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EXHIBIT 10.8
EXECUTION COPY
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
MADE BY
SPECIALTY TELECONSTRUCTORS, INC.
AND
CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES,
IN FAVOR OF
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
DATED AS OF JUNE 30, 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS
1.1 Definitions...............................................................................1
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.............................................................5
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE
2.1 Guarantee................................................................................6
2.2 Right of Contribution....................................................................6
2.3 No Subrogation...........................................................................7
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations................................7
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.....................................................7
2.6 Reinstatement............................................................................8
2.7 Payments.................................................................................8
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
4.1 Representations in Credit Agreement......................................................9
4.2 Title. No Other Liens...................................................................10
4.3 Perfected First Priority Liens..........................................................10
4.4 Chief Executive Office..................................................................10
4.5 Inventory and Equipment.................................................................10
4.6 Farm Products...........................................................................10
4.7 Pledged Securities......................................................................10
4.8 Receivables.............................................................................11
4.9 Intellectual Property...................................................................11
SECTION 5. COVENANTS
5.1 Covenants in Credit Agreement...........................................................11
5.2 Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper...............................................11
5.3 Insurance...............................................................................11
5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation.......................11
5.5 Changes in Locations, Name, etc.........................................................12
5.6 Pledged Securities......................................................................12
5.7 Receivables.............................................................................13
5.8 Intellectual Property...................................................................13
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters Related to Receivables..................................................14
6.2 Communications with Obligors, Grantors Remain Liable....................................15
6.3 Pledged Securities......................................................................15
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent......................................16
6.5 Application of Proceeds.................................................................16
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6.6 Code and Other Remedies.................................................................16
6.7 Registration Rights.....................................................................17
6.8 Waiver; Deficiency......................................................................18
SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.............................18
7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent............................................................19
7.3 Execution of Financing Statements.......................................................20
7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent.......................................................20
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Amendments in Writing...................................................................20
8.2 Notices.................................................................................20
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.....................................20
8.4 Enforcement Expenses, Indemnification...................................................21
8.5 Successors and Assigns..................................................................21
8.6 Set-Off.................................................................................21
8.7 Counterparts............................................................................21
8.8 Severability............................................................................22
8.9 Integration.............................................................................22
8.10 GOVERNING LAW...........................................................................22
8.11 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers.....................................................22
8.12 Acknowledgments.........................................................................23
8.13 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL...................................................................23
8.14 Section Headings........................................................................23
8.15 Additional Grantors.....................................................................23
8.16 Releases................................................................................23
8.17 Conflicts...............................................................................24
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 1998,
made by each of the signatories hereto listed on Schedule 7 attached 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 June 30, 1998 (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among SPECIALTY
TELECONSTRUCTORS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders,
Bankers Trust Company, as Documentation Agent, BankBoston, N.A., as Syndication
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 Secured
Parties;
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 Secured Parties, as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS
1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms
defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to
them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms 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.
(b) 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 (including, without limitation, interest accruing
after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest
accruing 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
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or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans, the
Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Lender
or to any Lender (or, in the case of Interest Rate Protection Agreements, 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, any Notes, any other
Loan Documents, the Letters of Credit, any Interest Rate Protection Agreement
entered into with any Lender (or any affiliate of any Lender) or any other
document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, whether on account of
principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
expenses (including, without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of
counsel to the Administrative Agent, to the Swingline Lender, to the Issuing
Lender or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to
the Credit Agreement) or otherwise.
"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.
"Commodity Account": an account maintained by a Commodity
Intermediary in which a Commodity Contract is carried out for a Commodity
Customer.
"Commodity Contract": a commodity futures contract, an option
on a commodity futures contract, a commodity option or any other contract that,
in each case, is (a) traded on or subject to the rules of a board of trade that
has been designated as a contract market for such a contract pursuant to the
federal commodities laws or (b) traded on a foreign commodity board of trade,
exchange or market, and is carried on the books of a Commodity Intermediary for
a Commodity Customer.
"Commodity Customer": a person for whom a Commodity
Intermediary carries a Commodity Contract on its books.
"Commodity Intermediary": (a) a person who is registered as a
futures commission merchant under the federal commodities laws or (b) a person
who in the ordinary course of its business provides clearance or settlement
services for a board of trade that has been designated as a contract market
pursuant to federal commodities laws.
"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.
"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.
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"Entitlement Holder": a person identified in the records of a
Securities Intermediary as the person having a Security Entitlement against the
Securities Intermediary. If a person acquires a Security Entitlement by virtue
of Section 8-501(b)(2) or (3) of the Uniform Commercial Code, such person is the
Entitlement Holder.
"Financial Asset": (a) a Security, (b) an obligation of a
person or a share, participation or other interest in a person or in property or
an enterprise of a person, which is, or is of a type, dealt with in or traded on
financial markets, or which is recognized in any area in which it is issued or
dealt in as a medium for investment or (c) any property that is held by a
Securities Intermediary for another person in a Securities Account if the
Securities Intermediary has expressly agreed with the other person that the
property is to be treated as a Financial Asset under Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code. As the context requires, the term Financial Asset shall mean
either the interest itself or the means by which a person's claim to it is
evidenced, including a certificated or uncertificated Security, a certificate
representing a Security or a Security Entitlement.
"Fixtures": all items of Equipment, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, of any Grantor that become so related to particular real
estate that an interest in them arises under any real estate law applicable
thereto.
"General Intangibles": 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, limited
partnership interests, limited liability company interests, 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 Secured Parties 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.
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"Intellectual Property": the collective reference to the
Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the
Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses.
"Investment Property": all Securities (whether certificated or
uncertificated), Security Entitlements, Securities Accounts, Commodity Contracts
and Commodity Accounts of any Grantor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired
by any Grantor.
"Issuers": the collective reference to each issuer of a
Pledged Security.
"License": any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright
License or other license or sublicense to which any Grantor is a party,
including those listed on Schedule 6 (other than those license agreements in
existence on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 6 and those license
agreements entered into after the date hereof, which by their terms prohibit
assignment or a grant of a security interest by such Grantor as licensee
thereunder).
"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 Debt Securities": (i) the debt securities listed
opposite the name of the Pledgor on Schedule 2 hereto, (ii) any debt securities
in the future issued to the Pledgor and (iii) the promissory notes and any other
instruments evidencing such debt securities.
"Pledged Securities": the collective reference to the Pledged
Debt Securities 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(l) 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 and whether or not it has been earned by performance
(including, without limitation, any Account).
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"Secured Parties": (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative
Agent, (c) the Issuing Lender, (d) each counterparty to an Interest Rate
Protection Agreement entered into with the Borrower if such counterparty was a
Lender (or any Affiliate of a Lender) at the time the Interest Rate Protection
Agreement was entered into, (e) the beneficiaries of each indemnification
obligation undertaken by any Grantor under any Loan Document and (f) the
successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.
"Securities": any obligations of an issuer or any shares,
participations or other interests in an issuer or in property or an enterprise
of an issuer which (a) are represented by a certificate representing a security
in bearer or registered form, or the transfer of which may be registered upon
books maintained for that purpose by or on behalf of the issuer, (b) are one of
a class or series or by its terms is divisible into a class or series of shares,
participations, interests or obligations and (c)(i) are, or are of a type, dealt
with or traded on securities exchanges or securities markets or (ii) are a
medium for investment and by their terms expressly provide that they are a
security governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code.
"Securities Account": an account to which a Financial Asset is
or may be credited in accordance with an agreement under which the person
maintaining the account undertakes to treat the person for whom the account is
maintained as entitled to exercise rights that comprise the Financial Asset.
"Securities Act": the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
"Security Entitlements": the rights and property interests of
an Entitlement Holder with respect to a Financial Asset.
"Security Intermediary": (a) a clearing corporation or (b) a
person, including a bank or broker, that in the ordinary course of its business
maintains securities accounts for others and is acting in that capacity.
"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.
"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.
"Undelivered Instruments": as defined in Section 4.8.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words "hereof,"
"herein", "hereto" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this
Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
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(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the
Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer
to such Grantor's Collateral or the relevant part thereof.
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE
2.1 Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and
severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective
successors, endorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment
and performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the
contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be
guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to
the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution
established in Section 2.2).
(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at
any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such
Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2
or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Secured
Party hereunder.
(d) 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.
(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors,
any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party 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.
2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that
to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share
of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and
receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has
not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor's right of
contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The
provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and
liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Secured
Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and
the Secured Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
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2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any
Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by
the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to
be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Secured
Party against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Secured
Party 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 Secured Parties 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 Secured Parties, 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 accordance with the
Credit Agreement.
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations.
Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without
any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party may be
rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Secured Party 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
Secured Party, 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 appropriate Secured Parties, as the case may be, in accordance with
the Credit Agreement) 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 Secured Party for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be
sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released in accordance with the terms of
the Credit Agreement. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Secured Party
shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any
time held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee
contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor
waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any
of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party 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 Secured Parties, 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, 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
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time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party,
(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 Secured
Party, other than payment in full of the Borrower 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 (other than a defense of payment or performance). When making any
demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against
any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party 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 Secured Party 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 Secured Party against any Guarantor. For the
purposes hereof "demand" shall include the commencement and continuance of any
legal proceedings.
2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2
shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent
or any Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation
or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of
the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or
similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of
its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments
hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or
counterclaim in Dollars at the office of the Administrative Agent located at ▇▇▇
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SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the
Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, its
successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a
security interest in, all of the following property now owned or at any time
hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any
time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the
"Collateral"), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise) of such Grantor's Obligations:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all cash and cash accounts;
(c) all Chattel Paper;
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(d) all Documents;
(e) all Equipment;
(f) all Fixtures
(g) all General Intangibles;
(h) all Instruments;
(i) all Intellectual Property;
(j) all Inventory;
(k) all Investment Property;
(l) all Pledged Securities;
(m) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral;
(n) all Undelivered Instruments; and
(o) 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, Intellectual Property or Investment Property to the
extent the grant by such Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this
Agreement in its rights under such General Intangible, Intellectual Property or
Investment Property, as the case may be, is prohibited or restricted by such
General Intangible, Intellectual Property or Investment Property, as the case
may be, and the consent of applicable Persons has not been 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, Intellectual Property or Investment 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 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties to
enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Secured Parties to make their
respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Secured Party that:
4.1 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 or
Transaction 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 Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on each of
them as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in
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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.
4.2 Title. No Other Liens. Except for the security interest
granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties 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
Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as are expressly permitted by the
Credit Agreement.
4.3 Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests
granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) that are capable of perfection pursuant
to the Code upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on
Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on
said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and
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 Secured Parties, 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 (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date
hereof except for Liens expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement.
4.4 Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such Grantor's
jurisdiction of organization and the location of such Grantor's chief executive
office is specified on Schedule 4.
4.5 Inventory and Equipment. On the date hereof, the Inventory
and the Equipment (other than mobile goods) of such Grantor are kept at the
locations listed on Schedule 5.
4.6 Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is
the Proceeds of, Farm Products.
4.7 Pledged Securities. (a) The shares of Pledged Stock
pledged by such Grantor hereunder and delivered to the Administrative Agent on
the Closing Date constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes
of the Capital Stock of each Issuer.
(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
(c) The Pledged Debt Securities pledged by such Grantor
hereunder delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date constitute
all of the Pledged Debt Securities held by such Grantor.
(d) Each of the Pledged Debt Securities in existence on the
date hereof are set forth in Schedule 2 and each of the Pledged Debt Securities
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.
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(e) 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.
4.8 Receivables. No amount payable to the Grantors under or in
connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper
which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent (collectively,
"Undelivered Instruments") and that is in excess of $1,000,000.
4.9 Intellectual Property. (a) Schedule 6 lists all
Intellectual Property owned or licensed by such Grantor in its own name on the
date hereof.
(b) To such Grantor's knowledge, all material Intellectual
Property is on the date hereof valid, subsisting, unexpired, enforceable and has
not been abandoned.
(c) 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.
(d) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any
Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or
such Grantor's rights in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) No action or proceeding is pending 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 5. COVENANTS
Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative
Agent and the Secured Parties 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:
5.1 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.
5.2 Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper. If the
aggregate of all amounts payable to the Grantors pursuant to Undelivered
Instruments shall exceed $1,500,000, such Undelivered Instruments, to the extent
necessary to eliminate such excess, 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.
5.3 Insurance. Each Grantor shall maintain insurance policies
insuring Inventory and Equipment pursuant to and in accordance with subsection
6.5 of the Credit Agreement.
5.4 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further
Documentation. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by
this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least
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the priority described in Section 4.3 and shall defend such security interest
against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.
(b) Upon the 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.
(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written
request of the Administrative Agent and at the sole expense of such Grantor,
such Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver 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.
5.5 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, (ii) Equipment under repair and (iii)
Inventory and Equipment in transit in the ordinary course of business (including
Inventory and Equipment located at construction sites)) 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
(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, provided that the
Borrower may consummate the Reincorporation so long as, prior to the Borrower's
consummation of the Reincorporation, the Administrative Agent shall have
received all additional financing statements and other documents requested by
the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of
the security interests provided for in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
5.6 Pledged Securities. (a) If such Grantor shall become
entitled to receive or shall receive any stock certificate (including, without
limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or a distribution in
connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any
certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in
respect of the 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 Secured Parties, hold the
same in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties 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
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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
Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional
collateral security for the Obligations.
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.
5.7 Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of
business or as otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents, 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
materially and 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.
5.8 Intellectual Property. (a) Such Grantor (either itself or
through licensees) will (i) continue to use each material Trademark on each and
every trademark class of goods applicable to its current line as reflected in
its 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 each
material Trademark, (iii) use such Trademark with all appropriate notices of
registration and (iv) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof
to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material Trademark
may become invalidated or impaired in any way.
(b) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not
do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent may become
forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.
(c) 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. Such Grantor will not (either itself or through licensees)
do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may fall into the
public domain.
(d) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not
do any act that knowingly uses a material Intellectual Property to infringe the
Intellectual Property rights of a third party.
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(e) Such Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent and the
Secured Parties 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.
(f) 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.
(g) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps,
including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, the 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.
(h) In the event that any material Intellectual Property is
infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall (i)
take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the
circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and (ii) if such
Intellectual Property is of material economic value, promptly notify the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties after it learns thereof.
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters Related to Receivables. (a) 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 Secured Parties 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 Secured Parties, 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.
(b) At the Administrative Agent's request, each Grantor shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent, all original and other documents
evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which
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gave rise to the then existing Receivables, including, without limitation, all
original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
6.2 Communications with Obligors, Grantors Remain Liable. (a)
The Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any
time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify with them to the
Administrative Agent's reasonable satisfaction the existence, amount and terms
of any Receivables.
(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each
Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables that the Receivables have been
assigned to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the
Administrative Agent.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each
Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables to observe and perform
all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it
thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise
thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Secured Party 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 Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor
shall the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party 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.
6.3 Pledged Securities. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given
notice to the relevant Grantor of the Administrative Agent's intent to exercise
its corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be
permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and
all payments made in respect of the Pledged Debt Securities, 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.
(b) 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
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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 Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any
Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be
responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.
(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer
of any 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.
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent. In
addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties
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 Secured Parties,
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 Secured Parties) 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.
6.5 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.
6.6 Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall
occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Secured
Parties, 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 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
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exchange, broker's board or office of the Administrative Agent or any Secured
Party 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 Secured
Party 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
Secured Parties 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(l)(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 claim, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative
Agent or any Secured Party arising out of the exercise by them of any rights
hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral
shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if
given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.
6.7 Registration Rights. (a) If the Administrative Agent shall
determine to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Pledged Securities
pursuant to Section 6.6, and if in the opinion of the Administrative Agent it is
necessary or advisable to have the Pledged Securities, 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 Securities, or that portion thereof to be sold, under the
provisions of the Securities Act, (ii) use its best efforts to cause the
registration statement relating thereto to become effective and to remain
effective for a period of one year from the date of the first public offering of
the Pledged Securities, or that portion thereof to be sold, and (iii) make all
amendments thereto and/or to the related prospectus which, in the opinion of the
Administrative Agent, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission applicable thereto. Each Grantor agrees to
cause such Issuer to comply with the provisions of the securities or "Blue Sky"
laws of any and all jurisdictions which the Administrative Agent shall designate
and to make available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an
earnings statement (which need not be audited) which will satisfy the provisions
of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
(b) Each Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may
be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the Pledged Securities, 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 Securities for the period of time
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necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public
sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even
if such Issuer would agree to do so.
(c) Each Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause
to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of
all or any portion of the Pledged Securities 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 Secured Parties, that the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties
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.
6.8 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 Secured Party to collect such deficiency.
SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact,
etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Administrative Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable
power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of
such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of
this Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action 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 Secured Parties'
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;
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(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in
Section 6.6 or 6.7, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments
of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and
(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of
the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become
due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the
Administrative Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and
receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and
other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising
out of any Collateral; (3) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or
express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts
against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other
documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and
prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any
court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any
portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any
Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against
such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or
adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection
therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent
may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark
(along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright,
Patent or Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or
terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Administrative
Agent shall in its sole discretion determine, and (8) generally, sell,
transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise
deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the
Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes,
and do, at the Administrative Agent's option and such Grantor's
expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which
the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or
realize upon the Collateral and the Administrative Agent's and the
Secured Parties' security interests therein and to effect the intent of
this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.
Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Administrative Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power
of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its
agreements contained herein, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but
without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause
performance or compliance, with such agreement.
(c) The expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in
connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, together
with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the 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.
(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and
agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are
irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests
created hereby are released.
7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent's
sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of
the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the
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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 Secured Party 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 Secured Parties hereunder are
solely to protect the Administrative Agent's and the Secured Parties' interests
in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or
any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the
Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive
as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their
officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for
any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
7.3 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.
7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent. Each Grantor
acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent
under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Administrative
Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option,
voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or
resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative
Agent and the Secured Parties, 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 Secured
Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no
Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry
respecting such authority.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Amendments in Writing. 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 provision of this Agreement imposing
obligations on any Grantor may be waived by the Administrative Agent and the
Secured Parties in a written instrument executed by the Administrative Agent.
8.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner
provided for in subsection 10.2 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such
notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such
Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.
8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies.
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Secured Party 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
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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 Secured
Party, 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 Secured Party 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 Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and
remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently
and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.
8.4 Enforcement Expenses, Indemnification. (a) Each Guarantor
agrees to pay or reimburse each Secured Party 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.
(b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties harmless from, any and all
liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all
stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be
payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties 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
subsection 9.7 of the Credit Agreement.
(d) The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment
of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.
8.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit
of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties and their successors and
assigns, provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its
rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent.
8.6 Set-Off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties provided by law, the Administrative
Agent and each Secured Party 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 Secured Party or any branch or agency thereof to or for
the credit or the account of such Grantor. The Administrative Agent and each
Secured Party agrees promptly to notify the relevant Grantor and (if applicable)
the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by the
Administrative Agent or such Secured Party, provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or
more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts
(including by telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken
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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.
8.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.9 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents
represent the entire agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the
Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there
are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties of the
Administrative Agent or any Secured Party relative to subject matter hereof and
thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan
Documents.
8.10 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.
8.11 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it
is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect
thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the Courts of the State of
New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District
of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought
in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or
proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim
the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or
proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified
mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such
Grantor at its address referred to in Section 8.2 or at such other address of
which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to
effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit
the right to ▇▇▇ in any other jurisdiction; and
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(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any
right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred
to in this Section 8.11 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential
damages.
8.12 Acknowledgments. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation,
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Secured Party 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 Administrative Agent and Secured Parties, on one hand, and
the Grantors, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely
that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan
Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby
among the Secured Parties or among the Grantors and the Secured Parties.
8.13 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.
8.14 Section Headings. The Section headings used in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the
construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
8.15 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that
is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to subsection 6.10 of
the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement
upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the
form of Annex I hereto.
8.16 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
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Capital Stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement.
8.17 Conflicts. In the event of a conflict between the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of the Credit
Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement shall control.
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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.
SPECIALTY TELECONSTRUCTORS, INC.
By:/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: V.P., Assistant Secretary and General Counsel
EACH OF THE OTHER SIGNATORIES LISTED ON
SCHEDULE 7 ATTACHED HERETO
By:/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: V.P., Assistant Secretary and General Counsel
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Schedule 7
SIGNATORIES
SPECIALTY TELECONSTRUCTORS, INC.
OmniAmerica Holdings Corporation
OmniAmerica, Inc.
South Atlantic Tower Corporation
OnmiTower Ltd.
Specialty Management, Inc.
Specialty Fortress, Inc.
Specialty Capital Services, Inc.
Specialty Constructors Coatings, Inc.
Specialty Training Centers, Inc.
Specialty Constructors, Inc.
▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Construction Co., Inc.
Micronare Tower Service, Inc.
Specialty Combined Resources, Inc.