Exhibit 10.4
GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 10, 2013
by
RADIOSHACK CORPORATION,
as the Borrower,
and
EACH OTHER GRANTOR
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
in favor of
SALUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC,
as Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS | 1 | |||||
Section 1.1 | Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.2 | Certain Other Terms | 5 | ||||
ARTICLE II GUARANTY | 6 | |||||
Section 2.1 | Guaranty | 6 | ||||
Section 2.2 | Limitation of Guaranty | 6 | ||||
Section 2.3 | Contribution | 7 | ||||
Section 2.4 | Authorization; Other Agreements | 7 | ||||
Section 2.5 | Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional | 8 | ||||
Section 2.6 | Waivers | 8 | ||||
Section 2.7 | Reliance | 9 | ||||
ARTICLE III GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST | 9 | |||||
Section 3.1 | Collateral | 9 | ||||
Section 3.2 | Grant of Security Interest in Collateral | 10 | ||||
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 11 | |||||
Section 4.1 | Title; No Other Liens | 11 | ||||
Section 4.2 | Perfection and Priority | 11 | ||||
Section 4.3 | Pledged Collateral | 12 | ||||
Section 4.4 | Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper Formerly Accounts | 12 | ||||
Section 4.5 | Equity Interests | 12 | ||||
Section 4.6 | Commercial Tort Claims | 12 | ||||
Section 4.7 | Specific Collateral | 13 | ||||
Section 4.8 | Enforcement | 13 | ||||
Section 4.9 | Representations and Warranties of the Credit Agreement | 13 | ||||
ARTICLE V COVENANTS | 13 | |||||
Section 5.1 | Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation and Consents | 13 | ||||
Section 5.2 | Pledged Collateral | 14 | ||||
Section 5.3 | Accounts | 15 | ||||
Section 5.4 | Commodity Contracts | 15 | ||||
Section 5.5 | Delivery of Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper and Control of Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Electronic Chattel Paper | 15 | ||||
Section 5.6 | Intellectual Property | 16 | ||||
Section 5.7 | Notices | 17 | ||||
Section 5.8 | Notice of Commercial Tort Claims | 17 | ||||
Section 5.9 | Blocked Accounts; Controlled Accounts | 18 | ||||
Section 5.10 | Equity Interests | 18 | ||||
ARTICLE VI REMEDIAL PROVISIONS | 18 | |||||
Section 6.1 | Code and Other Remedies | 18 | ||||
Section 6.2 | Accounts and Payments in Respect of General Intangibles | 21 | ||||
Section 6.3 | Pledged Collateral | 22 | ||||
Section 6.4 | Proceeds to be Turned over to and Held by Agent | 23 | ||||
Section 6.5 | Sale of Pledged Collateral | 23 | ||||
Section 6.6 | Deficiency | 24 |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE VII AGENT | 24 | |||||
Section 7.1 | Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact | 24 | ||||
Section 7.2 | Authorization to File Financing Statements | 26 | ||||
Section 7.3 | Authority of Agent | 26 | ||||
Section 7.4 | Duty; Obligations and Liabilities | 26 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous | 27 | |||||
Section 8.1 | Reinstatement | 27 | ||||
Section 8.2 | Release of Collateral | 27 | ||||
Section 8.3 | Independent Obligations | 28 | ||||
Section 8.4 | No Waiver by Course of Conduct | 28 | ||||
Section 8.5 | Amendments in Writing | 28 | ||||
Section 8.6 | Additional Grantors; Additional Pledged Collateral | 29 | ||||
Section 8.7 | Notices | 29 | ||||
Section 8.8 | Successors and Assigns | 29 | ||||
Section 8.9 | Counterparts | 29 | ||||
Section 8.10 | Severability | 29 | ||||
Section 8.11 | Governing Law | 29 | ||||
Section 8.12 | Waiver of Jury Trial | 30 |
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ANNEXES AND SCHEDULES
Annex 1 | Form of Pledge Amendment | |
Annex 2 | Form of Joinder Agreement | |
Annex 3 | Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement | |
Schedule 1 | Commercial Tort Claims | |
Schedule 2 | Filings | |
Schedule 3 | Pledged Collateral |
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GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 10, 2013, by RadioShack Corporation (the “Borrower”) and each of the other entities listed on the signature pages hereof or that becomes a party hereto pursuant toSection 8.6 (together with the Borrower, the “Grantors” and each, a “Grantor”), in favor of Salus Capital Partners, LLC (“Salus”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, “Agent”) for the Lenders and each other Secured Party (each as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement dated as of December 10, 2013 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Borrower, the other persons party thereto that are designated as Credit Parties, Agent and the Lenders, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, each Grantor (other than the Borrower) has agreed to guaranty the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to Agent.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Lenders and Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with Agent as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.1 Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Credit Agreement.
(b) The following terms have the meanings given to them in the UCC and terms used herein without definition that are defined in the UCC have the meanings given to them in the UCC (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined): “account”, “account debtor”, “as-extracted collateral”, “certificated security”, “chattel paper”, “commercial tort claim”, “commodity account”, “commodity contract”, “deposit account”, “electronic chattel paper”, “equipment”, “farm products”, “financial asset”, “fixture”, “general intangible”, “goods”, “health-care-insurance receivable”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment property”, “letter-of-credit right”, “proceeds”, “record”, “securities account”, “security”, “security entitlement”, “supporting obligation” and “tangible chattel paper”.
(c) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Agreement” means this Guaranty and Security Agreement.
“Applicable IP Office” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency within the United States.
“Cash Collateral Account” means a deposit account or securities account subject, in each instance, to a Control Agreement, other than accounts established to cash collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement).
“Collateral” has the meaning specified inSection 3.1.
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
“Controlled Accounts” means each deposit account, securities account and commodity account (including all money, cash and Cash Equivalents, checks, other negotiation instruments, funds, evidence of payment, commodity contracts, security entitlements, securities and other assets (including financial assets) contained therein) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement.
“Excluded Equity” means any voting stock in excess of 65% of the outstanding voting stock of any Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means, with respect to any issuer, the issued and outstanding shares of each class of Stock of such issuer entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.956-2(c)(2)).
“Excluded Property” means, collectively, (i) Excluded Equity, (ii) any permit or license or any Contractual Obligation entered into by any Grantor (other than any Organization Document of such Grantor) (A) that prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Obligation or any Stock or Stock Equivalent related thereto or (B) to the extent that any Requirement of Law applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a Lien thereon, but only, with respect to the prohibition in (A) and (B), to the extent, and for as long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other Requirement of Law, (iii) Property owned by any Grantor that is subject to a purchase money Lien or a Capital Lease permitted under the Credit Agreement if the Contractual Obligation pursuant to
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which such Lien is granted (or in the document providing for such Capital Lease) prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation of any other Lien on such equipment (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable statute or regulation), but excluding any Wireless Carrier Contract and any rights related thereto, (iv) any “intent to use” Trademark applications for which a statement of use has not been filed (but only until such statement is filed), (v) any Property of any Grantor which the cost or burden of obtaining or perfecting a Lien thereon shall be deemed by the Borrower, the Agent and the ABL Agent to be excessive in relation to the value of such Property, to the extent such Property remains free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and (vi) Vehicles;provided,however, “Excluded Property” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property).
“Fraudulent Transfer Laws” has the meaning set forth inSection 2.2.
“Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning set forth inSection 2.1.
“Guarantor” means each Grantor (other than the Borrower).
“Guaranty” means the guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations made by the Guarantors as set forth in this Agreement.
“Internet Domain Name” means all right, title and interest (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to Internet domain names.
“Material Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property that is owned by or licensed to a Grantor and material to the conduct of any Grantor’s business.
“Pledged Certificated Stock” means all certificated securities and any other Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Person evidenced by a certificate, instrument or other similar document (as defined in the UCC), in each case owned by any Grantor in any issuer now existing or hereafter acquired or formed and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including, without limitation, all certificated Stock and Stock Equivalents listed on Schedule 3 and all Stock and Stock Equivalents in any successor corporation or certificates of any successor limited liability company, partnership or other entity formed by or resulting from any consolidation, merger or amalgamation in which such Grantor is not the surviving entity, together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Grantor relating to such certificated Stock or Stock Equivalent issued by any such issuer or any such successor Person under the Organization Documents of any such issuer or any such successor Person (including, without limitation, with respect to any certificated Stock or Stock Equivalent of a limited liability company or partnership), all of such Grantor’s voting and management rights and all rights to grant or withhold consents or approvals
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and all rights of access and inspection to and use of all books and records, including computer software and computer software programs, of each of such issuer. Pledged Certificated Stock excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Accounts to the extent permitted bySection 5.9 hereof.
“Pledged Collateral” means, collectively, the Pledged Stock, the Pledged Debt Instruments and the Pledged Investment Property.
“Pledged Debt Instruments” means all right, title and interest of any Grantor in instruments evidencing any Indebtedness owed to such Grantor or other obligations owed to such Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including all Indebtedness described on Schedule 3, issued by the obligors named therein. Pledged Debt Instruments excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Accounts to the extent permitted bySection 5.9 hereof.
“Pledged Investment Property” means any investment property of any Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, other than any Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt Instruments. Pledged Investment Property excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Accounts to the extent permitted bySection 5.9 hereof.
“Pledged Stock” means all Pledged Certificated Stock and all Pledged Uncertificated Stock.
“Pledged Uncertificated Stock” means any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Person that is not Pledged Certificated Stock, including all right, title and interest of any Grantor as a limited or general partner in any partnership or as a member of any limited liability company not constituting Pledged Certificated Stock, all right, title and interest of any Grantor in, to and under any Organization Document of any partnership, limited liability company or other entity to which it is a party that does not have Stock or Stock Equivalents that constitute Pledged Certificated Stock, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including in each case those uncertificated interests set forth onSchedule 3 and all of those interests or certificates of any successor limited liability company, partnership or other entity formed by or resulting from any consolidation, merger or amalgamation in which such Grantor is not the surviving entity, together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Grantor relating to such Stock or Stock Equivalent issued by any such issuer or any such successor Person under the Organization Documents of any such issuer or any such successor Person (including, without limitation, with respect to any Stock or Stock Equivalent of a limited liability company or partnership), to the extent such interests are not certificated, and all of such Grantor’s voting and management rights and all rights to grant or withhold consents or approvals and all rights of access and inspection to and use of all books and records, including computer software and computer software programs, of each such issuer. Pledged Uncertificated Stock excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Accounts to the extent permitted bySection 5.9 hereof.
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“Secured Obligations” has the meaning set forth inSection 3.2.
“Software” means (a) all computer programs, including source code and object code versions, (b) all data, databases and compilations of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, and (c) all documentation, training materials and configurations related to any of the foregoing.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York;provided,however, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of Agent’s or any other Secured Party’s security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of the definitions related to or otherwise used in such provisions.
“Vehicles” means all vehicles or other assets covered by a certificate of title law of any state.
Section 1.2Certain Other Terms.
(a) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. References herein to an Annex, Schedule, Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Annex or Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in this Agreement. Where the context requires, provisions relating to any Collateral when used in relation to a Grantor shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or any relevant part thereof.
(b)Other Interpretive Provisions.
(i)Defined Terms. Unless otherwise specified herein or therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.
(ii)The Agreement. The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.
(iii)Certain Common Terms. The term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation.”
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(iv)Performance; Time. Whenever any performance obligation hereunder (other than a payment obligation) shall be stated to be due or required to be satisfied on a day other than a Business Day, such performance shall be made or satisfied on the next succeeding Business Day. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means “to and including.” If any provision of this Agreement refers to any action taken or to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be interpreted to encompass any and all means, direct or indirect, of taking, or not taking, such action.
(v)Contracts. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to agreements and other contractual instruments, including this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, thereto, restatements and substitutions thereof and other modifications and supplements thereto which are in effect from time to time, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any Loan Document.
(vi)Laws. References to any statute or regulation are to be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions related thereto or consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting the statute or regulation.
ARTICLE II
GUARANTY
Section 2.1Guaranty. To induce the Lenders to make the Term Loan and each other Secured Party to make credit available to or for the benefit of one or more Grantors, each Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity or earlier, by reason of acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise in accordance with any Loan Document, of all the Obligations of the Borrower and each other Guarantor whether existing on the date hereof or hereinafter incurred or created (the “Guaranteed Obligations”). This Guaranty by each Guarantor hereunder constitutes a guaranty of payment and not of collection.
Section 2.2Limitation of Guaranty. Any term or provision of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount for which any Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall not exceed the maximum amount for which such Guarantor can be liable without rendering this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, as it relates to such Guarantor, subject to avoidance under applicable Requirements of Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer (including the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and Section 548 of title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable provisions of comparable Requirements of Law) (collectively, “Fraudulent Transfer Laws”). Any analysis of the provisions of this Guaranty for purposes of Fraudulent Transfer Laws shall take into account the right of contribution established inSection 2.3 and, for purposes of such analysis, give effect to any discharge of intercompany debt as a result of any payment made under the Guaranty.
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Section 2.3Contribution. To the extent that any Guarantor shall be required hereunder to pay any portion of any Guaranteed Obligation exceeding the greater of (a) the amount of the value actually received by such Guarantor and its Subsidiaries from the Loans and other Obligations and (b) the amount such Guarantor would otherwise have paid if such Guarantor had paid the aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (excluding the amount thereof repaid by the Credit Party that received the benefit of the funds advanced that constituted Guaranteed Obligations) in the same proportion as such Guarantor’s net worth on the date enforcement is sought hereunder bears to the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors on such date, then such Guarantor shall be reimbursed by such other Guarantors for the amount of such excess, pro rata, based on the respective net worth of such other Guarantors on such date.
Section 2.4Authorization; Other Agreements. The Secured Parties are hereby authorized, without notice to or demand upon any Guarantor and without discharging or otherwise affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder and without incurring any liability hereunder, from time to time, to do each of the following:
(a) (i) subject to compliance, if applicable, with Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement, modify, amend, supplement or otherwise change, (ii) accelerate or otherwise change the time of payment or (iii) waive or otherwise consent to noncompliance with, any Guaranteed Obligation or any Loan Document;
(b) apply to the Guaranteed Obligations any sums by whomever paid or however realized to any Guaranteed Obligation in such order as provided in the Loan Documents;
(c) refund at any time any payment received by any Secured Party in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation;
(d) (i) sell, exchange, enforce, waive, substitute, liquidate, terminate, release, abandon, fail to perfect, subordinate, accept, substitute, surrender, exchange, affect, impair or otherwise alter or release any Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligation or any other guaranty therefor in any manner, (ii) receive, take and hold additional Collateral to secure any Guaranteed Obligation, (iii) add, release or substitute any one or more other Guarantors, makers or endorsers of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof and (iv) otherwise deal in any manner with the Borrower or any other Guarantor, maker or endorser of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof; and
(e) settle, release, compromise, collect or otherwise liquidate the Guaranteed Obligations.
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Section 2.5Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defense, whether arising in connection with or in respect of any of the following or otherwise, and hereby agrees that its obligations under this Guaranty are irrevocable, absolute and unconditional and shall not be discharged as a result of or otherwise affected by any of the following (which may not be pleaded and evidence of which may not be introduced in any proceeding with respect to this Guaranty, in each case except as otherwise agreed in writing by Agent):
(a) the invalidity or unenforceability of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Guarantor under any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto (including any amendment, consent or waiver thereto), or any security for, or other guaranty of, any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof, or the lack of perfection or continuing perfection or failure of priority of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof;
(b) the absence of (i) any attempt to collect any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof from the Borrower or any other Guarantor or other action to enforce the same or (ii) any action to enforce any Loan Document or any Lien thereunder;
(c) the failure by any Person to take any steps to perfect and maintain any Lien on, or to preserve any rights with respect to, any Collateral;
(d) any workout, insolvency, bankruptcy proceeding, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or dissolution by or against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any of the Borrower’s other Subsidiaries or any procedure, agreement, order, stipulation, election, action or omission thereunder, including any discharge or disallowance of, or bar or stay against collecting, any Guaranteed Obligation (or any interest thereon) in or as a result of any such proceeding;
(e) any foreclosure, whether or not through judicial sale, and any other sale or other disposition of any Collateral or any election following the occurrence of an Event of Default by any Secured Party to proceed separately against any Collateral in accordance with such Secured Party’s rights under any applicable Requirement of Law; or
(f) any other defense, setoff, counterclaim or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, in each case other than the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations.
Section 2.6Waivers. Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim based on diligence, promptness, presentment, requirements for any demand or notice hereunder including any of the following: (a) any demand for payment or performance and protest and notice of protest; (b) any notice of acceptance; (c) any presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirements of any kind with respect to any Guaranteed Obligation (including any accrued but unpaid interest thereon) becoming immediately due and payable; (d) any other notice in respect of any Guaranteed
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Obligation or any part thereof, and any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Borrower or any other Guarantor, (e) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability hereunder; and (f) the benefit of and any right to participate in any security now or hereafter held by the Agent or any other Secured Party. Each Guarantor further unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to (w) enforce or otherwise exercise any right of subrogation or any right of reimbursement or contribution or similar right against the Borrower or any other Guarantor by reason of any Loan Document or any payment made thereunder, (x) assert any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim it may have against any other Credit Party or set off any of its obligations to such other Credit Party against obligations of such Credit Party to such Guarantor, (y) any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim arising by reason of any disability or other defense of any Credit Party, or the cessation from any cause whatsoever (including any act or omission of the Agent or any other Secured Party) of the liability of any Credit Party or (z) any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim based on any claim that the Guarantor’s obligations exceed or are more burdensome than those of the Borrower. No obligation of any Guarantor hereunder shall be discharged other than by complete performance. Each Guarantor further waives any right such Guarantor may have under any applicable Requirement of Law to require any Secured Party to seek recourse first against the Borrower or any other Person, or to realize upon any Collateral for any of the Obligations, as a condition precedent to enforcing such Guarantor’s liability and obligations under this Guaranty.
Section 2.7Reliance. Each Guarantor hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Borrower, each other Guarantor and any other guarantor, maker or endorser of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof that diligent inquiry would reveal, and each Guarantor hereby agrees that no Secured Party shall have any duty to advise any Guarantor of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event any Secured Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any Guarantor, such Secured Party shall be under no obligation to (a) undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, (b) disclose any information that such Secured Party, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance or banking practices, wishes to maintain confidential or (c) make any future disclosures of such information or any other information to any Guarantor.
ARTICLE III
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
Section 3.1Collateral. For the purposes of this Agreement, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by a Grantor or in which a Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interests is collectively referred to as the “Collateral”:
(a) all accounts, chattel paper (including all tangible and electronic chattel paper), documents (as defined in the UCC), equipment, general intangibles, instruments, inventory, investment property, letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, Intellectual Property, money, cash and Cash Equivalents, Pledged Collateral and any supporting obligations related to any of the foregoing;
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(b) all DDAs, deposit accounts, securities accounts, commodity accounts (and all money, cash and Cash Equivalents, checks, other negotiation instruments, funds, evidence of payment, commodity contracts, security entitlements, securities and other assets (including financial assets) contained in, or credited to, such DDAs, deposit accounts, commodity accounts and securities accounts;
(c) the commercial tort claims described onSchedule 1 and on any supplement thereto received by Agent pursuant toSection 5.8;
(d) all books and records pertaining to the other property described in thisSection 3.1;
(e) all property of such Grantor held by any Secured Party, including all property of every description, in the custody of or in transit to such Secured Party for any purpose, including safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of such Grantor or as to which such Grantor may have any right or power, including but not limited to cash;
(f) all other goods (including but not limited to fixtures) and personal property of such Grantor, whether tangible or intangible and wherever located; and
(g) to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds, products and supporting obligations of the foregoing (including, with limitation, proceeds of any Real Estate).
Section 3.2Grant of Security Interest in Collateral. Each Grantor, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations (the “Secured Obligations”), hereby mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral of such Grantor;provided,however, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lien or security interest is hereby granted on any Excluded Property;provided,further, that if and when any property shall cease to be Excluded Property, a Lien on and security interest in such property shall be deemed granted therein. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants that, as of the Closing Date, the Excluded Property (other than Excluded Equity), when taken as a whole, is not material to the business operations or financial condition of the Grantors, taken as a whole.
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Lenders and Agent to enter into the Loan Documents, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants each of the following to Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties:
Section 4.1Title; No Other Liens. Except for the Lien granted to Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and Permitted Liens (except for those Permitted Liens not permitted to exist on any Collateral), such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. Such Grantor (a) is the record and beneficial owner of the Collateral pledged by it hereunder constituting instruments or certificates and (b) has rights in or the power to transfer each other item of Collateral in which a Lien is granted by it hereunder, free and clear of any other Lien other than Permitted Liens.
Section 4.2Perfection and Priority. The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement constitutes a valid and continuing perfected security interest in favor of Agent in all Collateral subject, for the following Collateral, to the occurrence of the following: (a) in the case of all Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC, the completion of the filings and other actions specified onSchedule 2 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on such schedule, have been delivered to Agent in completed and duly authorized form), (b) with respect to any Blocked Account, the execution of Blocked Account Agreements and, with respect to deposit, securities, commodity or similar account not constituting a Blocked Account, the execution of Control Agreements, (c) in the case of all Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents for which UCC filings are insufficient, all appropriate filings having been made with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, (d) in the case of letter-of-credit rights that are not supporting obligations of Collateral, the execution of a Contractual Obligation granting control to Agent over such letter-of-credit rights and (e) in the case of electronic chattel paper, the completion of all steps necessary to grant control to Agent over such electronic chattel paper. All security interests granted on the Collateral pursuant hereto shall be prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens having priority over Agent’s Lien by operation of law or permitted pursuant tosubsection 5.1(a),5.1(e),5.1(g),5.1(h),5.1(i),5.1(k),5.1(q) and5.1(s) of the Credit Agreement upon (i) in the case of all Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged Investment Property, the delivery thereof to Agent or its designees, or, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL Agent or its designees, of such Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged Investment Property consisting of instruments and certificates, in each case properly endorsed for transfer to Agent or in blank, (ii) in the case of all Pledged Investment Property not in certificated form, the execution of Control Agreements, or subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, control agreements in favor the Agent or its designees, with respect to such investment property and (iii) in the case of all other
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instruments and tangible chattel paper that are not Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments or Pledged Investment Property, the delivery thereof to Agent or its designees or subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL Agent, of such instruments and tangible chattel paper. Except as set forth in thisSection 4.2 and subject to any post-closing periods set forth in the Loan Documents for delivery of documentation with respect to Collateral, all actions by each Grantor necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Lien granted hereunder on the Collateral have been duly taken.
Section 4.3Pledged Collateral. (a) The Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder (i) is listed onSchedule 3 and constitutes that percentage of the issued and outstanding equity of all classes of each issuer thereof as set forth onSchedule 3, (ii) has been duly authorized, validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable (other than Pledged Stock in limited liability companies and partnerships) and (iii) constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(b) As of the Closing Date, all Pledged Collateral (other than Pledged Uncertificated Stock, Pledged Investment Property not constituting instruments or certificates and Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged Investment Property not required to be delivered pursuant toSection 5.3 or5.5) has been delivered to Agent or its designees, or, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL Agent, in accordance withsubsection 5.2(a).
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of the Grantor granting the security interest in any Pledged Stock, and a transferee or assignee of such Pledged Stock shall become a holder of such Pledged Stock to the same extent as such Grantor and be entitled to participate in the management of the issuer of such Pledged Stock and, upon the transfer of the entire interest of such Grantor, such Grantor shall, by operation of law, cease to be a holder of such Pledged Stock.
Section 4.4Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper Formerly Accounts. No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any account is evidenced by any instrument or tangible chattel paper that has not been delivered to Agent, properly endorsed for transfer, to the extent delivery is required bysubsection 5.5(a).
Section 4.5Equity Interests. As of the Closing Date, (i) none of the terms relating to the equity in RadioShack Customer Service LLC, Trade and Save, LLC or RSIgnite, LLC provide that the interests in any of such entities are a security governed by Article 8 of the UCC and (ii) none of the equity in RadioShack Customer Service LLC, Trade and Save, LLC or RSIgnite, LLC is certificated.
Section 4.6Commercial Tort Claims. The only commercial tort claims of any Grantor existing on the date hereof (regardless of whether the amount, defendant or other material facts can be determined and regardless of whether such commercial tort claim has been asserted, threatened or has otherwise been made known to the obligee thereof or whether litigation has been commenced for such claims) are those listed onSchedule 1, which sets forth such information separately for each Grantor.
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Section 4.7Specific Collateral. None of the Collateral is or is proceeds or products of farm products, as-extracted collateral, health-care-insurance receivables or timber to be cut.
Section 4.8Enforcement. No Permit, notice to or filing with any Governmental Authority or any other Person or any consent from any Person is required for the exercise by Agent of its rights (including voting rights) provided for in this Agreement or the enforcement of remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, including the transfer of any Collateral, except as may be required in connection with the disposition of any portion of the Pledged Collateral by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally or any approvals that may be required to be obtained from any bailees or landlords to collect the Collateral.
Section 4.9Representations and Warranties of the Credit Agreement. The representations and warranties as to such Grantor and its Subsidiaries made inArticle III (Representations and Warranties) of the Credit Agreement are true and correct on each date as required bySection 2.2 of the Credit Agreement in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein), except to the extent that such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date (in which event such representation or warranty was untrue or incorrect in any material respect (without duplication of any materiality qualifier contained therein) as of such earlier date).
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Each Grantor agrees with Agent to the following, as long as any Obligation or Commitment remains outstanding (other than contingent indemnification Obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted):
Section 5.1Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation and Consents. (a) Generally. Such Grantor shall (i) not use or permit any Collateral to be used in violation of any provision of any Loan Document, any ABL Loan Document or any policy of insurance covering the Collateral, or in material violation of any Requirement of Law and (ii) not enter into any Contractual Obligation or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or Agent to sell, assign, convey or transfer any Collateral if such restriction would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described inSection 4.2 and shall defend such security interest and such priority against the claims and demands of all Persons.
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(c) Such Grantor shall furnish to Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other documents in connection with the Collateral as Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail and in form satisfactory to Agent.
(d) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Agent, such Grantor shall, for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, (i) promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further documents, including an authorization to file (or, as applicable, the filing) of any financing statement or amendment under the UCC (or other filings under similar Requirements of Law) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby and (ii) take such further action as Agent may reasonably request, including executing and delivering any Control Agreements with respect to deposit accounts and securities accounts to the extent required by the Credit Agreement.
(e) To ensure that a Lien and security interest is granted on any of the Excluded Property set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of “Excluded Property”, such Grantor shall, with respect to such Excluded Property that is material to such Grantor’s business, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any required consents from any Person other than the Borrower and its Affiliates with respect to any permit or license or any Contractual Obligation with such Person entered into by such Grantor that requires such consent as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Obligation or any Stock or Stock Equivalent related thereto.
Section 5.2Pledged Collateral. (a) Delivery of Pledged Collateral. Such Grantor shall (i) deliver to Agent, or, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL Agent, in suitable form for transfer and in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, (A) all Pledged Certificated Stock, (B) any and all Pledged Debt Instruments to the extent representing amounts in excess of $1,000,000 individually or in the aggregate and (C) any and all certificates and instruments evidencing Pledged Investment Property to the extent representing amounts in excess of $1,000,000 individually or in the aggregate and (ii) maintain all other Pledged Investment Property to the extent representing amounts in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate in a Controlled Account.
(b)Event of Default. During the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Agent shall have the right, at any time in its discretion and without notice to the Grantor, to (i) transfer to or to register in its name or in the name of its nominees any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment Property and (ii) exchange any certificate or instrument representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment Property for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.
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(c)Cash Distributions with respect to Pledged Collateral. Except as provided inArticle VI and subject to the limitations set forth in the Credit Agreement, such Grantor shall be entitled to receive all cash distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral.
(d)Voting Rights. Except as provided inArticle VI, such Grantor shall be entitled to exercise all voting, consent and corporate, partnership, limited liability company and similar rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral;provided,however, that no vote shall be cast, consent given or right exercised or other action taken by such Grantor that would impair the Collateral or be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of any Loan Document.
Section 5.3Accounts
(a) Such Grantor shall not, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, for Accounts that are included in the Revolving Borrowing Base, (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any such Account, (ii) compromise or settle any such Account for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any such Account, (iv) allow any credit or discount on any such Account or (v) amend, supplement or modify any such Account in any manner that could adversely affect the value thereof.
(b) Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Accounts in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and such Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as Agent may reasonably require in connection therewith. At any time and from time to time, subject to the terms ofSection 4.2 of the Credit Agreement and upon Agent’s reasonable request, such Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to Agent to furnish to Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the accounts.
Section 5.4Commodity Contracts. Such Grantor shall not have any commodity contract unless subject to a Control Agreement.
Section 5.5Delivery of Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper and Control of Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Electronic Chattel Paper. (a) If any amount, individually or in the aggregate (taken together with such amounts undersubsection 5.5(d)), in excess of $1,000,000 payable under or in connection with any Collateral owned by such Grantor shall be or become evidenced by an instrument or tangible chattel paper other than such instrument delivered in accordance withsubsection 5.2(a) and in the possession of Agent, such Grantor shall mark all such instruments and tangible chattel paper with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of Salus Capital Partners, LLC, as Agent” and, at the request of Agent, shall immediately deliver such instrument or tangible chattel paper to Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to Agent.
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(b) Such Grantor shall not grant “control” (within the meaning of such term under Article 9-106 of the UCC) over any investment property to any Person other than Agent or its designees or, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the ABL Agent or its designees.
(c) If such Grantor is or becomes the beneficiary of a letter of credit that is (i) not a supporting obligation of any Collateral and (ii) in excess of $500,000, such Grantor shall promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days after becoming a beneficiary, notify Agent thereof and enter into a Contractual Obligation with Agent, the issuer of such letter of credit or any nominated person with respect to the letter-of-credit rights under such letter of credit. Such Contractual Obligation shall assign such letter-of-credit rights to Agent and such assignment shall be sufficient to grant control for the purposes of Section 9-107 of the UCC (or any similar section under any equivalent UCC). Such Contractual Obligation shall also direct all payments thereunder to a Cash Collateral Account. The provisions of the Contractual Obligation shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(d) If any amount, individually or in the aggregate (taken together with such amounts undersubsection 5.5(a)), in excess of $1,000,000 payable under or in connection with any Collateral owned by such Grantor shall be or become evidenced by electronic chattel paper, such Grantor shall take all steps necessary to grant Agent control of all such electronic chattel paper for the purposes of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or any similar section under any equivalent UCC) and all “transferable records” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
Section 5.6Intellectual Property. (a) Within thirty (30) days after any change toSchedule 3.16 to the Credit Agreement for such Grantor, such Grantor shall provide Agent notification thereof and the short-form intellectual property agreements and assignments as described in thisSection 5.6 and any other documents that Agent reasonably requests with respect thereto.
(b) Such Grantor shall (and shall cause all its licensees to) (i) (1) continue to use each Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property in order to maintain such Trademark in full force and effect with respect to each class of goods for which such Trademark is currently used, free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (2) maintain at least the same standards of quality of products and services offered under such Trademark as are currently maintained, (3) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (4) not adopt or use any other Trademark that is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless Agent shall obtain a perfected security interest in such other Trademark pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) not do any act or omit to do any act whereby (w) such Trademark (or any goodwill associated therewith) may become destroyed, invalidated, impaired or harmed in any way, (x) any Patent included in the Material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, misused, unenforceable, abandoned or dedicated to the public, (y) any portion of the Copyrights included in the Material Intellectual Property may become invalidated, otherwise impaired or fall into the public domain or (z) any Trade Secret that is Material Intellectual Property may become publicly available or otherwise unprotectable.
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(c) Such Grantor shall notify Agent immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating to any Material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, misused, unenforceable, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination or development regarding the validity or enforceability or such Grantor’s ownership of, interest in, right to use, register, own or maintain any Material Intellectual Property (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding relating to the foregoing in any Applicable IP Office). Such Grantor shall take all actions that are necessary or reasonably requested by Agent to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration or recordation) and to maintain each registration and recordation included in the Material Intellectual Property.
(d) Such Grantor shall not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act to infringe, misappropriate, dilute, violate or otherwise impair the Intellectual Property of any other Person. In the event that any Material Intellectual Property of such Grantor is or has been infringed, misappropriated, violated, diluted or otherwise impaired by a third party, such Grantor shall take such action as it reasonably deems appropriate under the circumstances in response thereto, including promptly bringing suit and recovering all damages therefor.
(e) Such Grantor shall execute and deliver to Agent in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent and suitable for filing in the Applicable IP Office the short-form intellectual property security agreements in the form attached hereto asAnnex 3 for all Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents and IP Licenses of such Grantor existing on the Closing Date.
Section 5.7Notices. Such Grantor shall promptly notify Agent in writing of its acquisition of any interest hereafter in property that is of a type where a security interest or lien must be or may be registered, recorded or filed under, or notice thereof given under, any U.S. federal statute or regulation.
Section 5.8Notice of Commercial Tort Claims. Such Grantor agrees that, if it shall acquire any interest in any commercial tort claim (whether from another Person or because such commercial tort claim shall have come into existence) in an amount (taking the greater of the aggregate claimed damages thereunder or the reasonable estimated value thereof) of $1,000,000 or more, (i) such Grantor shall, immediately upon such acquisition, deliver to Agent, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, a notice of the existence and nature of such commercial tort claim and a supplement toSchedule 1 containing a specific description of such commercial tort claim, (ii) Section 3.1 shall apply to such commercial tort claim and (iii) such Grantor shall execute and deliver to Agent, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, any document, and take all other action, deemed by Agent to be reasonably necessary or
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appropriate for Agent to obtain, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest having at least the priority set forth inSection 4.2 in all such commercial tort claims. Any supplement toSchedule 1 delivered pursuant to thisSection 5.8 shall, after the receipt thereof by Agent, become part ofSchedule 1 for all purposes hereunder other than in respect of representations and warranties made prior to the date of such receipt.
Section 5.9Blocked Accounts; Controlled Accounts. Each Grantor, with respect to management of its cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Property, shall enter into Blocked Account Agreements or Control Agreements in accordance withSection 4.11 of the Credit Agreement.
Section 5.10Equity Interests. Without the written consent of Agent, the Credit Parties shall not (i) amend the terms relating to the equity in RadioShack Customer Service LLC, Trade and Save, LLC or RSIgnite, LLC to provide that the interests in any of such entities will be a security governed by Article 8 of the UCC or (ii) certificate the equity in RadioShack Customer Service LLC, Trade and Save, LLC or RSIgnite, LLC.
ARTICLE VI
REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
Section 6.1Code and Other Remedies. (a) UCC Remedies. During the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Agent may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any Secured Obligation, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law.
(b)Disposition of Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Agent may, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), during the continuance of any Event of Default (personally or through its agents or attorneys), (i) enter upon the premises where any Collateral is located, without any obligation to pay rent, through self-help, without judicial process, without first obtaining a final judgment or giving any Grantor or any other Person notice or opportunity for a hearing on Agent’s claim or action, (ii) collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon any Collateral and (iii) sell, assign, convey, transfer, grant option or options to purchase and deliver any Collateral (enter into Contractual Obligations to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of any Secured Party or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Agent shall have the right, upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by the UCC and other applicable Requirements of Law, upon any such private sale, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption of any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released.
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(c)Management of the Collateral. Each Grantor further agrees, that, during the continuance of any Event of Default, (i) at Agent’s request, it shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to Agent at places that Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere, (ii) without limiting the foregoing, Agent also has the right to require that each Grantor store and keep any Collateral pending further action by Agent and, while any such Collateral is so stored or kept, provide such guards and maintenance services as shall be necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain such Collateral in good condition, (iii) until Agent is able to sell, assign, convey or transfer any Collateral, Agent shall have the right to hold or use such Collateral to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving the Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by Agent and (iv) Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of any Collateral and to enforce any of Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of the Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment. Agent shall not have any obligation to any Grantor to maintain or preserve the rights of any Grantor as against third parties with respect to any Collateral while such Collateral is in the possession of Agent.
(d)Application of Proceeds. Agent shall apply the cash proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to thisSection 6.1, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of Agent and any other Secured Party hereunder, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, as set forth in the Credit Agreement (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement), and only after such application and after the payment by Agent of any other amount required by any Requirement of Law, need Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor.
(e)Direct Obligation. Neither Agent nor any other Secured Party shall be required to make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any right or remedy against, any Grantor, any other Credit Party or any other Person with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guaranty thereof. All of the rights and remedies of Agent and any other Secured Party under any Loan Document shall be cumulative, may be exercised individually or concurrently and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by any Requirement of Law. To the extent it may lawfully do so, each Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against Agent or any other Secured Party, any valuation, stay, appraisement, extension, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety, now or hereafter existing, arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of any Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.
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(f)Commercially Reasonable. To the extent that applicable Requirements of Law impose duties on Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Agent to do any of the following:
(i) fail to incur significant costs, expenses or other Liabilities reasonably deemed as such by Agent to prepare any Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition;
(ii) fail to obtain Permits, or other consents, for access to any Collateral to sell or for the collection or sale of any Collateral, or, if not required by other Requirements of Law, fail to obtain Permits or other consents for the collection or disposition of any Collateral;
(iii) fail to exercise remedies against account debtors or other Persons obligated on any Collateral or to remove Liens on any Collateral or to remove any adverse claims against any Collateral;
(iv) advertise dispositions of any Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not such Collateral is of a specialized nature, or to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as any Grantor, for expressions of interest in acquiring any such Collateral;
(v) exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other Persons obligated on any Collateral, directly or through the use of collection agencies or other collection specialists, hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of any Collateral, whether or not such Collateral is of a specialized nature, or, to the extent deemed appropriate by Agent, obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Agent in the collection or disposition of any Collateral, or utilize Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets to dispose of any Collateral;
(vi) dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets;
(vii) disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment; or
(viii) purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of any Collateral or to provide to Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of any Collateral.
Each Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of thisSection 6.1 is to provide a non-exhaustive list of actions or omissions that are not commercially unreasonable when exercising remedies against any Collateral and that other actions or omissions by any
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Secured Party shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in thisSection 6.1. Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in thisSection 6.1 shall be construed to grant any rights to any Grantor or to impose any duties on Agent that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by applicable Requirements of Law in the absence of thisSection 6.1.
(g)IP Licenses. For the purpose of enabling Agent to exercise rights and remedies under thisSection 6.1 (including in order to take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove, realize upon, sell, assign, convey, transfer or grant options to purchase any Collateral) at such time as Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (i) an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), including in such license the right to sublicense, use and practice any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor and access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all Software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof and (ii) an irrevocable license (without payment of rent or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, operate and occupy all real Property owned, operated, leased, subleased or otherwise occupied by such Grantor.
Section 6.2Accounts and Payments in Respect of General Intangibles. (a) In addition to, and not in substitution for, any similar requirement in the Credit Agreement, to the extent required bySection 4.11 of the Credit Agreement or if required by Agent at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payment of accounts or payment in respect of general intangibles, when collected by any Grantor, shall be promptly (and, in any event, within two (2) Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to Agent, in a Cash Collateral Account, subject to withdrawal by Agent as provided inSection 6.4. Until so turned over, such payment shall be held by such Grantor in trust for Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of proceeds of accounts and payments in respect of general intangibles shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.
(b) At any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement:
(i) each Grantor shall, upon Agent’s request, deliver to Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the Contractual Obligations and transactions that gave rise to any account or any payment in respect of general intangibles, including all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts and notify account debtors that the accounts or general intangibles have been collaterally assigned to Agent and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to Agent;
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(ii) Agent may, without notice, limit or terminate the authority of a Grantor to collect its accounts or amounts due under general intangibles or any thereof and, in its own name or in the name of others, communicate with account debtors to verify with them to Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any account or amounts due under any general intangible. In addition, Agent may at any time enforce such Grantor’s rights against such account debtors and obligors of general intangibles; and
(iii) each Grantor shall take all actions, deliver all documents and provide all information necessary or reasonably requested by Agent to ensure any Internet Domain Name is registered.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each account and each payment in respect of general intangibles to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. No Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any agreement giving rise to an account or a payment in respect of a general intangible by reason of or arising out of any Loan Document or the receipt by any Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any obligation of any Grantor under or pursuant to any agreement giving rise to an account or a payment in respect of a general intangible, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts that may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
Section 6.3Pledged Collateral. (a) Voting Rights. During the continuance of an Event of Default, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Agent or its nominee may exercise (A) any voting, consent, corporate and other right pertaining to the Pledged Collateral at any meeting of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, of the relevant issuer or issuers of Pledged Collateral or otherwise and (B) any right of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other right, privilege or option pertaining to the Pledged Collateral as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the right to exchange at its discretion any Pledged Collateral upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or equivalent structure of any issuer of Pledged Stock, the right to deposit and deliver any Pledged Collateral with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it;provided,however, that Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.
(b)Proxies. In order to permit Agent to exercise the voting and other consensual rights that it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions that it may be entitled to receive hereunder, (i) each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to
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Agent all such proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as Agent may from time to time reasonably request and (ii) without limiting the effect of clause (i) above, such Grantor hereby grants to Agent an irrevocable proxy to vote all or any part of the Pledged Collateral and to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of the Pledged Collateral would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, calling special meetings of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, and voting at such meetings), which proxy shall be effective, automatically and without the necessity of any action (including any transfer of any Pledged Collateral on the record books of the issuer thereof) by any other person (including the issuer of such Pledged Collateral or any officer or agent thereof) during the continuance of an Event of Default and which proxy shall only terminate upon the payment in full of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted).
(c)Authorization of Issuers. Each Grantor hereby expressly and irrevocably authorizes and instructs, without any further instructions from such Grantor, each issuer of any Pledged Collateral pledged hereunder by such Grantor to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from Agent in writing that states that an Event of Default is continuing and is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and each Grantor agrees that such issuer shall be fully protected from Liabilities to such Grantor in so complying and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby or the Credit Agreement, pay any dividend or make any other payment with respect to the Pledged Collateral directly to Agent.
Section 6.4Proceeds to be Turned over to and Held by Agent. During the continuance of an Event of Default and unless otherwise expressly provided or required in the Credit Agreement or this Agreement, all proceeds of any Collateral received by any Grantor hereunder in cash or Cash Equivalents shall be held by such Grantor in trust for Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, promptly upon receipt by any Grantor, be turned over to Agent in the exact form received (with any necessary endorsement). All such proceeds of Collateral shall be held by Agent in a Cash Collateral Account. All proceeds being held by Agent in a Cash Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for Agent) shall continue to be held as collateral security for the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in the Credit Agreement.
Section 6.5Sale of Pledged Collateral. (a) Each Grantor recognizes that Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any Pledged Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws or otherwise or may determine that a public sale is impracticable, not desirable or not commercially reasonable and, accordingly, may resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers that shall be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale
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were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act or under applicable state securities laws even if such issuer would agree to do so.
(b) Each Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of any portion of the Pledged Collateral pursuant toSection 6.1 and thisSection 6.5 valid and binding and in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law. Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any covenant contained herein will cause irreparable injury to Agent and other Secured Parties, that Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained herein shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defense against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor waives any and all rights of contribution or subrogation against any other Grantor upon the sale or disposition of all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral by Agent.
Section 6.6Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of any Collateral are insufficient to pay the Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorney employed by Agent or any other Secured Party to collect such deficiency.
ARTICLE VII
AGENT
Section 7.1Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Agent and any Related Person thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any of the following, but only when an Event of Default shall be continuing:
(i) in the name of such Grantor, in its own name or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any check, draft, note, acceptance or other instrument for the payment of moneys due under any account or general intangible or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by Agent for the purpose of collecting any such moneys due under any account or general intangible or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;
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(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to such Grantor, execute, deliver and have recorded any document that Agent may request to evidence, effect, publicize or record Agent’s security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;
(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against any Collateral, effect any repair or pay any insurance called for by the terms of the Credit Agreement (including all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof);
(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for inSection 6.1 or6.5, any document to effect or otherwise necessary or appropriate in relation to evidence the sale of any Collateral; or
(v) (A) direct any party liable for any payment under any Collateral to make payment of any moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to Agent or as Agent shall direct, (B) ask or demand for, and collect and receive payment of and receipt for, any moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral, (C) sign and indorse any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipt, draft against debtors, assignment, verification, notice and other document in connection with any Collateral, (D) commence and prosecute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect any Collateral and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral, (E) defend any actions, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral, (F) settle, compromise or adjust any such actions, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as Agent may deem appropriate, (G) assign any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor or any IP Licenses of such Grantor throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as Agent shall in its sole discretion determine, including the execution and filing of any document necessary to effectuate or record such assignment and (H) generally, sell, assign, convey, transfer or grant a Lien on, make any Contractual Obligation with respect to and otherwise deal with, any Collateral as fully and completely as though Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and do, at Agent’s option, at any time or from time to time, all acts and things that Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon any Collateral and the Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of the Loan Documents, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.
(vi) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any Contractual Obligation contained herein, Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such Contractual Obligation.
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(b) The expenses of Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in thisSection 7.1, together with interest thereon at a rate set forth insubsection 1.3(c) of the Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to Agent on demand.
(c) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of thisSection 7.1. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released.
Section 7.2Authorization to File Financing Statements. Each Grantor authorizes Agent and its Related Persons, at any time and from time to time, to file or record financing statements, amendments thereto, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to any Collateral in such form and in such offices as Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect, or continue or maintain perfection of, the security interests of Agent under this Agreement, and such financing statements and amendments may describe the Collateral covered thereby as “all assets of the debtor” or words of similar import. A copy of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction. Such Grantor also hereby ratifies its authorization for Agent to have filed any initial financing statement or amendment thereto under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction if filed prior to the date hereof. Each Grantor hereby (i) waives any right under the UCC or any other Requirement of Law to receive notice and/or copies of any filed or recorded financing statements, amendments thereto, continuations thereof or termination statements and (ii) releases and excuses each Secured Party from any obligation under the UCC or any other Requirement of Law to provide notice or a copy of any such filed or recorded documents.
Section 7.3Authority of Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between Agent and any Grantor, Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation or entitlement to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
Section 7.4Duty; Obligations and Liabilities. (a) Duty of Agent. Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession shall be to deal with it in the same manner as Agent deals with similar property for its own account. The powers conferred on Agent hereunder are solely to protect Agent’s interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Agent to exercise any such powers. Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it receives as
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a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its Related Persons shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. In addition, Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any warehousemen, carrier, forwarding agency, consignee or other bailee if such Person has been selected by Agent in good faith.
(b)Obligations and Liabilities with respect to Collateral. No Secured Party and no Related Person thereof shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any Collateral. The powers conferred on Agent hereunder shall not impose any duty upon any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.1Reinstatement. Each Grantor agrees that, if any payment made by any Credit Party or other Person and applied to the Secured Obligations is at any time annulled, avoided, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the proceeds of any Collateral are required to be returned by any Secured Party to such Credit Party, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other party, including any Grantor, under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, any Lien or other Collateral securing such liability shall be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made. If, prior to any of the foregoing, (a) any Lien or other Collateral securing such Grantor’s liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by virtue of the foregoing or (b) any provision of the Guaranty hereunder shall have been terminated, cancelled or surrendered, such Lien, other Collateral or provision shall be reinstated in full force and effect and such prior release, termination, cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of any such Grantor in respect of any Lien or other Collateral securing such obligation or the amount of such payment.
Section 8.2Release of Collateral. (a) At the time provided insubsection 8.10(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral shall be released from the Lien created hereby and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated
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to survive such termination) of Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. Each Grantor is hereby authorized to file UCC amendments at such time evidencing the termination of the Liens so released. At the request of any Grantor following any such termination, Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral of such Grantor held by Agent hereunder and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
(b) If Agent shall be directed or permitted pursuant tosubsection 8.10(b) of the Credit Agreement to release any Lien or any Collateral, such Collateral shall be released from the Lien created hereby to the extent provided under, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in,subsection 8.10(b). In connection therewith, Agent, at the request of any Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such release.
(c) At the time provided insubsection 8.10(b) of the Credit Agreement and at the request of the Borrower, a Grantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Stock and Stock Equivalents of such Grantor shall be sold to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries of the Borrower in a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents.
Section 8.3Independent Obligations. The obligations of each Grantor hereunder are independent of and separate from the Secured Obligations and the Guaranteed Obligations. If any Secured Obligation or Guaranteed Obligation is not paid when due, or upon any Event of Default, Agent may, at its sole election, proceed directly and at once, without notice, against any Grantor and any Collateral to collect and recover the full amount of any Secured Obligation or Guaranteed Obligation then due, without first proceeding against any other Grantor, any other Credit Party or any other Collateral and without first joining any other Grantor or any other Credit Party in any proceeding.
Section 8.4No Waiver by Course of Conduct. No Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant toSection 8.5), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that such Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.
Section 8.5Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance withSection 9.1 of the Credit Agreement;provided,however, that annexes to this Agreement may be supplemented (but no existing provisions may be modified and no Collateral may be released) through Pledge Amendments and Joinder Agreements, in substantially the form of Annex 1 and Annex 2, respectively, in each case duly executed by Agent and each Grantor directly affected thereby.
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Section 8.6Additional Grantors; Additional Pledged Collateral. (a) Joinder Agreements. If, at the option of the Borrower or as required pursuant toSection 4.13 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower shall cause any Subsidiary that is not a Grantor to become a Grantor hereunder, such Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to Agent a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form ofAnnex 2 and shall thereafter for all purposes be a party hereto and have the same rights, benefits and obligations as a Grantor party hereto on the Closing Date.
(b)Pledge Amendments. To the extent any Pledged Collateral has not been delivered as of the Closing Date, such Grantor shall deliver a pledge amendment duly executed by the Grantor in substantially the form ofAnnex 1 (each, a “Pledge Amendment”). Such Grantor authorizes Agent to attach each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement.
Section 8.7Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for inSection 9.2 of the Credit Agreement;provided,however, that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Grantor shall be addressed to the Borrower’s notice address set forth inSection 9.2.
Section 8.8Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of each Secured Party and their successors and assigns;provided,however, that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Agent.
Section 8.9Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or by Electronic Transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
Section 8.10Severability. Any provision of this Agreement being held illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such provision not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of this Agreement or any part of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 8.11Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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Section 8.12Waiver of Jury Trial. THE PARTIES HERETO, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO, THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. THIS WAIVER APPLIES TO ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE. EACH GRANTOR AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OFSUBSECTIONS 9.18(b) AND9.18(c) OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
Section 8.13Relationship to Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) no Grantor shall be required to act or refrain from acting in a manner that is inconsistent with the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) prior to the “payment in full” of the ABL Claims (as each term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), no Grantor shall be required to act or refrain from acting with respect to any ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) if compliance by such Grantor with such requirement would result in a breach of or constitute a default under any ABL Loan Documents and (iii) prior to the “payment in full” of the ABL Claims (as each term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), the requirements of this Agreement to endorse, sign or deliver ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) shall be deemed satisfied by endorsement, assignment or delivery of such Collateral to the ABL Agent and any endorsement, assignment or delivery to the ABL Agent shall be deemed an endorsement, assignment or delivery to the Agent for all purposes hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guaranty and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
RADIOSHACK CORPORATION | ||
as Grantor | ||
By: | /s/ Holly F. Etlin | |
Name: Holly F. Etlin | ||
Title: Interim Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Guaranty and Security Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guaranty and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
ITC SERVICES, INC. | ||
RADIOSHACK GLOBAL SOURCING CORPORATION | ||
RADIOSHACK GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. | ||
SCK, INC. | ||
TANDY FINANCE CORPORATION | ||
TANDY INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | ||
TANDY HOLDINGS, INC., each a Grantor | ||
By: | /s/ Robert C. Donohoo | |
Name: Robert C. Donohoo | ||
Title: President and Secretary | ||
RADIOSHACK GLOBAL SOURCING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
TE ELECTRONICS LP | ||
IGNITION L.P., each a Grantor | ||
By: RadioShack Corporation, its general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Robert C. Donohoo | |
Name: Robert C. Donohoo | ||
Title: Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel |
[Signature Page to Guaranty and Security Agreement]
RADIOSHACK CUSTOMER SERVICE LLC, | ||
as Grantor | ||
By: | /s/ Robert C. Donohoo | |
Name: Robert C. Donohoo | ||
Title: Vice President and Secretary | ||
TRS QUALITY, INC., as Grantor | ||
By: | /s/ Joel H. Tiede | |
Name: Joel H. Tiede | ||
Title: President | ||
MERCHANDISING SUPPORT SERVICES, INC., as Grantor | ||
By: | /s/ William R. Russum | |
Name: William R. Russum | ||
Title: President |
[Signature Page to Guaranty and Security Agreement]
ACCEPTED AND AGREED | ||
as of the date first above written: | ||
SALUS CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC, as Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Marc S. Price | |
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Name: Marc S. Price | ||
Title: Executive Vice President |
[Signature Page to Guaranty and Security Agreement]