Exhibit 10.27
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 31, 2020 (this “Agreement”), among STERIGENICS U.S., LLC (the “Grantor”) and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as First Lien Notes Collateral Agent under the Indenture (as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “First Lien Notes Collateral Agent”).
Reference is made to (a) the Indenture dated as of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”) among SOTERA HEALTH TOPCO, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), SOTERA HEALTH HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee and the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent and (b) the First Lien Collateral Agreement dated of July 31, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien Collateral Agreement”) among the Issuer, the other Grantors from time to time party thereto, Holdings, and the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the First Lien Collateral Agreement. The rules of construction specified in Section 1.01(b) of the First Lien Collateral Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Notes Obligations, the Grantor hereby grants to the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the United States Patents listed on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Patent Collateral”). This Agreement is not to be construed as an assignment of any patent or patent application.
SECTION 3. First Lien Collateral Agreement. The Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent with respect to the Patent Collateral are more fully set forth in the First Lien Collateral Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the First Lien Collateral Agreement, the terms of the First Lien Collateral Agreement shall govern.
SECTION 4. Termination. Subject to Section 5.13 of the First Lien Collateral Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Termination Event (other than those provisions in the Indenture expressly contemplated to survive a Termination Event and any contingent obligations not yet due and owing under Sections 7.07 and 8.06 of the Indenture and Article 2 of the Indenture), the security interest granted herein shall terminate and the First Lien Notes Collateral Agent shall, without recourse, representation or warranty of any kind, execute, acknowledge, and deliver to the Grantors all instruments in writing prepared by or on behalf of the Grantor in recordable form to evidence and release the collateral pledge, grant, assignment, lien and security interest in the Patent Collateral under this Agreement.
