EXHIBIT 10.53
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SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of August 11, 1999
between
GKMG CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.,
as Debtor
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
d/b/a NationsBank, N.A.,
successor to NationsBank, N.A.,
as Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................4
Section 1.1 Definitions Generally................................................................................4
Section 1.2 UCC Definitions......................................................................................6
ARTICLE II SECURITY INTERESTS.....................................................................................6
Section 2.1 Grant of Security Interests..........................................................................6
Section 2.2 Continuing Liability of the Debtor...................................................................7
Section 2.3 Sales and Collections................................................................................8
Section 2.4 Segregation of Proceeds..............................................................................8
Section 2.5 Verification of Receivables..........................................................................9
Section 2.6 Release of Collateral................................................................................9
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.........................................................................
Section 3.1 Title to Collateral.................................................................................10
Section 3.2 Validity, Perfection and Priority of Security Interests.............................................10
Section 3.3 Enforceability of Receivables and Other Intangibles.................................................11
Section 3.4 Place of Business...................................................................................11
Section 3.5 Location of Collateral..............................................................................11
Section 3.6 Trade Names.........................................................................................11
Section 3.7 Patents and Trademarks..............................................................................11
ARTICLE IV COVENANTS.............................................................................................11
Section 4.1 Perfection of Security Interests....................................................................12
Section 4.2 Further Actions.....................................................................................12
Section 4.3 Change of Name, Identity or Structure...............................................................13
Section 4.4 Place of Business and Collateral....................................................................13
Section 4.5 Fixtures............................................................................................13
Section 4.6 Maintenance of Records..............................................................................13
Section 4.7 Compliance with Laws................................................................................13
Section 4.8 Payment of Taxes....................................................................................14
Section 4.9 Compliance with Terms of Accounts and Contracts.....................................................14
Section 4.10 Limitation on Liens on Collateral..................................................................14
Section 4.11 Limitations on Modifications of Receivables and Other Intangibles;
No Waivers or Extensions....................................................................................14
Section 4.12 Maintenance of Insurance...........................................................................14
Section 4.13 Limitations on Dispositions of Collateral..........................................................14
Section 4.14 Further Identification of Collateral...............................................................15
Section 4.15 Notices............................................................................................15
Section 4.16 Change of Law......................................................................................15
Section 4.17 Right of Inspection................................................................................15
Section 4.18 Maintenance of Equipment...........................................................................16
Section 4.19 Covenants Regarding Patent and Trademark Collateral................................................16
Section 4.20 Termination of Federal Contracts...................................................................17
Section 4.21 Federal Contracts..................................................................................17
Section 4.22 Reimbursement Obligation...........................................................................18
ARTICLE V REMEDIES; RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT..........................................................................18
Section 5.1 UCC Rights..........................................................................................18
Section 5.2 Payments on Collateral..............................................................................18
Section 5.3 Possession of Collateral............................................................................19
Section 5.4 Sale of Collateral; Notice..........................................................................19
Section 5.5 Rights of Purchasers................................................................................20
Section 5.6 Additional Rights of the Agent......................................................................20
Section 5.7 Remedies Not Exclusive, etc.........................................................................21
Section 5.8 Waiver and Estoppel.................................................................................21
Section 5.9 Power of Attorney; Powers Coupled With An Interest..................................................22
Section 5.10 Certain Provisions Relating to Securities..........................................................23
Section 5.11 Application of Monies..............................................................................23
ARTICLE VI MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................................24
Section 6.1 Notices.............................................................................................24
Section 6.2 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies......................................................................24
Section 6.3 Amendments and Waivers..............................................................................24
Section 6.4 Successors and Assigns..............................................................................24
Section 6.5 Governing Law.......................................................................................25
Section 6.6Limitation by Law; Severability......................................................................25
Section 6.7 Counterparts........................................................................................25
Section 6.8 Expenses of the Agent...............................................................................25
Section 6.9 Indemnification.....................................................................................25
Section 6.10 Termination; Survival..............................................................................26
Section 6.11 Judicial Proceedings; Waiver of Jury Trial.........................................................26
Section 6.12 Integration........................................................................................27
Section 6.13 Authority of Agent.................................................................................27
Section 6.14 Headings, Bold Type and Table of Contents..........................................................27
Schedule 3.4...... - Place of Business
Schedule 3.5...... - Location of Collateral
Schedule 3.6...... - Trade Names, Division Names, etc.
Schedule 3.7...... - Patents and Trademarks
Schedule 4.1...... - UCC Filings
Exhibit A......... - Assignment of Federal Contract
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SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of August 11th, 1999 (as amended, supplemented
or modified from time to time, the "Security Agreement"), is made by GKMG
Consulting Services, Inc., a District of Columbia corporation (the "Debtor"),
and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. d/b/a NationsBank, N.A., successor to NationsBank,
N.A., a national banking association (the "Agent") in its capacity as Agent for
the lenders (the "Lenders") from time to time a party to the Revolving Credit
Agreement, dated as of November 20, 1998 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Revolving Credit Agreement"), by and among
Hagler Bailly, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the Agent, in its
capacity as such thereunder, and the Lenders.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally
agreed to make available to the Company a revolving line of credit for Revolving
Loans, Swing Line Loans and Standby Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal
amount at any time not to exceed the Maximum Available Amount, subject to the
terms and conditions contained therein;
WHEREAS, the Company has recently acquired Debtor, and the Company owns
directly, all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of the Debtor;
WHEREAS, the Debtor constitutes a Material Domestic Subsidiary under the
Revolving Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Revolving Credit Agreement, the
Company is required to cause each of its Material Domestic Subsidiaries to
execute and deliver to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a
Subsidiary Security Agreement, as more fully provided therein;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of such Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and Standby
Letters of Credit may be used to enable the Company to make valuable transfers
to the Debtor in connection with the operation of its business and for the
Permitted Uses;
WHEREAS, the Debtor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from
such Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and Standby Letters of Credit; and
WHEREAS, the Debtor desires to enter into this Security Agreement for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants
contained herein, and to induce the Lenders to make or maintain their respective
Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans to, and the Issuing Lender to issue or
maintain the Standby Letters of Credit under the Revolving Credit Agreement, and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Debtor hereby agrees with the Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, as follows:
ARTICLE I.........
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1.......Definitions Generally. Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the respective meanings specified in the Revolving Credit
Agreement, and the following terms shall have the following meanings (such
meanings to be, when appropriate, equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined):
"Account Debtor" shall mean, with respect to any Receivable or Other Intangible,
any Person obligated to make payment thereunder, including without limitation
any account debtor thereon.
"Assignment of Claims Act" shall mean the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940,
31 U.S.C. 3727, 41 U.S.C. 15 (1986), ------------------------- as
the same may be amended and any successor statute of similar import.
"Assignment of Federal Contract" shall have the meaning specified in Section
4.21 hereof.
"Cash Collateral Account" shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.4
hereof.
"Collateral" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
"Company" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
"Debtor" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
"Equipment" shall mean all equipment now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Debtor, including all items of machinery, equipment, furnishings and fixtures of
every kind, whether affixed to real property or not, as well as all automobiles,
trucks and vehicles of every description, trailers, handling and delivery
equipment, fittings, special tools, all additions to, substitutions for,
replacements of or accessions to any of the foregoing, all attachments,
components, parts (including spare parts) and accessories whether installed
thereon or affixed thereto and all fuel for any thereof.
"Federal Contract" means any contract or agreement with, involving or for the
benefit of the United States of America or any department, agency or
instrumentality thereof (collectively, the "U.S. Government"), whether now
existing or hereafter arising, in each case as the same may be amended, modified
or otherwise supplemented from time to time.
"First Union" means First Union National Bank of Washington, D.C.
"First Union Security Agreement" means the Promissory Note and Security
Agreement, dated October 25, 1995, executed by Debtor under its former name,
Galland, Kharasch, Morse & Garfinkle, P.C., in favor of First Union, in
connection with the First Union Loan Agreement. "First Union Loan Agreement"
means that certain Loan Agreement, dated October 25, 1995, between Debtor, under
its former name Galland, Kharasch, Morse & Garfinkle, P.C., and First Union.
"Inventory" shall mean all inventory now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Debtor, including (i) all goods and other personal property which are held for
sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of
service or which constitute raw materials, work in process or materials used or
consumed or to be used or consumed in the Debtor's business, (ii) all inventory,
wherever located, evidenced by negotiable and non-negotiable documents of title,
warehouse receipts and bills of lading, (iii) all of the Debtor's rights in, to
and under all purchase orders now owned or hereafter received or acquired by it
for goods or services and (iv) all rights of the Debtor as an unpaid seller,
including rescission, replevin, reclamation and stopping in transit.
"Lenders" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
"Obligations" shall mean any and all now existing or hereafter arising
indebtedness, obligations, liabilities and covenants of each Credit Party to any
Lender, the Agent, their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns and any
other Indemnified Person under or arising out of any Credit Document, including
without limitation (i) all Revolving Loans and all Swing Line Loans together
with interest thereon and all Standby Letters of Credit, (ii) all fees,
expenses, indemnity payments and other amounts due or to become due under the
Revolving Credit Agreement, the Revolving Notes, the Swing Line Note or any
other Credit Document, (iii) all liabilities and obligations under the
Subsidiary Guarantee and any other agreement executed by any Credit Party
guarantying the obligations of the Borrower under the Revolving Credit Agreement
or any other Credit Document, (iv) all liabilities and obligations under any
agreement providing collateral for any of the foregoing (including any Pledge
Agreement and the Subsidiary Security Agreements) and (v) any agreement or
instrument refinancing or restructuring all or any portion of the obligations
and liabilities under any of foregoing or under any successor agreement or note,
in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent or due or to
become due.
"Other Intangibles" shall mean all accounts, accounts receivable, contract
rights, documents, instruments, notes, chattel paper, money, indemnities,
warranties and general intangibles now owned or hereafter acquired by the Debtor
including, without limitation, all goodwill, customer lists, permits, federal
and state tax refunds, reversionary interests in pension plan assets, Patents,
Trademarks, licenses, copyrights and other rights in intellectual property,
other than Receivables.
"Patents" shall mean all letters patent of the United States or any other
country, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any
other country, in which the Debtor may now or hereafter have any right, title or
interest and all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions
thereof. "Proceeds" shall mean all proceeds, including (i) whatever is received
upon any collection, exchange, sale or other disposition of any of the
Collateral and any property into which any of the Collateral is converted,
whether cash or non-cash, (ii) any and all payments or other property (in any
form whatsoever) made or due and payable on account of any insurance, indemnity,
warranty or guaranty payable to the Debtor with respect to any of the
Collateral, (iii) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and
payable in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure
or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any governmental body,
authority, bureau or agency (or any person, corporation, agency, authority or
other entity acting under color of any governmental authority) and (iv) any and
all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with
any of the Collateral.
"Receivables" shall mean all accounts now or hereafter owing to the Debtor, and
all accounts receivable, contract rights, documents, instruments or chattel
paper representing amounts payable or monies due or to become due to the Debtor,
arising from the sale of Inventory or the rendition of services in the ordinary
course of business or otherwise (whether or not earned by performance), together
with all Inventory returned by or reclaimed from customers wherever such
Inventory is located, and all guaranties, securities and liens held for the
payment of any such account, account receivable, contract right, document,
instrument or chattel paper.
"Security Agreement" shall have the meaning specified in the preamble hereof.
"Trademarks" shall mean all right, title or interest which the Debtor may now or
hereafter have in any or all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company
names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks,
logos, other source of business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of
the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of like
nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and
recordings thereof and all applications in connection therewith, including
without limitation, registrations, recordings and applications 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 political subdivision
thereof and all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.
"UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect on the date hereof in the
Commonwealth of Virginia.
"U.S. Government" has the meaning specified in the definition of Federal
Contract contained herein.
Section 1.2.......UCC Definitions. The uncapitalized terms "account", "account
debtor", "chattel paper", "contract right", "document", "warehouse receipt",
"bill of lading", "document of title", "instrument", "inventory", "general
intangible", "money", "security", "certificated security", "uncertificated
security", "financial asset" and "proceeds" as used in Section 1.1 or elsewhere
in this Security Agreement shall have the respective meanings set forth in the
UCC.
ARTICLE II........
SECURITY INTERESTS
Section 2.1.......Grant of Security Interests. To secure the due and punctual
payment of all Obligations, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing or due or
to become due, whether at maturity or upon acceleration or otherwise, in
accordance with the terms thereof and to secure the due and punctual performance
of all of the Obligations and in order to induce the Lenders to continue to make
or maintain the extensions of credit under and pursuant to the Revolving Credit
Agreement, the Debtor hereby pledges, assigns, delivers, conveys and transfers
to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, and grants to the Agent,
for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a first priority and continuing security
interest in and lien on, all of the Debtor's right, title and interest in, to
and under the following, whether now existing or hereafter acquired (the
"Collateral") except that, so long as any indebtedness remains outstanding, or
any loan commitment remains in effect, under the First Union Loan Agreement, the
Debtor only grants to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a
second priority security interest in and lien on that portion of the Collateral
in which First Union shall have a perfected security interest under the First
Union Security Agreement:
(i) all Receivables;
(ii) all Other Intangibles;
(iii) all Equipment;
(iv) all Inventory;
(v) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all securities (whether
certificated or uncertificated) and all financial assets, whether now
existing or hereafter arising, including, without limitation, all
capital stock issued by any Person and held by Debtor, and all
partnership interests, whether in the nature of a joint venture, limited
liability company member's interest, master limited partnership, teaming
arrangement or otherwise;
(vi) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all other personal
property, whether tangible or intangible, and wherever located whether
within or outside of the United States, including, but not limited to,
the balance of every deposit account now or hereafter existing of the
Debtor with any bank or other financial institution and all monies of
the Debtor and all rights to payment of money of the Debtor;
(vii) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all books, ledgers and
records and all computer programs, tapes, discs, punch cards, data
processing software, transaction files, master files and related
property and rights (including computer and peripheral equipment)
necessary or helpful in enforcing, identifying or establishing any item
of Collateral; and
(viii) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any
or all of the foregoing, whether existing on the date hereof or arising
hereafter;
provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
the Debtor is not assigning, pledging or otherwise encumbering under this
Security Agreement its interests in any Federal Contract to which it is a party,
or in accounts or receivables due to Debtor under such Federal Contract, to the
extent, but only to the extent, such assignment, pledge or other encumbrance
would breach or violate or would cause Debtor to breach or violate such Federal
Contract or statutes or regulations applicable thereto, it being understood that
this proviso does not apply to, or in any way limit, Debtor's assignment, pledge
or encumbrance of Proceeds of all Federal Contracts to which it is a party.
Section 2.2 Continuing Liability of the Debtor. Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Debtor shall remain liable to observe and perform all the
terms and conditions to be observed and performed by it under any contract,
agreement, warranty or other obligation with respect to the Collateral; and
shall do nothing to impair the security interests herein granted. The Agent
shall not have any obligation or liability under any such contract, agreement,
warranty or obligation by reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or
the receipt by the Agent of any payment relating to any Collateral, nor shall
the Agent be required to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of the Debtor
with respect to the Collateral, to make any inquiry as to the nature or
sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of the performance
of any party's obligations with respect to any Collateral. Furthermore, the
Agent shall not be required to file any claim or demand to collect any amount
due or to enforce the performance of any party's obligations with respect to,
the Collateral.
Section 2.3 Sales and Collections.
(a) Sales of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business. The Debtor is
authorized (i) to sell in the ordinary course of its business for fair value and
on an arm's-length basis any of its Inventory normally held by it for such
purpose and (ii) to use and consume, in the ordinary course of its business, any
raw materials, supplies and materials normally held by it for such purpose. The
Agent may, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, without cause or notice,
curtail or terminate such authority at any time.
(b) Collection of Receivables. The Debtor is authorized to collect amounts owing
to it with respect to the Collateral, except as otherwise provided in connection
with the Assignment of Federal Contract, if any as provided herein. However, the
Agent may, upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default or a Potential
Event of Default, notify Account Debtors obligated to make payments under any or
all Receivables or Other Intangibles that the Agent has a security interest in
such Collateral and that payments shall be made directly to the Agent. Upon the
request of the Agent upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default or a
Potential Event of Default, as the case may be, the Debtor will so notify such
Account Debtors and will execute such contract assignments, notices of
assignment or other documents as may be required by such Account Debtors. The
Debtor will use all reasonable efforts to cause each Account Debtor to comply
with the foregoing instruction. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Debtor
authorizes the Agent upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default or a
Potential Event of Default (i) to ask for, demand, collect, receive and give
acquittances and receipts for any and all amounts due and to become due under
any Collateral and in the name of the Debtor or its own name or otherwise, (ii)
to take possession of, endorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes,
acceptances or other instruments for the payment of monies due under any
Collateral and (iii) to file any claim or take any other action in any court of
law or equity or otherwise which it may deem appropriate for the purpose of
collecting any amounts due under any Collateral. The Agent shall have no
obligation to obtain or record any information relating to the source of such
funds or the obligations in respect of which payments have been made.
Section 2.4 Segregation of Proceeds.
(a) Cash Collateral Account Maintained by Agent. Upon an Event of Default or a
Potential Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right at any time during
the continuance thereof to cause to be opened and maintained at the office of
the Agent in McLean, Virginia a non-interest bearing bank account (the "Cash
Collateral Account") which will contain only Proceeds. Any "cash proceeds" (as
such term is defined in Section 9-306(1) of the UCC) received by the Agent
directly from Account Debtors obligated to make payments under Receivables or
Other Intangibles pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof or from the Debtor pursuant to
clause (b) of this Section 2.4, whether consisting of checks, notes, drafts,
bills of exchange, money orders, commercial paper or other Proceeds received on
account of any Collateral, shall be promptly deposited in the Cash Collateral
Account, and until so deposited shall be held in trust for the Agent as property
of the Agent and shall not be commingled with any funds of the Debtor not
constituting Proceeds of Collateral. The name in which the Cash Collateral
Account is carried shall clearly indicate that the funds deposited therein are
the property of the Debtor, subject to the security interest of the Agent
hereunder. Such Proceeds, when deposited, shall continue to be security for the
Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as
hereinafter provided. The Agent shall have sole dominion and control over the
funds deposited in the Cash Collateral Account, and such funds may be withdrawn
therefrom only by the Agent.
(b) Deposit of Proceeds by the Debtor. Upon notice by the Agent to the Debtor
that the Cash Collateral Account has been opened, the Debtor shall cause all
cash Proceeds collected by it to be delivered to the Agent forthwith upon
receipt, in the original form in which received (with such endorsements or
assignments as may be necessary to permit collection thereof by the Agent), and
for such purpose the Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers the
Agent, its officers, employees and authorized agents to endorse and sign the
name of the Debtor on all checks, drafts, money orders or other media of payment
so delivered, and such endorsements or assignments shall, for all purposes, be
deemed to have been made by the Debtor prior to any endorsement or assignment
thereof by the Agent. The Agent may use any convenient or customary means for
the purpose of collecting such checks, drafts, money orders or other media of
payment.
Section 2.5 Verification of Receivables. The Agent shall have the right to make
test verifications of Receivables in any reasonable manner and through any
medium that it considers advisable, and the Debtor agrees to furnish all such
assistance and information as the Agent may reasonably require in connection
therewith. The Debtor at its expense will cause its chief financial officer to
furnish to the Agent at any reasonable time and from time to time, promptly upon
the Agent's reasonable request, the following reports: (i) a reconciliation of
all Receivables, (ii) an aging of all Receivables, (iii) trial balances and (iv)
a test verification of such Receivables as the Agent may request.
Section 2.6 Release of Collateral.
(a) Security Interest of Agent Ceases Upon Permitted Dispositions. The Debtor
may sell or realize upon or transfer or otherwise dispose of Collateral only to
the extent permitted by Section 4.13, and the security interests of the Agent in
such Collateral so sold, realized upon or disposed of (but not in the Proceeds
arising from such sale, realization or disposition) shall cease immediately upon
such sale, realization or disposition, without any further action on the part of
the Agent. The Agent, if requested in writing by the Debtor but at the expense
of the Debtor, is hereby authorized and instructed to deliver to the Account
Debtor or the purchaser or other transferee of any such Collateral a certificate
stating that the Agent no longer has a security interest therein, and such
Account Debtor or such purchaser or other transferee shall be entitled to rely
conclusively on such certificate for any and all purposes.
(b) Filing of Termination Statements. Upon the payment in full of all of the
Obligations and if there is no commitment by any Lender to make further
advances, incur obligations or otherwise give value, the Agent will (as soon as
reasonably practicable after receipt of notice from the Debtor requesting the
same but at the expense of the Debtor) deliver to the Debtor (i) for each
jurisdiction in which a UCC financing statement is on file to perfect the
security interests granted to the Agent hereunder, a termination statement
(appropriately completed) to the effect that the Agent no longer claims a
security interest under such financing statement and (ii) such other documents
as the Debtor shall reasonably request evidencing satisfaction of the
Obligations and the release of the security interests granted to the Agent
hereunder.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Debtor represents and warrants that:
Section 3.1 Title to Collateral. Except for the security interests granted to
the Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement and as otherwise permitted by
Section 6.2(a) of the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Debtor is the sole owner
of each item of the Collateral, having good and marketable title thereto, free
and clear of any and all Liens.
Section 3.2 Validity, Perfection and Priority of Security Interests.
(a) By complying with Section 4.1 hereof, the Debtor will have created a valid
security interest in favor of the Agent in all existing Collateral and in all
identifiable Proceeds of such Collateral, which security interest (except in
respect of Collateral not located at a facility identified on Schedule 3.5
hereto and motor vehicles for which the exclusive manner of perfecting a
security interest therein is by noting such security interest in the certificate
of title in accordance with local law) would be prior to the claims of a trustee
in bankruptcy under Section 544(a) of the Bankruptcy Code. Continuing compliance
by the Debtor with the provisions of Section 4.2 hereof will also (i) create
valid security interests in all Collateral acquired after the date hereof and in
all identifiable Proceeds of such Collateral and (ii) cause such security
interests in all Collateral and in all Proceeds which are (A) identifiable cash
Proceeds of Collateral covered by financing statements required to be filed
hereunder, (B) identifiable Proceeds in which a security interest may be
perfected by such filing under the UCC and (C) any Proceeds in the Cash
Collateral Account to be duly perfected under the UCC, in each case prior to the
claims of a trustee in bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Code (except in respect
of Collateral not located at a facility identified on Schedule 3.5 hereto).
(b) The security interests of the Agent in the Collateral located at the
facilities identified on Schedule 3.5 hereto rank second in priority,
subordinate only to the security interests granted to First Union pursuant to
the First Union Security Agreement. Other than financing statements or other
similar documents perfecting the security interests in favor of First Union
pursuant to the First Union Security Agreement and those financing statements or
other similar documents perfecting the security interests in favor of the Agent,
no financing statements, deeds of trust, mortgages or similar documents covering
all or any part of the Collateral are on file or of record in any government
office in any jurisdiction in which such filing or recording would be effective
to perfect a security interest in such Collateral, nor is any of the Collateral
in the possession of any Person (other than the Debtor) asserting any claim
thereto or security interest therein.
Section 3.3 Enforceability of Receivables and Other Intangibles. To the best
knowledge of the Debtor, each Receivable and Other Intangible is a valid and
binding obligation of the related Account Debtor in respect thereof, enforceable
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
provisions of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law), and complies with any applicable legal
requirements.
Section 3.4 Place of Business. Schedule 3.4 correctly sets forth the chief
executive office and principal place of business of the Debtor and the offices
of the Debtor where records concerning Receivables and Other Intangibles are
kept.
Section 3.5 Location of Collateral. Schedule 3.5 correctly sets forth the
location of all Equipment and Inventory, other than rolling stock, aircraft and
goods in transit. Except as otherwise specified in Schedule 3.5, all Inventory
and Equipment has been located at the address specified on Schedule 3.5 at all
times during the four-month period prior to the date hereof while owned by the
Debtor. All Inventory has been and will be produced in compliance with the Fair
Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. ss.ss. 201-219, except for such non-compliance
which could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Debtor. No Inventory is evidenced by a negotiable document of title, warehouse
receipt or bill of lading. No non-negotiable document of title, warehouse
receipt or bill of lading has been issued to any person other than the Debtor,
and the Debtor has retained possession of all of such non-negotiable documents,
warehouse receipts and bills of lading. No amount payable under or in connection
with any of the Collateral is evidenced by promissory notes or other
instruments.
Section 3.6 Trade Names. Schedule 3.6 correctly sets forth any and all trade
names, division names, assumed names or other names under which the Debtor
currently transacts business or has transacted business within the four-month
period prior to the date hereof.
Section 3.7 Patents and Trademarks. Schedule 3.7 correctly sets forth all
Patents, Patent licenses, Trademarks and Trademark licenses now owned by the
Debtor.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
The Debtor covenants and agrees that until all obligations and liabilities in
respect of the Obligations shall have performed and paid in full and until no
Standby Letters of Credit are outstanding or fully cash collateralized and the
Commitments are terminated:
Section 4.1 Perfection of Security Interests. The Debtor will, at its expense,
cause all filings and recordings and other actions specified on Schedule 4.1 to
have been completed on or prior to the Effective Date.
Section 4.2 Further Actions.
(a) At all times after the date hereof, the Debtor will, at its expense, comply
with the following:
(i) as to all Receivables, Other Intangibles, Equipment and Inventory, it
will cause UCC financing statements and continuation statements to be
filed and to be on file in all applicable jurisdictions as required to
perfect the security interests granted to the Agent hereunder, to the
extent that applicable law permits perfection of a security interest by
filing under the UCC;
(ii) as to all Proceeds, it will cause all UCC financing statements and
continuation statements filed in accordance with clause (i) above to
include a statement or a checked box indicating that Proceeds of all
items of Collateral described herein are covered;
(iii) as to any amount payable under or in connection with any of the
Collateral which shall be or shall become evidenced by any promissory
note or other instrument, the Debtor will promptly (but in no event
later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such note or
instrument), pledge and deliver such note or other instrument to the
Agent as part of the Collateral, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent;
(iv) at the request of the Agent, the Debtor shall deliver all other
Collateral consisting of certificated securities, endorsed for transfer
in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent (or execute a
securities intermediary account control agreement to the extent
possession by the Agent of such securities is not feasible); and
(v) as to all Patents, Patent licenses, Trademarks or Trademark licenses,
the Debtor will effect the recordation or renewal of the recordation of
the security interests of the Agent therein so as to maintain valid and
perfected security interests therein under all applicable state and
federal laws.
(b) Further Assurances. The Debtor will, from time to time and at its expense,
execute, deliver, file or record such UCC financing statements, applications for
certificates of title and such other statements, assignments, instruments,
documents, agreements or other papers and take any other action that may be
necessary or desirable, or that the Agent may reasonably request, in order to
create, preserve, perfect, confirm or validate the security interest of the
Agent in the Collateral, to enable the Agent to obtain the full benefits of this
Security Agreement or to enable it to exercise and enforce any of its rights,
powers and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right to take
possession of the Collateral.
(c) Signature. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Debtor authorizes the
Agent to sign and file financing and continuation statements and amendments
thereto with respect to the Collateral without its signature thereon.
Section 4.3 Change of Name, Identity or Structure. The Debtor will not change
its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner and, except as set forth
on Schedule 3.6, will not conduct its business under any trade, assumed or
fictitious name unless it shall have given the Agent at least forty-five (45)
days' prior written notice thereof and shall have taken all action (or made
arrangements to take such action substantially simultaneously with such change
if it is impossible to take such action in advance) necessary or reasonably
requested by the Agent to amend any financing statement or continuation
statement relating to the security interests granted hereby in order to preserve
such security interests and to effectuate or maintain the priority thereof
against all Persons.
Section 4.4 Place of Business and Collateral. The Debtor will not change the
location of (i) its places of business, (ii) its chief executive office or (iii)
the office or other locations where it keeps or holds any Collateral or any
records relating thereto from the applicable location listed on Schedule 3.4 or
3.5 unless, prior to such change, it notifies the Agent forty-five (45) days in
advance of such change, makes all UCC filings required by Section 4.2 and takes
all other action necessary or that the Agent may reasonably request to preserve,
perfect, confirm and protect the security interests granted hereby. The Debtor
will in no event change the location of any Collateral if such change would
cause the security interest granted hereby in such Collateral to lapse or cease
to be perfected. The Debtor will at all times maintain its chief executive
office within one of the forty-eight contiguous states in which Article 9 of the
uniform commercial code is in effect.
Section 4.5 Fixtures. The Debtor will not permit any Equipment to become a
fixture unless it shall have given the Agent at least ten (10) days' prior
written notice thereof and shall have taken all such action and delivered or
caused to be delivered to the Agent all instruments and documents, including,
without limitation, waivers and subordination agreements by any landlords and
mortgagees, and filed all financing statements necessary or reasonably requested
by the Agent, to preserve and protect the security interest granted herein and
to effectuate or maintain the priority thereof against all Persons; provided,
however, that, so long as no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Debtor shall not be obligated to
comply with the provisions of this Section 4.5 with respect to the first $50,000
of Equipment (determined based on the then fair market value thereof).
Section 4.6 Maintenance of Records. The Debtor will keep and maintain at its own
cost and expense complete books and records relating to the Collateral which are
satisfactory to the Agent including, without limitation, a record of all
payments received and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral and all
of its other dealings with the Collateral. The Debtor will mark its books and
records pertaining to the Collateral to evidence this Security Agreement and the
security interests granted hereby. For the Agent' further security, the Debtor
agrees that the Agent shall have a special property interest in all of the
Debtor's books and records pertaining to the Collateral and the Debtor shall
deliver and turn over any such books and records to the Agent or to its
representatives at any time on demand of the Agent.
Section 4.7 Compliance with Laws The Debtor will comply in all material respects
with all acts, rules, regulations, orders, decrees and directions of any
government or any state or local government applicable to the Collateral or any
part thereof or to the operation of the Debtor's business except to the extent
that the failure to comply would not have a material adverse effect on the
financial or other condition of the Debtor; provided, however, that the Debtor
may contest any act, rule, regulation, order, decree or direction in any
reasonable manner which shall not, in the sole opinion of the Agent, adversely
affect the Agent's rights or, in the case of Collateral located at a facility
identified on Schedule 3.4 hereto, the priority of its security interest in the
Collateral.
Section 4.8 Payment of Taxes. The Debtor will pay promptly when due all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Collateral or in
respect of its income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims of any kind
(including claims for labor, materials and supplies), except that no such charge
need be paid if (i) the validity thereof is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and (ii) such charge is adequately reserved against in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as consistently
applied.
Section 4.9 Compliance with Terms of Accounts and Contracts. The Debtor will
perform and comply in all material respects with all of its obligations under
all agreements relating to the Collateral to which it is a party or by which it
is bound.
Section 4.10 Limitation on Liens on Collateral. The Debtor will not create,
permit or suffer to exist, and will defend the Collateral and the Debtor's
rights with respect thereto against and take such other action as is necessary
to remove any Lien, security interest, encumbrance, or claim in or to the
Collateral other than the security interests created hereunder and such Liens to
the extent permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(a) of the Revolving Credit
Agreement.
Section 4.11 Limitations on Modifications of Receivables and Other Intangibles;
No Waivers or Extensions. The Debtor will not (i) amend, modify, terminate or
waive any provisions of any material Receivable or Other Intangible in any
manner which might, when taken together with all such other Receivables or Other
Intangibles, respectively, materially reduce the value of all Receivables or
Other Intangibles, respectively, in the Collateral, (ii) fail to exercise
promptly and diligently each and every material right which it may have under
each Receivable and Other Intangible or (iii) fail to deliver to the Agent a
copy of each material demand, notice or document received by it relating in any
way to any Receivable or Other Intangible. Section 4.12 Maintenance of
Insurance. The Debtor will maintain with financially sound insurance companies
licensed to do business in the jurisdictions in which the Collateral is located
insurance policies on the Inventory and Equipment in accordance with the
provisions of Section 6.1(m) of the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Section 4.13 Limitations on Dispositions of Collateral. The Debtor will not
directly or indirectly (through the sale of stock, merger or otherwise), without
the prior written consent of the Agent, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of any of the Collateral, or attempt, offer or contract to do so except
for (i) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of its business for fair value
in arm's-length transactions and (ii) so long as no Event of Default (or
Potential Event of Default) has occurred and is continuing, dispositions in a
commercially reasonable manner of Equipment which has become redundant, worn out
or obsolete or which should be replaced so as to improve productivity, so long
as the proceeds of any such disposition are (x) used to acquire replacement
equipment which has comparable or better utility and equivalent or better value
and which is subject to a first priority (or, as permitted by Section 2.1
hereof, a second priority) security interest in favor of the Agent therein,
except as permitted by Section 6.2(a) of the Revolving Credit Agreement, or (y)
applied to repay the Obligations. The inclusion of Proceeds of the Collateral
under the security interests granted hereby shall not be deemed a consent by the
Agent to any sale or disposition of any Collateral other than as permitted by
this Section 4.13.
Section 4.14 Further Identification of Collateral. The Debtor will furnish to
the Agent from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and
describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the
Collateral as the Agent may reasonably request. The Debtor shall promptly notify
the Agent if the value of the Collateral located at the facilities identified on
Schedule 3.5 hereto is less than 80% of the value of all of the Collateral.
Section 4.15 Notices. The Debtor will advise the Agent promptly and in
reasonable detail (i) of any Lien, security interest, encumbrance or claim made
or asserted against any of the Collateral, other than, unless reasonably
requested by the Agent, Liens permitted by Section 6.2(a) of the Revolving
Credit Agreement, (ii) of any material change in the composition of the
Collateral, and (iii) of the occurrence of any other event which would have a
material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the
security interests granted to the Agent in this Security Agreement.
Section 4.16 Change of Law. The Debtor shall promptly notify the Agent of any
change in law known to it which (i) adversely affects or will adversely affect
the validity, perfection or priority of the security interests granted hereby,
(ii) requires or will require a change in the proceedings to be followed in
order to maintain and protect such validity, perfection and priority or (iii)
could result in the Agent not having a perfected security interest in any of the
Collateral.
Section 4.17 Right of Inspection.
(a) Access to Books and Records. The Debtor shall, following any request by the
Agent and upon reasonable notice, permit the Agent or its representatives to
have full and free access during normal business hours to all the books,
correspondence and records of the Debtor, and the Agent or its representatives
may examine the same, take extracts therefrom, make photocopies thereof and have
such discussions with officers, employees and public accountants of the Debtor
as the Agent may deem reasonably necessary, and the Debtor agrees to render to
the Agent, at the Debtor's cost and expense, such clerical and other assistance
as may be reasonably requested with regard thereto. The Agent and its
representatives shall upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours
also have the right to enter into and upon any premises where any of the
Inventory or the Equipment is located for the purpose of inspecting the same,
observing its use or protecting the interests of the Agent therein.
(b) Audits. The Debtor shall permit the Lenders, the Agent and their
representatives and advisors to review the operations of the Debtor and perform
the audits and examinations as provided in Section 6.1(l) of the Revolving
Credit Agreement.
Section 4.18 Maintenance of Equipment. The Debtor will, at its expense, maintain
the Equipment in good operating condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
Section 4.19 Covenants Regarding Patent and Trademark Collateral.
(a) Generally. At such time as the Debtor shall acquire any Patents or
Trademarks, it will comply with the terms, covenants and warranties of this
Section 4.19.
(b) Continued Use of Trademark. The Debtor (either itself or through licensees)
will, unless the Debtor shall reasonably determine, after consultation with the
Agent, that a Trademark is of negligible economic value to the Debtor, (i)
continue to use each Trademark on each and every Trademark class of goods
applicable to its current products and services as reflected in its current
catalogs, brochures and price lists in order to maintain each Trademark in full
force and free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in
the past the quality of products and services offered under each Trademark,
(iii) employ each Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration, (iv)
not adopt or use any mark which is confusingly similar to a colorable imitation
of any Trademark and (v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof
to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any Trademark may become
invalidated.
(c) No Abandonment. The Debtor will not, unless the Debtor shall reasonably
determine, after consultation with the Agent, that a Patent is of negligible
economic value to the Debtor, do any act, or knowingly omit to do any act,
whereby any Patent may be abandoned or dedicated.
(d) Notice of Abandonment or Adverse Determinations. The Debtor shall notify the
Agent immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or
registration relating to any Patent or Trademark may become abandoned or
dedicated, 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 or any court of
tribunal in any country) regarding the Debtor's ownership of any Patent or
Trademark, its right to register the same or keep and maintain the same.
(e) Filings After Notice to Agent. In no event shall the Debtor, either itself
or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, file an application for
registration of any Patent or Trademark with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, unless it promptly informs the Agent and, upon
request of the Agent, executes and delivers any and all agreements, instruments,
documents and papers as the Agent may request to evidence the Agent's security
interest in such Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and general intangibles of
the Debtor relating thereto or represented thereby, and the Debtor hereby
constitutes the Agent its attorney-in-fact to execute and file all such writings
for the foregoing purposes, all such acts of such attorney being hereby ratified
and confirmed.
(f) Pursuit of Applications and Maintenance of Registrations. The Debtor will
take all necessary steps, including, without limitation, in any proceeding
before the United States Patent and Trademark 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 Patents and Trademarks, including without
limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits
of incontestability; provided, however, that no such Patent or Trademark shall
be required to be maintained or pursued to the extent such Patent or Trademark
is determined by the Debtor, after consultation with the Agent, to be of
negligible economic value to the Debtor.
(g) Notice of Infringement. If any of the Patent and Trademark Collateral is
infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, the Debtor shall
promptly notify the Agent after it learns thereof and shall, unless the Debtor
shall reasonably determine, after consultation with the Agent, that such Patent
and Trademark Collateral is of negligible economic value to the Debtor, promptly
sue for infringement, misappropriation of dilution, seek injunctive relief where
appropriate and recover any and all damages for such infringement,
misappropriation or dilution, or take such other action as the Debtor shall
reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Patent and
Trademark Collateral.
Section 4.20 Termination of Federal Contracts. With respect to each Federal
Contract in respect of which the Debtor is required to execute an Assignment of
Federal Contract in accordance with Section 4.21 hereof, the Debtor shall give
prompt written notice to the Agent if the U.S. Government shall terminate or
threaten to terminate (whether for convenience or default) any such Federal
Contract with the Debtor having a value (including unexercised options) of
$100,000 or more. In addition, the Debtor shall give prompt written notice to
the Agent if the U.S. Government shall terminate or threaten to terminate any
contract between the U.S. Government and any other prime contractor under which
the Debtor is a subcontractor if the value of such subcontract (including
unexercised options) is $100,000 or more.
Section 4.21 Federal Contracts. The Debtor shall provide to the Agent, as soon
as reasonably practicable but not later than forty-five (45) days following the
end of each Fiscal Quarter, a report identifying each Federal Contract to which
it is a party, having attached thereto a copy of the first two pages of such
Federal Contract and any amendment thereto, to the extent not previously
provided to the Agent. At the request of the Agent (unless an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case no such request shall be
required), the Debtor shall execute and deliver to the Agent an Assignment of
Federal Contract, in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Assignment
of Federal Contract"), and execute any other instruments or take any other steps
required by the Agent in order that all moneys due or to become due under such
Federal Contracts shall be assigned to the Agent and notice thereof given under
the Assignment of Claims Act, including without limitation delivery of Notices
of Assignments with respect to each Federal Contract as contemplated by Appendix
A to Exhibit A hereto.
Section 4.22 Reimbursement Obligation. Should the Debtor fail to comply with the
provisions of this Security Agreement, the Revolving Credit Agreement or any
other agreement relating to the Collateral such that the value of any Collateral
or the validity, perfection, rank or value of any security interest granted to
the Agent hereunder or thereunder is thereby diminished or potentially
diminished or put at risk (as reasonably determined by the Agent), the Agent on
behalf of the Debtor may, but shall not be required to, effect such compliance
on behalf of the Debtor, and the Debtor shall reimburse the Agent for the cost
thereof on demand, and interest shall accrue on such reimbursement obligation
from the date the relevant costs are incurred until reimbursement thereof in
full at the Default Rate.
ARTICLE V
REMEDIES; RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT
Section 5.1 UCC Rights. In the event that any portion of the Obligations has
been declared or becomes due and payable in accordance with the Revolving Credit
Agreement or other Credit Documents and such Obligations have not been paid in
full, the Agent may in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it
in this Security Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing,
guarantying, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, exercise (i) all rights
and remedies of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not in effect in the
jurisdiction where such rights are exercised) and (ii) all other rights
available to the Agent at law or in equity.
Section 5.2 Payments on Collateral. Without limiting the rights of the Agent
under any other provision of this Security Agreement, if an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing:
(i) all payments received by the Debtor under or in connection with any of
the Collateral shall be held by the Debtor in trust for the Agent, shall
be segregated from other funds of the Debtor and shall forthwith upon
receipt by the Debtor be turned over to the Agent, in the same form as
received by the Debtor (duly indorsed by the Debtor to the Agent, if
required to permit collection thereof by the Agent); and
(ii) all such payments received by the Agent (whether from the Debtor or
otherwise) may, in the sole discretion of the Agent, be held by the
Agent as collateral security for, and/or then or at any time thereafter
applied in whole or in part by the Agent to the payment of, the expenses
and the Obligations as set forth in Section 5.11 hereof.
Section 5.3 Possession of Collateral. In furtherance of the foregoing, the
Debtor expressly agrees that, if an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, the Agent may (i) by judicial powers, or without judicial process if
it can be done without breach of the peace, enter any premises where any of such
Collateral is or may be located and, without charge or liability to the Agent,
seize and remove such Collateral from such premises and (ii) have access to and
use of the Debtor's books and records relating to such Collateral.
Section 5.4 Sale of Collateral; Notice.
(a) Sale of Collateral. The Debtor expressly agrees that if an Event of Default
shall occur and be continuing, the Agent, without demand of performance or other
demand or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of the time and
place of any public or private sale) to or upon the Debtor or any other Person
(all of which demands and/or notices are hereby waived by the Debtor), may
forthwith (i) apply the cash, if any, then held by it as collateral as specified
in Section 5.11 hereof and (ii) if there shall be no cash or such cash shall be
insufficient to pay the Obligations in full, collect, receive, appropriate and
realize upon the Collateral, and/or sell, assign, give an option or options to
purchase or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral (or contract to do
so) or any part thereof in one or more parcels (which need not be in round lots)
at public or private sale, at any office of the Agent or elsewhere in such
manner as is commercially reasonable and, as the Agent may deem best, for cash
or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The
Agent shall have the right upon any such public sale, and, if the Collateral is
of a type customarily sold in a recognized market or is of a type which is the
subject of widely distributed standard price quotations, upon any such private
sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, and
thereafter to hold the same, absolutely and free from any right or claim of any
kind. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Debtor waives all claims,
damages and demands against the Agent arising out of the foreclosure,
repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral.
(b) Notice of Sale. Unless the Collateral threatens to decline speedily in value
or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, the Agent shall give
the Debtor ten (10) days' written notice of its intention to make any such
public or private sale or sale at a broker's board or on a securities exchange.
Such notice shall (i) in the case of a public sale, state the time and place
fixed for such sale, (ii) in the case of sale at a broker's board or on a
securities exchange, state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be
made and the day on which the Collateral, or the portion thereof being sold,
will first be offered for sale and (iii) in the case of a private sale, state
the day after which such sale may be consummated. The Agent shall not obligated
to make any such sale pursuant to any such notice. The Agent may adjourn any
public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by
announcement at the time and place fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made
at any time or place to which the same may be so adjourned. In the case of any
sale of all or any part of the Collateral on credit or for future delivery, the
Collateral so sold may be retained by the Agent until the selling price is paid
by the purchaser thereof, but the Agent shall not incur any liability in case of
the failure of such purchase to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and,
in the case of such failure, such Collateral may again be sold upon like notice.
(c) Special Provisions Relating to Sales of Securities. The Debtor recognizes
that the Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all the
Collateral constituting a "security" (as such term is defined in the Securities
Act) 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 that 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. The Debtor 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 Agent
shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of Collateral constituting a
security 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.
Section 5.5 Rights of Purchasers. Upon any sale of the Collateral (whether
public or private), the Agent shall have the right to deliver, assign and
transfer to the purchaser thereof the Collateral so sold. Each purchaser
(including the Agent) at any such sale shall hold the Collateral so sold
absolutely, free from any claim or right of whatever kind, including any equity
or right of redemption of the Debtor who, to the extent permitted by law, hereby
specifically waives all rights of redemption, including, without limitation, any
right to redeem the Collateral under Section 9-506 of the UCC, and any right to
a judicial or other stay or approval which it has or may have under any law now
existing or hereafter adopted.
Section 5.6 Additional Rights of the Agent.
(a) Right to Maintain Proceedings. The Agent (i) shall have the right and power
to institute and maintain such suits and proceedings as it may deem appropriate
to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Security Agreement and
(ii) may proceed by suit or suits at law or in equity to enforce such rights and
to foreclose upon the Collateral and to sell all or, from time to time, any of
the Collateral under the judgment or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(b) Appointment of Receiver. The Agent shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, without notice to the Debtor to any party claiming through the
Debtor, without regard to the solvency or insolvency at such time of any Person
then liable for the payment of any of the Obligations, without regard to the
then value of the Collateral and without requiring any bond from any complainant
in such proceedings, be entitled as a matter of right to the appointment of a
receiver or receivers (who may be the Agent) of the Collateral or any part
thereof, pending such proceedings, with such powers as the court making such
appointment shall confer, and to the entry of an order directing that the
profits, revenues and other income of the property constituting the whole or any
part of the Collateral be segregated, sequestered and impounded for the benefit
of the Agent, and the Debtor irrevocably consents to the appointment of such
receiver or receivers and to the entry of such order.
(c) No Duty to Exercise Rights. In no event shall the Agent have any duty to
exercise any rights or take any steps to preserve the rights of the Agent in the
Collateral, nor shall the Agent be liable to the Debtor or any other Person for
any loss caused by the Agent's failure to meet any obligation imposed by Section
9-207 of the UCC or any successor provision. Without limiting the foregoing, the
Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and
preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equal to that which the Agent accords its own property,
it being understood that the Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility for
(i) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges,
maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not
the Agent has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or (ii) taking any
necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any
Collateral.
Section 5.7 Remedies Not Exclusive, etc.
(a) Remedies Not Exclusive. No remedy conferred upon or reserved to the Agent in
this Security Agreement is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or
remedies, but every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to
every other remedy conferred herein or now or hereafter existing at law, in
equity or by statute.
(b) Restoration of Rights. If the Agent shall have proceeded to enforce any
right, remedy or power under this Security Agreement and the proceeding for the
enforcement thereof shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or
shall have been determined adversely to the Agent, the Debtor and the Agent
shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, severally and
respectively be restored to their former positions and rights under this
Security Agreement, and thereafter all rights, remedies and powers of the Agent
shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
(c) Enforcement. All rights of action under this Security Agreement may be
enforced by the Agent without the possession of any instrument evidencing any
Obligation or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative
thereto, and any suit or proceeding instituted by the Agent shall be brought in
its name and any judgment shall be held as part of the Collateral.
Section 5.8 Waiver and Estoppel.
(a) No Actions to Impede Sale of Collateral. The Debtor agrees, to the extent it
may lawfully do so, that it will not at any time in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of any appraisal, valuation, stay, extension,
moratorium, turnover or redemption law, or any law permitting it to direct the
order in which the Collateral shall be sold, now or at any time hereafter in
force which may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the performance or
enforcement of this Security Agreement, and hereby waives all benefit or
advantage of all such laws. The Debtor covenants that it will not hinder, delay
or impede the execution of any power granted to the Agent in this Security
Agreement, any Assignment of Federal Contract or any other Credit Document.
(b) Collateral Sold As An Entirety. The Debtor, to the extent it may lawfully do
so, on behalf of itself and all who claim through or under it, including without
limitation any and all subsequent creditors, vendees, assignees and lienors,
waives and releases all rights to demand or to have any marshalling of the
Collateral upon any sale, whether made under any power of sale granted herein or
pursuant to judicial proceedings or under any foreclosure or any enforcement of
this Security Agreement, and consents and agrees that all of the Collateral may
at any such sale be offered and sold as an entirety.
(c) Waiver of Notices. The Debtor waives, to the extent permitted by law,
presentment, demand, protest and any notice of any kind (except the notices
expressly required hereunder) in connection with this Security Agreement and any
action taken by the Agent with respect to the Collateral.
Section 5.9 Power of Attorney; Powers Coupled With An Interest.
(a) Power of Attorney. Without limiting any other right granted hereunder, the
Debtor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Agent, 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 the Debtor and in the name of the
Debtor or in its own name, from time to time in the Agent's reasonable
discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Security
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
purpose of this Security Agreement and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, hereby gives the Agent the power and right, on behalf of the Debtor,
without notice to or assent by the Debtor, to do the following: (i) to pay or
discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances levied or
placed on or threatened against
the Collateral;
(ii) to effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this
Security Agreement or any other Credit Document, and to pay all or any
part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;
(iii) upon the occurrence and continuance of any Event of Default and
otherwise to the extent provided in this Security
Agreement, (A) to direct any party liable for any payment under any of the
Collateral to make payment of any and all - moneys due and to come due
thereunder directly to the Agent or as the Agent shall direct, (B) to receive
payment of and - receipt for, and to demand and sue for, any and all moneys,
claims and other amounts due and to become due at any time in respect of or
arising out of the Collateral, (C) to sign and indorse and receive, take, assign
and deliver, any - checks, notes, drafts, negotiable and non-negotiable
instruments, any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or
warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and
notices in connection with accounts and other documents relating to the
Collateral, (D) to commence, settle, compromise, compound, - prosecute, defend
or adjust any claim, suit, action or proceeding with respect to, or in
connection with, the Collateral, (E) to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal
in or with the Collateral or any part thereof, as fully and - effectively as if
the Agent were the absolute owner thereof and (F) to do, at its option, but at
the expense of the - Debtor, at any time or from time to time, all acts and
things which the Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the
Collateral and the Agent's security interest therein, in order to effect the
intent of this Security Agreement, all as fully and effectively as the Debtor
might do.
(b) Powers Coupled With an Interest. All authorizations and agencies granted or
provided herein with respect to the Collateral, including the powers granted
under clause (a) of this Section 5.9, are irrevocable and powers coupled with an
interest.
Section 5.10 Certain Provisions Relating to Securities. Solely with respect to
any Collateral constituting a "security" (as defined in the Securities Act), if
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all such securities
(as defined in the Securities Act) constituting a part of the Collateral shall,
at the request of the Agent, be registered in the name of the Agent or its
nominee, and the Agent or its nominee may thereafter exercise (i) all voting,
corporate and other rights, powers and privileges pertaining to such Collateral
at any meeting of shareholders of the issuer thereof or otherwise, and (ii) any
and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription and any other rights,
privileges or options pertaining to such Collateral as if it were the absolute
owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its
discretion any and all such Collateral upon the merger, consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the structure of
any such issuer, or upon the exercise by the Debtor or the Agent of any right,
privilege or option pertaining to such Collateral, and in connection therewith,
the right to deposit and deliver any and all such Collateral with any committee,
depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms
and conditions as it may determine), all without liability except to account for
property actually received by it and except as provided in Section 5.6(c)
hereof, but the Agent shall have no duty to the Debtor to exercise any such
right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so
or delay in so doing.
Section 5.11 Application of Monies. The proceeds of any sale of, or other
realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied by the
Agent in the following order of priority:
first, to payment of the expenses of such sale or other realization,
including reasonable compensation to the Agent and its agents and
counsel, and all expenses, liabilities and advances incurred or made by
the Agent, its agents and counsel in connection therewith or in
connection with the care, safekeeping or otherwise of any or all of the
Collateral; second, to payment of the Obligations, in such order as the
Agent may elect; and third, any surplus then remaining shall be paid to
the Debtor, or its successors or assigns, or to whomsoever may be
lawfully entitled to receive the same (including pursuant to Section
9-504(1)(C) of the UCC) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
direct.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1 Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to a party
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given to such party at its address
set forth on the signature page hereof or such other address as such party may
hereafter specify for that purpose by notice to the other. Each such notice,
request or other communication shall be effective (i) in the case of telephonic
notice (to the extent expressly permitted hereunder), when made, (ii) in the
case of notice delivered by overnight express courier, one Business Day after
the Business Day such notice was delivered to such courier, (iii) in the case of
notice delivered by first class mail, three Business Days after being deposited
in the mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (iv) in the case of
notice by hand, when delivered, or (v) in the case of notice by any customary
means of telecommunication, when sent provided confirmation of receipt or answer
back has been received, in each case if addressed to any party hereto as
provided herein. Rejection or refusal to accept, or the inability to deliver
because of a changed address of which no notice was given, shall not affect the
validity of notice given in accordance with this section.
Section 6.2 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. The Agent shall not by any act
(except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof) be deemed to
have waived any right or remedy hereunder. No failure to exercise, nor any delay
in exercising, on the part of the Agent 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
Agent of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be
construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Agent 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.
Section 6.3 Amendments and Waivers. None of the terms or provisions of this
Security Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by
a written instrument executed by the Debtor and the Agent; provided that any
provision of this Security Agreement may be waived by the Agent in a letter or
agreement executed by the Agent or by telex or facsimile transmission from the
Agent.
Section 6.4 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Security Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that the Debtor may not
assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior
written consent of the Agent.
Section 6.5 Governing Law. THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, OTHER
THAN ITS LAWS RESPECTING CHOICE OF LAW OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THE UCC.
Section 6.6 Limitation by Law; Severability.
(a) All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Security Agreement may be
exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any
applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Security Agreement
are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law which
may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they will
not render this Security Agreement invalid, unenforceable in whole or in part,
or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed upon the provisions of any
applicable law.
(b) If any provision hereof is invalid and unenforceable in any jurisdiction,
then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) the other provisions hereof
shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be
liberally construed in favor of the Agent in order to carry out the intentions
of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible and (ii) the invalidity or
unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Section 6.7 Counterparts. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
complete set of which, when so executed and delivered by all parties, shall be
an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 6.8 Expenses of the Agent. The Debtor shall pay to the Agent from time
to time upon demand, all of the costs and expenses incurred by the Agent or any
Lender (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel and any amounts payable by the Agent or any Lender to any of their
respective agents) (i) arising in connection with the administration,
modification, amendment, waiver or termination of this Security Agreement or any
document or agreement contemplated hereby or any consent or waiver hereunder or
thereunder or (ii) incurred in connection with the administration of this
Security Agreement, or any document or agreement contemplated hereby, or in
connection with the administration, sale or other disposition of Collateral
hereunder or under any document or agreement contemplated hereby or the
preservation, protection or defense of the rights of the Agent or any Lender in
and to the Collateral.
Section 6.9 Indemnification. The Debtor shall at all times hereafter indemnify,
hold harmless and, on demand, reimburse the Agent and the Lenders and their
respective subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, officers, directors,
employees and agents, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators,
successors and assigns (all of the foregoing parties, including, but not limited
to, the Agent, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Indemnities"
and individually as an "Indemnitee") from, against and for any and all
liabilities, obligations, claims, damages, actions, penalties, causes of action,
losses, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements, including, without
limitation, attorney's fees (any and all of the foregoing being hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Liabilities" and individually as a "Liability")
which the Indemnitees, or any of them, might be or become subjected, by reason
of, or arising out of the preparation, execution, delivery, modification,
administration or enforcement of, or performance of the Agent's rights under,
this Security Agreement or any other document, instrument or agreement
contemplated hereby or executed in connection herewith; provided, however, that
the Debtor shall not be liable to any Indemnitee for any Liability caused solely
by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. In no event
shall any Indemnitee, as a condition to enforcing its rights under this Section
6.9 or otherwise, be obligated to make a claim against any other Person
(including, without limitation, the Agent) to enforce its rights under this
Section 6.9.
Section 6.10 Termination; Survival. This Security Agreement shall terminate when
the security interests granted hereunder have terminated and the Collateral has
been released as provided in Section 2.6; provided, however, that the
obligations of the Debtor under Section 4.22 and the provisions of this Article
6 shall survive any such termination.
Section 6.11 Judicial Proceedings; Waiver of Jury Trial. Any judicial proceeding
brought against the Debtor with respect to any Credit Agreement Related Claim
hereby may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, County of Fairfax, or any Federal court in the Eastern District of
Virginia, and, by execution and delivery of this Security Agreement, the Debtor
(a) accepts, generally and unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of
such courts and any related appellate court and irrevocably agrees to be bound
by any judgment rendered thereby in connection with any Credit Agreement Related
Claim and (b) irrevocably waives any objection it may now or hereafter have as
to the venue of any such proceeding brought in such a court or that such a court
is an inconvenient forum. The Debtor hereby waives personal service of process
and consents that service of process upon it may be made by certified or
registered mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified or
determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.1 hereof, and service
so made shall be deemed completed on the earlier of (x) the receipt thereof and
(y) if sent by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), the
fifth (5th) Business Day after such service is deposited in the mail. Nothing
herein shall affect the right of the Agent to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law or shall limit the right of the Agent to bring proceedings
against the Debtor in the courts of any other jurisdiction. Any judicial
proceeding by the Debtor against the Agent relating to or involving any Credit
Agreement Related Claim hereby shall be brought only in a court located in the
Commonwealth of Virginia, County of Fairfax, or the Federal court in the Eastern
District of Virginia. THE DEBTOR AND THE AGENT HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO WHICH THEY ARE PARTIES INVOLVING ANY
CREDIT AGREEMENT RELATED CLAIM.
Section 6.12 Integration. This Security Agreement and the other Credit Documents
constitute the entire agreement of the Agent, the Lenders, the Borrower and the
other Credit Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and
there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Agent
or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof or thereof not expressly set
forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.
Section 6.13 Authority of Agent. The Debtor acknowledges that the rights and
responsibilities of the Agent under this Security Agreement with respect to any
action taken by the Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Agent of any
option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for
herein or resulting or arising out of this Security Agreement shall, as between
the Agent and the Lenders, be governed by the Revolving Credit Agreement and by
such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among
them, but, as between the Agent and the Debtor, the 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 the Debtor shall not be under any obligation,
or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
Section 6.14 Headings, Bold Type and Table of Contents. The section headings,
subsection headings, and bold type used herein and the Table of Contents hereto
have been inserted for convenience of reference only and do not constitute
matters to be considered in interpreting this Security Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security
Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the
day and year first written above.
GKMG CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
Address:
Canal Square
1054 Thirty-first Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20007 By: /s/ Morris R. Garfinkle
Attention: Name: Morris R. Garfinkle
Phone: (202) 342-5200 Title: President
Fax: (202) 337-8787
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
d/b/a NationsBank, N.A.,
successor to NationsBank, N.A.
Address:
6610 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20817 By:/s/ James W. Gaittens
Attention: James W. Gaittens Name: James W. Gaittens
Phone: (301) 493-2976 Title: Senior Vice President
Fax: (301) 571-9098
Schedule 3.4
Place of Business
Canal Square
1054 Thirty-first Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20007
Schedule 3.5
Location of Collateral
Canal Square
1054 Thirty-first Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20007
Schedule 3.6
Trade Names, Division Names, etc.
GKMG
GKMG CONSULTING
Schedule 3.7
Patents and Trademarks
NONE
Schedule 4.1
UCC Filings
Exhibit A to Security Agreement
FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT OF FEDERAL CONTRACT
This ASSIGNMENT OF FEDERAL CONTRACT, dated as of _____, __ (the "Agreement"), is
made by GKMG Consulting Services, Inc., a District of Columbia corporation (the
"Assignor"), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. d/b/a Nationsbank, N.A.,
successor to NationsBank, N.A.,] a national banking association (the "Agent"),
in its capacity as Agent for the lenders from time to time a party to the
Revolving Credit Agreement (as defined in the Security Agreement referred to
below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Assignor has secured certain obligations undertaken by Hagler
Bailly, Inc. pursuant to the provisions of a Security Agreement, dated as of
___________________, ____ (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "Security Agreement"), by and between the
Assignor and the Agent; and WHEREAS, the Assignor is a party to, and from time
to time will become entitled to receive moneys under and by virtue of, a certain
contract with, involving or for the benefit of the United States of America or
any department, agency or instrumentality thereof (herein referred to as the
"Government"), designated as Contract Number _______ entered into by the
Assignor and the Government on ________ __, 19__ (which contract, together with
all additions, change orders, supplements, amendments, renewals, extensions, and
modifications thereto now or hereafter in effect, are hereinafter collectively
called the "Contract"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Security Agreement, the
Assignor has undertaken to effectuate the assignment(s) and other actions
contemplated by this Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the Assignor covenants and agrees as follows:
1. Incorporation By Reference. The provisions of the Security Agreement
are incorporated herein by reference, and the terms defined in the Security
Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.
2. Representations. The Assignor represents and warrants to the Agent
that (a) the Contract is legal, valid and binding on the Assignor and, to its
knowledge, the other parties thereto, is in full force and effect, and is not
evidenced by any chattel paper or instrument, (b) upon due filing of this
Agreement, together with a Notice of Assignment substantially in the form of
Appendix A hereto with the authorized representative, the execution and delivery
of this Agreement does not violate and is not in conflict with the provisions of
the Contract, (c) there has been no default on the part of the Assignor or any
other party to the Contract, (d) the Assignor has made no previous assignment of
the Contract to any person and knows of no fact or defense that will render the
moneys due or to be due thereunder uncollectible, (e) no financing statement
covering the Contract is on file in any public office except financing
statements in favor of the Agent, (f) no set-off or counterclaim to any moneys
due or to become due under the Contract exists on the date hereof, and no
agreement has been made with any person under which any deduction or discount
may be claimed, and (g) the address of the office where the Assignor keeps its
records concerning the Contract is ____________________.
3. Collateral. As security and collateral for the payment of all of the
Obligations (defined in the Security Agreement) and for performance of, and
compliance with, by the Assignor, all of the terms, covenants, conditions,
stipulations, and agreements contained in this Agreement and in the Security
Agreement, the Assignor hereby assigns to the Agent, and grants to the Agent a
lien on and security interest in, all moneys and claims for moneys now and
hereafter due and to become due to the Assignor under or by reason of the
Contract, together with all cash and non-cash proceeds thereof; provided,
however, that nothing contained herein shall impose upon the Agent any of the
obligations or liabilities of the Assignor under the Contract.
4. Covenants. Until payment and performance in full of the Obligations, the
Assignor covenants as follows:
(a) The Assignor shall place on any and all vouchers, invoices, or other
instruments demanding payment under the Contract the direction that such payment
is to be made to the Agent in accordance with Section 5 of this Agreement.
(b) The Assignor shall promptly upon request execute, acknowledge, and deliver
any notice, financing statement, renewal, affidavit, deed, assignment,
continuation statement, security agreement, certificate, or other document as
the Agent may require in order to perfect, preserve, maintain, protect,
continue, and/or extend the assignment, lien, and security interest of the Agent
under this Agreement and its priority. The Assignor shall pay to the Agent on
demand all taxes, costs, and expenses incurred by the Agent in connection with
the preparation, execution, recording, and filing of any such document or
instrument mentioned aforesaid, and such taxes, costs, and expenses shall
constitute and become a part of the Obligations. A carbon, photographic, or
other reproduction of a security agreement or a financing statement is
sufficient as a financing statement.
(c) The Assignor shall fully, promptly, and faithfully comply with and perform
its obligations and duties under the Contract in accordance with the terms
thereof and will make no changes or amendments to the Contract or terminate or
cancel the Contract without the prior written consent of the Agent except as
permitted by the Security Agreement. In the event that any change, amendment,
termination or cancellation of the Contract is made or effected by the
Government, the Assignor will promptly notify the Agent thereof and promptly
furnish to the Agent a copy of any document or agreement evidencing any such
change, amendment, termination, or cancellation.
(d) The Assignor will promptly
(i) furnish to the Agent all information received by the Assignor affecting
the moneys due and to become due under the Contract, (ii) inform the Agent of
any delay in performance of, or claims made in regard to, the Contract, and
(iii) notify the Agent in writing of the failure of any party to the Contract to
perform any of its obligations thereunder and any rejection of any performance
rendered by the Assignor under or in connection with the Contract. (e) The
Assignor will at all times keep accurate and complete records of performance by
the Assignor under the Contract, and the Agent and its agents shall have the
right, during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice, to call
at the place or places of business of the Assignor at intervals to be determined
by the Agent, and without hindrance or delay, to inspect, audit, check, and make
extracts from the books, records, journals, orders, receipts, correspondence,
and other data relating to the Contract or to any other transactions between the
parties hereto related to the Contract.
5. Payments. The Assignor hereby authorizes, empowers, and directs the
Government to draw all checks, drafts, or other instruments representing the
payments of money due the Assignor under the Contract (herein called the "Items
of Payment") to the order of NationsBank, N.A., assignee of Assignor, and to
send the same (i) if by mail, to , (ii) if by electronic transfer, to BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A. d/b/a Nationsbank, N.A., successor to NationsBank, N.A., for the
account of ________________, Bank Account #__________, Agent ABA#_________, or
(iii) if by wire transfer, to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. d/b/a Nationsbank, N.A.,
successor to NationsBank, N.A., for the account of _________________________,
Bank Account #_______, ABA#___________. If, despite this direction, any
instruments or checks representing payments should be delivered to the Assignor,
the Assignor will immediately endorse and deliver such instruments or checks to
the order of the Agent. The Assignor does hereby irrevocably (subject to
revocation with the consent of the Agent) designate and appoint (which
appointment is coupled with an interest) the Agent, and the Agent's successors
in interest by operation of law, the Assignor's true and lawful attorney with
power irrevocable for the Assignor and in the Assignor's name, place, and stead,
but at the sole cost and expense of the Assignor, to receive, endorse, and
collect all Items of Payment, and to ask, demand, receive, receipt, and give
acquittances for any and all amounts which may be payable or which become due
and payable by the Government under the Contract, and in the Agent's discretion
to file any claim or to take any other action or proceeding, either in the
Agent's own name or in the name of the Assignor or otherwise, which to the Agent
or any successor in interest thereof may seem necessary or desirable in order to
collect or endorse the payment of any and all amounts now due or owing or which
may hereafter be or become due or owing on account of the Contract. All Items of
Payment received by the Agent pursuant hereto which are finally paid in cash or
solvent credits shall be applied against the Obligations as provided in the
Security Agreement. Any portion of the Items of Payment which the Agent elects
not to so apply shall be paid over to the Assignor or to whomsoever shall be
entitled thereto under applicable law, including pursuant to Section 9-504(1)(C)
of the Uniform Commercial Code of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
6. No Waiver. Neither this Agreement nor any term, condition, representation,
warranty, covenant, or agreement hereof may be changed, waived, discharged, or
terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing by the party against
whom such change, waiver, discharge, or termination is sought.
7. Governing law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.
8. Gender. Whenever used herein, the singular number shall include the plural,
the plural the singular, and the use of the masculine, feminine, or neuter
gender shall include all genders.
9. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of duplicate
originals, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
10. Paragraph Headings. The paragraph headings of this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not limit or define the provisions of this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor and the Agent have caused this Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered by their respective representatives thereunto
duly authorized as of the date first above written.
GKMG CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
ATTEST:
, Secretary
By:
[Corporate Seal] Name:
Title:
WITNESS:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. d/b/a
NationsBank, N.A., successor to NationsBank, N.A.
ATTEST:
, Secretary
By:
Title:
WITNESS:
Appendix A To Assignment of Federal Contract
Notice of Assignment
Date: ____________
To: Contracting Officer
[Address]
Re: CONTRACT NUMBER ___________ (the "Contract") MADE BY THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
By: Department of the [Applicable U.S. Government Agency]
[Address]
with [Name of Subsidiary] (the "Contractor")
[Address]
for manufacture and support of a [Brief description of
Subject of Contract]
dated _______________
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that moneys due or to become due under the Contract have been
assigned to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. d/b/a Nationsbank, N.A., successor to
NationsBank, N.A., pursuant to the provisions of the Assignment of Claims Act of
1940, as amended (31 USC ss. 3727 and 41 USC ss. 15). A true copy of the
Assignment executed by the Contractor on the date hereof (the "Assignment") is
attached to the original of this Notice of Assignment. Please file this original
Notice of Assignment along with the copy of the Assignment in the contract file
for the Contract and forward one of the enclosed copies of this Notice of
Assignment to the current disbursing office for the Contract. Payments due or to
become due under the Contract should be made (i) if by mail, to BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A. d/b/a Nationsbank, N.A., successor to NationsBank, N.A.,
____________________, (ii) if by electronic transfer, to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
d/b/a Nationsbank, N.A., successor to NationsBank, N.A., for the account of
______________________, Bank Account #__________, Agent ABA#_____________, and
(iii) if by wire transfer, to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. d/b/a Nationsbank, N.A.,
successor to NationsBank, N.A., for the account of __________________________,
Bank Account #_________, ABA#_________. Please return enclosed copies of this
Notice of Assignment with appropriate notations showing the date and hour of
receipt, and duly signed by the person acknowledging receipt on behalf of the
addressee, to Bank of America, 6610 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20817,
Attention: James W. Gaittens, Senior Vice President.
Very truly yours,
GKMG CONSULTING SERVICES, INC.
By: ________________________________
Name:
Title:
Receipt is hereby acknowledged of the above notice and a copy of the above
mentioned instrument of assignment. These were received at _________[A.M.]
[P.M.] on ______________________, 199__.
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Name:
Title:
on behalf of Contracting Officer
[Address]