Exhibit A DEFINITION OF COLLATERAL For the purpose of securing prompt and complete payment and performance by the Grantors of all of the Obligations, each Grantor unconditionally and irrevocably hereby grants to the Secured Party a continuing security interest in and to, and lien upon, the following “Collateral” of such Grantors (all capitalized terms used herein and not defined in the Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the UCC): All personal property of such Grantors, wherever located and whether now or hereinafter existing and whether now owned or hereafter acquired , of every kind and description, tangible or intangible, including without limitation, all: 1. Goods; 2. Inventory, including, without limitation, all goods, merchandise and other personal property which are held for sale or lease, or are furnished or to be furnished under any contract of service or are raw materials, work-in-process, supplies or materials used or consumed in the Grantors’ business, and all products thereof, and all substitutions, replacements, additions or accessions therefor and thereto; and any cash or non-cash Proceeds of all of the foregoing; 3. Equipment, including, without limitation, all machinery, equipment, furniture, parts, tools and dies, of every kind and description, of the Grantors (including automotive equipment and motor vehicles), now owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantors, and used or acquired for use in the business of the Grantors, together with all accessions thereto and all substitutions and replacements thereof and parts therefor and all cash or non-cash Proceeds of the foregoing; 4. Fixtures, including, without limitation, all goods which are so related to particular real estate that an interest in them arises under real estate law and all accessions thereto, replacements thereof and substitutions therefor, including, but not limited to, plumbing, heating and lighting apparatus, mantels, floor coverings, furniture, furnishings, draperies, screens, storm windows and doors, awnings, shrubbery, plants, boilers, tanks, machinery, stoves, gas and electric ranges, wall cabinets, appliances, furnaces, dynamos, motors, elevators and elevator machinery, radiators, blinds and all laundry, refrigerating, gas, electric, ventilating, air-refrigerating, air-conditioning, incinerating and sprinkling and other fire prevention or extinguishing equipment of whatsoever kind and nature and any replacements, accessions and additions thereto, Proceeds thereof and substitutions therefor; 5. Instruments (including promissory notes); 6. Documents; 7. Accounts, including, without limitation, all Contract Rights and accounts receivable, health-care-insurance receivables, and license fees; any other obligations or indebtedness owed to the Grantors from whatever source arising; all rights of Grantors to receive any payments in money or kind; all guarantees of Accounts and security therefor; all cash or non-cash Proceeds of all of the foregoing; all of the right, title and interest of Grantors in and with respect to the goods, services or other property which gave rise to or which secure any of the accounts and insurance policies and proceeds relating thereto, and all of the rights of the Grantors as an unpaid seller of goods or services, including, without limitation the rights of stoppage in transit, replevin, reclamation and resale and all of the foregoing, whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired; 8. Contracts and Contract Rights, including, to the extent not included in the definition of Accounts, all rights to payment or performance under a contract not yet earned by performance and not evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper; 9. Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic); 10. Deposit Accounts (and in and to any deposits or other sums at any time credited to each such Deposit Account); 11. Money, cash and cash equivalents; 12. Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights (whether or not the Letter of Credit is evidenced by a writing); 13. Commercial Tort Claims; 14. Securities Accounts, Security Entitlements, Securities, Financial Assets and all other Investment Property, including, without limitation, all ownership or membership interests in any subsidiaries or affiliates (whether or not controlled by the Grantors); 15. General Intangibles, including, without limitation, all Payment Intangibles and Intellectual Property, tax refunds and other claims of the Grantors against any governmental authority, and all choses in action, insurance proceeds, goodwill customer lists, formulae, permits, research and literary rights, and franchises. 16. Farm Products; 17. All books and records and information (including all ledger sheets, files, computer programs, tapes and related data processing software) evidencing an interest in or relating to any of the foregoing and/or to the operation of the Grantors’ business, and all rights of access to such books and records, and information, and all property in which such books and records, and information are stored, recorded and maintained. 18. To the extent not already included above, all Supporting Obligations, and any and all cash and non-cash Proceeds, products, accessions, and/or replacements of any of the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance covering any or all of the foregoing.