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EXHIBIT 10.4

 

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Trademark Security Agreement") is made this 2nd day of November, 2012, by and among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof (collectively, jointly and severally, "Grantors" and each individually "Grantor"), and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("WF"), in its capacity as agent for the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, "Agent").

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 2, 2012 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") by and among MGP Ingredients, Inc., as parent ("Parent"), MGPI Processing, Inc., MGPI Pipeline, Inc. and MGPI of Indiana, LLC, as Borrowers ("Borrowers"), the lenders party thereto as "Lenders" (such Lenders, together with their respective successors and assigns in such capacity, each, individually, a "Lender" and, collectively, the "Lenders"), and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial accommodations available to Borrowers from time to time pursuant to the terms and conditions thereof; and

 

WHEREAS, the members of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers are willing to make the financial accommodations to Borrowers as provided for in the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Bank Product Agreements, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantors shall have executed and delivered to Agent, for the benefit of Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2012 (including all annexes, exhibits or schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Guaranty and Security Agreement"); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement, Grantors are required to execute and deliver to Agent, for the benefit of Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, this Trademark Security Agreement;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as follows:

 

1.           DEFINED TERMS.  All initially capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Guaranty and Security Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the Credit Agreement, and this Trademark Security Agreement shall be subject to the rules of construction set forth in Section 1(b) of the Guaranty and Security Agreement, which rules of construction are incorporated herein by this reference, mutatis mutandis.

 

2.           GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN TRADEMARK COLLATERAL.  Each Grantor hereby unconditionally grants, assigns, and pledges to Agent, for the benefit each member of the Lender Group and each of the Bank Product Providers, to secure the Secured 

 

  

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Obligations, a continuing security interest (referred to in this Trademark Security Agreement as the "Security Interest") in all of such Grantor's right, title and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (collectively, the "Trademark Collateral"):

 

(a)           all of its Trademarks and Trademark Intellectual Property Licenses to which it is a party including those referred to on Schedule I;

 

(b)           all goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each Trademark and each Trademark Intellectual Property License; and

 

(c)           all products and proceeds (as that term is defined in the Code) of the foregoing, including any claim by such Grantor against third parties for past, present or future (i) infringement or dilution of any Trademark or any Trademarks exclusively licensed under any Intellectual Property License, including right to receive any damages, (ii) injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark, or (iii) right to receive license fees, royalties, and other compensation under any Trademark Intellectual Property License.

 

3.           SECURITY FOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS.  This Trademark Security Agreement and the Security Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, whether now existing or arising hereafter.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Trademark Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or any of them, to Agent, the other members of the Lender Group, the Bank Product Providers or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.

 

4.           SECURITY AGREEMENT.  The Security Interest granted pursuant to this Trademark Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Providers, pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement.  Each Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the Security Interest in the Trademark Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Guaranty and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.  To the extent there is any inconsistency between this Trademark Security Agreement and the Guaranty and Security Agreement, the Guaranty and Security Agreement shall control.

 

5.           AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT.  If any Grantor shall obtain rights to any new trademarks, the provisions of this Trademark Security Agreement shall automatically apply thereto. Grantors shall give prompt notice in writing to Agent with respect to any such new trademarks or renewal or extension of any trademark registration.   Without limiting Grantors' obligations under this Section, Grantors hereby authorize Agent unilaterally to modify this Trademark Security Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any such new trademark rights of each Grantor.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Trademark Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from Agent's continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule I.

 

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different parties on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Trademark Security Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement.  Any party delivering an executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this Trademark Security Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this Trademark Security Agreement.

 

7.           CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE, JURY TRIAL WAIVER, AND JUDICIAL REFERENCE PROVISION.  THIS TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS REGARDING CHOICE OF LAW AND VENUE, JURY TRIAL WAIVER, AND JUDICIAL REFERENCE SET FORTH IN SECTION 25 OF THE SECURITY AGREEMENT, AND SUCH PROVISIONS ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE, MUTATIS MUTANDIS.

 

8.           Amendment and Restatement.  This Trademark Security Agreement, together with the Patent Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, amends and restates in its entirety that certain Patent and Trademark Security Agreement dated as of July 21, 2009 by MGP Ingredients, Inc. in favor of the Agent (the "Original IP Security Agreement"), and shall not act as a termination, release or novation of the Original IP Security Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

	
GRANTORS:

	 	 
	 	MGPI PROCESSING, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	
/s/ Don Tracy

	 	Name:	

Don Tracy

	 	Title:	
Chief Financial Officer

	 	 	 
	 	 	  
	
AGENT:

	 	 
	 	 	  
	 	
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as 

Agent, as Sole Lead Arranger, as Sole Book Runner, 

and as a Lender

	 	 
	 	By:	
/s/ Chris Heckman 

	 	Name:	
Chris Heckman 

	 	 	
Its Authorized Signatory

 

 

  

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT]

  

SCHEDULE I

to

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Trademark Registrations/Applications

 

	
MARK

	
SERIAL NUMBER

	
REGIS. NUMBER

	
REGIS. DATE

	
FIBERRITE

	
78777970

	
3259490

	
07/03/07

	
TERRATEK

	
78559882

	
3265875

	
07/17/07

	
FIBERSYM

	
78448572

	
3086500

	
04/25/06

	
FIBERSYM

	
78426375

	
3143069

	
09/12/06

	
MGP INGREDIENTS, INC.

	
78448141

	
3020190

	
11/29/05

	
MIDWEST GRAIN PRODUCTS

	
78317517

	
2926087

	
02/08/05

	
ARISE

	
78086949

	
2681958

	
01/28/03

	
WHEATEX

	
77169737

	
3450542

	
06/17/12

	
MGP INGREDIENTS

	
76416336

	
3032619

	
12/20/05

	
FOAM PRO

	
75080773

	
2083385

	
07/29/97

	
WHEATEX

	
74567025

	
2076023

	
07/01/97

	
MGPI PET-TEX

	  	
3090027

	  
	
MGPI CHEWTEX

	  	
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EXHIBIT 10.5

 

 

	 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BOND PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

________________________________________________________

 

by and among

 

MGPI PROCESSING, INC.,

a Kansas corporation,

 

COMMERCE BANK, N.A., as trustee,

a national banking association

 

and

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

a national banking association

 

relating to

 

	
$7,000,000

original principal amount of

City of Atchison, Kansas

Taxable Industrial Revenue Bonds

Series 2006

(MGP Ingredients Project)

 

Dated as of November 2, 2012

 

	 

 

  

  

  

AMENDED AND RESTATED BOND PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED BOND PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of November 2, 2012 (hereinafter, as the same may from time to time be amended or supplemented, called this “Bond Pledge and Security Agreement”), made by and among MGPI PROCESSING, INC., (formerly known as MGP Ingredients, Inc.), a Kansas corporation (the “Pledgor”), COMMERCE BANK, (formerly Commerce Bank, N.A.) (the “Trustee”), in its capacity as trustee under that certain Trust Indenture, dated as of December 28, 2006 (the “Indenture”), between the City of Atchison, Kansas (the “Issuer”) and the Trustee, and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the “Bank”), in its capacity as administrative agent for certain lenders (the "Lenders") under the Credit Agreement referenced below ("Agent"):

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer, pursuant to the Indenture, has previously issued its Taxable Industrial Revenue Bonds, Series 2006 (MGP Ingredients Project) in the original aggregate principal amount of $7,000,000 (the “Bonds”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Pledgor has acquired all of the outstanding Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $7,000,000 (the “Pledged Bonds”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Pledgor has previously executed and delivered that certain Credit and Security Agreement dated as of July 21, 2009 (as the same has been amended prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), with the Bank, which Existing Credit Agreement was subsequently assigned by Pledgor to MGP Ingredients, Inc., a Kansas corporation ("Parent"); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption dated as of the date hereof, Parent has assigned to Pledgor, and Pledgor has accepted, all obligations, liabilities and rights of Parent under the Existing Credit Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, Parent, Pledgor, certain affiliates of Parent and Pledgor, the Agent, and Bank as sole Lender, have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), pursuant to which the Existing Credit Agreement, without constituting a novation, has been amended and restated and the obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been continued; and

 

WHEREAS, Pledgor, Trustee and Bank have previously entered into that certain Bond Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2010 (the "Existing Pledge Agreement"); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the execution and delivery of the Credit Agreement, the parties hereto have agreed to amend and restate the Existing Pledge Agreement in its entirety pursuant hereto;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and in order to induce the Agent and the Lenders to extend certain loan facilities under the Credit Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                      Defined Terms.  Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement will have such defined meanings when used herein.

 

Section 2.                      Pledge.  The Pledgor hereby pledges, assigns, hypothecates, transfers and delivers to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders all of its right, title and interest to the Pledged Bonds and hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a first lien on, and security interest in, its right, title and interest in and to the Pledged Bonds, the interest thereon and all proceeds thereof, as collateral security for 

 

  

  

  

the prompt and complete payment of the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and performance of the obligations under the Credit Agreement and any other Loan Document (all the foregoing being hereinafter called the “Obligations”).

 

Section 3.                      Form of Bonds.  Pledgor represents and warrants that the Bonds are currently certificated as a single Bond numbered R-1.  Pledgor shall promptly deliver to Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, the original Bonds accompanied by proper instruments of assignment duly executed in blank by Pledgor in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

 

Section 4.                      Payments with Respect to the Pledged Bonds.  If, while this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement is in effect and after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default, the Pledgor becomes entitled to receive or receives any payment in respect of the Pledged Bonds, the Pledgor agrees to accept the same as the Agent’s agent and to hold the same in trust on behalf of the Agent and to deliver the same forthwith to the Agent.  All sums of money so paid in respect of the Pledged Bonds which are received by the Pledgor and paid to the Agent will be credited against the Obligations.

 

Section 5.                      Collateral.  All property at any time pledged with the Agent hereunder (whether described herein or not) and all income therefrom and proceeds thereof, are herein collectively sometimes called the “Collateral”.

 

Section 6.                      Rights of the Agent  The Agent will not be liable for failure to collect or realize upon the Obligations or any collateral security or guarantee therefor, or any part thereof, or for any delay in so doing, nor will it be under any obligation to take any action whatsoever with regard thereto.  If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Agent may thereafter, without notice, exercise all rights, privileges or options pertaining to any Pledged Bonds as if it were the absolute owner thereof, upon such terms and conditions as it may determine, all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Agent will have no duty to exercise any of the aforesaid rights, privileges or options and will not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement to the contrary, the rights of the Agent hereunder are subject in each and every respect to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, including, but not limited, any restrictions on the Agent’s ability to sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral.  In addition, Agent shall be entitled, without limitation, to exercise the following rights, which Pledgor hereby agrees to be commercially reasonable:

 

(i)           to receive all amounts payable in respect of the Collateral otherwise payable to Pledgor;

 

(ii)           to transfer all or any part of the Collateral into Agent’s name or the name of its nominee or nominees, including, to present the bonds to the office of the Trustee or any Registrar for the Bond for transfer, exchange or replacement.  Pledgor hereby appoints Agent (or such person(s) as Agent shall designate in writing) as Agent’s attorney in fact, which agency is coupled with an interest and irrevocable, to consummate any transfer of any Collateral pursuant to any exercise of remedies by Agent under this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement.  In addition to the foregoing, Agent hereby authorizes Agent, in Agent’s own name, to execute, deliver and record any assignment of any Collateral that may be necessary or appropriate to implement any transfer thereof pursuant to any exercise of remedies by Agent under this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement.  Any such assignment(s) shall be fully effective to divest and convey to the assignee(s) named therein full title to the Collateral, free of any right, title, claim or interest of Pledgor;

 

(iii)           to vote all or any part of the Collateral (whether or not transferred into the name of Agent) and give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect of the Collateral and otherwise act with respect thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof (Pledgor hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing Agent the proxy and attorney-in-fact of Pledgor, with full power of substitution to do so); and

 

  

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(iv)           to give notice to the Trustee that Agent has the sole right to exercise any power of the owner of the Bonds under the IRB Lease and the Indenture.

 

Section 7.                      Remedies.  In the event that any portion of the Obligations becomes due and payable and are not paid when due, the Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon the Pledgor or any other person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and/or notices are hereby expressly waived), may forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, assign, give option or options to purchase, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver said Collateral, or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Agent’s offices or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, with the right of the Agent upon any such sale or sales, public or private, to purchase the whole or any part of said collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in the Pledgor, which right or equity is hereby expressly waived or released.  The Agent will pay over the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred therein or incidental to the care, safekeeping or otherwise of any and all of the Collateral or in any way relating to the rights of the Agent hereunder, including reasonable attorney’s fees and legal expenses, and the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations in such order as the Agent may elect, the Pledgor remaining liable for any deficiency remaining unpaid after such application, and only after so paying over such net proceeds and after the payment by the Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, need the Agent account for the surplus, if any, to the Pledgor.  The Pledgor agrees that the Agent will give at least five (5) calendar days notice of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale or other intended disposition is to take place and that such notice is reasonable notification of such matters.  No notification need be given to the Pledgor if it has signed after default a statement renouncing or modifying any right to notification of sale or other intended disposition.  In addition to the rights and remedies granted to it in this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing evidencing or relating to any of the Obligations, the Agent will have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Kansas.  The Pledgor further agrees to waive and agrees not to assert any rights or privileges which it may acquire under the Uniform Commercial Code and the Pledgor will be liable for the deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Agent and Lenders are entitled, and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Agent to collect such deficiency.

 

Section 8.                      Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Pledgor.  The Pledgor represents and warrants that:

 

(a)           on the date of this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement, it is the sole owner of all right, title or interest in and to the Pledged Bonds;

 

(b)           it has full power, authority and legal right to pledge all of its right, title and interest in and to the Pledged Bonds pursuant to this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement;

 

(c)           this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Pledgor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor enforceable in accordance with its terms;

 

(d)           no consent of any other party (including, without limitation, creditors of the Pledgor) and no consent, license, permit, approval or authorization of, exemption by, notice or report to, or registration, filing or declaration with, any governmental authority, domestic or foreign, 

 

  

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is required to be obtained by the Pledgor in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement;

 

(e)           the execution, delivery and performance of this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement will not materially violate any provision of any applicable law or regulation or of any order, judgment, writ, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority, domestic or foreign, or of the articles of incorporation or other governing instruments of the Pledgor or of any securities issued by the Pledgor or of any deed of trust, mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement, instrument or undertaking to which the Pledgor is a party or which purports to be binding upon the Pledgor or upon any of its assets and will not result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on or security interest in any of the assets of the Pledgor except as contemplated by this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement; and

 

(f)           the pledge, assignment and delivery of the Pledged Bonds pursuant to this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement will create a valid first lien on and a first perfected security interest in, all right, title or interest of the Pledgor in or to the Pledged Bonds, and the proceeds thereof, subject to no prior pledge, lien, mortgage, hypothecation, security interest, charge, option or encumbrance or to any agreement purporting to grant to any third party a security interest in the property or assets of the Pledgor which would include the Pledged Bonds.

 

The Pledgor covenants and agrees that it will defend the Agent’s right, title and security interest in and to the Pledged Bonds and the proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever; and covenants and agrees that it will have like title to and the right to pledge any other property at any time hereafter pledged to the Agent as Collateral hereunder and will likewise defend the Agent’s right thereto and security interest therein.

 

Section 9.                      No Dispositions, etc.  Without the prior written consent of the Agent, the Pledgor agrees that it will not sell, assign, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the Collateral, nor will they incur or permit to exist any pledge, lien, mortgage, hypothecation, security interest, charge, option or any other encumbrance with respect to any of the Collateral, or any interest therein, or any proceeds thereof, except for the lien and security interest provided for by this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement, other than in accordance with the Credit Agreement.  Pledgor shall not vote and shall not grant any consent, waiver or ratification or take any action with respect to the Bonds, the IRB Lease or the Indenture which would, in any material respect, violate or be inconsistent with any of the terms of the Credit Agreement, unless such action is approved by the Agent.

 

Section 10.                      Sale of Collateral.

 

(a)           The Pledgor recognizes that the Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Pledged Bonds by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and applicable state securities laws, but may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers who 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 to the seller than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that such private sale will be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner.  The Agent will be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Bonds for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if the Issuer would agree to do so.  In the event that the Agent elects to sell Pledged Bonds pursuant to the terms hereof and if permitted by the terms of the Indenture, the Agent shall notify the purchaser thereof that such Pledged Bonds are not then rated by any rating agency.

 

  

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(b)           The Pledgor further agrees to do or cause to be done all such other acts and things as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of any portion or all of the Pledged Bonds valid and binding and in compliance with any and all applicable laws, regulations, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees or awards of any and all courts, arbitrators or governmental instrumentalities, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over any such sale or sales, except registration under the federal securities laws, all at the Pledgor’s expense.  The Pledgor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 9 will cause irreparable injury to the Agent, that the Agent has no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, agrees that each and every covenant contained in this Section 9 will be specifically enforceable against the Pledgor and the Pledgor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants, except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.  The Pledgor further acknowledges the impossibility of ascertaining the amount of damages which would be suffered by the Agent by reason of a breach of any of such covenants and, consequently, agrees that, if the Agent shall sue for damages for breach, it will pay, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, an amount equal to the par value of the Pledged Bonds plus accrued interest, under the Credit Agreement on the date the Agent will demand compliance with this Section 9.

 

Section 11.                      Further Assurances.  The Pledgor agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of the Agent, the Pledgor will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as the Agent may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

Section 12.                      Severability.  Any provision of this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction will, 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 will not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 13.                      No Waiver, Cumulative Remedies.  The Agent will not, by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder and no waiver will be valid unless in writing, signed by the Agent, and then only to the extent therein set forth.  A waiver by the Agent of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion will not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Agent would otherwise have on any future occasion.  No failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising on the part of the Agent, any right, power or privilege hereunder, will operate as a waiver thereof; nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

Section 14.                      Binding Effect.  This Bond Pledge and Security Agreement and all obligations of the Pledgor hereunder will be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Pledgor, and will, together with the rights and remedies of the Agent hereunder, inure to the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 15.                      Waiver of Jury Trial.  THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING BASED UPON, OR RELATED TO, THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS BOND PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT.  THIS WAIVER IS KNOWINGLY, INTENTIONALLY, AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY THE PARTIES HERETO AND EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NEITHER AGENT NOR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AGENT HAS MADE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT TO INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OR IN ANY WAY TO MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS EFFECT.  THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS BOND PLEDGE AND 

 

  

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SECURITY AGREEMENT AND IN THE MAKING OF THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, SELECTED OF THEIR OWN FREE WILL, AND THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER WITH COUNSEL.  EACH PARTY FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE MEANING AND RAMIFICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER PROVISION.

 

Section 16.                      Amendments; Etc.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Bond Pledge and Security Agreement nor consent to any departure by the Pledgor herefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same will be in writing and signed by the Agent, and then such waiver or consent will be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

 

Section 17.                      Addresses for Notices.  All notices and other communications provided for hereunder must be in writing and delivered as provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 18.                      Continuing Security Interest.  This Bond Pledge and Security Agreement will create a continuing security interest in the Pledged Bonds and will (a) remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of the Lenders' obligations to fund any loans or other credit facilities under the terms of the Credit Agreement, (b) be binding upon the Pledgor, the Pledgor’s successors, transferees and assigns, and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors, transferees and assigns.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), the Agent may assign or otherwise transfer its obligations under the Credit Agreement to any other person or entity, and such other person or entity will thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Agent  herein or otherwise.  Upon the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of the Lenders' obligations to fund any loans or other credit facilities under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Pledgor will be entitled to the return, upon Pledgor’s request and at Pledgor’s expense, of such of the Pledged Bonds as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof or of the Indenture.

 

Section 19.                      Governing Law; Terms.  This Bond Pledge and Security Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas, except as required by mandatory provisions of law and except to the extent that the validity or perfection of the security interest hereunder or remedies hereunder in respect of any particular  Pledged Bonds are governed by the laws of another jurisdiction.  Unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, terms used in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in the State of Kansas are used herein as therein defined.  The descriptive headings of the various provisions are for convenience only and will not be deemed to limit or expand the intent of the Sections.  The masculine gender will, where appropriate, be deemed to include the feminine and neuter and the singular the plural and vice versa.  If there is any conflict between the terms and conditions contained herein and the terms and conditions contained in the Credit Agreement, the terms and conditions in the Credit Agreement shall govern and control.

 

Section 20.                      Understanding of Transaction.  The Pledgor has received answers to all of Pledgor’s questions and understand the structure of and reason for this transaction.  The Pledgor has agreed to and wishes to pledge to the Agent and grant to the Agent a security interest in all of the Pledgor’s right, title and interest in and to the Pledged Bonds because the Pledgor desires to consummate the transactions contemplated under the Credit Agreement which are conditioned upon such pledge.

 

Section 21.                      Effect of Amendment and Restatement.  Upon the effectiveness of this Amended and Restated Bond Pledge and Security Agreement, the Existing Pledge Agreement shall be amended and restated in their entirety by this Agreement.  Pledgor acknowledges that the pledge and grant of liens and security interests made by Pledgor to Bank in the Existing Pledge Agreement are in full force and effect, are valid and subsisting, are not impaired or diminished hereby, and are reaffirmed, extended and 

 

  

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carried forward hereby to secure the prompt payment and performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise, of the Obligations.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amended and Restated Bond Pledge and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.

 

	 	
PLEDGOR:

	 	 	 
	 	
MGPI PROCESSING, INC. (formerly known as MGP

Ingredients, Inc.), a Kansas corporation

	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Don Tracy
	 	Name:	
Don Tracy

	 	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

	 	

TRUSTEE:

	 	 	 
	 	

COMMERCE BANK, N.A., a national banking capacity,

in its capacity as Trustee

	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Merry Evans
	 	Name:	
Merry Evans

	 	Title:	Vice President 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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AGENT:

	 	 	 
	 	

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL

ASSOCIATION, a national banking association

	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Chris Heckman
	 	Name:	
Chris Heckman

	 	Title:	Vice President 

 

 

 

 

 

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