Document:

Exhibit 10.16

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

 

 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT, dated as of July 17, 2000 (the “Agreement”), by and among
ICO-Teledesic Global Limited, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Cascade Investment,
LLC, a Washington limited liability company (the “Investor”).

 

RECITALS:

 

A.       The Company has entered
into a Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2000 (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), with Eagle River Investments, L.L.C., a
Washington limited liability company, and the Investor, providing for the
issuance by the Company to the Investor of 10 million shares of the Company’s
Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”), and the grant by the Company to the
Investor of options to purchase up to an additional shares of Common Stock (the
issuance of shares and grant of options, collectively, the “Transactions”).

 

B.        As a condition to the
consummation of the Transactions, and concurrently with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the Company is entering into (i) a
Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration
Rights Agreement”) with the Investor and (ii) a Restated
Stockholders Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2000, with the Investor, Eagle
River and the Company’s stockholders listed in Schedule A thereto (the “Stockholders Agreement”).

 

C.        Immediately following the
consummation of, the Transactions, the Investor will be a stockholder of the
Company and will have the right to appoint initially one person to serve on the
Board of Directors of the Company.

 

D.        The parties recognize that
claims might be made against and liabilities incurred by the Investor or
related Persons or Affiliates, arising from the fact that such Persons are
shareholders, directors, officers or employees of the Company, and the parties
accordingly wish to provide the and related Persons and Affiliates to be
indemnified in respect of any such claims and liabilities to the fullest extent
permitted by law, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.         Certain Definitions.

 

“Affiliate” of
a Person means a Person that directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
the first Person, and with respect to a natural person includes any child,
stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law,
father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law,
and includes adoptive relationships. “Control”
(including the terms “controlled
by” and “under common
control with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
credit arrangement, as trustee or executor, or otherwise.

 

“Claim” means,
with respect to any Indemnitee, any claim against the Indemnitee involving any
Obligation with respect to which the Indemnitee may be entitled to be defended
and indemnified by the Company under this Agreement.

 

 

“Indemnitee”
means the Investor, its Affiliates, and their respective successors and
permitted assigns, and each of their respective directors, officers, partners,
members, managers, employees, agents, advisors, representatives and controlling
persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)).

 

“Obligations”
means, collectively, any and all claims, obligations, liabilities, causes of
action, actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, judgments, decrees,
losses, damages, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
interest, penalties and fees and disbursements of attorneys and accountants),
in each case whether incurred, arising or existing with respect to third
parties or otherwise at any time or from time to time, provided that the
term “Obligations” does not include losses and damages and related costs and
expenses incurred:

 

(a)       with respect to the subject
matter of the Stock Purchase Agreement;

 

(b)       by any Indemnitee, in its
capacity as a shareholder of the Company, upon its disposition of Common Stock
or otherwise resulting solely from and limited to any diminution in value of
Common Stock held by the Indemnitee;

 

(c)       by any Indemnitee as a
result of any indemnity payment required to be made by the Indemnitee under
Section 10 of the Stock Purchase Agreement;

 

(d)       by any Indemnitee as a
result of any indemnity payment required to be made by the Indemnitee under
Section 7 of the Registration Rights Agreement; or

 

(e)       by any Indemnitee, in its
capacity as a shareholder of the Company, arising out of a violation of Section
16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended (the “Exchange Act”);

 

(f)        by any Indemnitee arising
out of a violation of Rule 10(b)-5 of the Securities Act, where such violation
has been determined in a final adjudication by a court of competent
jurisdiction or acknowledged by settlement; or

 

(g)       in connection with any
Claim determined in a final adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction
to have resulted from a breach of the Indemnitee’s fiduciary duties, gross
negligence, or willful misconduct.

 

“Person”
means any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or other entity.

 

2.         Indemnification.
The Company agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee from
and against any and all Obligations (including, but not limited to, all
reasonable fees, costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of attorneys) incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in
asserting, exercising or enforcing any of its rights, powers, privileges or
remedies under this Agreement), in any way resulting from, arising out of or in
connection with, based upon or relating to:

 

(a)       to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, the fact that the Indemnitee is or was a
shareholder, director, officer or employee of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; and

 

(b)       to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, alleged breach by the Indemnitee of his or
her fiduciary duty as a director or officer of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.

 

 

3.         Indemnification
Procedures. (a) Whenever any Indemnitee has actual knowledge of the
reasonable likelihood of the assertion of a Claim:

 

(i)        Investor
(acting on its own behalf or, if requested by any such Indemnitee other than
itself, on behalf of the Indemnitee) or the Indemnitee will notify the Company
in writing of the Claim (the “Notice of
Claim”) with reasonable promptness after the Indemnitee has such
knowledge relating to the Claim and has notified Investor of the Claim;

 

(ii)       the Notice of
Claim must specify all material facts known to Investor (or if given by such
Indemnitee, the Indemnitee) that may give rise to the Claim and the monetary
amount or an estimate of the monetary amount of the Obligation involved if
Investor (or if given by such Indemnitee, the Indemnitee) has knowledge of such
amount or a reasonable basis for making such an estimate;

 

(iii)      the
failure of Investor or the Indemnitee to give a Notice of Claim will not
relieve the Company of its indemnification obligations under this Agreement
except to the extent that such omission results in a failure of actual notice
to the Company and the Company is materially injured as a result of the failure
to give the Notice of Claim;

 

(iv)      Investor or the
Indemnitee will permit the Company (at the expense of the Company) to assume
the defense of the Claim with counsel of its own choosing reasonably
satisfactory both to Investor and to any Indemnitee that, in the exercise of
the Indemnitee’s good faith judgment, reasonably determines that the Claim
presents an actual or potential conflict of interest with Investor. Investor
may participate in such defense with counsel of Investor’s choosing at the
expense of the Company. If in the exercise of their good faith judgment any one
or more other Indemnitees reasonably determines that the Claim presents an
actual or potential conflict of interest with Investor and the counsel chosen
by the Company and approved by Investor pursuant to the previous sentence is
not satisfactory to the Indemnitee or Indemnitees, the Indemnitee or
Indemnitees may participate in the defense of the Claim with one counsel for
all the Indemnitees, at the choosing of the Indemnitees and at the expense of
the Company;

 

(v)       if the Company
does not undertake the defense of the Claim within a reasonable time after
Investor or another Indemnitee has given the Notice of Claim, or if Investor in
good faith determines that it or another Indemnitee has available to it one or
more defenses or counterclaims that are inconsistent with one or more of those
that may be available to the Company in respect of the Claim or any litigation
relating thereto, Investor may, at the expense of the Company and after giving
notice to the Company of such action, undertake the defense of the Claim and
compromise or settle the Claim, all for the account of and at the risk of the
Company, provided that if Investor does so take over and assume control,
Investor will not settle such claim or litigation without the written consent
of the Company, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld;

 

(vi)      in the defense
of any Claim, the Company will not, except with the consent of Investor (or, in
the case of any entry of any judgment or settlement that is binding on any
other Indemnitee, such other Indemnitee), consent to entry of any judgment or
enter into any settlement that includes any injunctive or other non-monetary
relief, or that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by
the Person or Persons asserting the Claim to the Indemnitee of a release from
all liability with respect to the Claim; and

 

(vii)     Investor
and each other Indemnitee seeking indemnification under this Agreement will
cooperate with the Company, so long as the Company is conducting the defense

 

 

of the Claim, in
the preparation for and the prosecution of the defense of the Claim, including
making available evidence within the control of Investor or the Indemnitee, as
the case may be, and persons needed as witnesses who are employed by Investor
or the Indemnitee, as the case may be, in each case as reasonably needed for
such defense and at cost, which cost, to the extent reasonably incurred, to be
paid by the Company.

 

(b)       The Company hereby agrees
to advance reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees,
incurred by Investor (acting on its own behalf or, if requested by any the
Indemnitee other than itself, on behalf of the Indemnitee) or any Indemnitee in
defending any Claim in advance of the final disposition of the Claim upon
receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of Investor or the Indemnitee to
repay amounts so advanced if it is ultimately determined that Investor or the
Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company under this
Agreement or otherwise.

 

(c)       Each Indemnitee will
promptly notify the Company in writing of the amount of any Claim actually paid
by the Indemnitee (the “Notice of Payment”).
The amount of any Claim actually paid by an Indemnitee will bear simple
interest at the rate equal to the Chase Manhattan Bank’s prime rate as of the
date of such payment plus 2% per annum, from the date the Company receives the
Notice of Payment to the date on which the Company repays the amount of the
Claim plus interest to the Indemnitee.

 

4.         Certain Covenants;
Other Indemnitees. The rights of each Indemnitee to be indemnified under
any other agreement, document, certificate or instrument or applicable law are
independent of and in addition to any rights of the Indemnitee to be
indemnified under this Agreement. The rights of each Indemnitee and the
obligations of the Company under this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnitee.
The Company shall implement and maintain in full force and effect any and all
corporate articles or charter and by-law provisions that may be necessary or
appropriate to enable it to carry out its obligations under this Agreement to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable corporate law, including without
limitation a provision of its articles or certificate of incorporation
eliminating liability of a director for breach of fiduciary duty to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable corporate law, as it may be amended from time to
time.

 

5.         Third-Party
Beneficiaries. All Indemnitees not signatories to this Agreement are
intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

 

6.         Severability. If
any provision or provisions of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement will not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.

 

7.         Notices. All
notices, requests, demands, waivers and other communications required or
permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if (a) delivered personally, (b)
mailed, certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, (c) sent by
next-day or overnight mail or delivery or (d) sent by fax, with a copy
sent by (a), (b), or (c) above, or telegram, as follows:

 

(i)        if
to Investor:

Cascade
Investment, L.L.C.

2365 Carillon
Point

Kirkland, WA
98033-7353

Attn: Michael
Larson

Fax: (425)
893-8758

 

 

(ii)       if
to the Company:

c/o Eagle River Investments, L.L.C.

2300 Carillon Point

Kirkland, WA 98033-7353

Attn: C. James Judson, Esq.

Fax: 425-828-8089

with a copy to:

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Suite 2300

Portland, OR 97201

Attn: Benjamin G. Wolff, Esq.

Fax: 503-778-5299

 

or, in each case,
at such other address as may be specified in writing to the other parties.

 

All such notices, requests, demands, waivers and other communications
will be deemed to have been received (w) if by personal delivery on the
day after such delivery, (x) if by certified or registered mail, on the
seventh business day after the mailing thereof, (y) if by next-day or
overnight mail or delivery, on the day delivered, or (z) if by telecopy
or telegram, on the next day following the day on which such telecopy or
telegram was sent, provided that a copy is also sent by certified or registered
mail.

 

8.         Entire Agreement.
Except as contained in Section 10 of the Stock Purchase Agreement and Section 7
of the Registration Rights Agreement, this Agreement (a) contains the
complete and entire understanding and agreement of the parties with respect to
its subject, and (b) supersedes all prior and contemporaneous
understandings, conditions and agreements, oral or written, express or implied,
in respect of its subject.

 

9.         Headings. The headings
contained in this Agreement are for purposes of convenience only and will not
affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

10.       Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which will be deemed
an original and all of which will together constitute one and the same
instrument.

 

11.       Binding Effect;
Assignment. This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted
assigns and to each Indemnitee, provided that no party may assign any of
its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the express written
consent of the other parties. Subject to Section 5, this Agreement is not
intended to confer any right or remedy upon any Person other than the parties
to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns and
each Indemnitee.

 

12.       Governing Law. This
Agreement will be governed in all respects including as to validity,
interpretations, and effects by the laws of the state of New York, without
giving effect to its principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such
principles or rules would require or permit the application of the laws of
another jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably submits to the
jurisdiction of the courts of the state of New York and the federal courts of
the United States of America, in each case located in the state of New York,
solely in respect of the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of
this Agreement, and hereby waives, and agrees not to assert, as a defense in
any action, suit or proceeding for the interpretation or enforcement hereof,
that it is not subject thereto or that such action, suit or proceeding

 

 

may not be brought
or is not maintainable in such courts or that the venue thereof may not be
appropriate or that this Agreement may not be enforced in or by such courts,
and the parties hereto irrevocably agree that all claims with respect to such
action or proceeding will be heard and determined in such a New York state or
federal court. The parties hereby consent to and grant any such court
jurisdiction over such parties with respect to, and over the subject matter of,
any such dispute and agree, to the maximum extent permitted by law, that
mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such action or
proceeding in the manner provided in Section 7, or in such other manner as may
be permitted by law, will be valid and sufficient service.

 

13.       Waiver of Jury Trial.
Each party acknowledges and agrees that any controversy that may arise under
this Agreement is likely to involve complicated and difficult issues, and
therefore it hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may
have to a trial by jury in respect of any litigation directly or indirectly
arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the breach, termination or
validity of this Agreement, or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Each party certifies and acknowledges that (a) no representative, agent
or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that
such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the
foregoing waiver, (b) it understands and has considered the implications
of this waiver, (c) it makes this waiver voluntarily, and (d) it
has been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the
mutual waivers and certifications contained in this Section 13.

 

14.       Amendment; Waivers.
No amendment, modification, supplement or discharge of this Agreement, and no
waiver hereunder, will be valid or binding unless set forth in writing and duly
executed by the party against whom enforcement of the amendment, modification,
supplement, discharge or waiver is sought (and in the case of the Company approved
by resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors). Any such waiver will
constitute a waiver only with respect to the specific matter described in such
writing and will in no way impair the rights of the party or Indemnitee
granting such waiver in any other respect or at any other time. Neither the
waiver by any of the parties or any Indemnitee of a breach of or a default
under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure by any party or
any Indemnitee on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of
this Agreement or to exercise any right, powers or privilege hereunder, will be
construed as a waiver of any other breach or default of a similar nature, or as
a waiver of any of such provisions, rights, power or privileges hereunder. The
rights and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and are not
exclusive of any rights or remedies that any party or Indemnitee may otherwise
have at law or in equity or otherwise.

 

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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first
above written.

 

 

	
   

  	
   

  	
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  Dennis Weibling,
  PresidentExhibit 10.17

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

PLEDGE
AGREEMENT

 

PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated as of August 15, 2005, by
and between ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited, a Delaware
corporation (the “Pledgor”), and The Bank of New York, as the collateral
agent for the Secured Parties under the Collateral Trust Agreement referred to
below (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS, ICO North America, Inc. (the “Company”),
the Pledgor, the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, The Bank of New
York, as Indenture Trustee (as defined therein) and the Collateral Agent have
entered into a Collateral Trust Agreement dated as of August 15, 2005 (as
modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “Collateral
Trust Agreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, this Agreement is one of the Security
Documents referred to in the Collateral Trust Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Pledgor has, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Pledge Agreement, agreed to grant a Lien and security
interest in the Collateral referred to herein;

 

AGREEMENT:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Definitions.

 

1.1                                 Terms Generally. Terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Collateral
Trust Agreement.

 

1.2                                 Additional Definitions. In addition, as used herein, the
following defined terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Capital Stock” means all Capital Stock of the
Company now or hereafter issued to Pledgor, including the Class B common
stock of the Company listed on Annex 1 hereto.

 

“Company” is defined in the recitals hereto.

 

“Pledge Agreement” means this Pledge Agreement,
as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

“Pledged Collateral” means the Pledged Stock
and all Proceeds.

 

“Pledged Stock” means all shares of Capital
Stock of the Company now or hereafter issued to the Pledgor, together with all
stock certificates, options or rights of any nature

 

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whatsoever that may be issued or granted by the
Company to the Pledgor while this Pledge Agreement is in effect.

 

“Proceeds” means all “proceeds” as such term is
defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC on the date hereof, of the Pledged
Stock, and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or
other income from the Pledged Stock, collections thereon or distributions with
respect thereto.

 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

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

 

1.3                                 Interpretation. The rules of interpretation
set forth in Section 1.2 of the Collateral Trust Agreement shall apply mutatis mutandis to this Pledge Agreement as if set forth in
full herein.

 

Section 2.                                            Pledge; Grant of Security Interest.

 

(a)                                  The Pledgor hereby delivers to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all certificates or
instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Stock on the date hereof,
and hereby pledges, transfers and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority security interest in all of
the Pledgor’s right, title and interest in the Pledged Collateral, now owned or
at anytime hereafter acquired, as collateral security for the prompt and
complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations.

 

(b)                                 As of the date hereof, the Pledgor
holds bare legal title to, but no beneficial interest in, the shares of Capital
Stock described in Annex 2 (the “Transferred Shares”). For so long as
Pledgor holds such legal title, the Transferred Shares shall be deemed to be
Pledged Collateral hereunder, provided that Pledgor makes no representations or
warranties with respect thereto under Section 4. Within a reasonable
period following the date hereof, Pledgor shall cause new certificates
representing the Transferred Shares to be issued in the name of the Company,
and the pledge and security interest created hereby on the Transferred Shares
shall terminate. The Collateral Agent agrees to deliver certificates
representing the Transferred Shares to Pledgor upon delivery of such new
certificates.

 

Section 3.                                            Stock Powers. Concurrently with the delivery to
the Collateral Agent of each certificate representing one or more shares of
Pledged Stock, the Pledgor shall deliver an undated stock power covering such
certificate, duly executed in blank by the Pledgor.

 

Section 4.                                            Representations and Warranties. The Pledgor represents and
warrants as of the date hereof that:

 

(a)                                  the shares of Pledged Stock
constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital
Stock of the Company owned by the Pledgor;

 

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(b)                                 all the shares of Pledged Stock have
been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable;

 

(c)                                  the Pledgor is the record and
beneficial owner of the Pledged Stock, free of any and all Liens or options in
favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the Lien created by this
Pledge Agreement or permitted under the Collateral Trust Agreement; and

 

(d)                                 upon delivery to the Collateral
Agent of the stock certificates evidencing the Pledged Stock, the Lien granted
pursuant to this Pledge Agreement will constitute a valid, perfected first
priority Lien on the Pledged Collateral (except, with respect to Proceeds, only
to the extent permitted by Section 9-315 of the UCC), enforceable as such
against all creditors of the Pledgor and any Persons purporting to purchase any
Pledged Collateral from the Pledgor.

 

Section 5.                                            Covenants. The Pledgor covenants and agrees
with the Collateral Agent as follows:

 

(a)                                  If the Pledgor shall, as a result of
its ownership of the Pledged Stock, become entitled to receive or shall receive
any stock certificate (including, without limitation, any certificate
representing a stock dividend or a distribution in connection with any
reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in
connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of Capital
Stock of the Company, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a
conversion of, or in exchange for any shares of the Pledged Stock, or otherwise
in respect thereof, the Pledgor shall accept the same as the agent of the
Collateral Agent, hold the same in trust for the Collateral Agent and deliver
the same forthwith to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received,
duly indorsed by the Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, if required, together
with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by
the Pledgor and with, if the Collateral Agent so requests, signature
guaranteed, to be held by the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as
additional collateral security for the Secured Obligations.

 

(b)                                 Except as permitted under the
Collateral Trust Agreement and all of the other Secured Debt Documents,
including without limitation the Indenture if is still in effect at any
applicable time, the Pledgor will not (i) sell, assign, transfer,
exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the
Pledged Collateral, or (ii) create, incur or permit to exist any Lien or
option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect to, any of the
Pledged Collateral, or any interest therein, except for the Lien provided for
by this Pledge Agreement or as permitted under the Collateral Trust Agreement
or all of the other Secured Debt Documents, including without limitation the
Indenture if is still in effect. The Pledgor will defend the right, title and
interest of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in and to the Pledged
Collateral against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

 

(c)                                  At any time and from time to time,
upon the written request of the Collateral Agent, and at the sole expense of
the Pledgor, the Pledgor will promptly and duly execute and deliver such
further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of obtaining or
preserving the full benefits of this Pledge Agreement and of the rights and
powers herein granted. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of
the Pledged Collateral shall be or become evidenced

 

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by any promissory note, other instrument or chattel paper,
such note, instrument or chattel paper shall be immediately delivered to the
Collateral Agent, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, to be held as Pledged Collateral and to perfect the first priority Lien
pursuant to this Pledge Agreement.

 

Section 6.                                            Cash Dividends; Voting Rights. Unless an Actionable Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Pledgor shall be permitted to receive all
cash dividends, distributions and other cash amounts paid by the Company in
respect of the Pledged Stock and to exercise all voting and corporate rights
with respect to the Pledged Stock, provided, however, that the
Pledgor agrees that it shall not vote in any way which would be inconsistent
with or result in any violation of any provision of the Collateral Trust
Agreement or any Secured Debt Document. The Collateral Agent shall, at the
Pledgor’s sole cost and expense, execute and deliver (or cause to be executed
and delivered) to the Pledgor all proxies and other instruments as the Pledgor may reasonably
request for the purpose of enabling the Pledgor to exercise the voting and
other rights that it is entitled to exercise pursuant to this Section 6.

 

Section 7.                                            Rights of the Collateral Agent.

 

(a)                                  If an Actionable Default shall occur
and be continuing, (i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to
receive directly any and all dividends and other distributions of any kind or
nature paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and make application thereof to the
Secured Obligations in the order specified in the Collateral Trust Agreement,
and (ii) all shares of the Pledged Stock may be registered in the
name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee, and, subject to the terms of this
Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Agent or its nominee may thereafter
exercise (A) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such
shares of the Pledged Stock at any meeting of shareholders of the Company or
otherwise and (B) any and all rights of conversion, exchange, subscription
and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such shares of the
Pledged Stock as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without
limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Pledged
Stock upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other
fundamental change in the corporate structure of the Company, or upon the
exercise by the Pledgor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or
option pertaining to such shares of the Pledged Stock, and in connection
therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Pledged Stock
with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated
agency upon such terms and conditions as it may determine), all without
liability except to account for property actually received by it and except for
its gross negligence or willful misconduct or failure to comply with the
provisions of Section 11, but the Collateral Agent shall have no
duty to the Pledgor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall
not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing. The Pledgor
hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable proxy, exercisable upon
the occurrence and continuation of an Actionable Default, to vote, or to give a
written consent with respect to, all of the Pledged Stock so as to effectuate
the provisions of this Section 7(a).

 

(b)                                 The rights of the Collateral Agent
shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by the Collateral Agent
of any right or remedy against any other Person which may be or become
liable in respect of all or any part of the Secured Obligations or against
any collateral security therefor, guarantee therefor or right of offset with
respect thereto. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any failure to
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part of the Pledged Collateral or for any delay in doing
so, nor shall the Collateral Agent be under any obligation to sell or otherwise
dispose of any Pledged Collateral upon the request of the Pledgor or any other
Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Pledged
Collateral or any part thereof. The Collateral Agent agrees to release
promptly to the Pledgor any dividends, cash, securities, instruments and other
property paid, payable or otherwise distributed in respect of the Pledged
Collateral which it may receive under Section 7(a) if,
prior to the occurrence of an acceleration of any of the Secured Obligations,
any Actionable Default shall have been waived or be no longer continuing.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, (i) the Collateral Agent will not
take any action hereunder that would constitute or result in any transfer of
control or assignment of the Pledgor or any Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”)
licenses held or controlled by the Pledgor without obtaining all necessary FCC
and other governmental authority approvals, and (ii) the Collateral Agent
shall not foreclose on, sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or
exercise any right to control any FCC licenses as provided herein or take any
other action that would affect the operational, voting, or other control of the
Pledgor, unless such action is taken in accordance with the provisions of the
Communications Act of 1934, as from time to time amended, and the rules,
regulations and published policies of the FCC and any other governmental
authority.

 

Section 8.                                            Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an
Actionable Default, the Collateral Agent may exercise, in addition to all
other rights and remedies granted in this Pledge Agreement and in any other
Security Document, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent, without
demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or
notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below or any
notice specifically provided for in any Security Document) to or upon the
Pledgor, the Company or any other Person (all and each of which demands,
defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such
circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the
Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell,
assign, give option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of and deliver
the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the
foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, in the
over-the-counter market, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the
Collateral Agent or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem
commercially reasonable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash
or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The
Collateral Agent shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and,
to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to
purchase the whole or any part of the Pledged Collateral so sold, free of
any right or equity of redemption in the Pledgor, which right or equity is
hereby waived and released. The Collateral Agent promptly shall apply any
Proceeds from time to time held by it and the net proceeds of any such
collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale, after deducting
all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in respect thereof or
incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Pledged Collateral or in
any way relating to the Pledged Collateral or the rights of the Collateral
Agent hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Collateral Agent, to the payment in whole or in
part of the Secured Obligations, in such order as the Collateral Agent may elect
subject to the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement, and only after
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other
amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a)(3) of
the UCC, need the Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any, to the
Pledgor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Pledgor waives all
claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Collateral Agent
arising out of the lawful exercise by it of any rights hereunder. If any notice
of a proposed sale or other disposition of Pledged Collateral shall be required
by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least ten
Business Days before such sale or other disposition. The Pledgor waives
diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or
nonpayment to or upon the Pledgor or any other Obligor with respect to the
Secured Obligations.

 

Section 9.                                            Private Sales. The Pledgor recognizes that the
Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of
the Pledged Stock, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be
compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group
of purchasers that will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire
such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or resale thereof. The Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that any
such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than
if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees
that any such private sale conducted in a manner that the Collateral Agent in
good faith believes to be commercially reasonable under the circumstances shall
be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Collateral
Agent shall be under no obligation to delay the sale of any of the Pledged
Stock for the period of time necessary to permit the Pledgor to register such
securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state
securities laws, even if the Pledgor would agree to do so.

 

Section 10.                                      No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or
payments made by the Pledgor hereunder, or any setoff or application of funds
of the Pledgor by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party, or the receipt of
any amounts by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party with respect to any of
the Pledged Collateral, the Pledgor shall not be entitled to be subrogated to
any of the rights of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party against the
Company or any other Obligor, nor shall the Pledgor seek any reimbursement from
any other Obligor in respect of payments made by the Pledgor in connection with
the Pledged Collateral, or amounts realized by the Collateral Agent or any
Secured Party in connection with the Pledged Collateral, and any such rights of
subrogation and reimbursement of the Pledgor are hereby waived until the
Occurrence of the Secured Obligation Termination Date and the payment in full
of amounts otherwise payable to the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 11.                                      Limitation on Duties Regarding
Pledged Collateral.
The Collateral Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and
physical preservation of the Pledged Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207
of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the
Collateral Agent deals with similar securities and property for its own
account. None of the Collateral Agent, any Secured Party nor any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall be liable for failure
to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Pledged Collateral or for any
delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose
of any Pledged Collateral upon the request of the Pledgor or otherwise.

 

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Section 12.                                      Powers Coupled with an Interest. All authorizations and agencies
herein contained with respect to the Pledged Collateral are irrevocable and
powers coupled with an interest.

 

Section 13.                                      Severability. Any provision of this Pledge
Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate
or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 14.                                      Section Headings. The section headings used in
this Pledge Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to
affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the
interpretation hereof.

 

Section 15.                                      No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the Collateral Agent nor
any Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 16
hereof) be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have
acquiesced in any default of any obligation under any Security Document or in
any breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof or thereof. No failure to
exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent
or any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as
a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral
Agent or any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion
shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Collateral
Agent or such Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The
rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised
singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies
provided by law.

 

Section 16.                                      Intention: Waivers and Amendments;
Successors and Assigns; Governing Law. This Pledge Agreement represents the entire
agreement of the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent with respect to the subject
matter hereof and there are no promises or representations by the Pledgor, the Collateral
Agent or any Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not reflected
herein or in the other Security Documents. None of the terms or provisions of
this Pledge Agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
except by a written instrument executed by the Pledgor and the Collateral
Agent, provided that any provision of this Pledge Agreement may be waived
by the Collateral Agent in a letter or agreement executed by the Collateral
Agent or by facsimile transmission from the Collateral Agent. This Pledge
Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Pledgor and
shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 17.                                      Notices. All notices, requests, consents
and demands hereunder shall be in writing and telecopied or delivered to the
intended recipient at its “Address for Notices” specified pursuant to Section 8.5
of the Collateral Trust Agreement and shall be deemed to have been given at the
times specified in said Section.

 

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Section 18.                                      Counterparts. This Pledge Agreement may be
executed by one or more of the parties hereto on any number of separate
counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 19.                                      Collateral Trust Agreement Controls. In the event of any conflict
between any terms and provisions set forth in this Pledge Agreement and those
set forth in the Collateral Trust Agreement, the terms and provisions of the Collateral
Trust Agreement shall supersede and control the terms and provisions of this
Pledge Agreement.

 

Section 20.                                      Termination. This Pledge Agreement shall
terminate upon the occurrence of the Secured Obligation Termination Date, or
upon any earlier release of the pledge created hereby that is permitted or
contemplated by the Collateral Trust Agreement and all Secured Debt Documents,
including without limitation the Indenture if is still in effect at any
applicable time. Upon such termination and upon compliance with the applicable
provisions of Article V of the Collateral Trust Agreement, at the request
and at the sole expense of Pledgor, the Collateral Agent shall reassign and
redeliver (or cause to be reassigned and redelivered) to the Pledgor, or to such
person or persons as the Pledgor shall designate or to whomever may be
lawfully entitled to receive such surplus, against receipt, such of the Pledged
Collateral (if any) as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof and shall still be held by it
hereunder.

 

Section 21.                                      Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury
Trial. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New
York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision
or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that
would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the
State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York,
Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in
connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed
herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit,
action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the
jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought
in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding
is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process
and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by
mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it
under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner
permitted by law. EACH PARTY HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A
JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH
OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 22.                                      No Recourse Against Pledgor. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY
SET FORTH IN THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT, THE COLLATERAL TRUST AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
SECURED DEBT DOCUMENT, THE OBLIGATIONS OF PLEDGOR HEREUNDER AND UNDER THE OTHER
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DOCUMENTS
ARE NON-RECOURSE SECURED OBLIGATIONS OF PLEDGOR. THE ONLY RECOURSE THE
COLLATERAL AGENT OR A HOLDER OF THE SECURED DEBT WILL HAVE AGAINST PLEDGOR WITH
RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OR PERFORMANCE OF ANY OF THE SECURED OBLIGATIONS WILL BE
ENFORCEMENT OF ITS RIGHTS AGAINST THE PLEDGED COLLATERAL PURSUANT TO THIS
PLEDGE AGREEMENT.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this
Pledge Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.

 

	
   

  	
  ICO GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS

  (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Craig N. Jorgens

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name: Craig Jorgens

  
	
   

  	
  Title: President

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Collateral Agent

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Stacey B. Poindexter

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name: Stacey B. Poindexter

  
	
   

  	
  Title: Assistant Vice President

  

 

Signature Page of the
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