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INDALEX HOLDINGS FINANCE INC
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8-K
Mar 12, 5:15 PM ET
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(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
SECTION 2.02. Delivery of the Pledged Collateral. (a) Each Grantor agrees promptly to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent any and all Pledged Securities.
(b) Each Grantor will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed money (i) in the case of Indebtedness owed to such Grantor by any Person other than a Loan Party in any principal amount in excess of $100,000, and (ii) in the case of Indebtedness owed to such Grantor by any Loan Party in any principal amount, to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms hereof.
(c) Upon the delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent by any Loan Party, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule II and made a part hereof, provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.
SECTION 2.03. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Grantors jointly and severally represent, warrant and covenant to and with the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:
(a) Schedule II correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Stock issued by Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes required to be pledged hereunder;
(b) in the case of Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities issued by Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary, such Pledged Stock and Pledged Debt Securities have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Stock, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt Securities, are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder, each of the Grantors (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule II as owned by such Grantor, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than Liens created by this Agreement, Permitted Encumbrances, Liens permitted by Section 6.02(u) of the Credit Agreement and transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than Liens created by this Agreement, Permitted Encumbrances, Liens permitted by Section 6.02(u) of the Credit Agreement and transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, and (iv) will defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Lien created by this Agreement and Permitted Encumbrances), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;
(d) in the case of Pledged Collateral issued by Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents or Securities Laws generally, such Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of such Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Administrative Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;
(e) each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(f) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to ensure the validity of the pledge of any Pledged Collateral issued by Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect); and
(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Administrative Agent will obtain a legal, valid and perfected Lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Canadian Secured Obligations, prior to any other Lien on any Pledged Securities other than Permitted Encumbrances that have priority as a matter of law.
SECTION 2.04. Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests. Each interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership, in each case controlled by any Grantor and pledged hereunder shall be represented by a certificate, shall be a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of the New York UCC and shall be governed by Article 8 of the New York UCC.
(ii) The Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to such Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above (including for the purpose of reinstating any such rights and powers after the cure or waiver of any Event of Default).
(iii) Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable laws, provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt Securities, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by
such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Grantors of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.07, then all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.07 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.07 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Administrative Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Administrative Agent in an account to be established by the Administrative Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived and the Parent Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate to that effect, the Administrative Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.07 and that remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, but after the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Grantors of the suspension of their rights under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.07, all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.07 and the obligations of the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.07 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers, provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights.
(d) Any notice given by the Administrative Agent to the Grantors suspending their rights under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.07 (i) may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing, (ii) may be given to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors
under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Administrative Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Administrative Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
ARTICLE III
Security Interests in Personal Property
SECTION 3.01. Security Interest. (a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of its Canadian Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby assigns, pledges and hypothecates to the Administrative Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants and hypothecates to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in, all right, title or interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Personal Property Collateral”):
(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent at
any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) or financing change statements with respect to the Personal Property Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail and (ii) contain the information required by the PPSA for the filing of any financing statement, financing change statement or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or covering Personal Property Collateral constituting minerals or the like to be extracted or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Personal Property Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon request.
SECTION 3.02. Representations and Warranties. The Grantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties that:
(a) Each Grantor has good and valid rights in or title to the Personal Property Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Security Interest in such Personal Property Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained.
(b) The Canadian Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of each Grantor, is correct and complete as of the Effective Date. The financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable), financing change statements or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared by the Administrative Agent based upon the
information provided to the Administrative Agent in the Canadian Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental office, federal, provincial or municipal, or other office specified in Schedule 2 to the Canadian Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Parent Borrower to the Administrative Agent after the Effective Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 5.12 of the Credit Agreement or Section 3.03 hereof), are all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office in order to perfect the Security Interest in Personal Property Collateral consisting of Patents, Trade-marks, Copyrights and Industrial Designs) that are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favour of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Personal Property Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in Canada (or any political subdivision thereof) and its provinces and territories and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements or financing change statements for renewals. Each Grantor shall ensure that a fully executed agreement in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “Short Form Security Agreement”) that contains a description of all Personal Property Collateral consisting of the applicable type of Intellectual Property shall have been received by the Administrative Agent (i) within three months after the execution of this Agreement with respect to Patents, Trade-marks, Copyrights and Industrial Designs for recording by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favour of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Personal Property Collateral consisting of Patents, Trade-marks, Copyrights and Industrial Designs in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in Canada (or any political subdivision thereof) and its provinces or territories and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Personal Property Collateral consisting of Patents, Trade-marks, Copyrights and Industrial Designs (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the date hereof).
(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Personal Property Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Canadian Secured Obligations, (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Personal Property Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement, financing change statement or analogous document in Canada (or any political subdivision thereof) and its provinces or territories pursuant to the PPSA and (iii) a security interest that shall be perfected in all Personal Property Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt of an executed Short Form Security Agreement from the applicable Grantor and the recording of such Short Form Security Agreement by the Administrative Agent with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office within the applicable three month period (commencing as of the date hereof). The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Personal Property Collateral, other than Permitted
Encumbrances that have priority as a matter of law and Liens expressly permitted to be prior to the Security Interest pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(d) The Personal Property Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement. None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement, financing change statement or analogous document under the PPSA or any other applicable laws covering any Personal Property Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Personal Property Collateral with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or (iii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Personal Property Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Personal Property Collateral with any foreign governmental, federal, provincial or municipal, or other office, which financing statement, financing change statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(e) As of the date of any such delivery, the names of the obligors, amounts owing, due dates and other information with respect to the Accounts and Chattel Paper are and will be correctly stated in all material respects in all invoices and the Collateral Reports most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent with respect thereto furnished to the Administrative Agent by such Grantor from time to time. As of the time when each Account or each item of Chattel Paper arises, the Grantor shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such Account or Chattel Paper, as the case may be, are genuine.
(f) With respect to any Inventory of any Grantor scheduled or listed on the most recent Collateral Report, (i) such Inventory (other than Inventory in transit, Inventory that is being processed or used as a sample offsite and Inventory that is the subject of consignment) is located at one of the Grantors’ locations set forth in Section 2 of the Canadian Perfection Certificate, (ii) no material amount of Inventory (other than Inventory in transit, Inventory that is being processed or used as a sample offsite and Inventory that is the subject of consignment) is now, or shall at any time or times hereafter be, stored at any other location except as permitted by Section 3.04(g), (iii) each Grantor has good, indefeasible and merchantable title to its Inventory and such Inventory is not subject to any Lien or security interest or document whatsoever except for the Lien granted to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and Lenders, and except for Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement, (iv) no material portion of such Inventory is subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, Trade-mark, trade name or copyright agreements with any third parties which would require any consent of any third party upon sale or disposition of that Inventory or the payment of any monies to any third party upon such sale or other disposition, and (v) the completion of manufacture, sale or other disposition of such Inventory by the Administrative Agent following an Event of Default shall not require the consent of any Person and shall not constitute a breach or default under any contract or agreement to which the applicable Grantor is a party or to which such Inventory is subject.
SECTION 3.03. Covenants. (a) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any change in (i) within 30 days, its legal name, (ii) within 30 days, the location or address of its chief executive office, its principal place of business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to Personal Property Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Personal Property Collateral owned by it is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility), (iii) its identity or type of organization or corporate structure, (iv) its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number or (v) its jurisdiction of organization, incorporation or amalgamation. Each Grantor agrees to promptly provide the Administrative Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this paragraph. Each Grantor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the PPSA or otherwise that are required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected first priority security interest in all the Personal Property Collateral.
(b) Each Grantor agrees to maintain, at its own cost and expense, such complete and accurate records with respect to the Personal Property Collateral owned by it in accordance with such prudent and standard practices used in industries that are the same as or similar to those in which such Grantor is engaged, but in any event to include accounting records that are complete in all material respects and indicate all payments and proceeds received with respect to any part of the Personal Property Collateral, and, at such time or times as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, promptly to prepare and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly certified schedule or schedules in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent showing the identity, amount and location of any and all Personal Property Collateral.
(c) At the time of delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) of the Credit Agreement, the Canadian Subsidiary Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate executed by a Financial Officer (i) setting forth the information required by the Canadian Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Canadian Perfection Certificate delivered on the Effective Date or the date of the certificate most recently delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03(c), as applicable, and (ii) certifying that all PPSA financing statements and financing change statements (including fixture filings), or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral have been filed of record in each governmental office, federal, provincial or municipal, or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 3.03 to the extent necessary to protect or perfect the Security Interest for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period). Each certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03(c) shall identify in the format of Schedule III all Intellectual Property of any Grantor in existence on the date thereof and not then listed on such Schedules or previously so identified to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Each Grantor shall, at its own expense, take any and all commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to the Personal Property Collateral against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Administrative Agent in the Personal Property Collateral and the priority thereof, in each case, against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreement.
(e) Subject to any specific limitation contained herein, each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements or financing change statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Personal Property Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument, subject to Section 3.04 such note or instrument shall be immediately pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(k) No Grantor will make or agree to make any discount, credit, rebate or other reduction in the original amount owing on a Receivable or accept in satisfaction of a Receivable less than the original amount thereof, except that, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, any Grantor may reduce the amount of Accounts arising from the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Grantor will collect and enforce, at such Grantor’s sole expense, all amounts due or hereafter due to such Grantor under the Receivables to the extent such collection or enforcement is commercially warranted. Each Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent immediately upon its request after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default duplicate invoices with respect to each of its Account bearing such language of assignment as the Administrative Agent shall specify. Each Grantor shall send the Administrative Agent a copy of any credit memorandum in excess of $100,000 as soon as issued, and the Parent Borrower shall promptly report each credit memorandum and each of the facts required to be disclosed to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this clause (k) on the Borrowing Base Certificates submitted by it.
(l) In the event any Account Debtor returns Inventory to any Grantor when an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Grantor, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, shall (i) hold the returned Inventory in trust for the Administrative Agent, (ii) segregate all returned Inventory from all its other property, (iii) dispose of the returned Inventory solely according to the Administrative Agent’s written instructions and (iv) not issue any credits or allowances with respect thereto without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent.
SECTION 3.04. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Administrative Agent to enforce, the Security Interest, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Personal Property Collateral:
(a) Instruments. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instrument (other than items deposited for collection) evidencing an amount in excess of $100,000, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(b) Deposit Accounts. Schedule IV identifies each deposit account of each Grantor as of the Effective Date. For each deposit account that any Grantor at any time opens or maintains, the applicable Grantor shall provide to the Administrative Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement duly executed on behalf of each financial institution holding a deposit account of such Grantor as set forth in Section 3.06, (x) in the case of each deposit account set forth on Schedule IV, on or prior to the date that is 30 days after the Effective Date (or such later date as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), and (y) in the case of each deposit account opened after the Effective
Date, on the date such deposit account is opened, provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, defer delivery of any such Deposit Account Control Agreement required to be delivered hereunder, establish a Reserve with respect to any deposit account for which the Administrative Agent has not received such Deposit Account Control Agreement or require any Grantor to open and maintain a new deposit account with a financial institution subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement. The provisions of this clause (b) will not apply to (i) any deposit account for which any Grantor, the depositary bank and the Administrative Agent have entered into a cash collateral agreement specially negotiated among such Grantor, the depositary bank and the Administrative Agent for the specific purpose set forth therein, (ii) any deposit account for which the Administrative Agent is the depositary and (iii) any deposit account specifically and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes or other employee wage or benefit payments to or for the benefit of the applicable Grantor’s employees.
(c) Securities. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article II, if any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities with a value in excess of $100,000, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify. If any securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Administrative Agent as to such securities, without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the registered owner of the securities or (iii) take appropriate steps under applicable foreign law to effectuate perfection. Other than securities or investment property held by any Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodities intermediary as described in clause (d) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrances” in the Credit Agreement or in connection with any hedging agreement permitted under the Credit Agreement, if any securities with a value in excess of $100,000, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, such Grantor shall immediately notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the Administrative Agent’s request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i) cause such securities intermediary or (as the case may be) commodity intermediary to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Administrative Agent to such securities intermediary as to such security entitlements, or (as the case may be) to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the Administrative Agent to such commodity intermediary, in each case without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) in the case of financial assets or other Securities held through a securities intermediary, arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the entitlement holder with respect to such investment property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the
consent of the Administrative Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such investment property. The Administrative Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Administrative Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or, after giving effect to any such investment and withdrawal rights would occur. The provisions of this paragraph shall not apply to any financial assets credited to a securities account for which the Administrative Agent is the securities intermediary.
(e) Collateral Access Agreements. Each Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a Collateral Access Agreement from the lessor of each leased property, mortgagee of each owned property or bailee or consignee with respect to each warehouse, processor and converter facility and any other location where Collateral is stored or located, which agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
(f) Government Claims. Each Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of any Collateral which constitutes a claim in excess of $100,000 against the Canadian federal government or any provincial, territorial, municipal or local government or any instrumentality or agency thereof, the assignment of which claim is restricted by any federal, provincial, territorial or municipal law of Canada or any part thereof.
SECTION 3.05. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trade-mark, Copyright and Industrial Design Collateral. (a) Each Grantor agrees that it (i) will not do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act), whereby any Patent that is material to the conduct of such Grantor’s business may become invalidated or dedicated to the public, and (ii) shall continue to mark any products covered by a Patent with the relevant patent number as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable patent laws.
(b) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees) will, for each Trade-mark material to the conduct of such Grantor’s business, (i) maintain such Trade-mark in full force free from any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trade-mark, (iii) display such Trade-mark with notice of Canadian federal or foreign registration to the extent necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable law and (iv) not knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of such Trade-mark in violation of any third party rights.
(c) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or sublicensees) will, for each work covered by a material Copyright, continue to publish, reproduce, display, adopt and distribute the work with appropriate copyright notice as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable copyright laws.
(d) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees) will, for each Industrial Design material to the conduct of such Grantor’s business, (i) maintain such Industrial Design in full force free from any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Industrial Design, (iii) not do any act or omit to do any act (and will exercise commercially reasonable efforts to prevent its licensees from doing any act or omitting to do any act), whereby any Industrial Design may become invalidated or dedicated to the public, and (iv) continue to mark any products covered by a Industrial Design with the relevant number as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable laws.
(e) Each Grantor shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly if it knows or has reason to know that any Patent, Trade-mark, Copyright or Industrial Design material to the conduct of its business may become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or any court or similar office of any country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any such Patent, Trade-mark, Copyright or Industrial Design, its right to register the same, or its right to keep and maintain the same.
(f) In no event shall any Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, file an application for any Patent, Trade-mark, Copyright or Industrial Design (or for the registration of any Trade-mark, Copyright or Industrial Design) with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States, Canada or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, unless it promptly informs the Administrative Agent, provides to the Administrative Agent a revised Schedule III to supplement this Agreement and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, executes and delivers any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s security interest in such Patent, Trade-mark, Copyright or Industrial Design, and each Grantor hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to execute and file such writings for the foregoing purposes,
all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; such power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable.
(g) Each Grantor will take all necessary steps that are consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the Canadian Intellectual Property Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States or Canada or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each material application relating to the Patents, Trade-marks, Copyrights and/or Industrial Designs (and to obtain the relevant grant or registration) and to maintain each issued Patent and each registration of the Trade-marks, Copyrights and Industrial Designs that is material to the conduct of any Grantor’s business, including timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if consistent with good business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.
(h) In the event that any Grantor becomes aware that any Personal Property Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trade-mark, Copyright or Industrial Design material to the conduct of any Grantor’s business has been or is about to be infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party in any material respect, such Grantor promptly shall notify the Administrative Agent and shall, if consistent with good business judgment, promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions as are appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Personal Property Collateral.
(i) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall use its best efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor of each Copyright License, Patent License, Trade-mark License or Industrial Design License to effect the assignment of all such Grantor’s right, title and interest thereunder to the Administrative Agent or its designee.
SECTION 3.06. Deposit accounts.
(a) Collection of Receivables. (i) On or before the Effective Date, each Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement for each deposit account it maintains into which all cash, cheques, orders, notes, drafts or other similar payments relating to or constituting payments made in respect of Receivables and Inventory will be deposited (each, a “Receivables Account”), which Receivables Accounts are identified as such on Schedule IV. After the Effective Date, each Grantor will comply with the terms of clause (b) of this Section.
(ii) Each Grantor shall direct all of its Account Debtors to forward payments directly to Receivables Accounts subject to the Deposit Account Control Agreements. If any Grantor should refuse or neglect to notify any Account Debtor to forward payments directly to a Receivables Account subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement after notice from the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to make
such notification directly to Account Debtor. If notwithstanding the foregoing instructions, any Grantor receives any proceeds of any Receivables or Inventory, such Grantor shall receive such payments as the Administrative Agent’s trustee, and shall immediately deposit all cash, cheques, orders, notes, drafts or other similar payments related to or constituting payments made in respect of Receivables received by it to a Receivables Account.
(b) New Deposit Accounts. Before any Grantor opens or replaces any Receivables Account or any other deposit account, such Grantor shall (i) obtain the Administrative Agent’s consent in writing to the opening of such deposit account or Receivables Account and (ii) cause each bank or financial institution in which it seeks to open (A) a deposit account to enter into a Deposit Account Control Agreement with the Administrative Agent in order to give the Administrative Agent control of such deposit account or (B) a Receivables Account to enter into a Deposit Account Control Agreement with the Administrative Agent in order to give the Administrative Agent control of the Receivables Account. In the case of deposit accounts or Receivables Account maintained with Lenders, the terms of such letter shall be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement regarding set-offs.
(c) Activation Periods. Pursuant to each Deposit Account Control Agreement, all amounts deposited in each Receivables Account shall be in the control of the Administrative Agent. The applicable Grantor may operate and transact business through its Receivables Account in its normal fashion, including making withdrawals, provided that (i) if, at any time, Availability falls below $20,000,000, the Administrative Agent shall (A) send a notice (the “First Activation Period Notice”) to each bank where any Grantor maintains a Receivables Account (each, a “Receivables Account Bank”) that commences a period (the “First Activation Period”) during which the applicable Receivables Account Bank shall cease complying with any instructions originated by the applicable Grantor and shall comply with instructions originated by the Administrative Agent directing disposition of funds, without further consent of the applicable Grantor and (B) apply (and allocate) the funds in each Receivables Account pursuant to Section 2.10(b) of the Credit Agreement, (ii) if, during the First Activation Period, Availability exceeds $35,000,000 for a period of 60 consecutive days, the Administrative Agent shall send a notice to each Receivables Account Bank (the “Termination Notice”) that terminates the First Activation Period and commences a period (the “Termination Period”) in which the applicable Grantor may transact business through each Receivables Account in its normal fashion, including making withdrawals from each Receivables Account, (iii) if, at any point during the Termination Period, Availability falls below $20,000,000, the Administrative Agent shall send a notice to each Receivables Account Bank (the “Second Activation Period Notice”) that the applicable Receivables Account Bank shall cease complying with any instructions originated by the applicable Grantor and shall comply with instructions originated by the Administrative Agent directing disposition of funds, without further consent of the applicable Borrower. Administrative Agent has sole control over each Receivables Account and the Grantors cannot make any withdrawals from any Receivables Account.
SECTION 4.01. Remedies Upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Administrative Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Personal Property Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Personal Property Collateral by the applicable Grantors to the Administrative Agent, or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis, any such Personal Property Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Administrative Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any applicable laws or regulations or then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers cannot be obtained), and (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Personal Property Collateral and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where the Personal Property Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Personal Property Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the PPSA or other applicable law (including, without limitation, giving notice of sole control or any other instruction under any Deposit Account Control Agreement or any other control agreement with any securities intermediary and take any action therein with respect to such Collateral). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate. The Administrative Agent shall be authorized at any such sale of securities (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Administrative Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.
SECTION 4.02. Application of Proceeds. The Administrative Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:
SECTION 4.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. For the purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Administrative Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantors) to use, license or sublicense any of the Personal Property Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof. The use of such license by the Administrative Agent may be exercised, at the option of the Administrative Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, provided that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Administrative Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon the Grantors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.
SECTION 4.04. Securities Act. In view of the position of the Grantors in relation to the Pledged Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect in the United States or Canada or any province or territory thereof (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “Securities Laws”) with respect to any disposition of the Pledged Collateral permitted hereunder. Each Grantor understands that compliance with the Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Administrative Agent if the Administrative Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Pledged Collateral could dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Administrative Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Pledged Collateral under applicable “blue sky” or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect in the United States or Canada or any province or territory thereof. Each Grantor recognizes that in light of such restrictions and limitations the Administrative Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Pledged Collateral, limit the purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Pledged Collateral for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Pledged Collateral or part
thereof shall have been filed under the Securities Laws and (b) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favourable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Administrative Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Pledged Collateral at a price that the Administrative Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section 4.04 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Administrative Agent sells.
SECTION 4.05. Registration. Each Grantor agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if for any reason the Administrative Agent desires to sell any of the Pledged Collateral at a public sale, it will, at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, use its best efforts to take or to cause the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to take such action and prepare, distribute and/or file such documents, as are required or advisable in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Administrative Agent to permit the public sale of such Pledged Collateral. Each Grantor further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless (in the manner and to the extent provided by Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement) the Administrative Agent, each other Secured Party, any underwriter and their respective officers, directors, affiliates and controlling persons from and against all loss, liability, expenses, costs of counsel (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel to the Administrative Agent), and claims (including the costs of investigation) that they may incur insofar as such loss, liability, expense or claim directly or indirectly arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or in any notification or offering circular, or directly or indirectly arises out of or is based upon any alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements in any thereof not misleading, except insofar as the same may have been caused by any untrue statement or omission based upon information furnished in writing to such Grantor or the issuer of such Pledged Collateral by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party expressly for use therein. Each Grantor further agrees, upon such written request referred to above, to use its best efforts to qualify, file or register, or cause the issuer of such Pledged Collateral to qualify, file or register, any of the Pledged Collateral under the “blue sky” or other analogous securities laws of such states or any of the provinces or territories of Canada as may be requested by the Administrative Agent and keep effective, or cause to be kept effective, all such qualifications, filings or registrations. Each Grantor will bear all costs and expenses of carrying out its obligations under this Section 4.05. Each Grantor acknowledges that there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with the provisions of this Section 4.05 and that such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages, and therefore agrees that its agreements contained in this Section 4.05 may be specifically enforced.
SECTION 4.06. Other Actions. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Grantor will, at its own expense, cause the independent certified public or chartered accountants then engaged by such Grantor to prepare and deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, at any time and from time to time, promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the following reports with respect to such Grantor: (a) a reconciliation of all Accounts; (b) an aging of such Accounts; (c) trial balances in respect of such Accounts; and (d) a test verification of such Accounts.
ARTICLE V
Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination
SECTION 5.01. Indemnity and Subrogation. The Borrowers agree that in the event any assets of any Grantor shall be sold pursuant to this Agreement or any other Collateral Document to satisfy in whole or in part an obligation owed to any Secured Party, the Borrowers shall indemnify such Grantor in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of the assets so sold.
SECTION 5.02. Contribution and Subrogation. Each Grantor (a “Contributing Party”) agrees (subject to Section 5.03) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Grantor hereunder in respect of any Canadian Secured Obligation or assets of any other Grantor shall be sold pursuant to any Collateral Document to satisfy any Canadian Secured Obligation owed to any Secured Party and such other Grantor (the “Claiming Party”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Borrowers as provided in Section 5.01, the Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount equal to such Contributing Party’s Foreign Applicable Percentage (as such term is defined in Section 10.10 of the Credit Agreement) of such payment or the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, as the case may be. Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Party under Section 5.01 to the extent of such payment. Nothing in this provision shall affect any Grantor’s several liability for the entire amount of the Canadian Secured Obligations (up to such Grantor’s Maximum Liability).
SECTION 5.03. Subordination. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Grantors under Sections 5.01 and 5.02 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Canadian Secured Obligations. No failure on the part of any Grantor to make the payments required by Sections 5.01 and 5.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Grantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Grantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Grantor hereunder.
(b) Each Grantor hereby agrees that all Indebtedness and other monetary obligations owed by it to any other Grantor or any other Subsidiary shall be fully
subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Canadian Secured Obligations.
ARTICLE VI
Miscellaneous
SECTION 6.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Party shall be given to it in care of the Parent Borrower as provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.02. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Grantor herefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 6.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan, the acceptance and purchase of a B/A or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle any Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.03. Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) The parties hereto agree that the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents, each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the other Indemnitees against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any
and all losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Indemnitees (in addition to one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, including Canadian local counsel) except in the case where there is a divergent or conflicting interest between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in which case there shall be one separate counsel for the Administrative Agent, on the one hand, and the Lenders as a group, on the other hand, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing agreements or instruments contemplated hereby, or to the Collateral (including any such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding brought by or on behalf of any Grantor or any Related Party of a Grantor), whether based on contract, tort or any theory, regardless of whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, penalties, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or wilful misconduct of such Indemnitee or any of its Related Parties.
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Canadian Secured Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 6.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Canadian Secured Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 6.03 shall be payable on written demand therefor.
SECTION 6.04. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Administrative Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 6.05. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Grantors in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, the acceptance and purchase of any B/As and issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any Lender or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended under the Credit Agreement, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan, the face amount of any B/A or any fee or any other amount
payable under any Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.
SECTION 6.06. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement; Maximum Liability. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder. In any action or proceeding involving any United States or Canadian federal, state, provincial, territorial or foreign corporate law, or any United States or Canadian federal, state, provincial, territorial or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Grantor under this Agreement would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of such Grantor’s liability under this Agreement, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by the Grantors or the Administrative Agent, be automatically limited and reduced to such Grantor’s Maximum Liability. This Section 6.06 with respect to the Maximum Liability of each Grantor is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to the maximum extent not subject to avoidance under applicable law, and no Grantor nor any other person or entity shall have any right or claim under this Section 6.06 with respect to such Maximum Liability, except to the extent necessary so that the obligations of any Grantor hereunder shall not be rendered voidable under applicable law. Each Grantor agrees that the Canadian Secured Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the Maximum Liability of each Grantor without impairing this Agreement or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, provided that nothing in this sentence shall be construed to increase any Grantor’s obligations hereunder beyond its Maximum Liability.
SECTION 6.07. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 6.08. Compromises and Collection of Collateral. The Grantors and the Administrative Agent recognize that set-offs, counterclaims, defenses and other claims may be asserted by obligors with respect to certain of the Receivables, that certain of the Receivables may be or become uncollectible in whole or in part and that the expense and probability of success in litigating a disputed Receivable may exceed the amount that reasonably may be expected to be recovered with respect to a Receivable. In view of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent may, at any time and from time to time, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, compromise with the obligor on any Receivable, accept in full payment of any Receivable such amount as the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion shall determine or abandon any Receivable, and any such action by the Administrative Agent shall be commercially reasonable so long as the Administrative Agent acts in good faith based on information known to it at the time it takes any such action.
SECTION 6.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.
(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Province of Ontario. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Grantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 6.09. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in
the manner provided for notices in Section 6.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 6.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.10.
SECTION 6.11. Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 6.12. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Canadian Secured Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Canadian Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Canadian Secured Obligations, or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Canadian Secured Obligations or this Agreement.
SECTION 6.13. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate when all the Canadian Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Lenders have no further commitment to lend under the Credit Agreement, the Total L/C Exposure has been reduced to zero and the Issuing Bank has no further obligations to issue Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement.
(b) A Subsidiary Party shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Subsidiary Party shall be automatically released upon the consummation of any transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Party ceases to be a Subsidiary Loan Party, provided that the Lenders shall have consented to such transaction (to the extent required by the Credit Agreement) and the terms of such consent did not provide otherwise.
(c) Upon any sale or other transfer by any Grantor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement, or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Credit Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released.
(d) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.13 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 6.14. Additional Subsidiaries. (a) Pursuant to Section 5.12 of the Credit Agreement, each Canadian Subsidiary Loan Party that was not in existence or not a Canadian Subsidiary Loan Party on the Effective Date is required to enter into this Agreement as a Subsidiary Party upon becoming such a Canadian Subsidiary Loan Party. Upon execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent and a Canadian Subsidiary Loan Party of an instrument in the form of Exhibit A hereto, such Canadian Subsidiary Loan Party shall become a Subsidiary Party hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Party herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any Canadian Subsidiary Loan Party as a party to this Agreement.
(b) Pursuant to Section 5.12 of the Credit Agreement, each Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party that at any time acquires any Equity Interests in a Foreign Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of Canada of any territory or province thereof is required to enter into this Agreement as a Subsidiary Party. Upon execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent and a Domestic Subsidiary Loan party of an instrument in the form of Exhibit B hereto, such Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party shall become a Subsidiary Party hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Subsidiary Party herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party as a party to this Agreement.
SECTION 6.15. Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor
hereby appoints the Administrative Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable until the payment in full of the Canadian Secured Obligations and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Administrative Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, cheques, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral, (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral, (d) to send verifications of Receivables to any Account Debtor, (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral, (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral, (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Administrative Agent, and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes, provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Administrative Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Administrative Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
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