Exhibit 10.5.1
FIRST LIEN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
made by
GENERAC ACQUISITION CORP.
GPS CCMP MERGER CORP.
and certain Subsidiaries of GPS CCMP MERGER CORP.
in favor of
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as Administrative Agent
Dated as of November 10, 2006
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SECTION 1. |
DEFINED TERMS |
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1.1. |
Definitions |
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1.2. |
Other Definitional Provisions |
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SECTION 2. |
GUARANTEE |
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2.1. |
Guarantee |
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2.2. |
Rights of Reimbursement, Contribution and Subrogation |
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2.3. |
Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations |
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2.4. |
Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional |
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2.5. |
Reinstatement |
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2.6. |
Payments |
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SECTION 3. |
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST; CONTINUING LIABILITY UNDER COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 4. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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4.1. |
Representations in First Lien Credit Agreement |
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4.2. |
Title; No Other Liens |
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4.3. |
Perfected First Priority Liens |
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4.4. |
Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, etc. |
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4.5. |
Inventory and Equipment |
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4.6. |
Farm Products |
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4.7. |
Investment Property |
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4.8. |
Receivables |
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4.9. |
Intellectual Property |
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4.10. |
Letters of Credit and Letter of Credit Rights |
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4.11. |
Commercial Tort Claims |
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SECTION 5. |
COVENANTS |
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5.1. |
Covenants in First Lien Credit Agreement |
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5.2. |
Delivery and Control of Certain Collateral |
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5.3. |
Maintenance of Insurance |
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5.4. |
Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation |
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5.5. |
Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, etc. |
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5.6. |
Investment Property |
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5.7. |
Intellectual Property |
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5.8. |
Commercial Tort Claims |
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SECTION 6. |
REMEDIAL PROVISIONS |
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6.1. |
Certain Matters Relating to Receivables |
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6.2. |
Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable |
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6.3. |
Pledged Collateral |
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6.4. |
Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent |
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6.5. |
Application of Proceeds |
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6.6. |
Code and Other Remedies |
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6.7. |
Registration Rights |
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6.8. |
Deficiency |
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SECTION 7. |
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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7.1. |
Administrative Agents Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. |
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7.2. |
Duty of Administrative Agent |
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7.3. |
Execution of Financing Statements |
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7.4. |
Authority of Administrative Agent |
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7.5. |
Appointment of Co-Collateral Agents |
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SECTION 8. |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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8.1. |
Amendments in Writing |
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8.2. |
Notices |
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8.3. |
No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies |
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8.4. |
Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification |
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8.5. |
Successors and Assigns |
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8.6. |
Set-Off |
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8.7. |
Counterparts |
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8.8. |
Severability |
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8.9. |
Section Headings |
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8.10. |
Integration |
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8.11. |
APPLICABLE LAW |
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8.12. |
Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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8.13. |
Acknowledgments |
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8.14. |
Additional Grantors |
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8.15. |
Releases |
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8.16. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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SCHEDULE 4.3 FILINGS; OTHER ACTIONS |
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SCHEDULE 4.4 NAME; JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION, ETC |
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SCHEDULE 4.5 INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT |
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SCHEDULE 4.7 INVESTMENT PROPERTY |
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SCHEDULE 4.9 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY |
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SCHEDULE 4.10 LETTERS OF CREDIT AND LETTERS OF CREDIT RIGHTS |
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SCHEDULE 4.11 COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS |
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SCHEDULE 8.2 NOTICES |
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EXHIBIT A ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT |
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EXHIBIT B-1 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT |
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EXHIBIT B-2 AFTER-ACQUIRED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT |
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EXHIBIT C CONTROL AGREEMENT (UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES) |
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EXHIBIT D ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT |
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FIRST LIEN GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of November 10, 2006, made by each of the signatories hereto (other than GSCP, but together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, the Grantors), in favor of GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. (GSCP), as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with its successors, the Administrative Agent) for (i) the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the Lenders) from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the First Lien Credit Agreement), among Generac Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), GPS CCMP Merger Corp., a Wisconsin corporation (the Borrower), the Lenders party thereto, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and GSCP, as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers (in each such capacity, the Joint Lead Arrangers), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as syndication agent (in such capacity, the Syndication Agent), and Barclays Bank PLC, as Documentation Agent (in such capacity and together with its successors, the Documentation Agent), and (ii) the other Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the First Lien Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the First Lien Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the First Lien Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the First Lien Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
Administrative Agent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
After-Acquired Intellectual Property shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.9(k).
Agreement shall mean this First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Borrower shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Borrower Obligations shall mean the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and reimbursement obligations in respect of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to any Grantor, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of (x) the Borrower to the Joint Lead Arrangers, to any Agent, Lender, Issuing Bank or other Secured Party, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with the First Lien Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, or the Letters of Credit or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, and (y) any Grantor to any Lender Counterparty, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with under any Specified Hedge Agreement, any Cash Management Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Joint Lead Arrangers, to any Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by any Grantor pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document) or otherwise; provided, that (i) obligations of the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as the obligations referred to in clause (x) above are so secured and guaranteed, (ii) any release of collateral or guarantors effected in the manner permitted by the First Lien Credit
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Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Agreements and (iii) the amount of secured obligations under any Specified Hedge Agreements shall not exceed the net amount, including any net termination payments, that would be required to be paid to the counterparty to such Specified Hedge Agreement on the date of termination of such Specified Hedge Agreement.
Cash Management Agreement shall mean any agreement evidencing Cash Management Obligations entered into by any Loan Party.
Co-Documentation Agents shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Collateral shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.
Collateral Account shall mean (i) any collateral account established by the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or Section 6.4 or (ii) any cash collateral account established as provided in Section 2.05(j) of the First Lien Credit Agreement.
Collateral Account Funds shall mean, collectively, the following: all funds (including all trust monies) and investments (including all cash equivalents) credited to, or purchased with funds from, any Collateral Account and all certificates and instruments from time to time representing or evidencing such investments; all Money, notes, certificates of deposit, checks and other instruments from time to time hereafter delivered to or otherwise possessed by the Administrative Agent for or on behalf of any Grantor in substitution for, or in addition to, any or all of the Collateral; and all interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the items constituting Collateral.
Contracts shall mean all contracts and agreements between any Grantor and any other person (in each case, whether written or oral, or third party or intercompany) as the same may be amended, assigned, extended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time including (i) all rights of any Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of any Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect thereto, (iii) all rights of any Grantor to damages arising thereunder and (iv) all rights of any Grantor to terminate and to perform and compel performance of, such Contracts and to exercise all remedies thereunder.
Copyright Licenses shall mean any agreement, whether written or oral, naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee (including those listed in Schedule 4.9(a) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time)), granting any right in, to or under any Copyright, including the grant of rights to manufacture, print, publish, copy, import, export, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.
Copyrights shall mean (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country, or union of countries, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including those listed in Schedule 4.9(a) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time)), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith and
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rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and all Mask Works (as defined in 17 USC 901), (ii) the right to, and to obtain, all extensions and renewals thereof, and the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing, (iii) all proceeds of the foregoing, including license, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit and (iv) all other rights of any kind whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto.
dollars or $ shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
Excluded Assets shall mean: (i) the Excluded Foreign Subsidiary Equity Interests; (ii) any Equity Interests if, and to the extent that, and for so long as doing so would violate applicable law or, other than in the case of Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, a contractual obligation binding on such Equity Interests; (iii) any assets acquired after the Closing Date, to the extent that, and for so long as, taking such actions would violate a contractual obligation binding on such assets that existed at the time of the acquisition thereof and was not created or made binding on such assets in contemplation or in connection with the acquisition of such assets (except in the case of assets acquired with Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(h) of the First Lien Credit Agreement that is secured by a Lien permitted pursuant to Section 6.02(i) of the First Lien Credit Agreement); (iv) any lease, license, contract, property right or agreement to which any Grantor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and only for so long as the grant of a security interest hereunder shall constitute or result in a breach, termination or default under any such lease, license, contract, property right or agreement (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law or principles of equity); provided, however, that such security interest shall attach immediately to any portion of such lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement that does not result in any of the consequences specified above, (v) any property subject to a Lien permitted under Section 6.02(i) or 6.02(j) of the First Lien Credit Agreement, (vi) Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and all cash, cash equivalents and assets on deposit therein, (vii) vehicles and (viii) those assets with respect to which the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the costs of obtaining security interests in which are excessive in relation to the value of the security afforded thereby.
Excluded Foreign Subsidiary Equity Interests shall mean (A) Equity Interests of any first tier Foreign Subsidiary owned by any Grantor in excess of 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of such Foreign subsidiary and (B) any issued and outstanding Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not a first tier Foreign Subsidiary owned by any Grantor.
Excluded Perfection Assets shall mean (i) Collateral for which the perfection of Liens thereon requires filings in or other actions under the laws of jurisdictions outside of the United States of America, any State, territory or dependency thereof or the District of Columbia, (ii) goods included in Collateral received by any Person from any Grantor for sale or return within the meaning of Section 2-326 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the applicable jurisdiction, to the extent of claims of creditors of such Person, (iii) Equipment constituting Fixtures, (iv) Collateral as to which actions required for perfection are permitted not to be taken pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof or Section 5.09(g) of the First Lien Credit Agreement and (v)
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Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts (other than the filing of a financing statement with respect thereto) and vehicles that are subject to the certificate of title laws in any state.
First Lien Credit Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
General Intangibles shall mean all general intangibles as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the New York UCC and, in any event, including with respect to any Grantor, all rights of such Grantor to receive any tax refunds, all Swap Agreements and all contracts, agreements, instruments and indentures and all licenses, permits, concessions, franchises and authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities in any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified, including (i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it under or in connection with any such general intangibles, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect to any such general intangibles, (iii) all rights of such Grantor to damages arising under or in connection with any such general intangibles and (iv) all rights of such Grantor to terminate and to perform and compel performance and to exercise all remedies under any such general intangibles.
Grantors shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Guarantor Obligations shall mean with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with (a) this Agreement (including Section 2) or any other Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party to any Secured Party, (b) any Specified Hedging Agreement to any Lender Counterparty or (c) any Cash Management Agreement to any Lender Counterparty, in each case whether on account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including all fees and disbursements of counsel to any Secured Party that are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document); provided, that (i) obligations of the Guarantor under any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as the obligations referred to above are so secured and guaranteed, (ii) any release of collateral or guarantors effected in the manner permitted by the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Agreements and (iii) the amount of secured obligations under any Specified Hedge Agreements shall not exceed the net amount, including any net termination payments, that would be required to be paid to the counterparty to such Specified Hedge Agreement on the date of termination of such Specified Hedge Agreement..
Guarantors shall mean the collective reference to each Grantor other than the Borrower.
Holdings shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
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Insurance shall mean (i) all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Administrative Agent is the loss payee thereof) and (ii) any key man life insurance policies.
Intellectual Property shall mean the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks, the Trademark Licenses, the Trade Secrets and the Trade Secret Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any past, present and future infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
Intercompany Note shall mean any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries, including the Global Intercompany Note.
Investment Property shall mean the collective reference to (i) all investment property as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC (other than any such investment property which is an Excluded Asset) including all Certificated Securities and Uncertificated Securities, all Security Entitlements, all Securities Accounts, all Commodity Contracts and all Commodity Accounts, (ii) security entitlements, in the case of any United States Treasury book-entry securities, as defined in 31 C.F.R. section 357.2, or, in the case of any United States federal agency book-entry securities, as defined in the corresponding United States federal regulations governing such book-entry securities, and (iii) whether or not otherwise constituting investment property, all Pledged Notes, all Pledged Equity Interests, all Pledged Security Entitlements and all Pledged Commodity Contracts.
Issuers shall mean the collective reference to each issuer of Pledged Collateral that is a Subsidiary.
Joint Lead Arrangers shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Lenders shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Licensed Intellectual Property shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.9(a).
New York UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
Obligations shall mean (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.
Owned Intellectual Property shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.9(a).
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Patent License shall mean all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use, import, export, distribute or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including any of the foregoing listed in Schedule 4.9(a) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Patents shall mean (i) all letters of patent of the United States, any other country, union of countries or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, all reissues and extensions thereof and all goodwill associated therewith, including any of the foregoing listed in Schedule 4.9(a) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) all applications for letters of patent of the United States or any other country or union of countries or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, all improvements thereof, including any of the foregoing listed in Schedule 4.9(a) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (iii) all rights to, and to obtain, any reissues or extensions of the foregoing and (iv) all proceeds of the foregoing, including licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit.
Pledged Alternative Equity Interests shall mean all interests (other than any such interests that are Excluded Assets) of any Grantor in participation or other interests in any equity or profits of any business entity and the certificates, if any, representing such interests and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing; provided, however, that Pledged Alternative Equity Interests shall not include any Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged Trust Interests.
Pledged Collateral shall mean the collective reference to the Pledged Debt Securities, the Pledged Notes and the Pledged Equity Interests.
Pledged Commodity Contracts shall mean all commodity contracts listed on Schedule 4.7(c) (as such schedule may be amended from time to time) and all other commodity contracts to which any Grantor is party from time to time.
Pledged Debt Securities shall mean all debt securities now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, (other than any such debt securities that are Excluded Assets), including the debt securities listed on Schedule 4.7(b), (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), together with any other certificates, options, rights or security entitlements of any nature whatsoever in respect of the debt securities of any person that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect.
Pledged Equity Interests shall mean all Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests, Pledged Trust Interests and Pledged Alternative Equity Interests.
Pledged LLC Interests shall mean all interests of any Grantor now owned or hereafter acquired in any limited liability company (other than any such interests that are Excluded Assets), including all limited liability company interests listed on Schedule 4.7(a) hereto under the heading Pledged LLC Interests (as such schedule may be amended or
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supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such limited liability company and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such limited liability company interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing.
Pledged Notes shall mean all promissory notes now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor (other than any such promissory notes that are Excluded Assets), including those listed on Schedule 4.7(b) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to or held by any Grantor.
Pledged Partnership Interests shall mean all interests of any Grantor now owned or hereafter acquired in any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership (other than any such interests that are Excluded Assets), including all partnership interests listed on Schedule 4.7(a) hereto under the heading Pledged Partnership Interests (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such partnership interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such partnership and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such partnership interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing.
Pledged Security Entitlements shall mean all security entitlements with respect to the financial assets listed on Schedule 4.7(c) (as such schedule may be amended from time to time) and all other security entitlements of any Grantor.
Pledged Stock shall mean all shares of capital stock (other than any such shares that are Excluded Assets) now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including all shares of capital stock listed on Schedule 4.7(a) hereto under the heading Pledged Stock (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), and the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of such Grantor in the entries on the books of the issuer of such shares and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing.
Pledged Trust Interests shall mean all interests of any Grantor now owned or hereafter acquired in a Delaware business trust or other trust (other than any such interests that are Excluded Assets), including all trust interests listed on Schedule 4.7(a) hereto under the heading Pledged Trust Interests (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such trust interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records of such trust or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such trust interests and any other warrant, right or option to acquire any of the foregoing.
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Proceeds shall mean all proceeds as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC and, in any event, shall include all dividends or other income from the Investment Property, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.
Receivable shall mean all Accounts and any other right to payment for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper or classified as a Payment Intangible and whether or not it has been earned by performance. References herein to Receivables shall include any Supporting Obligation or collateral securing such Receivable.
Secured Parties shall mean, collectively, the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and, with respect to any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Agreement, any Lender Counterparty.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Specified Hedge Agreement shall mean any Swap Agreement entered into by (i) the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries and (ii) a Lender Counterparty.
Syndication Agent shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble.
Trademark License shall mean any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right in, to or under any Trademark, including any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 4.9(a) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Trademarks shall mean (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country, union of countries, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including any of the foregoing listed in Schedule 4.9(a) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) the right to, and to obtain, all renewals thereof, (iii) the goodwill of the business symbolized by the foregoing, (iv) other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of a like nature and (v) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements or dilution of any of the foregoing or for any injury to goodwill, and all proceeds of the foregoing, including royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit.
Trade Secret License shall mean any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right in, to or under any Trade Secret.
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Secret), whether or not reduced to a writing or other tangible form, including all documents and things embodying, incorporating or describing such Trade Secret, the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any Trade Secret and all proceeds of the foregoing, including royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit.
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2.4. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party upon the
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guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment and performance without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by any Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance hereunder) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other person against any Secured Party, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, any Secured Party may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by any Secured Party to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of any Secured Party against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof demand shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
2.5. Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.
2.6. Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars in immediately available funds at the office of the Administrative Agent as specified in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
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provided that, notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Section 3, Collateral shall not include, and this Agreement shall not, at any time, constitute a grant of a security interest in any property that is, at such time, an Excluded Asset.
To induce the Joint Lead Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent and the Lenders to enter into the First Lien Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties that:
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4.1. Representations in First Lien Credit Agreement. In the case of each Guarantor (other than Holdings), the representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the First Lien Credit Agreement as they relate to such Guarantor or to the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct as of the date hereof in all material respects, and the Secured Parties shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth herein.
4.2. Title; No Other Liens. Such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens, including Liens arising as a result of such Grantor becoming bound (as a result of merger or otherwise) as grantor under a security agreement entered into by another person, except for Liens permitted by Section 6.02 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.
4.3. Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests (other than security interests in Excluded Perfection Assets) granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 4.3 (all of which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on such Schedule have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in duly completed and duly executed form, as applicable, and may be filed by the Administrative Agent at any time) and payment of all filing fees, will constitute valid fully perfected security interests in all of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for such Grantors Obligations and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral, except for Liens expressly permitted by Section 6.02 of the First Lien Credit Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, each Grantor has taken all actions necessary (except with respect to Excluded Perfection Assets), including those specified in Section 5.2 to (i) establish the Administrative Agents control (within the meanings of Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the New York UCC) over any portion of the Investment Property constituting Certificated Securities, Uncertificated Securities, Securities Entitlements or Commodity Accounts (each as defined in the New York UCC), (ii) establish the Administrative Agents control (within the meaning of Section 9-107 of the New York UCC) over all Letter of Credit Rights, (iii) establish the Administrative Agents control (within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the New York UCC) over all Electronic Chattel Paper and (iv) establish the Administrative Agents control (within the meaning of Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction UETA) over all transferable records (as defined in UETA).
4.4. Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, etc. On the date hereof, such Grantors exact legal name (as indicated on the public record of such Grantors jurisdiction of formation or organization), jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number, if any, and the location of such Grantors chief executive office or sole place of business are specified on Schedule 4.4. On the date hereof, each Grantor is organized solely under the law of the jurisdiction so specified and has not filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction. On the date hereof, except as specified on Schedule 4.4, no such Grantor has changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole place of business in any way (e.g. by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the past five years and has not within the last five years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as a grantor under a security agreement (other than in respect of a Lien permitted by Section 6.02 of the First Lien Credit Agreement) entered into by another person, which has not heretofore been terminated.
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4.6. Farm Products. None of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, Farm Products.
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4.10. Letters of Credit and Letter of Credit Rights. No Grantor is a beneficiary or assignee under any letter of credit with a face amount in excess of $1,000,000 (including any Letter of Credit) other than the letters of credit described on Schedule 4.10 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time). With respect to any letters of credit in
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excess of $1,000,000 in face amount that are by their terms transferable, each Grantor has caused (or, in the case of the letters of credit that are specified on Schedule 4.10 on the date hereof in excess of $1,000,000 in face amount, will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) all issuers and nominated persons under letters of credit in which the Grantor is the beneficiary or assignee to consent to the assignment of such letter of credit to the Administrative Agent and has agreed that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default it shall cause all payments thereunder to be made to the Collateral Account. With respect to any letters of credit in excess of $1,000,000 in face amount that are not transferable, each Grantor shall obtain (or, in the case of the letters of credit that are specified on Schedule 4.10 on the date hereof in excess of $1,000,000 in face amount, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain) the consent of the issuer thereof and any nominated person thereon to the assignment of the proceeds of the released letter of credit to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 5-114(c) of the New York UCC.
4.11. Commercial Tort Claims. No Grantor has any Commercial Tort Claims as of the date hereof in excess of $1,000,000 and, except as specifically described on Schedule 4.11 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), no Grantor has any Commercial Tort Claims after the date hereof in excess of $1,000,000.
Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations shall have been paid in full, and all commitments to extend credit under the First Lien Credit Agreement shall have expired or been terminated:
5.1. Covenants in First Lien Credit Agreement. Each Grantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not taken, as the case may be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
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5.5. Changes in Locations, Name, Jurisdiction of Incorporation, etc. Such Grantor shall give 10 days written notice to the Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of duly authorized and, where required, executed copies of all additional financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein after any of the following:
(i) a change in its legal name, jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business from that referred to in Section 4.4; or
(i) a change in its legal name, identity or structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed by the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.
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(n) Such Grantor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to protect the secrecy of all Trade Secrets material to its business, including entering into confidentiality agreements with employees and labeling and restricting access to secret information and documents.
5.8. Commercial Tort Claims. Such Grantor shall advise the Administrative Agent concurrently with delivery of the financial statements required under Section 5.04(b) of the First Lien Credit Agreement of any Commercial Tort Claim held by such Grantor in excess of $1,000,000 and shall promptly execute a supplement to this Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to grant a security interest in such
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Commercial Tort Claim to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties.
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6.2. Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable.
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6.4. Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent. In addition to the rights of the Secured Parties specified in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, cash equivalents, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, forthwith upon demand, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly endorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Secured Parties) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5.
6.5. Application of Proceeds. At such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative Agents election, the Administrative Agent may apply all or any part of the net Proceeds (after deducting fees and expenses as provided in Section 6.6) constituting Collateral realized through the exercise by the Administrative Agent of its remedies hereunder, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, and any proceeds of the guarantee set forth in Section 2, in payment of the Obligations in the following order:
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First, to the Administrative Agent, to pay incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents;
Second, to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards payment of amounts then due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then due and owing and remaining unpaid to the Secured Parties;
Third, to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards prepayment of the Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then held by the Secured Parties; and
Fourth, any balance of such Proceeds remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full, no letters of credit issued under the First Lien Credit Agreement shall be outstanding and the Commitments under the First Lien Credit Agreement shall have terminated or expired shall be paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.
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6.8. Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by any Secured Party to collect such deficiency.
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Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent agrees that, except as provided in Section 7.1(b), it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
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7.2. Duty of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agents sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Administrative Agent, nor any other Secured Party nor any of their respective officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Secured Parties hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Parties interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon any Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, partners, employees, agents, attorneys and other advisors, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except to the extent that any such act or failure to act is found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted primarily from their own gross negligence or willful misconduct in breach of a duty owed to such Grantor.
7.3. Execution of Financing Statements. Each Grantor acknowledges that pursuant to Section 9-509(b) of the New York UCC and any other applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to file or record financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral, in such form and in such offices as the Administrative Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the security interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor agrees that such financing statements may describe the collateral in the same manner as described in the Security Documents or as all assets or all personal property, whether now owned or hereafter existing or acquired or such other description as the Administrative Agent, in its sole judgment, determines is necessary or advisable. A photographic or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.
7.4. Authority of Administrative Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the First Lien Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or
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refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.
7.5. Appointment of Co-Collateral Agents. At any time or from time to time, in order to comply with any applicable requirement of law, the Administrative Agent may appoint another bank or trust company or one of more other persons, either to act as co-agent or agents on behalf of the Secured Parties with such power and authority as may be necessary for the effectual operation of the provisions hereof and which may be specified in the instrument of appointment (which may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, include provisions for indemnification and similar protections of such co-agent or separate agent).
8.1. Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except by a written instrument executed by each affected Grantor and the Administrative Agent, subject to any consents required under Section 9.08 of the First Lien Credit Agreement; provided that any provision of this Agreement imposing obligations on any Grantor may be waived by the Administrative Agent in a written instrument executed by the Administrative Agent.
8.2. Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 9.01 of the First Lien Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 8.2.
8.3. No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. No Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which such Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.
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8.5. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Secured Parties and their successors and assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be null and void.
8.6. Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each Secured Party at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor, to set-off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor, or any part thereof in such amounts as such Secured Party may elect, against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Grantor to such Secured Party hereunder and claims of every nature and description of such Secured Party against such Grantor, in any currency, whether arising hereunder, under the First Lien Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise, as such Secured Party may elect, whether or not any Secured Party has made any demand for payment and although such obligations, liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. Each Secured Party shall notify such Grantor promptly of any such set-off and the application made by such Secured Party of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of each Secured Party under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) which such Secured Party may have.
8.7. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.
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8.8. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.9. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
8.10. Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Secured Party relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
8.11. APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.12. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor and the Administrative Agent hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
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8.13. Acknowledgments. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
8.14. Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.09 of the First Lien Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Exhibit D hereto.
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8.16. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 8.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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Exhibit A
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FORM OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the Collateral Agreement), made by the Grantors and Guarantors parties thereto for the benefit of Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. (GSCP), as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with its successors, the Administrative Agent); capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given such terms therein. The undersigned agrees for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties as follows:
1. The undersigned will be bound by the terms of the Collateral Agreement applicable to issuers of Pledged Collateral and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to the undersigned.
2. The undersigned confirms the statements made in the Collateral Agreement with respect to the undersigned including, without limitation, in Section 4.7 and Schedules 4.7(a), 4.7(b) and 4.7(c) .
3. The terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 of the Collateral Agreement shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 of the Collateral Agreement.
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to Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this Intellectual Property Security Agreement), is made by each of the signatories hereto (collectively, the Grantors) in favor of Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. (GSCP), as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns, the Administrative Agent), for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Collateral Agreement referred to below).
WHEREAS, GPS CCMP MERGER CORP., a Wisconsin corporation (the Borrower), has entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the Borrower, GENERAC ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. (GSCP), as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the Administrative Agent), the other agents named therein and GSCP and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders and to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower, and the Issuing Banks to issue their respective Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered that certain First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2006, to the Administrative Agent (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Collateral Agreement) for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings given such terms in the Collateral Agreement);
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Collateral Agreement, the Grantors have granted a security interest in certain property, including, without limitation, certain Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) of the Grantors to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and have agreed as a condition thereof to execute this Intellectual Property Security Agreement for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, and other applicable Governmental Authorities;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantors agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in and to all of such Grantors right, title and interest in and to the following (the Intellectual Property Collateral), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantors Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement):
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(a) (i) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, trade dress, trade styles, logos, or other indicia of origin or source identification, trademark and service mark registrations, and applications for trademark or service mark registrations and any new renewals thereof, including, without limitation, each registration and application identified in Schedule 1, (ii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (iv) all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto, together in each case with the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each of the above (collectively, the Trademarks);
(b) (i) all patents, patent applications and patentable inventions, including, without limitation, each issued patent identified in Schedule 1, (ii) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iv) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (v) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutes, renewals, and extensions thereof, all improvements thereon and all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto (collectively, the Patents);
(c) (i) all copyrights, whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published, including, but not limited to copyrights in software and databases all Mask Works (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 901 of the Copyright Act) and all works of authorship and other intellectual property rights therein, all copyrights of works based on, incorporated in, derived from or relating to works covered by such copyrights, all right, title and interest to make and exploit all derivative works based on or adopted from works covered by such copyrights, and all copyright registrations and copyright applications, mask works and mask work applications, and any renewals or extensions thereof, including, without limitation, each registration and application identified in Schedule 1, (ii) the rights to print, publish and distribute any of the foregoing, (iv) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iv) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (v) all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto (Copyrights);
(d) (i) all trade secrets and all confidential and proprietary information, including know-how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and information, (ii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without
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limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (iv) all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto (collectively, the Trade Secrets);
(e) (i) all licenses or agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to the Grantor of: (A) any right to use any Trademark or Trade Secret, (B) any right to manufacture, use, import, export, distribute, offer for sale or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, and (C) any right under any Copyright including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright including, without limitation, any of the foregoing identified in Schedule 1, (ii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations of any of the foregoing, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (iv) all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto; and
(f) any and all proceeds of the foregoing.
SECTION 2. Recordation. Each Grantor authorizes and requests that the Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks record this Intellectual Property Security Agreement.
SECTION 3. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by telecopy), each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 4. Governing Law. This Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof that would require application of laws of another state.
SECTION 5. Conflict Provision. This Intellectual Property Security Agreement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Collateral Agreement and the Credit Agreement. The rights and remedies of each party hereto with respect to the security interest granted herein are without prejudice to, and are in addition to those set forth in the Collateral Agreement and the Credit Agreement, all terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event that any provisions of this Intellectual Property Security Agreement are in conflict with the Collateral Agreement or the Credit Agreement, the provisions of the Collateral Agreement or the Credit Agreement shall govern.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of undersigned has caused this Intellectual Property Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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Schedule l
COPYRIGHTS
PATENTS
TRADEMARKS
Exhibit B-2 to
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
FORM OF AFTER-ACQUIRED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
(FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL FILING)
This INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL FILING), dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this First Supplemental Intellectual Property Security Agreement), is made by each of the signatories hereto (collectively, the Grantors) in favor of Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. (GSCP), as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with its successors and assigns, the Administrative Agent), for the Secured Parties (as defined in the Collateral Agreement referred to below).
WHEREAS, GPS CCMP MERGER CORP., a Wisconsin corporation (the Borrower), has entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the Borrower, GENERAC ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. (GSCP), as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the Administrative Agent), the other agents named therein and GSCP and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligations of the Lenders and to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower, and the Issuing Banks to issue their respective Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered that certain First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2006, to the Administrative Agent (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Collateral Agreement) for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings given such terms in the Collateral Agreement);
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Collateral Agreement, the Grantors have granted a security interest in certain property, including, without limitation, certain Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement), including but not limited to After-Acquired Intellectual Property (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) of the Grantors to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, and have agreed as a condition thereof to execute this First Supplemental Intellectual Property Security Agreement for recording with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, and other applicable Governmental Authorities;
WHEREAS, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement was recorded against certain United States Intellectual Property at [INSERT REEL/FRAME NUMBER] [IF SECOND OR LATER SUPPLEMENTAL, ADD PRIOR REEL/FRAME NUMBERS];
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantors agree as follows:
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SECTION 1. Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in and to all of such Grantors right, title and interest in and to the following (the Intellectual Property Collateral), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantors Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement):
(a) (i) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, trade dress, trade styles, logos, or other indicia of origin or source identification, trademark and service mark registrations, and applications for trademark or service mark registrations and any new renewals thereof, including, without limitation, each registration and application identified in Schedule 1, (ii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (iv) all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto, together in each case with the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each of the above (collectively, the Trademarks);
(b) (i) all patents, patent applications and patentable inventions, including, without limitation, each issued patent identified in Schedule 1, (ii) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iv) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (v) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, substitutes, renewals, and extensions thereof, all improvements thereon and all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto (collectively, the Patents);
(c) (i) all copyrights, whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published, including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, all Mask Works (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 901 of the Copyright Act) and all works of authorship and other intellectual property rights therein, all copyrights of works based on, incorporated in, derived from or relating to works covered by such copyrights, all right, title and interest to make and exploit all derivative works based on or adopted from works covered by such copyrights, and all copyright registrations and copyright applications, mask works registrations and mask works applications, and any renewals or extensions thereof, including, without limitation, each registration and application identified in Schedule 1, (ii) the rights to print, publish and distribute any of the foregoing, (iii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iv) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (v) all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto (Copyrights);
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(d) (i) all trade secrets and all confidential and proprietary information, including know-how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans, and customer and supplier lists and information, (ii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (iv) all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto (collectively, the Trade Secrets);
(e) (i) all licenses or agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of: (A) any right to use any Trademark or Trade Secret, (B) any right to manufacture, use, import, export, distribute, offer for sale or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, and (C) any right under any Copyright including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, print, publish, copy, import, export, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright including, without limitation, any of the foregoing identified in Schedule 1, (ii) the right to sue or otherwise recover for any and all past, present and future infringements and misappropriations of any of the foregoing, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and other payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto (including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith, and damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof), and (iv) all other rights of any kind whatsoever of the Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto; and
(f) any and all proceeds of the foregoing.
SECTION 2. Recordation. Each Grantor authorizes and requests that the Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks record this First Supplemental Intellectual Property Security Agreement.
SECTION 3. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by telecopy), each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
SECTION 4. Governing Law. This First Supplemental Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof that would require application of laws of another state.
SECTION 5. Conflict Provision. This First Supplemental Intellectual Property Security Agreement has been entered into in conjunction with the provisions of the Collateral Agreement and the Credit Agreement. The rights and remedies of each party hereto with respect to the security interest granted herein are without prejudice to, and are in addition to those set forth in the Collateral Agreement and the Credit Agreement, all terms and provisions of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event that any provisions of this Intellectual
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of undersigned has caused this Intellectual Property Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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Schedule 1
COPYRIGHTS
PATENTS
TRADEMARKS
Exhibit C to
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
FORM OF CONTROL AGREEMENT (UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES)
This Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement dated as of November 10, 2006 (this Agreement), among (the Pledgor), Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., in its capacity as Collateral agent for the First Lien Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referenced below, including its successors and assigns from time to time, the First Lien Collateral Agent), and Wilmington Trust Company, in its capacity as Collateral agent for the Second Lien Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referenced below, including its successors and assigns from time to time, the Second Lien Collateral Agent), and , a corporation (the Issuer). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned in the Intercreditor Agreement dated November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement) among GPS CCMP MERGER CORP. (Borrower), and the Collateral Agents. All references herein to the UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.
SECTION 1. Priority of Lien. Pursuant to that certain First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the First Lien Collateral Agreement), among the Pledgor, the other grantors party thereto and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners, L.P. (in such capacity, and together with its successors and assigns from time to time, the First Lien Administrative Agent), and that certain Second Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Second Lien Collateral Agreement; and together with the First Lien Collateral Agreement, the Security Agreements), among the Pledgor, the other grantors party thereto and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Pledgor has granted a security interest in all of the Pledgors rights in the Pledged Shares referred to in Section 2 below to each of the First Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, respectively. The First Lien Administrative Agent and Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Pledgor and the Issuer are entering into this Agreement to perfect each of the First Lien Administrative Agent, and the Second Lien Collateral Agents security interests in such Pledged Shares. As between the First Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Administrative Agent shall have a first priority security interest in such Pledged Shares and the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have a second priority security interest in such Pledged Shares in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement. The Issuer hereby acknowledges that it has received notice of the security interests of the First Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent in such Pledged Shares and hereby acknowledges and consents to such liens.
SECTION 2. Registered Ownership of Shares. The Issuer hereby confirms and agrees that as of the date hereof the Pledgor is the registered owner of
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SECTION 3. Instructions. If at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default the Issuer shall receive instructions originated by the First Lien Administrative Agent relating to the Pledged Shares, the Issuer shall comply with such instructions without further consent by the Pledgor or any other person. If at any time the Issuer shall receive instructions originated by the Second Lien Collateral Agent relating to the Pledged Shares, the Issuer shall comply with such instructions without further consent by the Pledgor or any other person; provided that, prior to receipt by the Issuer of a Notice of Termination of First Lien Obligations in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (Notice of Termination of First Lien Obligations), in the event the Issuer receives conflicting instructions from the Administrative Agents, the Second Lien Administrative Agent hereby instructs the Issuer to comply with the instructions of the First Lien Administrative Agent; and provided further that the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall not give any such instructions other than in accordance with Section 3 of the Intercreditor Agreement. If the Pledgor is otherwise entitled to issue instructions and such instructions conflict with any instructions issued by the First Lien Administrative Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent (either with the consent of the First Lien Administrative Agent or following the receipt by Issuer or a Notice of Termination of First Lien Obligations), if applicable, the Issuer shall follow the instructions issued by the applicable Administrative Agent.
SECTION 4. Additional Representations and Warranties of the Issuer. The Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the First Lien Administrative Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Agents) :
(a) It has not entered into, and until the termination of this agreement will not enter into, any agreement with any other person relating the Pledged Shares pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with instructions issued by such other person.
(b) It has not entered into, and until the termination of this agreement will not enter into, any agreement with the Pledgor or the Agents purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Issuer to comply with instructions as set forth in Section 3 hereof.
(c) Except for the security interests of the Agents and of the Pledgor in the Pledged Shares, the Issuer does not know of any security interest in the Pledged Shares. If any person asserts any lien, encumbrance or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Pledged Shares, the Issuer will promptly notify the Agents and the Pledgor thereof.
(d) This Agreement is the valid and legally binding obligation of the Issuer.
SECTION 5. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
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SECTION 6. Conflict with Other Agreements. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement or any other agreement between the Pledgor and the Issuer (or any portion thereof) now existing or hereafter entered into, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail. As between the Agents and the Pledgor, in the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Security Agreements, the terms of the Security Agreements shall prevail. No amendment or modification of this Agreement or waiver of any right hereunder shall be binding on any party hereto unless it is in writing and is signed by all of the parties hereto.
SECTION 7. Voting Rights. Until such time as the Agents shall otherwise instruct the Issuer in writing, the Pledgor shall have the right to vote the Pledged Shares.
SECTION 8. Successors; Assignment. The terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Each Agent may assign its rights hereunder only with the express written consent of the Issuer and by sending written notice of such assignment to the Pledgor.
SECTION 9. Notices. Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and deemed to have been properly given when delivered in person, or when sent by telecopy or other electronic means and electronic confirmation of error free receipt is received or two (2) days after being sent by certified or registered United States mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the party at the address set forth below.
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SECTION 10. Termination. The obligations of the Issuer to the Agents pursuant to this Agreement shall continue in effect until the security interests of both Agents in the Pledged Shares have been terminated pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreements and each Agent has notified the Issuer of such termination in writing. Each Agent agrees to provide a Notice of Termination in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto to the Issuer upon the request of the Pledgor on or after the termination of such Agents security interest in the Pledged Shares pursuant to the terms of the applicable Security Agreement. The termination of this Agreement shall not terminate the Pledged Shares or alter the obligations of the Issuer to the Pledgor pursuant to any other agreement with respect to the Pledged Shares.
SECTION 11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument, and any party hereto may execute this Agreement by signing and delivering one or more counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
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Exhibit A
To Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement
[LETTERHEAD OF GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.]
NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF FIRST LIEN OBLIGATIONS
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Re: Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Agreement) by and among [NAME OF PLEDGOR], GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as First Lien Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the First Lien Administrative Agent), WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Second Lien Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Second Lien Collateral Agent) and [NAME OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION] re: Pledged Shares issued by [NAME OF ISSUER].
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You are hereby notified that there has been a Discharge of First Lien Obligations.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
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Exhibit B
To Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement
[LETTERHEAD OF FIRST/SECOND LIEN ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT]
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Re: Termination of Control Agreement
You are hereby notified that the Uncertificated Securities Control Agreement between you, [the Pledgor] and the undersigned (a copy of which is attached) (the Agreement) is terminated and you have no further obligations to the undersigned pursuant to the Agreement. Notwithstanding any previous instructions to you, you are hereby instructed to accept all future directions with respect to Pledged Shares (as defined in the Agreement) from [the Pledgor]. This notice terminates any obligations you may have to the undersigned with respect to the Pledged Shares, however nothing contained in this notice shall alter any obligations which you may otherwise owe to [the Pledgor] pursuant to any other agreement.
You are instructed to deliver a copy of this notice by facsimile transmission to [insert name of Pledgor].
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Exhibit D to
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of November 10, 2006 made by , a (the Additional Grantor), in favor of Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. (GSCP), as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) for (i) the Lenders and Issuing Banks parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below, and (ii) the other Secured Parties (as defined in the Collateral Agreement (as hereinafter defined)). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such Credit Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, GPS CCMP MERGER CORP., a Wisconsin corporation (the Borrower), has entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the Borrower, GENERAC ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation (Holdings), the LENDERS party thereto from time to time, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. (GSCP), as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the Administrative Agent the other agents named therein and GSCP and J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrower, Holdings and certain of its Subsidiaries (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into the First Lien Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Collateral Agreement) in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Collateral Agreement as a Grantor and a Guarantor thereunder; and
WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Collateral Agreement as a Grantor and a Guarantor thereunder;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
1. Collateral Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 8.14 of the Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Collateral Agreement as a Grantor and a Guarantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and a Guarantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly (a) assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor and a Guarantor thereunder; (b) guarantees the Borrower Obligations pursuant to Section 2 of the Collateral Agreement; and (c) assigns and transfers to the
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Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in all such Additional Grantors right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, wherever located and whether now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by the Additional Grantor or in which the Additional Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Additional Grantors Obligations. The information set forth in [Annex 1-A] hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedules (1) to the Collateral Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of the Collateral Agreement is true and correct on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date.
2. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF THAT WOULD REQUIRE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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(1) Refer to each Schedule which needs to be supplemented.
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Schedule 4.3
Filings; Other Actions
UCC-1 Financing Statement filed with Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions.
UCC-1 Financing Statement filed with Delaware Secretary of State.
Intellectual Property Security Agreement filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office.
Delivery of possessory collateral.
Schedule 4.4
Name; Jurisdiction of Organization, etc.
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Name |
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Jurisdiction |
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Organizational |
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Chief Executive Office |
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Generac Acquisition Corp. |
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Delaware |
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4240074 |
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245 Park Avenue |
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GPS CCMP Merger Corp. |
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Wisconsin |
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G038855 |
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245 Park Avenue |
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Generac Power Systems, Inc. |
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Wisconsin |
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1G04432 |
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Hwy. 59 & Hillside Road |
Schedule 4.7(a)
Investment Property
PLEDGED STOCK
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Stock Owned |
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Percentage of |
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1 share of GPS CCMP Merger Corp. owned by Generac Acquisition Corp. (pre-Merger) |
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100 |
% |
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1 share of Generac Power Systems, Inc. owned by Generac Acquisition Corp. (post-Merger) |
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100 |
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PLEDGED LLC INTERESTS
None.
PLEDGED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
None.
PLEDGED TRUST INTERESTS
None.
Schedule 4.7(b)
Investment Property
PLEDGED DEBT SECURITIES
None.
PLEDGED NOTES
None.
Schedule 4.7(c)
Investment Property
COMMODITIES ACCOUNTS
None.
Schedule 4.9(a)
Intellectual Property
US Trademark Registrations and Applications
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Mark |
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Application Serial |
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Registration No. |
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Registration Date |
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CONTROL YOUR POWER, CONTROL YOUR LIFE |
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77017054 |
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N/A |
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Filed 10/9/06 |
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CENTURION |
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77012308 |
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N/A |
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Filed 10/3/06 |
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GEMINI |
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76184342 |
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2640658 |
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10/22/2002 |
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GENERAC |
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74213770 |
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1706283 |
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8/11/1992 |
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GENERAC |
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75234791 |
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2160191 |
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5/26/1998 |
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GENLINK |
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75718232 |
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2382826 |
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9/5/2000 |
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GUARDIAN |
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75639051 |
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2403403 |
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11/14/2000 |
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GUARDIAN ELITE |
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77015448 |
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N/A |
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Filed 10/6/06 |
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IMPACT |
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75237109 |
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2188490 |
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9/8/1998 |
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OHVI |
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75136916 |
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2123079 |
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12/23/1997 |
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OHVI GENERAC INDUSTRIAL SERIES |
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76236272 |
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2661922 |
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12/17/2002 |
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POWER MANAGER BY GENERAC POWER SYSTEMS |
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76146845 |
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2676313 |
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1/21/2003 |
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POWERMANAGER |
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76284287 |
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2676764 |
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1/21/2003 |
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POWER MASTER |
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77025989 |
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N/A |
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Filed 10/20/06 |
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PRIMEPACT |
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75694070 |
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2474199 |
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7/31/2001 |
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QUIETPACT |
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75706683 |
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2326725 |
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3/7/2000 |
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QUIETSOURCE |
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76576961 |
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N/A |
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Filed 1/29/2004 |
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QUIET TEST |
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77026040 |
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N/A |
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Filed 10/20/06 |
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SPECWRITER |
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75257005 |
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2202567 |
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11/10/1998 |
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ULTRA SOURCE |
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76576962 |
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3012603 |
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11/8/2005 |
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RAMPOWER |
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75268554 |
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2269500 |
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08/10/1999 |
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WATCHDOG |
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77014536 |
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N/A |
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Filed 10/5/06 |
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WHISPER TEST |
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77016886 |
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N/A |
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Filed 10/9/06 |
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X-TORQ |
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77028230 |
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N/A |
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Filed 10/24/06 |
Foreign Trademark Registrations
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Mark & Country |
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Application Serial |
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Registration No. |
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Registration Date |
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GENERAC - Brazil |
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819826910 |
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819826910 |
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10/5/1999 |
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GENERAC - Brazil |
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819826928 |
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819826918 |
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10/5/1999 |
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GENERAC - Canada |
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839,906 |
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TMA525,879 |
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3/28/2000 |
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GENERAC - Chile |
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373,224 |
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499,632 |
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12/23/1997 |
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GENERAC - China |
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970014363 |
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1165144 |
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4/7/1998 |
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GENERAC - China |
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1171453 |
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4/28/1998 |
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GENERAC - Colombia |
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971,304 |
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205,428 |
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1/30/1998 |
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GENERAC - Colombia |
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97001306 |
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206,002 |
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2/24/1998 |
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GENERAC - Colombia |
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97 1305 |
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255,256 |
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10/12/1999 |
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GENERAC - Costa Rica |
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115,223 |
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110,496 |
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12/10/1998 |
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GENERAC - Ecuador |
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2652-98 |
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2652-98 |
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5/7/1998 |
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GENERAC - Ecuador |
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2653-98 |
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2653-98 |
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5/7/1998 |
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GENERAC - Ecuador |
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2651-98 |
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5/7/1998 |
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GENERAC - European Community |
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000476119 |
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000476119 |
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2/15/1999 |
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Mark & Country |
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Application Serial |
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Registration No. |
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Registration Date |
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GENERAC - Hong Kong |
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199700320 |
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199810461 |
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1/10/1997 |
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GENERAC - Hong Kong |
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199700321 |
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199809710AA |
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9/21/1998 |
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GENERAC - Indonesia |
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D97 14589 |
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415247 |
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4/20/1998 |
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GENERAC - Indonesia |
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D97 14588 |
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415246 |
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4/20/1998 |
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GENERAC - Korea |
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97-2102 |
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413,453 |
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7/30/1998 |
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GENERAC - Korea |
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97-2103 |
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405,039 |
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6/17/1998 |
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GENERAC - Mexico |
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290772 |
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552,453 |
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6/27/1997 |
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GENERAC - Mexico |
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290770 |
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552,451 |
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6/27/1997 |
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GENERAC - Mexico |
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2990771 |
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552,452 |
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6/27/1997 |
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GENERAC - Puerto Rico |
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40,372 |
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40,372 |
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5/2/1997 |
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GENERAC - Puerto Rico |
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40,371 |
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40,371 |
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5/2/1997 |
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GENERAC - Puerto Rico |
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40,370 |
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40,370 |
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5/2/1997 |
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GENERAC - Singapore |
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S/12766/96 |
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11/26/1999 |
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GENERAC - Singapore |
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T96/12765F |
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11/26/1996 |
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GENERAC - Singapore |
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S/12764/96 |
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T96/12764H |
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11/26/1996 |
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GENERAC - Taiwan |
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85061804 |
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00799577 |
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12/16/1999 |
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GENERAC - Taiwan |
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85061805 |
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00839780 |
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2/16/1999 |
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GENERAC - Taiwan |
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85061804 |
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00724577 |
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Filed 12/5/1996 |
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GENERAC - Thailand |
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329,244 |
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Kor110994 |
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3/27/2000 |
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GENERAC - Thailand |
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329,245 |
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Kor72,724 |
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7/3/1998 |
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GENERAC - Uruguay |
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292,562 |
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292,562 |
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10/8/1997 |
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GENERAC - Venezuela |
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3364 |
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205,407 |
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5/8/1998 |
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Mark & Country |
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Application
Serial |
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Registration No. |
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Registration Date |
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GENERAC - Venezuela |
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3365 |
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205,408 |
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5/8/1998 |
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GENERAC - Venezuela |
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3477 |
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205,420 |
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5/8/1998 |
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GENERAC - Vietnam |
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32727 |
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32727 |
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2/11/1997 |
U.S. Patents
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Patent# |
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Description |
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Issued Date |
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5317999 |
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INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FOR PORTABLE POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT |
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6/7/1994 |
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5497735 |
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INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FOR PORTABLE POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT |
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3/12/1996 |
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5537025 |
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BATTERY CHARGER/PRE-EXCITER FOR ENGINE-DRIVEN GENERATOR |
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7/16/1996 |
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5797540 |
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METHOD OF MAKING A POWER-TRANSMITTING COUPLING |
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8/25/1998 |
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5816102 |
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ENGINE-GENERATOR SET WITH INTEGRAL GEAR REDUCTION |
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10/6/1998 |
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5861604 |
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ARC WELDER AND METHOD PROVIDING USE-ENHANCING FEATURES |
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1/19/1999 |
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5899176 |
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APPARATUS FOR REDUCING ENGINE FAN NOISE |
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5/4/1999 |
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5914467 |
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AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH WITH IMPROVED POSITIONING MECHANISM |
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6/22/1999 |
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5914551 |
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ELECTRICAL ALTERNATOR |
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6/22699 |
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5943986 |
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ENGINE HEAT EXCHANGE APPARATUS WITH SLIDE-MOUNTED FAN CARRIER ASSEMBLY |
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8/31/1999 |
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6045448 |
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POWER-TRANSMITTING DRIVE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED RESILIENT DEVICES |
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4/4/2000 |
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6068017 |
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DUAL-FUEL VALVE |
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5/30/2000 |
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6181028 |
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TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR TRANSFERRING POWER BETWEEN A UTILITY SOURCE AND A STAND-BY GENERATOR |
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1/30/2001 |
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6365982 |
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AN ENGINE THROTTLE |
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4/2/2002 |
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6412478 |
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BREATHER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE |
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7/2/2002 |
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Patent# |
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Description |
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Issued Date |
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6443130 |
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FUEL DEMAND REGULATOR |
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9/3/2002 |
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D471207 |
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ENGINE COVER |
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3/4/2003 |
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6552454 |
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GENERATOR STRUCTURE INCORPORATING MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL GENERATOR SETS |
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4/22/2003 |
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D479244 |
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ENGINE COVER |
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9/2/2003 |
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D479532 |
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ENGINE COVER |
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9/9/2003 |
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D479721 |
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ENGINE COVER |
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9/16/2003 |
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6630756 |
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AIR FLOW ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATOR ENCLOSURE |
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10/7/2003 |
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6653821 |
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SYSTEM CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF GENERATOR SETS |
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11/25/2003 |
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6657416 |
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CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STAND-BY ELECTRICAL GENERATOR |
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12/2/2003 |
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6659894 |
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VARIABLE PITCH SHEAVE ASSEMBLY FOR FAN DRIVE SYSTEM |
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12/9/2003 |
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6668530 |
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GRASS-CUTTING TRACTOR WITH IMPROVED OPERATING FEATURES |
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12/30/2003 |
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6686547 |
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RELAY FOR A TRANSFER MECHANISM WHICH TRANSFERS POWER BETWEEN A UTILITY SOURCE A STAND-BY GENERATOR |
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2/3/2004 |
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6706084 |
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DEVICE FOR DEFLECTING DEBRIS FROM LAWNMOWER AIR INTAKE |
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3/16/2004 |
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6726734 |
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DEVICE FOR DEFLECTING DEBRIS FROM LAWNMOWER AIR INTAKE |
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4/27/2004 |
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6742771 |
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FUEL MIXER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE |
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6/1/2004 |
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6784574 |
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AIR FLOW ARRANGEMENT FOR A STAND-BY ELECTRIC GENERATOR |
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8/31/2004 |
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6824067 |
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METHOD OF COOLING ENGINE COOLANT FLOWING THROUGH A RADIATOR |
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11/30/2004 |
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6863034 |
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METHOD OF CONTROLLING A BI-FUEL GENERATOR SET |
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3/8/2005 |
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7000575 |
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING FAN NOISE IN AN ELECTRICAL GENERATOR |
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2/21/2006 |
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7111592 |
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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOLING ENGINE COOLANT FLOWING THROUGH A RADIATOR |
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9/29/2006 |
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7000268 |
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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING FAN NOISE IN AN ELECTRICAL GENERATOR |
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2/21/2006 |
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U.S. Pending Patents
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Application |
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Description |
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Filed Date |
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10/653,366 |
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Power Strip Transfer Mechanism |
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9/2/2003 |
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11/033,579 |
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Method of Exercising A Stand-By Electrical Generator |
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1/12/2005 |
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11/201,989 |
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Heat Exchanger |
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8/11/2005 |
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09/881,998 |
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Network controller for managing the supply and distribution of electrical power |
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06/15/2001 |
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11/516,981 |
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Fuel Selection Device |
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9/9/2006 |
U.S. Patents Licensed w/ Generac Portable Products Transaction
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Patent# |
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Description |
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Issued Date |
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5376877 |
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ENGINE-DRIVEN GENERATOR |
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12/27/1994 |
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5489811 |
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Permanent magnet alternator |
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2/6/1996 |
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5831366 |
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Permanent magnet alternator |
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11/3/1998 |
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5504417 |
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ENGINE-DRIVEN GENERATOR |
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4/2/1996 |
6
Foreign Patents
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Application |
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# Patent # |
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Country / Description |
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Filed Date |
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2273152 |
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Canada / Engine-Generator Set with Integral Gear Reduction |
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12/2/1997 |
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00959268.4 |
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Europe / Transfer Mechanism for Transferring Power Between a Utility Source and a Stand-By Generator |
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2/19/2002 |
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2382273 |
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Canada / Transfer Mechanism for Transferring Power Between a Utility Source and a Stand-By Generator |
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2/19/2002 |
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|
|
|
|
|
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2390734 |
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Canada / Network Controller for Managing the Supply and Distribution of Electrical Power |
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12/15/2002 |
7
Schedule 4.9(c)
Intellectual Property
1. Patent License Agreement with Generac Portable Products, Inc (f/k/a GPPC, Inc.) dated July 9, 1998. This agreement is now with Briggs & Stratton.
2. Trademark License Agreement with Generac Portable Products, Inc (f/k/a GPPC, Inc.) dated July 9, 1998. This agreement is now with Briggs & Stratton.
3. Trademark License Agreement with Carrier Corporation dated March 9, 2006.
4. Supplier Buying Agreement Version 2.04 with The Home Depot covering the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands (as agreed to and amended in the Letter Agreement dated November 11, 2004).
Schedule 4.9(f)
Intellectual Property
None.
Schedule 4.10
Letters of Credit and Letters of Credit Rights
None.
Schedule 4.11
Commercial Tort Claims
None.
Schedule 8.2
Notices
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