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Security Agreement - Jupitermedia Corp. and JPMorgan Chase Bank NA

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 22, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this "Agreement"), among JUPITERMEDIA CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the SUBSIDIARIES party hereto (collectively, together with the Borrower, the "Grantors") and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the "Administrative Agent") for the Secured Parties.

 

(1) Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the Lenders, LaSalle Bank National Association, as syndication agent, KeyBank National Association, as documentation agent, and the Administrative Agent and (b) the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2005, delivered by each Material Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

(2) The Lenders have agreed to make Loans to the Borrower pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the Credit Agreement. Each Domestic Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary has agreed to guarantee, among other things, all the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents.

 

(3) The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery by the Grantors of an agreement in the form hereof to secure (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit, fees (including fees and disbursements of counsel), costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Loan Parties to the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Loan Parties under or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (c) all claims by any Secured Party under any Guarantee by any Loan Party (whether or not any of such claims are made after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and (d) the due and punctual payment and performance of all monetary obligations of each Loan Party under each Swap Agreement entered into with any counterparty that was a Lender (or an Affiliate of a Lender) at the time such Swap Agreement was entered into (all of the obligations described in the preceding clauses (a) through (d) being referred to herein collectively as the "Obligations").


NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, the Grantors and the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

SECTION 1.01. Definition of Terms Used Herein. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified therein; the term "instrument" shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

 

SECTION 1.02. Definition of Certain Terms Used Herein. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

"Account Debtor" shall mean any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect, to or on account of, an Account.

 

"Collateral" shall mean all right, title or interest now owned or at anytime hereafter acquired by any Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest in all (a) Accounts, (b) Chattel Paper, (c) Commercial Tort Claims, (d) Deposit Accounts, (e) Documents, (f) Electronic Chattel Paper, (g) Equipment, (h) General Intangibles, (i) Instruments, (j) Inventory, (k) Investment Property, (l) Letter-of-Credit Rights, (m) Supporting Obligations, (n) all books and records pertaining to the foregoing and (o) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing Collateral shall not include Excluded Collateral.

 

"Copyright License" shall mean 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 which such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to such Grantor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of such Grantor under any such agreement.

 

"Copyrights" shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise and (b) all registrations

 

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and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office, including those listed on Schedule II.

 

"Credit Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

 

"Documents" shall mean all instruments, files, records, ledger sheets and documents covering or relating to any of the Collateral.

 

"Excluded Collateral" shall mean any of the following assets now owned or hereafter acquired which would otherwise be included in the Collateral: (a) assets sold to a Person which is not a Grantor in compliance with Section 7.07 of the Credit Agreement, (b) assets subject to a Lien permitted by Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement, (c) assets which contain a valid and enforceable prohibition on the creation of a security interest therein so long as such prohibition remains in effect and is valid notwithstanding Sections 9-406 and 9-408 of the Code, (d) Vehicles, (e) real estate leasehold interests, (f) more than 65% of the issued and outstanding voting interest of any Foreign Subsidiary and (g) any other asset a security interest in which may not be perfected by the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code filing and as to which the Administrative Agent shall determine, in its reasonable discretion, that the cost of obtaining such Lien (including any mortgage, stamp, intangibles or other tax) are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security afforded thereby.

 

"General Intangibles" shall mean all choses in action and causes of action and all other assignable intangible personal property of any Grantor of every kind and nature (other than Accounts) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including interests in any trust, corporate or other business records, contract rights, indemnification claims, Intellectual Property, 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 to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts.

 

"Intellectual Property" shall mean all intellectual property of any Grantor of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets, Internet web sites, domain names and registrations or applications for registration thereof, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how or other data or information, software and databases and all embodiments or fixations thereof and related documentation, registrations and franchises, and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing or used in connection with, any of the foregoing.

 

"License" shall mean any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other license or sublicense to which any Grantor is a party, including those described on Schedule III.

 

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"New York UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

 

"Obligations" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

 

"Patent License" shall mean 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 which 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" shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in any other country, including those listed on Schedule IV and (b) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.

 

"Perfection Certificate" shall mean a certificate substantially in the form of Annex 1 hereto, completed and supplemented with the schedules and attachments contemplated thereby, and duly executed by a Financial Officer of the applicable Grantor.

 

"Proceeds" shall have the meaning specified in Section 9-102 of the New York UCC.

 

"Secured Parties" shall mean (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Grantor under any Loan Document, (d) each counterparty to a Swap Agreement entered into with a Loan Party if such counterparty was a Lender (or an affiliate of a Lender) at the time the Swap Agreement was entered into and (e) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

"Security Interest" shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

 

"Trademark License" shall mean 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 which 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.

 

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"Trademarks" shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor: (a) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, any State of the United States or any similar offices in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all extensions or renewals thereof, including those listed on Schedule V and (b) all goodwill associated therewith.

 

SECTION 1.03. Rules of Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in Section 1.03 of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Security Interest

 

SECTION 2.01. Security Interest. As security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates and transfers to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, its successors and assigns, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all of such Grantor's right, title and interest now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest, in, to or under the Collateral (the "Security Interest"). Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings), and amendments thereto that contain the information required by the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment (without the signature of such Grantor), including (a) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to the Grantor and (b) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or covering Collateral constituting minerals or the like to be extracted or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon request. Each Grantor ratifies and authorizes the filing by the Administrative Agent of any financing statement filed prior to the date hereof. Any Person (other than the Administrative Agent) at any time and from time to time holding all or any portion of the Collateral shall be deemed to, and shall, hold the Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder for, the Administrative Agent. At any time and from time to time, the Administrative Agent may give notice to any such Person holding all or any portion of the Collateral that such Person is holding the Collateral as the agent and bailee of, and as pledge holder for, the Administrative Agent, and obtain such Person's written acknowledgment thereof. Without limiting the generality of the

 

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foregoing, upon the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor will join with the Administrative Agent in notifying any Person who has possession of any Collateral of the Administrative Agent's security interest therein and obtaining an acknowledgment from such Person that it is holding the Collateral for the benefit of the Administrative Agent.

 

The Administrative Agent is further authorized to file filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) or other documents for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interest granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Administrative Agent as secured party.

 

SECTION 2.02. No Assumption of Liability. The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Administrative 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 Collateral. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party be deemed a trustee or become liable as a trustee as a result of the grant of the Security Interest in any interest in any trust.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Representations and Warranties

 

The Grantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that:

 

SECTION 3.01. Title and Authority. Each Grantor has good and valid rights in, and title to, the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Administrative Agent the Security Interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval which has been obtained.

 

SECTION 3.02. Filings. (a) A Perfection Certificate has been duly prepared, completed and executed by each Grantor and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of such Grantor, is correct and complete. Fully executed Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations containing a description of the Collateral have been delivered, or pursuant to Section 4.13 will be delivered, to the Administrative Agent for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificates, which are all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than filings required to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office in order

 

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to perfect the Security Interest in Collateral consisting of United States Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights) that are necessary to create a legal, valid and perfected continuing security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all 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 or amendments.

 

(b) Each Grantor represents and warrants that fully executed security agreements in the form hereof and containing a description of all Collateral consisting of United States Patents and United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending) and United States registered Copyrights have been delivered, or pursuant to Section 4.13 will be delivered, to the Administrative Agent for recording by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Section 261, 15 U.S.C. Section 1060 or 17 U.S.C. Section 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, and otherwise as may be required pursuant to the laws of any other necessary jurisdiction, to create a legal, valid and perfected continuing security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States Trademarks and United States registered Copyrights in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, or in any other necessary jurisdiction, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary (other than the financing statements referred to above in Section 3.02(a) and such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States Trademarks and United States Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the date hereof).

 

SECTION 3.03. Validity of Security Interest. The Security Interest constitutes (a) a legal and valid security interest in all the Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations, (b) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02 above, a perfected security interest in all Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions and (c) a security interest that shall be perfected in all Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of this Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable (other than the financing statements referred to above in Section 3.02(a) and such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States Trademarks and United States Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the

 

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date hereof), within the three month period (commencing as of the date hereof) pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Section 261, 15 U.S.C. Section 1060 or 17 U.S.C. Section 205 and otherwise as may be required pursuant to the laws of any other necessary jurisdiction. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Collateral (now held or hereafter acquired) except for Liens permitted by Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be required to provide landlord and bailee waivers (but shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide them).

 

SECTION 3.04. Absence of Other Liens. The Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement. The Grantor has not filed or consented to the filing of (a) any financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable laws covering any Collateral, (b) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office or (c) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any 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 7.02 of the Credit Agreement. None of the Grantors holds any Commercial Tort Claim or Letter-of-Credit Rights except as indicated in the Perfection Certificates. No Person has control (as defined in the New York UCC) over any Grantor's Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property or Letter-of-Credit Rights.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Covenants

 

SECTION 4.01. Change of Name; Location of Collateral; Records; Place of Business. (a) Each Grantor agrees, concurrently with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement, to notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any change (i) in its corporate name, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office, its principal place of business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Collateral owned by it is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility) other than with respect to any material portion of the Collateral (A) consisting of goods in transit between facilities, whether in vehicles owned by the applicable Grantor or on common carriers and (B) located in temporary warehousing which will remain in such warehousing for no longer than one month, (iii) in its identity or type of organization or legal structure, (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number, as applicable or (v) in its jurisdiction of organization. Each Grantor agrees promptly to provide the Administrative Agent with certified organizational documents reflecting any of the changes described in the preceding sentence.

 

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Each Grantor agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentences unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Administrative Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected first priority security interest in all the Collateral. Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Administrative Agent if any material portion of the Collateral owned or held by such Grantor is damaged or destroyed.

 

(b) Each Grantor agrees to maintain proper books of record and account in accordance with Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.02. Periodic Certification. 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, each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate executed by a Financial Officer of such Grantor (a) setting forth the information required pursuant to the Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the initial Perfection Certificate or the date of the most recent Perfection Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 4.02 and (b) certifying that all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to clause (a) above to the extent necessary to protect and perfect the Security Interest for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such Perfection Certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period). Each Perfection Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall identify in the format of Schedule II, III, IV or V, as applicable, all Copyrights, Licenses, Patents and Trademarks of any Grantor in existence on the date thereof and not then listed on such Schedules or previously so identified to the Administrative Agent.

 

SECTION 4.03. Protection of Security. Each Grantor shall, at its own cost and expense, take any and all actions necessary to defend title to any material portion of the Collateral against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.04. Further Assurances. Each Grantor agrees, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of

 

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the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument, such note or instrument in excess of $50,000 shall be promptly pledged and delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly endorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent, with prompt notice thereof to the Grantors, to supplement this Agreement by supplementing Schedule II, III, IV or V hereto or adding additional schedules hereto to specifically identify any asset or item that may constitute Copyrights, Licenses, Patents or Trademarks; provided, however, that any Grantor shall have the right, exercisable within 10 days after it has been notified by the Administrative Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral, to advise the Administrative Agent in writing of any inaccuracy of the representations and warranties made by such Grantor hereunder with respect to such Collateral. Each Grantor agrees that it will use its best efforts to take such action as shall be necessary in order that all representations and warranties hereunder shall be true and correct with respect to such Collateral within 30 days after the date it has been notified by the Administrative Agent of the specific identification of such Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Grantor will cooperate with the Administrative Agent in obtaining control (as defined in the New York UCC) of Collateral consisting of any Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property or Letter-of-Credit Rights, except for Excluded Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Grantor will (a) immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent appropriately endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer or assignment, all Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper and certificated securities with respect to any Investment Property, all letters of credit, and all other Accounts at any time evidenced by promissory notes, trade acceptances or other instruments, except for Excluded Collateral, (b) cause any securities intermediaries to show on their books that the Administrative Agent is the entitlement holder with respect to any Investment Property, and/or obtain agreements to establish control (as defined in the New York UCC) in favor of the Administrative Agent from such securities intermediaries, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to any Investment Property, as requested by the Administrative Agent, except for Excluded Collateral, and (c) provide such notice, obtain such acknowledgements and take all such other action, with respect to any Chattel Paper, Documents and Letter-of-Credit Rights, as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Administrative Agent shall not request any Grantor to establish control in favor of the Administrative Agent in any (A) Deposit Accounts for which the Administrative Agent is the depositary, (B) Deposit Accounts of which all or a substantial portion of the funds on deposit are used for funding (i) payroll, (ii) 401(k) and other retirement plans and employee benefits, including rabbi trusts for deferred compensation, (iii) health care benefits (e.g., imprest accounts) and (iv) escrow arrangements (e.g., environmental indemnity accounts) and (C) other Deposit Accounts (not already subject to the provisions of this paragraph) with an aggregate average daily balance during any calendar quarter of all funds in all such other Deposit Accounts for all Grantors not in excess of $100,000 at any time and (2) any company acquired by the Borrower after the date hereof pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement shall have 60 days after the consummation of such acquisition to establish control in favor of the Administrative Agent in its Deposit Accounts (it being understood that such 60-day deadline may be extended upon the written consent of the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion).

 

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SECTION 4.05. Inspection and Verification. The Administrative Agent and such Persons as the Administrative Agent may reasonably designate shall have the right, subject to compliance with Section 6.06 of the Credit Agreement, to inspect the Collateral, all records related thereto (and to make extracts and copies from such records) and the premises upon which any of the Collateral is located, to discuss the Grantors' affairs with the officers of the Grantors and their independent accountants and to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral, including, in the case of Accounts or Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors or the third person possessing such Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification. The Administrative Agent shall have the absolute right to share any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.

 

SECTION 4.06. Taxes; Encumbrances. At its option and after notice to the applicable Grantor, the Administrative Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Credit Agreement or this Agreement, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent on demand for any payment made or any expense incurred by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.06 shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Administrative 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.

 

SECTION 4.07. Assignment of Security Interest. If at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an Account Debtor or any other Person with a fair market value in excess of $50,000 to secure payment and performance of an Account, such Grantor shall promptly assign such security interest to the Administrative Agent. Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the Account Debtor or other Person granting the security interest.

 

SECTION 4.08. Continuing Obligations of the Grantors. Each Grantor shall remain liable 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 Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

 

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SECTION 4.09. Use and Disposition of Collateral. None of the Grantors shall make or permit to be made an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Collateral or shall grant any other Lien in respect of the Collateral, except as expressly permitted by Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement. None of the Grantors shall make or permit to be made any transfer of the Collateral and each Grantor shall remain at all times in possession of the Collateral owned by it, except that unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and that during the continuance thereof the Grantors shall not sell, convey, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Collateral, the Grantors may use and dispose of the Collateral in any lawful manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that upon the continuance of an Event of Default it shall not permit any Inventory to be in the possession or control of any warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor at any time unless such warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor shall have been notified of the Security Interest and shall have agreed in writing to hold the Inventory subject to the Security Interest and the instructions of the Administrative Agent and to waive and release any Lien held by it with respect to such Inventory, whether arising by operation of law or otherwise.

 

SECTION 4.10. Limitation on Modification of Accounts. None of the Grantors will, without the Administrative Agent's prior written consent, grant any extension of the time of payment of any of the Accounts included in the Collateral, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any Person liable for the payment thereof or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, credits, discounts, compromises or settlements granted or made in accordance with the prudent conduct of its business.

 

SECTION 4.11. Insurance. The Grantors, at their own expense, shall maintain or cause to be maintained insurance covering physical loss or damage to the Collateral in accordance with Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement. Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Administrative Agent) as such Grantor's true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the continuance of an Event of Default, of making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto. In the event that any Grantor at any time or times shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required hereby or to pay any premium in whole or part relating thereto, the Administrative Agent may, without waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of the Grantors hereunder or any Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with respect thereto as the

 

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Administrative Agent deems advisable. All sums disbursed by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Section 4.11, including reasonable attorneys' fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, upon demand, by the Grantors to the Administrative Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured hereby.

 

SECTION 4.12. Legend. Upon request of the Administrative Agent, each Grantor shall legend, in form and manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, its Chattel Paper and its books, records and documents evidencing or pertaining thereto with an appropriate reference to the fact that such Chattel Paper have been assigned to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that the Administrative Agent has a security interest therein.

 

SECTION 4.13. Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral. (a) Each Grantor agrees, except to the extent permitted by the prudent conduct of its business, that it will not, nor will it permit any of its licensees to, do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any Patent may become invalidated or dedicated to the public, and agrees that it shall continue to mark any products covered by a Patent to the extent required by law and to preserve its rights.

 

(b) Each Grantor (either itself or through its licensees or its sublicensees) will, for each Trademark, except to the extent permitted by the prudent conduct of its business, (i) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) display such Trademark with notice of Federal or foreign registration to the extent required by law to preserve its rights and (iv) not knowingly use, or knowingly permit the use of, such Trademark in violation of any third party rights.

 

(c) Each Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will, for each work covered by a Copyright, except to the extent permitted by the prudent conduct of its business, continue to publish, reproduce, display, adopt and distribute the work with appropriate copyright notice to the extent required by law to preserve its rights.

 

(d) Except to the extent permitted by the prudent conduct of its business, each Grantor shall notify the Administrative Agent immediately if it knows that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright may become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any court or similar office of any country) regarding such Grantor's ownership of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same.

 

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registration of any Trademark or Copyright) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, it shall inform the Administrative Agent concurrently with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement of such filing, and, upon request of the Administrative Agent, execute and deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative Agent may request to evidence the Administrative Agent's security interest in such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and each Grantor hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney-in-fact to execute and file such writings for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; such power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable.

 

(f) Except to the extent permitted by the prudent conduct of its business, each Grantor will take all necessary steps that are consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any office or agency in any political subdivision of the United States or in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each application relating to the Patents, Trademarks and/or Copyrights (and to obtain the relevant grant or registration) and to maintain each issued Patent and each registration of the Trademarks and Copyrights, including timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if consistent with Grantor's reasonable business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.

 

(g) In the event that any Grantor has reason to believe that any Collateral consisting of a Patent, Trademark or Copyright has been or is about to be infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor promptly shall notify the Administrative Agent and shall, if consistent with Grantor's reasonable business judgment, promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions as are appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Collateral.

 

(h) Upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall use its best efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor of each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License to effect the assignment of all of such Grantor's right, title and interest thereunder to the Administrative Agent or its designee.

 

(i) Each Grantor at its own cost shall ensure that appropriate assignments from predecessor entities to such Grantor and fully executed security agreements in the form hereof and containing a description of all Collateral consisting of United States Patents, United States registered Trademarks (and Trademarks for which United States registration applications are pending) and United States registered Copyrights shall be delivered for recording within forty-five (45) days after the execution of this Agreement to the United States Patent and

 

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Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C. Section 261, 15 U.S.C. Section 1060 or 17 U.S.C. Section 205 and the regulations thereunder, as applicable, and otherwise as may be required pursuant to the laws of any other necessary jurisdiction, to protect the validity of and to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and registered Copyrights in which a 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 (other than the financing statements referred to above in Section 3.02(a) and such actions as are necessary to perfect the Security Interest with respect to any Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (or registration or application for registration thereof) acquired or developed after the date hereof).

 

SECTION 4.14. Other Actions. In order to further insure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Administrative Agent to enforce, the Administrative Agent's security interest in the Collateral, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor's own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Collateral:

 

(a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments or Tangible Chattel Paper with a fair market value in excess of $50,000, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify.

 

(b) Investment Property. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities (other than certificates of Subsidiaries that are not Material Subsidiaries), such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify. If any securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof with a fair market value in excess of $50,000, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the Administrative Agent's request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Administrative Agent as to such securities, without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee or (ii) arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the registered owner of the securities. If any securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, or other investment property now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are held by such Grantor or its nominee through a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the Administrative Agent's request and option, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (A) cause such securities intermediary

 

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or commodity intermediary (as the case may be) to agree to comply with entitlement orders or other instructions from the Administrative Agent to such securities intermediary as to such securities or other investment property or to apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as directed by the Administrative Agent to such commodity intermediary, in each case without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee or (B) in the case of financial assets or other Investment Property held through a securities intermediary, arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the entitlement holder with respect to such Investment Property, with the Grantor being permitted, only with the consent of the Administrative Agent, to exercise rights to withdraw or otherwise deal with such Investment Property. The Administrative Agent agrees with each of the Grantors that the Administrative Agent shall not give any such entitlement orders or instructions or directions to any such issuer, securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, and shall not withhold its consent to the exercise of any withdrawal or dealing rights by any Grantor, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or, after giving effect to any such investment and withdrawal rights would occur.

 

(c) Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. If any Grantor at any time holds or acquires an interest in any Electronic Chattel Paper or any "transferable record," as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction with a fair market value in excess of $50,000, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the request of the Administrative Agent, shall take such action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Administrative Agent control under New York UCC Section 9-105 of such Electronic Chattel Paper or control under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record. The Administrative Agent agrees with such Grantor that the Administrative Agent will arrange, pursuant to procedures satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and so long as such procedures will not result in the Administrative Agent's loss of control, for the Grantor to make alterations to the electronic chattel paper or transferable record permitted under New York UCC Section 9-105 or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control to allow without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by such Grantor with respect to such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record.

 

(d) Letter-of-Credit Rights. If any Grantor is at any time a beneficiary under a letter of credit now or hereafter issued in favor of such Grantor with a value in excess of $50,000, such Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof and, at the request and option of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmed of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment to the

 

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Administrative Agent of the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit or (ii) arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, with the Administrative Agent agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit are to be applied as provided in the Credit Agreement.

 

(e) Commercial Tort Claims. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim with a value in excess of $100,000, the Grantor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in a writing signed by such Grantor of the brief details thereof and grant to the Administrative Agent 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 satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Collections

 

SECTION 5.01. Collections. Upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right, at any time and from time to time, (a) to notify the Account Debtors and other third parties holding or otherwise concerned with the Collateral that the Accounts have been assigned to the Administrative Agent and that the Administrative Agent has a security interest therein; (b) to direct all such Persons to make payments to the Administrative Agent of all or any part of the sums owing to any Grantor by such Persons; (c) to enforce collection of any of the Accounts by suit or otherwise; (d) to surrender, release or exchange all or any part of such Accounts; or (e) to compromise, settle, extend or renew for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness thereunder or evidenced thereby.

 

SECTION 5.02. Power of Attorney. Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Administrative Agent) as such Grantor's true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, and in such capacity the Administrative Agent shall have the right, with full power of substitution for each Grantor and in each Grantor's name or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default (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 included in the Collateral 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

 

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of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Administrative Agent; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party, 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, and no action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof shall give rise to any defense, counterclaim or offset in favor of any Grantor or to any claim or action against the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party. It is understood and agreed that the appointment of the Administrative Agent as the agent and attorney-in-fact of the Grantors for the purposes set forth above is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. The provisions of this Section shall in no event relieve any Grantor of any of its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or impose any obligation on the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party to proceed in any particular manner with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof, or in any way limit the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party of any other or further right which it may have on the date of this Agreement or hereafter, whether hereunder, under any other Loan Document, by law or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Remedies

 

SECTION 6.01. Remedies upon Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral to the Administrative Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to take any of, or all, the following actions at the same or different times: (a) with respect to any Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any of or all such Collateral by the applicable Grantors to the Administrative Agent, or to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any such Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Administrative Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers cannot be obtained) and (b) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Collateral and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where the Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing the Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the New York UCC or other applicable law. Without limiting the

 

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generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent may sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale or at any broker's board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate. The Administrative Agent shall be authorized at any such sale (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Administrative Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives all rights of redemption, stay, valuation 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 Administrative Agent shall give the Grantors 10 days' written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-612 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Administrative 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 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 Administrative Agent may fix and state in the notice of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Administrative Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Administrative 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 Administrative 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 Administrative Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Administrative 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 Section, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released), 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 such 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

 

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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 Administrative 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 Administrative 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 Administrative Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose upon the Collateral 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 6.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

 

SECTION 6.02. Application of Proceeds. The Administrative Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:

 

FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as such hereunder or under any other Loan Document) in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any of the Obligations, including all court costs and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of any Grantor and any other costs or expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document;

 

SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the amounts of the Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and

 

THIRD, to the Grantors, their successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

 

The Administrative Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Administrative Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

 

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SECTION 6.03. Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property. For the sole purpose of enabling the Administrative Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Article at such time as the Administrative Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantors) to use, license or sub-license any of the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof. The use of such license by the Administrative Agent shall be exercised, at the option of the Administrative Agent, only upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided that any license, sub-license or other transaction entered into by the Administrative Agent during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default in accordance herewith shall be binding upon the Grantors notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 7.01. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary shall be given to it at its address or telecopy number set forth on Schedule I.

 

SECTION 7.02. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Security Interest and all obligations of the Grantors 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 in respect of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.03. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by each Grantor herein 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 Secured Parties and shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans, regardless of any investigation made by the Lenders or on their behalf.

 

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SECTION 7.04. Binding Effect; Several Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement and 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 7.05. Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns.

 

SECTION 7.06. Administrative Agent's Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to pay upon demand to the Administrative Agent the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of its counsel and of any experts or agents, which the Administrative Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, (iii) the exercise, enforcement or protection of any of the rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder or (iv) the failure of any Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.

 

(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents, each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the other Indemnitees against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, other charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated thereby or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to

 

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any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or from a breach of this Agreement by such Indemnitee.

 

(c) Any amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Security Documents. The provisions of this Section 7.06 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 Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall be payable on written demand therefor and shall bear interest at the rate specified in Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.07. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 7.08. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay of the Administrative Agent in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent hereunder and of the other Secured Parties 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 provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) below, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle such 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 a written agreement entered into between the Administrative Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL; APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT

 

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OF ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 7.09.

 

SECTION 7.10. Severability. In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction).

 

SECTION 7.11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute a single contract and shall become effective as provided in Section 7.04. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.12. Headings. Article and Section headings used herein are for the purpose 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 7.13. Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to any Loan Document against any Grantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

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(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 7.01. 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 7.14. Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement and the Security Interest shall terminate when all the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Lenders have no further commitment to lend, at which time the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to the Grantors, at the Grantors' expense, all Uniform Commercial Code termination statements and similar documents which the Grantors shall reasonably request to evidence such termination. Any execution and delivery of termination statements or documents pursuant to this Section 7.14 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

 

(b) Upon any sale or transfer by any Grantor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Credit Agreement to any Person that is not a Grantor, or, upon the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 10.02(b) of the Credit Agreement, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released.

 

SECTION 7.15. Additional Grantors. Upon execution and delivery by the Administrative Agent and a Subsidiary of any instrument satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as of if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligation of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as party to this Agreement.

 

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

 

JUPITERMEDIA CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Christopher J. Baudouin


Name:

 

Christopher J. Baudouin

Title:

 

Executive Vice President & CFO

JUPITERIMAGES CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Christopher S. Cardell


Name:

 

Christopher S. Cardell

Title:

 

President

CREATAS, L.L.C.

By:

 

JUPITERIMAGES CORPORATION,

   

as Managing Member

By:

 

/s/ Christopher S. Cardell


Name:

 

Christopher S. Cardell

Title:

 

President

DYNAMIC GRAPHICS, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Christopher S. Cardell


Name:

 

Christopher S. Cardell

Title:

 

President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITY AGREEMENT]


PICTUREQUEST LLC

By:

 

/s/ Christopher S. Cardell


Name:

 

Christopher S. Cardell

Title:

 

President

PICTUREARTS CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Christopher S. Cardell


Name:

 

Christopher S. Cardell

Title:

 

President

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

By

 

/s/ David F. Gibbs


Name:

 

David F. Gibbs

Title:

 

Senior Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECURITY AGREEMENT]


Annex 1 to the

Security Agreement

 

FORM OF

PERFECTION CERTIFICATE

 

Reference is made to (a) the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 22 2005 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the Lenders, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Administrative Agent and (b) the Guarantee Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2005, delivered by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given such terms in the Credit Agreement or the Security Agreement, as applicable.

 

The undersigned, a Financial Officer of the undersigned Grantor, hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party as follows:

 

1. Names. (a) The exact legal name of such Grantor, as such name appears in its organizational documents, is as follows:                                                                              

 

(b) Set forth below is each other legal name such Grantor has had in the past five years, together with the date of the relevant change:

 

__________________________________________________________________________________

 

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, such Grantor has not changed its identity or legal structure in any way within the past five years. Changes in identity or legal structure would include mergers, consolidations and acquisitions, as well as any change in the form, nature or jurisdiction of organization. If any such change has occurred, include in Schedule 1 the information required by Sections 1 and 2 of this Perfection Certificate as to each acquiree or constituent party to a merger or consolidation.

 

(d) The following is a list of all other names (including trade names or similar appellations) used by such Grantor or any of its divisions or other business units in connection with the conduct of its business or the ownership of its properties at any time during the past five years:                                                                                                                           

 

(e) Set forth below is the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of such Grantor:

 

___________________________________

 

(f) Set forth below is the organizational number of such Grantor:

 

___________________________________


2. Current Locations. (a) The chief executive office of such Grantor is located at the following address:

 

Mailing Address


 

County


 

State


 

(b) Set forth below are all locations where such Grantor maintains any books or records relating to any Accounts (with each location at which chattel paper, if any, is kept being indicated by an "*"):

 

Mailing Address


 

County


 

State


 

(c) The jurisdiction of organization of such Grantor is set forth below:

 

(d) Set forth below are all the places of business of such Grantor not identified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above:

 

Mailing Address


 

County


 

State


 

(e) Set forth below opposite are all the locations where such Grantor maintains any Collateral not identified above:

 

Mailing Address


 

County


 

State


 

(f) Set forth below are the names and addresses of all Persons other than such Grantor that have possession of any of the Collateral of such Grantor:

 

Mailing Address


 

County


 

State


 

3. Unusual Transactions. All Accounts have been originated by such Grantor and all Inventory has been acquired by such Grantor in the ordinary course of business.

 

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4. File Search Reports. File search reports have been obtained from each Uniform Commercial Code filing office identified with respect to such Grantor, and such search reports reflect no Liens against any of the Collateral other than those permitted under the Credit Agreement.

 

5. UCC Filings. Financing statements have been prepared for filing in the Uniform Commercial Code filing office in each jurisdiction identified with respect to such Grantor in Section 2(a), 2(b) or 2(c) hereof.

 

6. Schedule of Filings. Attached hereto as Schedule 6 is a schedule setting forth, with respect to the filings described in Section 5 above, each filing and the filing office in which such filing is to be made.

 

7. Filing Fees. All filing fees and taxes payable in connection with the filings described in Section 5 above and Section 11 below have been or will be paid.

 

8. Equity Ownership. Attached hereto as Schedule 8 is a true and correct list of all the duly authorized, issued and outstanding stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other equity securities held by such Grantor and the record and beneficial owners of such stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other equity interests. Also set forth on Schedule 8 is each equity investment of such Grantor that represents 50% or less of the equity of the entity in which such investment was made.

 

9. Debt Securities. Attached hereto as Schedule 9 is a true and correct list of all instruments, including promissory notes and other evidence of indebtedness, held by such Grantor, including all intercompany notes.

 

10. Advances. Attached hereto as Schedule 10 is (a) a true and correct list of all advances made by such Grantor to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, which advances will be on and after the date hereof evidenced by one or more intercompany notes pledged to the Administrative Agent under the Pledge Agreement and (b) a true and correct list of all unpaid intercompany transfers of goods sold and delivered by or to such Grantor.

 

11. Intellectual Property. Attached hereto as Schedule 11(A) in proper form for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office is a schedule setting forth all of such Grantor's Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses, including the name of the registered owner and the registration number. Attached hereto as Schedule 11(B) in proper form for filing with the United States Copyright Office is a schedule setting forth all of such Grantor's Copyrights and Copyright Licenses, including the name of the registered owner and the registration number.

 

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12. Commercial Tort Claims. Attached hereto as Schedule 12 is a true and correct list of Commercial Tort Claims held by such Grantor, including a brief description thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed this Perfection Certificate on this              day of                     ,         .

 

[GRANTOR]

By:

 

 


Name:

   

Title:

   

 

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