Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION


 



 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

October 11, 2013

 

among

 

ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC.,
 as Borrower

 

THE OTHER GRANTORS IDENTIFIED HEREIN

 

and

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
 as Collateral Agent


 



 











 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
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ARTICLE I
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Definitions
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 1.01.
    	
Credit Agreement
    	
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SECTION 1.02.
    	
Other Defined Terms
    	
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ARTICLE II
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Pledge of Securities
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 2.01.
    	
Pledge
    	
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SECTION 2.02.
    	
Delivery of the Pledged Collateral
    	
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SECTION 2.03.
    	
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
    	
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SECTION 2.04.
    	
Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited   Partnership Interests
    	
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SECTION 2.05.
    	
Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations
    	
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SECTION 2.06.
    	
Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest
    	
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ARTICLE III
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Security Interests in Personal Property
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 3.01.
    	
Security Interest
    	
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SECTION 3.02.
    	
Representations and Warranties
    	
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SECTION 3.03.
    	
Covenants
    	
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SECTION 3.04.
    	
Instruments
    	
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ARTICLE IV
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Remedies
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 4.01.
    	
Remedies upon Default
    	
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SECTION 4.02.
    	
Application of Proceeds
    	
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SECTION 4.03.
    	
Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property; Power of   Attorney
    	
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ARTICLE V
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
Miscellaneous
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SECTION 5.01.
    	
Notices
    	
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SECTION 5.02.
    	
Waivers; Amendment
    	
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SECTION 5.03.
    	
Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses
    	
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SECTION 5.04.
    	
Successors and Assigns
    	
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SECTION 5.05.
    	
Survival of Agreement
    	
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SECTION 5.06.
    	
Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns;   Several Agreement
    	
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SECTION 5.07.
    	
Severability
    	
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SECTION 5.08.
    	
Right of Set-Off
    	
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SECTION 5.09.
    	
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial;   Consent to Service of Process
    	
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SECTION 5.10.
    	
Headings
    	
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SECTION 5.11.
    	
Security Interest Absolute
    	
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SECTION 5.12.
    	
Intercreditor Agreement Governs
    	
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SECTION 5.13.
    	
Termination or Release
    	
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SECTION 5.14.
    	
Additional Guarantors
    	
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SECTION 5.15.
    	
Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact
    	
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SECTION 5.16.
    	
General Authority of the Collateral Agent
    	
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SECTION 5.17.
    	
Reasonable Care
    	
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SECTION 5.18.
    	
Mortgages
    	
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SECTION 5.19.
    	
Reinstatement
    	
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SECTION 5.20.
    	
Miscellaneous
    	
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Schedules
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
SCHEDULE   I
    	
Pledged   Equity; Pledged Debt
    	
 
    
	
SCHEDULE   II
    	
Commercial   Tort Claims
    	
 
    
	
SCHEDULE   III
    	
Excluded   Patents
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibits
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
EXHIBIT I
    	
Form of   Security Agreement Supplement
    	
 
    
	
EXHIBIT II
    	
Form of   Patent Security Agreement
    	
 
    
	
EXHIBIT III
    	
Form of   Trademark Security Agreement
    	
 
    
	
EXHIBIT IV
    	
Form of   Copyright Security Agreement
    	
 
    


 

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SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of October 11, 2013 among ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the other Grantors identified herein and who from time to time become a party hereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as collateral agent for the Secured Parties (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 11, 2013 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender, and L/C Issuer, the Collateral Agent and each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).  The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Hedge Banks have agreed to perform certain obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements and Treasury Services Agreements.  The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit and the performance of such obligations of the Hedge Banks under the Secured Hedge Agreements and Treasury Services Agreements are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement.  The Guarantors are affiliates of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the performance of such obligations by the Hedge Banks and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit and the Hedge Banks to enter into such Secured Hedge Agreements and Treasury Services Agreements.  Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01.                              Credit Agreement.

 

(a)                                 Unless otherwise noted, capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.  Whether or not defined in the Credit Agreement, all terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified therein; the term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

 

(b)                                 The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.

 

SECTION 1.02.                              Other Defined Terms.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.

 

“Accounts” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

 

“Agreement” means this Security Agreement.

 

“Article 9 Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).

 

“Collateral” means the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.

 











 

“Copyright License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third party under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of such Grantor under any such agreement.

 

“Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to and under the copyright laws of the United States, whether as author, assignee, transferee, exclusive licensee or otherwise, and (b) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the USCO.

 

“Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

 

“Excluded Assets” means (a) any fee-owned Real Property, together with any improvements thereon, with an individual fair market value of less than $5,000,000 and all Real Property leasehold interests (including requirements to deliver landlord lien waivers, estoppels and collateral access letters), (b) vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title to the extent a Lien thereon cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction, (c) Letter-of-Credit Rights (other than to the extent a Lien thereon can be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC), (d) Commercial Tort Claims with a value of less than $10,000,000, (e) any asset or property to the extent the grant of a security interest is prohibited by applicable Law or requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such applicable Law, in each case after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable Law and other than Proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition, (f) assets to the extent a security interest in such assets would result in material adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined, in writing, by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, (g) any lease, license or other agreement or Contractual Obligation or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, Lien securing a Capitalized Lease Obligation or similar arrangement, in each case permitted to be incurred under the Credit Agreement, to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would require a consent not obtained or violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or Contractual Obligation or purchase money arrangement, Capitalized Lease Obligation or similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor), in each case after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction and other applicable Law and other than Proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition, (h) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall reasonably determine, in writing, that the cost of obtaining a Lien thereon or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby, (i) voting Equity Interests in excess of 65% of the total voting Equity Interests in (A) any CFC or (B) any CFC Holdco, (j) any Equity Interests constituting margin stock and any Equity Interests in (A) any Person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to the extent and for so long as the granting of a Lien on such Equity Interests would be prohibited by the terms of any Organization Document, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement governing such Person or require any consent not obtained of any one or more third parties (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor), after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable Law and other than Proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition, (B) Amber Holding, (C) any Unrestricted Subsidiary (until such time as any Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary), (D) any Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to clause (b) of the definition thereof (until

 

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such time as such Subsidiary is no longer an Excluded Subsidiary pursuant to clause (b) of the definition thereof), or (E) any Equity Interests in Vivendi Games Asia Pte Ltd.; provided that if Vivendi Games Asia Pte Ltd. is not dissolved in accordance with Section 3.03(h) then such Equity Interests shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause (E) and shall constitute Collateral, (k) any “intent-to-use” trademark applications prior to the filing and acceptance of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, (l) any foreign assets, rights or property or credit support; provided that this clause (l) shall not exclude any Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries that are otherwise required to be pledged pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.; provided, however, that “Excluded Assets” shall not include any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any “Excluded Assets” referred to in clauses (a) through (m) (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute “Excluded Assets” referred to in any of clauses (a) through (m)).

 

“Excluded Patents” means the Patents identified on Schedule III attached hereto.

 

“General Intangibles” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC and includes for the avoidance of doubt corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap Contracts and other agreements), goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Grantor, as the case may be, to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.

 

“Grantor” means each of the Borrower, each Guarantor that is a party hereto, and each Guarantor that becomes a party to this Agreement after the Closing Date.

 

“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, show-how or other data or information, the intellectual property rights in software and databases and related documentation and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing any of the foregoing; provided that the foregoing does not include any such assets, rights or property subsisting outside the United States.

 

“Intellectual Property Security Agreements” means the short-form Patent Security Agreement, short-form Trademark Security Agreement, and short-form Copyright Security Agreement, each substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits II, III and IV, respectively.

 

“Investment Property” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC, but shall not include any Pledged Collateral.

 

“License” means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other Intellectual Property license or sublicense agreement to which any Grantor is a party, together with any and all (i) renewals, extensions, amendments and supplements thereof, (ii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder or with respect thereto including damages for breach or for infringement claims pertaining to the licensed Intellectual Property (to the extent that a Grantor has the right to collect them), and (iii) rights to sue for past, present and future breaches or violations thereof.

 

“New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

 

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“Patent License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.

 

“Patents” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all letters patent of the United States, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States, and (b) all reissues, re-examinations, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals, or extensions thereof, and the inventions or improvements disclosed or claimed therein.

 

“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

 

“Pledged Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

 

“Pledged Equity” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

 

“Pledged Securities” means any promissory notes, stock certificates, limited or unlimited liability membership certificates or other securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.

 

“Security Agreement Supplement” means an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto.

 

“Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).

 

“Trademark License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any Grantor or that any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement.

 

“Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, trade dress, logos, designs, fictitious business names other source or business identifiers protected under the laws of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith in the USPTO or any similar offices in any State of the United States or any political subdivision thereof, and all renewals thereof, as well as any unregistered trademarks and service marks used by a Grantor and (b) all goodwill connected with the use thereof and symbolized thereby.

 

“USCO” means the United States Copyright Office.

 

“USPTO” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

Pledge of Securities

 

SECTION 2.01.                              Pledge.  As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, including the Guarantee, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (i) all Equity Interests held by it, including those listed on Schedule I and any other Equity Interests obtained in the future by such Grantor and the certificates, if any, representing all such Equity Interests (the “Pledged Equity”); provided that the Pledged Equity shall not include any Excluded Assets; (ii) (A) the debt securities owned by it and listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule I, (B) any debt securities obtained in the future by such Grantor and (C) the intercompany notes and other promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing such debt securities (the “Pledged Debt”); provided that the Pledged Debt shall not include any Excluded Assets; (iii) all other property that may be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.01 and Section 2.02; (iv) subject to Section 2.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt; (v) subject to Section 2.06, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above; and (vi) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”); provided that the Pledged Collateral shall not include any Excluded Assets.

 

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever, subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

SECTION 2.02.                              Delivery of the Pledged Collateral.

 

(a)                                 Each Grantor agrees to deliver to the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date all Pledged Securities owned by it on the Closing Date and with respect to any Pledged Securities issued or acquired after the Closing Date, it agrees to deliver or cause to be delivered as promptly as practicable (and in any event, within 60 days after the date of acquisition thereof or such longer period as to which the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all such Pledged Securities (other than any uncertificated securities, but only for so long as such securities remain uncertificated).

 

(b)                                 The Grantors will cause any Indebtedness for borrowed money owed to any Grantor by any Person (other than intercompany Indebtedness between Grantors) having a principal amount in excess of (i) $25,000,000 individually or (ii) when aggregated with all other such Indebtedness for which this clause has not been satisfied, $100,000,000 in the aggregate, to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note that is pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(c)                                  Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by undated stock or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other instruments and documents as

 

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the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by undated proper instruments of assignment or transfer duly executed in blank by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.

 

SECTION 2.03.                              Representations, Warranties and Covenants.  The Grantors jointly and severally represent, warrant and covenant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

 

(a)                                 Schedule I correctly sets forth, as of the Closing Date, a true and complete list, with respect to each Grantor, of (i) all the Equity Interests owned by such Grantor in any Person and the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity owned by such Grantor and (ii) all the Pledged Debt owned by such Grantor;

 

(b)                                 the Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower, to the best of such Grantor’s knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Equity (solely with respect to Pledged Equity issued by a Person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower, to the best of such Grantor’s knowledge), is fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower, to the best of such Grantor’s knowledge), is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each issuer thereof;

 

(c)                                  each of the Grantors (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Credit Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule I as owned by such Grantors, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than (A) Liens created by the Collateral Documents and (B) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than (A) Liens created by the Collateral Documents and (B) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement, and (iv) if requested by the Collateral Agent, will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;

 

(d)                                 except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents, the Senior Notes or applicable laws generally and except as described in the Perfection Certificate, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect in any manner material and adverse to the Secured Parties the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;

 

(e)                                  each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated; and

 

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(f)                                   no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect).

 

Each Grantor hereby agrees that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it will comply with instructions of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Equity Interests in such Grantor that constitute Pledged Equity hereunder that are not certificated without further consent by the applicable owner or holder of such Equity Interests.

 

SECTION 2.04.                              Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests.  Any limited liability company and any limited partnership controlled by any Grantor shall either (a) not include in its operative documents any provision that any Equity Interests in such limited liability company or such limited partnership be a “security” as defined under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code or (b) certificate any Equity Interests in any such limited liability company or such limited partnership. To the extent an interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by any Grantor and pledged under Section 2.01 is certificated or becomes certificated, (i) each such certificate shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to Section 2.02(a) and (ii) such Grantor shall fulfill all other requirements under Section 2.02 applicable in respect thereof.  Each Grantor hereby agrees that if any of the Pledged Collateral is at any time not evidenced by certificates of ownership, then each applicable Grantor shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) if necessary or desirable to perfect a security interest in such Pledged Collateral, cause such pledge to be recorded on the equityholder register or the books of the issuer, execute any customary pledge forms or other documents necessary or appropriate to complete the pledge and give the Collateral Agent the right to transfer such Pledged Collateral under the terms hereof, and (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon request by the Collateral Agent, (A) cause the Organization Documents of each such issuer of Equity Interests constituting Pledged Collateral to be amended to provide that such Pledged Collateral shall be treated as “securities” for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code and (B) cause such Pledged Collateral to become certificated and delivered to the Collateral Agent.

 

SECTION 2.05.                              Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations.  If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (a) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent, and each Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor and (b) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement; provided, that the Collateral Agent shall give the Borrower prior notice of its intent to exercise such rights.

 

SECTION 2.06.                              Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest.

 

(a)                                 Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Borrower that the rights of the Grantors under this Section 2.06 are being suspended:

 

(i)                                     Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner, except as may be permitted under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, that

 

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would materially and adversely affect the rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.

 

(ii)                                            So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and thereafter so long as the Borrower has not received written notice from the Collateral Agent that the rights of the Grantors under this Section 2.06 are being suspended and to the extent required under applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall be deemed without further action or formality to have granted to each Grantor all necessary consents relating to voting rights and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above and shall, if necessary, execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to each Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as each Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.

 

(iii)                                         Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable Laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and shall be promptly (and in any event within 30 days) delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).

 

(b)                                           Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Borrower of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions.  All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be promptly (and in any event within 30 days) delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).  Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02 hereof.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 that remain in such account.

 

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(c)                                            Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have provided the Borrower with at least 10 days’ notice of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights at the discretion of the Collateral Agent.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, each Grantor shall have the exclusive right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06.

 

(d)                                           Any notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Borrower suspending the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 (i) shall be given in writing, (ii) may be given with respect to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Security Interests in Personal Property

 

SECTION 3.01.           Security Interest.

 

(a)                                           As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, including the Guarantees, each Grantor hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all right, title or interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):

 

(i)                                               all Accounts;

 

(ii)                                            all Chattel Paper;

 

(iii)                                         all Commercial Tort Claims listed on Schedule II hereto;

 

(iv)                                        all Deposit Accounts;

 

(v)                                           all Documents;

 

(vi)                                        all Equipment;

 

(vii)                                     all Fixtures;

 

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(viii)                                  all General Intangibles and all Intellectual Property;

 

(ix)                                        all Goods;

 

(x)                                           all Instruments;

 

(xi)                                        all Inventory;

 

(xii)                                     all Investment Property;

 

(xiii)                                  all Pledged Securities;

 

(xiv)                                 all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral;

 

(xv)                                    all Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights;

 

(xvi)                                 all Money; and

 

(xvii)                              to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all Supporting Obligations, collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;

 

provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (and the term “Collateral” shall not include) any Excluded Assets, and, subject to Section 3.03(f)(vi), the Excluded Patents (provided that all Proceeds of the Excluded Patents are included in the Collateral).

 

(b)                                           Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral as “all assets of the Debtor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired” or words of similar effect as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or the analogous legislation of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and, if required, any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates.  Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon any reasonable request.

 

(c)                                            The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.

 

(d)                                           The Collateral Agent is authorized to file with the USPTO or the USCO (or any successor office) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest in United States Intellectual Property granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantor as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.

 

(e)                                            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, none of the Grantors shall be required (i) to perfect the Security Interests granted by this Security Agreement (including 

 

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Security Interests in Investment Property and Fixtures) by any means other than by (A) filings pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code of the relevant State(s) (excluding fixture filings in respect of anything other than Real Property required to be subject to a Mortgage pursuant to the Loan Documents), (B) filings in United States government offices with respect to Intellectual Property as expressly required elsewhere herein, (C) delivery to the Collateral Agent to be held in its possession of all Collateral consisting of Instruments or Pledged Securities as expressly required elsewhere herein or(D) other methods expressly provided herein, (ii) to enter into any deposit account control agreement or securities account control agreement with respect to any deposit account or securities account, (iii) to take any action (other than the actions listed in clause (i)(A), and (C) above) with respect to any assets located outside of the United States or (iv) to perfect in any assets subject to a certificate of title statute.

 

SECTION 3.02.           Representations and Warranties.  The Grantors jointly and severally represent, warrant and covenant, as to themselves and the other Grantors, to and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

 

(a)                                           Subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement, each Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder.

 

(b)                                           The Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings solely in respect of Real Property required to be subject to a Mortgage pursuant to the Loan Documents, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared by the Collateral Agent based upon the information provided to the Collateral Agent in the Perfection Certificate for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 5 to the Perfection Certificate (or specified by notice from the Borrower to the Collateral Agent after the Closing Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations (other than filings required to be made in the USPTO and the USCO in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights) required by the Credit Agreement), are all the filings, recordings and registrations that are necessary to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements and as required to be made in the USPTO and USCO in order to perfect the Security Interest in Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights acquired or developed by the Grantors after the date hereof.

 

(c)                                            Each Grantor represents and warrants that short-form Intellectual Property Security Agreements containing a description of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of United States Patents (except the Excluded Patents), United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending, unless it constitutes an Excluded Asset) and United States registered Copyrights, respectively, have been or on the Closing Date shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent for recording by the USPTO and the USCO pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 261, 15 U.S.C. § 1060 or 17 U.S.C. § 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, as may be necessary to establish a valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral consisting of registrations and applications for Patents (except the Excluded Patents), Trademarks (except pending Trademark applications that constitute Excluded Assets) and Copyrights to the extent a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the USPTO or the USCO, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration

 

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is necessary (other than (i) such filings and actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Article 9 Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed by any Grantor after the date hereof, and, in accordance with Section 3.03(f)(vi), the Excluded Patents (if any), and (ii) the UCC financing and continuation statements contemplated in Section 3.02(b)).

 

(d)                                           (i) When all appropriate filings, recordings, registrations or notifications are made as may be required under applicable Law to perfect the Security Interest and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of such Article 9 Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the extent required by this Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement, if then in effect), the Security Interest shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than (1) any nonconsensual Lien that is expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement and has priority as a matter of law and (2) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.

 

(e)                                            The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.  None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the New York UCC or any other applicable United States laws covering any Article 9 Collateral, (ii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with the USPTO or the USCO or (iii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 3.03.           Covenants.

 

(a)                                           The Borrower agrees promptly (and in any event within 60 days after such change) to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change in (i) legal name of any Grantor, (ii) the type of organization of any Grantor, (iii) the jurisdiction of organization of any Grantor, or (iv) the chief executive office of any Grantor and, upon request by the Collateral Agent, take all actions necessary to continue the perfection of the security interest created hereunder following any such change with the same priority as immediately prior to such change.  The Borrower agrees promptly to provide the Collateral Agent after notification of any such change with certified Organization Documents reflecting any of the changes described in the first sentence of this paragraph.

 

(b)                                           Each year, at the time of delivery of annual financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower shall deliver a Perfection Certificate Supplement in accordance with Section 6.02(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

(c)                                            Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.

 

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(d)                                           At its option, the Collateral Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Loan Document and within a reasonable period of time after the Collateral Agent has requested that it do so, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent within 10 Business Days after demand for any payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization in accordance with Section 5.03; provided, however, Grantors shall not be obligated to reimburse the Collateral Agent with respect to any Intellectual Property Collateral which any Grantor has failed to maintain or pursue, or otherwise allowed to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, in accordance with Section 3.03(f)(iv).  Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.

 

(e)                                            Commercial Tort Claims.  If the Grantors shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim in an amount reasonably estimated by such Grantor to exceed (i) $10,000,000 individually or (ii) when aggregated with all other Commercial Tort Claims for which this clause has not been satisfied, $50,000,000 in the aggregate, and, in each case, and for which a complaint in a court of competent jurisdiction has been filed, such Grantor shall within 60 days after the end of the fiscal quarter in which such complaint was filed (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) notify the Collateral Agent thereof in a writing signed by such Grantor including a brief summary description of such claim and grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in such writing a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

 

(f)                                             Intellectual Property Covenants.

 

(i)                                               Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement or with respect to registrations and applications no longer used or useful, and except to the extent failure to act would not, as deemed by the Borrower in its reasonable business judgment, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to registration or pending application of each item of its Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral for which such Grantor has standing to do so, each Grantor agrees to take, at its expense, all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, in the USPTO, the USCO and any other governmental authority located in the United States, to pursue the registration and maintenance of each Patent, Trademark, or Copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in such Article 9 Collateral of such Grantor.

 

(ii)                                            Other than to the extent permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement, or with respect to registrations and applications no longer used or useful, or except as would not, as deemed by the Borrower in its reasonable business judgment, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Grantor shall do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral may lapse, be terminated, or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain (or in the case of a trade secret, becomes publicly known).

 

(iii)                                         Other than as excluded or as permitted herein or in the Credit Agreement, or with respect to Patents, Copyrights or Trademarks which are no longer used or useful in the Grantor’s business operations or except where failure to do so would not, as deemed by the Borrower in its reasonable business judgment, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Grantor shall take all reasonable 

 

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steps to preserve and protect each item of its Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral, including, without limitation, maintaining the quality of any and all products or services used or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks, consistent with the quality of the products and services as of the date hereof, and taking all reasonable steps necessary to ensure that all licensed users of any of the Trademarks abide by the applicable license’s terms with respect to standards of quality.

 

(iv)                                        Notwithstanding clauses (i) through (iii) above, nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document prevents any Grantor from Disposing of, discontinuing the use or maintenance of, failing to pursue, or otherwise allowing to lapse, terminate or be put into the public domain, any of its Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement if such Grantor determines in its reasonable business judgment that any of the foregoing actions is desirable in the conduct of its business.

 

(v)                                           Within 60 calendar days after the end of each calendar quarter each Grantor shall provide a list of any additional applications for or registrations of Intellectual Property of such Grantor not previously disclosed to the Collateral Agent including such information as is necessary for such Grantor to make appropriate filings in the USPTO and the USCO with respect to Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral and deliver to the Collateral Agent at such time the short-form security agreement with respect to such Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights in appropriate form for filing with the USPTO or USCO, as applicable and file such agreements with the USPTO or USCO, as applicable.

 

(vi)                                        Notwithstanding that the Excluded Patents are not initially pledged as Collateral pursuant to Section 3.01(a):  in the event that the applicable Grantor does not enter into one or more definitive agreements with a third party for the Disposition of such Excluded Patents by the later of January 31, 2014 or the 90th calendar day after the Closing Date (the “Disposition Period”), then the applicable Grantor’s entire right, title and interest in and to the Excluded Patents that are not subject to any such definitive agreement shall automatically become part of the Intellectual Property included in the Collateral; provided that, if the Disposition is by means of a transaction other than a sale and assignment, then the following additional requirements shall apply: (i)  the Grantor’s residual interest in the Disposed Excluded Patents shall automatically become part of the Collateral, (ii) any and all consideration that is received by Grantors by virtue of such transaction shall be included in the Collateral (whether or not it technically qualifies as “Proceeds”), and (iii) the Grantor shall not grant a Lien in such Excluded Patents to the other party to the transaction, other than as permitted under the Credit Agreement.  The Collateral Agent shall have the ability to extend the Disposition Period in its reasonable discretion.  On or before the last day of the Disposition Period, the applicable Grantor(s) shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent an appropriate supplemental Intellectual Property Security Agreement covering the Excluded Patents that have not been Disposed (or, with respect to Excluded Patents that were Disposed by means of a transaction other than a sale and assignment, covering the Grantor’s remaining rights in such Excluded Patents).  Grantors shall promptly file such supplemental Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the USPTO.   In the event that the applicable Grantor enters into any definitive agreements for the Disposition of the Excluded Patents during the Disposition Period, such Grantor shall promptly provide to the Collateral Agent access to executed copies of such definitive agreements (including all ancillary documents, exhibits and schedules thereto; provided that such agreements may be redacted reasonably to protect the other parties’ confidential information).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the covenants of the Grantors under Sections 3.03(f)(i) to (iv), and (g) shall apply to the Excluded Patents until a Disposition thereof is consummated.

 

(g)                                            Each Grantor shall, upon request of the Collateral Agent, at its own expense, take any and all commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Collateral Agent in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.

 

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Each Grantor (rather than the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable (as between itself and any relevant counterparty) to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

 

(h)                                           Dormant Subsidiaries.  Each Grantor that holds any Equity Interests in Vivendi Games Asia Pte Ltd. hereby covenants and agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the dissolution of Vivendi Games Asia Pte Ltd. by January 31, 2014; provided that, if Vivendi Games Asia Pte Ltd. is not dissolved by January 31, 2014, then Schedule I shall be automatically supplemented to include such Grantor’s Equity Interests in Vivendi Games Asia Pte Ltd. as Pledged Equity, and such Grantor shall promptly deliver to the Collateral Agent any certificates evidencing its Equity Interest in Vivendi Games Asia Pte Ltd. in accordance with Section 2.02(c).  The Collateral Agent shall have the ability to extend any periods of time referred to in the previous sentence in its reasonable sole discretion.  Whether any Grantor has used commercially reasonable efforts will be determined solely by the applicable Grantor (not the Collateral Agent) and shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Collateral Agent, upon which the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely.

 

SECTION 3.04.           Instruments.  If the Grantors shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments constituting Article 9 Collateral (excluding checks), and evidencing an amount in excess of (i) $20,000,000 individually or (ii) when aggregated with all other such Instruments for which this clause has not been satisfied $75,000,000 in the aggregate, such Grantor shall promptly (and in any event, within 60 days after the date of acquisition thereof or such longer period as to which the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Remedies

 

SECTION 4.01.           Remedies upon Default.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party with respect to the Obligations under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and also may (i) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent promptly, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place and time to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties; (ii) occupy any premises owned or, to the extent lawful and permitted, leased by any of the Grantors where the Collateral or any part thereof is assembled or located for a reasonable period in order to effectuate its rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to such Grantor in respect of such occupation; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to such occupancy; (iii) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor agrees that it will at its expense and upon the request of the Collateral Agent promptly, assign the entire right, title, and interest of such Grantor in each of the Patents, Trademarks, domain names and Copyrights to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties; (iv) exercise any and all rights and remedies of any of the Grantors under or in connection with the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Collateral; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to such exercise; and (v) subject to the mandatory requirements 

 

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of applicable law and the notice requirements described below, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral securing the Obligations at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate.  The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale of securities (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold.  Each such purchaser at any sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

 

The Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Grantors 10 days’ written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral.  Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or a portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange.  Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale.  At any such sale, the Collateral, or a portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine.  The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given.  The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned.  In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice.  At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Agreement, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Grantor therefor.  For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full.  As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court appointed receiver.  Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

 

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SECTION 4.02.           Application of Proceeds.

 

(a)                                           Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, in the order provided for in the Credit Agreement.

 

(b)                                           The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, monies or balances in accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement.  Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

 

(c)                                            In making the determinations and allocations required by this Section 4.02, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied to or by the Collateral Agent as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information, provided that nothing in this sentence shall prevent any Grantor from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any information so supplied.  All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final (absent manifest error), and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by the Collateral Agent of any amounts distributed to it.

 

SECTION 4.03.           Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property; Power of Attorney.  For the exclusive purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies at any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent a non-exclusive, royalty-free, limited license (until the termination or cure of the Event of Default) to use, license or, to the extent permitted under the terms of the relevant license, sublicense any of the Intellectual Property included in the Article 9 Collateral now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof; provided, however, that all of the foregoing rights of the Collateral Agent to operate such license, sublicense and other rights, shall expire immediately upon the termination or cure of all Events of Default and shall be exercised by the Collateral Agent solely during the continuance of an Event of Default and upon 10 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Borrower, and nothing in this Section 4.03 shall require Grantors to grant any license that is prohibited by any rule of law, statute or regulation, or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing, giving rise to or theretofore granted, to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, with respect to such property or otherwise unreasonably prejudices the value thereof to the relevant Grantor; provided, further, that such licenses granted hereunder with respect to Trademarks shall be subject to the maintenance of quality standards with respect to the goods and services on which such Trademarks are used sufficient to preserve the validity of such Trademarks.  Furthermore, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an absolute power of attorney to sign, subject only to the giving of 10 days’ notice to the Grantor, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any document which may be required by the USPTO or the USCO in order to effect an absolute assignment of all right, title and interest in each registration and application for a Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and to record the same.

 

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ARTICLE V

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 5.01.          Notices.  All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect).  All communications and notices hereunder to any Grantor other than the Borrower shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as provided in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect).

 

SECTION 5.02.          Waivers; Amendment.

 

(a)           No failure or delay by the Collateral Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 5.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.  No notice or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle any Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

 

(b)           Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.03.          Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses.

 

(a)           The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder and indemnity for its actions in connection herewith as provided in Sections 10.04 and 10.05 of the Credit Agreement (whether or not then in effect); provided that each reference therein to “Company” or the “Borrower” shall be deemed to be a reference to “each Grantor” and each reference therein to “Administrative Agent” shall be deemed to be a reference to “Collateral Agent”.

 

(b)           Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Collateral Documents.  The provisions of this Section 5.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party.  All amounts due under this Section 5.03 shall be payable promptly upon written demand therefor.

 

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SECTION 5.04.          Successors and Assigns.  Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns, to the extent permitted under Section 10.06 of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.05.          Survival of Agreement.  All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Grantors in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any Lender or on its behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect until the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (A) contingent indemnification obligations and (B) obligations and liabilities under Treasury Services Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Hedge Bank shall have been made) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer shall have been made).

 

SECTION 5.06.          Counterparts; Effectiveness; Successors and Assigns; Several Agreement.  This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery by facsimile or other electronic communication of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document.  The  Collateral Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by facsimile or other electronic communication be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by facsimile or other electronic communication.  This Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Collateral Agent and their respective successors and assigns permitted thereby, and shall inure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns permitted thereby, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.  This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.

 

SECTION 5.07.          Severability.  If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby.  The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 5.08.          Right of Set-Off.  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each

 

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Lender and its Affiliates and each L/C Issuer and its Affiliates shall have the rights specified in Section 10.08 of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.09.          Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Service of Process.

 

(a)           The terms of Sections 10.15 and 10.16 of the Credit Agreement with respect to governing law, submission of jurisdiction, venue and waiver of jury trial are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, and the parties hereto agree to such terms.

 

(b)           Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 5.01.  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

 

SECTION 5.10.          Headings.  Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.11.          Security Interest Absolute.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, all rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.12.          Intercreditor Agreement Governs.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, if then in effect and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, if then in effect.  In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, if then in effect, and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement if then in effect shall govern.

 

SECTION 5.13.          Termination or Release.

 

(a)           This Agreement, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall automatically terminate with respect to all Obligations upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations and (ii) obligations and liabilities under Treasury Services Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements as to which arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Hedge Bank shall have been made) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer shall have been made).

 

(b)           A Grantor (other than the Borrower) shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder as provided in Section 9.09 of the Credit Agreement; provided that the Lenders shall

 

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have consented to such transaction (to the extent required by the Credit Agreement) and the terms of such consent did not provide otherwise.

 

(c)           Upon any sale or other transfer by any Grantor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement (other than a sale or transfer to another Grantor), or upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 9.09 or 10.01 of the Credit Agreement, the security interest of such Grantor in such Collateral shall be automatically released and the license granted in Section 4.03 shall be automatically terminated with respect to such Collateral.

 

(d)           In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 5.13, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents and take all such further actions that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release, in each case in accordance with the terms of Section 9.09 of the Credit Agreement.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 5.13 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, each Hedge Bank by the acceptance of the benefits under this Agreement hereby acknowledges and agrees that (i) the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Treasury Services Agreement shall be secured pursuant to this Agreement only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and (ii) any release of Collateral effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require the consent of any Hedge Bank.

 

SECTION 5.14.          Additional Guarantors.  Each Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) of the Borrower that is required to enter into this Agreement as a Grantor pursuant to Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement shall, and any Subsidiary of the Borrower may, execute and deliver a Security Agreement Supplement and thereupon such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein.  The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder.  The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.15.          Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.  Each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof at any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and notice by the Collateral Agent to the Borrower of its intent to exercise such rights, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of Accounts to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent; (h) to make, settle and adjust claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral

 

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under policies of insurance, including endorsing the name of any Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance, making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto and obtaining or maintaining the policies of insurance required by Section 6.07 of the Credit Agreement or paying any premium in whole or in part relating thereto; and (i) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby.  Anything in this Section 5.15 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Collateral Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 5.15 unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.  The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein.  No Agent Party shall be liable in the absence of its own bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.  All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this paragraph, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, as provided in Sections 10.04 and 10.05 of the Credit Agreement promptly upon written demand therefor by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured hereby.

 

SECTION 5.16.          General Authority of the Collateral Agent.  By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Collateral Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (a) to consent to the appointment of the Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Collateral Documents, (b) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the enforcement of any provisions of this Agreement and such other Collateral Documents against any Grantor, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder or thereunder relating to any Collateral or any Grantor’s obligations with respect thereto, (c) to agree that it shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Collateral Document against any Grantor, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Collateral Document and (d) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and any other Collateral Documents.

 

SECTION 5.17.          Reasonable Care.  The Collateral Agent is required to exercise reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any of the Collateral in its possession; provided that the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any of the Collateral, if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially similar to that which the Collateral Agent accords its own property.

 

SECTION 5.18.          Mortgages.  In the event that any of the Collateral hereunder is also subject to a valid and enforceable Lien under the terms of a Mortgage and the terms thereof are inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, then with respect to such Collateral, the terms of such Mortgage shall control in the case of Fixtures and real estate leases, letting and licenses of, and contracts and agreements relating to the lease of, real property, and the terms of this Agreement shall control in the case of all other Collateral.

 

SECTION 5.19.          Reinstatement.  This Security Agreement shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured

 

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Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any other Loan Party or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

 

SECTION 5.20.          Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           The Collateral Agent may execute any of the powers granted under this Agreement and perform any duty hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact.

 

(b)           The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have actual, constructive, direct or indirect notice or knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received a notice of Event of Default or a notice from the Grantor or the Secured Parties to the Collateral Agent in its capacity as Collateral Agent indicating that an Event of Default has occurred.  The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation either prior to or after receiving such notice to inquire whether an Event of Default has, in fact, occurred and shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any notice so furnished to it.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

	
 
    	
ACTIVISION   BLIZZARD, INC., as Borrower
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Dennis Durkin
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis   Durkin
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
ACTIVISION   PUBLlSHING, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Dennis Durkin
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis   Durkin
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
BLIZZARD   ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Eric Roeder
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Eric   Roeder
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
General   Counsel
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
ACTIVISION   ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/   Dennis Durkin
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Dennis   Durkin
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Chief   Financial Officer
    


 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
    
	
 
    	
as Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Tiffany Shin
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Tiffany Shin
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Assistant Vice President
    


 

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