Item 6.
Exhibit 10.19
(Consulting)
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of September 30, 1997, by and between Hagler
Bailly Consulting, Inc., a Delaware corporation having its principal place of
business at 1530 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22209-2406 (the
"Company"), and State Street Bank and Trust Company (the "Secured Party"). The
Company and Hagler Bailly Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Services"),
are sometimes herein referred to collectively as the "Borrowers" and each
individually as a "Borrower".
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the Secured Party entered into a Credit
Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as amended from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement") pursuant to which the Secured Party agreed, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth therein, to make revolving credit loans to the Borrowers
(such loans being herein referred to collectively as the "Loans"), such Loans to
be evidenced by the joint and several promissory note of the Borrowers payable
to the order of the Secured Party (the "Note");
WHEREAS, the obligation of the Secured Party to make the Loans is
subject to the condition, among others, that the Company shall execute and
deliver this Agreement and grant the security interest hereinafter described;
and
WHEREAS, the obligation of the Secured Party to make the Loans is
subject to the further condition that Services shall execute and deliver a
Security Agreement similar to this Agreement (the AServices Security Agreement")
and grant a security interest in its property and assets in the manner provided
therein (the "Services Collateral");
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the willingness of the Secured Party
to enter into the Credit Agreement and to agree, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth therein, to make the Loans to the Borrowers pursuant
thereto, and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, it is hereby agreed as follows:
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1. Security Interest. As security for the Secured Obligations described
in section 2 hereof, the Company hereby grants to the Secured Party a security
interest in and lien on all of the tangible and intangible personal property and
fixtures of the Company, including the property described below, whether now
owned or existing, or hereafter acquired or arising, together with any and all
additions thereto and replacements and proceeds thereof (hereinafter referred to
collectively as the "Collateral"): (i) all inventory, goods, merchandise, raw
materials, supplies, goods in process, finished goods and other tangible
personal property held by the Company for processing, sale or lease or furnished
or to be furnished by the Company under contracts of service or to be used or
consumed in the Company's business (the foregoing items in this clause (i) being
sometimes herein referred to collectively as "Inventory"); (ii) all accounts,
accounts receivable and Note, drafts, acceptances and other instruments
representing or evidencing a right to payment for goods sold or leased or for
services rendered whether or not earned by performance (the foregoing items in
this clause (ii) being sometimes herein referred to collectively as "Accounts
Receivable"), as well as all right, title and interest of the Company in the
goods and services which have given rise thereto, including the right of
stoppage in transit; (iii) all general intangibles of the Company, including
without limitation, goodwill and all present and future intellectual property
rights of the Company, including without limitation, all trademark rights, all
copyright rights, all patent rights, all trade secrets, all know-how, and all
causes of action arising under all such intellectual property rights; (iv) all
of the Company's chattel paper of every kind and description, including all
additions thereto and substitutions therefor; (v) all other rights of the
Company to the payment of money, including without limitation, amounts due from
affiliates (including amounts due from HB Capital, Inc. in respect of loans and
advances by the Company or the Borrowers), all tax refunds of every kind and
nature including loss carryback refunds, insurance proceeds, under factoring
agreements, and all rights to deposits or advance payments; (vi) all customer
lists, files, records (including without limitation computer programs, disks,
tapes and related electronic data processing media) and writings of the Company
or in which the Company has an interest in any way relating to the foregoing
property and all rights of the Company to retrieval from third parties of
electronically processed and recorded information pertaining to any of such
property; (vii) all of the Company's documents and instruments (whether
negotiable or non-negotiable); (viii) all of the Company's cash, deposits,
certificates of deposit and securities (whether certificated or uncertificated);
(ix) all funds in the Lockbox Account (as hereinafter defined) and all funds and
investments in any other collateral account or accounts maintained from time to
time by the Company with the Secured Party; (x) all guaranties and security for
any of the foregoing; and (xi) all of the Company's equipment, machinery,
fixtures, furniture and office supplies.
2. Secured Obligations. The security interest hereby granted shall
secure the due and punctual payment and performance of the following liabilities
and obligations of the Company (herein called the "Secured Obligations"):
(a) Principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Loans;
(b) Any and all other obligations of either or both of the
Borrowers to the Secured Party under the Credit Agreement or the Note or under
any agreement or instrument relating thereto, all as amended from time to time;
and
(c) Any and all other indebtedness or obligations of either or
both of the Borrowers to the Secured Party, whether individual or joint and
several, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due or now
existing or hereafter arising.
3. Warranties and Covenants of Company. The Company hereby warrants and
covenants to the Secured Party that:
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(a) Except for the security interest created hereunder and those
permitted under the Credit Agreement, the Company is the owner of the Collateral
free from any lien, security interest or encumbrance, and will defend the
Collateral against all claims and demands of all persons at any time claiming
the same or any interest therein.
(b) The address shown at the beginning of this Agreement is the
principal place of business of the Company and all of the Company's additional
places of business, if any, and the locations of all the Collateral are listed
in Schedule I attached hereto. The Company will not change its principal or any
other place of business, or the location of any Collateral, or make any change
in the Company's name or conduct the Company's business operations under any
fictitious business or trade name, without, in any such case, at least thirty
(30) days' prior written notice to the Secured Party and unless otherwise
permitted by the Credit Agreement.
(c) The Company will not sell or otherwise dispose of any of the
Collateral or any interest therein except in the ordinary course of business or
as otherwise as permitted by the Credit Agreement.
(d) The Company will keep the Collateral in good order and repair
and adequately insured at all times in accordance with the provisions of the
Credit Agreement. The Company will pay promptly when due all taxes and
assessments on the Collateral or for its use or operation, except for taxes and
assessments permitted to be contested as provided in subsection 5.4 of the
Credit Agreement. The Secured Party may at its option discharge any taxes,
liens, security interests or other encumbrances to which any Collateral is at
any time subject, and may, upon the failure of the Company so to do, purchase
insurance on any Collateral and pay for the repair, maintenance or preservation
thereof, and the Company agrees to reimburse the Secured Party on demand for any
payments made or expenses incurred by the Secured Party pursuant to the
foregoing authorization and any unreimbursed amounts shall constitute Secured
Obligations for all purposes hereof.
(e) The Company will promptly execute and deliver to the Secured
Party such financing statements, certificates and other documents or instruments
as may be necessary to enable the Secured Party to perfect or from time to time
renew the security interest granted hereby, including, without limitation, such
financing statements, certificates and other documents as may be necessary to
perfect a security interest in any additional Collateral hereafter acquired by
the Company or in any replacements or proceeds thereof. The Company authorizes
and appoints the Secured Party, in case of need, to execute such financing
statements, certificates and other documents in its stead, with full power of
substitution, as the Company's attorney in fact. The Company further agrees that
a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of a security agreement or
financing statement is sufficient as a financing statement under this Agreement.
With respect to any investments or other Collateral hereunder which are book
entry or uncertificated securities, the Company authorizes the Secured Party to
cause its security interest therein to be noted on the books and records of the
issuer thereof or other registrar therefor and to take such other actions as may
be necessary to perfect the Secured Party's security interest therein.
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(f) The Company will give the Secured Party notice of each office
of the Company at which records of the Company pertaining to all intangible
items of Collateral are kept. Except as such notice is given and unless
otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement, the Company's records concerning
all intangible Collateral are and will be kept at the address shown at the
beginning of this Agreement as the principal place of business of the Company.
(g) It is the intention of the parties hereto that none of the
Collateral shall become fixtures and the Company will take all such reasonable
action or actions as may be necessary to prevent any of the Collateral from
becoming fixtures. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company
will, if requested by the Secured Party, use its best efforts to obtain waivers
of lien, in form satisfactory to the Secured Party, from each lessor of real
property on which any of the Collateral is or is to be located.
4. Special Provisions Concerning Accounts Receivable.
(a) The Company will instruct all account debtors to direct
payment of the Company's Accounts Receivable (whether or not such Accounts
Receivable constitute "Eligible Receivables", as defined in the Credit
Agreement) to the Company's lockbox account (the "Lockbox Account") with the
Secured Party in accordance with the agreement (the "Lockbox Agreement") in
effect from time to time between the Company and the Secured Party with respect
thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any payments in respect of
Accounts Receivable are remitted to the Company, the Company will hold all such
collections in trust for the Secured Party without commingling the same with the
other funds of the Company and will promptly, on the day of receipt thereof,
transmit such collections to the Secured Party in the identical form in which
they were received by the Company, with such endorsements as may be appropriate,
for deposit into the Lockbox Account.
(b) All collections in the form of cash, checks or other demand
remittances transmitted to the Secured Party pursuant to the preceding
subsection shall upon receipt by the Secured Party be credited to the Lockbox
Account. Each such credit shall be conditional upon final payment to the Secured
Party of all items giving rise to such credit, and, if any item is not so paid,
credit for such item shall be reversed whether or not the item has been
returned.
(c) At such times as may be provided in the Lockbox Agreement (or
in any cash management or similar agreement between the Company and the Secured
Party), the Secured Party, by charging the Lockbox Account and crediting the
account on the books of the Secured Party in which the Loans are recorded (the
"Loan Account"), shall apply the amounts from time to time on deposit in the
Lockbox Account in reduction or payment of the Loans then outstanding, such
application to be subject to final payment in cash of all items theretofore
credited to the Lockbox Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default, such default not having previously been
remedied or cured, the Secured Party may from time to time cause amounts on
deposit in the Lockbox Account to be applied to the payment of the Secured
Obligations in such order of priority as the Secured Party shall determine.
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(d) So long as this Agreement shall continue in effect, the
Lockbox Agreement shall not be terminated by the Company and the Company will
not modify any instructions given to account debtors in accordance with
subparagraph (a) of this section 4 and will at all times comply with the
provisions of such subparagraph.
(e) The Company represents and warrants that each Account
Receivable is and will be a valid Account Receivable representing an existing,
undisputed indebtedness incurred with the account debtor thereon for goods
theretofore delivered or shipped to, or for services theretofore performed for,
such account debtor in accordance with such account debtor's instructions or
specifications; that, except as indicated in writing to the Secured Party there
will be no offsets or counterclaims of any nature against, nor any agreement
under which any allowance, adjustment or discount may be claimed in respect of
any Account Receivable; and that the Secured Party will be the lawful owner of
each Account Receivable free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and security
interests (other than the security interest hereby granted to the Secured Party
and security interests permitted under the Credit Agreement) with full right and
power to subject such Account Receivable to such security interest in favor of
the Secured Party.
(f) The Company will promptly notify the Secured Party of any
dispute which may have arisen between the Company and any account debtor in
respect of any Account Receivable or the goods or services which have given rise
thereto and of any other event the occurrence of which might cause any Account
Receivable not to be classified as an Eligible Receivable (as defined in the
Credit Agreement) or which might affect the amount or collectability thereof,
including without limitation any offsets or counterclaims.
(g) The Company will specifically assign to the Secured Party all
federal government contracts and will cooperate with the Secured Party in giving
notice of such assignment pursuant to the federal Assignment of Claims Act. The
Company will cooperate with the Secured Party in providing such further
information with respect to contracts with any state, other unit of local
government or agency, and with respect to contracts with any foreign government
or agency, as the Secured Party may require and will provide such instruments of
further assurance with respect to such contracts as the Secured Party may
require.
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(h) The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Secured Party the
true and lawful attorney of the Company with full power of substitution, in the
name of the Secured Party or in the name of the Company or otherwise, for the
sole benefit of the Secured Party but at the sole expense of the Company,
without notice to or demand upon the Company: (i) to demand, collect, receive
payment of, receipt for, settle, compromise or adjust, and give discharges and
releases in respect of the Accounts Receivable or any of them; (ii) to commence
and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court
of competent jurisdiction to collect the Accounts Receivable or any of them and
to enforce any other rights in respect thereof or in respect of the goods or
services which have given rise thereto; (iii) to defend any suit, action or
proceeding brought against the Company with respect to any Account Receivable or
the goods or services which have given rise thereto; (iv) to settle, compromise
or adjust any suit, action or proceeding described in clause (ii) or (iii)
above, and, in connection therewith, to give such discharges or releases as the
Secured Party may deem appropriate; (v) to endorse checks, Note, drafts,
acceptances, money orders, bills of lading, warehouse receipts or other
instruments or documents evidencing or securing the Accounts Receivable or any
of them; (vi) to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to the Company
and to notify the post office authorities to change the address of delivery of
mail addressed to the Company to such address, care of the Secured Party, as the
Secured Party may designate; and (vii) generally to sell, assign, transfer,
pledge, make any agreement in respect of or otherwise deal with any Account
Receivable or the goods or services which have given rise thereto as fully and
completely as though the Secured Party were the absolute owner thereof for all
purposes; provided, however, that, except as otherwise authorized by the Lockbox
Agreement or by the provisions of this Agreement, the foregoing rights granted
to the Secured Party pursuant to this subsection (h) shall not be exercised by
the Secured Party unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing. The powers conferred on the Secured Party by this Agreement are
solely to protect any interest of the Secured Party and shall not impose any
duty upon the Secured Party to exercise any such power, and if the Secured Party
shall exercise any such power, it shall be accountable only for amounts that it
actually receives as a result thereof and shall not be responsible to the
Company except for willful misconduct. The Secured Party shall be under no
obligation to take steps necessary to preserve the rights in any Collateral
against prior parties but may do so at its option. The Secured Party may at its
option transfer at any time to itself or to its nominee any securities held as
Collateral hereunder and received the income thereon and hold the same as
Collateral hereunder.
(i) If the Company shall fail to instruct account debtors to
direct payment of Accounts Receivable to the Lockbox Account in accordance with
subparagraph (a) of this section 4, the Secured Party may, and is hereby
authorized to, give such instructions.
5. Special Provisions Concerning Notes, etc. Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default, in addition to any other rights
or remedies which the Secured Party may have hereunder: (a) the Secured Party
may cause any notes or other securities included in the Collateral hereunder to
be transferred into its name or into the name of its nominee or nominees; and
(b) the Secured Party may, without obligation to do so, demand, sue for and/or
collect any amounts due from time to time in respect of any such notes or
securities included in the Collateral hereunder. The Company will execute and
deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such stock powers, bond powers,
endorsements, assignments and other instruments or documents, and will take all
such actions, as the Secured Party may reasonably request for the purpose of
implementing or effectuating the foregoing provisions.
6. Events of Default. The Company shall be in default under this
Agreement upon the happening of any of the following events or conditions
(herein called "Events of Default"):
(a) Default shall be made in the due and punctual payment of any
payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any of the Secured
Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable (whether at
maturity or at a date fixed for any prepayment or installment or by declaration
or acceleration or otherwise) and such default shall continue beyond the
expiration of the applicable period of grace, if any; or
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(b) Any other Event of Default (as defined or provided in the
Credit Agreement) shall occur.
7. Rights and Remedies of Secured Party. Upon the occurrence of any
Event of Default, such default not having previously been remedied or cured, the
Secured Party may declare all of the Secured Obligations to be immediately due
and payable and shall then have the following rights and remedies:
(a) All rights and remedies provided by law, including, without
limitation, those provided by the Uniform Commercial Code;
(b) All rights and remedies provided in this Agreement; and
(c) All rights and remedies provided in the Credit Agreement or
in the Note or in any other agreement, document or instrument pertaining to any
of the Secured Obligations.
8. Right of Secured Party to Dispose of Collateral, etc. Without
limiting the scope of section 7 hereof, upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default, such default not having previously been remedied or cured, the Secured
Party shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, in addition
thereto, the right to enter upon any premises on which the Collateral or any
part thereof may be situated and remove the same therefrom. The Secured Party
may require the Company to make the Collateral (to the extent the same is
moveable) available to the Secured Party at a place to be designated by the
Secured Party which is reasonably convenient to both parties. Unless the
Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a
type customarily sold on a recognized market, the Secured Party will give the
Company at least ten (10) days' prior written notice at the address of the
Company set forth above (or at such other address or addresses as the Company
shall specify in writing to the Secured Party) of the time and place of any
public sale thereof or of the time after which any private sale or any other
intended disposition thereof is to be made. Any such notice shall be deemed to
meet any requirement hereunder or under any applicable law (including the
Uniform Commercial Code) that reasonable notification be given of the time and
place of such sale or other disposition. After deducting all costs and expenses
of collection, storage, custody, sale or other disposition and delivery
(including legal costs and attorneys' fees) and all other charges against the
Collateral, the residue of the proceeds of any such sale or disposition shall be
applied to the payment of the Secured Obligations in such order of priority as
the Secured Party shall determine and any surplus shall be returned to the
Company or to any person or party lawfully entitled thereto (including, if
applicable, any subordinated creditors of the Company). In the event the
proceeds of any sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral hereunder are
insufficient to pay all of the Secured Obligations in full, the Company will be
liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the maximum rate
provided in the Note, and the cost and expenses of collection of such
deficiency, including (to the extent permitted by law), without limitation,
reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses and disbursements.
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9. Right of Secured Party to Use and Operate Collateral, etc. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, but subject to
the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law, the
Secured Party shall have the right and power to take possession of all or any
part of the Collateral, and to exclude the Company and all persons claiming
under the Company wholly or partly therefrom, and thereafter to hold, store,
and/or use, operate, manage and control the same. Upon any such taking of
possession, the Secured Party may, from time to time, at the expense of the
Company, make all such repairs, replacements, alterations, additions and
improvements to and of the Collateral as the Secured Party may deem proper. In
any such case the Secured Party shall have the right to manage and control the
Collateral and to carry on the business and to exercise all rights and powers of
the Company in respect thereto as the Secured Party shall deem best, including
the right to enter into any and all such agreements with respect to the
operation of the Collateral or any part thereof as the Secured Party may see
fit; and the Secured Party shall be entitled to collect and receive all rents,
issues, profits, fees, revenues and other income of the same and every part
thereof. Such rents, issues, profits, fees, revenues and other income shall be
applied to pay the expenses of holding and operating the Collateral and of
conducting the business thereof, and of all maintenance, repairs, replacements,
alterations, additions and improvements, and to make all payments which the
Secured Party may be required or may elect to make, if any, for taxes,
assessments, insurance and other charges upon the Collateral or any part
thereof, and all other payments which the Secured Party may be required or
authorized to make under any provision of this Agreement (including legal costs
and attorneys' fees). The remainder of such rents, issues, profits, fees,
revenues and other income shall be applied to the payment of the Secured
Obligations in such order of priority as the Secured Party shall determine and,
unless otherwise provided by law or by a court of competent jurisdiction, any
surplus shall be returned to the Company or to any person or party lawfully
entitled thereto (including, if applicable, any subordinated creditors of the
Company). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Secured Party
shall have the right to apply for and have a receiver appointed by a court of
competent jurisdiction in any action taken by the Secured Party to enforce its
rights and remedies hereunder in order to manage, protect and preserve the
Collateral and continue the operation of the business of the Company, or to sell
or dispose of the Collateral, and to collect all revenues and profits thereof
and apply the same to the payment of all expenses and other charges of such
receivership, including the compensation of the receiver, and to the payment of
the Secured Obligations as aforesaid until a sale or other disposition of such
Collateral shall be finally made and consummated.
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10. Waivers, etc. The Company hereby waives presentment, demand, notice,
protest and, except as is otherwise provided herein and in the Credit Agreement,
all other demands and notices in connection with this Agreement or the
enforcement of the Secured Party's rights hereunder or in connection with any
Secured Obligations or any Collateral; consents to and waives notice of the
granting of renewals, extensions of time for payment or other indulgences to
either or both of the Borrowers or to any account debtor in respect of any
Account Receivable, or substitution, release or surrender of any collateral
(including the Services Collateral), the addition or release of persons
primarily or secondarily liable on any Secured Obligation (including Services)
or on any Account Receivable or other collateral, the acceptance of partial
payments on any Secured Obligation or on any Account Receivable or other
collateral and/or the settlement or compromise thereof. No delay or omission on
the part of the Secured Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as
a waiver of such right or of any other right hereunder. Any waiver of any such
right on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any
such right on any such future occasion. The Company further waives any right it
may have under the constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under the
constitution of the States of Delaware or Virginia (or under the constitution of
any other state in which any of the Collateral may be located), or under the
Constitution of the United States of America, to notice (other than any
requirement of notice provided herein) or to a judicial hearing prior to the
exercise of any right or remedy provided by this Agreement to the Secured Party
and waives its rights, if any, to set aside or invalidate any sale duly
consummated in accordance with the foregoing provisions hereof on the grounds
(if such be the case) that the sale was consummated without a prior judicial
hearing. The Company's waivers under this section have been made voluntarily,
intelligently and knowingly and after the Company has been apprised and
counseled by its attorneys as to the nature thereof and its possible alternative
rights.
11. Termination; Assignment, etc. This Agreement and the security
interest in the Collateral created hereby shall terminate when all of the
Secured Obligations have been paid and finally discharged in full (provided that
the Secured Party is no longer obligated to make Loans under the Credit
Agreement). No waiver by the Secured Party or by any other holder of Secured
Obligations of any default shall be effective unless in writing nor operate as a
waiver of any other default or of the same default on a future occasion. In the
event of a sale or assignment by the Secured Party of all or any of the Secured
Obligations held by it, the Secured Party may assign or transfer its rights and
interests under this Agreement in whole or in part to the purchaser or
purchasers of such Secured Obligations, whereupon such purchaser or purchasers
shall become vested with all of the powers and rights of the Secured Party
hereunder, and the Secured Party shall thereafter be forever released and fully
discharged from any liability or responsibility hereunder with respect to the
rights and interests so assigned.
12. Reinstatement. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 11, this
Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be,
if at any time any amount received by the Secured Party in respect of the
Collateral is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Secured
Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of the Company or upon the appointment of any intervenor or
conservator of, or trustee or similar official for, the Company or any
substantial part of its properties, or otherwise, all as though such payments
had not been made.
13. Governmental Approvals, etc. Upon the exercise by the Secured Party
of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement which
requires any consent, approval, registration, qualification or authorization of
any governmental authority or instrumentality, the Company will execute and
deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications,
certificates, instruments and other documents and papers that the Secured Party
may be required to obtain for such governmental consent, approval, registration,
qualification or authorization.
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14. Certain Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition which are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement. In addition to the
descriptions contained in section 1 hereof, the items of Collateral referred to
therein shall have all of the meanings ascribed to them in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.
15. Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, notice to the Company
or to the Secured Party shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or
served for all purposes hereof if mailed by certified or registered mail, return
receipt requested, as follows:
(a) if to the Company, at the address set forth above in this
Agreement, with a copy to:
Stephen V.R. Whitman, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Hagler Bailly, Inc.
1530 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22209-2406
(b) if to the Secured Party, at the address set forth in the
Credit Agreement, with a copy to:
Allen M. Bornheimer, Esquire
Choate, Hall & Stewart
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
or at such other address as the party to whom such notice is directed may have
designated in writing to the other party hereto.
16. Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Secured Party and the Company and their respective successors
and assigns, and the term "Secured Party" shall be deemed to include any other
holder or holders of any of the Secured Obligations. In case any provision in
this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby. The section headings in this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not be considered in construing this
Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
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17. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. This Agreement
shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Company,
to the extent that it may lawfully do so, hereby consents to service of process,
and to be sued, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and consents to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United
States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, as well as to the
jurisdiction of all courts to which an appeal may be taken from such courts, for
the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this
Agreement or any of its obligations hereunder or with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, and expressly waives any and all objections it
may have as to venue in any such courts. The Company further agrees that a
summons and complaint commencing an action or proceeding in any of such courts
shall be properly served and shall confer personal jurisdiction if served
personally or by certified mail to it at its address set forth above or as
otherwise provided under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The
Company irrevocably waives all right to a trial by jury in any suit, action or
other proceeding instituted by or against the Company in respect of its
obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as a sealed
instrument as of the date first above written.
HAGLER BAILLY CONSULTING, INC.
By: /s/ Daniel M. Rouse
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Senior Vice President, CFO, Treasurer and
Secretary (Title)
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ Linda Moulton
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Vice President (Title)
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