Exhibit 10.3
Reference is made to the Intercreditor Agreement described below.The Lender, by accepting the benefits of the security provided hereby, (i) consents (or is deemed to consent), to the subordination of Liens provided for in the Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) agrees (or is deemed to agree) that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) authorizes (or is deemed to authorize) the Lender to enter into, and perform under, the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) acknowledges (or is deemed to acknowledge) that a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement was delivered, or made available, to the Lender.
Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, this Security Agreement, the Liens created hereby and the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for herein are subject in all respects to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Security Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
SECOND LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
and irrevocable proxy
This SECOND LIEN PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT AND IRREVOCABLE PROXY, dated as of March 12, 2015 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Security Agreement”), is entered into by EPL Oil & Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“EPL”), and each Subsidiary Guarantor party hereto on the date hereof or that becomes a party hereto after the date hereof (EPL and each such Subsidiary Guarantor from time to time a party hereto, collectively, the “Grantors” and each, individually, a “Grantor”), in favor of Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a Delaware corporation, (together with any successor(s) and assign(s) thereto, the “Lender”).
WITNESSETH:
A. EPL and the Lender have heretofore entered into that certain Secured Second Lien Promissory Note, dated as of March 12, 2015 (as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time, herein called the “Note”).
B. As a condition under the Note, each Grantor is required to execute and deliver this Security Agreement.
C. Each Grantor has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Security Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1.Certain Terms. The following terms (whether or not underscored) when used in this Security Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, shall have the following meanings (such definitions to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms thereof):
“Business Days” means any day that is neither a Saturday or Sunday nor a legal holiday on which banks are authorized or required to be closed in New York, New York.
“Capital Securities” means, with respect to any Person, all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s capital (including all capital stock, partnership, membership or other equity interests in such Person), whether or not certificated.
“Collateral” is defined inSection 2.1.
“Collateral Account” is defined inSection 4.3(b).
“Lender” is defined in the preamble.
“Computer Hardware and Software Collateral” means (a) all computer and other electronic data processing hardware, integrated computer systems, central processing units, memory units, display terminals, printers, features, computer elements, card readers, tape drives, hard and soft disk drives, cables, electrical supply hardware, generators, power equalizers, accessories and all peripheral devices and other related computer hardware, including all operating system software, utilities and application programs in whatsoever form, (b) software programs (including both source code, object code and all related applications and data files), designed for use on the computers and electronic data processing hardware described inclause (a) above, (c) all firmware associated therewith, (d) all documentation (including flow charts, logic diagrams, manuals, guides, specifications, training materials, charts and pseudo codes) with respect to such hardware, software and firmware described in the precedingclauses (a) through(c), and (e) all rights with respect to all of the foregoing, including copyrights, licenses, options, warranties, service contracts, program services, test rights, maintenance rights, support rights, improvement rights, renewal rights and indemnifications and any substitutions, replacements, improvements, error corrections, updates, additions or model conversions of any of the foregoing.
“Control Agreement” means an authenticated record in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, that provides for the Lender to have “control” (as defined in the UCC) over certain Collateral.
“Copyright Collateral” means all copyrights of any Grantor, registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, now or hereafter in force throughout the world including all of such Grantor’s rights, titles and interests in and to all copyrights registered in the United States Copyright Office or anywhere else in the world, including without limitation those copyrights referred to inItem C ofSchedule III hereto, and registrations and recordings thereof and all applications for registration thereof, whether pending or in preparation, all copyright licenses, the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing, all rights corresponding thereto, all extensions and renewals of any thereof and all Proceeds of the foregoing, including licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and Proceeds of suit, which are owned or licensed by such Grantor.
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“Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning provided to the term “Priority Credit Agreement” in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Distributions” means all cash, cash dividends, stock dividends, other distributions, liquidating dividends, shares of stock resulting from (or in connection with the exercise of) stock splits, reclassifications, warrants, options, non-cash dividends, mergers, consolidations, and all other distributions or payments (whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing) on or with respect to, or on account of, any Pledged Share or Pledged Interest or other rights or interests constituting Collateral.
“Equipment” is defined inSection 2.1(a).
“First Lien Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning provided to the term “Priority Lien Agent” in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“General Intangibles” means all “general intangibles” and all “payment intangibles”, each as defined in the UCC, and shall include all interest rate or currency protection or hedging arrangements, all tax refunds, all licenses, permits, concessions and authorizations and all Intellectual Property Collateral (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as general intangibles under the UCC).
“Governmental Approval” is defined inSection 2.1(f).
“Grantor” is defined in thepreamble.
“Indemnified Parties” is defined inSection 6.5(a).
“Intellectual Property Collateral” means, collectively, the Computer Hardware and Software Collateral, the Copyright Collateral, the Patent Collateral, the Trademark Collateral and the Trade Secrets Collateral.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of March 12, 2015 by and between Lender and the First Lien Administrative Agent.
“Inventory” is defined inSection 2.1(b).
“Lien” means any security interest, mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise), privilege, charge against or security interest in property, or other priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, any capitalized lease liability and any assignment, deposit arrangement or financing lease intended as security.
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“Patent Collateral” means (a) all inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not, all letters patent and applications for letters patent throughout the world, including without limitation those patents referred to inItem A ofSchedule III hereto, and any patent applications in preparation for filing, (b) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals and reexaminations of any of the items described inclause (a), (c) all patent licenses, and other agreements providing any Grantor with the right to use any items of the type referred to inclauses (a) and(b) above, and (d) all Proceeds of, and rights associated with, the foregoing (including licenses, royalties income, payments, claims, damages and Proceeds of infringement suits), the right to sue third parties for past, present or future infringements of any patent or patent application, and for breach or enforcement of any patent license.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, association, trust or unincorporated organization, governmental authority or any other legal entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
“Pledged Interests” means all Capital Securities or other ownership interests of any Pledged Interests Issuer described inItem A ofSchedule I hereto; all registrations, certificates, articles, by-laws, regulations, limited liability company agreements or constitutive agreements governing or representing any such interests; all options and other rights, contractual or otherwise, at any time existing with respect to such interests, as such interests are amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time, and together with any interests in any Pledge Interests Issuer taken in extension or renewal thereof or substitution therefor.
“Pledged Interests Issuer” means each Person identified inItem A ofSchedule I hereto as the issuer of the Pledged Shares or the Pledged Interests identified adjacent to the name of such Person.
“Pledged Note Issuer” means any issuer of a Pledged Note.
“Pledged Notes” means all promissory notes issued to any Grantor, as such promissory notes are amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and together with any promissory note of any Pledged Note Issuer taken in extension or renewal thereof or substitution therefor.
“Pledged Property” means all Pledged Notes, Pledged Interests, Pledged Shares, all assignments of any amounts due or to become due with respect to the Pledged Interests or the Pledged Shares, all other instruments which are required to be delivered by any Grantor to the Lender under this Security Agreement, and all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“Pledged Shares” means all Capital Securities of any Pledged Interests Issuer identified underItem A ofSchedule I.
“Receivables” is defined inSection 2.1(c).
“Related Contracts” is defined inSection 2.1(c).
“Secured Obligations” is defined inSection 2.2.
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“Securities Act” is defined inSection 6.2(a).
“Security Agreement” is defined in thepreamble.
“Subsidiaries” shall mean with respect to any Person, any other Person of which more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Securities of such other Person (irrespective of whether at the time Capital Securities of any other class or classes of such other Person shall or might have voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Subsidiary of EPL.
“Termination Date” shall mean the date on which the Liens created under this Security Agreement are to be released by the Lender or otherwise terminate in accordance with the Note.
“Trademark Collateral” means (a) (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill of the business associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, including without limitation those trademarks referred to inItem B ofSchedule III hereto, whether currently in use or not, all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in connection therewith, whether pending or in preparation for filing, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any office or agency of the United States of America, or any State thereof or any other country or political subdivision thereof or otherwise, and all common-law rights relating to the foregoing, and (ii) the right to obtain all reissues, extensions or renewals of the foregoing (collectively referred to as the “Trademark”), (b) all trademark licenses for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any trademark, (c) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by the items described in,clause (a), and to the extent applicableclause (b), (d) the right to sue third parties for past, present and future infringements of any Trademark Collateral described inclause (a) and, to the extent applicable,clause (b), and (e) all Proceeds of, and rights associated with, the foregoing, including any claim by any Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Trademark, Trademark registration or Trademark license, or for any injury to the goodwill associated with the use of any such Trademark or for breach or enforcement of any Trademark license and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Trade Secrets Collateral” means all common law and statutory trade secrets and all other confidential, proprietary or useful information and all know-how obtained by or used in or contemplated at any time for use in the business of any Grantor (all of the foregoing being collectively called a “Trade Secret”), including all Documents and things embodying, incorporating or referring in any way to such Trade Secret, all Trade Secret licenses, and including the right to sue for and to enjoin and to collect damages for the actual or threatened misappropriation of any Trade Secret and for the breach or enforcement of any such Trade Secret license.
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“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in the State of New York, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“Voting Securities” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Securities of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.
SECTION 1.2.Note Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms used in this Security Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in the Note.
SECTION 1.3.UCC Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, terms for which meanings are provided in the UCC are used in this Security Agreement, including its preamble and recitals, with such meanings.
ARTICLE II
SECURITY INTEREST
SECTION 2.1.Grant of Security Interest. Each Grantor hereby pledges, hypothecates, assigns, charges, mortgages, delivers, and transfers to the Lender, and hereby grants to the Lender, a continuing security interest in all of such Grantor’s following property, whether now or hereafter existing, owned or acquired by such Grantor, and wherever located, (collectively, the “Collateral”):
(a) all equipment in all of its forms of such Grantor, wherever located, and all machinery, apparatus, installation facilities and other tangible personal property, and all parts thereof and all accessions, additions, attachments, improvements, substitutions, replacements and proceeds thereto and therefor (any and all of the foregoing being the “Equipment”);
(b) all inventory in all of its forms of such Grantor, wherever located, including (i) all oil, gas, or other hydrocarbons and all products and substances derived therefrom, all raw materials and work in process therefore, finished goods thereof, and materials used or consumed in the manufacture or production thereof, (ii) all goods in which such Grantor has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind (including goods in which such Grantor has an interest or right as consignee), and (iii) all goods which are returned to or repossessed by such Grantor, and all accessions thereto, products thereof and documents therefore (any and all such inventory, materials, goods, accessions, products and documents being the “Inventory”);
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(c) all accounts, money, payment intangibles, deposit accounts (including the Collateral Accounts and all amounts on deposit therein and all cash equivalent investments carried therein and all proceeds thereof), contracts, contract rights, all rights constituting a right to the payment of money, chattel paper, documents, documents of title, instruments, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights and General Intangibles of such Grantor, whether or not earned by performance or arising out of or in connection with the sale or lease of goods or the rendering of services, including all moneys due or to become due in repayment of any loans or advances, and all rights of such Grantor now or hereafter existing in and to all security agreements, guaranties, leases, agreements and other contracts securing or otherwise relating to any such accounts, money, payment intangibles, deposit accounts, contracts, contract rights, rights to the payment of money, chattel paper, documents, documents of title, instruments, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights and General Intangibles (any and all such accounts, money, payment intangibles, deposit accounts, contracts, contract rights, rights to the payment of money, chattel paper, documents, documents of title, instruments, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights and General Intangibles being the “Receivables”, and any and all such security agreements, guaranties, leases, agreements and other contracts being the “Related Contracts”);
(d) all Intellectual Property Collateral of such Grantor;
(e) all books, correspondence, credit files, records, invoices, tapes, cards, computer runs, writings, data bases, information in all forms, paper and documents and other property relating to, used or useful in connection with, evidencing, embodying, incorporating or referring to, any of the foregoing in thisSection 2.1;
(f) all governmental approvals, permits, licenses, authorizations, consents, rulings, tariffs, rates, certifications, waivers, exemptions, filings, claims, orders, judgments and decrees (each a “Governmental Approval”), to the extent a security interest may be granted therein; provided that any Governmental Approval that by its terms or by operation of law would be void, voidable, terminable or revocable if mortgaged, pledged or assigned hereunder is expressly excepted and excluded from the Liens and terms of this Security Agreement, including the grant of security interest in thisSection 2.1;
(g) all interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements, and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Grantor against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates and all commodity hedge, commodity swap, exchange, forward, future, floor, collar or cap agreements, fixed price agreements and all other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Grantor against fluctuations in commodity prices;
(h) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all bank accounts, investment property, fixtures and supporting obligations;
(i) all Pledged Interests, Pledged Notes, Pledged Shares and any other Pledged Property and all Distributions, interest, and other payments and rights with respect to such Pledged Property;
(j) all accessions, substitutions, replacements, products, offspring, rents, issues, profits, returns, income and proceeds of and from any and all of the foregoing Collateral (including proceeds which constitute property of the types described inclauses (a),(b),(c),(d), (e), (f),(g),(h), and(i) and proceeds deposited from time to time in any lock boxes of such Grantor, and, to the extent not otherwise included, all payments and proceeds under insurance (whether or not the Lender is the loss payee thereof), or any condemnation award, indemnity, warranty or guaranty, payable by reason of loss or damage to or otherwise with respect to any of the Collateral); and
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(k) all of such Grantor’s other property and rights of every kind and description and interests therein, including without limitation, all other “Accounts”, “Certificated Securities”, “Chattel Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claims” (including those set forth on Item I of Schedule II attached hereto (as such schedule may be updated from time to time in accordance with Section 4.7 hereof)), “Commodity Accounts”, “Commodity Contracts”, “Deposit Accounts”, “Documents”, “Equipment”, “Fixtures”, “General Intangibles”, “Goods”, “Instruments”, “Inventory”, “Investment Property”, “Letter of Credit Rights”, “Letters of Credit”, “Money”, “Proceeds”, “Securities”, “Securities Account”, “Security Entitlements”, “Supporting Obligations” and “Uncertificated Securities” as such terms are defined in the UCC.
SECTION 2.2.Security for Obligations. This Security Agreement, and the Collateral in which the Lender is granted a security interest hereunder by the Grantors, secures the prompt and indefeasible payment in full and performance of all obligations of the Grantors now or hereafter existing under this Security Agreement and the Note, whether for principal, interest, costs, fees, expenses or otherwise, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, primary or secondary, fixed or absolute or contingent, joint or several, or now or hereafter existing under this Security Agreement and the Note (all such obligations being the “Secured Obligations”).
SECTION 2.3.Continuing Security Interest; Transfer of Notes. This Security Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the Termination Date, (b) be binding upon each Grantor and its successors, transferees and assigns, and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Lender hereunder, to the benefit of the Lender and its respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingclause (c), the Lender may assign or otherwise transfer (in whole or in part) the Note, and any successor or assignee thereof shall thereupon become vested with all the rights and benefits in respect thereof granted to the Lender under this Security Agreement, or otherwise, subject, however, to any contrary provisions in such assignment or transfer. Upon the Termination Date, the security interest granted herein shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Grantor. Upon any such payment and termination or expiration, the Lender will, at the Grantors’ sole expense, deliver or cause to be delivered to each applicable Grantor, without any representations, warranties or recourse of any kind whatsoever, all certificates and instruments representing or evidencing all Pledged Notes, Pledged Shares and Pledged Interests, together with all other Collateral held by the Lender or the First Lien Administrative Agent, as the Lender’s bailee in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, hereunder, and execute and deliver to any Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination. If at any time all or any part of any payment theretofore applied by the Lender to any of the Secured Obligations is or must be rescinded or returned by the Lender for any reason whatsoever (including, without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding of any Grantor or any other Person), such Secured Obligations shall, for purposes of this Security Agreement, to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued to be in existence, notwithstanding any application by the Lender or any termination agreement or release provided to any Grantor, and this Security Agreement shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be, as to such Secured Obligations, all as though such application by the Lender had not been made. This Section 2.3 shall survive the Termination Date.
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SECTION 2.4.Grantor Remains Liable. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral to the extent set forth therein, and will perform all of its duties and obligations under such contracts and agreements to the same extent as if this Security Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by the Lender of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under any such contracts or agreements included in the Collateral, and (c) the Lender shall not have any obligation or liability under any contracts or agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this Security Agreement, nor shall the Lender be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
SECTION 2.5.Delivery of Pledged Property.
(a) All certificates or instruments representing or evidencing any Collateral, including all Pledged Shares and Pledged Notes, shall be delivered to and held by or on behalf of (or in the case of the Pledged Notes, endorsed to the order of) the Lender, pursuant hereto, shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, and shall be accompanied by all necessary indorsements or instruments of transfer or assignment, duly executed in blank.
(b) To the extent any of the Collateral constitutes an “uncertificated security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC) or a “security entitlement” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC), the applicable Grantor shall take and cause the appropriate Person (including any issuer, entitlement holder or securities intermediary thereof) to take all actions necessary to grant “control” (as defined in 8-106 of the UCC) to the Lender over such Collateral.
SECTION 2.6.Distributions on Pledged Shares. In the event that any Distribution with respect to any Pledged Shares or Pledged Interests pledged hereunder is permitted to be paid, such Distribution or payment may be paid directly to the applicable Grantor.
SECTION 2.7.Security Interest Absolute, etc. This Security Agreement shall in all respects be a continuing, absolute, unconditional and irrevocable grant of security interest, and shall remain in full force and effect until the Termination Date. All rights of the Lender and the security interests granted to the Lender hereunder, and all obligations of the Grantors hereunder, shall, in each case, be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable irrespective of (a) any lack of validity, legality or enforceability of this Security Agreement, (b) the failure of the Lender (i) to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against any Grantor or any other Person under the provisions of this Security Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of, or collateral securing, any Secured Obligations, (c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any part of the Secured Obligations, or any other extension, compromise or renewal of any Secured Obligations, (d) any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of any Secured Obligations (except in the case of the occurrence of the Termination Date) for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to (and each Grantor hereby waives any right to or claim of) any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, nongenuineness, irregularity, compromise, unenforceability of, or any other event or occurrence affecting, any Secured Obligations or otherwise, (e) any amendment to, rescission, waiver, or other modification of, or any consent to or departure from, any of the terms of this Security Agreement, (f) any addition, exchange or release of any Collateral for the Secured Obligations, or any surrender or non-perfection of any collateral, or (g) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, any Grantor, any surety or any guarantor.
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SECTION 2.8.Election of Remedies. Except as otherwise provided in the Note, if the Lender may, under applicable law, proceed to realize its benefits under this Security Agreement or the other security documents giving the Lender a lien upon any Collateral, either by judicial foreclosure or by non-judicial sale or enforcement, the Lender may, at its sole option, determine which of its remedies or rights it may pursue without affecting any of its rights and remedies under this Security Agreement. If, in the exercise of any of its rights and remedies, the Lender shall forfeit any of its rights or remedies, including its right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Grantor or any other Person, whether because of any applicable laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or the like, each Grantor hereby consents to such action by the Lender and waives any claim based upon such action, even if such action by the Lender shall result in a full or partial loss of any rights of subrogation that such Grantor might otherwise have had but for such action by the Lender.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Grantor represents and warrants unto the Lender, as at date hereof and at the date of each pledge and delivery hereunder by such Grantor to the Lender of any Collateral (including each pledge and delivery of any Pledged Shares or Pledged Notes), as set forth in this Article.
SECTION 3.1.As to Capital Securities of the Subsidiaries, Investment Property.
(a) With respect to the Pledged Shares, all such Pledged Shares are duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and represented by a certificate.
(b) With respect to the Pledged Interests, no such Pledged Interests (i) are dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, (ii) expressly provide that such Pledged Interests are securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC, or (iii) are held in a Securities Account, except, with respect to thisclause (b), Pledged Interests (A) for which the Lender is the registered owner or (B) with respect to which the Pledged Interests Issuer has agreed in an authenticated record with the applicable Grantor and the Lender to comply with any instructions of the Lender, without the consent of such Grantor.
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(c) Such Grantor has delivered all Certificated Securities constituting Collateral held by such Grantor on the date hereof to the Lender, together with duly executed undated blank stock powers, or other equivalent instruments of transfer in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lender.
(d) With respect to Uncertificated Securities constituting Collateral owned by such Grantor, such Grantor has caused the Pledged Interests Issuer or other issuer thereof either (i) to register the Lender as the registered owner of such security, or (ii) to agree in an authenticated record with such Grantor and the Lender that such Pledged Interests Issuer or other issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such security originated by the Lender, without further consent of such Grantor.
(e) The percentage of the issued and outstanding Capital Securities in any Person owned by such Grantor is set forth onSchedule I. All of the Pledged Shares and Pledged Interests of such Grantor constitute one hundred percent (100%) of such Grantor’s interest in the applicable Pledged Interests Issuer and the percentage of the total membership, partnership and/or other equity interests in the Pledged Interests Issuer indicated onSchedule I.
SECTION 3.2.Grantor’s Name, Location, etc.
(a) (i) The jurisdiction in which such Grantor is located for purposes of Sections 9-301 and 9-307 of the UCC is set forth inItem A-1 ofSchedule II hereto, (ii) the place of business of such Grantor or, if such Grantor has more than one place of business, the chief executive office of such Grantor and the office where such Grantor keeps its records concerning the Receivables, and all originals of all chattel paper which evidence Receivables, is set forth inItem A-2 ofSchedule II hereto, and (iii) such Grantor’s federal taxpayer identification number is set forth inItem A-3 ofSchedule II hereto.
(b) All of the Equipment, Inventory and Goods of such Grantor are located at the places specified inItem B,Item C andItem D, respectively, ofSchedule II hereto.
(c) Such Grantor does not have any trade names.
(d) Such Grantor has not been known by any legal name different from the one set forth on the signature page hereto, nor has such Grantor been the subject of any merger or other corporate reorganization, except as set forth inItem E ofSchedule II hereto.
(e) Such Grantor is not a party to any federal, state or local government contract except (i) contracts with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, United States Department of Interior (including its predecessor agency, the Mineral Management Services) or other Federal leases, or (ii) as set forth inItem F ofSchedule II hereto.
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(f) Such Grantor does not maintain any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts or Commodity Accounts with any Person, in each case, except as set forth onItem G ofSchedule II.
(g) None of the Receivables is evidenced by a promissory note or other instrument other than a promissory note or instrument that has been delivered to the Lender (with appropriate endorsements).
(h) Such Grantor is not the beneficiary of any Letters of Credit, except as set forth onItem H ofSchedule II (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) hereto and such Grantor has obtained the consent of each issuer of any material Letter of Credit to the assignment of the proceeds of the letter of credit to the Lender.
(i) Such Grantor does not have Commercial Tort Claims (i) in which a suit has been filed by such Grantor, and (ii) where the amount of damages reasonably expected to be claimed exceeds $1,000,000, except as set forth onItem I ofSchedule II.
(j) The name set forth on the signature page attached hereto is the true and correct legal name (as defined in the UCC) of such Grantor.
(k) Such Grantor has obtained a legal, valid and enforceable consent of each issuer of any Letter of Credit with a stated amount in excess of $2,500,000 to the assignment of the Proceeds of such Letter of Credit to the Lender, and has not consented to, and is otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Lender pursuant hereto) having control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in any of such Grantor’s rights in respect thereof.
SECTION 3.3.Negotiable Documents, Instruments and Chattel Paper. Such Grantor has, contemporaneously herewith, delivered to the Lender possession of all originals of all Documents, Instruments, promissory notes, Pledged Notes and tangible Chattel Paper owned or held by such Grantor (duly endorsed, in blank, if requested by the Lender).
SECTION 3.4.Intellectual Property Collateral. Such Grantor represents that except for any Patent Collateral, Trademark Collateral, and Copyright Collateral specified inItem A,Item B andItem C, respectively, ofSchedule III hereto, and any and Trade Secrets Collateral, such Grantor owns and has no interests in any Intellectual Property Collateral as of the date hereof, other than the Computer Hardware and Software Collateral.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Each Grantor covenants and agrees that, until the Termination Date, it will perform, comply with and be bound by the obligations set forth below.
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SECTION 4.1.As to Investment Property, etc.
(a) Capital Securities of Subsidiaries. No Grantor shall allow or permit any of its Subsidiaries (i) that is a corporation, business trust, joint stock company or similar Person, to issue Uncertificated Securities, unless such Person promptly takes the actions set forth inSection 4.1(b)(ii) with respect to any such Uncertificated Securities, (ii) that is a partnership or limited liability company, to (A) issue Capital Securities that are to be dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or in securities markets, (B) expressly provide in its organic documents that its Capital Securities are securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC, or (C) place such Subsidiary’s Capital Securities in a Securities Account, unless such Person promptly takes the actions set forth inSection 4.1(b)(ii) with respect to any such Capital Securities, and (iii) to issue Capital Securities in addition to or in substitution for the Pledged Property or any other Capital Securities pledged hereunder, except for additional Capital Securities issued to such Grantor; provided that (A) such Capital Securities are immediately pledged and delivered to the Lender and (B) such Grantor delivers a supplement toSchedule I to the Lender identifying such new Capital Securities as Pledged Property, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Security Agreement. No Grantor shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue any warrants, options, contracts or other commitments or other securities that are convertible to any of the foregoing or that entitle any Person to purchase any of the foregoing, and except for this Security Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement creating any restriction or condition upon the transfer, voting or control of any Pledged Property.
(b) Investment Property (other than Certificated Securities). With respect to (i) any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts, Commodity Contracts or Security Entitlements constituting Investment Property owned or held by any Grantor, such Grantor will, upon the Lender’s request, cause the intermediary maintaining such Investment Property to execute a Control Agreement relating to such Investment Property pursuant to which such intermediary agrees to comply with the Lender’s instructions with respect to such Investment Property without further consent by such Grantor, or (ii) any Uncertificated Securities (other than Uncertificated Securities credited to a Securities Account) constituting Investment Property owned or held by such Grantor, such Grantor will cause the Pledged Interests Issuer or other issuer of such securities to either (A) register the Lender as the registered owner thereof on the books and records of the issuer, or (B) execute a Control Agreement relating to such Investment Property pursuant to which the Pledged Interests Issuer or other issuer agrees to comply with the Lender’s instructions with respect to such Uncertificated Securities without further consent by such Grantor.
(c) Certificated Securities (Stock Powers). Each Grantor agrees that all Pledged Shares (and all other certificated shares of Capital Securities constituting Collateral) delivered by such Grantor pursuant to this Security Agreement will be accompanied by duly endorsed undated blank stock powers, or other equivalent instruments of transfer in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender. Each Grantor will, from time to time upon the request of the Lender, promptly deliver to the Lender on its behalf, such stock powers, instruments and similar documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, with respect to the Collateral as the Lender may reasonably request and will, from time to time upon the request of the Lender after the occurrence of any default under the Note (“Event of Default”), promptly transfer any Pledged Shares, Pledged Interests or other shares of Capital Securities constituting Collateral into the name of any nominee designated by the Lender, but subject to the Intercreditor Agreement.
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(d) Continuous Pledge. Each Grantor will (subject to the terms of the Note) deliver to the Lender, and at all times keep pledged to the Lender pursuant hereto, on a second-priority, perfected basis all Pledged Property, Investment Property, all dividends and Distributions with respect thereto, all payment intangibles to the extent they are evidenced by a Document, Instrument, promissory note or Chattel Paper, and all interest and principal with respect to such payment intangibles, and all Proceeds and rights from time to time received by or distributable to such Grantor in respect of any of the foregoing Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that it will, promptly (but in any event no later than seven Business Days) following receipt thereof, deliver to the Lender possession of all originals of Pledged Interests, Pledged Shares, Pledged Notes and any other Pledged Property, negotiable Documents, Instruments, promissory notes and Chattel Paper that it acquires following the date hereof and shall deliver to the Lender a supplement toSchedule I identifying any such new Pledged Interests, Pledged Shares, Pledged Notes or other Pledged Property.
(e) Voting Rights; Dividends, etc. Each Grantor agrees:
(i) that promptly upon receipt of notice of the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default from the Lender and without any request therefor by the Lender, so long as such Event of Default shall continue, to deliver (properly endorsed where required hereby or requested by the Lender) to the Lender, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, all Distributions with respect to Investment Property, all interest principal and other cash payments on payment intangibles, the Pledged Property and all Proceeds of the Pledged Property or any other Collateral, in case thereafter received by such Grantor, all of which shall be held by the Lender as additional Collateral;
(ii) that, with respect to Pledged Property or any other Collateral consisting of general partner interests, limited partnership interests or limited liability company interests, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, promptly upon receipt of notice of the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default from the Lender and of the Lender’s intention to exercise its voting power underSection 4.1(e)(iii) such Grantor shall modify the applicable organic documents to admit the Lender as a general partner, limited partner or member, as applicable; and
(iii) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Lender has notified such Grantor of the Lender’s intention to exercise its voting power under thisSection 4.1(e)(iii), subject to the Intercreditor Agreement,
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(A) the Lender may exercise (to the exclusion of such Grantor) the voting power and all other incidental rights of ownership with respect to any Pledged Shares, Investment Property or other Capital Securities constituting Collateral;SUBJECT TO THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY GRANTS THE LENDER AN IRREVOCABLE PROXY (WHICH IRREVOCABLE PROXY SHALL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE TERMINATION DATE) EXERCISABLE UNDER SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES, TO VOTE THE PLEDGED SHARES, PLEDGED INTERESTS, INVESTMENT PROPERTY AND SUCH OTHER COLLATERAL;AND
(B) promptly to deliver to the Lender such additional proxies and other documents as may be necessary to allow the Lender to exercise such voting power.
All Distributions, interest, principal, cash payments, payment intangibles and Proceeds that may at any time and from time to time be held by any Grantor but which such Grantor is then obligated to deliver to the Lender, shall, until delivery to the Lender, be held by such Grantor separate and apart from its other property in trust for the Lender. The Lender agrees that unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Lender shall have given the notice referred to inSection 4.1(e), such Grantor shall have the exclusive voting power, and is granted a proxy, with respect to any Capital Securities (including any of the Pledged Shares) constituting Collateral. The Lender shall, upon the written request of such Grantor, promptly deliver, or cause to be delivered, such proxies and other documents, if any, as shall be reasonably requested by such Grantor which are necessary to allow such Grantor to exercise that voting power with respect to any such Capital Securities (including any of the Pledged Shares) constituting Collateral;provided,however, that no vote shall be cast, or consent, waiver, or ratification given, or action taken by such Grantor that would violate any provision of the Note or this Security Agreement.
SECTION 4.2.Organic Documents; Change of Name, etc. No Grantor will change its state of incorporation, formation or organization or its name, identity, organizational identification number or corporate structure unless such Grantor shall have (a) given the Lender at least thirty (30) days’ prior notice of such change and (b) taken all actions necessary or as requested by the Lender to ensure that the Liens on the Collateral granted in favor of the Lender remain perfected, second-priority Liens.
SECTION 4.3.As to Accounts.
(a) Each Grantor shall have the right to collect all Accounts so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b) Upon (i) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default and (ii) the delivery of notice by the Lender to the applicable Grantor, all Proceeds of Collateral received by such Grantor shall be delivered in kind to the Lender for deposit in a Deposit Account of such Grantor maintained at a depositary bank to which such Grantor, the Lender and the depositary bank have entered into a Control Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender providing that the depositary bank will comply with the instructions originated by the Lender directing disposition of the funds in the account without further consent by such Grantor (any such Deposit Accounts, together with any other Accounts pursuant to which any portion of the Collateral is deposited with the Lender, a “Collateral Account,” and collectively, the “Collateral Accounts”), and such Grantor shall not commingle any such Proceeds, and shall hold separate and apart from all other property, all such Proceeds in express trust for the benefit of the Lender until delivery thereof is made to the Lender.
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(c) Following the delivery of notice pursuant toclause (b)(ii), the Lender shall have, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the right to apply any amount in the Collateral Account to the payment of any Secured Obligations which are due and payable or in accordance with the Note or this Security Agreement.
(d) With respect to each of the Collateral Accounts, it is hereby confirmed and agreed that (i) deposits in such Collateral Account are subject to a security interest as contemplated hereby, (ii) such Collateral Account shall be under the control of the Lender and (iii) the Lender shall have the sole right of withdrawal over such Collateral Account.
(e) Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the Lender, such Grantor will maintain all of its Deposit Accounts only with any depositary institution that has entered into a Control Agreement in favor of the Lender.
SECTION 4.4.As to the Grantors’ Use of Collateral.
(a) At any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether before or after the maturity of any of the Secured Obligations, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Lender may (i) notify any parties obligated on any of the Collateral to make payment to the Lender of any amounts due or to become due thereunder, and (ii) enforce collection of any of the Collateral by suit or otherwise and surrender, release, or exchange all or any part thereof, or compromise or extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness thereunder or evidenced thereby.
(b) Upon request of the Lender following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, each Grantor will, at its own expense, notify any parties obligated on any of the Collateral to make payment to the Lender of any amounts due or to become due thereunder.
(c) At any time following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Lender may endorse, in the name of any Grantor, any item, howsoever received by the Lender, representing any payment on or other Proceeds of any of the Collateral.
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SECTION 4.5.As to Intellectual Property Collateral. Each Grantor covenants and agrees to comply with the following provisions as such provisions relate to any Intellectual Property Collateral material to the operations or business of such Grantor:
(a) in no event will such Grantor or any of its agents, employees, designees or licensees file an application for the registration of any Intellectual Property Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, unless it promptly informs the Lender, and upon request of the Lender (subject to the terms of the Note and the Intercreditor Agreement), executes and delivers all agreements, instruments and documents as the Lender may reasonably request to evidence the Lender’s security interest in such Intellectual Property Collateral;
(b) following the obtaining of an interest in any material Intellectual Property, such Grantor shall deliver a supplement toSchedule II identifying such new Intellectual Property; and
(c) following the obtaining of an interest in any material Intellectual Property by such Grantor or, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon the request of the Lender, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Grantor shall deliver all agreements, instruments and documents the Lender may reasonably request to evidence the Lender’s security interest in such Intellectual Property Collateral and as may otherwise be required to acknowledge or register or perfect the Lender’s interest in any part of such item of Intellectual Property Collateral unless such Grantor shall determine in good faith that any Intellectual Property Collateral is of negligible economic value to such Grantor.
SECTION 4.6.As to Letter-of-Credit Rights.
(a) Each Grantor, by granting a security interest in its Letter of Credit Rights to the Lender, intends to (and hereby does) collaterally assign to the Lender its rights (including its contingent rights) to the Proceeds of all Letter of Credit Rights of which it is or hereafter becomes a beneficiary or assignee. Promptly following the date on which any Grantor obtains any Letter of Credit Rights after the date hereof, such Grantor shall (i) deliver a supplement toSchedule II identifying such new Letter-of-Credit Right and (ii) cause the issuer of each Letter of Credit and each nominated person (if any) with respect thereto to consent to such assignment of the Proceeds thereof in a consent agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender and deliver written evidence of such consent to the Lender.
(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, such Grantor will, promptly upon request by the Lender and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, (i) notify (and each Grantor hereby authorizes the Lender to notify) the issuer and each nominated person with respect to each of the Letters of Credit that the Proceeds thereof have been assigned to the Lender hereunder and any payments due or to become due in respect thereof are to be made directly to the Lender and (ii) arrange for the Lender to become the transferee beneficiary Letter of Credit.
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SECTION 4.7.As to Commercial Tort Claims. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that, until the Termination Date, with respect to any Commercial Tort Claim in excess of $1,000,000 individually or in the aggregate hereafter arising, it shall, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, deliver to the Lender a supplement toSchedule II in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, identifying such new Commercial Tort Claims.
SECTION 4.8.Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. If any Grantor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any electronic chattel paper or any “transferable record,” as that term is defined in Section 201 of the U.S. Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the U.S. Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, with a value in excess of $1,000,000, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Lender thereof and, at the request of the Lender and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, shall take such action as the Lender may request (which shall be consistent with that taken in connection with the Credit Agreement ) to vest in the Lender control under Section 9-105 of the UCC of such electronic chattel paper or control under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record. The Lender agrees with such Grantor that the Lender will arrange, pursuant to procedures substantially similar to those utilized by the First Lien Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement and so long as such procedures will not result in the Lender’s loss of control, for such Grantor to make alterations to the electronic chattel paper or transferable record permitted under Section 9-105 of the UCC or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the U.S. Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the U.S. Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control to allow without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by such Grantor with respect to such electronic chattel paper or transferable record.
SECTION 4.9.Further Assurances, etc. Each Grantor shall warrant and defend the right and title herein granted unto the Lender in and to the Collateral (and any right, title and interest represented by the Collateral) against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever. Each Grantor agrees that, from time to time at its own expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or that the Lender may reasonably request, in order to perfect, preserve and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Lender to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that, upon the acquisition after the date hereof by such Grantor of any Collateral, with respect to which the security interest granted hereunder is not perfected automatically upon such acquisition, to take such actions with respect to such Collateral or any part thereof as required by this Security Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such Grantor will:
(a) from time to time upon the request of the Lender, promptly deliver to the Lender such stock powers, instruments and similar documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, with respect to such Collateral as the Lender may reasonably request and will, from time to time upon the request of the Lender, after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, promptly transfer any securities constituting Collateral into the name of any nominee designated by the Lender; if any Collateral shall be evidenced by an Instrument, negotiable Document, promissory note or tangible Chattel Paper, deliver and pledge to the Lender hereunder such Instrument, negotiable Document, promissory note, Pledged Note or tangible Chattel Paper duly endorsed and accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender;
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(b) file (and each Grantor hereby authorizes the Lender to file) such filing statements or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or notices (including any assignment of claim form under or pursuant to the federal assignment of claims statute, 31 U.S.C. § 3726, any successor or amended version thereof or any regulation promulgated under or pursuant to any version thereof), as may be necessary or that the Lender may request in order to perfect and preserve the security interests and other rights granted or purported to be granted to the Lender hereby. The authorization contained in thisSection 4.9 shall be irrevocable and continuing until the Termination Date;
(c) deliver to the Lender or a bailee therefore and at all times keep pledged to the Lender pursuant hereto, on a second-priority, perfected basis, at the request of the Lender, all Investment Property constituting Collateral (except for Permitted Liens), all Distributions with respect thereto, and all interest and principal with respect to promissory notes, and all Proceeds and rights from time to time received by or distributable to such Grantor in respect of any of the foregoing Collateral;
(d) not create any tangible Chattel Paper without placing a legend on such tangible Chattel Paper indicating that the Lender has a security interest in such Chattel Paper;
(e) furnish to the Lender, from time to time at the Lender’s request, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the Lender may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail; and
(f) do all things reasonably requested by the Lender in accordance with this Security Agreement in order to enable the Lender to have and maintain control over the Collateral consisting of Investment Property, Deposit Accounts, Letter of Credit Rights and Electronic Chattel Paper.
With respect to the foregoing and the grant of the security interest hereunder, each Grantor hereby authorizes the Lender to file one or more financing or continuation statements, any amendments thereto, and other similar documents necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Lender to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Lender’s security interest in the Collateral or any portion thereof, in each of the foregoing cases, without the signature and without further authorization of such Grantor. Each Grantor agrees that a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Security Agreement or any UCC financing statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a UCC financing statement where permitted by law. EachGrantor hereby authorizes the Lender to file financing statements describing as the collateral covered thereby “all of the debtor’s personal property or assets” or words to that effect, notwithstanding that such wording may be broader in scope than the Collateral described in this Security Agreement.
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ARTICLE V
THE LENDER
SECTION 5.1.Lender Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Lender its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, from time to time in the Lender’s discretion, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take any action and to execute any instrument, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, which the Lender may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Security Agreement, including (a) to ask, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral, (b) to receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other Instruments, Documents and Chattel Paper, in connection withclause (a) above, (c) to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which the Lender may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Lender with respect to any of the Collateral, and (d) to perform the affirmative obligations of such Grantor hereunder.EACH GRANTOR HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES, CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE POWER OF ATTORNEY GRANTED PURSUANT TO THISSECTION 5.1 IS IRREVOCABLE AND COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST AND SHALL BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE TERMINATION DATE.
SECTION 5.2.Lender Has No Duty.
(a) The powers conferred on the Lender hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty on it to exercise any such powers. Except for reasonable care of any Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Lender shall not have any duty as to any Collateral or responsibility for (a) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Investment Property and any other Pledged Property, whether or not the Lender has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or (b) taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral.
(b) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Lender may from time to time, when the Lender deems it to be necessary, appoint one or more subagents (each a “Subagent”) for the Lender hereunder with respect to all or any part of the Collateral (and shall notify EPL of such appointment; provided, that the failure to so notify EPL shall not affect the provisions of thisSection 5.2(b)). In the event that the Lender so appoints any Subagent with respect to any Collateral, (i) the assignment and pledge of such Collateral and the security interest granted in such Collateral by the Grantors hereunder shall be deemed for purposes of this Agreement to have been made to such Subagent, in addition to the Lender, as security for the Secured Obligations, (ii) such Subagent shall automatically be vested, in addition to the Lender, with all rights, powers, privileges, interests, obligations and remedies of the Lender hereunder with respect to such Collateral, and (iii) the term “Lender,” when used herein in relation to any rights, powers, privileges, interests, obligations and remedies of the Lender with respect to such Collateral, shall include such Subagent;provided,however, that no such Subagent shall be authorized to take any action with respect to any such Collateral unless and except to the extent expressly authorized in writing by the Lender.
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SECTION 5.3.Reasonable Care. The Lender is required to exercise reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any of the Collateral in its possession;provided, that the Lender shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any of the Collateral (a) if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Lender accords its own personal property, or (b) if the Lender takes such action for that purpose as any Grantor reasonably requests in writing at times other than upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default;provided,further, that failure of the Lender to comply with any such request at any time shall not in itself be deemed a failure to exercise reasonable care.
ARTICLE VI
REMEDIES
SECTION 6.1.Certain Remedies. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, if any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) The Lender may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the UCC (whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) and also may (i) take possession of any Collateral not already in its possession without demand and without legal process, (ii) require any Grantor to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will, at its expense and upon request of the Lender forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Lender and make it available to the Lender at a place to be designated by the Lender that is reasonably convenient to both parties, (iii) enter onto the property where any Collateral is located and take possession thereof without demand and without legal process, (iv) without notice except as specified below, lease, license, sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Lender’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Lender may deem commercially reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten days’ prior notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time of any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification;provided,however, that with respect to Collateral that is (x) perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value, or (y) is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market (including but not limited to, Investment Property), no notice of sale or disposition need be given. For purposes of thisArticle VI, notice of any intended sale or disposition of any Collateral may be given by first-class mail, hand-delivery (through a delivery service or otherwise), facsimile or email, and shall be deemed to have been “sent” upon deposit in the U.S. Mails with adequate postage properly affixed, upon delivery to an express delivery service or upon electronic submission through telephonic or internet services, as applicable. The Lender shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Lender may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.
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(b) Each Grantor agrees and acknowledges that a commercially reasonable disposition of Inventory, Equipment, Goods, Computer Hardware and Software Collateral, or Intellectual Property may be by lease or license of, in addition to the sale of, such Collateral. Each Grantor further agrees and acknowledges that the following shall be deemed a reasonable commercial disposition: (i) a disposition made in the usual manner on any recognized market, (ii) a disposition at the price current in any recognized market at the time of disposition, and (iii) a disposition in conformity with reasonable commercial practices among dealers in the type of property subject to the disposition.
(c) All cash Proceeds received by the Lender in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied by the Lender against, all or any part of the obligations under the Note. The Lender shall not be obligated to apply or pay over for application noncash proceeds of collection or enforcement unless (i) the failure to do so would be commercially unreasonable, and (ii) the affected party has provided the Lender with a written demand to apply or pay over such noncash proceeds on such basis.
(d) The Lender may do any or all of the following: (i) transfer all or any part of the Collateral into the name of the Lender or its nominee, with or without disclosing that such Collateral is subject to the Lien hereunder, (ii) notify the parties obligated on any of the Collateral to make payment to the Lender of any amount due or to become due thereunder, (iii) withdraw, or cause or direct the withdrawal, of all funds with respect to the Collateral Account, (iv) enforce collection of any of the Collateral by suit or otherwise, and surrender, release or exchange all or any part thereof, or compromise or extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any obligations of any nature of any party with respect thereto, (v) endorse any checks, drafts, or other writings in any Grantor’s name to allow collection of the Collateral, (vi) take control of any Proceeds of the Collateral, or (vii) execute (in the name, place and stead of any Grantor) endorsements, assignments, stock powers and other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to all or any of the Collateral.
SECTION 6.2.Securities Laws. If the Lender shall determine to exercise its right to sell all or any of the Collateral that are Capital Securities pursuant toSection 6.1, each Grantor agrees that, upon request of the Lender, such Grantor will, at its own expense:
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(a) execute and deliver, and cause (or, with respect to any issuer which is not a Subsidiary of such Grantor, use its reasonable efforts to cause) each Pledged Interests Issuer or other issuer of the Collateral contemplated to be sold and the directors and officers thereof to execute and deliver, all such instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all such other acts and things, as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, advisable to register such Collateral under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as from time to time amended (the “Securities Act”), and cause the registration statement relating thereto to become effective and to remain effective for such period as prospectuses are required by law to be furnished, and to make all amendments and supplements thereto and to the related prospectus which, in the reasonable opinion of the Lender, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto;
(b) use its reasonable efforts to exempt the Collateral under the state securities or “Blue Sky” laws and to obtain all necessary Governmental Approvals for the sale of the Collateral, as requested by the Lender;
(c) cause (or, with respect to any issuer that is not a Subsidiary of such Grantor, use its reasonable efforts to cause) each such Pledged Interests Issuer or other issuer to make available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement that will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act; and
(d) do or cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be reasonably necessary to make such sale of the Collateral or any part thereof valid and binding and in compliance with applicable law.
Each Grantor acknowledges the impossibility of ascertaining the amount of damages that would be suffered by the Lender by reason of the failure by such Grantor to perform any of the covenants contained in thisSection 6.2 and consequently agrees that, if such Grantor shall fail to perform any of such covenants, it shall pay, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount equal to the value (as reasonably determined by the Lender in good faith) of such Collateral on the date the Lender shall demand compliance with thisSection 6.2.
SECTION 6.3.Compliance with Restrictions. Each Grantor agrees that in any sale of any of the Collateral whenever an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Lender is hereby authorized to comply with any limitation or restriction in connection with such sale as it may be advised by counsel is necessary in order to avoid any violation of applicable law (including compliance with such procedures as may restrict the number of prospective bidders and purchasers, require that such prospective bidders and purchasers have certain qualifications, and restrict such prospective bidders and purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale of such Collateral), or in order to obtain any required approval of the sale or of the purchaser by any governmental authority or official, and each Grantor further agrees that such compliance shall not result in such sale being considered or deemed not to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner, nor shall the Lender be liable nor accountable to such Grantor for any discount allowed by the reason of the fact that such Collateral is sold in compliance with any such limitation or restriction.
SECTION 6.4.Protection of Collateral. The Lender may from time to time, at its option, perform any act which any Grantor fails to perform after being requested in writing so to perform (it being understood that no such request need be given after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default) and the Lender may from time to time take any other action which the Lender deems reasonably necessary for the maintenance, preservation or protection of any of the Collateral or of its security interest therein.
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SECTION 6.5.Indemnity and Expenses.
(a) Without limiting the generality of any of the provisions of the Note, each Grantor hereby indemnifies and holds harmless the Lender, and each of its respective officers, directors, employees and agents (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, losses and liabilities arising out of or resulting from this Security Agreement (including, without limitation, enforcement of this Security Agreement), except claims, losses or liabilities resulting from any Indemnified Party’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or unlawful acts;PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IT IS THE INTENTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO THAT EACH INDEMNIFIED PARTY BE INDEMNIFIED IN THE CASE OF ITS OWN NEGLIGENCE (OTHER THAN GROSS NEGLIGENCE), REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH NEGLIGENCE IS SOLE OR CONTRIBUTORY, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE, IMPUTED, JOINT OR TECHNICAL. If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, such Grantor hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the foregoing which is permissible under applicable law.
(b) Each Grantor will upon demand pay to the Lender and any local counsel the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Lender and any local counsel may incur in connection herewith, including without limitation in connection with (i) the administration of this Security Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Lender and any local counsel, or (iv) the failure by such Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
SECTION 6.6.Warranties. The Lender may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties or representations as to the Collateral. The Lender may disclaim any warranties of title or the like. Each Grantor agrees that this procedure will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 7.1.Reserved.
SECTION 7.2.Binding on Successors, Transferees and Assigns; Assignment. This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the Termination Date has occurred, shall be binding upon each Grantor and their successors, transferees and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Lender and its successors, transferees and assigns;provided that no Grantor shall (unless otherwise permitted under the terms of the Note or this Security Agreement) assign any of its obligations hereunder.
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SECTION 7.3.Amendments, etc. No amendment to or waiver of any provision of this Security Agreement, nor consent to any departure by any Grantor from its obligations under this Security Agreement, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Lender and each Grantor and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
SECTION 7.4.Notices. Except as otherwise provided in this Security Agreement, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be provided in accordance with the terms of the Note.
SECTION 7.5.Release of Liens. Upon (a) the disposition of Collateral in accordance with the Note or (b) the occurrence of the Termination Date, the security interests granted herein shall automatically terminate with respect to (i) such Collateral (in the case ofclause (a)) or (ii) all Collateral (in the case ofclause (b)). Upon any such disposition or termination, the Lender will, at the Grantors’ sole expense, deliver to each Grantor, without any representations, warranties or recourse of any kind whatsoever, all Collateral held by the Lender hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
SECTION 7.6.No Waiver; Remedies. In addition to, and not in limitation ofSection 2.7, no failure on the part of the Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 7.7.Headings. The various headings of this Security Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Security Agreement or any provisions thereof.
SECTION 7.8.Severability. Any provision of this Security Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such provision and such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Security Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 7.9.Governing Law, Entire Agreement, etc. THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION, EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR NONPERFECTION, AND PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTEREST HEREUNDER, OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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THIS WRITTEN AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
SECTION 7.10.Counterparts. This Security Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute together but one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Security Agreement by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Security Agreement.
SECTION 7.11.Additional Grantors. If at any time any Person is required to become a “Grantor” hereunder pursuant to the Note, such Person shall execute and deliver a Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement Supplement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lender (each, a “Supplement”). Upon such execution and delivery, any such Person shall become a “Grantor” hereunder for all purposes under this Security Agreement, and each Schedule hereto shall be automatically updated to reflect the information set forth on each Schedule attached to the applicable Supplement.
SECTION 7.12.Intercreditor Agreement Controls.
(a) The Lender, by accepting the benefits of the security provided hereby, (i) consents (or is deemed to consent), to the subordination of Liens provided for in the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) agrees (or is deemed to agree) that it will be bound by, and will take no actions contrary to, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, this Security Agreement, the Liens created hereby and the rights, remedies, duties and obligations provided for herein are subject in all respects to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Security Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
(c) Without limiting the foregoing, at any time prior to the Liens related to the Credit Agreement, any provision hereof requiring any Grantor to deliver possession of any Collateral to the Lender, or to cause the Lender to control any Collateral, shall be deemed to have been complied with, if and for so long as (i) the Intercreditor Agreement is in full force and effect and (ii) the First Lien Administrative Agent shall have such possession or control for the benefit of the Lender and as bailee or sub-agent of the Lender as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its Authorized Officer as of the date first above written.
| GRANTORS | ||
| EPL OIL & GAS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio de Pinho | |
| Name: | Antonio de Pinho | |
| Title: | President | |
| DELAWARE EPL OF TEXAS, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio de Pinho | |
| Name: | Antonio de Pinho | |
| Title: | President | |
| EPL OF LOUISIANA, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio de Pinho | |
| Name: | Antonio de Pinho | |
| Title: | President | |
| ENERGY PARTNERS LTD., LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio de Pinho | |
| Name: | Antonio de Pinho | |
| Title: | President | |
| EPL PIONEER HOUSTON, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio de Pinho | |
| Name: | Antonio de Pinho | |
| Title: | President | |
| EPL PIPELINE, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio de Pinho | |
| Name: | Antonio de Pinho | |
| Title: | President | |
| NIGHTHAWK, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio de Pinho | |
| Name: | Antonio de Pinho | |
| Title: | President | |
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| ANGLO-SUISSE OFFSHORE PIPELINE PARTNERS, LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio de Pinho | |
| Name: | Antonio de Pinho | |
| Title: | President | |
| Address for Grantors: | ||
| 1021 Main (One City Centre), Suite 2626 | ||
| Houston, Texas 77002 | ||
| with copy to: | ||
| 1021 Main (One City Centre), Suite 2626 | ||
| Houston, Texas 77002 | ||
| Attention: Bruce W. Busmire | ||
| Telephone No.: 713-351-3033 | ||
| Telecopier No.: 713-351-3333 | ||
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| LENDER: | ||
| Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Antonio de Pinho | |
| Name: Antonio de Pinho | ||
| Title: President | ||
| Address: 1021 Main (One City Centre), Suite 2626 | ||
| Houston, Texas 77002 | ||
| Attention: Bruce W. Busmire | ||
| Telephone No.: 713-351-3033 | ||
| Telecopier No. 713-351-3333 | ||
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SCHEDULE I
to Security Agreement
ITEM A – PLEDGED INTERESTS
| Common Stock | ||||||||||
| Pledged Interests Issuer (corporate) | Cert. # | # of Shares | Authorized Shares | Outstanding Shares | % of Shares Pledged | |||||
| Limited Liability Company Interests | ||||
| Pledged Interests Issuer (limited liability company) | % of Limited Liability Company Interests Pledged | Type of Limited Liability Company Interests Pledged | ||
| Partnership Interests | ||||
| Pledged Interests Issuer (partnership) | % of Partnership Interests Owned | % of Partnership Interests Pledged | ||
ITEM B – PLEDGED NOTES
1. Pledged Note Issuer Description:
SCHEDULE II
to Security Agreement
| Item A-1. | Location of Grantor for purposes of UCC. |
| Schedule II-1 | Pledge and Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy |
| Item A-2. | Grantor’s place of business or principal office. |
| Item A-3. | Taxpayer ID number. |
| Item B. | Equipment. |
| Item C. | Inventory. |
SCHEDULE II
to Security Agreement
| Item D. | Goods |
| Item E. | Merger or other corporate reorganization. |
Description of Merger:
| Schedule II-2 | Pledge and Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy |
| Item F. | Government Contracts. |
Description of Contract:
| Item G. | Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. |
| Deposit Accounts: | ||
| Account Description | Account Number | |
| Securities Accounts: | ||
| Account Description | Account Number | |
SCHEDULE II
to Security Agreement
| Item H. | Letter of Credit Rights. |
Description of Letter of Credit Rights:
| Item I. | Commercial Tort Claims. |
Description of Commercial Tort Claims:
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SCHEDULE III - A
to Security Agreement
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL
Item A. Patent Collateral.
Issued Patents
| Country | Patent No. | Issue Date | Inventor(s) | Title | ||||
Pending Patent Applications
| Country | Serial No. | Filing Date | Inventor(s) | Title | ||||
Patent Applications in Preparation
| Expected | ||||||||
| Country | Docket No. | Filing Date | Inventor(s) | Title | ||||
| Schedule III-A-1 | Pledge and Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy |
SCHEDULE III - B
to Security Agreement
Item B. Trademark Collateral
Registered Trademarks
| Country | Trademark | Registration No. | Registration Date | |||
Pending Trademark Applications
| Country | Trademark | Serial No. | Filing Date | |||
Trademark Applications In Preparation
| Expected | Products/ | |||||||
| Country | Trademark | Docket No. | Filing Date | Services | ||||
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SCHEDULE III - C
to Security Agreement
Item C. Copyright Collateral.
Registered Copyrights/Mask Works
| Country | Registration No. | Registration Date | Author(s) | Title | ||||
Copyright/Mask Work Pending Registration Applications
| Country | Serial No. | Filing Date | Author(s) | Title | ||||
Copyright/Mask Work Registration Applications In Preparation
| Expected | ||||||||
| Country | Docket No. | Filing Date | Author(s) | Title | ||||
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