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MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (SYNODYS) SA
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Domestic Administrative Agent
as French Administrative Agent
and
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 1 | |||
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms | 1 | |||
SECTION 1.02 Classification of Loans and Borrowings | 27 | |||
SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally | 27 | |||
SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP | 27 | |||
SECTION 1.05 Currency Translations | 28 | |||
ARTICLE II THE CREDITS | 28 | |||
SECTION 2.01 Commitments | 28 | |||
SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings | 28 | |||
SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings | 29 | |||
SECTION 2.04 Swingline Loans | 30 | |||
SECTION 2.05 Letters of Credit | 31 | |||
SECTION 2.06 Funding of Borrowings | 36 | |||
SECTION 2.07 Interest Elections | 37 | |||
SECTION 2.08 Termination, Reduction and Increase of Commitments | 38 | |||
SECTION 2.09 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt | 41 | |||
SECTION 2.10 Prepayment of Loans | 42 | |||
SECTION 2.11 Fees | 44 | |||
SECTION 2.12 Interest | 45 | |||
SECTION 2.13 Alternate Rate of Interest | 46 | |||
SECTION 2.14 Increased Costs | 47 | |||
SECTION 2.15 Break Funding Payments | 49 | |||
SECTION 2.16 Taxes | 50 | |||
SECTION 2.17 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs | 52 | |||
SECTION 2.18 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 54 | |||
SECTION 2.19 Defaulting Lenders | 54 | |||
SECTION 2.20 Additional Reserve Costs | 56 | |||
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 57 | |||
SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers | 57 |
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SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability | 57 | |||
SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts | 57 | |||
SECTION 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change | 57 | |||
SECTION 3.05 Properties | 58 | |||
SECTION 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters | 58 | |||
SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements | 58 | |||
SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status | 58 | |||
SECTION 3.09 Taxes | 59 | |||
SECTION 3.10 ERISA | 59 | |||
SECTION 3.11 Disclosure | 59 | |||
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS | 59 | |||
SECTION 4.01 Effective Date | 59 | |||
SECTION 4.02 Each Credit Event | 62 | |||
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 62 | |||
SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information | 62 | |||
SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events | 64 | |||
SECTION 5.03 Existence; Conduct of Business | 65 | |||
SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations | 65 | |||
SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance | 65 | |||
SECTION 5.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights | 65 | |||
SECTION 5.07 Compliance with Laws | 65 | |||
SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit | 65 | |||
SECTION 5.09 Additional Guarantors | 66 | |||
SECTION 5.10 Further Assurances | 66 | |||
SECTION 5.11 Pledge of Shares of German Subsidiary | 66 | |||
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 67 | |||
SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness | 67 | |||
SECTION 6.02 Liens | 68 | |||
SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes and Asset Sales | 69 |
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SECTION 6.04 Investments, Loans, Advances, Guarantees and Acquisitions | 70 | |||
SECTION 6.05 Swap Agreements | 71 | |||
SECTION 6.06 Restricted Payments | 71 | |||
SECTION 6.07 Transactions with Affiliates | 72 | |||
SECTION 6.08 Restrictive Agreements | 72 | |||
SECTION 6.09 Sale and Leaseback Transactions | 73 | |||
SECTION 6.10 Amendment of Material Documents | 73 | |||
SECTION 6.11 Changes in Fiscal Year | 73 | |||
SECTION 6.12 Financial Covenants | 73 | |||
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 74 | |||
ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 77 | |||
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS | 79 | |||
SECTION 9.01 Notices | 79 | |||
SECTION 9.02 Waivers; Amendments | 80 | |||
SECTION 9.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | 81 | |||
SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns | 82 | |||
SECTION 9.05 Survival | 86 | |||
SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness | 86 | |||
SECTION 9.07 Severability | 86 | |||
SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff | 86 | |||
SECTION 9.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 87 | |||
SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 87 | |||
SECTION 9.11 Headings | 88 | |||
SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality | 88 | |||
SECTION 9.13 Interest Rate Limitation | 89 | |||
SECTION 9.14 USA PATRIOT Act | 89 | |||
SECTION 9.15 Currency of Payment | 89 |
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Schedule 1.01(b) — Specified Times
Schedule 2.01 — Commitments
Schedule 2.20 — Mandatory Costs
Schedule 3.06 — Disclosed Matters
Schedule 4.01 — Indebtedness to be Repaid
Schedule 6.01 — Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 6.02 — Existing Liens
Schedule 6.04 — Existing Investments
Schedule 6.07 — Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 6.08 — Existing Restrictions
Schedule 8 — Security Trust Provisions
Exhibit A | — Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
Exhibit B-1 | — Form of Opinion of Parent’s In-House Counsel | |
Exhibit B-2 | — Form of Opinion of Loan Parties’ New York Counsel | |
Exhibit B-3 | — Form of Opinion of Loan Parties’ Delaware Counsel | |
Exhibit B-4 | — Form of Opinion of Loan Parties’ French Counsel | |
Exhibit B-4 | — Form of Opinion of Loan Parties’ German Counsel | |
Exhibit B-6 | — Form of Opinion of Loan Parties’ Canadian Counsel | |
Exhibit C-1 | — Form of Guaranty (Domestic Obligations) | |
Exhibit C-2 | — Form of Guaranty (French Obligations) | |
Exhibit D-1 | — Form of Domestic Pledge and Security Agreement | |
Exhibit D-2 | — Form of French Security Documents | |
Exhibit D-3 | — Form of English Security Documents | |
Exhibit D-4 | — Form of Canadian Security Documents | |
Exhibit D-5 | — Form of German Security Document |
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Pricing Level: | ABR Spread | Eurodollar Spread | Commitment Fee Rate | |||||||||
Level I | 3.00 | % | 4.00 | % | 0.35 | % | ||||||
Level II | 3.25 | % | 4.25 | % | 0.40 | % | ||||||
Level III | 3.50 | % | 4.50 | % | 0.50 | % | ||||||
Level IV | 4.00 | % | 5.00 | % | 0.50 | % |
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Pricing Level | Leverage Ratio | |
I | Less than 1.25 to 1.00 | |
II | Equal to or greater than 1.25 to 1.00 but less than 1.75 to 1.00 | |
III | Equal to or greater than 1.75 to 1.00 but less than 2.25 to 1.00 | |
IV | Equal to or greater than 2.25 to 1.00 |
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Date | Amount | |||
June 30, 2010 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
September 30, 2010 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
December 31, 2010 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
March 31, 2011 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
June 30, 2011 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
September 30, 2011 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
December 31, 2011 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
March 31, 2012 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
June 30, 2012 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
September 30, 2012 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
December 31, 2012 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
March 31, 2013 | $ | 1,312,500 | ||
June 30, 2013 | $ | 1,750,000 | ||
September 30, 2013 | $ | 1,750,000 | ||
December 31, 2013 | $ | 1,750,000 | ||
Maturity Date | $ | 1,750,000 |
Date | Amount | |
June 30, 2010 | 965,625 EUR | |
September 30, 2010 | 965,625 EUR | |
December 31, 2010 | 965,625 EUR | |
March 31, 2011 | 965,625 EUR | |
June 30, 2011 | 965,625 EUR | |
September 30, 2011 | 965,625 EUR |
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Date | Amount | |
December 31, 2011 | 965,625 EUR | |
March 31, 2012 | 965,625 EUR | |
June 30, 2012 | 965,625 EUR | |
September 30, 2012 | 965,625 EUR | |
December 31, 2012 | 965,625 EUR | |
March 31, 2013 | 965,625 EUR | |
June 30, 2013 | 1,287,500 EUR | |
September 30, 2013 | 1,287,500 EUR | |
December 31, 2013 | 1,287,500 EUR | |
Maturity Date | 1,287,500 EUR |
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January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2010 | 2.75 to 1.00 | |
January 1, 2011 and thereafter | 2.25 to 1.00 |
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MIRION TECHNOLOGIES, INC., | ||||||
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MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (SYNODYS) SA, | ||||||
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MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (IST FRANCE) SAS, | ||||||
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, individually, as Domestic Administrative Agent, as Swingline Lender, as Issuing Bank, as a Domestic Term Lender and as a Revolving Lender | ||||||
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J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, individually, as French Administrative Agent and as a French Term Lender | ||||||
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Total Amount | ||||||||||
Location | Lender | Available | Expiration date | Currency | ||||||
Mirion Technologies (IST France) SAS | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 470,538 | Mar-11 | USD | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 389,109 | Nov-10 | USD | |||||||
Mirion Technologies (Conax Nuclear), Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 19,200 | Sep-10 | USD | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 544,989 | Oct-10 | USD | |||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 544,989 | Oct-10 | USD | |||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 459,018 | Dec-10 | USD | |||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 459,018 | Dec-10 | USD | |||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 434,909 | Feb-11 | USD | |||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 434,909 | Feb-11 | USD | |||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 20,661 | Jul-11 | USD | |||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 20,539 | Jul-12 | USD | |||||||
Mirion Technologies (MGPI), Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 702,183 | Dec-10 | USD | ||||||
Mirion Technologies (IST) Ltd. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | 64,520 | Apr-10 | USD |
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1 | Time by which Borrowing requests must be made. To be provided by JPM/Mayer Brown. |
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1 | To be provided by JPM/Mayer Brown. |
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1. | The Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Bank of England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the requirements of the European Central Bank. | |
2. | On the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter) the applicable Administrative Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the “Additional Cost Rate”) for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the applicable Administrative Agent as a weighted average of the Lenders’ Additional Cost Rates (weighted in proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum. | |
3. | The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in a Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that Lender to the applicable Administrative Agent. This percentage will be certified by that Lender in its notice to the Applicable Administrative Agent to be its reasonable determination of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that Lender’s participation in all Loans made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made from that Facility Office. | |
4. | The Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the United Kingdom will be calculated by the applicable Administrative Agent as follows: |
(a) | in relation to a sterling Loan: |
AB + C(B − D) + E × 0.01 | percent per annum |
(b) | in relation to a Loan in any currency other than sterling: |
E × 0.01 | percent per annum. |
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A | is the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of any stated minimum) which that Lender is from time to time required to maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England to comply with cash ratio requirements. | |||
B | is the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Applicable Rate and the Mandatory Cost and, if the Loan is bearing interest pursuant to Section 2.12, the additional rate of interest specified in such Section 2.12) payable for the relevant Interest Period on the Loan. |
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C | is the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that Lender is required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special Deposits with the Bank of England. | ||
D | is the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the applicable Administrative Agent on interest bearing Special Deposits. | ||
E | is designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules and is calculated by the Applicable Administrative Agent as being the average of the most recent rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Applicable Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph 7 and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000. |
5. | For the purposes of this Schedule 2.20: |
(a) | “Eligible Liabilities” and “Special Deposits” have the meanings given to them from time to time under or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by the Bank of England; | ||
(b) | “Fees Rules” means the rules on periodic fees contained in the Financial Services Authority Fees Manual or such other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits; | ||
(c) | “Fee Tariffs” means the fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1 Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount rate); and | ||
(d) | “Tariff Base” has the meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the Fees Rules. |
6. | In application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the formulae as percentages (i.e. 5 percent will be included in the formula as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting figures shall be rounded to four decimal places. |
7. | If requested by the applicable Administrative Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the applicable Administrative Agent, the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference Bank. |
8. | Each Lender shall supply any information required by the Applicable Administrative Agent for the purpose of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender: |
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(a) | the jurisdiction of its Facility Office; and | ||
(b) | any other information that the Applicable Administrative Agent may reasonably require for such purpose. | ||
Each Lender shall promptly notify the applicable Administrative Agent of any change to the information provided by it pursuant to this paragraph. |
9. | The percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C and the rates of charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E shall be determined by the Applicable Administrative Agent based upon the information supplied to it pursuant to Paragraphs 7 and 8 and on the assumption that, unless a Lender notifies the applicable Administrative Agent to the contrary, each Lender’s obligations in relation to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as those of a typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Facility Office in the same jurisdiction as its Facility Office. |
10. | The applicable Administrative Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or Reference Bank pursuant to Paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 is true and correct in all respects. |
11. | The applicable Administrative Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender and each Reference Bank pursuant to Paragraphs 3, 7 and 8. |
12. | Any determination by either Administrative Agent pursuant to this Schedule 2.20 in relation to a formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties. |
13. | Either Administrative Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Parent and the Lenders, determine and notify to all parties any amendments which are required to be made to this Schedule 2.20 in order to comply with any change in law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank (or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on all parties. |
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1. | Note and Equity Purchase Agreement dated September 30, 2003, as amended, by and among Mirion Technologies (GDS), Inc. (formerly known as Global Dosimetry Solutions, Inc.), American Capital Financial Services, Inc. and the purchasers party thereto | |
2. | Note and Equity Purchase Agreement dated May 24, 2004, as amended, by and among IST Acquisitions, LLC (formerly known as IST Acquisitions, Inc.), Mirion Technologies (IST) Corporation (formerly known as Imaging and Sensing Technology Corporation) and certain of its subsidiaries, American Capital Financial Services, Inc. and the purchasers party thereto | |
3. | Note and Equity Purchase Agreement dated June 23, 2004, as amended, by and among Mirion Technologies (MGPI), Inc. (formerly known as MGP Instruments, Inc.), Dosimetry Acquisitions (U.S.), LLC (formerly known as Dosimetry Acquisitions (U.S.), Inc.), American Capital Financial Services, Inc. and the purchasers party thereto | |
4. | Shareholder Loan Agreement dated September 23, 2005, as amended, by and between American Capital Strategies, Ltd. and Dosimetry Acquisitions (France) SAS. | |
5. | Continuing Agreement for Commercial & Standby Letters of Credit dated June 19, 2006, between JPMorgan Chase Bank and Mirion Technologies (IST) Corporation (formerly known as Imaging and Sensing Technology Corporation). |
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1. | The Parent and certain of its Subsidiaries are parties to various agreements for Indebtedness with American Capital Ltd. and its affiliates, which are to be repaid in full in connection with this Agreement. |
2. | In the ordinary course of business and in connection with customer contracts and requests, the Parent signs letters of guarantee on behalf of its Subsidiaries. |
3. | The following Indebtedness: |
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Designation of | Amount | Expiration | Facility | |||||||||||
Location | Lender | the financing | Available | date | Currency | Type | ||||||||
Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA | Banque Palatine | Commercial guarantee limit | 3,100,000 | Unlimited | EUR | Committed Line of Credit | ||||||||
Lyonnaise de Banque | Building Loan | 517,637 | November, 2012 | EUR | Loan | |||||||||
Banque Palatine | Building Loan | 1,900,000 | March 30, 2017 | EUR | Loan | |||||||||
Le Credit Lyonnais | Building Loan | 1,900,000 | March 30, 2017 | EUR | Loan | |||||||||
Mirion Technologies (IST) Corporation | NYSDOL Fin. Assurance | Letter of Credit | 264,772 | Unlimited | USD | Letter of Credit |
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1. | Xerox Corporation has a secured interest in one (1) Xerox HLC128C and one (1) Xerox HLCCTL8 together with all parts, attachments, additions, replacements and repairs incorporated in or affixed thereto, in connection with the lease of such products. |
1. | Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA, a Subsidiary, is a party to a Loan Agreement entered into on October 26, 2005, as amended, with Lyonnaise de Banque, in connection with financing construction of portion of the Company’s facilities located in Lamanon, France, under which the Subsidiary pledged certain of its real property assets as security. | ||
2. | Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA, a Subsidiary, is a party to a Loan Agreement entered into on March 30, 2010, with Crédit Lyonnais and La Banque Palatine, in connection with the expansion of the Company’s facilities located in Lamanon, France, under which the Subsidiary will pledge certain of its real property assets as security in an amount not to exceed 3,800,000 EUR. | ||
3. | Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA, a Subsidiary, is a party to a financing arrangement secured by the accounts receivable of such Subsidiary in an amount not to exceed 3,100,000 EUR. |
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1. | Mirion Technologies (IST) Ltd., a Subsidiary, is a shareholder, holding 12 “A” Shares, of Resolve Optics Ltd., a Company incorporated in England. | |
2. | Mirion Technologies (Conax Nuclear), Inc., a Subsidiary, is a shareholder, holding 14,757 shares of Common Stock of ARS Enterprises, a California corporation. |
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1. | The Parent and certain of its Subsidiaries are parties to various agreements for Indebtedness with American Capital Ltd. and certain of its Affiliates, which are to be repaid in full in connection with this Agreement. | |
2. | The Parent is a party to an investment banking services agreement entered into in December 2005, with American Capital Financial Services Ltd., which is expected to be terminated in connection with this Agreement. | |
3. | The Parent is party to a letter agreement entered into March 18, 2010, with each holder of its convertible preferred stock, under which in lieu of dividends otherwise payable in the form of additional shares of convertible preferred stock, for the period from March 1, 2010 through the Effective Date, the Parent will pay cash dividends on shares of its outstanding preferred stock at a rate equal to the number of shares of common stock such holders would have received upon conversion of the preferred stock such holders would have received in dividends during that period multiplied by the initial public offering price of the Equity Offering. | |
4. | The Parent will be party to that certain registration rights agreement expected to be entered into upon the consummation of the Equity Offering, with American Capital Ltd. and certain of its Affiliates, Thomas D. Logan, W. Antony Besso and certain other stockholders, under which these stockholders may require the Parent to register their shares of common stock under the securities laws for sale. | |
5. | The Parent will be party to certain indemnification agreements expected to be entered into upon the consummation of the Equity Offering, with certain designees of American Capital Ltd., pursuant to which the Parent will indemnify its directors and its executive officers in certain circumstances, and hold them harmless against any expenses and liabilities incurred in the performance of their duties to the Company. | |
6. | The Parent will adopt certain bylaws prior to the consummation of the Equity Offering that will provide American Capital Ltd. with the right to designate up to three members of the Parent’s seven member board of directors as well as certain other related rights. | |
7. | Thomas D. Logan is party to a call option agreement entered into April 19, 2004, as modified, with American Capital Ltd. and certain of its Affiliates. |
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1. | Please refer to Schedule 6.01 for a listing of all Indebtedness. |
2. | Mirion Technologies (IST) Ltd., a Subsidiary, has entered into a Deed as security over a deposit account with HSBC Bank Plc., dated as of November 4, 2009. |
3. | Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA, a Subsidiary, is a party to a Loan Agreement entered into on October 26, 2005, as amended, with Lyonnaise de Banque, in connection with financing construction of portion of the Company’s facilities located in Lamanon, France, under which the Subsidiary pledged certain of its real property assets as security. |
4. | Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA, a Subsidiary, is a party to a Loan Agreement entered into on March 30, 2010, with Crédit Lyonnais and La Banque Palatine, in connection with the expansion of the Company’s facilities located in Lamanon, France, under which the Subsidiary will pledge certain of its real property assets as security. |
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FRENCH ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SECURITY TRUST AND AGENCY PROVISIONS
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS | |
1.1 | Terms defined in the Credit Agreement | |
Terms defined in the Credit Agreement but not in this Schedule shall have the same meanings in this Schedule as in the Credit Agreement. | ||
1.2 | Definitions | |
In addition, in this Schedule: | ||
“Administrator” means any administrator appointed to manage the affairs, business and assets of any Loan Party under the Collateral Documents. | ||
“Finance Party” means, individually and collectively, each Lender, each Issuing Bank and each Administrative Agent. | ||
“Losses” means losses (including loss of profit), claims, demands, actions, proceedings, damages and other payments, costs, expenses and other liabilities of any kind. | ||
“Receiver” means any receiver, receiver and manager, administrator or administrative receiver appointed by the French Administrative Agent over all or any of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents whether solely, jointly, severally or jointly and severally with any other person and includes any substitute for any of them appointed from time to time. | ||
“VAT” means value added tax as provided for in the VATA 1994 or any similar or substitute tax. | ||
“VATA 1994” means The Value Added Tax Act 1994. | ||
2. | SECURITY TRUSTEE/AGENT PROVISIONS | |
2.1 | Appointment of the French Administrative Agent |
(a) | Each of the Finance Parties irrevocably appoints the French Administrative Agent to act as its trustee in connection with the English Security Documents and the Canadian Security Documents. | ||
(b) | Each of the Finance Parties irrevocably appoints the French Administrative Agent to act as its agent in connection with the French Security Documents in accordance with Article 2328-1 of the French Civil Code and the German Security Document. | ||
(c) | Each of the Finance Parties authorises the French Administrative Agent to exercise the rights, powers, authorities and discretions specifically given to the French Administrative Agent under or in connection with the Loan Documents together with any other incidental rights, powers, authorities and discretions. |
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2.2 | Role of the French Administrative Agent |
(a) | The French Administrative Agent shall hold the benefit of the English Security Documents on trust for the Finance Parties. The French Administrative Agent shall be the beneficiary of the French Security Documents, the Canadian Security Documents and the German Security Document on behalf and in the name of the Finance Parties. | ||
(b) | If the French Administrative Agent receives notice from a party referring to a Loan Document, describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a Default, it shall promptly notify the Finance Parties. | ||
(c) | The French Administrative Agent does not have any duties except those expressly set out in the Loan Documents. In particular, the French Administrative Agent shall not be subject to the duty of care imposed on trustees by the Trustee Act 2000 and shall not be an agent or trustee of any Loan Parties or any person under or in connection with the Loan Documents. | ||
(d) | Where a sum is to be paid to the French Administrative Agent under the Collateral Documents or the Loan Documents for another Party, the French Administrative Agent is not obliged to pay such sum to that other Party (or to enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that sum. | ||
(e) | If the French Administrative Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case that it had not actually received that amount, then the Party to whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was paid shall on demand refund the same to the French Administrative Agent together with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of receipt by the French Administrative Agent, calculated by it to reflect its cost of funds. |
2.3 | No fiduciary duties |
(a) | Except as provided in Paragraph 2.1, nothing in this Agreement constitutes the French Administrative Agent as a trustee or fiduciary of any other person. | ||
(b) | The French Administrative Agent shall not be bound to account to any other Finance Party for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account. |
2.4 | Business with Loan Parties | |
The French Administrative Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to, invest in and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Loan Parties and any Affiliate of any Loan Parties. | ||
2.5 | Discretion of the French Administrative Agent |
(a) | The French Administrative Agent may rely on: |
(i) | any representation, notice, document or other communication believed by it to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorized; and | ||
(ii) | any statement made by a director, authorized signatory or employee of any person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his or her knowledge or within his or her power to verify. |
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(b) | The French Administrative Agent may assume that: |
(i) | no Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising under Article VII of the Credit Agreement); and | ||
(ii) | any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any other Finance Party has not been exercised. |
(c) | Notwithstanding that the French Administrative Agent and one or more of the other Finance Parties may from time to time be the same entity, that entity has entered into the Loan Documents in those separate capacities. However, where the Loan Documents provide for the French Administrative Agent and the other Finance Parties to provide instructions to or otherwise communicate with one or more of the others of them, then for so long as they are the same entity it will not be necessary for there to be any formal instructions or other communication, notwithstanding that the Loan Documents provide in certain cases for the same to be in writing. | ||
(d) | The French Administrative Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts. | ||
(e) | The French Administrative Agent may act in relation to the Loan Documents through its personnel and agents. | ||
(f) | Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Loan Documents, the French Administrative Agent shall be and is hereby authorised to assume without enquiry, in the absence of actual notice to the contrary, that each Loan Party and the other parties to any of the Loan Documents (other than the French Administrative Agent) is duly performing and observing all the covenants and provisions contained in or arising pursuant to the Loan Documents relating to it and on its part to be performed and observed. | ||
(g) | Notwithstanding any other provision of any Loan Document to the contrary, the French Administrative Agent is not obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality. |
2.6 | Required Lenders instructions |
(a) | Unless a contrary indication appears in a Loan Document: |
(i) | the French Administrative Agent shall act in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Required Lenders (or, if so instructed by the Required Lenders or in the absence of an instruction from them, refrain from acting or exercising any power, authority, discretion or other right vested in it as French Administrative Agent); and | ||
(ii) | the French Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or refrains from taking any action) in accordance with an instruction of the Required Lenders; and | ||
(iii) | any instructions given by the Required Lenders will be binding on all the Lenders. |
(b) | The French Administrative Agent may refrain: |
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(i) | from acting (in accordance with the instructions of the Required Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) or otherwise) until it has received such security and/or indemnity as it may require for any Losses (including any associated irrevocable VAT) which it may incur in complying with the instructions; and | ||
(ii) | from doing anything which may in its opinion be a breach of any law or duty of confidentiality or be otherwise actionable at the suit of any person. |
(c) | In the absence of instructions from the Required Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders), the French Administrative Agent may act (or refrain from taking action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the Required Lenders. | ||
(d) | The French Administrative Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first obtaining that Lender’s consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings relating to any Loan Document. |
2.7 | Responsibility for documentation | |
The French Administrative Agent is not responsible for: |
(a) | the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether oral or written) supplied by any Finance Party, any Loan Parties or any other person given in or in connection with any Loan Document; or | ||
(b) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Loan Document or any other agreement, arrangement or other document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with any Loan Document. |
2.8 | Exclusion of liability |
(a) | Without limiting Paragraph 2.8(b), the French Administrative Agent will not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with any Loan Document, unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful misconduct. | ||
(b) | No Party may take any proceedings against any officer, employee or agent of the French Administrative Agent in respect of any claim it might have against the French Administrative Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that officer, employee or agent in relation to any Loan Document. Any officer, employee or agent of the French Administrative Agent may rely on this Paragraph 2.8(b). | ||
(c) | The French Administrative Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in crediting an account with an amount required under the Loan Documents to be paid by the French Administrative Agent if the French Administrative Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the French Administrative Agent for that purpose. | ||
(d) | The French Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to insure any of the Collateral or any certificate, note, bond or other evidence in respect of any of them or to require any other person to maintain that insurance and shall not be responsible for any Losses which may be suffered as a result of the lack or inadequacy of that insurance. |
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(e) | The French Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for any Losses occasioned to the Collateral, however caused, by any Loan Parties or any other person by any act or omission on the part of any person (including any bank, broker, depository, warehouseman or other intermediary or any clearing system or the operator of it), or otherwise, unless those Losses are occasioned by the French Administrative Agent’s own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. In particular the French Administrative Agent shall be not responsible for any Losses which may be suffered as a result of any assets comprised in the Collateral, or any deeds or documents of title to them, being uninsured or inadequately insured or being held by it or by or to the order of any custodian or by clearing organisations or their operators or by any person on behalf of the French Administrative Agent. | ||
(f) | The French Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility to any Loan Parties as regards any deficiency which might arise because such Loan Parties are subject to any tax in respect of the Collateral or any income or any proceeds from or of them. | ||
(g) | The French Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any failure, omission or defect in giving notice of, registering or filing, or procuring registration or filing of, or otherwise protecting or perfecting, the security constituted over the Collateral. |
2.9 | Lenders’ Indemnity to the French Administrative Agent |
(a) | Each Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Commitments1 or, if the Commitments are then zero, to its share of the Commitments immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the French Administrative Agent, within three Business Days of demand, against any Losses sustained or incurred by the French Administrative Agent (otherwise than by reason of the French Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or wilful misconduct) in acting as the French Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents (unless the French Administrative Agent has been reimbursed by the Loan Parties pursuant to a Loan Document. | ||
(b) | The French Administrative Agent may, in priority to any payment to the Lenders, indemnify itself out of the Collateral in respect of, and pay and retain, all sums necessary to give effect to this indemnity and to all other indemnities given to it in the other Loan Documents in its capacity as French Administrative Agent. The French Administrative Agent shall have a Lien on the security constituted over the Collateral and the proceeds of enforcement of any Collateral Documents for all such sums. |
2.10 | Resignation |
(a) | The French Administrative Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an office in the United Kingdom and/or in France as successor by giving notice to the other parties. | ||
(b) | Alternatively the French Administrative Agent may resign by giving notice to the other parties, in which case the Required Lenders (after consultation with the Borrowers) may appoint a successor French Administrative Agent. | ||
(c) | If the Required Lenders have not appointed a successor French Administrative Agent in accordance with Paragraph 2.11(b) within 30 days after notice of resignation was given, the French Administrative Agent may appoint a successor French |
1 | This is meant to capture total commitments under the Credit Agreement. |
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Administrative Agent (acting through an office in the United Kingdom and/or in France). | |||
(d) | The retiring French Administrative Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor French Administrative Agent any documents and records and provide any assistance which the successor French Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as French Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. | ||
(e) | A notice of resignation from the French Administrative Agent shall only take effect upon the appointment of a successor. | ||
(f) | Upon the appointment of a successor, the retiring French Administrative Agent shall be discharged from any further obligation in respect of the Loan Documents but shall remain entitled to the benefit of this Paragraph 2. Its successor and each of the other parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if the successor had been an original party. | ||
(g) | After consultation with the Borrowers, the Required Lenders may, by notice to the French Administrative Agent, require it to resign in accordance with Paragraph 2.11(b). In this event, the French Administrative Agent shall resign in accordance with Paragraph 2.11(b). |
2.11 | Additional French Administrative Agent | |
The French Administrative Agent may at any time appoint (and subsequently remove) any person to act as a separate agent, security trustee or as a co-trustee jointly with it (any such person, an“Additional French Administrative Agent”): |
(a) | if it is necessary in performing its duties and if the French Administrative Agent considers that appointment to be in the interest of the Finance Parties; or | ||
(b) | for the purposes of complying with or confirming to any legal requirements, restrictions or conditions which the French Administrative Agent deems to be relevant; or | ||
(c) | for the purposes of obtaining or enforcing any judgment or decree in any jurisdiction, | ||
and the French Administrative Agent will give notice to the other Parties of any such appointment. |
2.12 | Confidentiality |
(a) | In acting as security trustee or agent, as the case may be, for the Finance Parties, the French Administrative Agent shall be regarded as acting through its syndication or agency division which shall be treated as a separate entity from any other of its divisions or departments. | ||
(b) | If information is received by another division or department of the French Administrative Agent, it may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the French Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it. | ||
(c) | Notwithstanding any other provision of any Loan Document to the contrary, the French Administrative Agent is not obliged to disclose to any other person: |
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(i) | any confidential information; or | ||
(ii) | any other information if the disclosure would or might in its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or a breach of a fiduciary duty. |
2.13 | Relationship with the Lenders | |
The French Administrative Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under the Collateral Documents and acting through its Facility Office unless it has received not less than five Business Days’ prior notice from that Lender to the contrary in accordance with the terms of the relevant Collateral Document. | ||
2.14 | Credit Appraisal by the Lenders | |
Without affecting the responsibility of each Loan Party for information supplied by it or on its behalf in connection with any Loan Document, each Lender confirms to the French Administrative Agent that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any Loan Document, including: |
(a) | the financial condition, status and nature of each Loan Party; | ||
(b) | the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any Loan Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Loan Document; | ||
(c) | whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against any party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Loan Document, the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or other document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Loan Document; and | ||
(d) | the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information provided by the French Administrative Agent, any other party or any other person under or in connection with any Loan Document, the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or other document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Loan Document. |
2.15 | Management time | |
Any amount payable to the French Administrative Agent by way of fees or indemnity under this Credit Agreement shall include the cost of utilising the French Administrative Agent’s management time or other resources (which will be calculated on the basis of such reasonable daily or hourly rates as the French Administrative Agent may notify to the Parent). | ||
2.16 | Security Documents |
(a) | The French Administrative Agent shall accept without investigation, requisition or objection whatever title any person may have to the assets which are subject to the Collateral Documents and shall not: |
(i) | be bound or concerned to examine or enquire into the title of any person; or |
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(ii) | be liable for any defect or failure in the title of any person, whether that defect or failure was known to the French Administrative Agent or might have been discovered upon examination or enquiry and whether it is capable of remedy or not. |
(b) | Upon the appointment of any successor French Administrative Agent under Article VIII of the Credit Agreement, the resigning French Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver any documents and do any other acts and things which may be necessary to vest in the successor French Administrative Agent all the rights vested in the resigning French Administrative Agent under the Collateral Documents. | ||
(c) | Each of the other Finance Parties: |
(i) | authorises the French Administrative Agent to hold each mortgage or charge or security interest created pursuant to any Loan Document in its sole name as security trustee or agent, as the case may be, for the Finance Parties; and | ||
(ii) | requests the UK Land Registry to register the French Administrative Agent as the sole proprietor of any mortgage or charge so created. |
2.17 | Distribution of proceeds of enforcement |
(a) | To the extent that the Collateral Documents provide for the net proceeds of any enforcement to be applied against the Obligations, the French Administrative Agent shall apply them in payment of any amounts due but unpaid under the Loan Documents, if applicable in the order set out in Section 2.17(b) of the Credit Agreement. This shall override any appropriation made by any Loan Parties. | ||
(b) | The French Administrative Agent may, at its discretion, accumulate proceeds of enforcement in an interest bearing account in its own name. |
2.18 | No obligation to remain in possession | |
If the French Administrative Agent, any Receiver or any delegate takes possession of all or any of the Collateral, it may from time to time in its absolute discretion relinquish such possession. | ||
2.19 | French Administrative Agent’s obligation to account | |
The French Administrative Agent shall not in any circumstances (either by reason of taking possession of the Collateral or for any other reason and whether as mortgagee in possession or on any other basis): |
(a) | be liable to account to any Loan Parties or any other person for anything except the French Administrative Agent’s own actual receipts which have not been distributed or paid to the relevant Loan Party or the persons entitled or at the time of payment believed by the French Administrative Agent to be entitled to them; or | ||
(b) | be liable to any Loan Parties or any other person for any principal, interest or Losses from or connected with any realisation by the French Administrative Agent of the Collateral or from any act, default, omission or misconduct of the French Administrative Agent, its officers, employees or agents in relation to the Collateral or from any exercise or non-exercise by the French Administrative Agent of any right exercisable by it under the French Security Documents, the English Security Documents, the Canadian Security Documents or the German Security Document |
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2.20 | Receiver’s and delegate’s obligation to account | |
All the provisions of Paragraph 2.18 above shall apply in respect of the liability of any Receiver or Administrator or delegate in all respects as though every reference in Paragraph 2.14 to the French Administrative Agent were instead a reference to the Receiver or, as the case may be, Administrator or delegate. |
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2 | Include only for assignments of Revolving Commitments | |
3 | Include only for assignments of Revolving Commitments or Domestic Term Loans. | |
4 | Include only for assignments of French Term Loans. | |
5 | Not included for assignments to any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender any Approved Fund or for any assignment during the continuance of an Event of Default. |
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Seth B. Rosen | ||||
General Counsel, Vice President and Corporate Secretary |
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Jurisdiction | ||
Name of Other Loan Party | of Organization | |
Mirion Technologies (IST Canada), Inc. | Canada | |
Mirion Technologies (IST) Ltd. | England | |
Dosimetry Acquisitions (France) SAS | France | |
Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA | France | |
Mirion Technologies (RADOS) GmbH | Germany | |
Mirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH | Germany |
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New York | Madrid | |||
Menlo Park | Tokyo | |||
Washington DC | Beijing | |||
London | Hong Kong | |||
Paris |
Davis Polk & Wardwellllp | 212 450 4000 tel | |
450 Lexington Avenue | 212 701 5800 fax | |
New York, NY 10017 |
J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as French Administrative Agent
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(a) | the Credit Agreement; | ||
(b) | the Notes issued on the date hereof (the “Notes”); | ||
(c) | the Guaranty (Domestic Obligations) dated as of [ ], 2010 (the “Domestic Guaranty”) among the Loan Parties party thereto on the date hereof and the Domestic Administrative Agent; | ||
(d) | the Guaranty (French Obligations) dated as of [ ], 2010 (the “French Guaranty”) among the Loan Parties party thereto on the date hereof and the French Administrative Agent; | ||
(e) | the Domestic Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of [ ], 2010 (the “Security Agreement”) among the Company, the New York Loan Parties, the Delaware Loan Parties (together, the “Domestic Grantors”), and the Administrative Agents. |
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(a) | Our opinions in paragraphs 2 and 3 above are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, concepts of reasonableness and equitable principles of general applicability, and may be subject to possible judicial actions giving effect to governmental actions or foreign laws affecting creditors’ rights. | ||
(b) | We express no opinion as to United States federal or any state securities laws. | ||
(c) | We express no opinion as to the effect of fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar provisions of applicable law on the conclusions expressed above. | ||
(d) | We express no opinion as to any provision in the Credit Documents that purports to indemnify any Person for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. | ||
(e) | We express no opinion as to provisions in the Credit Documents that purport to create rights of set-off in favor of participants or that provide for set-off to be made otherwise than in accordance with applicable laws. | ||
(f) | We express no opinion as to provisions in the Credit Documents that purport to waive objections to venue, claims that a particular jurisdiction is an inconvenient forum or the like. | ||
(g) | We express no opinion as to whether a United States federal court would have subject-matter or personal jurisdiction over a controversy arising under the Credit Documents. | ||
(h) | We express no opinion as to the right, title or interest of any Domestic Grantor in or to any collateral. | ||
(i) | Except as expressly set forth in paragraph 3 above, we express no opinion as to the creation, attachment, perfection or priority of any security interest. | ||
(j) | We note the possible unenforceability in whole or in part of certain remedial provisions of, and certain waivers contained in, the Credit Support Documents, although the inclusion of such provisions does not render any of the Credit Support |
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Documents invalid and, subject, to the extent applicable, to Section 9-408(c) of the UCC, each of the Credit Support Documents contains, in our judgment, adequate remedial provisions for the practical realization of the rights and benefits afforded thereby. | |||
(k) | Any security interest in proceeds is subject to the limitations set forth in Section 9-315 of the UCC. | ||
(l) | We have assumed that (i) each Loan Party is validly existing and, to the extent applicable, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) each Loan Party has duly executed and delivered each Credit Document to which it is a party, (iii) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Credit Document to which it is a party are within its corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of such Loan Party and do not contravene the articles or certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constitutive documents of such Loan Party and (iv) the execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Credit Document to which it is a party do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any law, rule or regulation (other than United States federal and New York State laws, rules and regulations in each case that in our experience are normally applicable to general business entities in relation to transactions of the type contemplated by the Credit Documents without regard to any other activities or business of such entities) or any order, injunction, decree, agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound. | ||
(m) | We express no opinion on the effectiveness of any service of process made other than in accordance with applicable law. | ||
(n) | We express no opinion as to the effect (if any) of any law of any jurisdiction (except the State of New York) in which any Lender is located which may limit the rate of interest that such Lender may charge or collect. | ||
(o) | As to various provisions in the Credit Documents that grant the Administrative Agents, the Issuing Bank or the Lenders certain rights to make determinations or take actions in their discretion, we assume that such discretion will be exercised in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner. | ||
(p) | Our opinion in paragraph 3 above is limited to Article 9 of the UCC. We express no opinion as to (i) the effect, if any, of the United States Assignment of Claims Act, as amended, or any similar state law, rule or regulation, (ii) the creation, perfection or priority of any security interest in or lien on any insurance except to the extent such insurance constitutes the proceeds of Collateral or (iii) the creation, perfection or priority of any security interest in or lien on any commercial tort claims, letter of credit rights (other than letter of credit rights consisting of supporting obligations with respect to other collateral), as-extracted collateral, timber to be cut, fixtures, consumer goods, farm products or, except to the extent that Article 9 of the UCC is applicable thereto, any Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreement). We express no opinion as to the creation, attachment, |
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perfection or priority of any security interest in any Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) described in subsection 2(q) of the Security Agreement and not described in any other subsection of such Section 2. | |||
(q) | We express no opinion as to validity, legal binding effect or enforceability of any provision of any Credit Document that permits a Lender to collect any portion of the stated principal amount of any Loan upon acceleration or prepayment thereof to the extent determined to constitute unearned interest. |
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Name of Other Loan Party | Jurisdiction of Organization | |
Mirion Technologies (IST Canada), Inc. | Canada | |
Mirion Technologies (IST) Ltd. | England | |
Dosimetry Acquisitions (France) SAS | France | |
Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA | France | |
Mirion Technologies (RADOS) GmbH | Germany | |
Mirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH | Germany |
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Administrative Agent and J.P. Morgan
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Credit Agreement (the “Addressees”).
- | Mirion Technologies (IST France) SAS, a Frenchsociété par actions simplifiée,with registered office located at 21, rue Christophe Colomb, 18110 Fussy, France, and with corporate registration number 479 428 336 RCS Bourges (hereinafter referred to as “IST”); | ||
- | Dosimetry Acquisitions (France) SAS, a Frenchsociété par actions simplifiée,with registered office located at lieudit Calès, 13113 Lamanon, France, and with corporate registration number |
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- | Mirion Technologies (Synodys) SA, a Frenchsociété anonyme,with registered office located at lieudit Calès, 13113 Lamanon, France, and with corporate registration number 382 192 102 RCS Tarascon (hereinafter referred to as “Synodys”); and | ||
- | Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA, a Frenchsociété anonyme,with registered office located at lieudit Calès, 13113 Lamanon, France, and with corporate registration number 303 375 406 RCS Tarascon (hereinafter referred to as “MGPI”); | ||
(IST, Dosimetry, Synodys and MGPI are collectively referred to herein as the “French Companies”) |
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as Domestic Administrative Agent;
as French Administrative Agent; and
signature pages of the Credit Agreement
referred to below
Partner
Direct Number
+49 69 17095-381
Sender’s E-mail
thomas.cron@hengeler.com
51
D-60325 Frankfurt am
Main
Telefon +49 69 17095-0
Telefax +49 69 725773
www.hengeler.com
among,inter alios,Mirion Technologies, Inc., Mirion Technologies (RADOS) GmbH,
Mirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH and J.P. Morgan Europe Limited
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(3) | In rendering this opinion, we have assumed that: |
(a) | the Guaranty represents and contains the full agreements contemplated and intended by the parties and there are no other arrangements between the parties or any declaration or act which modifies or supersedes any of the terms of the Guaranty or provides for obligations not expressly agreed under the Guaranty, nor is it intended to avoid applicability of or the consequences of any laws in a manner which is contrary to such laws, nor will any of the transactions contemplated thereby or connected therewith (whether individually or as a whole) do so; | ||
(b) | the Guaranty and the Documents have been executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto in the form of the copies submitted to us, all signatures on the Guaranty and the Documents are genuine, all individuals who have signed the Guaranty and/or any Document are identical with the ones mentioned in the relevant Commercial Register Excerpts and/or the Shareholders’ Resolutions [and/or the Powers of Attorney], all such individuals had the full legal capacity(Handlungsfähigkeit im Rechtssinne)to sign the Guaranty and all Documents and the Guaranty and all Documents are dated as set out in theSchedule hereto; | ||
(c) | the Guaranty and all Documents are within the capacity and power of, and have been validly authorised and executed by all parties thereto (other than the German Guarantors) and have been delivered(Zugang)by all parties thereto; | ||
(d) | the Guaranty and all Documents submitted to us as copies conform to their originals and there have been no changes or amendments to the Guaranty and the Documents examined by us, [in particular none of the Powers of Attorney has been revoked or cancelled]; | ||
(e) | the Articles of Association are accurate and current as of the date of the execution of the Guaranty and/or the Documents and no resolutions have been passed to amend those Articles of Association, no by-laws(Geschäftsordnung)or rules of procedure of the managing directors(Geschäflsführer)of any German Guarantor have been adopted, no German Guarantor has any supervisory board(Aufsichtsrat)or similar board; | ||
(f) | each Commercial Register Excerpt is correct as of the date of the Guarantee and as of the date hereof, has not been changed as of the date hereof since the date of |
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such Commercial Register Excerpt and each Commercial Register Excerpt contains at such times all acts and circumstances which are capable of being registered with the commercial register(Handelsregister)of the relevant German Guarantor; | |||
(g) | each Shareholders’ Resolution was actually adopted by the actual shareholders in the form submitted to us, is valid, has not been revoked and is in full force and effect on the date hereof; | ||
(h) | all representations, warranties, covenants and statements made in the Guaranty and/or the Documents or in any other documents are and will at any time be true and accurate (except to the extent they are expressly opined on herein) and there has been and will be no breach of any of the terms thereof; | ||
(i) | each party to the Guaranty and/or the Documents (except for the German Guarantors) has been and is duly incorporated and organised, validly existing and (where such concept is legally relevant) in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and of the jurisdiction of its principal place of business and has the necessary capacity, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Guaranty and/or the Documents, and the Guaranty and the Documents have been duly authorised and executed by each of the parties thereto (except for the German Guarantors) and delivered by each of the parties thereto in accordance with all applicable laws; | ||
(j) | all formalities, procedures and undertakings provided for in the Guaranty and/or the Documents will be strictly and completely adhered to by the parties thereto; | ||
(k) | other than to the extent expressly opined upon herein, each German Guarantor has obtained all licenses, approvals, authorisations and consents which may be necessary or desirable in connection with the Guaranty and/or the Documents under all applicable laws; | ||
(l) | the due compliance with all matters (including, without limitation, the obtaining of all necessary exemptions, the making of necessary filings, lodgements, registrations and notifications and the payment of any stamp duties and any other documentary taxes) under any law (other than German law) as may relate to (i) the Guaranty and any other document, (ii) the lawful execution thereof, (iii) the parties or other persons affected thereby, or (iv) the performance or enforcement by or against the parties or such other persons; | ||
(m) | there is no fraud or lack of good faith on the part of any party to the Guaranty and its respective officers, employees, agents and advisors; the Guaranty and all Documents have been entered into, the obligations thereunder have been assumed |
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and each of the transactions referred to therein has been or will be performed by each of the persons expressed to be parties thereto, in good faith and on abona fidebasis for the purpose of carrying on its business, for the benefit of each of them respectively and on arm’s length commercial terms and the execution and performance of the Guaranty and the Documents serve the corporate purpose of the German Guarantors; | |||
(n) | no party has entered and enters into the Guaranty and/or the Documents or issues any document or any transaction contemplated therein with the intention to prejudice any creditor or any party to such transaction; | ||
(o) | the center of main interest in the meaning of Art. 3 of the EU Insolvency Regulation (EC) 1346/2000 of each German Guarantor is in Germany; | ||
(p) | at the date of the execution of the Guaranty and/or the Documents and at any time when entering into any transaction contemplated in the Guaranty and/or the Documents, none of the German Guarantors has been, is or will be over-indebted or deemed to be unable to pay its debts or is or will be deemed to be in a stoppage of payment situation or any of such situations is or will be deemed to be imminent(drohende Zahlungsunfähigkeit),or has been or is otherwise obliged to file for bankruptcy or liquidation or similar proceedings under any applicable law, and no application for the initiation of bankruptcy or any other moratorium or insolvency procedure has been or will have been made and that no such procedures have been opened pursuant to and within the meaning of any applicable law and no such procedures have been rejected on the grounds of insufficiency of assets(Abweisung mangels Masse)by the relevant court and no decision has been made to wind-up or dissolve any German Guarantor and no German Guarantor is otherwise wound up under any applicable law; | ||
(q) | neither the Guaranty and the Documents nor any of the transactions contemplated thereby or connected therewith (whether individually or as a whole) will result in a breach of the laws (including, for the avoidance of doubt, tax laws) (other than to the extent expressly opined upon herein) which may be applicable to the Guaranty and/or the Documents and/or the parties thereto or is intended to avoid the applicability of or the consequences of such laws in a manner which is contrary to such laws; | ||
(r) | none of the opinions expressed below will be affected by the laws (including the public policy) of any jurisdiction other than Germany; | ||
(s) | each German Guarantor complies with all applicable laws (other than to the extent expressly opined upon herein); |
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(t) | each of the German Guarantors is effectively managed(Verwaltungssitz)within Germany; | ||
(u) | the execution and performance by the parties thereto of the Guaranty and the Documents do and will not result in any violation of administrative or court orders, court judgments, agreements or instruments by which they or their assets are bound. |
(a) | each German Guarantor is a limited liability company(Gesellschafl mit beschränkter Haflung)duly established and validly existing under the laws of Germany; | ||
(b) | each German Guarantor has full power and authority(Rechtsfähigkeit)to execute the Guaranty and to perform its obligations thereunder; | ||
(c) | the Guaranty has been duly executed by or on behalf of such German Guarantor by persons authorized to act on behalf of such German Guarantor for this purpose(wirksame Unterzeichnung bzw. Vertretungsmacht); | ||
(d) | the execution and performance of the Guaranty to which a German Guarantor is a party are not prohibited by the Articles of Association of such German Guarantor; | ||
(e) | no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority in Germany is required on the part of a German Guarantor for the validity of the execution by such German Guarantor of the Guaranty; | ||
(f) | a court in Germany will recognize and enforce, without a re-examination of the substantive matters thereby adjudicated, any final and conclusive(rechtskräftig) judgment for a definite sum of money rendered by any court of the State of New York in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Guaranty; |
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(g) | the courts of Germany will accept, and give effect to, the choice of New York law as the governing law of the Guaranty, subject to and in accordance with German private international law in effect and enforced in Germany. Pursuant to Article 6 of the Introductory Act to the Civil Code(Einführungsgesetz zum BGB)the application of a foreign law must not violate German public policy(ordre public); | ||
(h) | the provisions contained in the Guaranty as to (i) the submission to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York and any appellate court from any thereof; (ii) the waiver of objection to jurisdiction of any such court; and (iii) the irrevocable appointment of an agent for service of process for the purpose of accepting any service within the United States of America are valid and binding upon the German Guarantors under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany assuming that such provisions are valid and binding under the respective applicable internal laws of the State of New York; | ||
(i) | there is no stamp duty imposed by Germany or any political subdivision thereof on or by virtue of the execution on behalf of a German Guarantor of the Guaranty. |
(6) | This opinion is subject to the following: |
(a) | enforcement of the Guaranty may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, limitation and other similar laws of general application including the German Insolvency Act(Insolvenzordnung),relating to or affecting the rights of creditors in general; | ||
(b) | with respect to paragraph (5)(c) above, we wish to note that the opinions contained therein are subject to the principles relating to the abuse of power of representation(Missbrauch der Vertretungsmacht); | ||
(c) | we express no opinion as to the correctness of any representations and warranties given by the German Guarantors under or by virtue of the Guaranty save if and insofar as the matters warranted are the subject-matter of specific opinions herein; | ||
(d) | we wish to note that we have not investigated if each of the parties to the Guaranty has entered into the Guaranty onbona fidearm’s length commercial terms and in doing so acted independently and in its own best interests, for the purpose of carrying on its business and for the benefit of each of them, respectively; | ||
(e) | in any proceedings in a court in Germany to enforce the obligations of the German Guarantors under Guaranty, whether directly or indirectly in accordance |
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with the rules applicable to the enforcement of a judgment against the German Guarantors obtained in the court of a foreign jurisdiction, the petitioner will be subject to the rules of civil procedure arising by operation of law as applied by the courts and other competent authorities of or in Germany, which,inter alia,may require the translation of foreign language documents into the German language and the advancement of court fees if the petitioner is a foreign person domiciled outside the European Union; | |||
(f) | in the event that a final and conclusive judgment against the German Guarantors in a foreign court for a definite sum of money is properly obtained in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or in relation to the Guaranty, such judgment will only be enforceable in Germany if an action or suit for judicial enforcement is brought pursuant to the applicable German Rules of Civil Procedure(Zivilprozessordnung)in a competent German court to have the judgment enforced by such German court; | ||
(g) | any enforcement in Germany of any decision of a foreign court containing punitive damages may be rejected by a German court to the full extent or in part; | ||
(h) | the choice of New York law as the law governing the Guaranty will not be upheld to the extent that New York law is in conflict with such provisions of German law which are internationally mandatory because they incorporate overriding mandatory provisions within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) 593/2008 (Rome I) on the law applicable to contractual obligations into German law; | ||
(i) | German courts will not recognise any final(rechtskräftig)judgment made by a New York court if (i) the New York courts are generally not competent pursuant to the laws of Germany, (ii) the document initiating the court proceeding was not served on the defendant in a proper and timely manner so as to permit its defence and the defendant did not participate in the court proceeding, (iii) it is incompatible (x) with a prior judgment made by a German court or (y) with a prior judgment made by a foreign court which has to be recognised in Germany, or it is incompatible with a court proceeding in Germany that was initiated earlier, (iv) the recognition of the judgment results in a breach of German public policy (see paragraph 5 (g) above), in particular, but not limited to, a breach of human rights, or (v) the New York courts do not recognise judgments of German courts(principle of reciprocity); | ||
(j) | if the performance of an obligation is contrary to the exchange control regulations of a member state of the International Monetary Fund, that obligation may be unenforceable in Germany by reason of Section 2(b) of Article VIII of the International Monetary Fund Agreement; |
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(k) | where we have stated herein that we have not been responsible for any matter, or that we do not express an opinion on, any matter, we have done so upon the instructions or with the consent of the addressees of this opinion. |
(a) | affiliates and professional advisors of an addressee who need to know its content to perform their functions; and | ||
(b) | if and to the extent it is required by a competent court or another competent regulatory authority, |
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1. | Scan copies of commercial register excerpts (the “Commercial Register Excerpts”) of: |
(a) | Mirion Technologies (RADOS) GmbH, a limited liability company(Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung)organized under the laws of Germany having its business address at [Ruhrstrasse 49, 22761 Hamburg], Germany and registered with the commercial register (Handelsregister) of the local court (Amtsgericht) of [n] under HRB [n] dated March [n], 2010; | ||
(b) | Mirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH, a limited liability company(Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung)organized under the laws of Germany having its business address at [Landsberger Strasse 328a, 80687 Munich], Germany and registered with the commercial register (Handelsregister) of the local court (Amtsgericht) of [n] under HRB [n] dated March [n], 2010. |
2. | Scan copies of certified copies of the articles of association(Satzung)(the “Articles of Association”) of: |
(a) | Mirion Technologies (RADOS) GmbH, dated March [n], 2010; | ||
(b) | Mirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH, dated March [n], 2010. |
3. | Scan copies of the shareholders’ resolutions (the “Shareholders’ Resolutions”) of: |
(a) | Mirion Technologies (RADOS) GmbH, dated March [n], 2010; | ||
(b) | Mirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH, dated March [n], 2010. |
4. | Scan copies of the list of shareholders(Gesellschafterliste)(the “List of Shareholders”) of: |
(a) | Mirion Technologies (RADOS) GmbH, dated March [n], 2010; | ||
(b) | Mirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH, dated March [n], 2010. |
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5. | [Scan copies of the powers of attorneys(Vollmachten)(the “Powers of Attorney”) of: |
(a) | Mirion Technologies (RADOS) GmbH, dated March [n], 2010; | ||
(b) | Mirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH, dated March [n], 2010.]1 |
1 | Only required if signing of the Guaranty on behalf of the German Guarantors has been accomplished by way of powers of attorney. |
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[ ], 2010 | Reference:•/• |
J.P. Morgan Europe Limited, as French Administrative Agent
signature pages of the Credit Agreement
referred to below
(a) | the Credit Agreement; | ||
(b) | the Guaranty (French Obligations) dated as of [ ], 2010 (the “French Guaranty”) among the Loan Parties party thereto, including the Guarantor, on the date hereof and the French Administrative Agent; and |
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(d) | a general security agreement dated as of [ ], 2010 (the “GSA”) made by the Guarantor in favour of the French Administrative Agent. |
The Credit Agreement and the French Guarantee are collectively referred to in this opinion as the “U.S. Documents”. | ||
We have also: |
(a) | examined such statutes, regulations, public records and certificates of government officials including, without limitation, a certificate of status for the Guarantor issued by the Ontario Ministry of Government Services (formerly the Ministry of Consumer and Business Services) on [ ], 2010 the “Certificate of Status”); | ||
(b) | examined such corporate records of the Guarantor that have been attached to or identified in the Officer’s Certificate (as defined below) or otherwise provided to us in electronic format by Lazier Hickey LLP, which maintains the Guarantor’s minute books; | ||
(c) | made such further examinations, investigations and searches; and | ||
(d) | considered such questions of law, |
(a) | the genuineness of all signatures of all parties and the legal capacity of all individuals signing any documents; | ||
(b) | the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic or electronically transmitted copies |
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or facsimiles thereof and the authenticity of the originals of such certified, photostatic or electronically transmitted copies or facsimiles; | |||
(c) | the accuracy, currency and completeness of the indices and filing systems maintained by the public offices and registries where we have searched or enquired or have caused searches or enquiries to be made and of the information and advice provided to us by appropriate government, regulatory or other like officials with respect to those matters referred to herein; | ||
(d) | that each of the parties (other than the Guarantor) to each of the Documents has all requisite corporate power and capacity to execute and deliver each of the Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder, and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution and delivery of each of the Documents to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations thereunder; | ||
(e) | that each of the parties (other than the Guarantor) to each of the Documents has duly executed and delivered the Documents to which it is a party; | ||
(f) | that the parties to the GSA have not agreed orally or in any written agreement to postpone the time for attachment of the security interests created by the GSA; in that regard, we note that, in the GSA, the parties thereto expressly confirm that the time for attachment has not been postponed. | ||
(g) | that none of the Collateral constitutes consumer goods (as defined in the PPSA); and | ||
(h) | the Certificate of Status continues to be accurate on the date of this opinion as if issued on that date. |
1. | Relying solely on the Certificate of Status and the Officer’s Certificate, the Guarantor is a subsisting corporation under the laws of the Province. |
2. | The Guarantor has the corporate power and capacity to execute and deliver each of the Documents and to perform its obligations thereunder. |
3. | The Guarantor has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution and delivery of each of the Documents, and the performance of its obligations thereunder. Each of the Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor. |
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4. | The GSA constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms. |
5. | The execution and delivery by the Guarantor of each of the Documents, and the performance of its obligations thereunder, do not violate, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under (i) any of the constating documents or by-laws of the Guarantor,or (ii) any statute or regulation of the Province or any federal statute or regulation of Canada applicable therein which is applicable to the Guarantor. |
6. | The GSA creates a valid security interest in favour of the French Administrative Agent in any Collateral (as defined therein) that is personal property to which the PPSA applies and in which the Guarantor now has rights, and is sufficient to create a valid security interest in favour of the French Administrative Agent in any Collateral (as defined therein) that is personal property to which the PPSA applies and in which the Guarantor hereafter acquires rights when those rights are acquired by the Guarantor, in each case, to secure payment and performance of the obligations described therein as being secured thereby. |
7. | Registration has been made in all public offices provided for under the laws of Ontario or the federal laws of Canada applicable therein where such registration is necessary or desirable to preserve, protect or perfect the security interests created by the GSA in favour of the French Administrative Agent in the Collateral (as defined therein). The details of all such registrations are set out in Schedule A. Except as provided in Schedule A, no renewal or amendment of any such filing, registration or recording is required.Please note that any renewals of these filings, registrations and recordings are the responsibility of the French Administrative Agent as we do not diarize expiry dates or send reminders. |
8. | We have conducted, or have caused to be conducted, the searches identified in Schedule B (the “Searches”) for filings, registrations or recordings made in those offices of public record, in each case, as of the dates set forth in Schedule B. The Searches were conducted in respect of the current legal name and all former legal names of the Guarantor and of its predecessors by amalgamation or arrangement, to the extent described in Schedule B. The results of the Searches are also set out in Schedule B. The Searches are the only searches which are customarily conducted under the laws of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein for security interests in personal property of a kind similar to the Collateral as of the applicable dates identified in Schedule B. |
9. | Mirion Technologies (IST) Corporation is registered as the holder of 652,268 Class A special shares and 611,001 common shares in the securities register of the Guarantor (the “Shares”), which are all of the issued and outstanding shares in the capital stock of the Guarantor as of the date of this opinion. |
10. | All necessary corporate action has been taken by the Guarantor to authorize the transfer of the Pledged Equity (as such term is defined in the Domestic Pledge and Security Agreement) of the Guarantor (the “Pledged Shares”) to the Domestic Administrative Agent or its nominee and any subsequent transfer of such Pledged Shares in connection with any realization thereof, and copies |
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of all such consents, approvals or authorizations have been provided to the Domestic Administrative Agent. |
11. | The security interest of the Domestic Administrative Agent in the Pledged Shares has been perfected by possession of the Pledged Shares and no registration is necessary to preserve, protect or perfect the security interest of the Domestic Administrative Agent in the Pledged Shares, provided that possession of the Pledged Shares as collateral is retained by the French Administrative Agent or a person acting on its behalf, other than any Loan Party or any Loan Party’s agent. |
12. | In any proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province (an “Ontario Court”) for the enforcement of the Documents (other than the GSA), the Ontario Court would apply the laws of the State of New York (“New York Law”), in accordance with the parties’ choice of New York Law in such Documents, to all issues which under the laws of the Province are to be determined in accordance with the chosen law of the contract, provided that: |
(a) | the parties’ choice of New York Law isbona fideand legal and there is no reason for avoiding the choice on the grounds of Ontario public policy; and | ||
(b) | in any such proceeding, and notwithstanding the parties’ choice of law, the Ontario Court: |
(i) | will not take judicial notice of the provisions of New York Law but will only apply such provisions if they are pleaded and proven by expert testimony; | ||
(ii) | will apply the laws of the Province and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein (collectively, “Ontario Law”) that under Ontario Law would be characterized as procedural and will not apply any New York Law that under Ontario Law would be characterized as procedural; | ||
(iii) | will apply provisions of Ontario Law that have overriding effect; | ||
(iv) | will not apply any New York Law if such application would be characterized under Ontario law as the direct or indirect enforcement of a foreign revenue, expropriatory, penal or other public law or if its application would be contrary to Ontario public policy; and | ||
(v) | will not enforce the performance of any obligation that is illegal under the laws of any jurisdiction in which the obligation is to be performed. |
13. | An Ontario Court would give a judgment based upon a final and conclusivein personamjudgment of a court exercising jurisdiction in the State of New York (a “New York Court”) for a sum certain, obtained against the Guarantor with respect to a claim arising out the Documents (a “New York Judgment”), without reconsideration of the merits: | |
provided that: |
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(i) | an action to enforce the New York Judgment must be commenced in the Ontario Court within any applicable limitation period; | ||
(ii) | the Ontario Court has discretion to stay or decline to hear an action on the New York Judgment if the New York Judgment is under appeal or there is another subsisting judgment in any jurisdiction relating to the same cause of action as the New York Judgment; | ||
(iii) | the Ontario Court will render judgment only in Canadian dollars; and | ||
(iv) | an action in the Ontario Court on the New York Judgment may be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally; and |
subject to the following defences: |
(i) | the New York Judgment was obtained by fraud or in a manner contrary to the principles of natural justice; | ||
(ii) | the New York Judgment is for a claim which under Ontario Law would be characterized as based on a foreign revenue, expropriatory, penal or other public law; | ||
(iii) | the New York Judgment is contrary to Ontario public policy; and | ||
(iv) | the New York Judgment has been satisfied or is void or voidable under New York Law. |
(a) | no opinion is provided with respect to the enforceability of the U.S. Documents, which are governed by New York Law; | ||
(b) | the enforceability of any Document may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, winding-up, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; | ||
(c) | the enforceability of any Document may be limited by general principles of equity and the obligation to act in a reasonable manner, and no opinion is expressed regarding the availability of any equitable remedy (including those of specific performance and injunction) which remedies are only available in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction; | ||
(d) | the enforcement of any Document is subject to the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction to impose restrictions on the rights of creditors to enforce immediate payment of amounts stated to be payable on demand; |
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(e) | a court may not treat as conclusive those certificates and determinations which the Documents state are to be so treated; | ||
(f) | the awarding of costs is in the discretion of a court of competent jurisdiction; | ||
(g) | pursuant to theCurrency Act(Canada), a judgment by a court in any province in Canada may be awarded in Canadian currency only; | ||
(h) | any requirement in any of the Documents that interest be paid at a higher rate after than before default may not be enforceable; | ||
(i) | any requirement that interest (as defined in theCriminal Code(Canada)) be paid at a rate in excess of 60% per annum may contravene section 347 of theCriminal Code(Canada) and may not be enforceable; | ||
(j) | no opinion is expressed regarding the enforceability of any provision of any Document which purports to provide that any portion thereof which is unenforceable may be severed without affecting the enforceability of the remaining provisions; | ||
(k) | the enforceability of a waiver of the right to a jury trial in a civil action is subject to the discretion of a judge not to strike a jury notice; | ||
(l) | a provision in any Document which purports to restrict, or has the effect of restricting, access to a court may not be enforceable; | ||
(m) | a provision in any Document which purports to waive any statutory rights or defences which might be available to, or constitute a discharge of the liability of, the Guarantor may not be enforceable; | ||
(n) | no opinion is expressed regarding the enforceability of any provision in any Document which purports to exculpate the Administrative Agents, the Lenders, or any of their agents or any receiver, manager or receiver manager appointed by any of them from liability in respect of acts or omissions which may be illegal, fraudulent or involve wilful misconduct; | ||
(o) | the effectiveness of provisions which purport to relieve a Person from a liability or duty otherwise owed may be limited by law, and provisions requiring indemnification or reimbursement may not be enforced by a court, to the extent that they relate to the failure of such Person to have performed such liability or duty; | ||
(p) | no opinion is expressed regarding the enforceability of any provisions in any of the Documents to the effect that modifications, amendments or waivers of or with respect to any of the Documents that are not in writing will be ineffective; | ||
(q) | the enforceability of any Document will be subject to the limitations contained in theLimitations Act, 2002(Ontario), and we express no opinion as to whether a court may find |
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any provision in any Document to be unenforceable on the basis that any such provision is an attempt to vary or exclude the ultimate limitation period under section 15 of such Act; | |||
(r) | we express no opinion with respect to the provisions of thePersonal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act(Canada); | ||
(s) | the PPSA imposes certain obligations on secured creditors which cannot be varied by contract; the PPSA may also affect the enforcement of certain rights and remedies contained in the Documents to the extent that those rights and remedies are inconsistent with or contrary to the PPSA including, without limitation, sections 16, 17 and 39 and Part V of the PPSA; provided, however, that the PPSA does not render the GSA invalid as a whole, and there exist, in the GSA or pursuant to applicable law, legally adequate remedies for realization of the principal benefits of the Collateral purported to be provided by the GSA; | ||
(t) | a receiver or receiver and manager appointed pursuant to the provisions of any Document may, for certain purposes, be treated by a court as being the agent of the Administrative Agents and not solely the agent of the Guarantor (and the Administrative Agents may not be deemed to be acting as the agent and attorney of the Guarantor in making such appointment), notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary; | ||
(u) | except as specifically provided in paragraph 9 above, no opinion is expressed regarding the existence of, or the right, title or interest of the Guarantor to, any property, or the ranking or priority of any security interest or other interest expressed to be created by or under any of the Documents; | ||
(v) | no opinion is expressed regarding the creation, validity, enforceability or perfection of any security interest or other interest expressed to be created by or under any of the Documents with respect to any property of the Guarantor or any proceeds of such property that are not identifiable or traceable; | ||
(w) | notwithstanding that, subject to attachment, registration under the PPSA will generally perfect a security interest in all forms of personal property to the extent that the PPSA applies to such personal property, perfection by possession or control of certain types of personal property may provide additional rights to the French Administrative Agent; | ||
(x) | no opinion is expressed regarding the creation, validity, enforceability or perfection of any security interest or other interest in, or the enforceability of any Document insofar as it relates to, any of the following property or any interest therein: |
(i) | any real property, fixtures, crops or mineral claims; | ||
(ii) | any policy of insurance or contract of annuity; | ||
(iii) | any permits, quotas, licences or other similar property which is not personal property; |
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(iv) | any contractual rights, which by its terms or by the nature of the contract, or any permits, quotas, licences or other similar property, which by its terms, its nature or by the nature of the business of the Guarantor, cannot be the subject of a security interest or other interest, without the consent, authorization or approval of a third Person; and | ||
(v) | any debt owing to the Guarantor by the Crown in right of Canada or any agent thereof; |
(y) | no opinion is expressed regarding the creation orperfection of any security interest or other interest in any property to the extent that a security interest or other interest therein is governed by the provisions of theRailways Act (Ontario) or a statute of Canada including, without limitation, any vessel registered under theCanada Shipping Act(Canada) and any rolling stock, patents, trade-marks, copyrights and other intellectual property rights; | ||
(z) | no opinion is expressed as to any licences, permits or approvals that may be required in connection with the enforcement of the GSA by the French Administrative Agent or by a person on its behalf, whether such enforcement involves the operation of the business of the Guarantor or a sale, transfer or disposition of its property and assets; | ||
(aa) | no opinions are expressed regarding any taxes which may be imposed upon or exigible in respect of any the transactions contemplated by any of the Documents, and, in particular, but without limitation, no opinions are expressed regarding any applicable withholding taxes that may be imposed upon or exigible in respect of such transactions; | ||
(bb) | the board of directors of the Guarantor has passed a resolution approving certain transfers of the Pledged Shares; there is some doubt about directors’ power to irrevocably bind themselves to such approval; | ||
(cc) | for the purposes of our opinion expressed in paragraph 9 above, we have relied solely on our review of the following: |
(i) | such corporate records of the Guarantor, as were made available to us; | ||
(ii) | the Guarantor’s Certificate regarding the completeness of such corporate records; and | ||
(iii) | on the shareholders’ register of the Guarantor regarding the following matters: |
(A) | the number of issued and outstanding shares in the capital of the Guarantor; and | ||
(B) | Mirion Technologies (IST) Corporation’s status as registered holder of such shares; |
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(3) | THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 as French Term Lenders, as Assignees |
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4. | UNDERTAKINGS OF THE ASSIGNOR IN RELATION TO THE RECEIVABLES AND RELATED MATTERS | 5 | ||||
4.1 | No dealings with Assigned Receivables | 5 | ||||
4.2 | Communications | 5 | ||||
4.3 | Collection | 6 | ||||
5. | NOTICES TO ASSIGNED DEBTORS – ENFORCEMENT – ORDER OF DISTRIBUTIONS | 6 | ||||
6. | DISCHARGE OF SECURITY | 7 | ||||
7. | PAYMENTS | 7 | ||||
8. | RECEIVABLES EVIDENCED BY AN INSTRUMENT | 7 | ||||
9. | NOTICES | 8 | ||||
10. | AMBIGUITY AND RIGHTS | 8 | ||||
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(1) | MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (IST FRANCE) SAS, asociété par actions simplifiéeincorporated in France with the Bourges RCS under number 479 428 336 and having its registered address at 21, rue Christophe coulomb 18110 Fussy (France) | |
(hereafter referred to as the “Assignor”); | ||
(2) | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 00938937, and registered address at 125 London Wall EC2Y 5AJ, United-Kingdom, acting in its capacity as security agent | |
(hereafter referred to as the “Security Agent” which expression includes any successors and assignees in title); and | ||
(3) | THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSlisted in Schedule 1 (The French Term Lenders) to this Agreement, acting in their capacity as lenders under the French Term Loans (as defined below) duly represented hereunder by the Security Agent and their successors and assigns of their rights and/or obligations under the Loan Documents (as defined below) | |
(hereafter referred to as the “French Term Lenders” which expression includes any successors and assigns in title); | ||
(the French Term Lenders hereafter referred to as the “Assignees”). |
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(A) | Pursuant to the credit agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement and entered into between, amongst others, the Security Agent, the French Term Lenders, the Domestic Term Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Revolving Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), Mirion Technologies (Synodys) SA and Mirion Technologies (IST France) SAS as the French Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Mirion Technologies Inc. as the Parent (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (together as borrowers) (the “Credit Agreement”), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) have agreed to make available certain facilities on the terms and conditions set out in the Credit Agreement for the purposes therein mentioned to the Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (the “Facilities”), as detailed hereafter: |
(i) | the French Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of Dollar Equivalent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in Euros of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the French Borrowers for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the French Borrowers and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes (the “French Term Loans”); | ||
(ii) | the Domestic Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the Parent for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Domestic Term Loans”); and | ||
(iii) | the Revolving Lenders have agreed to make revolving loans from time to time in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty million dollars ( $30,000,000) to the Parent with the option for the Parent to increase the aggregate principal amount by a maximum of twenty-five million dollars ( $25,000,000), subject to certain conditions for (inter alia) (x) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Revolving Loans”). |
(B) | The Assignor has agreed to secure the punctual performance of the Secured Liabilities, in favour of the Assignees, by way of an assignment by way of security of the Assigned Receivables. |
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1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | All terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meaning when used herein. | ||
(b) | In addition, in this Agreement: |
“Account Bank” means [l], [l] Branch, [Address], Paris. | ||
“Agreement” designates this master receivable assignment agreement. | ||
“Assigned Debtor” means any debtor of the Assignor in relation to Assigned Receivables. | ||
“Assigned Receivables” means all Receivables due or owing to the Assignor by Assigned Debtors. | ||
“Assignment Schedule” means an assignment by way of security of trade receivables (bordereau de cession de créances professionnelles) in the form set out in Schedule 2 (Form of Assignment Schedule) to this Agreement. | ||
“Assignees” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (3) of the preamble. | ||
“Assignor” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (1) of the preamble. | ||
“Currency of Account” means the currency in which Assigned Receivables are denominated or, if different, payable. | ||
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. | ||
“Dailly Law” means articles L.313-23et seq.of the MFC. | ||
“Discharge Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in article 6 of this Agreement. | ||
“Domestic Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(i) of the Preamble. | ||
“Facilities” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. | ||
“French Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(i) of the Preamble. | ||
“Instrument” means any “effet de commerce” listed underLivre Cinquième – Titre Premierof the French commercial code (Code de commerce). | ||
“MFC” means the French monetary and financial code (code monétaire et financier) as amended from time to time. | ||
“Receivables Account” means the following bank account in the name of the Lender: [Bank: [l], Account Number: [l], IBAN number: [l]] and held by the Account Bank. | ||
“Revolving Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(iii) of the Preamble. | ||
“Receivables” means any debt owing to the Assignor, together with all connected rights, claims, deposits and payments. |
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“Secured Liabilities” means all present and future moneys, debts and liabilities due, owing or incurred by the Assignor to the Assignees as borrower under the Credit Agreement in accordance with the relevant Loan Documents, owing by the Assignor to one or more beneficiaries or their respective affiliate (in each case, whether actual or contingent and however owed). | ||
“Security Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (3) of the preamble. | ||
“Security Interest” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person, or any arrangement having similar effect. | ||
1.2 | Incorporation of Terms | |
Unless a contrary indication appears, capitalized terms not however defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. | ||
2. | ASSIGNMENT OF ELIGIBLE RECEIVABLES | |
2.1 | Assignment by way of security | |
In order to secure the full and punctual payment, performance and discharge by the Assignor of the Secured Liabilities, the Assignor undertakes and agrees to assign by way of security the Assigned Receivables to the Assignees in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and theDaillyLaw. | ||
2.2 | Transfer of title | |
Any assignment of Assigned Receivables effected under this Agreement shall: |
(a) | occur on the date on which the Assignment Schedule relating to such Assigned Receivables is time stamped by the Security Agent (for and on behalf of the Assignees); and | ||
(b) | transfer, as of such date, full legal title to the Assigned Receivables to the Assignees, including principal, interest and ancillary payments relating to such Assigned Receivables, as well as all Security Interests, warranties, and other related rights and obligations arising out of or in relation to such Assigned Receivables. |
3. | DELIVERY OF THE ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULES | |
3.1 | Assignment Schedule | |
Each assignment of Assigned Receivables referred to in Clause 2.1 (Assignment by way of security) above shall be carried out by the delivery by the Assignor to the Security Agent (for and on behalf of the Assignees) of an Assignment Schedule which shall conform in all respects with all requirements stated in Schedule 2 (Form of Assignment Schedule) and: |
(a) | relate to as many Receivables as are necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of Clause 3.2 (Occurrence) below; |
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(b) | provide any and all information required under the Dailly Law and any other applicable law or regulation to effect the assignment of the Assigned Receivables to which it relates; | ||
(c) | clearly indicate the identity of the Assignees and the Assigned Debtors; | ||
(d) | where Assigned Receivables are listed electronically in accordance with the Dailly Law, take the form of Schedule 2 (Form of Assignment Schedule) and be accompanied by appropriate electronic media providing the information set out in Schedule 3 (Information relating to Assigned Receivables); and | ||
(e) | be signed by the Assignor’s legal representative or another duly authorised representative of the Assignor. |
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(a) | The first Assignment Schedule shall be delivered by the Assignor to the Security Agent (for the Assignees) on the date of this Agreement. | ||
(b) | Until the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Clause 7 (Discharge of Security) below, the Assignor shall, every [5th] calendar day of each calendar month (or the preceding Business Day, if the 5th is not a Business Day), or at any time upon instructions of the Security Agent, deliver to the Security Agent (for the Assignees) an Assignment Schedule relating to all Assigned Receivables owned by the Assignor at such date or such instructions. |
4. | UNDERTAKINGS OF THE ASSIGNOR IN RELATION TO THE RECEIVABLES AND RELATED MATTERS | |
The Assignor covenants to the Assignees that it will, in accordance with the Credit Agreement: | ||
4.1 | No dealings with Assigned Receivables |
(a) | not create any Security Interest, dispose, release, set off, compound or otherwise deal over, of or with the Assigned Receivables (except as a result therefrom) for the avoidance of doubt, except as permitted under the Credit Agreement; |
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(a) | Promptly, upon request, deliver to the Security Agent all information and documents which are necessary for allowing the Security Agent and the Assignees to assert claims, on the Assigned Receivables, as the Security Agent may commercially reasonably request; | ||
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or materially depreciates, jeopardises or otherwise prejudices the rights of the Assignees over the Assigned Receivables for the avoidance of doubt, except as permitted under the Credit Agreement; | |||
(c) | provide to the Security Agent, upon delivery of each Assignment Schedule, all information and documents relating to the Assigned Debtors to enable the Security Agent (as the case may be) to notify the assignment of the Assigned Receivables to the Assigned Debtors; |
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(a) | Not release, exchange, compound, set off, grant time or indulgence, subordinate its rights in respect of any Assigned Receivables to the rights of any other person in relation to debts owed to such person or otherwise deal with Assigned Receivables in favour of any person (nor, in each such case, purport to do so) and, in any event, not sell, assign, factor, discount or otherwise charge Assigned Receivables in favour of any person, nor purport to do so, for the avoidance of doubt, except as permitted under the Credit Agreement. |
5. | NOTICES TO ASSIGNED DEBTORS – ENFORCEMENT – ORDER OF DISTRIBUTIONS |
(a) | After the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default as defined in the Credit Agreement, the Security Agent shall be entitled at its discretion and without further notification to the Assignor being needed: |
(i) | to notify the assignment of the Assigned Receivables to any or all Assigned Debtors, in accordance with the Dailly Law, by sending a notification in the form attached hereto as Schedule 4 (Form of notification addressed to the Assigned Debtors); and | ||
(ii) | to receive the payment of any sums collected from the Assigned Receivables and apply such sums towards satisfaction of the Secured Liabilities in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents. |
(b) | After the occurrence of a notification of the Assigned Receivables to any or all Assigned Debtors in accordance with provision (a) above, the Assignor acknowledges and accepts that any payment, even partial, received by the Assignor from any Assigned Debtor, in respect of the Assigned Receivables (notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement and paragraph (a) above), in any form whatsoever, will be received or recovered by the Assignor as agent for the Assignees and that amounts so received or recovered are the property of the Assignees; | ||
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Assignment Schedule shall, subject to the rights of any creditor having priority, be allocated in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. |
6. | DISCHARGE OF SECURITY |
(a) | This Agreement will remain in full force and effect until the date on which the French Term Loans are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid and the Secured Liabilities then due and payable are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid in accordance with the Loan Documents (hereinafter, the “Discharge Date”). | ||
(b) | On the Discharge Date, the Security Agent will not be able to notify any assignment of the Assigned Receivables to any or all Assigned Debtors. | ||
(c) | At any time before the Discharge Date, the Security Agent may, at the written request of the Assignor or the Parent: |
(i) | re-assigns any Assigned Receivables (but not all or substantially all of the Assigned Receivables) with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders; or | ||
(ii) | re-assigns all or substantially all of the Assigned Receivables with the prior written consent of all the Lenders. |
(d) | On the Discharge Date, the security granted by this Agreement shall be automatically discharged and released (subject to accomplishment of formalities required by French law) and all rights to the Assigned Receivables as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof shall revert to the Assignor. | ||
(e) | On the Discharge Date, or upon any re-assignment of the assigned receivables, the Security Agent shall, at the request and expense of the Assignor, (i) execute any instrument reasonably necessary to acknowledge the satisfaction or the discharge of the Agreement, (ii) pay (or ensure that the Security Agent, acting on behalf of the Assignees, pays) any proceeds of Assigned Receivables remaining after repayment in full of the Secured Liabilities to the Assignor (iii) ensure that the Assignees re-assigns to the Assignor any unmatured Assigned Receivables. |
7. | PAYMENTS | |
All payments by the Assignor under this Agreement shall be made in the Currency of Account and to such account, with such financial institution and in such other manner as the Security Agent may reasonably direct. | ||
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any Instrument. Such Assigned Receivables will be paid into the Receivables Account or any other account as specified by the Security Agent with such bank as the Security Agent may from time to time agree in writing. | |||
(b) | The Assignor warrants and represents to the Assignees and the Security Agent that all Instruments created in connection with Receivables owed by the Assignor comply in all respects with the provisions of articles L. 511-1et seq.of the French Commercial code and constitute legally binding and enforceable obligations of the relevant Assigned Debtor. |
9. | NOTICES | |
Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made in accordance with clause 9.01 (Notices) of the Credit Agreement. | ||
10. | AMBIGUITY AND RIGHTS |
(a) | Where there is any ambiguity or conflict between the rights conferred by law and those conferred by or pursuant to any Loan Document, the terms of that Loan Document shall prevail to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. | ||
(b) | No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Assignees, any right or remedy under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
11. | SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
(a) | All rights and prerogatives of the Assignees under this Agreement and the Assignment Schedule shall benefit their respective successors, transferees and Assignees. | ||
(b) | In the event that a transfer by the Assignees of their rights and/or obligations under the relevant Loan Documents occurred or was deemed to occur by way of novation, the Assignees expressly reserve and maintain their rights and prerogatives under this Agreement and the Assignment Schedule for the benefit of their transferee, in accordance with the provisions of article 1278 of the French civil Code. |
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things which may be required to carry out any obligation imposed on it by this Agreement which it has failed to do; or | |||
(b) | The Assignor undertakes to ratify and confirm all acts and things done by an attorney in the exercise or purported exercise of its powers and all monies spent by an attorney shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the Security Agent under this Agreement. | ||
(c) | The Assignees hereby appoint the Security Agent to register, manage and enforce the Assignment on their behalf in accordance with article 2328-1 of the FrenchCode civil. |
13. | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
(a) | This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with French law. | ||
(b) | The Assignor irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of theTribunal de Commerce de Parisfor the purpose of hearing and determining at first instance any dispute arising out of this Agreement and for the purpose of enforcement of this Agreement. |
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• | Amount of the Assigned Receivable (expressed in the currency of payment and, where applicable, in its Euro equivalent as of the date of the Assignment Schedule) | |
• | References of the Assigned Receivable in the books of the Assignor (client number and bill) | |
• | References of the agreement giving rise to the Assigned Receivable | |
• | Maturity date and place of payment of the Assigned Receivable |
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1.1 | Definitions | 3 | ||||||||
1.2 | Incorporation of Terms | 5 | ||||||||
2. | Grant of Pledge | 5 | ||||||||
3. | Scope of the Pledge | 5 | ||||||||
4. | General undertakings | 6 | ||||||||
4.1 | Rights over the Securities | 6 | ||||||||
4.2 | Voting rights | 6 | ||||||||
4.3 | Further assurance | 6 | ||||||||
4.4 | Securities | 7 | ||||||||
4.5 | Cash proceeds | 7 | ||||||||
5. | Representations and Warranties | 7 | ||||||||
6. | Enforcement | 7 | ||||||||
7. | Liability of Security Agent | 8 | ||||||||
8. | Saving provisions | 8 | ||||||||
9. | Discharge of Security | 9 | ||||||||
10. | Payments | 9 | ||||||||
11. | NOTICES | 9 | ||||||||
12. | Ambiguity and Rights | 9 | ||||||||
13. | Successors and Assigns | 10 | ||||||||
14. | Power of attorney and Notices | 10 | ||||||||
15. | Governing law and Jurisdiction | 10 |
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SCHEDULE 1 The French Term Lenders | 15 | |||||||
SCHEDULE 2 Form of Statement of Pledge | 16 | |||||||
SCHEDULE 3 Form of Securities Account Pledge Certificate | 20 | |||||||
SCHEDULE 4 Form of Bank Account Certificate | 21 |
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(1) | DOSIMETRY ACQUISITIONS (FRANCE) SAS, a Frenchsociété par actions simplifiée, with registered office located at lieudit Calès, 13113 Lamanon, France, and with corporate registration number 453 885 626 RCS Tarascon; | |
(hereafter referred to as the “Pledgor”); | ||
(2) | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 00938937, and registered address at 125 London Wall EC2Y 5AJ, United-Kingdom, acting in its capacity as security agent; | |
(hereafter referred to as the “Security Agent” which expression includes any successors and assigns in title); | ||
(3) | theFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSlisted in Schedule 1 (The French Term Lenders) to this Agreement, acting in their capacity as lenders under the French Term Loans (as defined below) and as the case maybe issuing banks duly represented hereunder by the Security Agent and their successors and assigns of their rights and/or obligations under the Loan Documents (as defined below); | |
(hereafter referred to as the “French Term Lenders” which expression includes any successors and assigns in title); | ||
(the Security Agent and the French Term Lenders hereafter collectively referred to as the “Beneficiaries”) |
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(A) | Pursuant to the credit agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement and entered into between, amongst others, the French Administrative Agent, the French Term Lenders, the Domestic Term Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Revolving Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), Mirion Technologies (Synodys) SA and Mirion Technologies (IST France) SAS as the French Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Mirion Technologies Inc. as the Parent (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (together as borrowers) (the “Credit Agreement”), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) have agreed to make available certain facilities on the terms and conditions set out in the Credit Agreement for the purposes therein mentioned to the Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (the “Facilities”), as detailed hereafter: |
(i) | the French Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of Dollar Equivalent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in Euros of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the French Borrowers for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the French Borrowers and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes (the “French Term Loans”); | ||
(ii) | the Domestic Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the Parent for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Domestic Term Loans”); and | ||
(iii) | the Revolving Lenders have agreed to make revolving loans from time to time in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty million dollars ( $30,000,000) to the Parent with the option for the Parent to increase the aggregate principal amount by a maximum of twenty-five million dollars ( $25,000,000), subject to certain conditions for (inter alia) (x) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Revolving Loans”). |
(B) | As security for the due performance of the obligations of the French Borrowers under the Facilities, the French Subsidiaries (as defined in the Credit Agreement) including the Pledgor has granted to the Security Agent acting as French Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and to each French Term Lender, on or about the date of this Agreement, a guarantee entitled Guaranty (French Obligations) under certain qualifications and limitations set forth therein (the “Guaranty”). | |
(C) | The Pledgor has agreed to secure the punctual performance, in favour of the Beneficiaries, of the Secured Liabilities by way of a pledge over each of the Pledged Accounts granted to the Beneficiaries. |
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1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | All terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meaning when used herein. | ||
(b) | In addition, in this Agreement: |
“Account Holder” means, as the case may be, the Securities Account Holder and/or the Bank Account Holder. | ||
“Agreement” designates this securities account pledge agreement. | ||
“Bank Account Holder” means [l]. | ||
“Beneficiaries” has the meaning ascribed to it in the paragraph (3) of the preamble. | ||
“Company” means Mirion Technologies (Synodys) SA, a Frenchsociété anonyme, with registered office located at lieudit Calès, 13113 Lamanon, France, and with corporate registration number 382 192 102 RCS Tarascon. | ||
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. | ||
“Currency of Account” means the currency in which the relevant indebtedness is denominated or, if different, is payable. | ||
“Discharge Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in article 9 of this Agreement. | ||
“Domestic Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(ii) of the Preamble. | ||
“Facilities” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. | ||
“French Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(i) of the Preamble. | ||
“Guaranty” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (B) of the Preamble. | ||
“Initial Shares” means all the [l] ordinary shares issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor as of the date of this Agreement. | ||
“MFC” means the French monetary and financial code (code monétaire et financier) as amended from time to time. | ||
“Pledge” means the pledge (nantissement) created or expressed to be created in favour of the Beneficiaries pursuant to this Agreement and to the Statement of Pledge. | ||
“Pledged Accounts” means the Pledged Bank Account and the Pledged Securities Account. |
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“Pledged Bank Account” means the special bank account opened in the books of the Bank Account Holder on which all Pledged Proceeds are registered in the name of the Pledgor pursuant to paragraph III of article L. 211-20 of MFC. | ||
“Pledged Securities” means, at any time, the Securities pledged under the Pledge and credited to the Pledged Securities Account in accordance with this Agreement. | ||
“Pledged Securities Account” means the special account opened and maintained with the Securities Account Holder in the name of the Pledgor pursuant to article L. 211-3 of the MFC and to which the Securities will be credited in accordance with this Agreement. | ||
“Pledgor” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (1) of the preamble. | ||
“Pledged Proceeds” means, at any time, the Proceeds pledged under the Pledge and credited to the Pledged Bank Account in accordance with this Agreement. | ||
“Proceeds” means any proceeds and other income attached or deriving from the Securities (fruits et produits y compris les dividendes). | ||
“Revolving Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(iii) of the Preamble. | ||
“Secured Liabilities” means all present and future Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of every kind or nature of the Pledgor at any time and from time owed to the Beneficiaries under the Guaranty. | ||
“Securities” means: |
(a) | the Initial Shares; | ||
(b) | pursuant to Clause 3 (Scope of the Pledge) below, any new shares or other financial instruments (instruments financiersas defined in paragraph I of article L. 211-1 of the MFC issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor which may be substituted for or added to the Initial Shares in any manner whatsoever; and | ||
(c) | all financial instruments other than those referred to in (a) and (b) above, issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor from time to time. |
“Securities Account Holder” means the Company, as account holder of the Securities. | ||
“Security Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (2) of the preamble. | ||
“Security Interest” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person, or any arrangement having similar effect. | ||
“Term Loans” means the Domestic Term Loans and the French Term Loans. | ||
“Statement of Pledge” means the statement of securities account pledge (déclaration de nantissement de compte-titres) in the form set out in Schedule 2 (Form of Statement of Pledge). |
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1.2 | Incorporation of Terms | |
Unless a contrary indication appears, capitalized terms not however defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. | ||
2. | GRANT OF PLEDGE |
(a) | In order to secure the full and punctual payment, performance and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, the Pledgor hereby grants a pledge (nantissement) to the Beneficiaries over the Pledged Accounts, in accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC. | ||
(b) | For the purpose of Clause 2(a), the Pledgor will, on the date of this Agreement: |
(i) | deliver to the relevant Account Holder and the Security Agent an executed Statement of Pledge in relation to the Initial Shares in the form of Schedule 2 (Form of Statement of Pledge); | ||
(ii) | cause the Securities Account Holder to transfer the Initial Shares to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account and to register such transfer on the share register (and if applicable, shareholders’ individual accounts) of the Company; | ||
(iii) | cause the Securities Account Holder to deliver to the Security Agent a pledge certificate (attestation de nantissement de compte-titres) in the form of Schedule 3 (Form of securities account pledge certificate) evidencing that the Initial Shares have been credited to the Pledged Securities Account; | ||
(iv) | instruct the Company to transfer any Proceeds directly to the Pledged Bank Account; | ||
(v) | cause the Bank Account Holder to deliver to the Security Agent a pledge certificate (attestation de nantissement de compte bancaire) in the form of Schedule 4 (Form of bank account pledge certificate). |
3. | SCOPE OF THE PLEDGE |
(a) | In accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC, (i) all Securities initially standing to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account, (ii) all Securities which may be substituted for or added to the Securities referred to in (i) above in any manner whatsoever, and (iii) all Proceeds relating to the Securities referred to in (i) and (ii) above, will be included in the Pledge as security for the Secured Liabilities. | ||
(b) | In accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC, the Parties acknowledge that all Securities other than the Pledged Securities registered in the name of the Pledgor from time to time and which would not fall within the scope of the Pledge pursuant to the provisions of Clause 3(a) above (the “New Securities”) shall nevertheless be transferred to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account as security for the Secured Liabilities, and shall thereafter |
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be subject to the same conditions as those that apply to the Pledged Securities. The same shall apply to Securities which may be substituted for or added to the New Securities in any manner whatsoever as well as to the Proceeds relating thereto. | |||
(c) | For the purpose of Clause 3(b) above, the Pledgor shall, as soon as practicable after having acquired New Securities, transfer or cause to be transferred such New Securities to the Pledged Securities Account and undertakes to: |
(i) | execute and deliver to the Beneficiaries any necessary document (and in particular any transfer order (ordre de mouvement) relating to the New Securities) for the purpose of transferring the New Securities to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account; | ||
(ii) | cause or procure the Securities Account Holder to transfer the New Securities to the credit of the Pledged Account; and | ||
(iii) | cause or procure the Securities Account Holder to deliver to the Beneficiaries a certificate evidencing that the New Securities, together with Securities previously pledged in accordance with this Agreement, are standing to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account. |
4. | GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS | |
4.1 | Rights over the Securities |
(a) | Except as permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor shall not create or permit to subsist any Security Interest (other than Permitted Security) over any Financial Instrument or any Pledged Account, nor do anything else prohibited by or under the terms of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. | ||
(b) | The Pledgor shall not (nor shall it agree to) sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Securities except as permitted by or under the terms of the Loan Documents and in such case the Security Agent has all powers to execute all documents to permit such sale, lease or transfer in the name and on behalf of the Beneficiaries. |
4.2 | Voting rights | |
The Pledgor shall not do or cause or permit to be done anything (including when exercising the voting rights attached to any Securities) which will, or could be reasonably expected to, materially adversely affect the security or the rights of the Beneficiaries under this Agreement and the Pledge or which in any way is inconsistent with or materially jeopardises or otherwise prejudices the Pledge. | ||
4.3 | Further assurance | |
The Pledgor shall promptly execute all documents and do whatever the Security Agent reasonably requests: |
(a) | to perfect or protect the Pledge or the priority of the Pledge; or |
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(b) | to facilitate the enforcement of the Pledge or the exercise of any rights vested in the Beneficiaries, |
including making any registration and giving any notice, order or direction. | ||
4.4 | Securities | |
The Pledgor shall promptly notify the Security Agent of: |
(a) | its acquisition of, or agreement to acquire, any Securities other than the Pledged Securities; and | ||
(b) | the allotment, offer or issue of any Securities other than the Pledged Securities. |
4.5 | Cash proceeds |
(a) | At any time prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, as this term is defined in the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor is entitled to withdraw from the Pledged Bank Account and utilise any Pledged Proceeds related to the Pledged Securities. As a consequence, and until the occurrence of an Event of Default is notified to the Pledgor and the Bank Account Holder, the Pledgor shall be free to use the Pledged Proceeds as it sees fit. | ||
(b) | At any time after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, the Pledged Bank Account shall be blocked until the Security Agent sends a notice to the Pledgor and the Bank Account Holder confirming that the said Event of Default has been remedied or has been waived in accordance with the Loan Documents. Upon receipt of such notice, the Pledgor shall be entitled again to withdraw from the Pledged Bank Account and utilise any Pledged Proceeds. |
5. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |
The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Beneficiaries as at the date hereof and for the duration of this Agreement as follows: |
(a) | the Pledge creates a first ranking pledge (nantissement) over the Pledged Accounts, save for statutory liens and privileges (privilèges légaux); | ||
(b) | the Company is the Securities Account Holder of the Pledged Securities; and | ||
(c) | the Bank Account Holder is the account holder of the Pledged Bank Account. |
6. | ENFORCEMENT |
(a) | The Security Agent acting on behalf of the Beneficiaries may, after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and upon eight (8) days’ prior written notice, immediately exercise all rights and remedies available to them and enforce the Pledge in accordance with applicable law. | ||
(b) | In case of enforcement of the Pledge in accordance with paragraph (a), the Parties irrevocably agree that the Beneficiaries (represented by the Security Agent) may, in their absolute discretion and without prior court order |
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automatically foreclose title to all the Pledged Securities and the Pledged Proceeds after the 8 day period in Clause 6(a) in accordance with article 2348 of the French civil Code. The Beneficiaries will then be authorised to dispose freely of such assets. The Pledgor shall promptly execute and/or deliver to the Security Agent such documents and otherwise do such formalities that the Security Agent may reasonably require for this purpose. | |||
(c) | For the purpose of paragraph (a), the Parties irrevocably agree that the expert referred to in article 2348 of the French civil Code shall be selected among leading banks or accountancy firms operating in France provided that the Parties, acting reasonably, are satisfied that the relevant expert has no conflicting interests. If the Parties do not choose an expert or disagree on the choice of the expert within a 15 day period (from enforcement of the Pledge), the president of the “Tribunal de Commerce de Paris” will appoint one at the request of the party who first makes the request among leading banks or accountancy firms operating in France. The determination of the expert shall be final and binding on the Parties. The Parties shall cooperate with the Security Agent in all actions necessary for the appointment of an expert and foreclosure of title pursuant to this Clause 6. | ||
(d) | In accordance with article 2366 of the French civil Code, insofar as the value of the Pledged Securities and the Pledged Proceeds exceeds the amount of the unperformed Secured Liabilities, the difference will be reimbursed to the Pledgor. |
7. | LIABILITY OF SECURITY AGENT | |
The Beneficiaries will not (either by reason of taking possession of the Pledged Securities or for any other reason and whether as mortgagee in possession or otherwise) be liable to the Pledgor, any Beneficiary or any other person for any costs, losses, liabilities or expenses relating to the realisation of the Pledged Securities or from any act, default, omission or misconduct of the Security Agent, any Beneficiary or their respective officers, employees or agents in relation to the Pledged Securities or in connection with the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by its or his own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. |
8. | SAVING PROVISIONS |
(a) | Subject to Clause 9 (Discharge of Security), the Pledge is a continuing Security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the Secured Liabilities, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part. | ||
(b) | The Pledge is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Beneficiary. |
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9. | DISCHARGE OF SECURITY |
(a) | This Agreement will remain in full force and effect until the date on which the French Term Loans are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid and the Secured Liabilities then due and payable are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid in accordance with the Loan Documents (hereinafter, the “Discharge Date”). | ||
(b) | On the Discharge Date, the Pledge granted by this Agreement shall be automatically discharged and released (subject to the accomplishment of formalities required by French law) and all rights to the Pledged Accounts as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof shall revert to the Pledgor. | ||
(c) | At any time before the Discharge Date, the Security Agent may, at the written request of the Pledgor or the Parent; |
(i) | release any Pledged Accounts (but not all or substantially all the Pledged Accounts) with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders; or | ||
(ii) | release all or substantially all the Pledged Accounts with the prior written consent of all the Lenders. |
(d) | On the Discharge Date or upon the Security Agent’s release of any of the Pledged Accounts, the Security Agent shall, at the expense and upon the request of the Pledgor, promptly execute any necessary instrument acknowledging the satisfaction or the discharge of this Agreement, and shall promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, including the delivery of a letter to be given by the Security Agent to the Pledgor for the purpose of release, in respect of the Pledged Accounts. | ||
(e) | Upon any sale or other transfer by the Pledgor of any Pledged Accounts that is permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Pledge granted hereby in such Pledged Accounts shall be automatically discharged and released. |
10. | PAYMENTS | |
All payments by the Pledgor under this Agreement shall be made in the Currency of Account and to such account, with such financial institution and in such other manner as the Security Agent may reasonably direct. | ||
11. | NOTICES | |
Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made in accordance with clause 9.01 (Notices) of the Credit Agreement. | ||
12. | AMBIGUITY AND RIGHTS |
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Loan Document shall prevail to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. | |||
(b) | No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Beneficiary, any right or remedy under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
13. | SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
(a) | All rights and prerogatives of the Beneficiaries under this Agreement and the Pledge shall benefit to their respective successors, transferees and assigns. | ||
(b) | In the event that a transfer by any of the Beneficiaries of its rights and/or obligations under the relevant Loan Documents occurred or was deemed to occur by way of novation, that Beneficiary expressly reserves and maintains its rights and prerogatives under this Agreement and the Pledge for the benefit of its transferee, in accordance with the provisions of article 1278 of the French civil Code. |
14. | POWER OF ATTORNEY AND NOTICES |
(a) | The Pledgor hereby appoints the Security Agent and any receiver and every delegate and each of them jointly and also severally to be its attorney (with full powers of substitution and delegation) and in its name or otherwise and on its behalf and as its act and deed to execute, deliver and perfect all instruments and other documents and do any other acts and things which may be required to carry out any obligation imposed on it by this Agreement which it has failed to do promptly following a request to do so form the Security Agent or any receiver or delegate; or | ||
(b) | The Pledgor undertakes to ratify and confirm all commercially reasonnable acts and things done by an attorney in the exercise or purported exercise of its powers and all monies spent by an attorney shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the Security Agent under this Agreement. | ||
(c) | The Beneficiaries hereby appoint the Security Agent to register, manage and enforce the Pledge on their behalf in accordance with article 2328-1 of the FrenchCode civil. |
15. | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
(a) | This Agreement and the Pledge shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, French law. | ||
(b) | The Pledgor irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the commercial court of Paris (tribunal de commerce de Paris) for the purpose of hearing and determining at first instance any dispute arising out of this Agreement and for the purpose of enforcement of the Pledge. |
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1.1 | Definitions | 3 | ||||||
1.2 | Incorporation of Terms | 5 | ||||||
2. | Grant of Pledge | 5 | ||||||
3. | Scope of the Pledge | 5 | ||||||
4. | General undertakings | 6 | ||||||
4.1 | Rights over the Securities | 6 | ||||||
4.2 | Voting rights | 6 | ||||||
4.3 | Further assurance | 7 | ||||||
4.4 | Securities | 7 | ||||||
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5. | Representations and Warranties | 7 | ||||||
6. | Enforcement | 8 | ||||||
7. | Liability of Security Agent | 8 | ||||||
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9. | Discharge of Security | 9 | ||||||
10. | Payments | 9 | ||||||
11. | NOTICES | 9 | ||||||
12. | Ambiguity and Rights | 10 | ||||||
13. | Successors and Assigns | 10 | ||||||
14. | Power of attorney and Notices | 10 | ||||||
15. | Governing law and Jurisdiction | 10 |
Schedule | Page | |||
SCHEDULE 1 The Lenders | 15 | |||
SCHEDULE 2 Form of Statement of Pledge | 16 | |||
SCHEDULE 3 Form of Securities Account Pledge Certificate | 20 | |||
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(1) | DOSIMETRY ACQUISITIONS LLC, a[l]incorporated in [l] with the registration number [l] and having its registered address at [l]; | |
(hereafter referred to as the “Pledgor”); | ||
(2) | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 00938937, and registered address at 125 London Wall EC2Y 5AJ, United-Kingdom, acting in its capacity as security agent; | |
(hereafter referred to as the “Security Agent” which expression includes any successors and assigns in title); | ||
(3) | theFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSlisted in Schedule 1 (The French Term Lenders) to this Agreement, acting in their capacity as lenders under the French Term Loans, the Domestic Term Loans and the Revolving Loans (as defined below) and as the case maybe issuing banks duly represented hereunder by the Security Agent and their successors and assigns of their rights and/or obligations under the Loan Documents (as defined below); | |
(hereafter referred to as the “Lenders” which expression includes any successors and assigns in title); | ||
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(A) | Pursuant to the credit agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement and entered into between, amongst others, the French Administrative Agent, the French Term Lenders, the Domestic Term Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Revolving Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), Mirion Technologies (Synodys) SA and Mirion Technologies (IST France) SAS as the French Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Mirion Technologies Inc. as the Parent (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (together as borrowers) (the “Credit Agreement”), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) have agreed to make available certain facilities on the terms and conditions set out in the Credit Agreement for the purposes therein mentioned to the Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (the “Facilities”), as detailed hereafter: |
(i) | the French Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of Dollar Equivalent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in Euros of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the French Borrowers for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the French Borrowers and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes (the “French Term Loans”); | ||
(ii) | the Domestic Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the Parent for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Domestic Term Loans”); and | ||
(iii) | the Revolving Lenders have agreed to make revolving loans from time to time in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty million dollars ( $30,000,000) to the Parent with the option for the Parent to increase the aggregate principal amount by a maximum of twenty-five million dollars ( $25,000,000), subject to certain conditions for (inter alia) (x) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Revolving Loans”). |
(B) | As security for the due performance of the obligations of the French Borrowers under the Facilities, the Pledgor has granted to the Security Agent acting as French Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and to each French Term Lender, on or about the date of this Agreement, a guarantee entitled Guaranty (French Obligations) under certain qualifications and limitations set forth therein (the “French Guaranty”). | |
(C) | As security for the due performance of the obligations of the other Borrowers under the Facilities, the Pledgor has granted to the Domestic Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and to each Domestic Term Lender, on or about the date of this Agreement, a guarantee entitled Guaranty (Domestic Obligations) under certain qualifications and limitations set forth therein (the “Domestic Guaranty”). | |
(D) | The Pledgor has agreed to secure the punctual performance, in favour of the Beneficiaries, of the Secured Liabilities by way of a pledge over each of the Pledged Accounts granted to the Beneficiaries. |
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1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | All terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meaning when used herein. | ||
(b) | In addition, in this Agreement: |
“Account Holder” means, as the case may be, the Securities Account Holder and/or the Bank Account Holder. | ||
“Agreement” designates this securities account pledge agreement. | ||
“Bank Account Holder” means [l]. | ||
“Beneficiaries” has the meaning ascribed to it in the paragraph (3) of the preamble. | ||
“Company” means Dosimetry Acquisitions (France) SAS, a Frenchsociété par actions simplifiée,with registered office located at lieudit Calès, 13113 Lamanon, France, and with corporate registration number 453 885 626 RCS Tarascon. | ||
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. | ||
“Currency of Account” means the currency in which the relevant indebtedness is denominated or, if different, is payable. | ||
“Discharge Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in article 9 of this Agreement. | ||
“Domestic Guaranty” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (C) of the Preamble. | ||
“Domestic Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(ii) of the Preamble. | ||
“Facilities” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. | ||
“French Guaranty” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (B) of the Preamble. | ||
“French Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(i) of the Preamble. | ||
“Initial Shares” means all the [l] ordinary shares issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor as of the date of this Agreement, provided that the Securities shall not at any time represent more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting shares of the Company. | ||
“MFC” means the French monetary and financial code (code monétaire et financier) as amended from time to time. |
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“Pledge” means the pledge (nantissement) created or expressed to be created in favour of the Beneficiaries pursuant to this Agreement and to the Statement of Pledge. | ||
“Pledged Accounts” means the Pledged Bank Account and the Pledged Securities Account. | ||
“Pledged Bank Account” means the special bank account opened in the books of the Bank Account Holder on which all Pledged Proceeds are registered in the name of the Pledgor pursuant to paragraph III of article L. 211-20 of MFC. | ||
“Pledged Securities” means, at any time, the Securities pledged under the Pledge and credited to the Pledged Securities Account in accordance with this Agreement. | ||
“Pledged Securities Account” means the special account opened and maintained with the Securities Account Holder in the name of the Pledgor pursuant to article L. 211-3 of the MFC and to which the Securities will be credited in accordance with this Agreement. | ||
“Pledgor” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (1) of the preamble. | ||
“Pledged Proceeds” means, at any time, the Proceeds pledged under the Pledge and credited to the Pledged Bank Account in accordance with this Agreement. | ||
“Proceeds” means any proceeds and other income attached or deriving from the Securities (fruits et produits y compris les dividendes). | ||
“Revolving Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(iii) of the Preamble. | ||
“Secured Liabilities” means all present and future Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of every kind or nature of the Pledgor at any time and from time owed to the Beneficiaries under the French Guaranty and the Domestic Guaranty. | ||
“Securities” means: |
(a) | the Initial Shares; | ||
(b) | pursuant to Clause 3 (Scope of the Pledge) below, any new shares or other financial instruments (instruments financiersas defined in paragraph I of article L. 211-1 of the MFC issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor which may be substituted for or added to the Initial Shares in any manner whatsoever; and | ||
(c) | all financial instruments other than those referred to in (a) and (b) above, issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor from time to time, provided that the Securities shall not at any time represent more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting shares of the Company. |
“Securities Account Holder” means the Company, as account holder of the Securities. | ||
“Security Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (2) of the preamble. |
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“Security Interest” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person, or any arrangement having similar effect. | ||
“Term Loans” means the Domestic Term Loans and the French Term Loans. | ||
“Statement of Pledge” means the statement of securities account pledge (déclaration de nantissement de compte-titres) in the form set out in Schedule 2 (Form of Statement of Pledge). |
1.2 | Incorporation of Terms | |
Unless a contrary indication appears, capitalized terms not however defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. | ||
2. | GRANT OF PLEDGE |
(a) | In order to secure the full and punctual payment, performance and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, the Pledgor hereby grants a pledge (nantissement) to the Beneficiaries over the Pledged Accounts, in accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC. | ||
(b) | For the purpose of Clause 2(a), the Pledgor will, on the date of this Agreement: |
(i) | deliver to the relevant Account Holder and the Security Agent an executed Statement of Pledge in relation to the Initial Shares in the form of Schedule 2 (Form of Statement of Pledge); | ||
(ii) | cause the Securities Account Holder to transfer the Initial Shares to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account and to register such transfer on the share register (and if applicable, shareholders’ individual accounts) of the Company; | ||
(iii) | cause the Securities Account Holder to deliver to the Security Agent a pledge certificate (attestation de nantissement de compte-titres) in the form of Schedule 3 (Form of securities account pledge certificate) evidencing that the Initial Shares have been credited to the Pledged Securities Account; | ||
(iv) | instruct the Company to transfer any Proceeds directly to the Pledged Bank Account; | ||
(v) | cause the Bank Account Holder to deliver to the Security Agent a pledge certificate (attestation de nantissement de compte bancaire) in the form of Schedule 4 (Form of bank account pledge certificate). |
3. | SCOPE OF THE PLEDGE |
(a) | In accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC, (i) all Securities initially standing to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account, (ii) all Securities which may be substituted for or added to the Securities referred to in (i) above in any manner whatsoever, and (iii) all Proceeds relating to the |
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Securities referred to in (i) and (ii) above, will be included in the Pledge as security for the Secured Liabilities. | |||
(b) | In accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC, the Parties acknowledge that all Securities other than the Pledged Securities registered in the name of the Pledgor from time to time and which would not fall within the scope of the Pledge pursuant to the provisions of Clause 3(a) above (the “New Securities”) shall nevertheless be transferred to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account as security for the Secured Liabilities, and shall thereafter be subject to the same conditions as those that apply to the Pledged Securities. The same shall apply to Securities which may be substituted for or added to the New Securities in any manner whatsoever as well as to the Proceeds relating thereto. | ||
(c) | For the purpose of Clause 3(b) above, the Pledgor shall, as soon as practicable after having acquired New Securities, transfer or cause to be transferred such New Securities to the Pledged Securities Account and undertakes to: |
(i) | execute and deliver to the Beneficiaries any necessary document (and in particular any transfer order (ordre de mouvement) relating to the New Securities) for the purpose of transferring the New Securities to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account; | ||
(ii) | cause or procure the Securities Account Holder to transfer the New Securities to the credit of the Pledged Account; and | ||
(iii) | cause or procure the Securities Account Holder to deliver to the Beneficiaries a certificate evidencing that the New Securities, together with Securities previously pledged in accordance with this Agreement, are standing to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account. |
4. | GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS | |
4.1 | Rights over the Securities |
(a) | Except as permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor shall not create or permit to subsist any Security Interest (other than Permitted Security) over any Financial Instrument or any Pledged Account, nor do anything else prohibited by or under the terms of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. | ||
(b) | The Pledgor shall not (nor shall it agree to) sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Securities except as permitted by or under the terms of the Loan Documents and in such case the Security Agent has all powers to execute all documents to permit such sale, lease or transfer in the name and on behalf of the Beneficiaries. |
4.2 | Voting rights | |
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reasonably expected to, materially adversely affect the security or the rights of the Beneficiaries under this Agreement and the Pledge or which in any way is inconsistent with or materially jeopardises or otherwise prejudices the Pledge. | ||
4.3 | Further assurance | |
The Pledgor shall promptly execute all documents and do whatever the Security Agent reasonably requests: |
(a) | to perfect or protect the Pledge or the priority of the Pledge; or | ||
(b) | to facilitate the enforcement of the Pledge or the exercise of any rights vested in the Beneficiaries, |
including making any registration and giving any notice, order or direction. | ||
4.4 | Securities | |
The Pledgor shall promptly notify the Security Agent of: |
(a) | its acquisition of, or agreement to acquire, any Securities other than the Pledged Securities; and | ||
(b) | the allotment, offer or issue of any Securities other than the Pledged Securities. |
4.5 | Cash proceeds |
(a) | At any time prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, as this term is defined in the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor is entitled to withdraw from the Pledged Bank Account and utilise any Pledged Proceeds related to the Pledged Securities. As a consequence, and until the occurrence of an Event of Default is notified to the Pledgor and the Bank Account Holder, the Pledgor shall be free to use the Pledged Proceeds as it sees fit. | ||
(b) | At any time after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, the Pledged Bank Account shall be blocked until the Security Agent sends a notice to the Pledgor and the Bank Account Holder confirming that the said Event of Default has been remedied or has been waived in accordance with the Loan Documents. Upon receipt of such notice, the Pledgor shall be entitled again to withdraw from the Pledged Bank Account and utilise any Pledged Proceeds. |
5. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |
The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Beneficiaries as at the date hereof and for the duration of this Agreement as follows: |
(a) | the Pledge creates a first ranking pledge (nantissement) over the Pledged Accounts, save for statutory liens and privileges (privilèges légaux); | ||
(b) | the Company is the Securities Account Holder of the Pledged Securities; and | ||
(c) | the Bank Account Holder is the account holder of the Pledged Bank Account. |
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6. | ENFORCEMENT |
(a) | The Security Agent acting on behalf of the Beneficiaries may, after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and upon eight (8) days’ prior written notice, immediately exercise all rights and remedies available to them and enforce the Pledge in accordance with applicable law. | ||
(b) | In case of enforcement of the Pledge in accordance with paragraph (a), the Parties irrevocably agree that the Beneficiaries (represented by the Security Agent) may, in their absolute discretion and without prior court order automatically foreclose title to all the Pledged Securities and the Pledged Proceeds after the 8 day period in Clause 6(a) in accordance with article 2348 of the French civil Code. The Beneficiaries will then be authorised to dispose freely of such assets. The Pledgor shall promptly execute and/or deliver to the Security Agent such documents and otherwise do such formalities that the Security Agent may reasonably require for this purpose. | ||
(c) | For the purpose of paragraph (a), the Parties irrevocably agree that the expert referred to in article 2348 of the French civil Code shall be selected among leading banks or accountancy firms operating in France provided that the Parties, acting reasonably, are satisfied that the relevant expert has no conflicting interests. If the Parties do not choose an expert or disagree on the choice of the expert within a 15 day period (from enforcement of the Pledge), the president of the “Tribunal de Commerce de Paris” will appoint one at the request of the party who first makes the request among leading banks or accountancy firms operating in France. The determination of the expert shall be final and binding on the Parties. The Parties shall cooperate with the Security Agent in all actions necessary for the appointment of an expert and foreclosure of title pursuant to this Clause 6. | ||
(d) | In accordance with article 2366 of the French civil Code, insofar as the value of the Pledged Securities and the Pledged Proceeds exceeds the amount of the unperformed Secured Liabilities, the difference will be reimbursed to the Pledgor. |
7. | LIABILITY OF SECURITY AGENT | |
The Beneficiaries will not (either by reason of taking possession of the Pledged Securities or for any other reason and whether as mortgagee in possession or otherwise) be liable to the Pledgor, any Beneficiary or any other person for any costs, losses, liabilities or expenses relating to the realisation of the Pledged Securities or from any act, default, omission or misconduct of the Security Agent, any Beneficiary or their respective officers, employees or agents in relation to the Pledged Securities or in connection with the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by its or his own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. | ||
8. | SAVING PROVISIONS |
(a) | Subject to Clause 9 (Discharge of Security), the Pledge is a continuing Security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the Secured Liabilities, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part. |
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(b) | The Pledge is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Beneficiary. |
9. | DISCHARGE OF SECURITY |
(a) | This Agreement will remain in full force and effect until the date on which the Loans are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid and the Secured Liabilities then due and payable are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid in accordance with the Loan Documents (hereinafter, the “Discharge Date”). | ||
(b) | On the Discharge Date, the Pledge granted by this Agreement shall be automatically discharged and released (subject to the accomplishment of formalities required by French law) and all rights to the Pledged Accounts as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof shall revert to the Pledgor. | ||
(c) | At any time before the Discharge Date, the Security Agent may, at the written request of the Pledgor or the Parent; |
(i) | release any Pledged Accounts (but not all or substantially all the Pledged Accounts) with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders; or | ||
(ii) | release all or substantially all the Pledged Accounts with the prior written consent of all the Lenders. |
(d) | On the Discharge Date or upon the Security Agent’s release of any of the Pledged Accounts, the Security Agent shall, at the expense and upon the request of the Pledgor, promptly execute any necessary instrument acknowledging the satisfaction or the discharge of this Agreement, and shall promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, including the delivery of a letter to be given by the Security Agent to the Pledgor for the purpose of release, in respect of the Pledged Accounts. | ||
(e) | Upon any sale or other transfer by the Pledgor of any Pledged Accounts that is permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Pledge granted hereby in such Pledged Accounts shall be automatically discharged and released. |
10. | PAYMENTS | |
All payments by the Pledgor under this Agreement shall be made in the Currency of Account and to such account, with such financial institution and in such other manner as the Security Agent may reasonably direct. | ||
11. | NOTICES | |
Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made in accordance with clause 9.01 (Notices) of the Credit Agreement. |
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12. | AMBIGUITY AND RIGHTS |
(a) | Where there is any ambiguity or conflict between the rights conferred by law and those conferred by or pursuant to any Loan Document, the terms of that Loan Document shall prevail to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. | ||
(b) | No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Beneficiary, any right or remedy under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
13. | SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
(a) | All rights and prerogatives of the Beneficiaries under this Agreement and the Pledge shall benefit to their respective successors, transferees and assigns. | ||
(b) | In the event that a transfer by any of the Beneficiaries of its rights and/or obligations under the relevant Loan Documents occurred or was deemed to occur by way of novation, that Beneficiary expressly reserves and maintains its rights and prerogatives under this Agreement and the Pledge for the benefit of its transferee, in accordance with the provisions of article 1278 of the French civil Code. |
14. | POWER OF ATTORNEY AND NOTICES |
(a) | The Pledgor hereby appoints the Security Agent and any receiver and every delegate and each of them jointly and also severally to be its attorney (with full powers of substitution and delegation) and in its name or otherwise and on its behalf and as its act and deed to execute, deliver and perfect all instruments and other documents and do any other acts and things which may be required to carry out any obligation imposed on it by this Agreement which it has failed to do promptly following a request to do so form the Security Agent or any receiver or delegate; or | ||
(b) | The Pledgor undertakes to ratify and confirm all commercially reasonnable acts and things done by an attorney in the exercise or purported exercise of its powers and all monies spent by an attorney shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the Security Agent under this Agreement. | ||
(c) | The Beneficiaries hereby appoint the Security Agent to register, manage and enforce the Pledge on their behalf in accordance with article 2328-1 of the FrenchCode civil. |
15. | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
(a) | This Agreement and the Pledge shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, French law. | ||
(b) | The Pledgor irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the commercial court of Paris (tribunal de commerce de Paris) for the purpose of hearing and |
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determining at first instance any dispute arising out of this Agreement and for the purpose of enforcement of the Pledge. |
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(1) MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (SYNODYS) SA as Pledgor | |||
(2) J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED as Security Agent | |||
(3) THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Schedule 1 as French Term Lenders |
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1. | Definitions and interpretation | 2 | ||||||
1.1 | Definitions | 2 | ||||||
1.2 | Incorporation of Terms | 4 | ||||||
2. | Grant of Pledge | 4 | ||||||
3. | Scope of the Pledge | 5 | ||||||
4. | General undertakings | 6 | ||||||
4.1 | Rights over the Securities | 6 | ||||||
4.2 | Voting rights | 6 | ||||||
4.3 | Further assurance | 6 | ||||||
4.4 | Securities | 6 | ||||||
4.5 | Cash proceeds | 7 | ||||||
5. | Representations and Warranties | 7 | ||||||
6. | Enforcement | 7 | ||||||
7. | Liability of Security Agent | 8 | ||||||
8. | Saving provisions | 8 | ||||||
9. | Discharge of Security | 8 | ||||||
10. | Payments | 9 | ||||||
11. | NOTICES | 9 | ||||||
12. | Ambiguity and Rights | 9 | ||||||
13. | Successors and Assigns | 9 | ||||||
14. | Power of attorney and Notices | 10 | ||||||
15. | Governing law and Jurisdiction | 10 |
Schedule | Page | |||
SCHEDULE 1 The French Term Lenders | 15 | |||
SCHEDULE 2 Form of Statement of Pledge | 16 | |||
SCHEDULE 3 Form of Securities Account Pledge Certificate | 20 | |||
SCHEDULE 4 Form of Bank Account Certificate | 21 |
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(1) | MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (SYNODYS) SA, aFrench société anonymeincorporated in France with the RCS Tarascon under number 382 192 102 and having its registered address at lieudit Calès, 13113 Lamanon, France; | |
(hereafter referred to as the “Pledgor”); | ||
(2) | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 00938937, and registered address at 125 London Wall EC2Y 5AJ, United-Kingdom, acting in its capacity as security agent; | |
(hereafter referred to as the “Security Agent” which expression includes any successors and assigns in title); | ||
(3) | theFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSlisted in Schedule 1 (The French Term Lenders) to this Agreement, acting in their capacity as lenders under the French Term Loans (as defined below) and as the case maybe issuing banks duly represented hereunder by the Security Agent and their successors and assigns of their rights and/or obligations under the Loan Documents (as defined below); | |
(hereafter referred to as the “French Term Lenders” which expression includes any successors and assigns in title); | ||
(the Security Agent and the French Term Lenders hereafter collectively referred to as the “Beneficiaries”) |
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(A) | Pursuant to the credit agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement and entered into between, amongst others, the French Administrative Agent, the French Term Lenders, the Domestic Term Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Revolving Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), Mirion Technologies (Synodys) SA and Mirion Technologies (IST France) SAS as the French Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Mirion Technologies Inc. as the Parent (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (together as borrowers) (the “Credit Agreement”), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) have agreed to make available certain facilities on the terms and conditions set out in the Credit Agreement for the purposes therein mentioned to the Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (the “Facilities”), as detailed hereafter: |
(i) | the French Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of Dollar Equivalent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in Euros of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the French Borrowers for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the French Borrowers and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes (the “French Term Loans”); | ||
(ii) | the Domestic Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the Parent for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Domestic Term Loans”); and | ||
(iii) | the Revolving Lenders have agreed to make revolving loans from time to time in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty million dollars ( $30,000,000) to the Parent with the option for the Parent to increase the aggregate principal amount by a maximum of twenty-five million dollars ( $25,000,000), subject to certain conditions for (inter alia) (x) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Revolving Loans”). |
(B) | The Pledgor has agreed to secure the punctual performance, in favour of the Beneficiaries, of the Secured Liabilities by way of a pledge over each of the Pledged Accounts granted to the Beneficiaries. |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | |
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | All terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meaning when used herein. | ||
(b) | In addition, in this Agreement: |
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“Account Holder” means, as the case may be, the Securities Account Holder and/or the Bank Account Holder. | ||
“Agreement” designates this securities account pledge agreement. | ||
“Bank Account Holder” means [l]. | ||
“Beneficiaries” has the meaning ascribed to it in the paragraph (3) of the preamble. | ||
“Company” means Mirion Technologies (MGPI) SA, a Frenchsociété anonyme,with registered office located at lieudit Calès, 13113 Lamanon, France, and with corporate registration number 303 375 406 RCS Tarascon | ||
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. | ||
“Currency of Account” means the currency in which the relevant indebtedness is denominated or, if different, is payable. | ||
“Discharge Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in article 9 of this Agreement. | ||
“Domestic Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(ii) of the Preamble. | ||
“Facilities” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. | ||
“French Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(i) of the Preamble. | ||
“Initial Shares” means all the [l] ordinary shares issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor as of the date of this Agreement. | ||
“MFC” means the French monetary and financial code (code monétaire et financier) as amended from time to time. | ||
“Pledge” means the pledge (nantissement) created or expressed to be created in favour of the Beneficiaries pursuant to this Agreement and to the Statement of Pledge. | ||
“Pledged Accounts” means the Pledged Bank Account and the Pledged Securities Account. | ||
“Pledged Bank Account” means the special bank account opened in the books of the Bank Account Holder on which all Pledged Proceeds are registered in the name of the Pledgor pursuant to paragraph III of article L. 211-20 of MFC. | ||
“Pledged Securities” means, at any time, the Securities pledged under the Pledge and credited to the Pledged Securities Account in accordance with this Agreement. | ||
“Pledged Securities Account” means the special account opened and maintained with the Securities Account Holder in the name of the Pledgor pursuant to article L. 211-3 of the MFC and to which the Securities will be credited in accordance with this Agreement. | ||
“Pledgor” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (1) of the preamble. |
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“Pledged Proceeds” means, at any time, the Proceeds pledged under the Pledge and credited to the Pledged Bank Account in accordance with this Agreement. | ||
“Proceeds” means any proceeds and other income attached or deriving from the Securities (fruits et produits y compris les dividendes). | ||
“Revolving Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(iii) of the Preamble. | ||
“Secured Liabilities” means all present and future Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of every kind or nature of the Pledgor at any time and from time owed to the Beneficiaries under the Credit Agreement. | ||
“Securities” means: |
(a) | the Initial Shares; | ||
(b) | pursuant to Clause 3 (Scope of the Pledge) below, any new shares or other financial instruments (instruments financiersas defined in paragraph I of article L. 211-1 of the MFC issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor which may be substituted for or added to the Initial Shares in any manner whatsoever; and | ||
(c) | all financial instruments other than those referred to in (a) and (b) above, issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor from time to time. |
“Securities Account Holder” means the Company, as account holder of the Securities. | ||
“Security Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (2) of the preamble. | ||
“Security Interest” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person, or any arrangement having similar effect. | ||
“Term Loans” means the Domestic Term Loans and the French Term Loans. | ||
“Statement of Pledge” means the statement of securities account pledge (déclaration de nantissement de compte-titres) in the form set out in Schedule 2 (Form of Statement of Pledge). | ||
1.2 | Incorporation of Terms | |
Unless a contrary indication appears, capitalized terms not however defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. | ||
2. | GRANT OF PLEDGE |
(a) | In order to secure the full and punctual payment, performance and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, the Pledgor hereby grants a pledge (nantissement) to the Beneficiaries over the Pledged Accounts, in accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC. |
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(b) | For the purpose of Clause 2(a), the Pledgor will, on the date of this Agreement: |
(i) | deliver to the relevant Account Holder and the Security Agent an executed Statement of Pledge in relation to the Initial Shares in the form of Schedule 2 (Form of Statement of Pledge); | ||
(ii) | cause the Securities Account Holder to transfer the Initial Shares to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account and to register such transfer on the share register (and if applicable, shareholders’ individual accounts) of the Company; | ||
(iii) | cause the Securities Account Holder to deliver to the Security Agent a pledge certificate (attestation de nantissement de compte-titres) in the form of Schedule 3 (Form of securities account pledge certificate) evidencing that the Initial Shares have been credited to the Pledged Securities Account; | ||
(iv) | instruct the Company to transfer any Proceeds directly to the Pledged Bank Account; | ||
(v) | cause the Bank Account Holder to deliver to the Security Agent a pledge certificate (attestation de nantissement de compte bancaire) in the form of Schedule 4 (Form of bank account pledge certificate). |
3. | SCOPE OF THE PLEDGE |
(a) | In accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC, (i) all Securities initially standing to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account, (ii) all Securities which may be substituted for or added to the Securities referred to in (i) above in any manner whatsoever, and (iii) all Proceeds relating to the Securities referred to in (i) and (ii) above, will be included in the Pledge as security for the Secured Liabilities. | ||
(b) | In accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC, the Parties acknowledge that all Securities other than the Pledged Securities registered in the name of the Pledgor from time to time and which would not fall within the scope of the Pledge pursuant to the provisions of Clause 3(a) above (the “New Securities”) shall nevertheless be transferred to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account as security for the Secured Liabilities, and shall thereafter be subject to the same conditions as those that apply to the Pledged Securities. The same shall apply to Securities which may be substituted for or added to the New Securities in any manner whatsoever as well as to the Proceeds relating thereto. | ||
(c) | For the purpose of Clause 3(b) above, the Pledgor shall, as soon as practicable after having acquired New Securities, transfer or cause to be transferred such New Securities to the Pledged Securities Account and undertakes to: |
(i) | execute and deliver to the Beneficiaries any necessary document (and in particular any transfer order (ordre de mouvement) relating to the |
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New Securities) for the purpose of transferring the New Securities to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account; | |||
(ii) | cause or procure the Securities Account Holder to transfer the New Securities to the credit of the Pledged Account; and | ||
(iii) | cause or procure the Securities Account Holder to deliver to the Beneficiaries a certificate evidencing that the New Securities, together with Securities previously pledged in accordance with this Agreement, are standing to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account. |
4. | GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS | |
4.1 | Rights over the Securities |
(a) | Except as permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor shall not create or permit to subsist any Security Interest (other than Permitted Security) over any Financial Instrument or any Pledged Account, nor do anything else prohibited by or under the terms of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. | ||
(b) | The Pledgor shall not (nor shall it agree to) sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Securities except as permitted by or under the terms of the Loan Documents and in such case the Security Agent has all powers to execute all documents to permit such sale, lease or transfer in the name and on behalf of the Beneficiaries. |
4.2 | Voting rights | |
The Pledgor shall not do or cause or permit to be done anything (including when exercising the voting rights attached to any Securities) which will, or could be reasonably expected to, materially adversely affect the security or the rights of the Beneficiaries under this Agreement and the Pledge or which in any way is inconsistent with or materially jeopardises or otherwise prejudices the Pledge. | ||
4.3 | Further assurance | |
The Pledgor shall promptly execute all documents and do whatever the Security Agent reasonably requests: |
(a) | to perfect or protect the Pledge or the priority of the Pledge; or | ||
(b) | to facilitate the enforcement of the Pledge or the exercise of any rights vested in the Beneficiaries, |
including making any registration and giving any notice, order or direction. | ||
4.4 | Securities | |
The Pledgor shall promptly notify the Security Agent of: |
(a) | its acquisition of, or agreement to acquire, any Securities other than the Pledged Securities; and |
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(b) | the allotment, offer or issue of any Securities other than the Pledged Securities. |
4.5 | Cash proceeds |
(a) | At any time prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, as this term is defined in the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor is entitled to withdraw from the Pledged Bank Account and utilise any Pledged Proceeds related to the Pledged Securities. As a consequence, and until the occurrence of an Event of Default is notified to the Pledgor and the Bank Account Holder, the Pledgor shall be free to use the Pledged Proceeds as it sees fit. | ||
(b) | At any time after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, the Pledged Bank Account shall be blocked until the Security Agent sends a notice to the Pledgor and the Bank Account Holder confirming that the said Event of Default has been remedied or has been waived in accordance with the Loan Documents. Upon receipt of such notice, the Pledgor shall be entitled again to withdraw from the Pledged Bank Account and utilise any Pledged Proceeds. |
5. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |
The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Beneficiaries as at the date hereof and for the duration of this Agreement as follows: |
(a) | the Pledge creates a first ranking pledge (nantissement) over the Pledged Accounts, save for statutory liens and privileges (privilèges légaux); | ||
(b) | the Company is the Securities Account Holder of the Pledged Securities; and | ||
(c) | the Bank Account Holder is the account holder of the Pledged Bank Account. |
6. | ENFORCEMENT |
(a) | The Security Agent acting on behalf of the Beneficiaries may, after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and upon eight (8) days’ prior written notice, immediately exercise all rights and remedies available to them and enforce the Pledge in accordance with applicable law. | ||
(b) | In case of enforcement of the Pledge in accordance with paragraph (a), the Parties irrevocably agree that the Beneficiaries (represented by the Security Agent) may, in their absolute discretion and without prior court order automatically foreclose title to all the Pledged Securities and the Pledged Proceeds after the 8 day period in Clause 6(a) in accordance with article 2348 of the French civil Code. The Beneficiaries will then be authorised to dispose freely of such assets. The Pledgor shall promptly execute and/or deliver to the Security Agent such documents and otherwise do such formalities that the Security Agent may reasonably require for this purpose. | ||
(c) | For the purpose of paragraph (a), the Parties irrevocably agree that the expert referred to in article 2348 of the French civil Code shall be selected among leading banks or accountancy firms operating in France provided that the Parties, acting reasonably, are satisfied that the relevant expert has no |
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conflicting interests. If the Parties do not choose an expert or disagree on the choice of the expert within a 15 day period (from enforcement of the Pledge), the president of the “Tribunal de Commerce de Paris” will appoint one at the request of the party who first makes the request among leading banks or accountancy firms operating in France. The determination of the expert shall be final and binding on the Parties. The Parties shall cooperate with the Security Agent in all actions necessary for the appointment of an expert and foreclosure of title pursuant to this Clause 6. | |||
(d) | In accordance with article 2366 of the French civil Code, insofar as the value of the Pledged Securities and the Pledged Proceeds exceeds the amount of the unperformed Secured Liabilities, the difference will be reimbursed to the Pledgor. |
7. | LIABILITY OF SECURITY AGENT | |
The Beneficiaries will not (either by reason of taking possession of the Pledged Securities or for any other reason and whether as mortgagee in possession or otherwise) be liable to the Pledgor, any Beneficiary or any other person for any costs, losses, liabilities or expenses relating to the realisation of the Pledged Securities or from any act, default, omission or misconduct of the Security Agent, any Beneficiary or their respective officers, employees or agents in relation to the Pledged Securities or in connection with the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by its or his own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. | ||
8. | SAVING PROVISIONS |
(a) | Subject to Clause 9 (Discharge of Security), the Pledge is a continuing Security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the Secured Liabilities, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part. | ||
(b) | The Pledge is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Beneficiary. |
9. | DISCHARGE OF SECURITY |
(a) | This Agreement will remain in full force and effect until the date on which the French Term Loans are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid and the Secured Liabilities then due and payable are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid in accordance with the Loan Documents (hereinafter, the “Discharge Date”). | ||
(b) | On the Discharge Date, the Pledge granted by this Agreement shall be automatically discharged and released (subject to the accomplishment of formalities required by French law) and all rights to the Pledged Accounts as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof shall revert to the Pledgor. | ||
(c) | At any time before the Discharge Date, the Security Agent may, at the written request of the Pledgor or the Parent; |
(i) | release any Pledged Accounts (but not all or substantially all the Pledged Accounts) with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders; or |
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(ii) | release all or substantially all the Pledged Accounts with the prior written consent of all the Lenders. |
(d) | On the Discharge Date or upon the Security Agent’s release of any of the Pledged Accounts, the Security Agent shall, at the expense and upon the request of the Pledgor, promptly execute any necessary instrument acknowledging the satisfaction or the discharge of this Agreement, and shall promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, including the delivery of a letter to be given by the Security Agent to the Pledgor for the purpose of release, in respect of the Pledged Accounts. | ||
(e) | Upon any sale or other transfer by the Pledgor of any Pledged Accounts that is permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Pledge granted hereby in such Pledged Accounts shall be automatically discharged and released. |
10. | PAYMENTS | |
All payments by the Pledgor under this Agreement shall be made in the Currency of Account and to such account, with such financial institution and in such other manner as the Security Agent may reasonably direct. | ||
11. | NOTICES | |
Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made in accordance with clause 9.01 (Notices) of the Credit Agreement. | ||
12. | AMBIGUITY AND RIGHTS |
(a) | Where there is any ambiguity or conflict between the rights conferred by law and those conferred by or pursuant to any Loan Document, the terms of that Loan Document shall prevail to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. | ||
(b) | No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Beneficiary, any right or remedy under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
13. | SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
(a) | All rights and prerogatives of the Beneficiaries under this Agreement and the Pledge shall benefit to their respective successors, transferees and assigns. | ||
(b) | In the event that a transfer by any of the Beneficiaries of its rights and/or obligations under the relevant Loan Documents occurred or was deemed to occur by way of novation, that Beneficiary expressly reserves and maintains its rights and prerogatives under this Agreement and the Pledge for the benefit of its transferee, in accordance with the provisions of article 1278 of the French civil Code. |
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14. | POWER OF ATTORNEY AND NOTICES |
(a) | The Pledgor hereby appoints the Security Agent and any receiver and every delegate and each of them jointly and also severally to be its attorney (with full powers of substitution and delegation) and in its name or otherwise and on its behalf and as its act and deed to execute, deliver and perfect all instruments and other documents and do any other acts and things which may be required to carry out any obligation imposed on it by this Agreement which it has failed to do promptly following a request to do so form the Security Agent or any receiver or delegate; or | ||
(b) | The Pledgor undertakes to ratify and confirm all commercially reasonnable acts and things done by an attorney in the exercise or purported exercise of its powers and all monies spent by an attorney shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the Security Agent under this Agreement. | ||
(c) | The Beneficiaries hereby appoint the Security Agent to register, manage and enforce the Pledge on their behalf in accordance with article 2328-1 of the FrenchCode civil. |
15. | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
(a) | This Agreement and the Pledge shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, French law. | ||
(b) | The Pledgor irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the commercial court of Paris (tribunal de commerce de Paris) for the purpose of hearing and determining at first instance any dispute arising out of this Agreement and for the purpose of enforcement of the Pledge. |
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Securities Account Pledge Agreement
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(1) IST ACQUISITIONS, LLCas Pledgor | |||
(2) J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED as Security Agent | |||
(3) THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSlisted in Schedule 1 as French Term Lenders, Domestic Term Lenders and Revolving Lenders |
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1. | Definitions and interpretation | 3 | ||||||||
1.1 | Definitions | 3 | ||||||||
1.2 | Incorporation of Terms | 5 | ||||||||
2. | Grant of Pledge | 5 | ||||||||
3. | Scope of the Pledge | 5 | ||||||||
4. | General undertakings | 6 | ||||||||
4.1 | Rights over the Securities | 6 | ||||||||
4.2 | Voting rights | 7 | ||||||||
4.3 | Further assurance | 7 | ||||||||
4.4 | Securities | 7 | ||||||||
4.5 | Cash proceeds | 7 | ||||||||
5. | Representations and Warranties | 7 | ||||||||
6. | Enforcement | 8 | ||||||||
7. | Liability of Security Agent | 8 | ||||||||
8. | Saving provisions | 8 | ||||||||
9. | Discharge of Security | 9 | ||||||||
10. | Payments | 9 | ||||||||
11. | NOTICES | 9 | ||||||||
12. | Ambiguity and Rights | 9 | ||||||||
13. | Successors and Assigns | 10 | ||||||||
14. | Power of attorney and Notices | 10 | ||||||||
15. | Governing law and Jurisdiction | 10 |
Schedule | Page | |||||||
SCHEDULE 1 The Lenders | 15 | |||||||
SCHEDULE 2 Form of Statement of Pledge | 16 | |||||||
SCHEDULE 3 Form of Securities Account Pledge Certificate | 20 | |||||||
SCHEDULE 4 Form of Bank Account Certificate | 21 |
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(1) | IST ACQUISITIONS, LLC, a [l] incorporated in [l] registered under the number [l] and having its registered address at [l]; |
(hereafter referred to as the “Pledgor”); |
(2) | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 00938937, and registered address at 125 London Wall EC2Y 5AJ, United-Kingdom, acting in its capacity as security agent; |
(hereafter referred to as the “Security Agent” which expression includes any successors and assigns in title); |
(3) | theFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSlisted in Schedule 1 (The French Term Lenders) to this Agreement, acting in their capacity as lenders under the French Term Loans, the Domestic Term Loans and the Revoving Loans (as defined below) and as the case maybe issuing banks duly represented hereunder by the Security Agent and their successors and assigns of their rights and/or obligations under the Loan Documents (as defined below); |
(hereafter referred to as the “Lenders” which expression includes any successors and assigns in title); |
(the Security Agent and the Lenders hereafter collectively referred to as the “Beneficiaries”) |
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(A) | Pursuant to the credit agreement dated on or about the date of this Agreement and entered into between, amongst others, the French Administrative Agent, the French Term Lenders, the Domestic Term Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Revolving Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement), Mirion Technologies (Synodys) SA and Mirion Technologies (IST France) SAS as the French Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and Mirion Technologies Inc. as the Parent (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (together as borrowers) (the “Credit Agreement”), the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) have agreed to make available certain facilities on the terms and conditions set out in the Credit Agreement for the purposes therein mentioned to the Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (the “Facilities”), as detailed hereafter: |
(i) | the French Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of Dollar Equivalent (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in Euros of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the French Borrowers for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the French Borrowers and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes (the “French Term Loans”); | ||
(ii) | the Domestic Term Lenders have agreed to make term loans on the Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty-five million dollars ( $35,000,000) to the Parent for (inter alia) (y) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Domestic Term Loans”); and | ||
(iii) | the Revolving Lenders have agreed to make revolving loans from time to time in an aggregate maximum principal amount of thirty million dollars ( $30,000,000) to the Parent with the option for the Parent to increase the aggregate principal amount by a maximum of twenty-five million dollars ( $25,000,000), subject to certain conditions for (inter alia) (x) refinance certain indebtedness of the Parent and (z) the financing of general corporate purposes of the Parent and its subsidiaries (the “Revolving Loans”). |
(B) | As security for the due performance of the obligations of the French Borrowers under the Facilities, the Pledgor has granted to the Security Agent acting as French Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and to each French Term Lender, on or about the date of this Agreement, a guarantee entitled Guaranty (French Obligations) under certain qualifications and limitations set forth therein (the “French Guaranty”). |
(C) | As security for the due performance of the obligations of the other Borrowers under the Facilities, the Pledgor has granted to the Domestic Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and to each Domestic Term Lender, on or about the date of this Agreement, a guarantee entitled Guaranty (Domestic Obligations) under certain qualifications and limitations set forth therein (the “Domestic Guaranty”). |
(D) | The Pledgor has agreed to secure the punctual performance, in favour of the Beneficiaries, of the Secured Liabilities by way of a pledge over each of the Pledged Accounts granted to the Beneficiaries. |
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1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Definitions |
(a) | All terms defined in the Credit Agreement have the same meaning when used herein. | ||
(b) | In addition, in this Agreement: |
“Account Holder” means, as the case may be, the Securities Account Holder and/or the Bank Account Holder. |
“Agreement” designates this securities account pledge agreement. |
“Bank Account Holder” means [l]. |
“Beneficiaries” has the meaning ascribed to it in the paragraph (3) of the preamble. |
“Company” means Mirion Technologies (IST France) SAS, a Frenchsociété par actions simplifiée,with registered office located at 21, rue Christophe Colomb, 18110 Fussy, France, and with corporate registration number 479 428 336 RCS Bourges. |
“Credit Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. |
“Currency of Account” means the currency in which the relevant indebtedness is denominated or, if different, is payable. |
“Discharge Date” has the meaning ascribed to it in article 9 of this Agreement. |
“Domestic Guaranty” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (C) of the Preamble. |
“Domestic Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(ii) of the Preamble. |
“Facilities” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A) of the Preamble. |
“French Guaranty” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (B) of the Preamble. |
“French Term Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(i) of the Preamble. |
“Guaranty” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph of the Preamble. |
“Initial Shares” means all the [l] ordinary shares issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor as of the date of this Agreement, provided that the Securities shall not at any time represent more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting shares of the Company. |
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“MFC” means the French monetary and financial code (code monétaire et financier) as amended from time to time. |
“Pledge” means the pledge (nantissement) created or expressed to be created in favour of the Beneficiaries pursuant to this Agreement and to the Statement of Pledge. |
“Pledged Accounts” means the Pledged Bank Account and the Pledged Securities Account. |
“Pledged Bank Account” means the special bank account opened in the books of the Bank Account Holder on which all Pledged Proceeds are registered in the name of the Pledgor pursuant to paragraph III of article L. 211-20 of MFC. |
“Pledged Securities” means, at any time, the Securities pledged under the Pledge and credited to the Pledged Securities Account in accordance with this Agreement. |
“Pledged Securities Account” means the special account opened and maintained with the Securities Account Holder in the name of the Pledgor pursuant to article L. 211-3 of the MFC and to which the Securities will be credited in accordance with this Agreement. |
“Pledgor” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (1) of the preamble. |
“Pledged Proceeds” means, at any time, the Proceeds pledged under the Pledge and credited to the Pledged Bank Account in accordance with this Agreement. |
“Proceeds” means any proceeds and other income attached or deriving from the Securities (fruits et produits y compris les dividendes). |
“Revolving Loans” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (A)(iii) of the Preamble. |
“Secured Liabilities” means all present and future Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of every kind or nature of the Pledgor at any time and from time owed to the Beneficiaries under the French Guaranty and the Domestic Guaranty. |
“Securities” means: |
(a) | the Initial Shares; | ||
(b) | pursuant to Clause 3 (Scope of the Pledge) below, any new shares or other financial instruments (instruments financiersas defined in paragraph I of article L. 211-1 of the MFC issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor which may be substituted for or added to the Initial Shares in any manner whatsoever; and | ||
(c) | all financial instruments other than those referred to in (a) and (b) above, issued by the Company and owned by the Pledgor from time to time, provided that the Securities shall not at any time represent more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting shares of the Company. |
“Securities Account Holder” means the Company, as account holder of the Securities. |
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“Security Agent” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph (2) of the preamble. |
“Security Interest” means any mortgage, charge, pledge, lien or other security interest securing any obligation of any person, or any arrangement having similar effect. |
“Term Loans” means the Domestic Term Loans and the French Term Loans. |
“Statement of Pledge” means the statement of securities account pledge (déclaration de nantissement de compte-titres) in the form set out in Schedule 2 (Form of Statement of Pledge). |
1.2 | Incorporation of Terms |
Unless a contrary indication appears, capitalized terms not however defined in this Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. |
2. | GRANT OF PLEDGE |
(a) | In order to secure the full and punctual payment, performance and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, the Pledgor hereby grants a pledge (nantissement) to the Beneficiaries over the Pledged Accounts, in accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC. | ||
(b) | For the purpose of Clause 2(a), the Pledgor will, on the date of this Agreement: |
(i) | deliver to the relevant Account Holder and the Security Agent an executed Statement of Pledge in relation to the Initial Shares in the form of Schedule 2 (Form of Statement of Pledge); | ||
(ii) | cause the Securities Account Holder to transfer the Initial Shares to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account and to register such transfer on the share register (and if applicable, shareholders’ individual accounts) of the Company; | ||
(iii) | cause the Securities Account Holder to deliver to the Security Agent a pledge certificate (attestation de nantissement de compte-titres) in the form of Schedule 3 (Form of securities account pledge certificate) evidencing that the Initial Shares have been credited to the Pledged Securities Account; | ||
(iv) | instruct the Company to transfer any Proceeds directly to the Pledged Bank Account; | ||
(v) | cause the Bank Account Holder to deliver to the Security Agent a pledge certificate (attestation de nantissement de compte bancaire) in the form of Schedule 4 (Form of bank account pledge certificate). |
3. | SCOPE OF THE PLEDGE |
(a) | In accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC, (i) all Securities initially standing to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account, (ii) all Securities |
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which may be substituted for or added to the Securities referred to in (i) above in any manner whatsoever, and (iii) all Proceeds relating to the Securities referred to in (i) and (ii) above, will be included in the Pledge as security for the Secured Liabilities. |
(b) | In accordance with article L. 211-20 of the MFC, the Parties acknowledge that all Securities other than the Pledged Securities registered in the name of the Pledgor from time to time and which would not fall within the scope of the Pledge pursuant to the provisions of Clause 3(a) above (the “New Securities”) shall nevertheless be transferred to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account as security for the Secured Liabilities, and shall thereafter be subject to the same conditions as those that apply to the Pledged Securities. The same shall apply to Securities which may be substituted for or added to the New Securities in any manner whatsoever as well as to the Proceeds relating thereto. |
(c) | For the purpose of Clause 3(b) above, the Pledgor shall, as soon as practicable after having acquired New Securities, transfer or cause to be transferred such New Securities to the Pledged Securities Account and undertakes to: |
(i) | execute and deliver to the Beneficiaries any necessary document (and in particular any transfer order (ordre de mouvement) relating to the New Securities) for the purpose of transferring the New Securities to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account; | ||
(ii) | cause or procure the Securities Account Holder to transfer the New Securities to the credit of the Pledged Account; and | ||
(iii) | cause or procure the Securities Account Holder to deliver to the Beneficiaries a certificate evidencing that the New Securities, together with Securities previously pledged in accordance with this Agreement, are standing to the credit of the Pledged Securities Account. |
4. | GENERAL UNDERTAKINGS | |
4.1 | Rights over the Securities |
(a) | Except as permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor shall not create or permit to subsist any Security Interest (other than Permitted Security) over any Financial Instrument or any Pledged Account, nor do anything else prohibited by or under the terms of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. | ||
(b) | The Pledgor shall not (nor shall it agree to) sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Securities except as permitted by or under the terms of the Loan Documents and in such case the Security Agent has all powers to execute all documents to permit such sale, lease or transfer in the name and on behalf of the Beneficiaries. |
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4.2 | Voting rights |
The Pledgor shall not do or cause or permit to be done anything (including when exercising the voting rights attached to any Securities) which will, or could be reasonably expected to, materially adversely affect the security or the rights of the Beneficiaries under this Agreement and the Pledge or which in any way is inconsistent with or materially jeopardises or otherwise prejudices the Pledge. |
The Pledgor shall promptly execute all documents and do whatever the Security Agent reasonably requests: |
(a) | to perfect or protect the Pledge or the priority of the Pledge; or |
(b) | to facilitate the enforcement of the Pledge or the exercise of any rights vested in the Beneficiaries, |
including making any registration and giving any notice, order or direction. | ||
4.4 | Securities |
The Pledgor shall promptly notify the Security Agent of: |
(a) | its acquisition of, or agreement to acquire, any Securities other than the Pledged Securities; and |
(b) | the allotment, offer or issue of any Securities other than the Pledged Securities. |
4.5 | Cash proceeds |
(a) | At any time prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, as this term is defined in the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor is entitled to withdraw from the Pledged Bank Account and utilise any Pledged Proceeds related to the Pledged Securities. As a consequence, and until the occurrence of an Event of Default is notified to the Pledgor and the Bank Account Holder, the Pledgor shall be free to use the Pledged Proceeds as it sees fit. | ||
(b) | At any time after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, the Pledged Bank Account shall be blocked until the Security Agent sends a notice to the Pledgor and the Bank Account Holder confirming that the said Event of Default has been remedied or has been waived in accordance with the Loan Documents. Upon receipt of such notice, the Pledgor shall be entitled again to withdraw from the Pledged Bank Account and utilise any Pledged Proceeds. |
5. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | |
The Pledgor represents and warrants to the Beneficiaries as at the date hereof and for the duration of this Agreement as follows: |
(a) | the Pledge creates a first ranking pledge (nantissement) over the Pledged Accounts, save for statutory liens and privileges (privilèges légaux); | ||
(b) | the Company is the Securities Account Holder of the Pledged Securities; and |
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(c) | the Bank Account Holder is the account holder of the Pledged Bank Account. |
6. | ENFORCEMENT |
(a) | The Security Agent acting on behalf of the Beneficiaries may, after the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and upon eight (8) days’ prior written notice, immediately exercise all rights and remedies available to them and enforce the Pledge in accordance with applicable law. | ||
(b) | In case of enforcement of the Pledge in accordance with paragraph (a), the Parties irrevocably agree that the Beneficiaries (represented by the Security Agent) may, in their absolute discretion and without prior court order automatically foreclose title to all the Pledged Securities and the Pledged Proceeds after the 8 day period in Clause 6(a) in accordance with article 2348 of the French civil Code. The Beneficiaries will then be authorised to dispose freely of such assets. The Pledgor shall promptly execute and/or deliver to the Security Agent such documents and otherwise do such formalities that the Security Agent may reasonably require for this purpose. | ||
(c) | For the purpose of paragraph (a), the Parties irrevocably agree that the expert referred to in article 2348 of the French civil Code shall be selected among leading banks or accountancy firms operating in France provided that the Parties, acting reasonably, are satisfied that the relevant expert has no conflicting interests. If the Parties do not choose an expert or disagree on the choice of the expert within a 15 day period (from enforcement of the Pledge), the president of the “Tribunal de Commerce de Paris” will appoint one at the request of the party who first makes the request among leading banks or accountancy firms operating in France. The determination of the expert shall be final and binding on the Parties. The Parties shall cooperate with the Security Agent in all actions necessary for the appointment of an expert and foreclosure of title pursuant to this Clause 6. | ||
(d) | In accordance with article 2366 of the French civil Code, insofar as the value of the Pledged Securities and the Pledged Proceeds exceeds the amount of the unperformed Secured Liabilities, the difference will be reimbursed to the Pledgor. |
7. | LIABILITY OF SECURITY AGENT |
The Beneficiaries will not (either by reason of taking possession of the Pledged Securities or for any other reason and whether as mortgagee in possession or otherwise) be liable to the Pledgor, any Beneficiary or any other person for any costs, losses, liabilities or expenses relating to the realisation of the Pledged Securities or from any act, default, omission or misconduct of the Security Agent, any Beneficiary or their respective officers, employees or agents in relation to the Pledged Securities or in connection with the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by its or his own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. |
8. | SAVING PROVISIONS |
(a) | Subject to Clause 9 (Discharge of Security), the Pledge is a continuing Security and will extend to the ultimate balance of the Secured Liabilities, regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part. |
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(b) | The Pledge is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or security now or subsequently held by any Beneficiary. |
9. | DISCHARGE OF SECURITY |
(a) | This Agreement will remain in full force and effect until the date on which the Loans are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid and the Secured Liabilities then due and payable are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably repaid in accordance with the Loan Documents (hereinafter, the “Discharge Date”). | ||
(b) | On the Discharge Date, the Pledge granted by this Agreement shall be automatically discharged and released (subject to the accomplishment of formalities required by French law) and all rights to the Pledged Accounts as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof shall revert to the Pledgor. | ||
(c) | At any time before the Discharge Date, the Security Agent may, at the written request of the Pledgor or the Parent; |
(i) | release any Pledged Accounts (but not all or substantially all the Pledged Accounts) with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders; or | ||
(ii) | release all or substantially all the Pledged Accounts with the prior written consent of all the Lenders. |
(d) | On the Discharge Date or upon the Security Agent’s release of any of the Pledged Accounts, the Security Agent shall, at the expense and upon the request of the Pledgor, promptly execute any necessary instrument acknowledging the satisfaction or the discharge of this Agreement, and shall promptly execute and deliver all such further instruments and documents, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate, including the delivery of a letter to be given by the Security Agent to the Pledgor for the purpose of release, in respect of the Pledged Accounts. | ||
(e) | Upon any sale or other transfer by the Pledgor of any Pledged Accounts that is permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Pledge granted hereby in such Pledged Accounts shall be automatically discharged and released. |
10. | PAYMENTS |
All payments by the Pledgor under this Agreement shall be made in the Currency of Account and to such account, with such financial institution and in such other manner as the Security Agent may reasonably direct. |
11. | NOTICES |
Each communication to be made under or in connection with this Agreement shall be made in accordance with clause 9.01 (Notices) of the Credit Agreement. |
12. | AMBIGUITY AND RIGHTS |
(a) | Where there is any ambiguity or conflict between the rights conferred by law and those conferred by or pursuant to any Loan Document, the terms of that |
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Loan Document shall prevail to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. |
(b) | No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Beneficiary, any right or remedy under any Loan Document shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in the Loan Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
13. | SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS |
(a) | All rights and prerogatives of the Beneficiaries under this Agreement and the Pledge shall benefit to their respective successors, transferees and assigns. | ||
(b) | In the event that a transfer by any of the Beneficiaries of its rights and/or obligations under the relevant Loan Documents occurred or was deemed to occur by way of novation, that Beneficiary expressly reserves and maintains its rights and prerogatives under this Agreement and the Pledge for the benefit of its transferee, in accordance with the provisions of article 1278 of the French civil Code. |
14. | POWER OF ATTORNEY AND NOTICES |
(a) | The Pledgor hereby appoints the Security Agent and any receiver and every delegate and each of them jointly and also severally to be its attorney (with full powers of substitution and delegation) and in its name or otherwise and on its behalf and as its act and deed to execute, deliver and perfect all instruments and other documents and do any other acts and things which may be required to carry out any obligation imposed on it by this Agreement which it has failed to do promptly following a request to do so form the Security Agent or any receiver or delegate; or | ||
(b) | The Pledgor undertakes to ratify and confirm all commercially reasonnable acts and things done by an attorney in the exercise or purported exercise of its powers and all monies spent by an attorney shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the Security Agent under this Agreement. | ||
(c) | The Beneficiaries hereby appoint the Security Agent to register, manage and enforce the Pledge on their behalf in accordance with article 2328-1 of the FrenchCode civil. |
15. | GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION |
(a) | This Agreement and the Pledge shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, French law. | ||
(b) | The Pledgor irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the commercial court of Paris (tribunal de commerce de Paris) for the purpose of hearing and determining at first instance any dispute arising out of this Agreement and for the purpose of enforcement of the Pledge. |
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THE LENDERS
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(1) | MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (IST) CORPORATIONas Chargor | |
(2) | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITEDas French Administrative Agent |
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(1) | MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (IST) CORPORATIONa company incorporated in New York (identification number 16-1321330) whose registered office is at 315 Daniel Zenker Dr., 200 IST Center, Horseheads, NY 14845 (the“Chargor”); and |
(2) | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITEDin its capacity as the French Administrative Agent (the“French Administrative Agent”). |
(A) | By a credit agreement dated [•] and made between (1) the Domestic Administrative Agent, (2) the French Administrative Agent, (3) the Parent, (4) the French Borrowers, and (5) the Lenders (the“Credit Agreement”), the Lenders have agreed to provide certain facilities to the Borrowers on the terms and conditions set out in the Credit Agreement. |
(B) | As a condition of the facilities referred to in Background (A), the Chargor is required to enter into this Deed creating security over the Shares in favour of the French Administrative Agent. |
(C) | This document is the deed of the Chargor, even if it has not been duly executed by the French Administrative Agent or has been duly executed by the French Administrative Agent but not as a deed. |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Defined terms | |
In this Deed (including the Recitals): | ||
“Business Day”means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day which is a bank or public holiday in England. | ||
“Charged Shares”means shares of the Company owned or at any time from time to time acquired by the Chargor which are charged by the Chargor in favour of the French Administrative Agent under this Deed as security for the Secured Obligations which shall at all times constitute not less than 35 per cent. of the total combined voting power of all classes of the issued and outstanding share capital of the Company, and such shares as at the date of this Deed are specified in Schedule 4 (Charged Shares). | ||
“Company Shares”means the shares in the Company held by the Chargor from time to time (being 900,000 ordinary shares of £1 each as at the date of this Deed). | ||
“Company”means Mirion Technologies (IST) Limited (registered number 00996850) whose registered office is at Harbour Court Compass Road, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England PO6 4ST. | ||
“Credit Agreement”means the facility agreement referred to in Background (A). |
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“Derivative Rights”has the meaning given to it in Clause 3(c) (The charge). | ||
“Guaranty (French Obligations)”means the Guaranty dated on or about the date of this Deed and made by Mirion Technologies Inc. and others as guarantors in favour of the French Administrative Agent. | ||
“IA”means the Insolvency Act 1986. | ||
“Instrument”means any document (which term includes any form of writing) under which any obligation is evidenced or undertaken or any Security Interest (or right in any Security Interest) is granted or perfected or purported to be granted or perfected. | ||
“Loan Documents”has the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement and includes this Deed. | ||
“Receiver”has the meaning given to it in Paragraph 3.1 (Appointment) of Schedule 3 (Powers of the French Administrative Agent and a Receiver). | ||
“Secondary Shares”means any shares which the Chargor or its nominees specify in writing as being within this security or shares whose documents of title are from time to time deposited with the French Administrative Agent or their nominees in connection with this security. | ||
“Security Interest”means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such assets or other security interest security any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities. | ||
“Secured Obligations”has the meaning given to it in Clause 2.2 (Meaning of Secured Obligations). | ||
“Secured Parties”means, collectively the French Term Lenders and the French Administrative Agent. | ||
“Shares”means the Charged Shares, the Secondary Shares and all other shares and other assets and rights from time to time the subject of this security, including any moneys from time to time charged to the French Administrative Agent pursuant to Clause 3 (The Charge). | ||
1.2 | Headings | |
The index and headings are included for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation or construction of this Deed. | ||
1.3 | References | |
In this Deed, unless the context requires otherwise, any reference to: |
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(a) | theLenders, theFrench Administrative Agent, theChargor, theCompanyor theBorrowersrespectively includes its or their successors in title and assigns and this Deed shall be enforceable notwithstanding any change in the constitution of the French Administrative Agent, its absorption in or amalgamation with any other person or the acquisition of all or part of its undertaking by any other person; | ||
(b) | apartyor thepartiesis to a party or the parties (as the case may be) to this Deed; | ||
(c) | aRecitalis to the relevant statement about the background to this Deed made above under the heading “Background”; any reference to aClauseor aScheduleis to a clause of or schedule to this Deed (as the case may be) and references made in a Schedule toParagraphsare to paragraphs of that Schedule; | ||
(d) | thisDeedincludes the Schedules, which form part of this Deed for all purposes; | ||
(e) | astatuteorstatutory provisionsincludes any consolidation, re-enactment, modification or replacement of the same and any subordinate legislation in force under the same from time to time; | ||
(f) | the masculine, feminine or neutergenderrespectively includes the other genders, references to the singular include the plural (and vice versa) and references to persons include firms, corporations and unincorporated associations; | ||
(g) | adocumentis to that document as varied, supplemented or replaced from time to time; | ||
(h) | arightincludes any estate, interest, claim or other right of any kind, both present and future; | ||
(i) | sharesincludes any stocks, shares, bonds, gilts and securities of any kind, negotiable instruments and warrants; and | ||
(j) | this Securityis to this Deed and includes each separate or independent stipulation or agreement in this Deed and the security created by, pursuant to or supplemental to it. |
1.4 | Terms defined in the Credit Agreement | |
Words and expressions defined in the Credit Agreement and not defined in this Deed shall have the same meaning in this Deed as in the Credit Agreement. |
2. | PAYMENT OF SECURED OBLIGATIONS |
2.1 | Covenant to pay | |
The Chargor covenants with the French Administrative Agent that it shall pay and discharge, or procure the payment or discharge of, each of the Secured Obligations at |
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the time and in the manner provided in the relevant Instrument for their payment or discharge by the Chargor. |
2.2 | Meaning of Secured Obligations | |
In this Deed, the“Secured Obligations”means all present and future Obligations of every kind or nature of the Chargor at any time and from time to time owed to any one or more of the Secured Parties under the Guaranty (French Obligations); but excluding any money, obligation or liability which would cause the covenant set out in Clause 2.1 or the security which would otherwise be constituted by this Deed to be unlawful or prohibited by any applicable law or regulation. | ||
2.3 | Certification conclusive | |
Any certification or determination by the French Administrative Agent of any amount payable or rate applicable under this security shall be conclusive evidence (save for manifest or proven error) as against the Chargor of the matter(s) to which it relates. |
3. | THE CHARGE |
As security for the Secured Obligations, the Chargor with full title guarantee charges to the French Administrative Agent by way of first fixed charge all of its rights in and to: |
(a) | the Charged Shares; | ||
(b) | the Secondary Shares; and | ||
(c) | (in relation to the Shares): |
(i) | dividends; | ||
(ii) | distributions; | ||
(iii) | interest and other income paid or made in respect of them; | ||
(iv) | voting rights; and | ||
(v) | benefits, money or property accruing or arising in respect of the Shares at any time (together (i) to (v) are the“Derivative Rights”). |
4. | COVENANTS |
The Chargor covenants with the French Administrative Agent as set out in Schedule 1 (Covenants) and warrants and represents to the French Administrative Agent as set out in Schedule 2 (Warranties). |
5. | POWERS OF THE FRENCH ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND A RECEIVER |
The French Administrative Agent and a Receiver shall have the powers set out in Schedule 3 (Powers of the French Administrative Agent and a Receiver). |
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6. | CONTINUING SECURITY |
6.1 | Continuing security | |
This Deed is a continuing security and regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part to any Secured Party, shall be binding until the date (the“Discharge Date”) on which the French Term Loans have been repaid in full and all other amounts of the Secured Obligations then due and payable have been paid in full. |
6.2 | Additional security | |
This Security is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or Security Interest now or subsequently held by or on behalf of the French Administrative Agent. | ||
6.3 | Waiver of defences | |
The obligations of the Chargor under this Security will not be discharged, impaired or otherwise affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause 6.3, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Security, including (whether or not known to it or the French Administrative Agent): |
(a) | any time, waiver, consent or other indulgence granted to, or composition with, the Chargor or any other person; | ||
(b) | the release of any other Loan Party or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor; | ||
(c) | the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or Security Interest over the assets of, the Chargor or any other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any Instrument or any failure to take, or failure to realise the full value of, any Security Interest; | ||
(d) | any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or Insolvency or change in the members or status of the Chargor or any other person; or | ||
(e) | any disclaimer, unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or ineffectiveness of any of the Secured Obligations or any other obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other Instrument or Security Interest. |
6.4 | Protection of third parties |
(a) | No purchaser, mortgagee or other person dealing with a Receiver or the French Administrative Agent shall be bound to enquire whether its right to exercise any of its rights has arisen or become exercisable, or be concerned as to the application of any money paid, raised or borrowed or as to the propriety or regularity of any sale by or other dealing with that Receiver or the French Administrative Agent. |
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(b) | All of the protection to purchasers contained in ss104 and 107 LPA and s42(3) IA shall apply to any person purchasing from or dealing with a Receiver or the French Administrative Agent as if the Secured Obligations had become due and the statutory powers of sale and of appointing a Receiver in relation to the Shares had arisen on the date of this Security. |
6.5 | Costs and expenses | |
The Chargor shall pay to the French Administrative Agent all costs and expenses in accordance with Clause [•] of the Guaranty (French Obligations), together with interest from the date it is incurred or becomes payable up to the date of receipt by the French Administrative Agent (both before and after judgment), accruing on a daily basis under the terms of Section 2.12(d) (Interest) of the Credit Agreement. |
7. | CREDIT AGREEMENT PROVISIONS |
s1.05 (Currency Translation), 2.16 (Taxes), 3.01 (Organisation; Powers), 5.04 (Payment of Obligations), 9.12 (Confidentiality) and 9.15 (Currency of Payment) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Deed as if they were set out in full again here, as if references to the Agent or the Lenders were to the French Administrative Agent and references to the Borrowers were references to the Chargor and with any other changes which are necessary to fit this context. |
8. | PAYMENTS; NO DEDUCTIONS |
8.1 | Making of payments | |
All payments to be made by the Chargor under this security shall be made promptly on the due date for payment, to the French Administrative Agent’s account at such office or bank as it may notify to the Chargor from time to time. |
8.2 | Payments due on non-Business Days | |
If any payment by the Chargor is due on a non-Business Day, the due date for payment shall instead be the next Business Day unless that is in the next calendar month, in which case, it shall be the preceding Business Day. During any extension of the due date of payment, interest shall be payable on the amount due at the rate payable on that amount on the original due date. | ||
8.3 | Payments to be made in full | |
All payments made or to be made by the Chargor under this security shall be made in full, subject to Clause 8.4 without any deduction, withholding, set-off or counterclaim on account of any taxes or of any claim the Chargor may have against a Lender. | ||
8.4 | Deductions required by law | |
If the Chargor is compelled by law to make payment subject to any deduction or withholding in respect of tax, then it shall account for the same to the relevant authority as and when required by law, and shall pay to the French Administrative Agent all necessary additional amounts to ensure receipt and retention (free from any liability) by the French Administrative Agent of the full amount which it would have |
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received had the payment not been subject to the deduction or withholding and shall promptly provide to the French Administrative Agent a certificate of deduction and such tax receipts and other documents as the French Administrative Agent may require. | ||
8.5 | Application of insufficient payments | |
If on any day the French Administrative Agent receives a payment insufficient to meet all amounts then due and payable by the Chargor under this security, then the French Administrative Agent may apply such payment against those amounts in the order it thinks fit (overriding any application specified by the Chargor). |
9. | SEVERABILITY |
If any part of any provision of this security shall be or become invalid or unenforceable, then the remainder of such provision and all other provisions of this security shall remain valid and enforceable. |
10. | AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS AND RIGHTS |
10.1 | Amendments in writing | |
No amendment or variation of the terms of this security shall be effective unless it is made or confirmed in a written document signed by the parties. |
10.2 | Waivers and releases | |
No delay in exercising or non-exercise by the French Administrative Agent of any of its rights under or in connection with this security shall operate as a release or waiver of that right. Rather, any such waiver or release must be specifically granted in writing signed by an authorised signatory of the French Administrative Agent and shall: |
(a) | be confined to the specific circumstances in which it is given; | ||
(b) | not affect any other enforcement of the same or any other right; and | ||
(c) | (unless it is expressed to be irrevocable) be revocable at any time in writing. |
10.3 | French Administrative Agent’s rights cumulative | |
The rights and remedies of the French Administrative Agent under this security are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies of the French Administrative Agent under the general law. The French Administrative Agent may exercise each of its rights as often as it thinks necessary. |
10.4 | French Administrative Agent’s duties under this security | |
The French Administrative Agent shall be under no duty of any kind to the Chargor in respect of the exercise or non-exercise of any of its rights under this security. The Chargor shall not rely on such exercise or non-exercise in any way. |
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11. | ASSIGNMENT |
Subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, the French Administrative Agent may assign any or all of its rights and transfer any or all of its obligations under this Security without the consent of the Chargor being required to a successor appointed pursuant to Paragraph 2.10, Schedule 8 of the Credit Agreement. |
12. | NOTICES |
All notices, demands and other communications made by the French Administrative Agent relating to this security may (without prejudice to any other effective mode of making the same) be delivered or sent to the Chargor at its registered office from time to time or such other address in the United States of America of which the French Administrative Agent has received no less than 15 Business Days’ prior written actual notice from the Chargor and shall take effect: |
(a) | if delivered, on delivery; | ||
(b) | if posted, at the earlier of the time of delivery and (if posted in the United States of America by registered post) 10 a.m. on the second Business Day after posting; or | ||
(c) | if sent by facsimile, when a complete and legible copy of the communication, whether that sent by facsimile or a hard copy sent by post or delivered by hand, has been received at the appropriate address, |
provided that if any communication would otherwise become effective on a non-Business Day or after 5 p.m. on a Business Day, it shall instead become effective at 10 a.m. on the next Business Day. s196 Law of Property Act 1925 shall not apply to this Deed. |
13. | RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES |
The parties do not intend any term of this Deed to be enforceable pursuant to the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. |
14. | LAW AND JURISDICTION |
The parties agree that this Deed and any non contractual obligations arising out of it or in connection with this Deed are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with English law and for the exclusive benefit of the French Administrative Agent that the courts of England are to have jurisdiction to settle any disputes which may arise in connection with this security; but the Chargor agrees that the French Administrative Agent shall be entitled to bring proceedings in connection with this security in any other court of competent jurisdiction. |
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COVENANTS
1. | NO DISPOSALS OR SECURITY INTERESTS | |
The Chargor shall not, other than as permitted by the Credit Agreement, without the prior written consent of the French Administrative Agent: |
(a) | sell, transfer or otherwise deal in any way with any of the Shares or permit any person other than the Chargor to be registered as holder of any of them; or | ||
(b) | create (or permit to continue or to be created) or suffer to subsist any Security Interest over any of the Shares (whether ranking in priority to, pari passu with or subsequent to this security). |
2. | DEPOSIT AND REGISTRATION | |
The Chargor shall: |
(a) | deposit (or ensure that there are deposited) with the French Administrative Agent and permit the French Administrative Agent to hold and retain: |
(i) | all stock and share certificates and documents of title relating to the Shares; | ||
(ii) | transfers of the Shares duly executed by each person in whose name the shares are registered or held (with the name of the transferee or assignee and consideration and the date left blank), which may, provided an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing unremedied and unwaived, be completed in favour of the French Administrative Agent or otherwise as it may direct; and | ||
(iii) | such other documents as the French Administrative Agent may from time to time require for perfecting its security or after enforcement, title to the Shares (duly executed by or signed on behalf of the registered holder) or for vesting or enabling it to vest the same in itself or its nominees or in any purchaser, |
to the intent that provided an Event of Default has occurred which is continuing unremedied and unwaived, the French Administrative Agent may at any time without notice present them for registration; and | |||
(b) | hold to the order of the French Administrative Agent and deposit with it forthwith (or ensure that there are so held and deposited) all documents of title and related documents from time to time relating to the Shares. |
3. | ISSUE OF SHARES | |
Except as permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Chargor shall ensure that no shares or other securities in or of the Company will be issued or allotted and no agreement, option or arrangement to make or call for such issue or allotment will be made or granted unless such shares upon issue or allotment become subject to this |
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Deed or as equivalent Security Interest granted in favour of the French Administrative Agent without the French Administrative Agent’s prior written consent. If at any time the combined voting power of the Shares charged as security for the Secured Obligations: |
(a) | exceeds 35 per cent. of the total combined voting power of all classes of the share capital of the Company, then the Chargor will cause the Company to issue or reissue, as the case may be and at the request of the French Administrative Agent, separate stock certificates (in the name of such Chargor) to ensure the amount of the Shares charged to the French Administrative Agent satisfies the definition of Charged Shares; or | ||
(b) | is less than 35 per cent. of the total combined voting power of all classes of the share capital of the Company, then the Chargor will charge to the French Administrative Agent by way of first fixed charge, with full title guarantee, all of its rights in and to any additional Company Shares to satisfy the definition of Charged Shares. |
4. | THE COMPANY | |
Except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Chargor shall ensure that the Company does not, unless the prior written consent of the French Administrative Agent has been obtained or unless this will not prejudice the Security in any material respect: |
(a) | in any way modify the rights attached to any of the shares in its issued share capital; | ||
(b) | increase, consolidate, sub-divide or reduce its share capital; | ||
(c) | alter its memorandum or articles of association; or | ||
(d) | purchase its own shares or reduce its share capital. |
5. | NO PREJUDICE | |
The Chargor shall not do or permit or suffer to be done anything (insofar as it is within the power of the Chargor) which may in any way depreciate, jeopardise or otherwise prejudice this Security in any material respect and will immediately inform the French Administrative Agent of any such matter promptly following becoming aware of the same. |
6. | FURTHER ASSURANCE | |
The Chargor shall at the request of the French Administrative Agent and at its own expense promptly execute (in such form as the French Administrative Agent may reasonably require) any Instruments or other documents and otherwise do any acts and things which the French Administrative Agent may reasonably require to improve preserve, perfect or protect the security created (or intended to be created) by this Deed or the priority of it or, after the occurrence of an Event of Default which is continuing unremedied and unwaived, to facilitate the realisation or enforcement of it |
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or to exercise any of the rights of the, French Administrative Agent any other Secured Party or any Receiver in relation to the same. |
7. | WAIVERS OF PRE-EMPTION RIGHTS | |
The Chargor shall ensure that the Shares are, subject to the other terms of this Deed, fully transferable to the French Administrative Agent or such other person as the French Administrative Agent shall direct without restriction in respect of the pre-emption rights or other restrictions in the articles of association of the Company. |
8. | THE CHARGOR AND THE BORROWERS | |
The Chargor shall: |
(a) | hold on trust for the French Administrative Agent any security from time to time held by it from the Borrowers or any other person in respect of the Secured Obligations and (if so required by the French Administrative Agent) forthwith deposit with or assign to the French Administrative Agent such security; | ||
(b) | (and does by this Deed) waive all rights of subrogation and indemnity which it may have against the Borrowers until such time as all Secured Obligations have been paid and discharged in full; and | ||
(c) | not take any step to enforce any right against the Borrowers or any co-guarantor, provided that if the Chargor shall have any right of proof in the bankruptcy or liquidation of the Borrowers in respect of any matters unconnected with this security or any right of contribution from a co-guarantor, then the Chargor shall (if the French Administrative Agent so requests) exercise such rights on behalf of the French Administrative Agent and shall hold any dividend or moneys received in respect of such on trust for the French Administrative Agent. |
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WARRANTIES
1. | TITLE | |
1.1 | Charged Shares | |
The Chargor warrants and represents that with regard to the Charged Shares: |
(a) | the Chargor is the sole beneficial legal owner free from any Security Interest other than the Security Interest created hereunder1; | ||
(b) | they are duly authorised, validly issued fully paid and non-assessable; | ||
(c) | there are no moneys or liabilities outstanding or payable in respect of them or any of them; | ||
(d) | the Chargor is lawfully entitled to create this security over them in favour of the French Administrative Agent; | ||
(e) | they constitute not less than 35 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company; and | ||
(f) | they are fully transferable to the French Administrative Agent or such other person as the French Administrative Agent shall direct without restriction, subject to the other terms of this Deed and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, in respect of the pre-emption rights or restrictions in the articles of association of the Company. |
1.2 | Secondary Shares | |
The Chargor further warrants and represents that Paragraph 1.1 (a) to (d) and (f) will be true and accurate with regard to securities which become Secondary Shares after the execution of this Deed, as at the date on which they become Shares. | ||
2. | NON-COMPLETION | |
The Chargor warrants and represents that it has not taken or received and undertakes not to take or receive the benefit of any security (from the Borrowers or any other person) extending to its liabilities under this security. | ||
3. | THIRD PARTY CHARGOR | |
The Chargor further warrants and represents that the execution, delivery and performance of and the transactions completed by this Deed: |
(a) | are within its objects and powers; |
1 | MB UK to confirm. |
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(b) | have been duly authorised by all necessary corporate and other action; | |
(c) | do not and will not contravene or conflict with its constitutional documents; and | |
(d) | do not contravene or conflict with any applicable law or regulation or judicial order or any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon it or its assets, except to the extent any such contravention or conflict will not have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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POWERS OF THE FRENCH ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND A RECEIVER
1. | DERIVATIVE RIGHTS | |
1.1 | After an Event of Default | |
Provided an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, for the purposes of preserving the value of the security, or of realising it, the French Administrative Agent or its Nominees may exercise in the name of the Chargor or otherwise (without any further consent or authority on the part of the Chargor) any Derivative Rights attached to the Shares and any powers or rights which may be exercisable by the person in whose name the Shares are registered or by the bearer or absolute owner of the Shares including the receipt of dividends or other like payments. | ||
1.2 | Prior to an Event of Default | |
Until an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, the Chargor will be entitled to retain, exercise and deal with the Derivative Rights as it, in its absolute discretion, thinks fit (provided that it will not do or permit to suffer to be done anything which in any way may materially depreciate, jeopardise or prejudice the value of the security, and the French Administrative Agent shall: |
(a) | account to the Chargor for all such Derivative Rights received by it and forward to the Chargor any communications relating to those Derivative Rights which are received by it promptly on such receipt; and | ||
(b) | make available to the Chargor such of the documents deposited with it (or their nominees) pursuant to this Deed and, at the Chargor’s cost and expense, execute such documents and take such other action as the Chargor shall require in order to enable the Chargor to receive or as the case may be exercise or deal with such Derivative Rights, save that the French Administrative Agent shall be entitled to refuse to execute any such documents or take such action if to do so would, in the French Administrative Agent’s reasonable opinion, threaten the validity of this security, or otherwise be in breach of the terms of this Deed. |
2. | ENFORCEMENT | |
2.1 | Disapplication of ss 93(1) and 103 | |
Neither s93 nor s103 Law of Property Act 1925 shall apply to this security. | ||
2.2 | Security enforceable | |
Provided an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived this security shall become enforceable and the French Administrative Agent may at any time after that enforce all or any part of this security as it thinks fit. In particular (but without limitation), it may without further notice exercise in relation to the Shares: |
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(a) | the power of sale and all other powers conferred on mortgagees by the Law of Property Act 1925 (or otherwise by law) as extended, varied or amended by this security; and | ||
(b) | (without first appointing a Receiver) any or all of the powers, authorities and discretions which are conferred by this security (whether expressly or by implication) upon a Receiver. |
All dividends, interest or other payments received or receivable by the French Administrative Agent or its nominee in respect of any of the Shares (whether before or after any Demand) may be applied by the French Administrative Agent as though they were proceeds of sale. | ||
2.3 | Neither French Administrative Agent nor Receiver liable to account | |
Neither the French Administrative Agent or any Receiver shall be liable as a mortgagee in possession or otherwise to account in relation to any of the Shares (except to the extent of actual receipts) for any loss on realisation or for any other action, default or omission for which it or he would otherwise be liable. | ||
3. | APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER | |
3.1 | Appointment | |
At any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived or if the Chargor so requests in writing or if a petition is presented for an administration order to be made under the Insolvency Act 1986 in respect of the Chargor, the French Administrative Agent may (without further notice to the Chargor) appoint in writing (signed by a director of the French Administrative Agent) any one or more persons to be a receiver and/or manager of the Shares (a“Receiver”). Any Receiver so appointed shall (subject to the terms of the instrument of his appointment) have the powers referred to or set out in this security. In the case of joint Receivers, each may (unless the French Administrative Agent otherwise directs) exercise any and all of those powers independently of the other Receiver or Receivers. | ||
3.2 | Receiver’s powers | |
Any Receiver so appointed shall (subject to the terms of the instrument of his appointment) have all powers conferred on receivers by statute, including those set out in Schedule 1 Insolvency Act 1986 even if he is not an administrative receiver as defined in that Act in connection with the sale or disposal of all or any part of the Shares. | ||
3.3 | No restriction on powers of the Receiver | |
The powers referred to in Paragraph 3.2 shall not be subject to any restrictions contained in the Law of Property Act 1925 and shall continue notwithstanding any liquidation of the Chargor. In the case of joint Receivers, each may (unless the creditor otherwise directs) exercise any and all of those powers independently of the other Receiver or Receivers. |
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3.4 | Receiver’s remuneration | |
The French Administrative Agent may from time to time fix the remuneration of any Receiver appointed by it, without being limited by the maximum rate specified in s109(6) Law of Property Act 1925. The French Administrative Agent may also (subject to any necessary approval from the Court) end the appointment of any such Receiver by notice in writing (signed as in Paragraph 3.1) and appoint under Paragraph 3.1 a replacement for any Receiver whose appointment ends for any reason. | ||
3.5 | Receiver agent of Chargor | |
Any Receiver shall be the agent of the Chargor (so that the Chargor shall be solely responsible for his debts, defaults and remuneration), except that if the Chargor goes into liquidation, any Receiver will after that act as a principal (and not as the agent of the French Administrative Agent). | ||
4. | APPROPRIATION OF RECEIPTS | |
Application of moneys received | ||
If any Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing unremedied or unwaived any moneys received by the French Administrative Agent or any Receiver under the powers conferred by this security shall (subject to the payment of any claims having priority to this security but in substitution for s109(8) Law of Property Act 1925) be applied in the following order of priority: |
(a) | in discharging the remuneration of any Receiver and all costs, charges and expenses of and incidental to his appointment, together with interest on such remuneration, costs, charges and expenses accruing on a daily basis under the terms of Section 2.12 (Interest) of the Credit Agreement; then | ||
(b) | in or towards payment or discharge of (or provision of cash cover for) the rest of the Secured Obligations in such manner or order as the French Administrative Agent may decide in its absolute discretion (such decision overriding any appropriation by the Chargor); then | ||
(c) | in payment of the surplus (if any) to the Chargor or any other person entitled to it. |
5. | DELEGATION AND APPOINTMENT OF ATTORNEYS | |
5.1 | Delegation |
(a) | The French Administrative Agent may delegate to any person or persons who in the reasonable opinion of the French Administrative Agent is or are appropriately qualified, all or any of the rights which are exercisable by it under this Security. A delegation under this Clause may be made in any manner (including by power of attorney) and on any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the French Administrative Agent may think fit. |
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(b) | A delegation under Clause 5.1(a) shall not preclude the subsequent exercise of those rights by the French Administrative Agent itself nor preclude the French Administrative Agent from making a subsequent delegation of them to another person or from revoking that delegation. | ||
(c) | The French Administrative Agent shall not be liable or responsible to the Chargor for any loss or damage arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct on the part of any delegate or sub-delegate except, as a court determines, as the result of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the French Administrative Agent. |
5.2 | Appointment as attorney | |
The Chargor irrevocably and by way of security appoints the French Administrative Agent and any Receiver and every delegate referred to in Clause 5.1(a) and each of them jointly and also severally to be its attorney (with full powers of substitution and delegation) and in its name or otherwise and on its behalf and as its act and deed to execute, deliver and perfect all Instruments and other documents and do any other acts and things which may be required or which the attorney may consider desirable: |
(a) | to carry out any obligation imposed on it by this Security which the Chargor has failed to perform promptly following a request to do so from the French Administrative Agent or any Receiver; | ||
(b) | if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, to carry into effect any disposal or other dealing by the French Administrative Agent or any Receiver; | ||
(c) | if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, to convey or transfer any right in land or any other asset; | ||
(d) | if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, to get in the Secured Assets; and | ||
(e) | generally to enable the French Administrative Agent and any Receiver to exercise the respective rights conferred on them by this Security or by applicable law and regulation, |
and the Chargor undertakes to ratify and confirm all acts and things done by an attorney in the exercise or purported exercise of its powers and all monies spent by an attorney shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the French Administrative Agent under this Security. | ||
5.3 | Irrevocable power | |
The Chargor acknowledges that each power of attorney granted by Clause 5.2 is granted irrevocably and for value as part of this Security to secure a proprietary interest of, and the performance of obligations owed to, the done within the meaning of s4 Powers of Attorney Act 1971. |
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6. | RELEASES | |
6.1 | Release automatic |
(a) | On the Discharge Date,the Security Interests granted by this Deed shall automatically be discharged and released and all rights to the Shares as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof shall revert to the Chargor. | ||
(b) | At any time before this Security is released, the French Administrative Agent may, at the written request of the Parent, (i) release from this Security any of the Charged Shares (but not all or substantially all the Charged Shares) with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or (ii) release all or substantially all the Charged Shares from this Security with the prior written consent of all the Lenders. The release of any security shall be at all times without recourse, representation or warranty and be subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement and upon such release, the French Administrative Agent shall promptly return to the Chargor, at the Chargor’s expense, any of the Charged Shares as have been released and which are held by the French Administrative Agent as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof and promptly execute any documents and take any other action, including the return of any share certificates or other documents of title reasonably necessary thereto. |
Upon any sale or other transfer by the Chargor of any of the Charged Shares (as is permitted under the Credit Agreement) to any Person, the Security Interest created by this Deed in such Charged Shares shall be automatically released. | ||
6.2 | Reinstatement |
(a) | Any release, settlement, discharge, reassignment or arrangement (in this paragraph 6, a“release”) made by the French Administrative Agent on the faith of any assurance, security or payment shall be conditional on that assurance, security or payment not being avoided, reduced, clawed back or ordered to be repaid under any law relating to Insolvency. | ||
(b) | If any avoidance, reduction or clawback occurs or order is made as referred to in paragraph 6.2(a), then the release given by the French Administrative Agent shall have no effect and shall not prejudice the right of the French Administrative Agent to enforce this Security in respect of the Secured Obligations. As between the Chargor and the French Administrative Agent, this Security shall (notwithstanding the release) be deemed to have remained at all times in effect and held by the French Administrative Agent as security for the Secured Obligations. |
6.3 | Retention of security | |
If for so long as any assurance, security or payment as is mentioned in paragraph 6.2(a) remains in the reasonable opinion of the French Administrative Agent susceptible to being avoided reduced, clawed back or ordered to be repaid under any law relating to liquidation, bankruptcy or insolvency, the French Administrative |
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Agent may in its absolute discretion retain all or part of its security and other rights under this Deed as security for the Secured Obligations after they have been paid and discharged in full. | ||
7. | REMEDYING DEFAULTS | |
If the Chargor fails to take any action required of it in this Schedule then the French Administrative Agent may, acting reasonably prior to an Event of Default. (without prejudice to any other right it may have) take such action (including but not limited to the action so required but not taken by the Chargor) on the Chargor’s behalf as it thinks fit and the Chargor shall indemnify the French Administrative Agent against any costs and expenses incurred in doing so in accordance with Clause 6.5 (Costs and Expenses). |
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CHARGED SHARES
Charged | Company | |||||||||||||||
Company | Cert no. | Shares | Shares held | % of shares charged | ||||||||||||
Mirion Technologies (IST) Corporation (registered number 00996850) | [•] | 315,000 | 900,000 | 35 | % |
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EXECUTION: | ||||
The Chargor | ||||
SIGNED as a deed by [•], Director, and | ) | |||
[•], [Director/Secretary], duly authorised | ) | |||
for and on behalf ofMIRION | ) | |||
TECHNOLOGIES (IST) CORPORATION: | ||||
Address: | ||||
Facsimile no: | ||||
Electronic mail address: | ||||
For the attention of: | ||||
The French Administrative Agent | ||||
SIGNED as a deed by [•], Director, and | ) | |||
[•], [Director/Secretary], duly authorised | ) | |||
for and on behalf ofJPMORGAN | ) | |||
EUROPE LIMITED: | ||||
Address: | ||||
Facsimile no: | ||||
Electronic mail address: | ||||
For the attention of: |
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(1) MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (IST) LIMITED as English Chargor | ||
(2) J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED as French Administrative Agent |
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SECTION 1 INTERPRETATION | ||||
1. Definitions and interpretation | 1 | |||
SECTION 2 COVENANT TO PAY; GRANTING AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY | ||||
2. Payment of the Secured Liabilities | 7 | |||
3. Security | 7 | |||
4. Crystallisation of floating charge | 9 | |||
5. Perfection of security and further assurance | 10 | |||
SECTION 3 ASSET COVENANTS | ||||
6. Negative pledge and disposals | 12 | |||
7. Other covenants of general application | 12 | |||
8. Properties | 13 | |||
9. Debts and accounts | 13 | |||
10. The Investments | 14 | |||
11. Intellectual Property | 15 | |||
12. Documents | 15 | |||
SECTION 4 ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY | ||||
13. Enforcement – general provisions | 16 | |||
14. Right of appropriation | 17 | |||
15. Appointment of Receiver | 18 | |||
16. Appointment of Administrator | 21 | |||
17. Application of proceeds | 21 | |||
SECTION 5 GENERAL SECURITY PROVISIONS | ||||
18. General security provisions | 23 | |||
19. Power of attorney | 24 | |||
20. Retention of security | 25 | |||
21. Prior security interests | 27 | |||
SECTION 6 ADMINISTRATION | ||||
22. Credit Agreement provisions | 28 | |||
23. Costs | 28 | |||
24. Indemnity | 28 | |||
25. Transfers | 28 | |||
26. Communications | 29 | |||
27. Calculations and certificates | 29 | |||
28. Counterparts | 30 |
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SECTION 7 GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT | ||||
29. Governing law | 31 | |||
30. Enforcement | 31 | |||
Schedules | ||||
1. Specified Investments | 32 | |||
2. Notice of Assignment of insurance | 33 | |||
3. Notice of Charge | 37 |
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(1) | MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (IST) LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered number 00996850) whose registered office is at Harbour Court, Compass Road, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England PO4 4ST (the“English Chargor”); and |
(2) | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, as trustee for the Secured Parties (the“French Administrative Agent”). |
(A) | By a credit agreement dated [•] and made between (1) the Domestic Administrative Agent, (2) the French Administrative Agent , (3) the Parent, (4) the French Borrowers and (5) the Lenders (the“Credit Agreement”), the Lenders have agreed to provide certain facilities to the Borrowers on the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
(B) | The provision of this Debenture is a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement. This is the “English Security Agreement” as defined in Section 1.01 (Defined Terms) of the Credit Agreement. |
(C) | The French Administrative Agent holds the benefit of this Debenture, including the security created and other rights granted in it to the French Administrative Agent or any Secured Party, on trust for the Secured Parties on the terms set out in the Credit Agreement. |
(D) | This document is the deed of the English Chargor, even if it has not been duly executed by the French Administrative Agent or has been executed by the French Administrative Agent but not as a deed. |
INTERPRETATION
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Terms defined in the Credit Agreement | |
Terms defined in the Credit Agreement but not in this Debenture shall have the same meanings in this Debenture as in the Credit Agreement. |
1.2 | Definitions | |
In addition, in this Debenture: | ||
“Administrator”means any administrator appointed to manage the affairs, business and assets of the English Chargor under this Debenture. |
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“Secured Liabilities”means all present and future Obligations of every kind or nature of the English Chargor at any time and from time to time owed to any one or more of the Secured Parties under the Guaranty (French Obligations); but excluding any money, obligation or liability which would cause the convent set out in Clause 2.1 (Covenant to pay) or the security which would otherwise be constituted by this Debenture to be unlawful or prohibited by any applicable law or regulation. | ||
“Secured Parties”means, collectively the French Term Lenders and the French Administrative Agent. | ||
“Security Documents”means this Debenture and any other document guaranteeing or creating security for or supporting the obligations of the English Chargor or any other person to the French Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in connection with the Loan Documents. | ||
“Security Interest”means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset or other security interest securing any obligation of any person or any other agreement or arrangement having a similar effect, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities. | ||
1.3 | Construction |
(a) | Section 1.03 (Terms Generally) of the Credit Agreement shall apply as if set out in full again here, with references to “this Agreement” being construed as references to this Debenture and with such other changes as are appropriate to fit this context. | ||
(b) | In addition, in this Debenture, any reference to: |
(i) | “assets”includes present and future properties, revenues, rights and other assets of every description (and any reference to a particular type or category of assets includes any present or future assets of that type or category); | ||
(ii) | this Debentureincludes the Recitals and Schedules which form part of this Debenture for all purposes; | ||
(iii) | a“disposal”includes any lease, licence, transfer, sale or other disposal of any kind (with related words being construed accordingly); | ||
(iv) | anyLoan Document, otherInstrumentor otherdocumentis to that Loan Document, other Instrument or other document as supplemented, otherwise amended, replaced or novated from time to time (however fundamental that amendment, novation or replacement may be, even if it involves increased, new, additional and/or replacement facilities or an increase in any other amount or rate); |
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(v) | the masculine, feminine or neutergenderrespectively includes the other genders and thesingularincludes the plural (and vice versa); | ||
(vi) | “including”means “including without limitation” (with related words being construed accordingly),“in particular”means “in particular but without limitation” and othergeneral wordsshall not be given a restrictive interpretation by reason of their being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of assets, matters or things; | ||
(vii) | aprovision of lawis to that provision as amended, re-enacted or replaced from time to time and includes any subordinated legislation in force under it from time to time; | ||
(viii) | a“Recital”is to a statement made under the heading “Background” above, any reference to a“Clause”or to a“ Schedule”is to a clause of or a schedule to this Debenture (as the case may be); | ||
(ix) | a“right”includes any title, estate, interest, claim, remedy, power, authority, discretion or other right of any kind, both present and future (and any reference to rights in a particular asset or type or category of assets includes any rights in the proceeds of any disposal of that asset or any assets within that type or category); | ||
(x) | “tax”means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same); | ||
(xi) | “regulation”includes any regulation, rule, official directive, code of practice, guideline, demand or decision (in each case whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation (in the case of any self regulatory authority or organisation, whose instructions or guidelines it is accustomed to act in accordance with); and | ||
(xii) | “this Security”means the Security Interests constituted by or pursuant to this Debenture. |
(c) | The index and Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only. | ||
(d) | If there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Debenture and those of the Credit Agreement, the terms of the Credit Agreement shall prevail. |
1.4 | Third party rights |
(a) | A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or enjoy the benefit of any term of this Debenture. |
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(b) | Notwithstanding Paragraph 2.5, Schedule 8 of the Credit Agreement no consent of any person who is not a Party is required to rescind or vary this Debenture at any time. |
1.5 | Credit Agreement | |
The Parties acknowledge that the English Chargor is fully aware of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement. |
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COVENANT TO PAY; GRANTING AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY
2. | PAYMENT OF THE SECURED LIABILITIES | |
2.1 | Covenant to pay | |
The English Chargor covenants with the French Administrative Agent that it shall pay and discharge, or procure the payment or discharge of, each of the Secured Liabilities at the time and in the manner provided in the relevant Instrument for their payment or discharge by the English Chargor. | ||
2.2 | Interest | |
If the English Chargor fails to pay or procure the payment of any amount payable by it under Clause 2.1 on its due date, interest shall accrue on a daily basis on the overdue amount from the due date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment), on the terms as set out in Section 2.12(d) (Interest) of the Credit Agreement. | ||
2.3 | Further advances | |
This Debenture is made to secure any further advances or other facilities made available by any of the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents; but it does not create any obligation on any of the Secured Parties to make any further advances or other facilities available. | ||
3. | SECURITY | |
3.1 | Fixed charges | |
As security for the payment and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, the English Chargor with full title guarantee (but subject to any Security Interests not prohibited by Clause 6.1 (Negative pledge) charges to the French Administrative Agent by way of first fixed charge (which so far as it relates to land in England and Wales vested in the English Chargor as at the date of this Debenture will be a charge by way of first legal mortgage and so far as it relates to other assets shall take effect as an equitable mortgage): |
(a) | Chattels:all of its rights in any plant, machinery, vehicles, equipment and other chattels (but excluding its stock in trade or work in progress) (to the extent not prohibited or restricted by the terms on which the same are held by it); | ||
(b) | Goodwill:any goodwill and uncalled capital from time to time and all of its rights to future calls in respect of capital; | ||
(c) | Bank accounts:all of its rights in any credit balances on any bank accounts and the indebtedness represented by them (to the extent not prohibited or restricted by the terms on which the same are held by it); |
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(d) | Debts:all of its rights in its Debts (to the extent not prohibited or restricted by the terms on which the same are held by it); | ||
(e) | Shares and other Investments:all of its rights in its Investments (to the extent not prohibited or restricted by the terms on which the same are held by it); | ||
(f) | Intellectual property rights:all of its rights in its Intellectual Property (to the extent not prohibited or restricted by the terms on which such Intellectual Property is held by it); | ||
(g) | Licences:all licences, consents and other Authorisations held in connection with its business or the use of any Secured Assets and all of its rights in connection with them (in each case, to the extent not prohibited or restricted by the terms on which the same are held by it); and | ||
(h) | Documents:all of its rights in any agreements, reports and other documents from time to time relating to all or any part of the Secured Assets (in each case, to the extent not prohibited or restricted by the terms applicable to the same). |
3.2 | Assignments | |
As security for the payment and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, the English Chargor with full title guarantee by way of security (but subject to any Security Interests not prohibited by Clause 6.1 (Negative pledge) and, to the extent not prohibited or restricted by the terms applicable to the same) assigns absolutely to the French Administrative Agent subject to the right to re-assignment contained in Clause 19.1 (Release of Security) all of its rights in its Insurances, including those relating to any Insurance Proceeds provided always that, unless and until an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived and the French Administrative Agent has served a notice in accordance with a Notice of Assignment, the English Chargor shall remain entitled to exercise all its rights, powers and discretions in relation to the Insurances and as it sees fit subject to the provisions of the Loan Documents and to receive any amounts due to the English Chargor in relation to the Insurances and apply such amounts as it sees fit, in each case subject to the other provisions of the Loan Documents. | ||
3.3 | Floating charge | |
As security for the payment and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, the English Chargor with full title guarantee charges to the French Administrative Agent by way of first floating charge the whole of its undertaking and other assets in each case to the extent not prohibited or restricted by the terms applicable to the same or on which it holds those assets (other than assets validly and effectively charged or assigned (whether at law or in equity) pursuant to Clauses 3.1 and 3.2 by way of fixed security and subject to any Security Interests not prohibited by Clause 6.1 (Negative pledge)). Schedule B1, Paragraph 14 IA shall apply to the floating charge contained in this Debenture. |
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If for any reason any Security Interest in respect of any asset created or purported to be created pursuant to this Clause 3 as a fixed charge or assignment does not, or ceases to, take effect as a fixed charge or assignment, then it shall take effect as a first floating charge in respect of such asset without the English Chargor being in breach of any provision of the Loan Documents. | ||
3.4 | Restrictions on charging |
(a) | Until the relevant consent has been obtained, there shall be excluded from the fixed charges created by Clause 3.1(a), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (h) and the floating charge created by Clause 3.3 and from the operation of the further assurance provisions in Clause 5, any asset held by the English Chargor the terms of which either preclude absolutely the English Chargor from creating any Security Interest over such property or require the consent of any third party prior to the creation of such Security Interest where such consent shall not have been previously obtained (each a“Restricted Property”). | ||
(b) | With regard to each item of Restricted Property, the English Chargor undertakes (i) to apply, within 90 days after the later of the date of this Debenture or the date of acquisition of the relevant property, for the consent of the relevant third party to the creation of the Security Interests constituted by the terms of this Debenture, (ii) if at the end of such 90-day period, the English Chargor reasonably believes that the consent of the relevant third party will be forthcoming, to continue to use reasonable endeavours for a further period of 90 days to obtain such consent as soon as possible and (iii) to keep the French Administrative Agent informed of the progress of its negotiations with such third parties, provided that the English Chargor shall not be in breach of the provisions of this Clause 3.4(b) if the terms imposed by such third party as a condition of its granting its consent are unduly onerous or restrictive. It is agreed that if, after the initial 90-day period or, where applicable, the further 90-day period referred to in this Clause 3.4(b), the consent of the relevant third party has not been obtained, the English Chargor shall have no further obligations in respect of that Restricted Property under this Clause 3.4. |
4. | CRYSTALLISATION OF FLOATING CHARGE | |
4.1 | Crystallisation by notice | |
The French Administrative Agent may at any time by notice in writing to the English Chargor convert the floating charge created by the English Chargor in Clause 3.3 (Floating charge) into a fixed charge with immediate effect as regards any Secured Asset specified in the notice if: |
(a) | an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived; or | ||
(b) | the French Administrative Agent reasonably considers that any Secured Asset may be in danger of being seized or sold pursuant to any form of legal process or otherwise in jeopardy. |
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4.2 | Automatic crystallisation | |
The floating charge created by the English Chargor in Clause 3.3 (Floating charge) shall automatically (without notice to the English Chargor) be converted into a fixed charge with immediate effect as regards all assets subject to the floating charge if: |
(a) | the English Chargor creates a Security Interest, except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement, over any Secured Asset or attempts to do so or any Secured Asset is disposed of contrary to Clause 6.2 (No disposals) or is otherwise in jeopardy; | ||
(b) | any person levies or attempts to levy any distress, execution, sequestration or other process against any Secured Asset; or | ||
(c) | the French Administrative Agent becomes aware of or receives notice of a petition for the winding up or application for the administration of the English Chargor where the relevant petition or application is not discharged within 14 Business Days (in the case of a winding up petition) or 5 Business Days (in the case of an administration application) or if the English Chargor is wound up or has an administrator appointed. |
Nothing in this Clause 4 shall affect the crystallisation of the floating charge created by the English Chargor under applicable law and regulation. | ||
5. | PERFECTION OF SECURITY AND FURTHER ASSURANCE | |
5.1 | Notice of Assignment | |
The English Chargor shall: |
(a) | promptly upon a request from the French Administrative Agent deliver (with a copy to the French Administrative Agent), a Notice of Assignment, duly completed to any insurer liable on any Insurance of the English Chargor assigned pursuant to Clause 3.2 (Assignments) specified by the French Administrative Agent; and | ||
(b) | use its reasonable endeavours to procure that each addressee of a Notice of Assignment acknowledges that Notice of Assignment in the form attached to that Notice of Assignment. |
5.2 | Notice of Charge | |
The English Chargor shall: |
(a) | promptly upon a request from the French Administrative Agent deliver (with a copy to the French Administrative Agent), duly completed, a Notice of Charge in respect of any bank accounts that have an individual balance exceeding £35,000, where such accounts in aggregate have a balance exceeding £175,000 (or such equivalent amounts in such other currencies to be determined by reference to the applicable Exchange Rate on the date of the relevant request to deliver a Notice of Charge); |
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(b) | use its reasonable endeavours to procure that each addressee of a Notice of Charge acknowledges that Notice of Charge in the form attached to that Notice of Charge. | ||
For the avoidance of doubt, if an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, the English Chargor shall be required to deliver a duly completed Notice of Charge in respect of all bank accounts opened and maintained by it. Further, any bank to which a Notice of Charge is delivered shall not at any time be deemed to have such Notice of Charge withdrawn by reason of the account balances falling below the thresholds set out in Clause 5.2(a), or for any other reason whatsoever. |
5.3 | Further assurance | |
The English Chargor shall at the request of the French Administrative Agent and at its own expense promptly execute (in such form as the French Administrative Agent may reasonably require) any Instruments or other documents and otherwise do any acts and things which the French Administrative Agent may reasonably require to improve, preserve, perfect or protect the security created (or intended to be created) by this Debenture or the priority of it or, after the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing unremedied and unwaived, to facilitate the realisation or enforcement of it or to exercise any of the rights of the French Administrative Agent, any other Secured Party or any Receiver in relation to the same. |
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ASSET COVENANTS
6. | NEGATIVE PLEDGE AND DISPOSALS | |
6.1 | Negative pledge | |
The English Chargor undertakes that it will not, at any time prior to the Discharge Date, create or permit to subsist any Security Interest over any Secured Asset except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement. | ||
6.2 | No disposals | |
The Chargor undertakes that it will not, at any time prior to the Discharge Date, dispose of (or agree to dispose of) any Secured Asset (except as expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement). | ||
7. | OTHER COVENANTS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | |
7.1 | Maintenance of insurance | |
The English Chargor shall, at all times until the Discharge Date: |
(a) | insure and keep insured, with financially sound, reputable and responsible insurers, those of the Secured Assets which are of an insurable nature, either in the name of the English Chargor with the interest of the French Administrative Agent noted on the Insurances, or in the joint names of the English Chargor and the French Administrative Agent, against risks as are consistent with past practice and as are customarily maintained by prudent companies carrying on businesses similar to those of the English Chargor operating in the same or similar general area and jurisdictions and, after an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, on such terms as the French Administrative Agent may from time to time require; and | ||
(b) | duly and promptly pay all premiums and other monies necessary to effect and maintain its Insurances and shall comply with the conditions and other terms of its Insurances (and upon request by the French Administrative Agent produce to the French Administrative Agent a copy or sufficient extract of each policy) and not do or permit to be done anything which may make its Insurances void or voidable. |
7.2 | Default in relation to insurance | |
If the English Chargor fails to comply with any of its obligations in Clause 7.1, the French Administrative Agent may (within 5 Business Days of notifying the English Chargor of the breach and requesting such breach be rectified), but shall not be required to, take out, renew or maintain the relevant insurance on the terms, in the joint names of the English Chargor and the French Administrative Agent and in the amount(s) which it considers appropriate. |
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7.3 | Application of insurance proceeds | |
Clause 17.3 (Insurance proceeds) provides for the application of any insurance proceeds. | ||
7.4 | Covenants for title | |
The obligations of the English Chargor under this Debenture shall be in addition to the covenants for title deemed to be included in this Debenture by virtue of Part 1 Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. | ||
7.5 | Payments to be made in full | |
All payments made or to be made by the Chargor under this security shall be made in full, subject to Clause 7.6 without any deduction, withholding, set-off or counterclaim on account of any taxes or of any claim the Chargor may have against a Lender. | ||
7.6 | Deductions required by law | |
If the Chargor is compelled by law to make payment subject to any deduction or withholding in respect of tax, then it shall account for the same to the relevant authority as and when required by law, and shall pay to the French Administrative Agent all necessary additional amounts to ensure receipt and retention (free from any liability) by the French Administrative Agent of the full amount which it would have received had the payment not been subject to the deduction or withholding and shall promptly provide to the French Administrative Agent a certificate of deduction and such tax receipts and other documents as the French Administrative Agent may require. | ||
8. | DEBTS AND ACCOUNTS | |
8.1 | Dealings with Debts and Accounts | |
The English Chargor may sell, factor, discount, charge, assign, deal with or apply as it sees fit its Debts or any credit balance on any account unless and until an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, provided that any such action would not be in breach of the terms of any Loan Documents. | ||
8.2 | Release from charge | |
Unless and until an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived any money in respect of the Debts received by the English Chargor shall automatically be released from the fixed charge created by Clause 3.1(d) (Debts) and shall only be subject to the floating charge created by Clause 3.3 (Floating charge)and the English Chargor shall be free to apply those moneys as it sees fit subject to any applicable restrictions in the Loan Document. |
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9. | THE INVESTMENTS | |
9.1 | Delivery of Investment title documents; registration |
(a) | The English Chargor shall, on the date of this Debenture and from time to time, deliver (or procure that there are delivered) to the French Administrative Agent (or a nominee specified by the French Administrative Agent acting on its behalf) all share certificates or other documents of title to or representing its Investments where such Investments (other than in respect of any shares) individually exceed £10,000, together with (in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the French Administrative Agent): |
(i) | if any of the Investments is not in its sole name, a declaration of trust in respect of those Investments in its favour duly executed by each person other than the English Chargor in whose name those Investments are registered or held; | ||
(ii) | any instrument of transfer or assignment of such Investments specified by the French Administrative Agent duly executed by each person in whose name any of those Investments are registered or held (with the name of the transferee or assignee, the consideration and the date left blank); and | ||
(iii) | any other Instrument, other document or thing which the French Administrative Agent may specify to perfect or improve its security over the English Chargor’s Investments. |
(b) | The French Administrative Agent shall be entitled to hold or retain (or have its nominee hold or retain) all items delivered pursuant to Clause 9.1(a). |
9.2 | Rights before an Enforcement Event |
(a) | Unless and until an Enforcement Event has occurred which is continuing unremedied and unwaived, the English Chargor shall be entitled to: |
(i) | hold, receive and retain all dividends, interest and other monies paid on and received by it in respect of the English Chargor’s Investments; | ||
(ii) | exercise all voting and other rights attached to the English Chargor’s Investments other than in a manner which would be prejudicial in any material respect to this Security or the security created by any other Security Document; and |
(b) | The English Chargor shall not without the prior written consent of the French Administrative Agent, permit or agree to any variation of the rights attaching to the Investments, participate in any rights issue, elect to receive or vote in favour of receiving any dividend other than in the form of cash or participate in any resolution concerning a winding-up, liquidation or administration in each case other than in a manner which would not be prejudicial in any material respect to this Security or the security created by any other Security Document. |
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9.3 | Rights after an Enforcement Event | |
After the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing unremedied and unwaived, the French Administrative Agent and its nominee(s) may at the French Administrative Agent’s discretion (and in the name of the English Chargor or otherwise) exercise all voting and other rights attached to the Investments and all rights to receive dividends, interest and other monies paid on or to be received in respect of the Investments and have any of the Investments registered in its name or in the name of a nominee specified by it acting on its behalf. | ||
10. | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | |
At all times until the Discharge Date: |
(a) | the English Chargor shall do all acts and things which may be necessary to preserve and maintain the subsistence and validity of its Intellectual Property which is, in the reasonable opinion of the English Chargor, necessary at any given time for the operation of its business; and | ||
(b) | the English Chargor shall not use or permit any of its Intellectual Property which is, in the reasonable opinion of the English Chargor, necessary at any given time for the operation of its business to be used in any way which may materially and adversely affect its value. |
11. | DOCUMENTS | |
11.1 | Dealings | |
The English Chargor shall remain entitled to exercise all its rights, powers and discretions in relation to the documents subject to a fixed charge under Clause 3.1(h) (Documents) as it sees fit and to receive any amounts due to the English Chargor in relation to the documents subject to a fixed charge under Clause 3.1(h) (Documents) and apply such amounts as it sees fit unless and until an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, provided that any such action would not be in breach of the terms of any of the Loan Documents. | ||
11.2 | Release from charge | |
Unless and until an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, any money in respect of the documents received by the English Chargor shall automatically be released from the fixed charge created by Clause 3.1(h) (Documents) and shall only be subject to the floating charge created by Clause 3.3 (Floating charge) and the English Chargor shall be free to apply those moneys as it sees fit subject to any applicable restrictions in the Loan Documents. |
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ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY
12. | ENFORCEMENT – GENERAL PROVISIONS | |
12.1 | Enforcement | |
Provided an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived: |
(a) | the Secured Parties shall cease to be under any further commitment to any Loan Party and the French Administrative Agent may at any time (notwithstanding any conflicting agreement or arrangement) by notice to the English Chargor render the Secured Liabilities (or such of them as the French Administrative Agent may specify) immediately due and payable or payable immediately on demand; and | ||
(b) | this Security shall become immediately enforceable and the French Administrative Agent may enforce all or any of its rights under this Debenture as it thinks fit. In particular, it may without further notice exercise in relation to the Secured Assets: |
(i) | the power of sale and all other powers conferred on mortgagees by the LPA (or otherwise by law) or on an administrative receiver by the IA, in either case as extended or otherwise amended by this Debenture; | ||
(ii) | to the extent that Clause 13 (Right of appropriation) applies, the power to appropriate the Secured Assets in or towards the payment and discharge of the Secured Liabilities in accordance with Clause 13.2 (Exercise of right of appropriation); and | ||
(iii) | (without first appointing a Receiver) any or all of the rights which are conferred by this Debenture (whether expressly or by implication) on a Receiver, including those relating to Leases set out in Clause 15.2(d) (Dealing with Secured Assets). |
12.2 | LPA provisions |
(a) | The Secured Liabilities shall be deemed for the purposes of all powers implied by statute to have become due and payable within the meaning of s101 LPA immediately on the execution of this Debenture. | ||
(b) | s93(1) LPA (restriction on the consolidation of mortgages), s103 LPA (restricting the power of sale) and s109 LPA (restricting the power to appoint a receiver) shall not apply to this Security. |
12.3 | Protection of third parties |
(a) | No purchaser, mortgagee or other person dealing with a Receiver or the French Administrative Agent shall be bound to enquire whether its right to exercise any of its rights has arisen or become exercisable, or be concerned as to the application of any money paid, raised or borrowed or as to the propriety |
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or regularity of any sale by or other dealing with that Receiver or the French Administrative Agent. |
(b) | All of the protection to purchasers contained in ss104 and 107 LPA and s42(3) IA shall apply to any person purchasing from or dealing with a Receiver or the French Administrative Agent as if the Secured Liabilities had become due and the statutory powers of sale and of appointing a Receiver in relation to the Secured Assets had arisen on the date of this Debenture. |
12.4 | Delegation |
(a) | The French Administrative Agent may delegate to any person or persons who in the reasonable opinion of the French Administrative Agent is or are appropriately qualified, all or any of the rights which are exercisable by it under this Debenture. A delegation under this Clause may be made in any manner (including by power of attorney) and on any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the French Administrative Agent may think fit. | ||
(b) | A delegation under Clause 12.4(a) shall not preclude the subsequent exercise of those rights by the French Administrative Agent itself nor preclude the French Administrative Agent from making a subsequent delegation of them to another person or from revoking that delegation. | ||
(c) | The French Administrative Agent shall not be liable or responsible to the English Chargor for any loss or damage arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct on the part of any delegate or sub-delegate except, as a court determines, as the result of the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the French Administrative Agent. |
12.5 | No liability | |
None of the French Administrative Agent, any Receiver or any Administrator shall be liable as a mortgagee in possession or otherwise to account in relation to all or any part of the Secured Assets for any loss on realisation or for any other action, default or omission for which it or he might be liable. | ||
13. | RIGHT OF APPROPRIATION | |
13.1 | Application of right of appropriation | |
This Clause 13 applies to the extent the Secured Assets constitute “financial collateral” and this Debenture constitutes a “financial collateral arrangement” (within the meaning of the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No. 2) Regulations 2003). | ||
13.2 | Exercise of right of appropriation | |
If and to the extent that this Clause 13 applies, the French Administrative Agent may appropriate the Secured Assets. If the French Administrative Agent exercises its right of appropriation then it shall for these purposes value: |
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(a) | any relevant bank account and the amount standing to the credit of that account, together with any accrued interest not credited to the account, at the time of the appropriation; and | ||
(b) | any other relevant Secured Asset by reference to an independent valuation or other procedure determined by the French Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, at the time of the appropriation. |
14. | APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER | |
14.1 | Appointment of Receiver | |
Without prejudice to any statutory or other powers of appointment of the French Administrative Agent under the LPA as extended by this Debenture or otherwise, at any time after an Enforcement Event has occurred which is continuing unremedied and unwaived or if the English Chargor so requests in writing at any time the French Administrative Agent may without further notice to the English Chargor do any of the following: |
(a) | appoint by deed or otherwise (acting through a duly authorised officer) any one or more persons qualified to act as a Receiver to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Secured Assets; | ||
(b) | either at the time of appointment or any time after that appointment fix his or their remuneration (without being limited by the maximum rate specified in s109(6) LPA); and | ||
(c) | (except as otherwise required by statute) remove any Receiver and appoint another or others in his or their place. |
14.2 | Powers of Receiver | |
Every Receiver shall have in relation to the Secured Assets (every reference in this Clause 14.2 to“Secured Assets”being a reference only to all or any part of the Secured Assets in respect of which that Receiver was appointed) the powers granted by the LPA to any receiver appointed under it or to any mortgagor or mortgagee in possession and (whether or not the Receiver is an administrative receiver) the powers granted by the IA to any administrative receiver, all as varied and extended by this Debenture. In addition, but without limiting the preceding sentence, every Receiver shall have power to do the following: |
(a) | Collection:enter on, take possession of, collect and get in the Secured Assets and collect and get in all rents and other income whether accrued before or after the date of his appointment and for those purposes make any demands and take any actions or other proceedings which may seem to him expedient; | ||
(b) | Compliance with Debenture:comply with and perform all or any of the acts, matters, omissions or things undertaken to be done or omitted by the English Chargor under this Debenture; |
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(c) | Management of business:carry on, manage, develop, reconstruct, amalgamate or diversify the business of the English Chargor or any part of it in such manner as he shall in his discretion think fit; |
(d) | Dealing with Secured Assets:sell or otherwise dispose of the Secured Assets, grant Leases, easements, rights or options over or in respect of them and surrender, accept the surrender or vary any Lease, agreement or arrangement relating to them. This power may be exercised without the need to comply with ss99 and 100 LPA. Any disposal or other dealing under this Clause 14.2(d) may be effected in the manner and on the terms which he thinks fit, for consideration consisting of cash, debentures or other obligations, shares or other valuable consideration and this consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over a period as he may think fit; |
(e) | Severance of assets:sever from the premises to which they are annexed and sell separately (in accordance with Clause 14.2(d)) any plant, machinery or fixtures; |
(f) | Upkeep of Secured Assets:repair, decorate, furnish, maintain, alter, improve, replace, renew or add to the Secured Assets as he shall think fit and effect, maintain, renew or increase indemnity insurance and other insurances and obtain bonds; |
(g) | Dealing with third parties:appoint or dismiss officers, employees, contractors or other agents and employ professional advisers and others on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as he may think fit; |
(h) | Agreements:perform, repudiate, terminate, amend or enter into any arrangement or compromise any contracts or agreements which he may consider expedient; |
(i) | Proceedings:settle, arrange, compromise or submit to arbitration any accounts, claims, questions or disputes which may arise in connection with the business of the English Chargor or the Secured Assets and bring, prosecute, defend, enforce, compromise, submit to and discontinue any actions, suits, arbitrations or other proceedings; |
(j) | Uncalled capital:make calls on the shareholders of the English Chargor in respect of any of its uncalled capital; |
(k) | Rights in connection with Secured Assets:exercise or permit the English Chargor or any nominee of the English Chargor to exercise any rights incidental to the ownership of the Secured Assets in such manner as he may think fit; |
(l) | Subsidiaries:form a subsidiary or subsidiaries of the English Chargor and transfer, lease or license to it or them or any other person the Secured Assets on such terms as he may think fit; |
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carrying on, improvement or realisation of the Secured Assets or the business of the English Chargor or otherwise for the benefit of the Secured Assets; | |||
(n) | Landlord and tenant powers:exercise any rights conferred on a landlord or a tenant by any applicable law or regulation in relation to the Secured Assets; | ||
(o) | Raising money:in the exercise of any of the rights conferred on him by this Debenture or for any other purpose to raise and borrow money either unsecured or secured and either in priority to, pari passu with or subsequent to this Security and generally on such terms as he may think fit; | ||
(p) | Receipts and discharges:give valid receipts for all monies and execute all discharges, assurances and other documents which may be proper or desirable for realising the Secured Assets and redeem, discharge or compromise any Security Interest whether or not having priority to the Security or any part of it; | ||
(q) | All other acts:execute and do all such other acts, things and documents as he may consider necessary or desirable for the realisation or preservation of the Secured Assets or incidental or conducive to any of the rights conferred on or vested in him under or by virtue of this Debenture or otherwise and exercise and do in relation to the Secured Assets, and at the cost of the English Chargor, all the rights and things which he would be capable of exercising or doing if he were the absolute beneficial owner of the same; and | ||
(r) | Name of English Chargor:use the name of the English Chargor or his own name to exercise all or any of the rights conferred by this Debenture. |
14.3 | Agent of the English Chargor | |
Any Receiver appointed under this Debenture whether acting solely or jointly shall be deemed to be the agent of the English Chargor and to be in the same position as a receiver appointed under the LPA and the English Chargor shall be solely responsible for his acts, omissions, defaults, losses and misconduct and for his remuneration and the French Administrative Agent shall not be in any way liable or responsible either to the English Chargor or to any other person for any Receiver. | ||
14.4 | Joint appointment | |
If at any time two or more persons have been appointed as Receivers of the same Secured Assets, each one of those Receivers shall be entitled to exercise individually all of the rights conferred on Receivers under this Debenture to the exclusion of the other or others in relation to any of the Secured Assets in respect of which he has been appointed unless the French Administrative Agent shall state otherwise in the document appointing him. |
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15. | APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR | |
15.1 | Appointment of Administrator |
(a) | The French Administrative Agent may without notice appoint any one or more persons to be an administrator of the English Chargor pursuant to Schedule B1, Paragraph 14 IA at any time after this Security has become enforceable. | ||
(b) | Clause 16.1(a) shall not apply to the English Chargor if Schedule B1, Paragraph 14 IA does not permit an administrator of the English Chargor to be appointed. | ||
(c) | Any appointment under Clause 16.1(a) shall be in writing signed by a duly authorised officer of the French Administrative Agent. |
15.2 | Replacement of an Administrator | |
The French Administrative Agent may (subject to any necessary approval from the court) end the appointment of any Administrator by notice in writing signed by a duly authorised officer and appoint under Clause 15.1 a replacement for any Administrator whose appointment ends for any reason. |
16. | APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS | |
16.1 | Order of priority | |
If any Enforcement Event shall have occurred and is continuing unremedied or unwaived any moneys received by the French Administrative Agent or any Receiver under the powers conferred by this security shall (subject to the payment of any claims having priority to this security but in substitution for s109(8) Law of Property Act 1925) be applied in the following order of priority: |
(a) | in discharging the remuneration of any Receiver and all costs, charges and expenses of and incidental to his appointment, together with interest on such remuneration, costs, charges and expenses accruing on a daily basis under the terms of Section 2.12 (Interest) of the Credit Agreement; then | ||
(b) | in or towards payment or discharge of (or provision of cash cover for) the rest of the Secured Liabilities in such manner or order as the French Administrative Agent may decide in its absolute discretion (such decision overriding any appropriation by the English Chargor); then | ||
(c) | in payment of the surplus (if any) to the English Chargor or any other person entitled to it. |
16.2 | Security accounts | |
Until the Discharge Date and if an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, the French Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, apply any part of the monies standing to the credit of any bank account referred to in Clause 3.1(c) (Bank accounts) in accordance with Clause 16.1. |
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16.3 | Insurance proceeds |
(a) | All monies received by the English Chargor by virtue of any Insurance on the Secured Assets, whether or not effected under this Debenture: |
(i) | shall be deemed part of the Secured Assets; and | ||
(ii) | (subject to any rights of third parties arising under any applicable law and regulation relating to the application of insurance monies shall, at any time after the Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, at the election of the French Administrative Agent, be applied towards making good the loss or damage in respect of which the moneys were received or paid to the French Administrative Agent towards the discharge of the Secured Liabilities. Subject to the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing unremedied and unwaived, this shall apply whether the event pursuant to which those monies became payable occurred before, on or after the date of this Debenture. |
(b) | Subject to the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing unremedied and unwaived, any monies so paid to the French Administrative Agent or otherwise received by the French Administrative Agent by virtue of any insurance on the Secured Assets shall be applied at the discretion of the French Administrative Agent either in reduction of the Secured Liabilities or in or towards making good the loss or damage in respect of which they became payable. The English Chargor waives any right it may have to require that those monies be applied in or towards making good the loss or damage in respect of which they became payable. | ||
(c) | Subject to the occurrence of an Enforcement Event which is continuing unremedied and unwaived, any monies received by the English Chargor by virtue of any Insurance on the Secured Assets shall be held on trust for the French Administrative Agent until those monies are paid to the French Administrative Agent in accordance with this Clause 16.3. |
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GENERAL SECURITY PROVISIONS
17. | GENERAL SECURITY PROVISIONS | |
17.1 | Continuing security | |
This Debenture is a continuing security and regardless of any intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part to any Secured Party, shall be binding until the date (the“Discharge Date”) on which the French Term Loans have been repaid in full and all other amounts of the Secured Liabilities then due and payable have been paid in full. | ||
17.2 | Additional security | |
This Debenture is in addition to and is not in any way prejudiced by any other guarantee or Security Interest now or subsequently held by or on behalf of the French Administrative Agent. | ||
17.3 | Waiver of defences | |
The obligations of the English Chargor under this Debenture will not be discharged, impaired or otherwise affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Clause 17.3, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its obligations under this Debenture, including (whether or not known to it or the French Administrative Agent): |
(a) | any time, waiver, consent or other indulgence granted to, or composition with, the English Chargor or any other person; | ||
(b) | the release of any other Loan Party or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor; | ||
(c) | the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or Security Interest over the assets of, the English Chargor or any other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any Instrument or any failure to take, or failure to realise the full value of, any Security Interest; | ||
(d) | any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or Insolvency or change in the members or status of the English Chargor or any other person; or | ||
(e) | any disclaimer, unenforceability, illegality, invalidity or ineffectiveness of any of the Secured Liabilities or any other obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other Instrument or Security Interest. |
17.4 | Immediate recourse | |
The English Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party to proceed against or enforce any Security Interest or other rights or claim payment |
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from any other person before claiming from it under this Debenture. This waiver applies irrespective of any applicable law and regulation or any provision of any Loan Document to the contrary. | ||
17.5 | Discretion in enforcement | |
Until the Discharge Date, the French Administrative Agent or any Receiver may: |
(a) | refrain from applying or enforcing any other monies, Security Interests or other rights held or received by it in respect of the Secured Liabilities or apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against the Secured Liabilities or otherwise) and the English Chargor shall not be entitled to the benefit of the same; and | ||
(b) | hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any monies received from the English Chargor or on account of the Secured Liabilities. |
17.6 | Subsequent Security Interests | |
At any time following: |
(a) | the French Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party’s receipt of notice (either actual or constructive) of any subsequent Security Interest affecting the Secured Assets other than as permitted under the Loan Documents; | ||
(b) | the Insolvency (except for any solvent liquidation, reconstruction, reorganisation, scheme of arrangement or other analogous proceeding) of the English Chargor; or | ||
(c) | any disposal of all or any of the Secured Assets in breach of Clause 6.2 (No disposals), |
any Secured Party may open a new account or accounts in the name of the English Chargor (whether or not it permits any existing account to continue). If a Secured Party does not open such a new account, it shall nevertheless be treated as if it had done so at the time when the notice was received or was deemed to have been received or, as the case may be, the Insolvency commenced or the assignment or transfer occurred and from that time all payments made by the English Chargor to, the Secured Party or received by the Secured Party for the account of the English Chargor shall be credited or treated as having been credited to the new account and shall not operate to reduce the amount secured by this Debenture at the time when the Secured Party received or was deemed to have received that notice or, as the case may be, the Insolvency commenced or the assignment or transfer occurred. | ||
18. | POWER OF ATTORNEY | |
18.1 | Appointment | |
The English Chargor irrevocably and by way of security appoints the French Administrative Agent and any Receiver and every delegate referred to in Clause 12.4 (Delegation) and each of them jointly and also severally to be its attorney (with full powers of substitution and delegation) and in its name or otherwise and on its behalf |
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(a) | to carry out any obligation imposed on it by this Debenture which the English Chargor has failed to perform promptly following a request to do so from the French Administrative Agent or any Receiver; | ||
(b) | if an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, to carry into effect any disposal or other dealing by the French Administrative Agent or any Receiver; | ||
(c) | if an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, to convey or transfer any right in land or any other asset; | ||
(d) | if an Enforcement Event has occurred and is continuing unremedied and unwaived, to get in the Secured Assets; and | ||
(e) | generally to enable the French Administrative Agent and any Receiver to exercise the respective rights conferred on them by this Debenture or by applicable law and regulation, |
and the English Chargor undertakes to ratify and confirm all acts and things done by an attorney in the exercise or purported exercise of its powers and all monies spent by an attorney shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the French Administrative Agent under this Debenture. | ||
18.2 | Irrevocable power | |
The English Chargor acknowledges that each power of attorney granted by Clause 18.1 is granted irrevocably and for value as part of this Security to secure a proprietary interest of, and the performance of obligations owed to, the donee within the meaning of s4 Powers of Attorney Act 1971. | ||
19. | RELEASE AND RETENTION OF SECURITY | |
19.1 | Release of Security |
(a) | On the Discharge Date, the Security Interests granted by this Debenture shall automatically be discharged and released and all rights to the Secured Assets as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof shall revert to the English Chargor. | ||
(b) | At any time before the Discharge Date, the French Administrative Agent may, at the written request of the English Chargor or the Parent; |
(i) | release any Secured Interests (but not over all or substantially all the Secured Assets) with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders; or | ||
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Any release or discharge of this Security or re-assignment shall under this paragraph (b) not release or discharge the English Chargor from any liability to the French Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for the Secured Liabilities or any other monies which exists independently of this Debenture. | |||
(c) | Upon any sale or other transfer by the English Chargor of any Secured Assets (as is permitted under the Credit Agreement to any Person) the Security created by this Debenture in such assets shall be automatically released and the French Administrative Agent shall, at the request and cost of the English Chargor, promptly on completion of such disposal or transfer execute any documents and take any other action reasonably necessary (including the return of any share certificates or other documents of title to the English Chargor) to release the English Chargor from the Security created by this Debenture and re-assign all of the Secured Assets that are subject to such disposal, provided that any release and re-assignment shall only be granted if no Enforcement Event has occurred which is continuing unremedied and unwaived. | ||
(d) | If the release from the Security created by this Debenture and re-assignment of any of the Secured Assets (the“Relevant Secured Assets”) is necessary to enable the English Chargor to deal with such Relevant Secured Assets in a manner permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents, then the French Administrative Agent shall at the request and cost of the English Chargor execute any document and take any other action, including the return to the English Chargor of any share certificates or other documents of title, reasonably necessary to release and re-assign the Relevant Secured Assets from the Security created under this Debenture, provided that any release and re-assignment shall only be granted if no Enforcement Event has occurred which is continuing unremedied and unwaived. |
19.2 | Reinstatement |
(a) | Any release, settlement, discharge, re-assignment or arrangement (in this Clause 19, a“release”) made by the French Administrative Agent on the faith of any assurance, security or payment shall be conditional on that assurance, security or payment not being avoided, reduced, clawed back or ordered to be repaid under any law relating to Insolvency. | ||
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19.3 | Retention of security |
(a) | If for so long as any assurance, security or payment as is mentioned in Clause 19.2(a) remains in the reasonable opinion of the French Administrative Agent susceptible to being avoided, reduced, clawed back or ordered to be repaid under any law relating to liquidation, bankruptcy or insolvency, the French Administrative Agent may in its absolute discretion retain all or part of its security and other rights under this Debenture as security for the Secured Liabilities after they have been paid and discharged in full. | ||
(b) | If at any time whilst all or part of the rights of the French Administrative Agent under this Debenture are so retained a petition is presented to a competent court for a winding-up order to be made in respect of the English Chargor, steps are taken to wind up the English Chargor voluntarily, an application is made to a competent court for an administration order to be made in respect of the English Chargor, a notice of intention to appoint an administrator to the English Chargor is filed at court or the appointment of an administrator to the English Chargor takes effect, then the French Administrative Agent may continue to retain all or part of this Security, those documents and those other rights for any further period as the French Administrative Agent may in its absolute discretion determine. |
20. | PRIOR SECURITY INTERESTS | |
20.1 | Redemption | |
The French Administrative Agent may at any time: |
(a) | redeem, or procure the transfer to itself of, any prior Security Interest other than a Security Interest permitted under the Loan Documents over any Secured Assets; or | ||
(b) | settle and pass the accounts of the holder of any prior Security Interest other than a Security Interest permitted under the Loan Documents. Any accounts so settled and passed shall, except in the case of manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Chargor. |
20.2 | Costs of redemption | |
All principal monies, interest, costs, expenses and other amounts incurred in and incidental to any redemption or transfer under Clause 20.1 shall be paid by the English Chargor to the French Administrative Agent within three Business Days after demand. |
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ADMINISTRATION
21. | CREDIT AGREEMENT PROVISIONS | |
Sections 1.05 (Currency Translation), 2.16 (Taxes), 5.03 (Existence;Conduct of business) 5.04 (Payments of Obligations), 5.06 (Books; Records; Inspection Rights) 9.02 (Waivers;Amendments), 9.07 (Severability), 9.12 (Confidentiality) and 9.15 (Currency of Payment) of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Debenture as if they were set out in full again here, as if references to the Agent or the Lenders were to the French Administrative Agent and references to the Borrower were references to the English Chargor and with any other changes which are necessary to fit this context. | ||
22. | COSTS | |
22.1 | Costs and expenses | |
The English Chargor shall pay to the French Administrative Agent all costs and expenses in accordance with Clause [•] of the Guaranty (French Obligations), together with interest from the date it is incurred or becomes payable up to the date of receipt by the French Administrative Agent (both before and after judgment), accruing on a daily basis under the terms of Section 2.12(d) (Interest) of the Credit Agreement. | ||
22.2 | Taxes | |
The English Chargor shall pay all stamp, registration and other taxes to which this Debenture, this Security or any judgment or order given in connection with this Debenture may at any time be subject and shall within three Business Days after demand indemnify the French Administrative Agent against any Losses resulting from any failure to pay or delay in paying the same. | ||
23. | INDEMNITY | |
The English Chargor shall indemnify and keep indemnified the French Administrative Agent and every Receiver, attorney, manager, agent, employee or other person appointed by the French Administrative Agent under this Debenture in accordance with Clause [•] of the Guaranty (French Obligations), together with interest from the earlier of the date of demand by the French Administrative Agent and the date of payment up to the date of receipt by the French Administrative Agent (both before and after judgment), accruing on a daily basis under the terms of Section 2.12(d) (Interest) of the Credit Agreement. | ||
24. | TRANSFERS | |
24.1 | French Administrative Agent | |
The French Administrative Agent may assign any or all of its rights and transfer any or all of its obligations under this Debenture without the consent of the English Chargor being required to a successor appointed pursuant to Paragraph 2.10, Schedule 8 of the Credit Agreement. |
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24.2 | English Chargor | |
Subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, the English Chargor may not assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Debenture. | ||
25. | COMMUNICATIONS | |
25.1 | Communications in writing | |
Any communication to be made or provided under or in connection with this Debenture (including any notices, waivers, consents or other documents) shall be made or provided in English and in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be delivered by fax, post or personal delivery. | ||
25.2 | Addresses | |
The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication to be made or delivered under or in connection with this Debenture is that identified with its execution of this Debenture at the end of the Schedules or any substitute address, fax number or department or officer as the relevant Party may notify to the other party by not less than 15 Business Days’ notice. | ||
25.3 | Delivery |
(a) | Any communication made or provided by one Party to another under or in connection with this Debenture will only be effectively made or provided: |
(i) | if delivered by fax, when received in legible form; or | ||
(ii) | if delivered by post or personal delivery, when it has been left at the relevant address or (subject to Clause 25.3(b)) five Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to the recipient at that address. |
(b) | Any communication to be made or provided to the French Administrative Agent will be effectively made or provided only when actually received by the French Administrative Agent and then only if it is expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer specified as part of its address details provided under Clause 25.2. |
26. | CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES | |
26.1 | Accounts | |
In any litigation or other proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Debenture, the entries made in the accounts maintained by the French Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party are prima facie evidence of the matters to which they relate. |
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26.2 | Certificates or determinations | |
Any certificate or determination of the French Administrative Agent as to any matter provided for in this Debenture is, in the absence of manifest or proven error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates. | ||
27. | COUNTERPARTS | |
This Debenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures (and if applicable, seals) on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Debenture. |
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GOVERNING LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
28. | GOVERNING LAW | |
This Debenture and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this Debenture are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with, English law. | ||
29. | ENFORCEMENT |
(a) | The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Debenture (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Debenture) (a“Dispute”). | ||
(b) | The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly neither Party will argue to the contrary. | ||
(c) | This Clause 29 is for the benefit of the French Administrative Agent only. As a result, the French Administrative Agent shall not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the French Administrative Agent may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. |
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Company | percentage of | |||||||||||
Company | number | Shares held | Class | class held | ||||||||
Resolve Optics Limited | 04552334 | 12 | A ordinary shares | 21 per cent. |
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NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF INSURANCE
(a) | you shall continue to deal with us in relation to the Policy, and pay or release to us all moneys to which we are entitled under the Policy, until you receive written notice to the contrary from the French Administrative Agent. Thereafter, we shall cease to have any right to deal with you in relation to the Policy and from that time you should deal only with the French Administrative Agent; | |
(b) | following notice from the French Administrative Agent: |
(i) | we irrevocably and unconditionally instruct and authorise you (despite any previous instructions which we may have given to the contrary) to pay all monies payable by you to us under the Policy, including the proceeds of all claims, to such bank account as the French Administrative Agent may from time to time specify in writing; | ||
(ii) | all of the powers, discretions, remedies and other rights which would, but for the Debenture, be vested in us under and in respect of the Policy will be exercisable by the French Administrative Agent; and |
(c) | we agree that: |
(i) | none of the instructions, authorisations and confirmations in this notice can be revoked or varied in any way except with the French Administrative Agent’s prior written consent; and | ||
(ii) | you are authorised to disclose any information in relation to the Policy to the French Administrative Agent at the French Administrative Agent’s request. |
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By:[Name of signatory]
Details of Policy | ||
Name of insured: | [•] | |
Nature of policy: | [•] | |
Policy number: | [•] | |
Expiry date: | [•] |
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(a) | we consent to the assignment of the Policy and will comply with the terms of that notice; |
(b) | we have not, as at the date of this acknowledgement, received any notice that any third party has or will have any right in, or has made or will be making any claim or demand or taking any action in respect of, the rights of the English Chargor under or in respect of the Policy; |
(c) | if the English Chargor is in breach of any of its obligations, express or implied, under the Policy or if any event occurs which would permit us to terminate, cancel or surrender the Policy we will: |
(i) | immediately on becoming aware of it, give you written notice of that breach; and | ||
(ii) | accept as an adequate remedy for that breach, performance by you of those obligations within 30 days of that notice; |
(d) | we confirm that we shall not exercise any right of combination, consolidation or set-off which we may have in respect of any debt owed to us by the English Chargor. |
By:[Name of signatory]
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NOTICE OF CHARGE
(a) | to disclose to the French Administrative Agent (without any reference to or further authority from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for the disclosure), any information relating to the Account which the French Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time, request; |
(b) | at any time and from time to time on receipt by you of any written instruction from the French Administrative Agent, to release any amount of the Balances and to act in accordance with that instruction (without any reference to or further authority from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for the instruction or the validity of the same); and |
(c) | following the giving of notice by the French Administrative Agent, to comply with the terms of any written notice, statement or instruction in any way relating or purporting to relate to the Account, the Balances or the indebtedness represented by it or them which you may receive at any time and from time to time from the French Administrative Agent (without any reference to or further authority from us and without any enquiry by you as to the justification for the notice, statement or instruction or the validity of it). |
(i) | none of the instructions, authorisations and confirmations in this notice can be revoked or varied in any way except with the French Administrative Agent’s prior written consent; and |
(ii) | you are authorised to disclose any information in relation to the Account to the French Administrative Agent at the French Administrative Agent’s request. |
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(a) | we consent to the charge of the Account and will comply with the terms of that notice; |
(b) | there does not exist in our favour, and we undertake not to create, assert, claim or exercise, any mortgage, fixed or floating charge, assignment or other security interest of any kind or any agreement or arrangement having substantially the same economic or financial effect as any of the above (including any rights of counter-claim, rights of set-off or combination of accounts over or with respect to all or any part of the Account and/or the Balances (as defined in that notice); |
(c) | we have not, as at the date of this acknowledgement, received any notice that any third party has or will have any right in, or has made or will be making any claim or demand or taking any action in respect of, the rights of the English Chargor under or in respect of the Account or the Balances; and |
(d) | we undertake that, on our becoming aware at any time that any person other than the French Administrative Agent has or will have any right in, or has made or will be making any claim or demand or taking any action in respect of the Account or the Balances, we will immediately give written notice of that to the French Administrative Agent. |
[Name of bank]
By:[Name of signatory]
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EXECUTION of the Debenture: | ||||
The English Chargor | ||||
SIGNED as a deed by [•], Director, and | ) | |||
[•], [Director/Secretary], duly authorised | ) | |||
for and on behalf ofMIRION | ) | |||
TECHNOLOGIES (IST) LIMITED: | ||||
Address: | ||||
Facsimile no: | ||||
Electronic mail address: | ||||
For the attention of: | ||||
The French Administrative Agent | ||||
SIGNED as a deed by [•], Director, and | ) | |||
[•], [Director/Secretary], duly authorised | ) | |||
for and on behalf ofJ.P. MORGAN | ) | |||
EUROPE LIMITED: | ||||
Address: | ||||
Facsimile no: | ||||
Electronic mail address: | ||||
For the attention of: |
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TO: | Name: | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, in its capacity as French Administrative Agent for the French Term Lenders | ||
Address: | 125 London Wall, London | |||
EC2Y 5AJ, United Kingdom | ||||
Attention: | Alistair A. Stevenson | |||
Facsimile: | [CREDITOR’S FAX NUMBER] | |||
E-mail: | [CREDITOR’S E-MAIL] |
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(b) | Personal Property (including any Personal Property that may be described in any schedule to this Agreement or any schedules, documents or listings that the Debtor may from time to time provide to the Creditor in connection with this Agreement), |
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(a) | Debtor Information. All of the information set out in Schedule A is accurate and complete as of the date hereof. | ||
(b) | Title; No Other Security Interests. Except for Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Debtor is the legal and beneficial owner in the Collateral free and clear of any Liens. No security agreement, financing statement or other notice with respect to any or all of the Collateral is on file or on record in any public office, except as may have been filed in favour of the Creditor relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document and except for filings with respect to Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement. | ||
(c) | Deposit Accounts. All deposit accounts maintained by the Debtor with any bank or any other financial institution as of the date hereof are listed on Schedule A hereto. | ||
(d) | Authority. The Debtor has the corporate power and due authorization to grant to the Creditor the Security Interests and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and such execution, delivery and performance |
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does not contravene any of the Debtor’s Organizational Documents or any indenture, agreement or instrument to which the Debtor is a party or by which the Debtor or any of the Collateral is bound. | ||
(e) | Consents. Except for any consent that has been obtained and is in full force and effect or those consents the failure of which to obtain could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no consent of any Person (including any counterparty in respect of any Contract, any account debtor in respect of any Account, or any Governmental Authority in respect of any Permit) is required for the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Agreement (this representation being given without reference to the exclusions contained in Section 3). For the purposes of complying with any transfer restrictions contained in the Organizational Documents of any Pledged Issuer, the Debtor hereby irrevocably consents to any transfer of the Pledged Securities of such Pledged Issuer. |
(f) | Execution and Delivery. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Debtor and is a valid and binding obligation of the Debtor enforceable against the Debtor in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws generally affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, and to the fact that equitable remedies (such as specific performance and injunction) are discretionary remedies. |
(g) | Intellectual Property Rights. All Canadian registered Intellectual Property Rights of the Debtor as of the date hereof is listed on Schedule A hereto. To the best of the Debtor’s knowledge, each Intellectual Property Right material to the operations of the Debtor is validly subsisting and is presently in good standing. |
(h) | Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies. The terms of any interest in a partnership or limited liability company that is Collateral expressly provide that such interest is a “security” for the purposes of the STA. |
(i) | Due Authorization. All shares of capital stock included as Pledged Securities have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. |
(j) | Ownership of Pledged Securities. All Pledged Securities owned by the Debtor is owned by it free and clear of any Lien other than (i) the Security Interests and (ii) any inchoate tax liens. |
(k) | No Required Disposition. There is no existing agreement, option, right or privilege capable of becoming an agreement or option pursuant to which the Debtor would be required to sell or otherwise dispose of any Pledged Securities or under which any Pledged Issuer thereof has any obligation to issue any Securities of such Pledged Issuer to any Person. |
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(a) | Further Documentation. The Debtor will from time to time, at the expense of the Debtor, promptly and duly authorize, execute and deliver such further instruments and documents, and take such further action, as the Creditor may request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of, and the rights and powers granted by, this Agreement (including the filing of any financing statements or financing change statements under any applicable legislation with respect to the Security Interests). The Debtor acknowledges that this Agreement has been prepared based on the existing Laws in the Province of Ontario and that a change in such Laws, or the Laws of other jurisdictions, may require the execution and delivery of different forms of security documentation. Accordingly, the Debtor agrees that the Creditor will have the right to require that this Agreement be amended, supplemented, restated, replaced or otherwise modified and that the Debtor will immediately on request by the Creditor authorize, execute and deliver any such amendment, supplement, restatement or replacement (i) to reflect any changes in such Laws, whether arising as a result of statutory amendments, court decisions or otherwise, (ii) to facilitate the creation and registration of appropriate security in all appropriate jurisdictions, or (iii) if the Debtor merges or amalgamates with any other Person or enters into any corporate reorganization, in each case in order to confer on the Creditor Liens similar to, and having the same effect as, the Security Interests. | ||
(b) | Limitations on Other Liens. Except as otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Debtor will not create, incur or suffer to exist any and all Liens in and other claims affecting the Collateral, except for the Security Interests created under this Agreement and other Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement. | ||
(c) | Limitations on Dispositions of Collateral. Except as otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Debtor will not, without the Creditor’s prior written consent, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral, except that Inventory may be sold, leased or otherwise disposed of and, subject to the terms of this Agreement, Accounts may be collected, in either case in the ordinary course of the Debtor’s business. Following an Event of Default, all Proceeds of the Collateral (including all amounts received in respect of Accounts) received by or on behalf of the Debtor, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of the Debtor’s business, will be received by the Debtor as trustee for the Creditor and will be immediately paid to the Creditor. | ||
(d) | Limitations on Discounts, Compromises, Extensions of Accounts. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection 7(d), the Debtor shall continue to collect in accordance with its customary practice, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due under the Accounts and, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Debtor shall have the right to adjust, settle or compromise the amount |
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or payment of any Account, or release wholly or partly any Person liable for the payment of any Account, or allow any credit or discount thereon, all in accordance with its customary practices. In connection with such collections, the Debtor may take (and, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, at the Creditor’s direction, shall take) such commercially reasonable actions as the Debtor or the Creditor may deem necessary or advisable to enforce collection of the Accounts. | ||
(e) | Maintenance of Collateral. The Debtor will maintain all tangible Collateral in good operating condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and the Debtor will provide all maintenance, service and repairs necessary for such purpose. Except as permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Debtor shall maintain in good standing all registrations and applications with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights except to the extent that any failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
(f) | Insurance. The Debtor will keep the Equipment and Inventory insured with financially sound and reputable companies in such amounts, against such risks and in such form as is consistent with past practice and as are customarily insured against by Persons carrying on similar businesses or owning similar property within the vicinity in which the Debtor’s applicable business or property is located. The applicable insurance policies will (i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage will be effective until at least 30 days after receipt of written notice thereof by the Creditor, and (ii) name the Creditor as loss payee as its interest may appear. The Debtor will, from time to time at the Creditor’s request, deliver the applicable insurance policies (or satisfactory evidence of such policies) to the Creditor. Neither the Creditor nor its correspondents or its agents will be responsible for the character, adequacy, validity or genuineness of any insurance, the solvency of any insurer, or any other risk connected with insurance. |
(g) | Further Identification of Collateral. The Debtor will promptly furnish to the Creditor such statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral, and such other reports in connection with the Collateral, as the Creditor may from time to time reasonably request. |
(h) | Agreements re Intellectual Property Rights. Promptly upon request from time to time by the Creditor, the Debtor will authorize, execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers that the Creditor may request to evidence the Security Interests in any Intellectual Property Rights and, where applicable, the goodwill of the business of the Debtor connected with the use of, and symbolized by, any such Intellectual Property Rights. |
(i) | Instruments; Documents of Title; Chattel Paper. The Debtor will deliver to the Creditor, endorsed and/or accompanied by such instruments of assignment and transfer in such form and substance as the Creditor may reasonably request, any |
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and all Instruments, Documents of Title and Chattel Paper in an amount in excess of 10,000 Canadian dollars included in or relating to the Collateral. | ||
(j) | Pledged Certificated Securities. The Debtor will deliver to the Creditor any and all Pledged Security Certificates and other materials as may be required from time to time to provide the Creditor with control over all Pledged Certificated Securities in the manner provided under section 23 of the STA. At the request of the Creditor, the Debtor will cause all Pledged Security Certificates to be registered in the name of the Creditor or its nominee. |
(k) | Pledged Uncertificated Securities. The Debtor will deliver to the Creditor any and all such documents, agreements and other materials as may be required from time to time to provide the Creditor with control over all Pledged Uncertificated Securities in the manner provided under section 24 of the STA. |
(l) | Pledged Security Entitlements. The Debtor will deliver to the Creditor any and all such documents, agreements and other materials as may be required from time to time to provide the Creditor with control over all Pledged Security Entitlements in the manner provided under section 25 or 26 of the STA. |
(m) | Pledged Futures Contracts. The Debtor will deliver to the Creditor any and all such documents, agreements and other materials as may be required from time to time to provide the Creditor with control over all Pledged Futures Contracts in the manner provided under subsection 1(2) of the PPSA. |
(n) | Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies. The Debtor will ensure that the terms of any interest in a partnership or limited liability company that is Collateral will expressly provide that such interest is a “security” for the purposes of the STA. |
(o) | Transfer Restrictions. If the constating documents of any Pledged Issuer (other than a ULC) restrict the transfer of the Securities of such Pledged Issuer, then the Debtor will use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Creditor a certified copy of a resolution of the directors, shareholders, unitholders or partners of such Pledged Issuer, as applicable, consenting to the transfer(s) contemplated by this Agreement, including any prospective transfer of the Collateral by the Creditor upon a realization on the Security Interests. |
(p) | Notices. The Debtor will advise the Creditor promptly, in reasonable detail, of any: |
(i) | change in the location of the jurisdiction of incorporation or amalgamation, chief executive office or domicile of the Debtor; | ||
(ii) | change in the name of the Debtor; | ||
(iii) | merger, consolidation or amalgamation of the Debtor with any other Person; |
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(iv) | additional jurisdiction in which the Debtor carries on business or has tangible Personal Property; | ||
(v) | acquisition of any Intellectual Property Rights which are the subject of a registration or application with any governmental intellectual property or other governing body or registry, or which are material to the Debtor’s business; | ||
(vi) | acquisition of any Instrument, Document of Title or Chattel Paper in an amount exceeding 10,000 Canadian dollars; | ||
(vii) | creation or acquisition of any Subsidiary of the Debtor; or | ||
(viii) | Lien (other than Liens permitted under the Credit Agreement) on, or claim asserted against, any of the Collateral. |
The Debtor will not effect or permit any of the changes referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above unless all filings have been made and all other actions taken that are required in order for the Creditor to continue at all times following such change to have a valid and perfected Security Interest with the required priority in respect of all of the Collateral. |
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(a) | Rights under PPSA, etc. Exercise all of the rights and remedies granted to secured parties under the PPSA and any other applicable statute, or otherwise available to the Creditor by contract, at law or in equity. | ||
(b) | Demand Possession. Demand possession of any or all of the Collateral, in which event the Debtor will, at the expense of the Debtor, immediately cause the Collateral designated by the Creditor to be assembled and made available and/or delivered to the Creditor at any place designated by the Creditor. | ||
(c) | Take Possession. Enter on any premises where any Collateral is located and take possession of, disable or remove such Collateral. | ||
(d) | Deal with Collateral. Hold, store and keep idle, or operate, lease or otherwise use or permit the use of, any or all of the Collateral for such time and on such terms as the Creditor may determine, and demand, collect and retain all earnings and other sums due or to become due from any Person in respect of any of the Collateral. |
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(e) | Carry on Business. Carry on, or concur in the carrying on of, any or all of the business or undertaking of the Debtor and enter on, occupy and use (without charge by the Debtor) any of the premises, buildings, plant and undertaking of, or occupied or used by, the Debtor. |
(f) | Enforce Collateral. Seize, collect, receive, enforce or otherwise deal with any Collateral in such manner, on such terms and conditions and at such times as the Creditor deems advisable. |
(g) | Dispose of Collateral. Realize on any or all of the Collateral and sell, lease, assign, give options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver any or all of the Collateral (or contract to do any of the above), in one or more parcels at any public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Creditor or elsewhere, with or without advertising or other formality, except as required by applicable Law, on such terms and conditions as the Creditor may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery. |
(h) | Court-Approved Disposition of Collateral. Obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction an order for the sale or foreclosure of any or all of the Collateral. |
(i) | Purchase by Creditor. At any public sale, and to the extent permitted by Law on any private sale, bid for and purchase any or all of the Collateral offered for sale and, upon compliance with the terms of such sale, hold, retain, sell or otherwise dispose of such Collateral without any further accountability to the Debtor or any other Person with respect to such holding, retention, sale or other disposition, except as required by Law. In any such sale to the Creditor, the Creditor may, for the purpose of making payment for all or any part of the Collateral so purchased, use any claim for any or all of the Secured Liabilities then due and payable to it as a credit against the purchase price. |
(j) | Collect Accounts. Upon written notice to the Debtor of its intention to do so, notify (whether in its own name or in the name of the Debtor) the account debtors under any Accounts of the Debtor of the assignment of such Accounts to the Creditor and direct such account debtors to make payment of all amounts due or to become due to the Debtor in respect of such Accounts directly to the Creditor and, upon such notification and at the expense of the Debtor, enforce collection of any such Accounts, and adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of such Accounts, in the same manner and to the same extent as the Debtor might have done. |
(k) | Transfer of Collateral. Transfer any Collateral that is Investment Property into the name of the Creditor or its nominee. |
(l) | Voting. Vote any or all of the Pledged Securities (whether or not transferred to the Creditor or its nominee) and Pledged Security Entitlements and give or withhold all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect thereof and otherwise act with respect thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof. |
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(m) | Exercise Other Rights. Exercise any and all rights, privileges, entitlements and options pertaining to any Collateral that is Investment Property as if the Creditor were the absolute owner of such Investment Property. | ||
(n) | Dealing with Contracts and Permits. Deal with any and all Contracts and Permits to the same extent as the Debtor might (including the enforcement, realization, sale, assignment, transfer and requirement for continued performance), all on such terms and conditions and at such time or times as may seem advisable to the Creditor. | ||
(o) | Payment of Liabilities. Pay any liability secured by any Lien against any Collateral. The Debtor will immediately on demand reimburse the Creditor for all such payments and, until paid, any such reimbursement obligation shall form part of the Secured Liabilities and shall be secured by the Security Interests. | ||
(p) | Appoint Receiver. Appoint by instrument in writing one or more Receivers of the Debtor or any or all of the Collateral with such rights, powers and authority (including any or all of the rights, powers and authority of the Creditor under this Agreement) as may be provided for in the instrument of appointment or any supplemental instrument, and remove and replace any such Receiver from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, any Receiver appointed by the Creditor will (for purposes relating to responsibility for the Receiver’s acts or omissions) be considered to be the agent of the Debtor and not of the Creditor. | ||
(q) | Court-Appointed Receiver. Obtain from any court of competent jurisdiction an order for the appointment of a Receiver of the Debtor or of any or all of the Collateral. | ||
(r) | Consultants. Require the Debtor to engage a consultant of the Creditor’s choice, or engage a consultant on its own behalf, such consultant to receive the full cooperation and support of the Debtor and its agents and employees, including unrestricted access to the premises of the Debtor and the Books and Records; all reasonable fees and expenses of such consultant shall be for the account of the Debtor and the Debtor hereby authorizes any such consultant to report directly to the Creditor and to disclose to the Creditor any and all information obtained in the course of such consultant’s employment. |
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(a) | Limitations on Creditor’s Liability. The Creditor will not be liable to the Debtor or any other Person for any failure or delay in exercising any of the rights of the Debtor under this Agreement (including any failure to take possession of, collect, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Collateral, or to preserve rights against prior parties). Neither the Creditor, a Receiver nor any agent of the Creditor (including, in Alberta or British Columbia, any sheriff) is required to take, or will have any liability for any failure to take or delay in taking, any steps necessary or advisable to preserve rights against other Persons under any Collateral in its possession. Neither the Creditor, any Receiver nor any agent of the Creditor will be liable for any, and the Debtor will bear the full risk of all, loss or damage to any and all of the Collateral (including any Collateral in the possession of the Creditor, any Receiver or any agent of the Creditor) caused for any reason other than the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the Creditor, such Receiver or such agent of the Creditor. | ||
(b) | Debtor Remains Liable under Accounts and Contracts. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement, the Debtor will remain liable under each of the documents giving rise to the Accounts of the Debtor and under each of the Contracts to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by the Debtor thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of each such document and Contract. The Creditor will have no obligation or liability under any Account of the Debtor (or any document giving rise thereto) or Contract by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Creditor of any payment relating to such Account or Contract pursuant hereto, and in particular (but without limitation), the Creditor will not be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of the Debtor under or pursuant to any Account (or any document giving rise thereto) or under or pursuant to any Contract 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 under any Account (or any document giving rise |
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(c) | Use of Agents. The Creditor may perform any of its rights or duties under this Agreement by or through agents and is entitled to retain counsel and to act in reliance on the advice of such counsel concerning all matters pertaining to its rights and duties under this Agreement. |
(a) | On the Release Date, the security interest granted hereby shall automatically terminate and all rights to the Collateral as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof shall revert to the Debtor. | ||
(b) | At any time before the Release Date, the Creditor may, at the written request of the Debtor, i) release any Collateral (but not all or substantially all the Collateral) with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders or ii) release all or substantially all the Collateral with the prior written consent of all the Lenders. | ||
(c) | Upon any sale or other transfer by the Debtor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement to any Person that is not a Loan Party, the security interest granted hereby in such Collateral shall be automatically released. |
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MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (IST CANADA) INC. | ||||||
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Full legal name:Mirion Technologies (IST Canada) Inc. |
Prior names:I&ST Canada Inc. |
Predecessor companies: I&ST Canada Inc. and IST Aim Limited |
Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization:Ontario |
Address of chief executive office: | 465 Dobbie Drive Cambridge, Ontario N1R 5X9 |
1. | Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices License issued by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission: License Number 03748-1-14.0 | ||
2. | Amended Certificate of Approval for Air issued by the Ministry of the Environment of the Province of Ontario: Reference Number 0791-83EK2W | ||
3. | Retail Sales Vendor Permit issued by the Ministry of Revenue of the Province of Ontario: Business Number 122565823TR0001, Vender Permit Number 5299-0664 |
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Location | Account | |||||||
Entity Name | Bank Name | Bank Location City | Country | Number | ||||
Mirion Technologies (IST Canada), Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada | Cambridge, ON | Canada | 113-104-4 | ||||
Mirion Technologies (IST Canada), Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada | Cambridge, ON | Canada | 402-672-0 |
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(1) | [•], born[•],[•],[•]citizen, domiciled at[•],[•], [known by person], | ||
according to his declarations acting not in his own name, but without assuming any personal liability in the name and on behalf of | |||
MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (SYNODYS) S.A.a société anonyme established under the laws of France, having its official seat at Lieu-dit Calés, Route d’Eyguières, 13113 Lamanon, France, registered with the commercial and companies register of Tarascon under number 382 192 102, |
(2) | [•], born [•],[•],[•] citizen, domiciled at [•],[•], [known by person], | ||
according to his/her declarations acting not in his/her own name, but without assuming any personal liability in the name and on behalf of | |||
J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED, a company with limited liability established under the laws of England, having its official seat at [Trinity Tower, 9 Thomas More Street London, E1W1YN [Drafting Note: pls. confirm]], registered with the [•] under number [•], |
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(1) | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED,as pledgee (the “Pledgee”); |
(2) | MIRION TECHNOLOGIES (SYNODYS) S.A.,as pledgor (the “Pledgor”). |
(1) | On [•], Mirion Technologies, Inc. (the “Parent”) and, among others, Mirion Technologies (IST France) SAS and the Pledgor as French borrowers (the “French Borrowers”), J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as domestic administrative agent (the “Domestic Administrative Agent”), the Pledgee as French administrative agent (the “French Administrative Agent”), and the other lenders from time to time party thereto entered into a credit agreement (as amended and restated from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). |
(2) | The Pledgor is the only shareholder ofMirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH,a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, having its registered office at Landsberger Str. 328a, 80687 Munich, Federal Republic of Germany, registered at the local court(Amtsgericht)of Munich under HRB 136707 (the “Company”). |
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
1.1 | Definitions | |
In this Agreement: | ||
“Credit Agreement” as defined in the Preamble under (1). | ||
“French Term Loans” mean the term loans made to the French Borrowers under the Credit Agreement. | ||
“Future Shares” as defined in Clause 2.2(a) (Grant of Pledge over future shares). | ||
“Guaranty (French Obligations)” means the guaranty, dated the date hereof, by the Pledgor, the Parent and certain other subsidiaries of the Parent in favor of the Pledgee. | ||
“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement. | ||
“Parties” as defined in the introductory notes. | ||
“Pledged Shares” as defined in Clause 2.2(c) (Pledge (Verpfändung) of Shares). | ||
“Pledges” as defined in Clause 2.2(c) (Pledge (Verpfändung) of Shares). | ||
“Present Share” means any existing share (Geschäftsanteil) of the Company. | ||
“Secured Obligations” means all present and future obligations of every kind or nature of the Pledgor at any time and from time to time owed to the Pledgee under the Guaranty (French Obligations) or under any swap agreement or cash management agreement, whether due or to become due, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, or contingent or noncontingent,including obligations of performance as well as obligations of payment, andincluding interest that accrues after the commencement of any proceeding under any liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, |
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insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief law by or against the Pledgor, whether or not allowed as a claim in such proceeding and obligations of payment, including (but not limited to),inter alia,claims based on unjustified enrichment (ungerechtfertigte Bereicherung). | ||
1.2 | Interpretation of terms | |
This Agreement is made in the English language. For the avoidance of doubt, the English language version of this Agreement shall prevail over any translation of this Agreement. However, where a German translation of a word or phrase appears in the text of this Agreement, the German translation of such word or phrase shall prevail. | ||
Any reference in this Agreement to: |
(a) | an “amendment” includes a supplement, novation, restatement or re-enactment and “amend” and “amended” (or any of their derivative forms) will be construed accordingly; | ||
a “Clause”, a “Subclause” or a “Schedule” is a reference to a Clause or Subclause of, or a Schedule to, this Agreement; | |||
the expressions hereof, herein, hereunder and similar expressions shall be construed as references to this Agreement as a whole and shall not be limited to the particular clause or provision in which the relevant expression appears, and references to this Agreement and all like indications shall include references to this Agreement as supplemented by any other agreement or instrument which amends this Agreement; | |||
“include” or “including” shall be construed without limitation; | |||
“promptly” shall have the same meaning as the German termunverzüglich. | |||
(b) | Where the context so admits, the singular includes the plural and vice versa. | ||
(c) | Section clauses and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only. | ||
(d) | Any reference in this Agreement to a defined document is a reference to that defined document as amended or supplemented from time to time. |
2. | PLEDGE (VERPFÄNDUNG) OF SHARES |
2.1 | Grant of Pledge Present Share |
(a) | The Pledgor hereby grants to the Pledgee a first ranking pledge (erstrangiges Pfandrecht) over the Present Share. | ||
(b) | The Pledgee hereby accepts the pledge of the Present Share. |
2.2 | Grant of Pledge over future shares |
(a) | The Pledgor hereby grants to the Pledgee a first-ranking pledge (erstrangiges Pfandrecht) over all new shares issued as a result of a capital increase (the “New Shares”) as well as in the shares the nominal amount of which has been increased as a result of the capital increase (together with the New Shares, the “Future Shares”). | ||
(b) | The Pledgeeherebyaccepts the pledge of the New Shares and the Future Shares. |
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(c) | All shares pledged in accordance with Clauses 2.1(a), 2.1(b), 2.2(a) and 2.2(b) shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Pledged Shares”. The pledges in accordance with Clauses 2.1(a), 2.1(b), 2.2(a) and 2.2(b) are hereinafter also referred to as the “Pledges”. |
2.3 | Transfer of Pledges to a Future Pledgee | |
For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that nothing in this Agreement shall exclude a transfer of all or part of the Pledges created hereunder by operation of law upon the transfer or assignment (including by way of assumption (Vertragsübernahme)) of all or part of the Secured Obligations by the Pledgee to a person replacing the Pledgee as French Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement. | ||
2.4 | Transfer of Secured Obligations to Third Party Obligor | |
Waiving section 418 of the German Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch —“BGB”), the Parties to this Agreement hereby agree that the security created hereunder shall not be affected by any transfer or assumption of the Secured Obligations to, or by, any third party obligor. The Pledges shall also cover any future extension of the Secured Obligations and the Pledgor herewith expressly agrees that the provisions of Section 1210 para. 1 sentence 2 BGB shall not apply to this Agreement. | ||
2.5 | Independence of Pledges | |
The validity and effect of each of the Pledges created pursuant to Clause 2.1 (Grant of Pledge-Present Share) shall be independent from the validity and effect of any of the other Pledges created pursuant to Clause 2.2 (Grant of Pledge over future shares). Each Pledge shall be separate and individual rankingpari passuwith the other Pledges created hereunder. |
3. | SCOPE OF THE PLEDGES |
3.1 | Pledged Rights | |
The Pledges constituted by this Agreement include the present and future rights to receive: |
(a) | dividends, if any, payable on the Pledged Shares; | ||
(b) | liquidation proceeds, consideration for redemption (Einziehungsentgelt), repaid capital in case of a capital decrease, any compensation in case of termination (Kündigung) and/or withdrawal (Austritt) of a shareholder of the Company, the surplus in case of surrender (Preisgabe) and all other pecuniary claims associated with the Pledged Shares; and | ||
(c) | the right of the Pledgor to subscribe for newly issued shares. | ||
Notwithstanding the pledges under (a), (b) and (c), the Pledgor shall be entitled to (i) receive and retain the payments described in (a) and (b) in respect of the Pledged Shares and (ii), subject to Clause 2.2(a) (Grant of Pledge over future shares) subscribe for newly issued shares except upon occurrence and during the continuance of an event which gives the Pledgee, the right to enforce the Pledge constituted hereunder pursuant to Clause 5.1 (Right of realisation). |
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3.2 | Voting Rights | |
The voting rights attached to the Pledged Shares shall remain with the Pledgor. However, until the full satisfaction of all Secured Obligations or the release of this Pledge, the Pledgor, in exercising its voting rights, shall at all times be required to act in good faith to ensure that neither the existence nor validity of the Pledges or the Pledged Shares are in any way materially adversely affected. |
4. | PURPOSE OF THE PLEDGES |
5. | REALISATION OF THE PLEDGES |
5.1 | Right of realisation | |
If and when the requirements set forth in sections 1273 para 2, 1204et seq.BGB with regard to the enforcement of a pledge are met (Pfandreife), in particular, if any of the Secured Obligations are not paid when due and payable and after the expiry of any applicable grace period, then in order to enforce the Pledge, the Pledgee shall be entitled to enforce the Pledges (verwerten) without the requirement of an enforceable instrument (vollstreckbarer Titel) pursuant to section 1277 BGB and to exercise all other rights and remedies the Pledgee is entitled to under the laws of Germany in case the requirements of the enforcement of a pledge are met (Pfandreife). |
5.2 | Public auction | |
The public auction may take place at any place in Germany which will be determined by the Pledgee. The Pledgor hereby expressly agrees that 14 days’ prior written notice to the Pledgor of a public auction within the meaning of section 1234 BGB and the place and time of any such public auction shall, in each case, be sufficient. No further notice shall be required. | ||
5.3 | Assistance of Pledgor | |
Provided that the requirements for enforcement pursuant to Clause 5.1 (Right of realisation) above are met and the Pledgee should seek to enforce the Pledges, the Pledgor shall, at (to the extent commercially reasonable) his own expense, render forthwith all necessary assistance in order to facilitate the prompt sale of the Pledged Shares or any part thereof and/or the exercise by the Pledgee of any other right the Pledgee may have. | ||
5.4 | Ancillary rights, subrogation, additional collateral |
(a) | Provided that the requirements for enforcement pursuant to Clause 5.1 (Right of realisation) above are met, all dividends and other payments, if any, which have been or will be made to the Pledgor and, as the case may be, all payments based on similar ancillary rights attributed to the Pledged Shares may be applied by the Pledgee in satisfaction in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations notwithstanding the Pledgee’s right to treat such payments as additional collateral. | ||
(b) | In case of enforcement of the Pledges, no rights of the Pledgee shall pass to the Pledgor by subrogation or otherwise unless and until all of the Secured Obligations have been satisfied and discharged in full. Until then, the Pledgee shall be entitled to treat all enforcement proceeds as additional collateral for the Secured Obligations, notwithstanding its right to seek satisfaction from such proceeds at any time. |
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5.5 | Application of proceeds, release of pledges | |
The proceeds resulting from the enforcement of the Pledges shall be applied in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations. After the complete unconditional, irrevocable and full satisfaction of all Secured Obligations any remaining proceeds resulting from the enforcement of the Pledges (or part thereof) shall be transferred to the Pledgor. | ||
5.6 | Selection of Security | |
The Pledgee may determine which of the security granted under several security agreements entered into in order to secure the Secured Obligations shall be used to satisfy the Secured Obligations. |
The Pledgor makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 6 to the Pledgee with respect to itself and to the shares pledged by such Pledgor as of the date of this Agreement. | ||
6.1 | Status | |
The Company is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation/formation. | ||
6.2 | Title to Present Shares | |
The Pledgor is the legal and beneficial owner of the Present Shares as set out in the Preamble which are free and clear of all liens, security interests and encumbrances of whatever kind or nature except as permitted by the Pledgee. | ||
6.3 | Binding obligations | |
This Agreement constitutes its legal valid and binding obligations and the Pledges constituted hereunder create valid pledges enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law. No consent of a third party is necessary under the Company’s articles of association within the meaning of section 15 para. 5 of the German Limited Liability Companies Act (Gesetz betreffend die Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung- “GmbHG”). | ||
6.4 | Power and authority | |
The transactions contemplated hereunder are within the Pledgor’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and, if required, stockholder action. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Pledgor. | ||
6.5 | Contributions | |
The Present Shares are and the Future Shares will be fully paid in and there is no nor will there be any obligation for a shareholder pursuant to the Company’s articles of association to make additional contributions. |
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6.6 | Participation agreements | |
There are no silent partnership agreements or similar arrangements by which a third party is entitled to a participation in the profits or revenue of the Company. |
7. | UNDERTAKINGS |
The Pledgor agrees to be bound by the undertakings set out in this Clause 7. | ||
7.1 | Disposition of Pledged Shares |
(a) | The Pledgor shall not take, or participate in, any action which results or would reasonably be expected to result in the Pledgor’s loss of ownership of all or part of the Pledged Shares, and any other transaction which would have the same result as a sale, transfer, encumbrance or other disposal of the Pledged Shares or defeat, impair or circumvent the rights of the Pledgee granted pursuant to Clauses 2 and 3 (e.g. the Pledgor shall not amend the articles of association of the Company to the effect that the transferability of the Pledged Shares will be restricted (Vinkulierung)) except (i) as permitted by the Pledgee (which permission may for the avoidance of doubt be granted in the Credit Agreement) and (ii) as long as no right of realisation under Section 5.1 is in effect, the Pledgor may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Pledged Shares to the Parent or any subsidiary of the Parent so long as such Pledged Shares continue to be subject to a first ranking pledge (erstrangiges Pfandrecht) to the Pledgee and the new shareholder assumes the obligations of the Pledgor as pledgor under this Agreement. | ||
(b) | The Pledgor shall not encumber, permit to subsist, create or agree to create any other security interest or third party right in or over the Pledged Shares, except (i) as permitted in advance by the Pledgee (which permission may for the avoidance of doubt be granted in the Credit Agreement) and (ii) as long as no right of realisation under Section 5.1 is in effect, the Pledgor may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the Pledged Shares to the Parent or any subsidiary of the Parent so long as such Pledged Shares continue to be subject to a first ranking pledge (erstrangiges Pfandrecht) to the Pledgee and the new shareholder assumes the obligations of the Pledgor as pledgor under this Agreement. |
7.2 | Notification of changes in shareholding | |
The Pledgor shall promptly notify the Pledgee, in writing of any change in the shareholding in or capital of the Company on any encumbrance over the Pledged Shares (or parts of them) not permitted in advance by the Pledgee . | ||
7.3 | Pledgee’s right of participation in shareholders’ meeting | |
The Pledgee or, as the case may be, its proxy or any other person designated by the Pledgee, shall be allowed to participate in all shareholders’ meetings of the Company as attendants without power to vote. | ||
7.4 | Change of address | |
The Pledgor will furnish to the Pledgee as soon as possible and in any event at least 7 days prior to the occurrence of any change in the address of a Pledgor’s location, notice in writing of such change. |
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7.5 | Subscription of future shares | |
In the event of any increase in the capital of the Company, the Pledgor shall not allow, without the prior written consent of the Pledgee, any other party, except for the Parent or any subsidiary of the Parent, to subscribe for any future shares if such subscription were to result in a decrease that would lead to the Pledgee holding pledges over less than 100% of the shares in the Company and not defeat, impair or circumvent in any material way the rights of the Pledgee created hereunder. | ||
7.6 | Additional declarations | |
Insofar as additional declarations or actions are necessary for the creation of the Pledges (or any of them) in favour of the Pledgee, the Pledgor shall at the Pledgee’s request make such declarations and undertake such actions at the Pledgor’s costs and expenses. |
8. | DURATION AND INDEPENDENCE |
8.1 | Duration | |
This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the full and complete satisfaction of the Secured Obligations. | ||
8.2 | Continuing Security | |
This Agreement shall create a continuing security and no change or amendment whatsoever to the Credit Agreement or the Guaranty (French Obligations) or to any document or agreement related thereto shall affect the validity or the scope of this Agreement nor the obligations which are imposed on any Pledgor pursuant to it, provided that the obligations secured hereby do not cease to exist. | ||
8.3 | Independence | |
This Agreement is independent from any other security or guaranty which may have been or will be granted to the Pledgee with respect to any of the Secured Obligations. None of such other security granted under the other Security Documents entered into to secure the Secured Obligations shall prejudice, or shall be prejudiced by, or shall be merged in any way with, this Agreement. |
9. | RELEASE OF SECURITY |
9.1 | Release of the Pledged Shares |
a) | Upon the repayment in full of the French Term Loans and the complete and irrevocable satisfaction of the Secured Obligations then due and payable, the security granted hereby will automatically terminate as a matter of German law, all rights to the Pledged Shares as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof shall revert to the Pledgor and the Pledgee will as soon as reasonably practicable declare the release of the Pledged Shares (Pfandfreigabe) to the Pledgor as a matter of record (der Ordnung halber). For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties are aware that upon full and complete satisfaction of the Secured Obligations the Pledges, due to their accessory nature (Akzessorietät) cease to exist by operation of German mandatory law. | ||
b) | At any time before the security granted hereunder terminates, the Pledgee may, at written request of the Pledgor, (i) release any Pledged Shares (but not all or |
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substantially all the Pledged Shares) with the prior written consent of the required lenders or (ii) release all or substantially all the Pledges Shares with the prior written consent of all the lenders. | |||
c) | The Pledgee will, at the Pledgor’s expense, execute and deliver such other documents as any Pledgor shall reasonably request to evidence the termination of this security or release of any Pledged Shares, as the case may be. |
9.2 | Security limit | |
At any time when the total value of the aggregate security granted to secure the Secured Obligations (the “Security”) which can be expected to be realized in the event of an enforcement the Security (realisierbarer Wert) exceeds 110% of the Secured Obligations (the “Limit”) not only temporarily, the Pledgee shall on demand of the Pledgor release such part of the Security (Sicherheitenfreigabe) as the Pledgee may in their reasonable discretion determine so as to reduce the realizable value of the Security to the Limit. |
10. | PARTIAL INVALIDITY; WAIVER |
10.1 | Invalidity | |
If any provision of this Agreement should be or become invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions hereof. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be deemed replaced by that provision which best meets the intent and the economic purpose of the void or unenforceable provision. This shall also apply to a contractual gap in this Agreement (vertragliche Lücke). | ||
10.2 | Waiver | |
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Pledgee, any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or remedy prevent any further or other exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law. |
11. | AMENDMENT, WAIVER |
12. | NOTICES |
12.1 | Communications writing | |
Any communication in connection with this Agreement must be in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be given in person, by post or fax. | ||
12.2 | Contact details | |
The address, fax number and telex number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection with this Agreement is: | ||
in case of the Pledgor: |
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Address: | Mirion Technologies (SYNODYS) S.A. | |||
[•] | ||||
[•],[•], | ||||
Attention: | [•] | |||
Telephone: | [•] | |||
Fax number: | [•] | |||
E-mail: | [•] | |||
in case of the Company: | ||||
Address: | Mirion Technologies (MGPI H&B) GmbH | |||
Landsberger Str. 328a | ||||
80687 München | ||||
Attention: | [•] | |||
Telephone: | [•] | |||
Fax number: | [•] | |||
E-mail: | [•] | |||
in case of the Pledgee: | ||||
Address: | J.P. MORGAN EUROPE LIMITED | |||
[125 London Wall, | ||||
London, EC2Y 5AJ] [Drafting Note: pls. confirm] | ||||
Attention: | [Alastair A. Stevenson] [Drafting Note pls. confirm] | |||
Telephone: | [•] | |||
Fax number: | [•] | |||
E-mail: | [•] |
13. | LANGUAGE |
(a) | Any notice given in connection with this Agreement must be in English. | ||
(b) | Any other document provided in connection with this Agreement must be: |
(i) | in English; or | ||
(ii) | if not in English and if so requested by the Pledgee, accompanied by an English translation. In this case, the English translation will prevail unless the document is a statutory or other official document. |
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14. | APPPLICABLE LAW; JURISDICTION |
14.1 | Applicable Law | |
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. | ||
14.2 | German Courts | |
Without prejudice to Clause 14.4, the courts of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, shall have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement or the consequences of its nullity) (a “Dispute”). | ||
14.3 | Convenient Forum | |
The parties agree that the court of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is the most appropriate and convenient court to settle disputes between them and, accordingly, that they will not argue to the contrary. | ||
14.4 | Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction | |
This Clause is for the benefit of the Pledgee only. As a result the Pledgee shall not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the Pledgee may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions. |
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