lenders, _____ and
___________, as Co-Documentation Agents, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as
Syndication Agent, and the Administrative Agent have entered into the Credit
Agreement, dated as of September 30, 1999, as amended, and as amended and
restated pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as
of March ___ 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrower and
certain of its Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into
the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of November 4, 1999 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement") in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit
of the Lenders;
WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor to
become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this
Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. By executing and delivering
this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 8.14
of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force
and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and
liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1-A
hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in the Schedules to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and
warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4
of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is true and correct
on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as
if made on and as of such date.
2. Governing Law. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Annex 1-A to
Assumption Agreement
Supplement to Schedule 1
Supplement to Schedule 2
Supplement to Schedule 3
Supplement to Schedule 4
Supplement to Schedule 5
Supplement to Schedule 6
Supplement to Schedule 7
