EX-10.8 51 dex108.htm PLEDGE & SECURITY AGMT- JOHNSONDIVERSEY Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Pledge & Security Agmt- JohnsonDiversey
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Exhibit 10.8
 
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
 
Dated May 3, 2002
 
among
 
JohnsonDiversey, Inc.,
Johnson Professional Holdings, Inc.
 
AND
 
Each Other Grantor
From Time to Time Party Hereto
 
as Grantors
 
and
 
Citicorp USA, Inc.
as Administrative Agent
 
 
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153-0119


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
        
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Article I
 
 
  
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Section 1.1
 
 
  
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Section 1.2
 
 
  
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Article II
 
 
  
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Section 2.1
 
 
  
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Section 2.2
 
 
  
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Section 2.3
 
 
  
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Article III
 
 
  
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Section 3.1
 
 
  
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Section 3.2
 
 
  
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Section 3.3
 
 
  
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Section 3.4
 
 
  
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Section 3.5
 
 
  
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Section 3.6
 
 
  
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Section 3.7
 
 
  
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Article IV
 
 
  
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Section 4.1
 
 
  
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Section 4.2
 
 
  
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Section 4.3
 
 
  
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Section 4.4
 
 
  
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Section 4.5
 
 
  
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Section 4.6
 
 
  
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Section 4.7
 
 
  
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Section 4.8
 
 
  
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Section 4.9
 
 
  
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    Section 4.10  
 
 
  
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    Section 4.11  
 
 
  
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Article V
 
 
  
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Section 5.1
 
 
  
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Section 5.2
 
 
  
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Section 5.3
 
 
  
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Section 5.4
 
 
  
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Section 5.5
 
 
  
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Section 5.6
    
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Article VI
 
 
  
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Section 6.1
 
 
  
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Section 6.2
 
 
  
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Section 6.3
 
 
  
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Section 6.4
 
 
  
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Article VII
 
 
  
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Section 7.1
 
 
  
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Section 7.2
 
 
  
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Section 7.3
 
 
  
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Section 7.4
 
 
  
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Section 7.5
 
 
  
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Section 7.6
 
 
  
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Section 7.7
 
 
  
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Section 7.8
 
 
  
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Section 7.9
 
 
  
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    Section 7.10  
 
 
  
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    Section 7.11  
 
 
  
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ANNEX AND SCHEDULES
 
Annex 1
  
Form of Deposit Account Control Agreement
Annex 2
  
Form of Control Account Agreement
Annex 3
  
Form of Pledge Amendment
Annex 4
  
Form of Joinder Agreement
Annex 5
  
Form of Short Form Copyright Security Agreement
Annex 6
  
Form of Short Form Patent Security Agreement
Annex 7
  
Form of Short Form Trademark Security Agreement
Schedule 1
  
State of Incorporation; Principal Executive Office
Schedule 2
  
Pledged Collateral
Schedule 3
  
Filings
Schedule 4
  
Location of Inventory and Equipment
Schedule 5
  
Intellectual Property
Schedule 6
  
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PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated May 3, 2002, by JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC. (the “Company”), JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL HOLDINGS, INC. (“Holdings”) and each of the other entities listed on the signature pages hereof or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 7.10 (Additional Grantors) (together with the Company and Holdings, each a “Grantor” and, collectively, the “Grantors”), in favor of Citicorp USA, Inc. (“CUSA”), as agent for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
 
W I T N E S S E T H:
 
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 3, 2002 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement ”), among the Company, Johnson Diversey Netherlands II B.V., Johnson Wax Professional, Inc. and Johnson Professional Co., Ltd., as Borrowers thereunder, Holdings, the Lenders and Issuers party thereto, CUSA, as administrative agent for the Lenders and Issuers, Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. (“GSCP ”), as syndication agent, ABN Amro Bank N.A., Bank One N.A., Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, New York Branch and General Electric Capital Corporation, as co-documentation agents, and Salomon Smith Barney Inc. and GSCP, as joint lead arrangers and joint book managers, the Lenders and the Issuers have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrowers upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
 
WHEREAS, the Company and each Grantor is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Holdings;
 
WHEREAS, each Grantor will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the making of the Loans, the issuance of the Letters of Credit and the granting of the other financial accommodations to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement;
 
WHEREAS, the Grantors (other than the Borrowers) are party to a Guaranty pursuant to which they have guaranteed the Obligations of the Borrowers and the Borrowers are party to a Guaranty pursuant to which they have guaranteed the Obligations of one or more of the other Borrowers;
 
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders and the Issuers to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Lenders, the Issuers and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the Issuers to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrowers thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent as follows:
 
ARTICLE I
 
DEFINED TERMS
 
SECTION  1.1     Definitions
 
(a)  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.


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(b)  Terms used herein that are defined in the UCC have the meanings given to them in the UCC, including the following terms (which are capitalized herein):
 
“Account Debtor”
 
“Accounts”
 
“Chattel Paper”
 
“Commercial Tort Claim (if any)”
 
“Commodity Account”
 
“Commodity Intermediary”
 
“Deposit Account”
 
“Documents”
 
“Entitlement Holder”
 
“Entitlement Order”
 
“Equipment”
 
“Financial Asset”
 
“General Intangibles”
 
“Instruments”
 
“Inventory”
 
“Investment Property”
 
“Letter-of-Credit Right”
 
“Proceeds”
 
“Securities Account”
 
“Securities Intermediary”
 
“Security”
 
“Security Entitlement”
 
(c)  The following terms shall have the following meanings:
 
Additional Pledged Collateral ” means all shares of, limited and/or general partnership interests in, and limited liability company interests in, and all securities convertible into, and warrants, options and other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, stock of, either (i) any Person that, after the date of this Agreement, as a result of any occurrence, becomes a direct Subsidiary of any Grantor or (ii) any issuer of Pledged Stock, any Partnership or any LLC that are acquired by any Grantor after the date hereof; all certificates or other instruments representing any of the foregoing; all Security Entitlements of any Grantor in respect of any of the foregoing; all additional indebtedness from time to time owed to any Grantor by any obligor on the Pledged Notes and the instruments evidencing such indebtedness; and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or Proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any of the foregoing. Additional Pledged Collateral may be General Intangibles or Investment Property.
 
Agreement ” means this Pledge and Security Agreement.
 
Approved Deposit Account ” means a Deposit Account subject of an effective Deposit Account Control Agreement and maintained by any Grantor with a Deposit Account Bank. “Approved Deposit Account ” includes all monies on deposit in such Deposit Account and all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such Deposit Account.
 
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which a Grantor has delivered to the Administrative Agent an executed Control Account Agreement.
 
Canadian Pledged Stock ” means the Pledged Stock constituting the shares of capital stock of the Canadian Borrower owned by the Company.
 
Cash Collateral Account ” means any Deposit Account or Securities Account established by the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 2.3 (Cash Collateral Accounts) in which cash and Cash Equivalents may from time to time be on deposit or held therein as provided in Section 5.2 (Accounts and Payments in Respect of General Intangibles) or 5.4 (Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent) or the Credit Agreement.
 
“Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 (Collateral).
 
Control Account ” means a Securities Account or Commodity Account subject of an effective Control Account Agreement and maintained by any Grantor with an Approved Securities Intermediary. “Control Account ” includes all Financial Assets held in such Securities Account or Commodity Account and all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing the Financial Assets contained therein.
 
Control Account Agreement ” means a letter agreement, substantially in the form of Annex 2 (Form of Control Account Agreement) (with such changes as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent), executed by the relevant Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Approved Securities Intermediary.
 
Copyright Licenses” means any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee granting any right under any Copyright, including the grant of any right to copy, publicly perform, create derivative works, manufacture, distribute, exploit or sell materials derived from any Copyright.
 
Copyrights” means (a) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office or in any foreign counterparts thereof, and (b) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
 
Deposit Account Bank” means a financial institution selected or approved by the Administrative Agent and with respect to which a Grantor has delivered to the Administrative Agent an executed Deposit Account Control Agreement.
 
Deposit Account Control Agreement ” means a letter agreement, substantially in the form of Annex 1 (Form of Deposit Account Control Agreement) (with such changes as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) and executed by the Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the relevant Deposit Account Bank.
 
Domestic Secured Obligations” means the Secured Obligations of the Company other than its Secured Obligations as a Guarantor of the Obligations of the Euro Borrower and the Japanese Borrower.

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EJ Polymer” means EJ Polymer, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
 
EJ Polymer LLC Agreement ” means the LLC Agreement governing the Pledged LLC Interest of EJ Polymer.
 
Intellectual Property” means, collectively, all rights, priorities and privileges of any Grantor relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark Licenses and trade secrets, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
 
Intercompany Note” means any promissory note (including the Intercompany Term Notes and the Intercompany Revolving Credit Notes) evidencing loans made by any Grantor to any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliates.
 
JD Real Estate” means JD Real Estate Subsidiary, LLC, a Delaware corporation.
 
JWPR Subordinated Notes” means those certain subordinated notes dated as of March 2, 2001 evidencing the obligation of JWPR Corporation, a Securitization Subsidiary, to pay the Originators (as defined in the Securitization Intercreditor Agreement) the sums described therein pursuant to the terms thereof, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
LLC” means each limited liability company in which a Grantor has an interest and such interest is not pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any other Collateral Document, including those set forth on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral).
 
LLC Agreement ” means each operating agreement with respect to an LLC, as each agreement has heretofore been, and may hereafter be, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
 
Material Intellectual Property” means Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to a Grantor and material to such Grantor’s business (including the Intellectual Property that is subject to the Housemark License Agreement).
 
NexGen” means NexGen Floor Care Solutions Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
 
NexGen LLC Agreement ” means the LLC Agreement governing the Pledged LLC Interest of NexGen.
 
Partnership” means each partnership in which a Grantor has an interest and such interest is not pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any other Collateral Document, including those set forth on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral).

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Partnership Agreement ” means each partnership agreement governing a Partnership, as each such agreement has heretofore been, and may hereafter be, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
 
Patents” means (a) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof and all reissues and extensions thereof, (b) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof and (c) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.
 
Patent License” means all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, have made, use, import, sell or offer for sale any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent.
 
Pledged Collateral ” means, collectively, the Pledged Notes, the Pledged Stock, the Pledged Partnership Interests, the Pledged LLC Interests, any other Investment Property of any Grantor, all certificates or other instruments representing any of the foregoing and all Security Entitlements of any Grantor in respect of any of the foregoing. Pledged Collateral may be General Intangibles or Investment Property.
 
Pledged Equity Collateral ” means, collectively, the Pledged Stock, the Pledged Partnership Interests, the Pledged LLC Interests, any other Investment Property of any Grantor, all certificates or other instruments representing any of the foregoing and all Security Entitlements of any Grantor in respect of any of the foregoing.
 
Pledged LLC Interests” means all right, title and interest of any Grantor as a member of any LLC and all right, title and interest of any Grantor in, to and under any LLC Agreement to which it is a party.
 
Pledged Notes” means all right, title and interest of any Grantor in the Instruments evidencing all Indebtedness owed to such Grantor, including all Indebtedness described on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral), issued by the obligors named therein.
 
Pledged Partnership Interests” means all right, title and interest of any Grantor as a limited or general partner in all Partnerships and all right, title and interest of any Grantor in, to and under any Partnership Agreements to which it is a party.
 
Pledged Stock” means the shares of capital stock (including the Canadian Pledged Stock) owned by each Grantor and not pledged by such Grantor pursuant to any other Collateral Document, including all shares of capital stock listed on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral).
 
Sale Leaseback Property” means:
 
(i)  with respect to the real and personal property owned by JD Real Estate in East Stroudberg, Pennsylvania, the “Leased Property” as defined in that certain Facility Lease dated May 28, 1993 (the “PA Lease”) between GATX Financial Corporation, Capital Division (as successor Pacific Leasing Corporation), as lessor (the “PA Lessor”), and JD Real Estate (as successor in interest to Diversey Corp.), as lessee, as amended by that certain First Amendment to

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Facility Lease, dated as of April, 1996, as amended by that certain Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, dated as of May    , 2002, among the PA Lessor, JD Real Estate, DiverseyLever, Inc., Unilever United States, Inc., and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, as security trustee; and
 
(ii)  with respect to the real property owned by JD Real Estate in Sharonville, Ohio, the “Leased Property” as defined in that certain Facility Lease, dated as of November 4, 1993 (the “OH Lease”) between GATX Financial Corporation, Capital Division (as successor in interest to Security Pacific Leasing Corporation), as lessor (the “OH Lessor”), and JD Real Estate (as successor in interest to Diversey Corp.), as lessee, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Facility Lease dated as of April, 1996, as amended by that certain Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement dated as of May    , 2002 among the OH Lessor, JD Real Estate, Diversey Lever, Inc., Unilever United States, Inc., and Trust Company of Connecticut, National Association, as security trustee;
 
in each case, only to the extent and for so long as the Existing Sale Leaseback Documentation validly prohibits the creation of a Lien in such “Leased Property” (under and as defined in each of the PA Lease and the OH Lease) in favor of the Administrative Agent (and upon the termination of such prohibition (howsoever occurring) such “Leased Property” shall cease to be “Sale Leaseback Property”).
 
Securities Actmeans the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
Trademark License means any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark.
 
Trademarks means (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and, in each case, all goodwill associated therewith, whether now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in connection therewith, in each case whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, and (b) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
 
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York; provided, however, that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
 
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SECTION 1.2     Certain Other Terms
 
(a)  In this Agreement, in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until ” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.
 
(b)  The terms “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection or clause in this Agreement.
 
(c)  References herein to an Annex, Schedule, Article, Section, subsection or clause refer to the appropriate Annex or Schedule to, or Article, Section, subsection or clause in this Agreement.
 
(d)  The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
 
(e)  Where the context requires, provisions relating to any Collateral, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or any relevant part thereof.
 
(f)  Any reference in this Agreement to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits and schedules thereto, and, unless specifically stated otherwise all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and as the same may be in effect at any time such reference becomes operative.
 
(g)  The term “including” means “including without limitation” except when used in the computation of time periods.
 
(h)  The terms “Lender,” “Issuer,” “Administrative Agent ” and “Secured Party” include their respective successors.
 
(i)  References in this Agreement to any statute shall be to such statute as amended or modified and in effect from time to time.
 
ARTICLE II
 
GRANT OF A SECURITY INTEREST
 
SECTION 2.1   Collateral
 
For the purposes of this Agreement, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by a Grantor or in which a Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interests is collectively referred to as the “Collateral”:
 
(a)  all Accounts;
 
(b)  all Chattel Paper;
 
(c)  all Deposit Accounts (including all Cash Collateral Accounts);
 
(d)  all Documents;
 
(e)  all Equipment;
 
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(g)  all Instruments;
 
(h)  all Inventory;
 
(i)  all Investment Property;
 
(j)  all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
 
(k)  all Vehicles;
 
(l)  the Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule 6 (Commercial Tort Claims) and on any supplement thereto received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4.11 (Notice of Commercial Tort Claims);
 
(m)  all books and records pertaining to the other property described in this Section 2.1;
 
(n)  all other goods and personal property of such Grantor, whether tangible or intangible and wherever located;
 
(o)  all property of any Grantor held by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, including all property of every description, in the possession or custody of or in transit to the Administrative Agent or such Secured Party for any purpose, including safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of such Grantor or as to which such Grantor may have any right or power; and
 
(p)  to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds.
 
SECTION 2.2   Grant of Security Interest in Collateral
 
Each Grantor, as collateral security for the full, prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations of such Grantor, hereby collaterally assigns, mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral of such Grantor; provided, however, that the foregoing grant of security shall not include a security interest in the JWPR Subordinated Notes or any Sale Leaseback Property and provided, further, that if and when the prohibition which prevents the granting by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent of a security interest in such Sale Leaseback Property is removed or otherwise terminated, the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have, and at all times from and after the date hereof to have had, a security interest in such Sale Leaseback Property, as the case may be; provided further, however, that only the outstanding Voting Stock of a Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Domestic Subsidiary possessing up to but not exceeding 65% of the voting power of all classes of Stock of such Subsidiary entitled to vote shall be deemed to be pledged hereunder to secure the Domestic Secured Obligations of the Company; provided further, however, that only the Pledged Notes and other General Intangibles that are not governed by the laws of Japan and that constitute assets of the Japanese Borrower shall be deemed to be granted under this Agreement to secure the Secured Obligations of the Japanese Borrower.
 
SECTION  2.3   Cash Collateral Accounts
 
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Administrative Agent may establish one or more other Deposit Accounts and one or more Securities Accounts with such depositaries and Securities Intermediaries as it in its sole discretion shall determine. Each such account shall be in the name of the Administrative Agent (but may also have words referring to the Company and the account’s purpose). The Grantors agree that each such account shall be under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be the Entitlement Holder with respect to each such Securities Account and the only Person authorized to give Entitlement Orders with respect thereto. Without limiting the foregoing, funds on deposit in any Cash Collateral Account may be invested in Cash Equivalents at the direction of the Administrative Agent and, except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent agrees with the Grantors to issue Entitlement Orders for such investments in Cash Equivalents as requested by the Company; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility for, or bear any risk of loss of, any such investment or income thereon. Neither the Company nor any other Loan Party or Person claiming on behalf of or through the Company or any other Loan Party shall have any right to demand payment of any funds held in any Cash Collateral Account at any time prior to the termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit and the payment in full of all then outstanding and payable monetary Obligations. The Administrative Agent shall apply all funds on deposit in a Cash Collateral Account as provided in the Credit Agreement and except during the continuance of an Event of Default agrees to cause any funds remaining on deposit therein after all Obligations then due and payable have been satisfied and all Letter of Credit Obligations have been cash collateralized at 105% to be paid at the written direction of the Company.
 
ARTICLE III
 
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
 
To induce the Lenders, the Issuers and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Credit Agreement, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants each of the following to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuers and the other Secured Parties:
 
SECTION 3.1   Title; No Other Liens
 
Except for the Lien granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral under the Credit Agreement, such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder constituting Instruments or certificated securities, is the Entitlement Holder of all such Pledged Collateral constituting Investment Property held in a Securities Account and has rights in or the power to transfer each other item of Collateral in which a Lien is granted by it hereunder, free and clear of any Lien.
 
SECTION 3.2   Perfection and Priority
 
(a)  The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute a valid and continuing perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral for which perfection is governed by the UCC, filing with the United States Copyright Office upon (i) the completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (Filings) (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on such schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly executed form), (ii) the delivery to the Administrative Agent of all Collateral consisting of Instruments and certificated securities, in each case properly endorsed for transfer to the Administrative Agent or in blank, (iii) the execution of Control Account Agreements with respect to Investment Property not in certificated form, (iv) the execution of Deposit Account

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Control Agreements with respect to all Deposit Accounts (other than the Cash Collateral Account), (v) all appropriate filings having been made with the United States Copyright Office and (vi) with respect to any Letter-of-Credit Rights, the consent to the assignment of proceeds of the relevant letter of credit by the issuer or any nominated person in respect thereof, except to the extent that such Letter of Credit Right is a supporting obligation (as defined in the UCC) for any Collateral), and (vii) with respect to the Cash Collateral Account, assuming it is a Securities Account, the Collateral Agent becoming the Entitlement Holder with respect thereto. Such security interest shall be prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Customary Permitted Liens having priority over the Administrative Agent’s Lien by operation of law or otherwise as permitted under the Credit Agreement.
 
(b)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the security interest created by this Agreement in any Collateral that constitutes Securitization Assets shall be subject to the terms of the Securitization Intercreditor Agreement.
 
SECTION 3.3   Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office
 
(a)  Except as set forth on Schedule 1 (State of Incorporation; Principal Executive Office), within the five-year period preceding the date hereof such Grantor has not had, or operated in any jurisdiction under, any trade name, fictitious name or other name other than its legal name.
 
(b)  On the date hereof such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number, if any, and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business is specified on Schedule 1 (State of Incorporation; Principal Executive Office).
 
SECTION 3.4   Inventory and Equipment
 
On the date hereof, such Grantor’s Inventory and Equipment (other than mobile goods and Inventory or Equipment in transit) are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 4 (Location of Inventory and Equipment).
 
SECTION 3.5   Pledged Collateral
 
(a)  The Pledged Stock, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests pledged hereunder by such Grantor are listed on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral) and constitute that percentage of the issued and outstanding equity of all classes of each issuer thereof as set forth on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral). All the Pledged Stock, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests held by such Grantor as of the date hereof are listed on Schedule 2. All of the Pledged Stock, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged LLC Interests have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
 
(b)  The Pledged Notes pledged hereunder by such Grantor, being all of the Pledged Notes held by such Grantor, are listed on Schedule 2 (Pledged Collateral). Each of the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

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(c)  All Pledged Collateral and, if applicable, any Additional Pledged Collateral, consisting of certificated securities or Instruments has been delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 4.4(a) (Pledged Collateral).
 
(d)  All Pledged Collateral held by a Securities Intermediary in a Securities Account is, or upon the request of the Administrative Agent, shall be, in a Control Account in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
 
(e)  Other than the Pledged Partnership Interests and the Pledged LLC Interests that constitute General Intangibles, there is no Pledged Collateral other than that represented by certificated securities or Instruments in the possession of the Administrative Agent or that consisting of Financial Assets held in a Control Account.
 
(f)  The LLC Agreement governing any Pledged LLC Interest and the Partnership Agreement governing any Pledged Partnership Interest provide that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of the Grantor granting the security interest therein, and that a transferee or assignee of a membership interest or partnership interest, as the case may be, of such LLC or Partnership, as the case may be, shall become a member or partner, as the case may be, of such LLC or Partnership, as the case may be, entitled to participate in the management thereof and, upon the transfer of the entire interest of such Grantor, such Grantor ceases to be a member or partner, as the case may be; provided, however, that, prior to the time that each of the NexGen LLC Agreement and the EJ Polymer LLC Agreement, as applicable, is amended in accordance with Section 4.4(g) (Pledged Collateral), the foregoing shall not apply to the NexGen LLC Agreement or the EJ Polymer LLC Agreement, as the case may be.
 
SECTION 3.6   Accounts
 
No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Account is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper that has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent, properly endorsed for transfer, to the extent delivery is required by Section 4.4 (Pledged Collateral).
 
SECTION 3.7   Intellectual Property
 
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owned by such Grantor is the subject of any licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to which such Grantor is the licensor or franchisor.
 
(d)  No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority that would limit, cancel or question the validity of, or such Grantor’s rights in, any Material Intellectual Property.
 
(e)  No action or proceeding seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of any Material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor or such Grantor’s ownership interest therein is on the date hereof pending or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened. There are no claims, judgments or settlements to be paid by such Grantor relating to the Material Intellectual Property.
 
SECTION 3.8  General Intangibles; Contractual Obligations
 
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon request by the Administrative Agent, each Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain any consents, waivers or agreements necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to exercise its remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents with respect to such Grantor’s rights under any Material Contract and, solely with respect to the Company and Holdings, the Acquisition Agreement and related documentation.            
 
 
 
ARTICLE IV
 
COVENANTS
 
Each Grantor agrees with the Administrative Agent that, as long as any Obligation or Commitment remains outstanding and unless the Requisite Lenders (or the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Requisite Lenders) otherwise consent in writing:
 
SECTION 4.1   Generally
 
Such Grantor shall (a) except for the security interest created by this Agreement, not create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any Collateral, except Liens permitted under Section 8.2 (Liens, Etc.) of the Credit Agreement, (b) not use or permit any Collateral to be used unlawfully or in violation of any provision of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Requirement of Law, any Material Contract, any Related Document or any policy of insurance covering the Collateral, (c) not sell, transfer or assign (by operation of law or otherwise) any Collateral except as permitted under the Credit Agreement, (d) except for the Credit Agreement not enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign or transfer any Collateral except as permitted under the Credit Agreement and (e) promptly notify the Administrative Agent of its entry into any agreement or assumption of undertaking that restricts the ability to sell, assign or transfer any Collateral, other than such agreements or assumptions of undertaking entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices.
 
SECTION 4.2   Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation
 
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(other than Persons holding Liens expressly permitted by Section 8.2 (Liens, Etc.) of the Credit Agreement).
 
(b)  Such Grantor shall furnish to the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
 
(c)  At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor shall promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including the filing of any financing or continuation statement under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby and the execution and delivery of Deposit Account Control Agreements and Control Account Agreements.
 
SECTION 4.3   Changes in Locations, Name, Etc.
 
(a)  Except upon 15 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of (i) all additional executed financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein and (ii) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 4 (Location of Inventory and Equipment) showing (x) any new locations where Inventory or Equipment shall be kept and (y) any changes in the location at which Inventory or Equipment shall be kept that would require the Administrative Agent to file additional UCC financing statements to maintain a perfected security interest in such Collateral, such Grantor shall not do any of the following:
 
(i)  permit any Inventory or Equipment to be kept at a location other than those listed on Schedule 4 (Location of Inventory and Equipment);
 
(ii)  change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business from that referred to in Section 3.3 (Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office); or
 
(iii)  change its name, identity or corporate structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.
 
(b)  Such Grantor shall keep and maintain at its own cost and expense satisfactory and complete records of the Collateral, consistent with its past practices in the ordinary course of business and including a record of all payments received and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral and all other dealings with the Collateral. If requested by the Administrative Agent, the security interest of the Administrative Agent shall be noted on the certificate of title of each Vehicle.

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SECTION 4.4   Pledged Collateral
 
(a)  Such Grantor shall (i) deliver to the Administrative Agent, all certificates and Instruments representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral (including Additional Pledged Collateral), whether now existing or hereafter acquired, in suitable form for transfer by delivery or, as applicable, accompanied by such Grantor’s endorsement, where necessary, or duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, together, in respect of any Additional Pledged Collateral, with a Pledge Amendment, duly executed by the Grantor, in substantially the form of Annex 3 (Form of Pledge Amendment) or such other documentation acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (ii) maintain all other Investment Property in a Control Account. Such Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to attach each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have the right, at any time in its discretion and without notice to the Grantor, to transfer to or to register in its name or in the name of its nominees any Pledged Collateral. The Administrative Agent shall have the right at any time to exchange any certificate or instrument representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.
 
(b)  Except as provided in Article V (Remedial Provisions), such Grantor shall be entitled to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Equity Collateral (other than liquidating or distributing dividends). Any sums paid upon or in respect of any Pledged Collateral upon the liquidation or dissolution of any issuer of any Pledged Collateral, any distribution of capital made on or in respect of any Pledged Equity Collateral or any property distributed upon or with respect to any Pledged Equity Collateral pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any issuer of Pledged Collateral or pursuant to the reorganization thereof shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, be delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations. If any sum of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of any Pledged Collateral shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold such money or property in trust for the Administrative Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, as additional security for the Secured Obligations.
 
(c)  Except as provided in Article V (Remedial Provisions), such Grantor shall be entitled to exercise all voting, consent, corporate, partnership or limited liability company rights with respect to the Pledged Equity Collateral; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast, consent given or right exercised or other action taken by such Grantor that would impair the Collateral, be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Material Contract or, without prior notice to the Administrative Agent, enable or permit any issuer of Pledged Collateral to issue any stock or other equity securities of any nature or to issue any other securities convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any stock or other equity securities of any nature of any issuer of Pledged Collateral.
 
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case of each Grantor that is a partner in a Partnership, such Grantor hereby consents to the extent required by the applicable Partnership Agreement to the pledge by each other Grantor, pursuant to the terms hereof, of the Pledged Partnership Interests in such Partnership and to the transfer of such Pledged Partnership Interests to the Administrative Agent or its nominee and to the substitution of the Administrative Agent or its nominee as a substituted partner in such Partnership with all the rights, powers and duties of a general partner or a limited partner, as the case may be. In the case of each Grantor member of an LLC, such Grantor hereby consents to the extent required by the applicable LLC Agreement to the pledge by each other Grantor, pursuant to the terms hereof, of the Pledged LLC Interests in such LLC and to the transfer of such Pledged LLC Interests to the Administrative Agent or its nominee and to the substitution of the Administrative Agent or its nominee as a substituted member of the LLC with all the rights, powers and duties of a member of the LLC in question.
 
(f)  Such Grantor shall not agree to any amendment of an LLC Agreement or Partnership Agreement that in any way adversely affects the perfection of the security interest of the Administrative Agent in the Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests pledged by such Grantor hereunder, including any amendment electing to treat the membership interest or partnership interest of such Grantor as a security under Section 8-103 of the UCC.
 
(g)  The Company shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to cause, no later than the date that is thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, or such later date as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, each of the NexGen LLC Agreement and the EJ Polymer LLC Agreement to be amended to provide that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of the Grantor granting the security interest therein, and that a transferee or assignee of a membership interest of NexGen or EJ Polymer, as the case may be, shall become a member of NexGen or EJ Polymer, as the case may be, entitled to participate in the management thereof and, upon the transfer of the entire interest of such Grantor, such Grantor ceases to be a member.
 
SECTION 4.5   Control Accounts; Approved Deposit Accounts
 
(a)  The terms and conditions of Section 7.17 (Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts) of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference herein with the same effect as if fully set forth herein and as if each reference to a “Material Loan Party” therein were a reference to a Grantor.
 
(b)  Prior to the 90th day after the Closing Date (or such later date as agreed to by the Administrative Agent), each Grantor shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (i) with respect to each Concentration Account, a Deposit Account Control Agreement and (ii) with respect to each Material Securities Account, a Control Account Agreement, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
 
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(d)  If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon request by the Administrative Agent, no Grantor shall establish or maintain any Securities Account that is not a Control Account.
 
SECTION 4.6   Accounts
 
(a)  Such Grantor shall not, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice, (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any Account, (ii) compromise or settle any Account for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any Account, (iv) allow any credit or discount on any Account or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Account in any manner that could adversely affect the value thereof.
 
(b)  The Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Accounts in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and such Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require in connection therewith; provided, however, that as long as no Default or Event of Default exists at the time of that such test verification is made, the Administrative Agent shall not contact the Account Debtors with respect to such Accounts without the prior written consent of the applicable Grantor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. At any time and from time to time, upon the Administrative Agent’s request and at the expense of the relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to furnish to the Administrative Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the Accounts; provided, however, that unless an Event of Default shall be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall request no more than four such reports during any calendar year.
 
SECTION 4.7   Delivery of Instruments and Chattel Paper
 
If any amount in excess of $500,000 payable under or in connection with any Collateral owned by such Grantor shall be or become evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper, such Grantor shall immediately deliver such Instrument or Chattel Paper to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, or, if consented to by the Administrative Agent, shall mark all such Instruments and Chattel Paper with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of Citicorp USA, Inc., as Administrative Agent ”.
 
SECTION 4.8   Intellectual Property
 
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impaired in any way or to destroy or otherwise tarnish the goodwill associated with any Trademark.
 
(b)  Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) shall not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any Patent that is Material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public.
 
(c)  Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) (i) shall not (and shall not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or omit to do any act whereby any portion of the Copyrights that is Material Intellectual Property may become invalidated or otherwise impaired and (ii) shall not (either itself or through licensees) do any act whereby any portion of the Copyrights that is Material Intellectual Property may fall into the public domain.
 
(d)  Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) shall not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any trade secret that is Material Intellectual Property may become publicly available or otherwise unprotectable.
 
(e)  Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) shall not do any act that knowingly uses any Material Intellectual Property to infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.
 
(f)  Such Grantor shall notify the Administrative Agent immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating to any Material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal in any country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of, right to use, interest in, or the validity of, any Material Intellectual Property or such Grantor’s right to register the same or to own and maintain the same.
 
(g)  Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration of any Material Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency within or outside the United States, such Grantor shall report such filing to the Administrative Agent within five Business Days after the last day of the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative Agent may request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s security interest in any Copyright, Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.
 
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(i)  In the event that any Material Intellectual Property is infringed upon or misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly after such Grantor learns thereof. Such Grantor shall take appropriate action in response to such infringement, misappropriation of dilution, including promptly bringing suit for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any damage for such infringement, misappropriation of dilution, and shall take such other actions may be appropriate in its reasonable judgment under the circumstances to protect such Material Intellectual Property.
 
(j)  Unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent for filing in (i) the United States Copyright Office a short-form copyright security agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex 5 (Form of Short Form Copyright Security Agreement), (ii) in the United States Patent and Trademark Office a short-form patent security agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex 6 (Form of Short Form Patent Security Agreement) and (iii) the United States Patent and Trademark Office a short-form trademark security agreement in form attached hereto as Annex 7 (Form of Short Form Trademark Security Agreement), in each case with respect to any Material Intellectual Property.
 
SECTION 4.9   Vehicles
 
Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, within 30 days after the date of such request, and, with respect to any Vehicle acquired by such Grantor subsequent to the date of any such request, within 30 days after the date of acquisition thereof, such Grantor shall file all applications for certificates of title or ownership indicating the Administrative Agent’s first priority security interest in the Vehicle covered by such certificate and any other necessary documentation, in each office in each jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent shall deem advisable to perfect its security interests in the Vehicles
 
SECTION 4.10   Payment of Obligations
 
Such Grantor shall pay and discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Collateral or in respect of income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims of any kind (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against or with respect to the Collateral, except that no such charge need be paid if the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of such Grantor and such proceedings could not reasonably be expected to result in the sale, forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the Collateral or any interest therein.
 
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Agreement and such writing shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Each Grantor hereby agrees to execute and deliver any additional documents or instruments, including any financing statements or amendments to any then existing financing statements, that the Administrative Agent deems necessary to create, perfect and protect the Administrative Agent’s Lien on and security interest in such Additional Commercial Tort Claim.
 
ARTICLE V
 
REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
 
SECTION 5.1   Code and Other Remedies
 
During the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon any Collateral, and may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver any Collateral (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Administrative Agent shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Administrative Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at places that the Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 5.1, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Administrative Agent and any other Secured Party hereunder, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, in such order as the Credit Agreement shall prescribe, and only after such application and after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.
 
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deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent if required, in an Approved Deposit Account or a Cash Collateral Account, subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 5.4 (Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent). Until so turned over, such payment shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Accounts and payments in respect of General Intangibles shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.
 
(b)  At the Administrative Agent’s request, during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions that gave rise to the Accounts or payments in respect of General Intangibles, including all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
 
(c)  The Administrative Agent may, without notice, at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, limit or terminate the authority of a Grantor to collect its Accounts or amounts due under General Intangibles or any thereof.
 
(d)  Upon notice to the applicable Grantors, the Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with Account Debtors to verify with them to the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Account or amounts due under any General Intangible.
 
(e)  Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify Account Debtors that the Accounts or General Intangibles have been collaterally assigned to the Administrative Agent and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent. In addition, the Administrative Agent may at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default enforce such Grantor’s rights against such Account Debtors and obligors of General Intangibles.
 
(f)  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Accounts and payments in respect of General Intangibles to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any agreement giving rise to an Account or a payment in respect of a General Intangible by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any obligation of any Grantor under or pursuant to any agreement giving rise to an Account or a payment in respect of a General Intangible, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts that may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

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SECTION 5.3   Pledged Collateral
 
(a)  During the continuance of an Event of Default, upon notice by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral and make application thereof to the Secured Obligations in the order set forth in the Credit Agreement and (ii) the Administrative Agent or its nominee may exercise (A) any voting, consent, corporate and other right pertaining to the Pledged Collateral at any meeting of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, of the relevant issuer or issuers of Pledged Collateral or otherwise and (B) any right of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other right, privilege or option pertaining to the Pledged Collateral as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the right to exchange at its discretion any of the Pledged Collateral upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate, partnership or limited liability company structure of any issuer of Pledged Collateral, the right to deposit and deliver any Pledged Collateral with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.
 
(b)  In order to permit the Administrative Agent to exercise the voting and other consensual rights that it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions that it may be entitled to receive hereunder, (i) each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the Administrative Agent all such proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request and (ii) without limiting the effect of clause (i) above, such Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable proxy to vote all or any part of the Pledged Collateral and to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of the Pledged Collateral would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, calling special meetings of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, and voting at such meetings), which proxy shall be effective, automatically and without the necessity of any action (including any transfer of any Pledged Collateral on the record books of the issuer thereof) by any other person (including the issuer of such Pledged Collateral or any officer or agent thereof) during the continuance of an Event of Default and which proxy shall only terminate upon the payment in full of the Secured Obligations.
 
(c)  Each Grantor hereby expressly authorizes and instructs each issuer of any Pledged Collateral pledged hereunder by such Grantor to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (A) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that such issuer shall be fully protected in so complying and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividend or other payment with respect to the Pledged Collateral directly to the Administrative Agent for deposit in a Cash Collateral Account or, with the consent of the Administrative Agent, an Approved Deposit Account.

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SECTION 5.4   Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent
 
All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent under this Article V shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a Cash Collateral Account. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent in a Cash Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent) shall continue to be held as collateral security for the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in the Credit Agreement.
 
SECTION 5.5   Registration Rights
 
(a)  If the Administrative Agent shall determine to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Pledged Equity Collateral pursuant to Section 5.1 (Code and Other Remedies), and if in the opinion of the Administrative Agent it is necessary or advisable to have the Pledged Equity Collateral, or any portion thereof to be registered under the provisions of the Securities Act, the relevant Grantor shall cause the issuer thereof to (i) execute and deliver, and cause the directors and officers of such issuer to execute and deliver, all such instruments and documents, and do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, necessary or advisable to register the Pledged Equity Collateral, or that portion thereof to be sold, under the provisions of the Securities Act, (ii) use its best efforts to cause the registration statement relating thereto to become effective and to remain effective for a period of one year from the date of the first public offering of the Pledged Equity Collateral, or that portion thereof to be sold and (iii) make all amendments thereto or to the related prospectus that, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, are necessary or advisable, all in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission applicable thereto. Each Grantor agrees to cause such issuer to comply with the provisions of the securities or “Blue Sky” laws or other comparable laws of any jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent shall designate and to make available to its security holders, as soon as practicable, an earnings statement (which need not be audited) satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act.
 
(b)  Each Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any Pledged Equity Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, the Securities Act (Ontario) or otherwise or may determine that a public sale is impracticable or not commercially reasonable and, accordingly, may resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers that shall be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any Pledged Equity Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, under applicable state securities laws or under the Securities Act (Ontario), in each case even if such issuer would agree to do so.
 
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Secured Parties, that the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 5.5 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defense against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.
 
SECTION 5.6   Deficiency
 
Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay the Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorney employed by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to collect such deficiency.
 
ARTICLE VI
 
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
 
SECTION 6.1   Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact
 
(a)  Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to take any appropriate action and to execute any document and instrument that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any of the following:
 
(i)  in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any check, draft, note, acceptance or other instrument for the payment of moneys due under any Account or General Intangible or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any such moneys due under any Account or General Intangible or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;
 
(ii)  in the case of any Material Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any agreement, instrument, document and paper as the Administrative Agent may request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s security interest in such Material Intellectual Property and the goodwill and General Intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;
 
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(v)  (A)  direct any party liable for any payment under any Collateral to make payment of any moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct, (B) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral, (C) sign and indorse any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipt, draft against debtors, assignment, verification, notice and other document in connection with any Collateral, (D) commence and prosecute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral, (E) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral, (F) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate, (G) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Trademark pertains) throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner as the Administrative Agent shall in its sole discretion determine, including the execution and filing of any document necessary to effectuate or record such assignment and (H) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any Collateral as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Administrative Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things that the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Administrative Agent’s and the other Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.
 
Anything in this clause (a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent agrees that it shall not exercise any right under the power of attorney provided for in this clause (a) unless an Event of Default shall be continuing.
 
(b)  If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.
 
(c)  The expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 6.1, together with interest thereon at a rate per annum equal to the rate per annum at which interest would then be payable on past due Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans under the Credit Agreement, from the date of payment by the Administrative Agent to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent on demand.
 
(d)  Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released.
 
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manner as the Administrative Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Administrative Agent, any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any Collateral or any party thereof. The powers conferred on the Administrative Agent hereunder are solely to protect the Administrative Agent’s interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
 
SECTION 6.3   Execution of Financing Statements
 
Each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to file or record financing statements (including continuations thereof and any new financing statement containing a description of the Collateral granted hereunder as “all assets” or “all property”) and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. A photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.
 
SECTION 6.4   Authority of Administrative Agent
 
Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
 
SECTION 6.5  Matters Relating to Dutch Collateral
 
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(ii)  the Parallel Debt is a claim of CUSA which is independent and separate from, and without prejudice to, the claims of the Lenders and Issuers in respect of the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents;
 
(iii)  the Parallel Debt is not a claim which is held jointly with the Secured Parties and consequently, that the laws of The Netherlands governing the joint holding (gemeenschap) of claims are not applicable to the Parallel Debt or to claims of the Lenders and Issuers in respect of such obligations and to the extent any such laws are applicable, the applicability of such laws is hereby expressly waived to the extent possible and permitted as matter of applicable law;
 
(iv)  every payment of monies made by a Loan Party to a Secured Party towards or in satisfaction of the Secured Obligations of such Loan Party shall be in satisfaction pro tanto of the Parallel Debt, provided that if any payment as mentioned above is subsequently avoided or reduced by virtue of any provisions or enactments relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar laws of general application, CUSA shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment from the Loan Parties under the Parallel Debt and each Loan Party shall remain liable under the Parallel Debt to perform its relevant obligations and the relevant liability of the Loan Parties shall be deemed not to have been discharged;
 
(v)  subject to the proviso in clause (iv) above, but notwithstanding any of the other provisions of the Loan Documents:
 
(A)  the total amount due and payable as Parallel Debt shall be decreased to the extent that any Loan Party shall have paid any amount to the Secured Parties or any of them to reduce the total amount due and payable under the Loan Documents; and
 
(B)  to the extent that the Loan Parties shall have paid any amounts to CUSA under the Parallel Debt or CUSA shall have otherwise received monies in payment of the Parallel Debt, the total amount due and payable under the Loan Documents shall be decreased as if such amounts were received directly by the Secured Parties in payment of the outstanding obligations under the Loan Documents.
 
(b)  CUSA, acting in its own capacity, hereby agrees to apply all proceeds that it receives in connection with any enforcement action taken under or pursuant to the Dutch Law Collateral Documents, or otherwise in satisfaction in whole or in part of the Parallel Debt, mutatis mutandis in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement for the application of proceeds by the Administrative Agent.
 
ARTICLE VII
 
MISCELLANEOUS
 
SECTION 7.1   Amendments in Writing
 
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SECTION 7.2   Notices
 
All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Company hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.8 (Notices, Etc.) of the Credit Agreement and any notice, request or demand to or upon any other Grantor shall be addressed to such Grantor care of the Company at the Company’s notice address set forth in such Section 11.8 of the Credit Agreement.
 
SECTION 7.3   No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies
 
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 7.1 (Amendments in Writing)), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that the Administrative Agent or such other Secured Party 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 7.4   Successors and Assigns
 
This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party and their successors and assigns; provided, however, that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
 
SECTION 7.5   Counterparts
 
This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature pages are attached to the same document. Delivery of an executed counterpart by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.
 
SECTION 7.6   Severability
 
Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

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SECTION 7.7   Section Headings
 
The Article and Section titles contained in this Agreement are, and shall be, without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not part of the agreement of the parties hereto.
 
SECTION 7.8   Entire Agreement
 
This Agreement together with the other Loan Documents represents the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
 
SECTION 7.9   Governing Law
 
This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
 
SECTION 7.10   Additional Grantors
 
If, pursuant to Section 7.11 (Additional Collateral and Guaranties) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers shall be required to cause any Subsidiary that is not a Grantor to become a Grantor hereunder, such Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Joinder Agreement in the form of Annex 4 (Form of Joinder Agreement) and shall thereafter for all purposes be a party hereto and have the same rights, benefits and obligations as a Grantor party hereto on the Closing Date.
 
SECTION 7.11   Release of Collateral
 
(a)  At the time provided in Section 10.7(b)(i) (Concerning the Collateral and the Collateral Documents) of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral shall be released from the Lien created hereby and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Grantor. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral of such Grantor held by the Administrative Agent hereunder and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
 
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Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least ten Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Grantor and the terms of the sale or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by a Responsible Officer of the Company stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
 
SECTION 7.12   Reinstatement
 
Each Grantor further agrees that, if any payment made by any Loan Party or other Person and applied to the Obligations is at any time annulled, avoided, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the proceeds of Collateral are required to be returned by any Secured Party to such Loan Party, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other party, including any Grantor, under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, any Lien or other Collateral securing such liability shall be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made or, if prior thereto the Lien granted hereby or other Collateral securing such liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by virtue of such cancellation or surrender), such Lien or other Collateral shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect any Lien or other Collateral securing the obligations of any Grantor in respect of the amount of such payment.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Pledge and Security Agreement has been duly executed by the Grantors as of the day and year first set forth above.
 
GRANTORS
 
 
JOHNSONDIVERSEY, INC.,
JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
JOHNSON POLYMER, INC.
PRISM SANITATION MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:
 
/s/  JOANNE BRANDES       

   
JoAnne Brandes
Secretary
 
 
CHEMICAL METHODS ASSOCIATES, INC.
CHEMICAL METHODS LEASCO, INC.
U S CHEMICAL CORPORATION
WHITMIRE MICRO-GEN RESEARCH LABORATORIES, INC.
By:
 
/s/  DAVID C. QUAST       

   
David C. Quast
Secretary
 
 
JOHNSON PROFESSIONAL CO., LTD.
JOHNSON DIVERSEY CAYMAN, INC.
JWP INVESTMENTS OFFSHORE, INC.
INTEGRATED SANITATION MANAGEMENT, INC.
JWP INVESTMENTS, INC.
THE BUTCHER COMPANY
DUBOIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
JOHNSON DIVERSEY PUERTO RICO, INC.
PROFESSIONAL SHAREHOLDINGS, INC.
JOHNSON DIVERSEY SUBSIDIARY #1 LLC
JD REAL ESTATE SUBSIDIARY, LLC
JOHNSON WAX DIVERSEY SHAREHOLDINGS, INC. JOHNSON DIVERSEY SHAREHOLDINGS, INC.
AUTO-C, LLC
By:
 
/s/  LUIS F. MACHADO      

   
Luis F. Machado
 
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Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written:
 
CITICORP USA, INC.,
as Administrative Agent
By:
 
/s/    JOHN W. PERUZZI       

   
John W. Peruzzi
Vice President
 
 
 
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