INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "IP SECURITY
AGREEMENT") dated June 28, 2004, is made by the Persons listed on the signature
pages hereof (collectively, the "GRANTORS") in favor of Bank of America, N.A.
("BANK OF AMERICA"), as collateral agent (the "COLLATERAL AGENT") for the
Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below).
WHEREAS, ▇▇▇▇ True Temper, Inc., a Delaware corporation, has entered
into a Credit Agreement dated as of June 28, 2004 (as amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "CREDIT
AGREEMENT"), with ATT Holding Co., a Delaware corporation, as Guarantor, Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and the Lenders party thereto. Terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein
as defined in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, as a condition precedent to the making of Loans by the Lenders
and the issuance of Letters of Credit by the L/C Issuer under the Credit
Agreement and the entry into Secured Hedge Agreements by the Hedge Banks from
time to time, each Grantor has executed and delivered that certain Security
Agreement dated June 28, 2004, made by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent (as
amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "SECURITY AGREEMENT").
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Security Agreement, the Grantors have
granted to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties,
a security interest in, among other property, certain intellectual property of
the Grantors, and have agreed as a condition thereof to execute this IP Security
Agreement for recording with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the United
States Copyright Office and other governmental authorities.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor agrees as follows:
SECTION 1. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a security
interest in all of such Grantor's right, title and interest in and to the
following (the "COLLATERAL"):
(i) the patents and patent applications set forth in Schedule A
hereto (the "PATENTS");
(ii) the trademark and service ▇▇▇▇ registrations and
applications set forth in Schedule B hereto (provided that no security
interest shall be granted in United States intent-to-use trademark
applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in
which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the
validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark
applications under applicable federal law), together with the goodwill
symbolized thereby (the "TRADEMARKS");
(iii) all copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, now
owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, including, without
limitation, the copyright registrations and applications and exclusive
copyright licenses set forth in Schedule C hereto (the "COPYRIGHTS");
(iv) all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations of any
of the foregoing, all rights in the foregoing provided by
international treaties or conventions, all rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world and all other rights of any kind
whatsoever of such Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto;
(v) any and all claims for damages and injunctive relief for
past, present and future infringement, dilution, misappropriation,
violation, misuse or breach with respect to any of the foregoing, with
the right, but not the obligation, to ▇▇▇ for and collect, or
otherwise recover, such damages; and
(vi) any and all proceeds of, collateral for, income, royalties
and other payments now or hereafter due and payable with respect to,
and supporting obligations relating to, any and all of the Collateral
of or arising from any of the foregoing.
SECTION 2. Security for Obligations. The grant of a security interest
in, the Collateral by each Grantor under this IP Security Agreement secures the
payment of all Obligations of such Grantor now or hereafter existing under or in
respect of the Loan Documents, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, and whether for principal, reimbursement obligations, interest,
premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs,
expenses or otherwise.
SECTION 3. Recordation. Each Grantor authorizes and requests that the
Register of Copyrights, the Commissioner for Patents and the Commissioner for
Trademarks and any other applicable government officer record this IP Security
Agreement.
SECTION 4. Execution in Counterparts. This IP Security Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one
and the same agreement.
SECTION 5. Grants, Rights and Remedies. This IP Security Agreement has
been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Security Agreement.
Each Grantor does hereby acknowledge and confirm that the grant of the security
interest hereunder to, and the rights and remedies of, the Collateral Agent with
respect to the Collateral are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement,
the terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference as if
fully set forth herein.
SECTION 6. Governing Law. This IP Security Agreement shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this IP Security
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly
authorized as of the date first above written.
▇▇▇▇ TRUE TEMPER, INC.
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Address for Notices:
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ATT HOLDING CO.
By /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Dell
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. Dell
Title: CEO
Address for Notices:
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▇▇▇▇ TRUE TEMPER PROPERTIES, INC.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Address for Notices:
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