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EXHIBIT 10.2
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of February 28,
1997, 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
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the
"Administrative Agent") for the banks and other financial institutions or
entities (the "Lenders") from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement,
dated as of February 28, 1997 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among STC BROADCASTING, INC., a
Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders, NATIONSBANK OF TEXAS, N.A.,
as documentation agent, and the Administrative Agent.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have
severally 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 Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in
related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and
indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit
Agreement; and
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;
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 thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent,
for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows:
SECTION I. DEFINED TERMS
A. Definitions. 1. 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 which are defined in
the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York on the date
hereof are used herein as so defined: Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents,
Equipment, Farm Products, Instruments and Inventory.
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2. The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Agreement": this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the
same may be 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 Interest Rate Protection Agreement referred to below, 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 or any Interest Rate Protection Agreement entered into by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with any Lender (or any
affiliate of any Lender) or any other document made, delivered or
given in connection therewith, 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).
"Code": the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the State of New York.
"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.
"Communications Act": the Communications Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Copyrights": (i) all copyrights, in the United States or any
other country, whether registered or unregistered, or 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.
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"Copyright Licenses": any written agreement naming any
Grantor as licensor or licensee (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.
"General Intangibles": all "general intangibles" as such term
is defined in Section 9-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect
in the State of New York on the date hereof 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, in each case to the extent the grant by such
Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in its
right, title and interest in such contract, agreement, instrument or
indenture is not prohibited by such contract, agreement, instrument or
indenture without the consent of any other party thereto, would not
give any other party to such contract, agreement, instrument or
indenture the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, or is
permitted with consent if all necessary consents to such grant of a
security interest have been obtained from the other parties thereto
(it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to
obligate such Grantor to obtain such consents); provided, that the
foregoing limitation shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the
grant by such Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this
Agreement in any Receivable or any money or other amounts due or to
become due under any such contract, agreement, instrument or
indenture.
"Guarantor Obligations": with respect to any Guarantor, the
collective reference to (i) the Borrower Obligations and (ii) all
obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or
in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which
such Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on account of
guarantee obligations, 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 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.
"Intellectual Property": all rights, priorities and
privileges provided under U.S., multinational and foreign law relating
to intellectual property, including without
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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.
"Issuers": the collective reference to each issuer of a
Pledged Security.
"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 or any
other country and all reissues and extensions thereof, 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 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 the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to
manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by
a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred
to in Schedule 6.
"Pledged Notes": all 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), including, without limitation, those listed on Schedule 2.
"Pledged Securities": the collective reference to the Pledged
Notes and the Pledged Stock.
"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.
"Proceeds": all "proceeds" as such term is defined in Section
9-306(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New
York on the date hereof and, in any event, shall include, without
limitation, all dividends or other income from the Pledged Securities,
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
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and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including,
without limitation, any Account).
"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 the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any
Trademark, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing
referred to in Schedule 6.
"Undelivered Instruments": as defined in Section 4.8.
B. Other Definitional Provisions. 1. 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.
2. The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
3. 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.
4. For the purposes of this Agreement, each reference to
Collateral or to any relevant type or item of Property constituting Collateral
shall be deemed to exclude any Station License to the extent the Grantor is
prohibited at that time from granting a security interest therein pursuant to
Communications Act, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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SECTION II. GUARANTEE
A. Guarantee. 1. 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.
2. 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 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).
3. 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.
4. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in
full force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations 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.
5. 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, subject to Section 2.6, the
Borrower Obligations are paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding
and the Commitments are terminated.
B. 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.
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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.
C. 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, 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, 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.
D. 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
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held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee
contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.
E. 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, 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, other than payment in full of the
Obligations (except as set forth elsewhere in this Agreement), 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.
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F. 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.
G. 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.
SECTION III. 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:
1. all Accounts;
2. all Chattel Paper;
3. all Documents;
4. all Equipment;
5. all General Intangibles;
6. all Instruments;
7. all Intellectual Property;
8. all Inventory;
9. all Pledged Securities;
10. all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
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11. to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds 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.
"Collateral" shall not include, with respect to any Grantor,
any General Intangible or Intellectual Property to the extent the grant by such
Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in its rights under
such General Intangible or Intellectual Property, as the case may be, is
prohibited or restricted by such General Intangible or Intellectual Property,
as the case may be, and the consent of applicable Persons has not been and
cannot be obtained, provided that the foregoing limitation shall not affect,
limit, restrict or impair the grant by such Grantor of a security interest
pursuant to this Agreement in any Account or any money or other amounts due or
to become due under any such General Intangible or Intellectual Property, as
the case may be, to the extent provided in Section 9-318 of the Code as in
effect on the date hereof.
SECTION IV. 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 Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents
and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
A. Representations in Credit Agreement. In the case of each
Guarantor, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of the
Credit Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor or to the Loan Documents to
which such Guarantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by
reference, are true and correct, and the Administrative Agent and each Lender
shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth
herein, provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty
to the Borrower's knowledge shall, for the purposes of this Section 4.1, be
deemed to be reference to each Guarantor's knowledge.
B. Title; No Other Liens. Except for the security interest
granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens expressly permitted to exist on
the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, 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 expressly permitted by the
Credit Agreement.
C. Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests
granted pursuant to this Agreement 1. that are capable of perfection pursuant
to the Code upon completion of the
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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 duly executed form) will
constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the Collateral 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 and 2. are prior to all
other Liens on the Collateral except for Liens expressly permitted by the
Credit Agreement to be prior to the Liens granted pursuant to this Agreement.
D. Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such
Grantor's jurisdiction of organization and the location of such Grantor's chief
executive office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4.
E. Inventory and Equipment. On the date hereof, the
Inventory and the Equipment (other than mobile goods) are kept at the locations
listed on Schedule 5.
F. Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is
the Proceeds of, Farm Products.
G. Pledged Securities. 1. 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, except, (i) with
respect to the WTOV-TV Buyer, the SBP Stock, which is being pledged by SBP in
favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the SAC Pledge Agreement and (ii)
the Preferred Stock, which is being pledged by the holders thereof in favor of
the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Preferred Pledge Agreement.
2. All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
3. Each of the Pledged Notes in existence on the date hereof
are set forth in Schedule 2 and each of the Pledged Notes constitutes, to the
knowledge of the Grantor that is the payee thereof, 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.
4. Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and
has good and marketable title to, the Pledged Securities 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.
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H. Receivables. The aggregate of all amounts payable to the
Grantors under or in connection with any Receivable that is evidenced by any
Instrument or Chattel Paper which has not been delivered to the Administrative
Agent (collectively, "Undelivered Instruments") does not exceed $1,000,000.
I. Intellectual Property. 1. Schedule 6 lists all
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by such Grantor in its own name on the
date hereof.
2. To the best of such Grantor's knowledge, all material
Intellectual Property is on the date hereof valid, subsisting, unexpired,
enforceable and has not been abandoned.
3. Except as set forth in Schedule 6, none of the material
Intellectual Property is on the date hereof the subject of any licensing or
franchise agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or
franchisor.
4. 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
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5. No action or proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of
such Grantor, threatened on the date hereof seeking to limit, cancel or
question the validity, or such Grantor's ownership, of any Intellectual
Property which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION V. 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, no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding and the Commitments shall have terminated:
A. Covenants in Credit Agreement. In the case of each
Guarantor, such Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case
may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may
be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take
such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor or any of
its Subsidiaries.
B. Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper. If the
aggregate of all amounts payable to the Grantors pursuant to Undelivered
Instruments shall exceed $1,000,000, such Undelivered Instruments, to the
extent necessary to eliminate such excess,
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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.
C. Insurance. Each Grantor shall cause each casualty
insurance policy maintained by it to (a) 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, (b) name the Administrative Agent as insured party or loss
payee, (c) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, include a
breach of warranty clause and (d) be reasonably satisfactory in all other
respects to the Administrative Agent.
D. Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further
Documentation. 1. Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created
by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority
described in Section 4.3 and shall defend such security interest against the
claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.
2. Upon reasonable written request of the Administrative
Agent, such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing
the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
3. 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 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, the filing of any financing or continuation
statements under the Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction
with respect to the security interests created hereby.
E. Changes in Locations, Name, etc. Such Grantor will not,
except upon not less than 15 days' prior written notice to the Administrative
Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of all additional executed
financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the
security interests provided for herein:
(a) permit any of the Inventory or Equipment (other than (i)
immaterial Inventory and Equipment and (ii) Inventory and Equipment in
transit in the ordinary course of business) to be kept at a location
other than those listed on Schedule 5;
(b) change the location of its chief executive office or sole
place of business from that referred to in Section 4.4; or
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(c) change its name, identity or corporate structure to such
an extent that any financing statement filed by the Administrative
Agent in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.
F. Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders promptly after such Grantor become aware thereof, in
reasonable detail, of 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.
G. Pledged Securities. 1. 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 Capital 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 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 to be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as
additional collateral security for the Obligations. If an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) any sums paid upon or in respect of
the Pledged Securities 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 (ii) in case any
distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Pledged
Securities or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the
Pledged Securities 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. If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in
respect of the Pledged Securities 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.
2. 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
(except to the extent such stock or other securities are pledged to the
Administrative Agent hereunder) 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, (ii) sell, assign, transfer,
exchange, or otherwise
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dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the Pledged Securities or
Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by the
Credit Agreement), (iii) create, incur or permit to exist any Lien or option in
favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect to, any of the Pledged
Securities or Proceeds thereof, or any interest therein, except for the
security interests created by this Agreement or (iv) enter into any agreement
or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the
Administrative Agent to dispose of any of the Pledged Securities or Proceeds
thereof.
3. 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 Pledged Securities 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 Securities 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 Pledged Securities issued by it.
H. Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of
business, 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 take all actions necessary to give
notice pursuant to the United States Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as
amended, or such other analogous law if a material portion of the total amount
of the Receivables is owing from Governmental Authorities.
I. Intellectual Property. 1. 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 then-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 all notices and legends required by
applicable law or regulations, and (iv) 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.
2. 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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3. Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) 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.
4. Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not
do any act that knowingly uses a material Intellectual Property to infringe the
Intellectual Property rights of a third party.
5. 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 Patent, Copyright or Trademark may become
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 U.S. Copyright Office or any court or tribunal in any
country) regarding such Grantor's ownership of, or the validity of, any
material Intellectual Property or such Grantor's right to register the same or
to own and maintain the same.
6. Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any
agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for any Patent
or Trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any
Copyright in the U.S. 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 within five Business Days after the
last day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon written
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 reasonably request to evidence the
Administrative Agent's security interest in any such Copyright, Patent or
Trademark and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating
thereto or represented thereby.
7. Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps,
including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or any similar office or
agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain
each registration of the material Intellectual Property, including, without
limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and
affidavits of incontestability.
8. 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 Property and (ii) if such
Intellectual Property is of material economic value, promptly notify the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders after it learns thereof.
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SECTION VI. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
A. Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. 1. At any time
while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, 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.
2. The Administrative Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to
collect such Grantor's Receivables, 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.
3. At the Administrative Agent's request, each Grantor shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent, and have recorded, all original and other
documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which
gave rise to the then existing Receivables, including, without limitation, all
original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
B. Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. 1.
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 to verify with them to the
Administrative Agent's reasonable satisfaction the existence, amount and terms
of any Receivables.
2. 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 that the Receivables 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.
3. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each
Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables to observe and
perform all the conditions and obligations
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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) 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) 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.
C. Pledged Stock. 1. 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, to the extent permitted in
the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate rights with
respect to the Pledged Securities; provided, however, that no vote shall be
cast or corporate right exercised or other action taken which, in the
Administrative Agent's reasonable judgment, would impair the Collateral 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.
2. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and
the Administrative Agent shall give written 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 Pledged Securities and make application thereof
to the Obligations in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine, and
(ii) any or all of the Pledged Securities 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 Pledged Securities 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 Pledged Securities as if it were the absolute owner
thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion
any and all of the Pledged Securities upon the merger, consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate
structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or the
Administrative Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such
Pledged Securities, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and
deliver any and all of the Pledged Securities with any committee, depositary,
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
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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.
3. Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer
of any Pledged Securities 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 Pledged Securities directly to the Administrative Agent.
D. 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 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.
E. Application of Proceeds. At any time after the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, 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, 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.
F. 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 Code or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of
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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 9-504(1)(c) of the Code, 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 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.
G. Registration Rights. 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
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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.
2. 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.
3. 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 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.
H. Waiver; Deficiency. Each Grantor waives and agrees not to
assert any rights or privileges which it may acquire under Section 9-112 of the
Code. 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 fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency.
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SECTION VII. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
A. Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact,
etc. 1. 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 to the extent permitted
by law 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 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 with respect to any other
Collateral whenever payable;
(ii) in the case of any Copyright, Patent or Trademark,
execute, 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 Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the
goodwill 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
(v) a. 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; b. 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; c. sign and indorse any invoices,
freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse
receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications,
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notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral;
d. 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; e. defend any suit, action or proceeding
brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; x.
xxxxxx, 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; g. 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 h. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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 rate per annum at which
interest would then be payable under the Credit Agreement on past due Loans
that are or would be ABR Loans (whether or not any ABR Loans are then
outstanding), from the date of payment by the Administrative Agent to the date
reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the
Administrative Agent on demand.
4. 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.
B. Duty of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent's
sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of
the Collateral in its
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possession, under Section 9-207 of the Code 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.
C. Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to Section
9-402 of the Code and any other 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 reasonably determines appropriate to perfect the security
interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. 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.
D. 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 VIII. MISCELLANEOUS
A. Amendments in Writing. Subject to the terms of the Credit
Agreement, the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified by a written instrument executed by each
affected Grantor and the Administrative Agent, provided that, subject to the
terms of the Credit Agreement, any
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provision of this Agreement imposing obligations on any Grantor may be waived
by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in a written instrument executed by
the Administrative Agent.
B. 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 Section 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.
C. 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.
D. Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. 1. 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 to the Administrative Agent and, at any time after and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, of one counsel of all the
Lenders.
2. 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.
3. 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 same extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant
to Section 9.7 of the Credit Agreement.
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4. 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.
E. 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.
F. Set-Off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders provided by law, the Administrative Agent
and each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to any Grantor, any
such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor to the extent permitted by
applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by any Grantor
hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set
off and appropriate and apply against such amount 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 such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the
credit or the account of such Grantor. The Administrative Agent and each
Lender agrees promptly to notify the relevant Grantor and (if applicable) the
Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, provided that the failure to give such
notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
G. 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. A set of the copies of this
Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
H. 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.
I. Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the entire 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 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.
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J. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
K. Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally:
1. 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;
2. 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;
3. 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;
4. 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
5. 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 8.11 any special, exemplary,
punitive or consequential damages.
L. Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
1. it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
2. 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
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Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Grantors, on
the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of
debtor and creditor; and
3. 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.
M. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR, THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
N. 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.
O. Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that
is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 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.
P. Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans, the
Reimbursement Obligations and the other Obligations shall have been paid in
full, 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 Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the
event that all the Capital Stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred
or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement.
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Q. FCC Compliance. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein or in any other agreement, instrument, or document
executed in connection herewith, no party hereto shall take any actions
hereunder that would constitute or result in a transfer or assignment of any
Station License, permit or authorization or a change of control over such
Station License, permit or authorization requiring the prior approval of the
FCC without first obtaining such prior approval of the FCC. In addition, the
parties acknowledge that the voting rights of the Pledged Stock shall remain
with the relevant Grantor thereof even upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default until the FCC shall have given its prior
consent to the exercise of stockholder rights by a purchaser at a public or
private sale of such Pledged Stock or the exercise of such rights by the
Administrative Agent or by a receiver, trustee, conservator or other agent duly
appointed pursuant to applicable law.
(b) If an Event of Default shall have occurred, each Grantor
shall take any action which the Administrative Agent may request in the
exercise of its rights and remedies under this Agreement in order to transfer
or assign the Collateral to the Administrative Agent or to such one or more
third parties as the Administrative Agent may designate, or to a combination of
the foregoing. To enforce the provisions of this Section 8.17, the
Administrative Agent is empowered to seek from the FCC and any other
Governmental Authority, to the extent required, consent to or approval of any
involuntary transfer of control of any entity whose Collateral is subject to
this Agreement for the purpose of seeking a bona fide purchaser to whom control
ultimately will be transferred. Each Grantor agrees to cooperate with any such
purchaser and with the Administrative Agent in the preparation, execution and
filing of any forms and providing any information that may be necessary or
helpful in obtaining the FCC's consent to the assignment to such purchaser of
the Collateral. Each Grantor hereby agrees to consent to any such voluntary or
involuntary transfer after and during the continuation of an Event of Default
and, without limiting any rights of the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement, to authorize the Administrative Agent to nominate a trustee or
receiver to assume control of the Collateral, subject only to required
judicial, FCC or other consents required by Governmental Authorities, in order
to effectuate the transactions contemplated by this Section 8.17. Such trustee
or receiver shall have all the rights and powers as provided to it by law or
court order, or to the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor
shall cooperate fully in obtaining the consent of the FCC and the approval or
consent of each other Governmental Authority required to effectuate the
foregoing.
(c) Without limiting the obligations of any Grantor hereunder
in any respect, each Grantor further agrees that if such Grantor, upon or after
the occurrence of an Event of Default, should fail or refuse for any reason
whatsoever, without limitation, including any refusal to execute any
application necessary or appropriate to obtain any governmental consent
necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any right of the Administrative
Agent hereunder, such Grantor agrees that such application may be executed on
such Grantor's behalf by the
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clerk of any court of competent jurisdiction without notice to such Grantor
pursuant to court order.
(d) In connection with this Section 8.17, the Administrative
Agent shall be entitled to rely in good faith upon an opinion of outside FCC
counsel of the Administrative Agent's choice with respect to any such
assignment or transfer, whether or not the advice rendered is ultimately
determined to have been accurate.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the
date first above written.
STC BROADCASTING, INC.
By:/s/ XXXXX X. XXXX
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Title: Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Secretary
SUNRISE TELEVISION CORP.
By:/s/ XXXXX X. XXXX
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Title: Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Secretary
XXXXX ACQUISITION COMPANY
By:/s/ XXXXX X. XXXX
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Title: Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Secretary
STC LICENSE COMPANY
By:/s/ XXXXX X. XXXX
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Title: Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Secretary
XXXXX ACQUISITION LICENSE COMPANY
By:/s/ XXXXX X. XXXX
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Title: Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Secretary
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