A. | WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among, inter
alia, Warnaco of Canada Company, as borrower (together with its successors and permitted
assigns, the Borrower), the financial institutions, together with their respective
successors and assigns, listed on the signature pages thereof from time to time, as Lenders,
and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented, revised, restated or
replaced from time to time (the Credit Agreement), the Lenders have agreed to make Loans
available to and for the benefit of the Borrower; unless otherwise defined herein, all
capitalized words and expressions when used herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed
thereto in the Credit Agreement |
B. | WHEREAS, the Collateral Agent is to hold for its own benefit and is to act as agent under the
Credit Agreement, inter alia, to hold as agent for the rateable benefit of itself and the
other Secured Parties, any and all security for the payment and performance of the obligations
of the Company under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. |
C. | WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to execute and deliver this agreement to and in favour of the
Collateral Agent as security for the payment and performance of the Companys obligations to
the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. |
(a) | Terms defined in the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) (as amended from
time to time, the PPSA) and used in this agreement have the same meanings. |
(b) | Any reference to the STA in this agreement means the Securities Transfer Act
(Ontario), as amended from time to time. |
(c) | Any references to the General Security Agreement shall mean that certain
General Security Agreement dated as of or about the date hereof between the Company, as
grantor, and the Collateral Agent, as same may be amended, supplemented, revised,
restated or replaced from time to time. |
(d) | Collateral Agent shall include, in addition to the Collateral Agent referred
to in the preamble of the Credit Agreement, any successors and assigns to the
Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and means the
Collateral Agent in its capacity as collateral agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties with respect to the Secured Obligations. |
(a) | The Company assigns, mortgages, charges, hypothecates and pledges to the
Collateral Agent, for its own benefit as a Lender (acting through its Canada branch)
and as agent for the rateable benefit of itself and the other Secured Parties and
grants to the Collateral Agent, for its own benefit as a Lender (acting through its
Canada branch) and as agent for the rateable benefit of itself and the other Secured
Parties, a security interest in the following property and assets (collectively, the
Collateral): (i) all certificated and uncertificated securities registered in the
name of the Company including those as described in Schedule A (collectively, the
Pledged Securities), (ii) all securities accounts of the Company including those
described in Schedule B (collectively, the Pledged Securities Accounts), all cash
balances in the Pledged Securities Accounts and all security entitlements in respect of
financial assets from time to time listed or described on the Pledged Securities
Accounts or any statement in respect thereof, (the Pledged Securities Entitlements)
(iv) all options, warrants and rights, whether as an addition to, in substitution of,
or in exchange for, the Pledged Securities, the Pledged Security Accounts or the
financial assets and other property subject to the Pledged Security Entitlements, (v)
all dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any such Pledged
Securities, Pledged Security Entitlements, Pledged Securities Accounts, options,
warrants and rights; (vi) all other rights and claims of the Company in respect of, or
in connection with, the foregoing and (vii) all proceeds arising out of the foregoing;
provided, however, that the foregoing grant of security interest shall not include a
security interest in any Excluded Property; and provided, further, that, if and when
any property shall cease to be Excluded Property, the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties shall have, and at all times from and after the date hereof be
deemed to have had, a security interest in such property. |
(b) | For greater certainty, the Collateral includes any substitutions or additions
arising out of any consolidation, subdivision, reclassification, stock dividend or
similar increase or decrease in, or alteration to, the capital of any issuer of the
Pledged Securities or the financial assets and other property subject to the Pledged
Security Entitlements or otherwise held in any Pledged Securities Account. |
(a) | The assignments, mortgages, charges, hypothecations, pledges and security
interests granted hereby (the Security Interest) secure the payment and performance
by the Borrower of the Secured Obligations (as such term is defined in the Credit
Agreement) (collectively, and together with the expenses, costs and charges set out in
Section 1.3(b), the Obligations). |
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(b) | All expenses, costs and charges incurred by or on behalf of the Collateral
Agent and the Secured Parties in connection with this agreement, the Security Interest
or the realization of the Collateral including all legal fees, court costs, receivers
or agents remuneration and other expenses of, or of taking or defending any action in
connection with, taking possession of, protecting, insuring, preparing for disposition,
realizing, collecting, selling, transferring, delivering or obtaining payment of the
Collateral or other lawful exercise of the powers conferred by the Credit Agreement and
the other Loan Documents are to be added to and form a part of the Obligations. |
(a) | The Company acknowledges that (i) value has been given, (ii) it has rights in
the Collateral (other than after-acquired Collateral), (iii) it has not agreed to
postpone the time of attachment of the Security Interest, and (iv) it has received a
duplicate original copy of this agreement. |
(b) | The Company will deliver to the Collateral Agent, immediately upon receipt
thereof, any and all certificates representing the Pledged Securities and, to the
extent applicable, the other Collateral, in each case accompanied by a duly executed
stock power of attorney or similar transfer form constituting an effective endorsement. |
(c) | If the Company becomes entitled to receive or receives any certificate
(including, without limitation, any certificate representing a stock dividend or any
certificate issued in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of
capital or any reorganization), option, warrant or right (if in deliverable form) in
respect of the Collateral, whether in addition to, in substitution for, as a conversion
of, or in exchange for, any of the Collateral, the Company will accept it as the agent
of the Collateral Agent and hold the same in trust for the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties in the form received, and will immediately deliver it to the Collateral
Agent together with a duly executed stock power of attorney or transfer form
constituting an effective endorsement, as applicable. |
(d) | If and to the extent any of the Pledged Securities are or become
uncertificated, the Company will enter into and cause the issuer of such Pledged
Securities to enter into a Control Account Agreement (as such term is defined in the
General Security Agreement) in order to ensure that the Collateral Agent has control
(as such term is used in the STA and the PPSA) of the uncertificated Pledged
Securities. |
(e) | If and to the extent the Company now or hereafter has one or more Pledged
Securities Accounts, it shall take all action necessary to cause the relevant
securities intermediary to enter into a Control Account Agreement (as such term is
defined in the General Security Agreement) with the Collateral Agent pursuant to which
the securities intermediary will agree, among other things, to comply with entitlement
orders originated by the Collateral Agent or its nominee without further consent of the
Company or any other Person. |
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(f) | At the election of the Collateral Agent and immediately upon written notice
being provided by the Collateral Agent to the Company, the Company will take all action
required to (i) permit the Pledged Securities to be transferred into and registered in
the name of the Collateral Agent or as it may direct, and (ii) cause the Pledged
Securities Account and Pledged Security Entitlements recorded therein to be transferred
to the Collateral Agent or as it may direct so that it or its nominee becomes the
entitlement holder thereof. The Company covenants that, at the time of any such
transfer, it will provide all required consents and approvals and cause the issuer of
the Pledged Securities or the securities intermediary, as the case may be, to make
appropriate notations on its share register or in the relevant securities account, as
applicable. |
(a) | it is the registered, legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral; |
(b) | the Collateral is free and clear of all liens, mortgages, charges and security
interests whatsoever other than those created in favour of the Collateral Agent; |
(c) | Schedule A correctly sets out the issuer, the certificate number and the
number and class of the Pledged Securities as at the date hereof and the Pledged
Securities represent all of the issued and outstanding certificated and uncertificated
securities owned by the Company at the date hereof. |
(d) | the Pledged Securities have been validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; |
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(e) | Schedule B correctly sets out the entitlement holder, securities intermediary
and securities accounts particulars with respect to each Pledged Securities Account as
at the date hereof, the Pledged Securities Accounts are the only securities accounts
of the Company as at the date hereof and all Pledged Security Entitlements are
properly and completely described in the Pledged Securities Accounts; |
(f) | this agreement creates a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Company
enforceable in accordance with its terms and the Security Interest in the Collateral is
a perfected security interest for purposes of the PPSA; |
(g) | the Collateral Agent has control of the Collateral that consists of investment
property (including financial assets carried in the Pledged Securities Account)
(Controlled Assets) and the Collateral Agent is a protected purchaser within the
meaning of the PPSA; |
(h) | no Person other than the Collateral Agent has control or has the right to
obtain control of any Controlled Assets; |
(i) | no Person, has any option, warrant, call, commitment, conversion, right of
exchange or other agreement or any right or privilege (whether by law, pre-emptive or
contractual) capable of becoming an option, warrant, right, call, commitment,
conversion right, right of exchange or other agreement to acquire any right or interest
in the Collateral; |
(j) | there are no restrictions on the voting rights associated with any of the
Collateral and there are no restrictions on the right to transfer the Collateral; and |
(k) | the Company is not bound by nor is it a party to any unanimous shareholder
agreement or declaration (as such terms are defined in the Canada Business Corporations
Act) relating to the Pledged Securities. |
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(a) | Until the Security Interest becomes enforceable, the Company may vote the
Pledged Securities, give consents, ratifications or waivers, make entitlement orders,
exercise all rights of conversion or other similar rights with respect to the
Collateral and receive all cash dividends and other distributions, money or property
relating to the Collateral. Whenever the Security Interest becomes enforceable, all
rights of the Company to vote, make entitlement orders, give consents, ratifications or
waivers, exercise other rights or receive dividends or other money or property will
cease and all such rights will become vested solely and absolutely in the Collateral
Agent, for and on behalf of the Lenders. |
(b) | Any dividends or other distributions received by the Company contrary to
Section 1.9(a) are received by the Company as trustee for the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties and will be immediately paid over to the Collateral Agent. |
(c) | In order to permit the Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and other rights
which it may be entitled to exercise hereunder and receive all dividends and other
distributions, money and property which it may be entitled to receive, the Company
shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the
Collateral Agent all such proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as the
Collateral Agent may from time to time request. |
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(a) | realize upon or otherwise dispose of or contract to dispose of the Collateral
by sale, transfer, delivery or otherwise; |
(b) | obtain possession or control of any Collateral which it does not already hold
or control, by any method permitted by law; |
(c) | notify any parties obligated in respect of any Collateral to make payment
thereof to the Collateral Agent or as it may direct; |
(d) | file proofs of claim and other documents in order to have the claims of the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties lodged in any bankruptcy, winding-up or other
judicial proceeding relating to the Company; |
(e) | exchange any and all of the Collateral upon the merger, consolidation,
reorganization, recapitalization or other readjustment of any issuer thereof, or upon
the exercise by any issuer of any right, privilege or option pertaining to any of the
Collateral, and in connection therewith, deposit and deliver or direct the sale or
other disposition of any of the Collateral with any committee, depositary, securities
intermediary, clearing house (whether CDS or otherwise), transfer agent, registrar or
other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as it may determine; or |
(f) | exercise and enforce all rights and remedies of a holder of the Collateral as
if the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof (including, if necessary,
causing the Collateral to be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent if not
already done), all without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or
notice of any kind to or upon the Company. |
(a) | Collateral may be disposed of in whole or in part; |
(b) | Collateral may be disposed of by public auction, public tender or private
contract, with or without advertising and without any other formality; |
(c) | any assignee of such Collateral may be the Collateral Agent, a Lender or a
customer or client of such Person; |
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(d) | any sale conducted by the Collateral Agent shall be at such time and place, on
such notice and in accordance with such procedures as the Collateral Agent, in its sole
discretion, may deem advantageous; |
(e) | Collateral may be disposed of in any manner and on any terms necessary to avoid
violation of applicable law or in order to obtain any required approval of the
disposition (or of the resulting purchase) by any governmental or regulatory authority
or official; |
(f) | the Collateral Agent may establish an upset or reserve bid or price in respect
of the Collateral; and |
(g) | a disposition of Collateral may be on such terms and conditions as to credit or
otherwise as the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, may deem advantageous. |
(a) | The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties are not obliged to exhaust their
recourse against the Company or any other Person or against any other security they may
hold in respect of the Obligations before realizing upon or otherwise dealing with the
Collateral in such manner as the Collateral Agent may consider desirable. |
(b) | The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties may grant extensions or other
indulgences, take and give up security, accept compositions, grant releases and
discharges and otherwise deal with the Company and with other Persons, sureties or
security as they may see fit without prejudice to the Obligations, the liability of the
Company or the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties in respect of the
Collateral. |
(c) | The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties are not (i) liable or accountable
for any failure to collect, realize or obtain payment in respect of the Collateral,
(ii) bound to institute proceedings for the purpose of collecting, enforcing, realizing
or obtaining payment of the Collateral or for the purpose of preserving any rights of
any Persons, (iii) responsible for any loss occasioned by any sale or other dealing
with the Collateral or by the retention of or failure to sell or otherwise deal with
the Collateral, or (iv) bound to protect the Collateral from depreciating in value or
becoming worthless. |
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(a) | No Person dealing with the Collateral Agent, any of the Secured Parties or an
agent or receiver thereof is required to determine (i) whether the Security Interest
has become enforceable, (ii) whether the powers which such Person is purporting to
exercise have become exercisable, (iii) whether any money remains due to the Collateral
Agent or any of the Secured Parties by the Company, (iv) the necessity or expediency of
the stipulations and conditions subject to which any sale, lease or other disposition
is made, (v) the propriety or regularity of any sale or other dealing by the Collateral
Agent, any Secured Parties or any other Person with the Collateral, or (vi) how any
money paid to the Collateral Agent, any Secured Party or agent or receiver has been
applied. |
(b) | Any purchaser of Collateral from the Collateral Agent or the Lenders shall hold
the Collateral absolutely, free from any claim or right of any kind whatever, including
any equity of redemption, of the Company. The Company waives (to the fullest extent
permitted by law) as against any such purchaser, all rights of redemption, stay or
appraisal which the Company has or may have under any rule of law or statute now
existing or hereafter adopted. |
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(a) | At the time provided in Section 10.7(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement, the
Collateral shall be released from the Liens hereby and this agreement and all
obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the
Collateral Agent and the Company hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any
instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral
shall revert to the Company. At the request and sole expense of the Company following
any such termination, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Company any Collateral
of the Company held by the Collateral Agent hereunder and execute and deliver to the
Company, at the sole expense of the Company, such documents as the Company shall
reasonably request to evidence such termination. |
(b) | If the Collateral Agent shall be directed or permitted pursuant to Section
10.7(b)(ii) or (iii) of the Credit Agreement to release any Lien created hereby upon
any Collateral (including any Collateral sold or disposed of by the Company in a
transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement), such Collateral shall be released from
the Lien created hereby to the extent provided under, and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in, Section 10.7(b)(ii) or (iii) of the Credit Agreement. In
connection therewith but subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral
Agent, at the request and sole expense of the Company, shall execute and deliver to the
Company, all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable for the
release of the Lien created hereby on such Collateral. |
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(a) | None of the terms or provisions of this agreement may be waived, amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 11.1 (Amendments,
Waivers, Etc.) of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that schedules to this
agreement may be supplemented (but no existing provisions may be modified and no
Collateral may be released) through amendments in a form reasonably acceptable to the
Collateral Agent, in each case duly executed by the Collateral Agent and the Company. |
(b) | Neither the Collateral Agent nor any Lender shall by any act, delay,
indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy
hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor
any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right,
power or privilege hereunder operates as a waiver thereof. No single or partial
exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder precludes any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. |
(c) | A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any Lender of any right or remedy hereunder
on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the
Collateral Agent or such Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion. |
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(a) | This agreement is governed by and is to be interpreted, construed and enforced
in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada
applicable therein, without regard to conflict of law principles. |
(b) | The Company irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario, (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of any
suit, action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such court, (iii) waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may have based upon
doctrines of venue or forum inconveniens. |
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WARNACO OF CANADA COMPANY |
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By: | /s/ Lawrence R. Rutkowski | |||
Name: | Lawrence R. Rutkowski | |||
Title: | Vice-President | |||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
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By: | /s/ Kevin W. Corcoran | |||
Name: | Kevin W. Corcoran | |||
Title: | Vice President |
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