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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
made by
GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY
and certain of its Subsidiaries
in favor of
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of October 15, 1999
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS..................................................................................... 1
1.1 Definitions....................................................................................... 1
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1.2 Other Definitional Provisions..................................................................... 5
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SECTION 2. GUARANTEE......................................................................................... 5
2.1 Guarantee......................................................................................... 5
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2.2 Right of Contribution............................................................................. 6
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2.3 No Subrogation.................................................................................... 6
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2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations......................................... 7
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2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.............................................................. 7
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2.6 Reinstatement..................................................................................... 8
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2.7 Payments.......................................................................................... 8
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SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST........................................................................ 8
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.................................................................... 9
4.1 Representations in Credit Agreement............................................................... 9
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4.2 Title; No Other Liens............................................................................. 9
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4.3 Perfected First Priority Liens.................................................................... 10
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4.4 Chief Executive Office............................................................................ 10
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4.5 Inventory and Equipment........................................................................... 10
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4.6 Farm Products..................................................................................... 10
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4.7 Pledged Securities................................................................................ 10
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4.8 Receivables....................................................................................... 11
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4.9 Intellectual Property............................................................................. 11
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SECTION 5. COVENANTS......................................................................................... 11
5.1 Covenants in Credit Agreement..................................................................... 12
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5.2 Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper......................................................... 12
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5.3 Maintenance of Insurance.......................................................................... 12
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5.4 Payment of Obligations............................................................................ 12
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5.5 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation................................. 12
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5.6 Changes in Locations, Name, etc................................................................... 13
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5.7 Notices........................................................................................... 13
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5.8 Pledged Securities................................................................................ 14
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5.9 Receivables....................................................................................... 15
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5.10 Intellectual Property............................................................................. 15
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SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS............................................................................... 17
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables........................................................... 17
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6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable.............................................. 17
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6.3 Pledged Stock..................................................................................... 18
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6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over to Administrative Agent................................................ 19
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6.5 Application of Proceeds........................................................................... 19
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6.7 Registration Rights............................................................................... 20
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6.8 Waiver, Deficiency................................................................................ 21
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SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT.......................................................................... 22
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc....................................... 22
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7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent...................................................................... 23
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7.3 Execution of Financing Statements................................................................. 24
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7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent................................................................. 24
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SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS..................................................................................... 24
8.1 Amendments in Writing............................................................................. 24
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8.2 Notices........................................................................................... 24
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8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification............................................................. 25
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8.5 Successors and Assigns............................................................................ 25
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8.6 Set-Off........................................................................................... 25
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8.7 Counterparts...................................................................................... 26
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8.8 Severability...................................................................................... 26
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8.9 Section Headings.................................................................................. 26
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8.10 Integration....................................................................................... 26
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8.11 GOVERNING LAW..................................................................................... 26
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8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers............................................................... 26
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8.13 Acknowledgments................................................................................... 27
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8.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.............................................................................. 27
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8.15 Additional Grantors............................................................................... 27
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8.16 Releases.......................................................................................... 28
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SCHEDULES:
1 Notice Addresses of Guarantors
2 Description of Pledged Securities
3 Filings and Other Actions Required to Perfect Security Interests
4 Location of Jurisdiction of Organization and Chief Executive Office
5 Location of Inventory and Equipment
6 Intellectual Property
ANNEX:
1 Assumption Agreement
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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This GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of October 15, 1999, made
by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may
become a party hereto as provided herein, the "Grantors"), in favor of BANK OF
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AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative
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Agent") for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (as more
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specifically defined below, the "Lenders") from time to time parties to the
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Credit Agreement, dated as of even date herewith (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"),
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among GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the
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Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally
agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth therein:
WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that
includes each other Grantor;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit
Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers
to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their
respective businesses;
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related
businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit
from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to
make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit
Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to
the Administrative Agent, for itself and the benefit of all Lenders.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to
induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower
thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for itself
the benefit of all Lenders, as follows:
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SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS
1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in
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the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in
the Credit Agreement, and the following terms which are defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code in effect in the State of Illinois on the date hereof are used
herein as so defined: Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Equipment, Farm
Products, Instruments and Inventory.
(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Agreement": this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may
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be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Borrower Obligations": the collective reference to the unpaid
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principal of and interest on the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and
all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without
limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the
Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement
Obligations and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in
the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating
to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender (or, in the case of any Hedge Agreement referred to below, any
Affiliate of any Lender), whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred,
which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Credit Agreement,
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit or any Hedge
Agreement entered into by the Borrower with any Lender (or any Affiliate of
any Lender) or any other document made, delivered or given in connection
therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, guarantee obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that
are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the
foregoing agreements).
"Collateral": as defined in Section 3.
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"Collateral Account": any collateral account established by the
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Administrative Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.
"Copyrights": (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United
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States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether
registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including,
without limitation, those listed in Schedule 6), all registrations and
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recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and
applications in the United States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to
obtain all renewals thereof.
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"Copyright Licenses": any written agreement naming any Grantor as
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licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed in
Schedule 6), granting any right under any Copyright, including, without
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limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and
sell materials derived from any Copyright.
"General Intangibles": all "general intangibles" as such term is
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defined in Section 9-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the
State of Illinois on the date hereof and, in any event, including, without
limitation, with respect to any Grantor, all contracts, agreements,
instruments and indentures in any form, and portions thereof, to which such
Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or
interest or to which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is
subject, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified, including, without limitation, (i) all rights of such
Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in
connection therewith, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to damages arising
thereunder and (iii) all rights of such Grantor to perform and to exercise
all remedies thereunder, in each case to the extent the grant by such
Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in its right,
title and interest in such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture is
not prohibited by such contract agreement, instrument or indenture without
the consent of any other party thereto, would not give any other party to
such contract agreement, instrument or indenture the right to terminate its
obligations thereunder, or is permitted with consent if all necessary
consents to such grant of a security interest have been obtained from the
other parties thereto (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be
deemed to obligate such Grantor to obtain such consents); provided, that
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the foregoing limitation shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the
grant by such Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in
any Receivable or any money or other amounts due or to become due under any
such contract, agreement, instrument or indenture.
"Guarantor Obligations": with respect to any Guarantor, the
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collective reference to, without duplication, (i) the Borrower Obligations
and (ii) all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise
under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document to
which such Guarantor is a party, in each case whether on account of
guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that
are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document).
"Guarantors": the collective reference to each Grantor other than the
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Borrower.
"Hedge Agreements": as to any Person, all interest rate swaps, caps
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or collar agreements or similar arrangements entered into by such Person
providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates or currency
exchange rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either
generally or under specific contingencies.
"Intellectual Property": the collective reference to all rights,
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priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether
arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the Copyrights,
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the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks
and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for
any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to
receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
"Intercompany Note": any promissory note evidencing loans made by any
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Grantor to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Issuers": the collective reference to each issuer of a Pledged
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Security.
"Illinois UCC": the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
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effect in the State of Illinois.
"Obligations": (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower
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Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor
Obligations.
"Patents": (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other
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country or any political subdivision thereof and all goodwill associated
therewith, all reissues and extensions thereof, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6, (ii) all
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applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country
and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof,
including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule
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6, and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the
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foregoing.
"Patent License": all agreements, whether written or oral, providing
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for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell
any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6.
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"Pledged Notes": all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2, all
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Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other
promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than promissory
notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor
in the ordinary course of business).
"Pledged Securities": the collective reference to the Pledged Notes
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and the Pledged Stock.
"Pledged Stock": the shares of Capital Stock listed on Schedule 2,
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together with any other shares, stock certificates, options or rights of
any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person that
may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement
is in effect; provided that Pledged Stock shall not include more than 66%
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of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.
"Proceeds": all "proceeds" as such term is defined in Section 9-
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306(l) of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of Illinois on
the date hereof and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all
dividends or other income from the Pledged Securities, collections thereon
or distributions or payments with respect thereto.
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"Receivable": any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for
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services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument
or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance
(including, without limitation, any Account).
"Securities Act": the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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"Trademarks": (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
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company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles,
service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all
goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or
acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State
thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or
otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 6, and (ii) the
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right to obtain all renewals thereof.
"Trademark License": any agreement, whether written or oral,
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providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any
Trademark, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to
in Schedule 6.
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1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words "hereof', "herein",
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"hereto" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or
any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such
Grantor's Collateral or the relevant part thereof.
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE
2.1 Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally,
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unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for
itself and the benefit of all Lenders and their respective successors,
indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and
performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed
by such Guarantor under
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applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after
giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.2).
(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any
time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor
hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or
affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full
force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each
Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall have been
indefeasibly satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding and the Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from
time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free
from any Borrower Obligations.
(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other
guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender from the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other guarantor or any
other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or
appropriation or application at any time or from time to time shall be deemed to
modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor
hereunder which shall notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment
made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any payment
received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower
Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum
liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations are paid in
full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are
terminated.
2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the
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extent that a Guarantor shall have paid an amount hereunder which would, but for
this provision, render such Guarantor insolvent for purposes of state or federal
fraudulent conveyance laws, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive
contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder to the extent such
contribution would not render such other Guarantor insolvent. Each Guarantor's
right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section
2.3. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the
obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor
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hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be
subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for
the payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be
entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any
other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until
all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower on
account of the Borrower Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full, no Letter of
Credit shall be
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outstanding and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to
any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the
Borrower Obligations shall not have been indefeasibly paid in full, such amount
shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith
upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in
the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to
the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Borrower
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative
Agent may determine.
2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each
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Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower
Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by
the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Borrower Obligations
continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any other Person
upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor
or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in
part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents executed
and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or
terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required
Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to
time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower
Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect,
secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the
Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any
property subject thereto.
2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and
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all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Borrower
Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the
guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower Obligations, and any of
them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred,
or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of
the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or
consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each
Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice
of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with
respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that
the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing,
absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment, and not of collection, without
regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any other collateral
security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any
time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b)
any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or
performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the
Borrower
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or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any
other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the
Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to
constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower
Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section
2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or
otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to,
make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may
have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against
any collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right
of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or
any Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or
to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other
Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to
exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or
right of offset shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability
hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether
express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof "demand" shall include
the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall
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continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time
payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of
the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a
receiver, intervener or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the
Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise,
all as though such payments had not been made.
2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder
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will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in
Dollars at the payment office of the Administrative Agent referred to in Section
11.2 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
(a) Each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for
itself and for the benefit of all Lenders, a security interest in (and pledges
of ownership and other interests, as applicable) all of the following property
now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such
Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or
interest (collectively, the "Collateral"), as collateral security for the prompt
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and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor's Obligations:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Chattel Paper;
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(c) all Documents;
(d) all Equipment (other than Equipment secured by a Lien permitted
pursuant to Sections 8.3(f), 8.3(g), 8.3(h) and 8.3(k) of the Credit
Agreement);
(e) all General Intangibles;
(f) all Instruments;
(g) all Intellectual Property;
(h) all Inventory;
(i) all Pledged Securities;
(j) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
(k) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products
of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees
given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, Collateral shall not include
ownership or other interests in the Persons listed in Schedule I hereto property
which is subject to an agreement that expressly prohibits the granting of a Lien
that is permitted under Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement, or which would, as
a result of granting a Lien in such property, cause a default under any such
permitted Lien.
(b) To further secure the payment, performance and observance of the
Obligations of each Grantor hereunder, each Grantor hereby collaterally assigns
to Administrative Agent all of such Grantor's right, title and interest in,
under and to any Leases to which such Grantor is a party, except to the extent
that such collateral assignment, in and of itself, is prohibited by the terms of
such Lease or would constitute a default under such lease. This Assignment is
for collateral security purposes only. So long as no Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, such Grantor shall have the right to retain, use and
enjoy all rights under each such Lease, including the right to use and occupy
the premises subject to the Lease.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit
Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of
credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants
to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
4.1 Representations in Credit Agreement. In the case of each Guarantor,
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the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 of the Credit
Agreement as they relate to such
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Guarantor or to the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, each of
which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct, and the
Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely on each of them
as if they were fully set forth herein, provided that each reference in each
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such representation and warranty to the Borrower's knowledge shall, for the
purposes of this Section 4.1, be deemed to be a reference to such Guarantor's
knowledge.
4.2 Title; No Other Liens. Except for the security interest granted to
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the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to this
Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit
Agreement, such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any
and all Liens or claims of others. No financing statement or other public
notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record
in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to this Agreement
or as are permitted by the Credit Agreement or as relate to obligations being
paid on or about the date hereof (all of which obligations are being paid in
full on the Closing Date.)
4.3 Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests granted
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pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions
specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents
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referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in
completed and duly executed form) will constitute valid, and to the extent liens
thereon can be perfected by the filings and actions specified on Schedule 3,
perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as collateral security for
such Grantor's Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof
against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any
Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the
Collateral in existence on the date hereof other than Liens permitted by the
Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens on the Collateral by
operation of law and the Liens listed on Schedule 8.3(f) to the Credit
Agreement.
4.4 Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such Grantor's
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jurisdiction of organization and the location of such Grantor's chief executive
office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4.
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4.5 Inventory and Equipment. On the date hereof the Inventory and the
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Equipment (other than mobile goods) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule
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4.6 Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the
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Proceeds of, Farm Products.
4.7 Pledged Securities. (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such
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Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all
classes of the Capital Stock of each Subsidiary owned by such Grantor or, in
the case of any Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary, 66% of the issued and
outstanding shares of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary.
(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
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(c) Each of the Pledged Notes executed by Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws
relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally, general equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an
implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
(d) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good
and marketable title to, the Pledged Securities pledged by it hereunder, free of
any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except
the security interest created by this Agreement and Liens not prohibited by the
Credit Agreement.
4.8 Receivables. (a) No amount payable to such Grantor under or in
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connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper
which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(b) The amounts represented by such Grantor to the Lenders from time
to time as owing to such Grantor in respect of the Receivables will at such
times be accurate in all material respects.
4.9 Intellectual Property. (a) Schedule 6 lists all material
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Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof.
(b) On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property owned or
used by such Grantor is valid, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, has not
been abandoned; and to the Grantor's knowledge, does not, and has not been
alleged to, infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.
(c) Except to the extent granted in the ordinary course of business,
on the date hereof none of the Intellectual Property owned or used by such
Grantor is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which
such Grantor is the licensor or franchisor.
(d) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any
Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or
such Grantor's rights in, any Intellectual Property owned or used by such
Grantor in any respect that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.9 to the Credit Agreement, no
action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Grantor,
threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the
validity of any material Intellectual Property owned or used by such Grantor or
such Grantor's ownership interest therein, and (ii) which is reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of any Intellectual Property
owned or used by such Grantor.
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SECTION 5. COVENANTS
Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations
shall have been paid in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the
Commitments shall have terminated:
5.1 Covenants in Credit Agreement. In the case of each Guarantor, such
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Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each
action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that
no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or
to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.2 Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper. If any amount payable
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under or in connection with any of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced
by any Instrument or Chattel Paper, such Instrument or Chattel Paper shall be
immediately delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a manner
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to
this Agreement.
5.3 Maintenance of Insurance. (a) Such Grantor will, or will cause
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Borrower to, comply with the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement
governing the maintenance of insurance.
5.4 Payment of Obligations. Except to the extent otherwise expressly
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permitted by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will pay and discharge or
otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the
case may be, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed
upon the Collateral or in respect of income or profits therefrom, as well as all
claims of any kind (including, without limitation, claims for labor, materials
and supplies) against or with respect to the Collateral, except that no such
charge need be paid if the amount or validity thereof is currently being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, reserves in conformity with
GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of such Grantor and
such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to result in the sale,
forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the Collateral or any interest
therein.
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(a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement
as a perfected (to the extent perfected by the actions or filings described in
Schedule 3 hereto) security interest having at least the priority described in
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Section 4.3 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and
demands of all Persons whomsoever other than the holders of Liens permitted by
the Credit Agreement.
(b) Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and
describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the
Collateral in each case as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all
in reasonable detail.
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(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of
the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor
will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further
instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full
benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted,
including, without limitation, the filing of any financing or continuation
statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect
in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby.
5.6 Changes in Locations, Name, etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon
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15 days' prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and delivery to the
Administrative Agent of (a) all additional executed financing statements and
other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the
validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein
and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 5 showing any additional
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location at which Inventory or Equipment shall be kept:
(i) permit any of the Inventory or Equipment to be kept at a
location other than those listed on Schedule 5 (or such other location
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where appropriate filings have been made);
(ii) change the location of its chief executive office or sole place
of business from that referred to in Section 4.4; or
(iii) change its name, identity or corporate structure to such an
extent that any financing statement filed by the Administrative Agent in
connection with this Agreement would become misleading.
5.7 Notices. Such Grantor will advise the Administrative Agent and the
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Lenders promptly, in reasonable detail, of:
(a) any Lien (other than security interests created hereby or Liens
permitted under the Credit Agreement) on any of the Collateral which would
adversely affect the ability of the Administrative Agent to exercise any of its
remedies hereunder; and
(b) of the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the
Collateral or on the security interests created hereby.
5.8 Pledged Securities. (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to
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receive or shall receive any stock certificate (including, without limitation,
any certificate representing a stock dividend or a distribution in connection
with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate
issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of
the Capital Stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as
a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of the Pledged Stock, or
otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in trust for the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same forthwith to the
Administrative
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Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the
Administrative Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering
such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the
Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the
Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral
security for the Obligations. Any sums paid upon or in respect of the Pledged
Securities upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be deemed to
be Dispositions and shall be treated in accordance with the terms and provisions
of the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no
event shall any Grantor be required to pledge more than 66% of the outstanding
Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.
(b) To the extent prohibited by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor
will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to
issue any stock or other equity securities of any nature or to issue any other
securities convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for
any stock or other equity securities of any nature of any Issuer, (ii) sell,
assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with
respect to, the Pledged Securities or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a
transaction expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement), (iii) create, incur or
permit to exist any Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with
respect to, any of the Pledged Securities or Proceeds thereof, or any interest
therein, except for the security interests created by this Agreement and Liens
permitted pursuant to Section 8.3 of the Credit Agreement, or (iv) enter into
any agreement or undertaking (other than the Loan Documents) restricting the
right or ability of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign or
transfer any of the Pledged Securities or Proceeds thereof.
(c) Concurrently with the pledge of Pledged Stock in respect of any
Issuer that is a partnership or limited liability company, the relevant Grantor
will send to such Issuer written instructions confirming that such Pledged Stock
has been pledged to Administrative Agent and requesting such Issuer to deliver
to the Administrative Agent an acknowledgment in form and substance satisfactory
to Administrative Agent confirming that such Issuer has registered the pledge
effected by this Agreement on its books.
(d) In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer
agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the
Pledged Securities issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such
terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent
promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section
5.8(a) with respect to the Pledged Securities issued by it and (iii) the terms
of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to
all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 with
respect to the Pledged Securities issued by it.
5.9 Receivables. (a) Other than in the ordinary course of business
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consistent with its past practice, such Grantor will not (i) grant any extension
of the time of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any
Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or
partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Receivable, (iv) allow any
credit or discount whatsoever on any Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or
modify any Receivable in any manner that could adversely affect the value
thereof.
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(b) Such Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy of
each material demand, notice or document received by it that questions or calls
into doubt the validity or enforceability of more than 5% of the aggregate
amount of the then outstanding Receivables of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as whole.
5.10 Intellectual Property. For so long as no Event of Default has
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occurred and is continuing, such Grantor shall protect and enhance the value of
all Intellectual Property in accordance with prudent business practices;
provided that at no time shall Borrower permit the tradename "Grubb & Ellis" to
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be abandoned or altered in any manner. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default:
(a) Such Grantor (either itself or through its licensees) will (i)
continue to use each material Trademark now or hereafter owned or used by such
Grantor in order to maintain such material Trademark in full force free from any
claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past the quality of
products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) use such Trademark
with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends
required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any mark which
is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such material Trademark
unless the Administrative Agent, for itself and the benefit of all Lenders,
shall obtain a perfected security interest in such mark pursuant to this
Agreement, and (v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to)
do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby such material Trademark may
become invalidated or impaired in any way.
(b) Such Grantor (either itself or through its licensees) will not do
any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent owned or used by
such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.
(c) Such Grantor (either itself or through its licensees) (i) will
employ each material Copyright owned or used by such Grantor and (ii) will not
(and will not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or
knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material portion of such Copyrights may
become invalidated or otherwise impaired. Such Grantor will not (either itself
or through its licensees) do any act whereby any material portion of such
Copyrights may fall into the public domain.
(d) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any
act that knowingly uses any material Intellectual Property owned or used by such
Grantor to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.
(e) Such Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or
registration relating to any material Intellectual Property owned or used by
such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of
any adverse determination or development (including, without limitation, the
institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright
Office or any court or tribunal in any country) regarding such Grantor's
ownership of, or the validity of, any material Intellectual Property owned or
used by such Grantor or such Grantor's right to register the same or to own and
maintain the same.
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(f) Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent,
employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration
of any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office,
the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such
filing to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after the last
day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon request of the
Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded,
any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Administrative
Agent may request to evidence the Administrative Agent's and the Lenders'
security interest in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and
general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.
(g) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps,
including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent
and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office
or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain
and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to
maintain each registration of the material Intellectual Property, including,
without limitation, as to Trademarks, filing of applications for renewal,
affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability and, as to Patents, paying
maintenance fees.
(h) In the event that any material Intellectual Property owned or
used by such Grantor is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party,
such Grantor shall (i) take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem
appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and
(ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material economic value, promptly
notify the Administrative Agent after it learns thereof and sue for
infringement, misappropriation or dilution, to seek injunctive relief where
appropriate and to recover any and all damages for such infringement,
misappropriation or dilution.
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SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. (a) At any time and from
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time to time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test
verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it
reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such
assistance and information as the Administrative Agent may require in connection
with such test verifications. At any time and from time to time after the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, upon the
Administrative Agent's request and at the expense of the relevant Grantor, such
Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent to furnish to the Administrative Agent reports showing
reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the
Receivables. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained herein, at
any time other than during the occurrence and continuation of an Event of
Default, at the expense of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, (i) the
Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the
Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers
advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as
the Administrative Agent may require in connection with such test verifications,
and (ii) upon the Administrative Agent's request such Grantor shall cause
independent public accountants or others satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent to furnish to the Administrative Agent reports showing reconciliations,
aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the Receivables.
(b) The Administrative Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to
collect such Grantor's Receivables, subject to the Administrative Agent's
direction and control and the Administrative Agent may curtail or terminate said
authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default. At Administrative Agent's request, any payments of
Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any
event, within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form
received, duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent if required,
in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the
Administrative Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Lenders only as provided in Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned
over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of
Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in
reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.
(c) At the Administrative Agent's request, each Grantor shall deliver
to the Administrative Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and
relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables,
including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping
receipts.
6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. (a) The
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Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default
communicate with obligors under the Receivables to verify
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with them to the Administrative Agent's satisfaction the existence, amount and
terms of any Receivables.
(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor
shall notify obligors on the Receivables that the Receivables have been assigned
to the Administrative Agent for itself and the benefit of all Lenders and that
payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor
shall remain liable under each of the Receivables to observe and perform all the
conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in
accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation or liability under
any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising
out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any Lender
of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any
Lender be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any
Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise
thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the
sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any
performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any
action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which
may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or
times.
6.3 Pledged Stock. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred
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and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given notice to the
relevant Grantor of the Administrative Agent's intent to exercise its
corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted
to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all
payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes, in each case paid in the normal
course of business of the relevant Issuer and consistent with past practice, to
the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and
corporate rights with respect to the Pledged Securities; provided, however, that
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no vote shall be cast or corporate right exercised or other action taken which
would be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the
Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the
Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to
the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the
right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in
respect of the Pledged Securities and make application thereof to the
Obligations in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine, and (ii)
any or all of the Pledged Securities shall be registered in the name of the
Administrative Agent or its nominee, and the Administrative Agent or its nominee
may thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to
such Pledged Securities at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or
Issuers or otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and
subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such
Pledged Securities as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without
limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged
Securities upon the merger, consolidation reorganization, recapitalization
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or other fundamental change in the corporate structure of any Issuer, or upon
the exercise by any Grantor or the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege
or option pertaining to such Pledged Securities, and in connection therewith,
the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Securities with any
committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon
such terms and condition as the Administrative Agent may determine), all without
liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the
Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such
right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so
or delay in so doing.
(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any
Pledged Securities pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any
instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (x)
states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is
otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or
further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer
shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly
permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the
Pledged Securities directly to the Administrative Agent.
6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over to Administrative Agent. If an Event of
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Default shall occur and be continuing, in addition to the rights of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified in Section 6.1 with respect to
payments of Receivables, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of
cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor for the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such
Grantor and upon the request of the Administrative Agent and the direction of
the Required Lenders, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact
form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the
Administrative Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral
Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held
by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust
for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as
collateral security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment
thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5.
6.5 Application of Proceeds. If an Event of Default shall have occurred
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and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall apply all or any part of
Proceeds held in any Collateral Account in payment of the Obligations in such
order as the Administrative Agent may elect. Any balance of such Proceeds
remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full, no Letters of
Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have terminated shall be
paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive
the same.
6.6 Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be
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continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise, in
addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and
in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the
Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the Illinois UCC
or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other demand,
presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice
required by law
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referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of
which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in
such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the
Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give
option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the
Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one
or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker's
board or office of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or elsewhere upon such
terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem
best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any
credit risk. The Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon
any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any
such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral
so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right
or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the
Administrative Agent's request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available
to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably select, whether at such Grantor's premises or elsewhere. The
Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it
pursuant to this Section 6.6, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses
of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or
safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or
the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, to the payment
in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the Administrative
Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the
Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law,
including, without limitation, Section 9-504(l)(c) of the Illinois UCC, need the
Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the
extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and
demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising
out of the reasonable exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of
a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law,
such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days
before such sale or other disposition.
6.7 Registration Rights. (a) Each Grantor recognizes that the
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Administrative Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the
Pledged Stock, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act
and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to
resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers
which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities
for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or
resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale
may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a
public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such
private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable
manner. The Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale
of any of the Pledged Stock 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 all
or any portion of the Pledged
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Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 valid and binding and in compliance with any
and all other applicable Requirements of Law. Each Grantor further agrees that a
breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 6.7 will cause
irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no adequate remedy at law in respect
of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in
this Section 6.7 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and
such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an
action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no
Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.
6.8 Waiver, Deficiency. Each Grantor waives and agrees not to assert
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any rights or privileges which it may acquire under Section 9-112 of the
Illinois UCC. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the
proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to
pay its Obligations and the Attorney Costs incurred by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender to collect such deficiency.
SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
7.1 Administrative Agent's Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a)
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Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative
Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its
true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in
the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its
own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take
any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and
instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of
this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Grantor hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of
such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of
the following:
(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take
possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes,
acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any
Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or
take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or
otherwise deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of
collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or with respect
to any other Collateral whenever payable;
(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver,
and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and
papers as the Administrative Agent may request to evidence the
Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' 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 the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance
called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the
premiums therefor and the costs thereof;
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(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.6
or 6.7, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or
transfer with respect to the Collateral; and
(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the
Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due
thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative
Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of
and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to
become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3)
sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading,
storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments,
verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the
Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at
law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the
Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect
of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought
against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise
or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith,
give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may deem
appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the
goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent or Trademark
pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions,
and in such manner, as the Administrative Agent shall in its sole
discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make
any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral
as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the
absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Administrative
Agent's option and such Grantor's expense, at any time, or from time to
time, all acts and things which the Administrative Agent deems necessary to
protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Administrative
Agent's and the Lenders' security interests therein and to effect the
intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor
might do.
Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Administrative Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power
of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing.
(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its
agreements contained herein, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but
without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause
performance or compliance, with such agreement and shall use its best efforts to
provide notice to Grantor of such action.
(c) The expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection
with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, together with interest
thereon at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which interest would
then be payable on past due Base Rate Loans under the Credit Agreement, from the
date of payment by the Administrative Agent to the date reimbursed by the
relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent
on demand.
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(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall
reasonably and lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers,
authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an
interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security
interests created hereby are released.
7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent's sole duty
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with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the
Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the Illinois UCC or
otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative
Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the
Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or
realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be
under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the
request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action
whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers
conferred on the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are solely to
protect the Administrative Agent's and the Lenders' interests in the Collateral
and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be
accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the
exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors,
employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure
to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
7.3 Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to Section 9-402 of the
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Illinois UCC and any other applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the
Administrative Agent to file or record financing statements and other filing or
recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the
signature of such Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Administrative
Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the
Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the execution and delivery of
deposit account agreements in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative
Agent that perfect Administrative Agent's security interest in each Grantor's
deposit accounts to the extent permitted under applicable law. A photographic
or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing
statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or
recording in any jurisdiction.
7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that
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the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement
with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or
non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request,
judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising
out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with
respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the
Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be
conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders 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.
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SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this
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Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in
accordance with Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.
8.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the
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Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner
provided for in Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such
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notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such
Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.
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8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct, Cumulative Remedies. Neither the
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Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a written
instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be
deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any
Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in
exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right,
power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any right or
remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any
right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise
have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are
cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any
other rights or remedies provided by law.
8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) To the same extent as
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the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 11.5 of the Credit
Agreement, each Guarantor agrees to pay or reimburse each Lender and the
Administrative Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in collecting
against such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise
enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the
fees and disbursements of counsel to each Lender and of counsel to the
Administrative Agent.
(b) To the same extent as the Borrower would be required to do so
pursuant to Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement, each Guarantor agrees to pay,
and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all
liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all
stamp, excise, sales or other taxes which may be payable or determined to be
payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution,
delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the
same extent as the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 11.5
of the Credit Agreement.
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(d) The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment of the
Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
8.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the
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successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their successors and assigns; provided
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that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or
obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent.
8.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the
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Administrative Agent and each Lender at any time and from time to time without
notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly
waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any
currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in
each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or
unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent or such Lender
to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such
amounts as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, against and on
account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to the Administrative
Agent or such Lender hereunder and claims of every nature and description of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender against such Grantor, in any currency,
whether arising hereunder, under the Credit Agreement any other Loan Document or
otherwise, as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, whether or not
the Administrative Agent or any Lender has made any demand for payment and
although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or
unmatured. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall notify such Grantor
promptly of any such set-off and the application made by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give
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such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The
rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender under this Section 8.6 are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other
rights of set-off) which the Administrative Agent or such Lender may have.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
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parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by
telecopy), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.
8.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited
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or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.9 Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are
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for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof
or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
8.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent
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the agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with
respect to the subject
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matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings,
representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative
to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to
herein or in the other Loan Documents.
8.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
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AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS WITHOUT
REGARD FOR ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES.
8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor and the
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Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in
respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the Courts of
the State of Illinois, the courts of the United States of America for the
Northern District of Illinois, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in
such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to
the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such
action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to
plead or claim the same;
(c agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding
may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail
(or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such
Grantor at its address referred to in Section 8.2 or at such other address
of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant
thereto;
(d agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect
service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the
right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and
(e waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it
may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to
in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
8.13 Acknowledgments. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
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(a it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a
party;
(b neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary
relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the
relationship between the
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Grantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the
other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor
and creditor; and
(c no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents
or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among
the Lenders or among the Grantors and the Lenders.
8.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR, EACH LENDER AND THE
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
8.15 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
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required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.9(c) of the
Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon
execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form
of Annex 1 hereto.
8.16 Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement
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Obligations and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full, the
Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding,
the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this
Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such
termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall
terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by
any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At
the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the
Administrative Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the
Administrative Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such
documents (including, without limitation, UCC termination statements) as such
Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
(b If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement or
is subject to a Lien permitted pursuant to any or all of the Sections 8.3(g),
8.3(h) and/or 8.3(k), then the Administrative Agent, at the request and sole
expense of such Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases
or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the release of the
Liens created hereby on such Collateral, including, without limitation,
amendments to UCC financing statements. At the request and sole expense of the
Borrower, a Guarantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the
event that all the Capital Stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement;
provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at
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least ten Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written
request for release identifying the relevant Guarantor and the terms of the sale
or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any
expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower
stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first
above written.
GRUBB & ELLIS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice
President
GRUBB & ELLIS COLORADO, INC., a California
corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice
President
GRUBB & ELLIS NEW YORK, INC., a New York
corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer
GRUBB & ELLIS OF MICHIGAN, INC., a Michigan
corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice
President
GRUBB & ELLIS OF OREGON, INC., a Washington
corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer
GRUBB & ELLIS AFFILIATES, INC., a Delaware
corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice
President
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first
above written.
GRUBB & ELLIS EUROPE, INC., a California
corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer
GRUBB & ELLIS MORTGAGE GROUP, INC., a California
corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer
GRUBB & ELLIS MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., a
Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice
President
GRUBB & ELLIS MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF COLORADO,
INC., a Colorado corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer
GRUBB & ELLIS MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF MICHIGAN,
INC., a Michigan corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice
President
LANDAUER REALTY GROUP, INC., a Florida corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first
above written.
HSM, INC., a Texas corporation
By: /s/ Brian Parker
Title: Senior Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer