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Security Agreement - Borders Group Inc., Borders Inc., Walden Book Co. Inc., Borders Outlet Inc. and Fleet Retail Group Inc.
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 30, 2004, (this "Security
Agreement") by and among (a) BORDERS GROUP, INC., a Michigan corporation
("BGI"), BORDERS, INC., a Colorado corporation ("Borders"), WALDEN BOOK COMPANY,
INC., a Colorado corporation and BORDERS OUTLET, INC., a Colorado corporation
(collectively, the "Companies") and (b) FLEET RETAIL GROUP, INC. ("Fleet"), in
its capacity as collateral agent (in such capacity, the "Collateral Agent") on
behalf and for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, reference is made to (i) that certain Amended and Restated
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, modified, or restated and in effect from time to time, the "Credit
Agreement"), among the Borrowers (as defined below), the financial institutions
party thereto as lenders, including any issuing banks and swingline lenders
thereunder (collectively, the "Lenders"), Fleet, in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the "Administrative
Agent") and the other agents party thereto (together with the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, collectively the "Bank Creditors") and (ii) those certain
Note Purchase Agreements each dated as of July 30, 2002 as amended pursuant to
Amendment No. 1 to Note Purchase Agreements dated as of July ___, 2004 (as
further amended, modified, or restated and in effect from time to time,
collectively, the "Note Purchase Agreement") pursuant to which BGI issued
$50,000,000 of its 6.31% Senior Guaranteed Notes due July 30, 2006 (the "Senior
Notes") to the Purchasers named in the Note Purchase Agreement (together with
the other holders from time to time of the Senior Notes, the "Noteholders" and,
collectively with the Bank Creditors and the Collateral Agent, the "Secured
Parties");
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make loans or otherwise extend
credit to the Borrowers upon terms and subject to the conditions specified in
the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a result of the Companies' willingness to grant liens to
the Lenders, the Companies are obligated under the Note Purchase Agreement to
grant liens to the Noteholders, as well;
WHEREAS, each of the Noteholders, the Collateral Agent, and the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Bank Creditors, have entered into the
Collateral Agency Agreement (as amended and in effect from time to time, the
"Collateral Agency Agreement") dated as of the date hereof to, among other
things, more fully set forth their respective rights and obligations with
respect to the Collateral;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent (i) to the Lenders' making any
loans or otherwise extending credit to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement
and (ii) to the Noteholders agreeing to amend certain provisions of the Note
Purchase Agreement, that
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each of the Companies execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, a security agreement in substantially the form
hereof; and
WHEREAS, each of the Companies wishes to grant a security interest in
favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as herein
provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises contained herein and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
1.1. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED HEREIN. All capitalized terms
used herein without definitions shall have the respective meanings
provided therefor in the Credit Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof. The term "State" as used herein, means the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. All terms defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State and used herein shall have the same definitions herein as
specified therein. However, if a term is defined in Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State differently than in another
Article of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State, the term has the
meaning specified in Article 9. Unless otherwise provided herein, the
rules of interpretation set forth in Section 1.2 of the Credit
Agreement shall apply to this Security Agreement.
1.2. DEFINITION OF CERTAIN TERMS USED HEREIN. As used herein,
the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below.
"Accounts" shall mean all accounts as defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State including, all accounts, accounts
receivable, receivables, and rights to payment (whether or not earned
by performance) arising out of the sale, lease, license, assignment or
other disposition of Inventory and/or arising out of the use of a
credit or charge card or information contained on or used with that
card.
"Administrative Agent" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
"Bank Credit Obligations" shall have the meaning given to the
term "Obligations" in the Credit Agreement.
"Bank Creditors" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
"Borrowers" shall have the meaning given to the term
"Borrowers" in the Credit Agreement.
"BGI" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
"Cash Dominion Cure Event" shall mean, (a) with respect to any
Cash Dominion Event arising from an Event of Default, (i) such Event of
Default is
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waived by the Lenders or the Noteholders, as applicable, or otherwise
remedied by the Borrowers in accordance with the Credit Agreement or
the Note Purchase Agreement, as applicable, and (ii) no Event of
Default occurs at any time during a period of sixty (60) consecutive
days following the date on which such Event of Default is so waived or
otherwise remedied and (b) with respect to any other Cash Dominion
Event, the Total Facility Usage Ratio (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) has not exceeded 90% for a period of sixty (60) consecutive
days. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Cash Dominion Event occurs
more than two times during any twelve (12) month period, no Cash
Dominion Cure Event shall occur until twelve (12) months have elapsed
from the date the first such Cash Dominion Event commenced.
"Cash Dominion Event" shall mean any time either (a) an Event
of Default shall have occurred or (b) the Total Facility Usage Ratio
(as defined in the Credit Agreement) exceeds 90% for a period of four
(4) consecutive Business Days.
"Collateral Agent" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereto.
"Collateral" shall mean the following assets of each Company:
(a) all Accounts, (b) all Inventory, (c) all deposit accounts
(including, without limitation, any bank accounts, checking accounts,
concentration accounts and demand deposit accounts), (d) all documents
relating to Accounts or Inventory, (e) all cash and cash equivalents,
(f) all chattel paper arising from the sale of Accounts or Inventory,
(g) all instruments, General Intangibles, supporting obligations,
letter-of-credit rights and rights under contracts for sale solely to
the extent any of the foregoing arise from or relate to the sale or
disposition of Accounts or Inventory or are necessary or useful in
connection with the sale of the Accounts or Inventory, (h) all policies
and certificates of insurance and all insurance proceeds, refunds, and
premium rebates, including, without limitation, proceeds of fire and
credit insurance, with respect to any of the foregoing, (i) all books,
records, and information relating to any of the foregoing, and all
rights of access to such books, records, and information, (j) all
liens, guaranties, rights, remedies, and privileges pertaining to any
of the foregoing ((a) through (i)), including the right of stoppage in
transit, and (k) any of the foregoing whether now owned or now due, or
in which any Company has an interest, or hereafter acquired, arising,
or to become due, or in which any Company obtains an interest, and all
products, proceeds, substitutions, and accessions of or to any of the
foregoing.
"Companies" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
"Credit Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
"Enforcement Notice" shall mean a written notice delivered by
the Required Secured Parties to the Collateral Agent and any other
Secured Parties, stating that an Event of Default (as defined herein)
has occurred and that the
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Required Secured Parties delivering such notice intend to realize upon
the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, in all or any portion of the Collateral and
instructing the Collateral Agent to take actions to realize upon any
such Collateral. An Enforcement Notice shall be deemed to have been
given when the Enforcement Notice has been received by the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties by certified U.S. mail, return
receipt requested, and to have been rescinded when the Collateral Agent
and the other Secured Parties have received written notice from the
Required Secured Parties that such Event of Default has been cured or
effectively waived for purposes of this Security Agreement. An
Enforcement Notice shall be deemed to be outstanding at all times after
such Notice has been given until such time, if any, as such Notice has
been rescinded; provided that any such Enforcement Notice may only be
rescinded by the Required Secured Parties of the same type (i.e., the
RSPs or the relevant Standstill RSPs) which have delivered such
Enforcement Notice to the Collateral Agent.
"Event of Default" shall mean any "Event of Default" as
defined in the Credit Agreement or any "Event of Default" as defined in
the Note Purchase Agreement.
"Fleet" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
"General Intangibles" shall have the meaning given that term
in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State.
"Inventory" shall include "inventory" as defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State and also all: (a) goods of a
Company which (i) are leased by such Company as lessor, (ii) are held
by such Company for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract
of service, (iii) are furnished by such Company under a contract of
service, or (iv) consist of raw materials, work in process, or
materials used or consumed in a business; (b) goods of said description
in transit; (c) goods of said description which are returned,
repossessed and rejected; (d) packaging and shipping materials related
to any of the foregoing; and (e) all documents which represent any of
the foregoing.
"Lenders" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
"Noteholders" shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
"Note Purchase Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in
the recitals hereto.
"Obligations" shall mean collectively the Bank Credit
Obligations and the Senior Note Obligations.
"Outstanding Bank Credit Obligations" shall mean, at any time,
the sum (without duplication) of (i) the aggregate principal amount of
the Revolving
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Credit Loans and the Swingline Loans at such time and the aggregate
amount of accrued and unpaid interest thereon at such time, (ii) any LC
Exposure and accrued and unpaid interest thereon at such time, (iii)
the aggregate amount of all other monetary obligations that are accrued
and owing at such time to the Bank Creditors or any of them under the
Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including fees, costs,
expenses, indemnities and premiums, if any, (v) the aggregate amount of
all monetary obligations of the Companies at such time under all
Hedging Agreements entered into with any counterparty that is or was a
Bank Creditor at the time such Hedging Agreement was entered into or
any of their respective affiliates, and (vi) all indebtedness,
obligations and liabilities of the Companies in connection with Cash
Management Services provided by the Bank Creditors and any of their
respective affiliates.
"Outstanding Obligations" shall mean, at any time, the sum of
(i) the Outstanding Bank Credit Obligations at such time and (ii) the
Outstanding Senior Note Obligations at such time.
"Outstanding Senior Note Obligations" shall mean at any time,
the sum (without duplication) of (a) the aggregate principal amount of
the outstanding Senior Notes at such time and the aggregate amount of
accrued and unpaid interest thereon at such time and (b) the aggregate
amount of all other monetary obligations that are accrued and owing at
such time to the Noteholders or any of them under the Note Purchase
Agreement, the Senior Notes, the Security Documents (as defined in the
Note Purchase Agreement) and the Guaranty Agreement (as defined in the
Note Purchase Agreement), including fees, costs, expenses, indemnities,
Make-Whole Amounts and premiums.
"Required Holders" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Note Purchase Agreement.
"Required Secured Parties" shall mean the Secured Parties
holding at least 51% of the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Obligations and (y) unless the Commitments of the
Lenders have been terminated pursuant to the terms of the Credit
Agreement, the undrawn Commitments at such time (the "RSPs"); provided
that solely in the event that a payment default has occurred with
respect to either of, but not both, the Bank Credit Obligations or the
Senior Note Obligations, as applicable, and such payment default
continues for thirty (30) consecutive days after notice of such payment
default is delivered to the Collateral Agent (such 30 day period
commencing after the receipt of the relevant notice of payment default,
the "Standstill Period") and an Enforcement Notice by the RSPs has not
otherwise been delivered to the Collateral Agent (or if so delivered,
has been subsequently rescinded by the RSPs), "Required Secured
Parties" shall also mean the Required Lenders or, as the case may be,
the Required Holders with respect to whom such payment default has
occurred and is continuing (during any payment default, such Required
Holders or Required Lenders, as the case may be, being hereinafter
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referred to as the "Standstill RSPs"). For the avoidance of doubt, the
proviso contained in the foregoing sentence does not restrict the RSPs
from delivering an Enforcement Notice to the Collateral Agent at any
time during which a payment default exists (including, without
limitation, during any Standstill Period).
"RSPs" shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of
Required Secured Parties.
"Secured Parties" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
"Senior Credit Documents" shall mean the Credit Agreement, the
Loan Documents, the Note Purchase Agreement and the Senior Notes.
"Senior Note Obligations" shall mean the obligations of BGI
and its subsidiaries under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Senior
Notes, the Security Documents (as defined in the Note Purchase
Agreement) and the Guaranty Agreement (as defined in the Note Purchase
Agreement).
"Senior Notes" shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
"Standstill RSPs" shall have the meaning set forth in the
definition of Required Secured Parties.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. Each Company hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to secure the payment
and performance in full of all of the Obligations, a security interest in and
pledges and assigns to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, all of such Company's right, title and interest in, to and under the
Collateral, wherever located, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or
arising, and all proceeds and products thereof.
3. AUTHORIZATION TO FILE FINANCING STATEMENTS. Each Company hereby
irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to
file in any filing office in any Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction any
initial financing statements and amendments thereto that provide any other
information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of
the State or such other jurisdiction for the sufficiency or filing office
acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including whether such
Company is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational
identification number issued to such Company. Each Company agrees to furnish any
such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request. Such financing
statements may describe the collateral in the same manner as described in this
Security Agreement or may contain an indication or description of collateral
that describes such property in any other manner as the Collateral Agent may
determine, in its sole discretion, is necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure
the perfection of the security interest in the collateral granted to the
Collateral Agent in connection herewith. Each Company ratifies and confirms the
authorization of the Collateral Agent to have filed in any Uniform Commercial
Code jurisdiction any like initial financing statements or amendments thereto if
filed prior to the date hereof.
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4. OTHER ACTIONS. Further to insure the attachment, perfection and
first priority of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the
Collateral Agent's security interest in the Collateral, each Company agrees, in
each case at such Company's expense, to take the following actions with respect
to the following Collateral and without limitation on each Company's other
obligations contained in this Security Agreement:
4.1. PROMISSORY NOTES AND TANGIBLE CHATTEL PAPER. If any
Company shall, now or at any time hereafter, hold or acquire any
promissory notes or tangible chattel paper in amounts in excess of
$500,000 relating to Collateral of the types included in the Aggregate
Borrowing Base, such Company shall forthwith endorse, assign and
deliver the same to the Collateral Agent, accompanied by such
instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the
Collateral Agent may from time to time specify.
4.2. DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS. (a) On or prior to the Closing Date,
each of the Companies will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
establish a depository account (the "Concentration Account") under the
control of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
in the name of the applicable Company, (b) at all times after the
Closing Date, cause all cash proceeds of Collateral to be deposited
only into local depository accounts ("Local Accounts"), concentration
depository accounts with financial institutions which have entered into
agency account agreements and, if applicable, lock box agreements
(collectively, "Agency Account Agreements"), in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (such concentration depository
accounts being referred to collectively as "Interim Concentration
Accounts") or the Concentration Account, (c) if at any time after the
Closing Date a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing
(unless and until a Cash Dominion Cure Event shall have occurred), at
the request of the Collateral Agent, direct all depository institutions
with Local Accounts to cause all funds (other than those amounts paid
to the Borrowers' operating account or Local Accounts referred to
Section 8.15.2, clause (y) of the Credit Agreement) held in each such
Local Account to be transferred no less frequently than once each day
to, and only to, an Interim Concentration Account or the Concentration
Account, (d) if at any time after the Closing Date a Cash Dominion
Event has occurred and is continuing (unless and until a Cash Dominion
Cure Event shall have occurred), at the request of the Collateral
Agent, direct all depository institutions with Interim Concentration
Accounts to cause all funds of the Companies and their Subsidiaries
held in such Interim Concentration Accounts to be transferred daily to,
and only to, the Concentration Account, and (e) at all times after the
Closing Date ensure that immediately upon any Company's or any of its
Subsidiaries' receipt of any funds constituting cash proceeds of any
Collateral, all such amounts shall have been deposited in a Local
Account, an Interim Concentration Account or the Concentration Account.
The Companies shall not enter into any agreement with any credit card
processors unless contemporaneously therewith, a Credit Card
Notification, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, is executed and delivered to the
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Collateral Agent. The Companies shall each cause each of their credit
card processors to remit all proceeds of all credit card charges to a
Concentration Account. If at any time a Cash Dominion Event has
occurred and is continuing (unless and until a Cash Dominion Cure Event
shall have occurred), each Company hereby agrees that all amounts
received in the Concentration Account will be the sole and exclusive
property of the Collateral Agent, for the accounts of the Secured
Parties, to be applied in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Collateral
Agency Agreement. The Collateral Agent agrees to deliver such documents
and to take such steps, at the Borrowers' sole cost and expense, as are
reasonably requested by the Borrowers to evidence the occurrence of any
Cash Dominion Cure Event.
4.3. COLLATERAL IN THE POSSESSION OF A BAILEE. If any
Collateral is, now or at any time hereafter, in the possession of a
bailee, the Companies shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent
thereof and, at the Collateral Agent's request and option, shall
promptly obtain an acknowledgement from the bailee, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, that the bailee holds
such Collateral for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and such
bailee's agreement to comply, without further consent of any Company,
at any time with instructions of the Collateral Agent as to such
Collateral. The Collateral Agent agrees with each Company that the
Collateral Agent shall not give any such instructions unless an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking
into account any action by such Company with respect to the bailee.
4.4. ELECTRONIC CHATTEL PAPER AND TRANSFERABLE RECORDS. If any
Company, now or at any time hereafter, holds or acquires an interest in
any electronic chattel paper, any electronic document 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, in each case constituting Collateral,
such Company shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof
and, at the request and option of the Administrative Agent, shall take
such action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to vest
in the Administrative Agent control, under Section 9-105 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State or any other relevant jurisdiction, of
such electronic chattel paper, control, under Section 7-106 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State or any other relevant
jurisdiction, of such electronic document 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 Collateral Agent agrees with each Company that
the Collateral Agent will arrange, pursuant to procedures satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent and so long as such procedures will not result
in the Collateral Agent's loss of control, for such Company to make
alterations to the electronic chattel paper, electronic document or
transferable record permitted under UCC Section 9-105, UCC Section
7-106, or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the federal Electronic
Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the
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Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control to make
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
Company with respect to such electronic chattel paper, electronic
document or transferable record. The provisions of this Section 4.4
relating to electronic documents and "control" under UCC Section 7-106
apply in the event that the 2003 revisions to Article 7, with
amendments to Article 9, of the Uniform Commercial Code, in
substantially the form approved by the American Law Institute and the
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, are now or
hereafter adopted and become effective in the State or in any other
relevant jurisdiction.
4.5. LETTER-OF-CREDIT RIGHTS. If any Company is, now or at any
time hereafter, a beneficiary under a letter of credit constituting
Collateral, such Company shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent
thereof and, at the request and option of the Collateral Agent, such
Company shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, either (a) arrange for the issuer
and any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment
to the Collateral Agent of the proceeds of the letter of credit or (b)
arrange for the Collateral Agent to become the transferee beneficiary
of the letter of credit, with the Collateral Agent agreeing, in each
case, that the proceeds of the letter of credit are to be applied as
provided for in Section 19.2.
4.6. OTHER ACTIONS AS TO ANY AND ALL COLLATERAL. Each Company
further agrees, upon the request of the Collateral Agent and at the
Collateral Agent's option, to take any and all other actions as the
Collateral Agent may determine to be necessary or useful for the
attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of the
Collateral Agent to enforce, the Collateral Agent's security interest
in any and all of the Collateral, including (a) executing, delivering
and, where appropriate, filing financing statements and amendments
relating thereto under the Uniform Commercial Code of any relevant
jurisdiction, to the extent, if any, that such Company's signature
thereon is required therefor, (b) complying with any provision of any
statute, regulation or treaty of the United States as to any Collateral
if compliance with such provision is a condition to attachment,
perfection or priority of, or ability of the Collateral Agent to
enforce, the Collateral Agent's security interest in such Collateral,
(c) obtaining governmental and other third party waivers, consents and
approvals, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent,
including any consent of any licensor, lessor or other person obligated
on Collateral, and (d) taking all actions under any earlier versions of
the Uniform Commercial Code or under any other law, as reasonably
determined by the Collateral Agent to be applicable in any relevant
Uniform Commercial Code or other jurisdiction, including any foreign
jurisdiction.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING COMPANIES' LEGAL STATUS.
Each Company has previously delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate
signed by such Company and entitled "Perfection Certificate" (the "Perfection
Certificate"). Each
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Company represents and warrants to the Secured Parties as follows: (a) such
Company's exact legal name is that indicated on the Perfection Certificate and
on the signature page hereof, (b) such Company is an organization of the type,
and is organized in the jurisdiction, set forth in the Perfection Certificate,
(c) the Perfection Certificate accurately sets forth such Company's
organizational identification number or accurately states that the Company has
none, (d) the Perfection Certificate accurately sets forth such Company's place
of business or, if more than one, its chief executive office, as well as such
Company's mailing address, if different, (e) all other information set forth on
the Perfection Certificate pertaining to such Company is accurate and complete,
and (f) there has been no change in any of such information since the date on
which the Perfection Certificate was signed by such Company. On each anniversary
of the Closing Date, each Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a
certificate, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, executed by
an Authorized Officer of such Company (i) certifying that there has been no
change in any information provided in the Perfection Certificate since the date
on which such Perfection Certificate was signed by such Company or (ii)
attaching an updated Perfection Certificate certified to be true and correct as
of the date thereof.
6. COVENANTS CONCERNING COMPANIES' LEGAL STATUS. Each Company covenants
with the Secured Parties as follows: (a) without providing at least thirty (30)
days prior written notice to the Collateral Agent, no Company will change its
name, its place of business or, if more than one, chief executive office, or its
mailing address or organizational identification number if it has one, (b) if
any Company does not have an organizational identification number and later
obtains one, such Company will forthwith notify the Collateral Agent of such
organizational identification number, and (c) without providing at least thirty
(30) days prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and otherwise executing
and delivering to the Collateral Agent all documentation which (i) the
Administrative Agent reasonably determines is necessary to continue such
Company's obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Collateral Agent's
Liens on the Collateral and (ii) the Noteholders reasonably determine is
necessary to continue such Company's obligations under the Note Purchase
Agreement, no Company will change its type of organization, jurisdiction of
organization or other legal structure.
7. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONCERNING COLLATERAL, ETC. Each
Company further represents and warrants to the Secured Parties as follows: (a)
such Company is the owner of or has other rights in or power to transfer the
Collateral, free from any right or claim of any person or any adverse lien,
except for the security interest created by this Security Agreement and other
Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement and the Note Purchase Agreement, (b)
none of the Collateral constitutes, or is the proceeds of, "farm products" as
defined in Section 9-102(a)(34) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State, (c)
all other information set forth on the Perfection Certificate pertaining to the
Collateral is accurate and complete, and (d) there has been no change in any of
such information since the date on which the Perfection Certificate was signed
by such Company.
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8. COVENANTS CONCERNING COLLATERAL, ETC. Each Company further covenants
with the Secured Parties as follows: (a) the Collateral, to the extent not
delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 4, will be kept at those
locations listed on the Perfection Certificate (other than inventory held at new
store locations arising after the date of the most recent Perfection Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 5 hereof) and, except as otherwise permitted under
the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Note Purchase Agreement, no Company
will remove the Collateral from such locations, without providing at least 30
days prior written notice to the Collateral Agent, (b) except for the security
interest herein granted and Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement and the Note
Purchase Agreement, each Company shall be the owner of the applicable Collateral
free from any right or claim of any other person or any lien, and such Company
shall defend the same against all claims and demands of all persons at any time
claiming the same or any interests therein adverse to the Collateral Agent or
any of the Lenders, (c) the Companies shall not pledge, mortgage or create, or
suffer to exist any right of any person in or claim by any person to the
Collateral, or any lien in the Collateral in favor of any person, or become
bound (as provided in Section 9-203(d) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State or any other relevant jurisdiction or otherwise) by a security agreement
in favor of any person as secured party, other than the Collateral Agent, except
for Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement and the Note Purchase Agreement, (d)
each Company will keep the Collateral in good order and repair and will not use
the same in violation of law or any policy of insurance thereon, (e) each
Company will permit the Collateral Agent, or its designee, to inspect the
Collateral at any reasonable time, wherever located, and (f) no Company will
sell or otherwise dispose, or offer to sell or otherwise dispose, of the
Collateral or any interest therein except for sales of inventory in the ordinary
course of business and dispositions permitted by the Credit Agreement and the
Note Purchase Agreement.
9. INSURANCE.
9.1. MAINTENANCE OF INSURANCE. The Companies shall maintain
with financially sound and reputable insurers insurance with respect to
its properties and business against such casualties and contingencies
as shall be in accordance with general practices of businesses engaged
in similar activities in similar geographic areas. Such insurance shall
be in such minimum amounts that no Company will be deemed a co-insurer
under applicable insurance laws, regulations and policies and otherwise
shall be in such amounts, contain such terms, be in such forms and be
for such periods as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent. In addition, all such insurance shall be payable to the
Collateral Agent as loss payee for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
Without limiting the foregoing, each Company will (a) keep all of its
physical property insured with casualty or physical hazard insurance on
an "all risks" basis, with broad form flood and earthquake coverages
and electronic data processing coverage, with a full replacement cost
endorsement and an "agreed amount" clause in an amount equal to 100% of
the full replacement cost of such property, (b) maintain all such
workers' compensation or similar insurance as may be required by law
and (c) maintain, in amounts and with deductibles equal to
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those generally maintained by businesses engaged in similar activities
in similar geographic areas, general public liability insurance against
claims of bodily injury, death or property damage occurring, on, in or
about the properties of such Company; business interruption insurance;
and product liability insurance.
9.2. INSURANCE PROCEEDS. The proceeds of any casualty
insurance in respect of any casualty loss of any of the Collateral
shall, subject to the rights, if any, of other parties with an interest
having priority in the property covered thereby, (a) so long as no Cash
Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing, be disbursed to the
Company which has suffered such loss and (b) in all other circumstances
including the period during which a Cash Dominion Event has occurred
and a Cash Dominion Cure Event has not yet occurred, be held by the
Collateral Agent as cash collateral for the Obligations. The Collateral
Agent may, at its sole option, disburse from time to time all or any
part of such proceeds so held as cash collateral, upon such terms and
conditions as the Collateral Agent may reasonably prescribe, for direct
application by the appropriate Company solely to the repair or
replacement of such Company's property so damaged or destroyed, or the
Collateral Agent may apply all or any part of such proceeds to the
Obligations as set forth in Section 19.2.
9.3. CONTINUATION OF INSURANCE. All policies of insurance
shall provide for at least 30 days prior written cancellation notice to
the Collateral Agent. In the event of failure by the Companies to
provide and maintain insurance as herein provided, the Collateral Agent
may, at its option, provide such insurance and charge the amount
thereof to the Companies. The Companies shall furnish the Collateral
Agent with certificates of insurance and policies evidencing compliance
with the foregoing insurance provision.
10. COLLATERAL PROTECTION EXPENSES; PRESERVATION OF COLLATERAL.
10.1. EXPENSES INCURRED BY COLLATERAL AGENT. In the Collateral
Agent's discretion, the Collateral Agent may discharge taxes and other
encumbrances at any time levied or placed on any of the Collateral,
maintain any of the Collateral, make repairs thereto and pay any
necessary filing fees or insurance premiums, in each case if any
Company fails to do so. Each Company jointly and severally agrees to
reimburse the Collateral Agent on demand for all expenditures so made.
The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Company to make
any such expenditures, nor shall the making thereof be construed as a
waiver or cure of any Default.
10.2. COLLATERAL AGENT'S OBLIGATIONS AND DUTIES. Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Company shall remain
obligated and liable under each contract or agreement comprised in the
Collateral to be observed or performed by such Company thereunder.
Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any
obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason
of or arising out of this Security Agreement or the receipt by the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to any of
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the Collateral, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party be
obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any
Company under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make
inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or
as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such
contract or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action
to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts
which may have been assigned to the Collateral Agent or to which the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled at any time or
times. The Collateral Agent's sole duty with respect to the custody,
safe keeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its
possession, under Section 9-207 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State or otherwise, shall be to deal with such Collateral in the same
manner as the Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own
account.
11. SECURITIES AND DEPOSITS. The Collateral Agent may at any time
following and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at its option,
transfer to itself or any nominee any securities constituting Collateral,
receive any income thereon and hold such income as additional Collateral or
apply it to the Obligations. Whether or not any Obligations are due, the
Collateral Agent may following and during the continuance of an Event of Default
demand, sue for, collect, or make any settlement or compromise which it deems
desirable with respect to the Collateral. During the continuance of an Event of
Default, regardless of the adequacy of Collateral or any other security for the
Obligations, any deposits or other sums at any time credited by or due from the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to any Company may at any time be applied
to or set off against any of the Obligations.
12. NOTIFICATION TO ACCOUNT DEBTORS AND OTHER PERSONS OBLIGATED ON
COLLATERAL. If at any time a Cash Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing,
and a Cash Dominion Cure Event has not occurred, the Companies shall, at the
request and option of the Collateral Agent, notify account debtors and other
persons obligated on any of the Collateral of the security interest of the
Collateral Agent in any account or other Collateral and that payment thereof is
to be made directly to the Collateral Agent or to any financial institution
designated by the Collateral Agent as the Collateral Agent's agent therefor, and
the Collateral Agent may itself, without notice to or demand upon such Company,
so notify account debtors and other persons obligated on Collateral. After the
making of such a request or the giving of any such notification, such Company
shall hold any proceeds of collection of accounts and other Collateral received
by such Company as trustee for the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, without commingling the same with other funds of such Companies
and shall turn the same over to the Collateral Agent in the identical form
received, together with any necessary endorsements or assignments. The
Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of collection of accounts and other
Collateral received by the Collateral Agent to the Obligations in accordance
with the requirements of the Collateral Agency Agreement, such proceeds to be
immediately credited after final payment in cash or other immediately available
funds of the items giving rise to them.
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13. POWER OF ATTORNEY.
13.1. APPOINTMENT AND POWERS OF COLLATERAL AGENT. Each Company
hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and
any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact with full irrevocable power and
authority in the place and stead of such Company or in the Collateral
Agent's own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this
Security Agreement, to take any and all appropriate action and to
execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or
useful to accomplish the purposes of this Security Agreement and hereby
gives said attorneys the power and right, on behalf of such Company,
without notice to or assent by such Company, to do the following:
(a) solely upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, generally to sell,
transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or
otherwise dispose of or deal with any of the Collateral in
such manner as is consistent with the Uniform Commercial Code
of the State or any other relevant jurisdiction and as fully
and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the
absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and to do, at such
Company's expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts
and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary or
useful to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and
the Collateral Agent's security interest therein, in order to
effect the intent of this Security Agreement, all no less
fully and effectively as such Company might do, including the
execution, delivery and recording, in connection with any sale
or other disposition of any Collateral, of the endorsements,
assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer
with respect to such Collateral; and
(b) to the extent that any Company's authorization
given in Section 3 is not sufficient, to file such financing
statements with respect hereto, or a photocopy of this
Security Agreement in substitution for a financing statement,
as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate and to execute in
such Company's name such financing statements and amendments
thereto and continuation statements which may require such
Company's signature.
13.2. RATIFICATION BY COMPANIES. To the extent permitted by
law, each Company hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of
attorney is a power coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
13.3. NO DUTY ON COLLATERAL AGENT. The powers conferred on the
Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the interests of the
Collateral Agent and Secured Parties in the Collateral and shall not
impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent to exercise any such powers.
The Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for the amounts that it
actually receives as a result of the
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exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Company for
any act or failure to act, except for the Collateral Agent's own gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
14. COLLATERAL ACTIONS.
14.1. ENFORCEMENT NOTICE. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Required Secured Parties shall have the
right to deliver an Enforcement Notice in respect of the Collateral
instructing the Collateral Agent to exercise remedies with respect to
the Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall exercise or refrain from
exercising all such rights, powers and remedies as shall be available
to it under the Senior Credit Documents to which it is a party or with
respect to the Collateral solely in accordance with an Enforcement
Notice received from the Required Secured Parties; provided that, in
case of an emergency in order to protect any of the Collateral, the
Collateral Agent may take, but shall have no obligation to take, any
such actions as shall be available to it under the Senior Credit
Documents as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Secured
Parties. No Enforcement Notice, once issued, may be rescinded or
withdrawn without the written consent of the Required Secured Parties.
14.2. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. If an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent, without any other
notice to or demand upon any Company, shall have in any jurisdiction in
which enforcement hereof is sought, in addition to all other rights and
remedies, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State or any other relevant jurisdiction and any
additional rights and remedies as may be provided to a secured party in
any jurisdiction in which Collateral is located, including, the right
to take possession of the Collateral, and for that purpose the
Collateral Agent may, so far as the Companies can give authority
therefor, enter upon any premises on which the Collateral may be
situated and remove the same therefrom. The Collateral Agent may in its
discretion require any Company to assemble all or any part of the
Collateral at such location or locations within the jurisdiction(s) of
such Company's principal office(s) or at such other locations as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably designate. Unless the Collateral is
perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type
customarily sold on a recognized market, the Collateral Agent shall
give to the Companies at least five (5) Business Days prior written
notice of the time and place of any public sale of Collateral or of the
time after which any private sale or any other intended disposition is
to be made. Each Company hereby acknowledges that five (5) Business
Days prior written notice of such sale or sales shall be reasonable
notice. In addition, each Company waives any and all rights that it may
have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement of any of the
Collateral Agent's rights and remedies hereunder, including its right
following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the
Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies with respect
thereto.
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15. STANDARDS FOR EXERCISING RIGHTS AND REMEDIES. To the extent that
applicable law imposes duties on the Collateral Agent to exercise remedies in a
commercially reasonable manner, each Company acknowledges and agrees that it is
not commercially unreasonable for the Collateral Agent (a) to fail to incur
expenses reasonably deemed significant by the Collateral Agent to prepare
Collateral for disposition or otherwise to fail to complete raw material or work
in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (b)
to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed
of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain
governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of
Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (c) to fail to exercise collection
remedies against account debtors or other persons obligated on Collateral or to
fail to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (d) to
exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other persons obligated
on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other
collection specialists, (e) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through
publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is
of a specialized nature, (f) to contact other persons, whether or not in the
same business as any Company, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or
any portion of the Collateral, (g) to hire one or more professional auctioneers
to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the collateral is of
a specialized nature, (h) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing Internet sites
that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral
or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and
sellers of assets, (i) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail
markets, (j) to disclaim disposition warranties, (k) to purchase insurance or
credit enhancements to insure the Collateral Agent against risks of loss,
collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to the Collateral Agent a
guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (l) to
the extent deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent, to obtain the services of
brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist the
Collateral Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. Each
Company acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 15 is to provide
non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent
would fulfill the Collateral Agent's duties under the Uniform Commercial Code of
the State or any other relevant jurisdiction in the Collateral Agent's exercise
of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the
Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to fail to fulfill such duties solely on
account of not being indicated in this Section 15. Without limitation upon the
foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 15 shall be construed to grant any
rights to any of the Companies or to impose any duties on the Collateral Agent
that would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by
applicable law in the absence of this Section 15.
16. NO WAIVER BY COLLATERAL AGENT, ETC. The Collateral Agent shall not
be deemed to have waived any of its rights and remedies in respect of the
Obligations or the Collateral unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed
by the Collateral Agent with the consent of the Required Secured Parties. No
delay or omission on the part of the Collateral Agent in exercising any right or
remedy shall operate as a waiver of such right or remedy or any other right or
remedy. A waiver on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or
waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion. All rights
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and remedies of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Obligations or the
Collateral, whether evidenced hereby or by any other instrument or papers, shall
be cumulative and may be exercised singularly, alternatively, successively or
concurrently at such time or at such times as the Collateral Agent deems
expedient.
17. SURETYSHIP WAIVERS BY COMPANIES. Each of the Companies waives
demand, notice, protest, notice of acceptance of this Security Agreement, notice
of loans made, credit extended, Collateral received or delivered or other action
taken in reliance hereon and all other demands and notices of any description.
With respect to both the Obligations and the Collateral, each Company assents to
any extension or postponement of the time of payment or any other indulgence, to
any substitution, exchange or release of or failure to perfect any security
interest in any Collateral, to the addition or release of any party or person
primarily or secondarily liable, to the acceptance of partial payment thereon
and the settlement, compromising or adjusting of any thereof, all in such manner
and at such time or times as the Collateral Agent may deem advisable. The
Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of the
Collateral or any income therefrom, the preservation of rights against prior
parties, or the preservation of any rights pertaining thereto beyond the safe
custody thereof as set forth in Section 10.2. Each Company further waives any
and all other suretyship defenses.
18. MARSHALLING. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Secured Party
shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security
(including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other assurances of
payment of, the Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral
security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of the
rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party hereunder and
of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party in respect of such collateral
security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition to
all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising. To the extent that
it lawfully may, each Company hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law
relating to the marshalling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede
the enforcement of the Collateral Agent's rights and remedies under this
Security Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of
the Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which
any of the Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and,
to the extent that it lawfully may, each Company hereby irrevocably waives the
benefits of all such laws.
19. PROCEEDS OF DISPOSITIONS; EXPENSES.
19.1. EXPENSES. The Companies jointly and severally agree to
pay to the Collateral Agent on demand any and all expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred or paid by the
Collateral Agent in protecting, preserving or enforcing the Collateral
Agent's rights and remedies under or in respect of any of the
Obligations or any of the Collateral. Until paid, all amounts due and
payable by any Company to the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be a
debt secured by the Collateral and shall bear, whether before or after
judgment, interest at the rate of interest as set forth in Section 20.
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19.2. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS OF DISPOSITIONS. Any proceeds of
collection or sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be applied
in accordance with Section 4.2 of the Collateral Agency Agreement.
20. OVERDUE AMOUNTS. Until paid, all amounts due and payable by any
Company hereunder shall be a debt secured by the Collateral and shall bear,
whether before or after judgment, interest at the rate of interest for overdue
principal set forth (a) with respect to the Bank Credit Obligations, in the
Credit Agreement and (b) with respect to the Senior Note Obligations, in the
Note Purchase Agreement and the Senior Notes.
21. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT IS
INTENDED TO TAKE EFFECT AS A SEALED INSTRUMENT AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
Each of the Companies agrees that any action or claim arising out of any dispute
in connection with this Security Agreement, any rights or obligations hereunder
or the performance or enforcement of such rights or obligations may be brought
in the courts of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or any federal court sitting
therein and consents to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of such court and to
service of process in any such suit being made upon the Companies by mail at the
address specified in Section 16.6 of the Credit Agreement. Each Company hereby
waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such
suit or any such court or that such suit is brought in an inconvenient court.
22. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY
TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR
THE PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY SUCH RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS. Except as
prohibited by law, each Company waives any right which it may have to claim or
recover in any litigation referred to in the preceding sentence any special,
exemplary, punitive or consequential damages or any damages other than, or in
addition to, actual damages. Each Company (a) certifies that neither the
Collateral Agent or any Secured Party nor any representative, agent or attorney
of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party has represented, expressly or
otherwise, that the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party would not, in the
event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waivers or other waivers
contained in this Security Agreement and (b) acknowledges that, in entering into
the Credit Agreement, the Amendment No. 1 to the Note Purchase Agreement and the
other Loan Documents to which the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party is a
party, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties are relying upon,
among other things, the waivers and certifications contained in this Section 22.
23. MISCELLANEOUS. The headings of each section of this Security
Agreement are for convenience only and shall not define or limit the provisions
thereof. This Security Agreement and all rights and obligations hereunder shall
be binding upon each Company and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to
the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and their
respective successors and assigns. If any term
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of this Security Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity of all other terms hereof shall in no way be
affected thereby, and this Security Agreement shall be construed and be
enforceable as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term had not been
included herein. Each Company acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Security
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, intending to be legally bound, each Company has
caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed under seal as of the date
first above written.
BORDERS GROUP, INC.
By: __________________________________________
Name: Edward W. Wilhelm
Title: Senior Vice President, Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
BORDERS, INC.
WALDEN BOOK COMPANY, INC.
BORDERS OUTLET, INC.
By: __________________________________________
Name: Edward W. Wilhelm
Title: Senior Vice President, Treasurer,
and Assistant
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Accepted:
FLEET RETAIL GROUP, INC.,
as Collateral Agent
By: ____________________________
Name: Kathleen A. Dimock
Title: Managing Director
Address:
40 Broad Street
Boston, MA 02109
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CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COMMONWEALTH OR STATE OF ______________________________________________)
) ss.
COUNTY OF _____________________________________________________________)
On this ___ day of July, 2004, before me, the undersigned notary
public, personally appeared Edward W. Wilhelm, proved to me through satisfactory
evidence of identification, which were _____________________________, to be the
person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document, and
acknowledged to me that he signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose (as
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary for BORDERS GROUP,
INC., a Michigan corporation ("BGI"), BORDERS, INC., a Colorado corporation
("Borders"), WALDEN BOOK COMPANY, INC., a Colorado corporation and BORDERS
OUTLET, INC., a Colorado corporation).
________________________________________
(official signature and seal of notary)
My commission expires:
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CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
COMMONWEALTH OR STATE OF ______________________________________________)
) ss.
COUNTY OF _____________________________________________________________)
On this ___ day of July, 2004, before me, the undersigned notary
public, personally appeared Kathleen A. Dimock, proved to me through
satisfactory evidence of identification, which were _______________________, to
be the person whose name is signed on the preceding or attached document, and
acknowledged to me that he signed it voluntarily for its stated purpose (as
Managing Director for FLEET RETAIL GROUP, INC.).
________________________________________
(official signature and seal of notary)
My commission expires:
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EXHIBIT A
OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE
June ___, 200_
Reference is hereby made to (a) that certain Amended and Restated
Multicurrency Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of June ___, 2004 (as amended,
modified, or restated and in effect from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"),
among the Borrowers (as defined therein), the financial institutions party
thereto as Lenders, Fleet Retail Group Inc. d/b/a Bank of America Retail Finance
Group, as administrative and collateral agent for itself and the Lenders (the
"Collateral Agent") and the other agents party thereto; and (b) that certain
Security Agreement dated as of June ___, 2004 (the "Security Agreement") between
the Companies (as defined therein) and the Collateral Agent.
Pursuant to Section 5 of the Security Agreement, the undersigned hereby
certifies that he/she is the duly elected, qualified and acting [__] of [__]
(the "Company"), and in such capacity hereby certifies on behalf of the Company,
and not individually, that, [the representations and warranties contained in
Section 5 of the Security Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof]
[attached hereto is a copy of the Perfection Certificate of the Company true and
correct as of the date hereof].
[COMPANY]
By: ____________________________________
Name:
Title: