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Exhibit 10.14
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of February 23, 2001,
by and among Vital Living Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and the secured parties signatory hereto and their respective
endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the "Secured Party").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the date
hereof between Company and the Secured Party (the "Purchase Agreement"), Company
has agreed to issue to the Secured Party and the Secured Party has agreed to
purchase from Company certain of Company's 12% Secured Convertible Debentures,
due one year from the date of issue (the "Debentures"), which are convertible
into shares of Company's Common Stock, $ 0.01 par value (the "Common Stock"). In
connection therewith, Company will issue to the Secured Party certain Common
Stock purchase warrants dated as of the date hereof to purchase the number of
shares of Common Stock indicated below each Secured Party's name on the Purchase
Agreement (the "Warrants"); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Party to purchase the
Debentures, Company has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Party this
Agreement for the benefit of the Secured Party and to grant to the Secured Party
a first priority security interest in certain property of Company as set forth
below to secure (i) the prompt payment and performance in full of the Company's
obligations under the Debentures and (ii) the payment and performance in full of
the Company with respect to its obligations under the Warrants.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1. Terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC
(such as "general intangibles" and "proceeds") shall have the respective
meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC as such article may be amended
from time to time.
(a) "Collateral" means the collateral in which the Secured
Party is granted a security interest by this Agreement and which shall include
the following, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or
coming into existence, and all additions and accessions thereto and all
substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts
thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer
of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims in
connection therewith:
(i) All Goods of the Company, including, without
limitations, all machinery, equipment, computers, motor
vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture,
special and general tools, fixtures, test and quality control
devices and other equipment of every kind and nature and
wherever situated, together with all documents of title and
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documents representing the same, all additions and accessions
thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all
substitutes for any of the foregoing and all other items used
and useful in connection with the Company's businesses and all
improvements thereto (collectively, the "Equipment"); and
(ii) All Inventory of the Company; and
(iii) All of the Company's contract rights and
general intangibles, including, without limitation, all
partnership interests, stock or other securities, licenses,
distribution and other agreements, computer software
development rights, leases, franchises, customer lists,
quality control procedures, grants and rights, goodwill,
trademarks, service marks, trade styles, trade names, patents,
patent applications, copyrights, deposit accounts, and income
tax refunds (collectively, the "General Intangibles"); and
(iv) All Receivables of the Company including all
insurance proceeds, and rights to refunds or indemnification
whatsoever owing, together with all instruments, all documents
of title representing any of the foregoing, all rights in any
merchandising, goods, equipment, motor vehicles and trucks
which any of the same may represent, and all right, title,
security and guaranties with respect to each Receivable,
including any right of stoppage in transit; and
(v) All of the Company's documents, instruments
and chattel paper, files, records, books of account, business
papers, computer programs and the products and proceeds of all
of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses (i)-(iv)
above.
(b) "Company" shall mean, collectively, Company and all of the
subsidiaries of Company, identified in Schedule A, attached hereto.
(c) "Obligations" means all of the Company's obligations under
this Agreement and the Debentures, in each case, whether now or hereafter
existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether
or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later decreased, created
or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are
paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered
directly or indirectly from the Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent
transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented,
converted, extended or modified from time to time.
(d) "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code, as currently in
effect in the State of New York.
2. Grant of Security Interest. As an inducement for the Secured Party
to purchase the Debentures and to secure the complete and timely payment and
performance in full thereof, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, the
Company hereby, unconditionally and irrevocably, pledges, grants and
hypothecates to the Secured Party, a continuing security interest in, a
continuing first lien upon, an unqualified right to possession and disposition
of and a right of set-off against, in each case to the fullest extent permitted
by law, all of the Company's right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and
nature in and to the Collateral (the "Security Interest").
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3. Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of the
Company. The Company represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with,
the Secured Party as follows:
(a) The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its
obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized
by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is
required by the Company. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor's rights
generally.
(b) The Company represents and warrants that it has no place
of business or offices where its respective books of account and records are
kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or accountants) or
places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set forth on Schedule A
attached hereto;
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto the
Company is the sole owner of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses
granted by the Company in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of
any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and is fully
authorized to grant the Security Interest in and to pledge the Collateral. There
is not on file in any governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording
office an effective financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer
or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than those that have been filed in
favor of the Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any
of the Collateral. So long as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Company
shall not execute and shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any such
office or agency any such financing statement or other document or instrument
(except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured Party pursuant
to the terms of this Agreement).
(d) No part of the Collateral has been judged invalid or
unenforceable. No written claim has been received that any Collateral or the
Company's use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There
has been no adverse decision to the Company's claim of ownership rights in or
exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to the Company's
right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there
is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or
regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.
(e) The Company shall at all times maintain its books of
account and records relating to the Collateral at its principal place of
business and its Collateral at the locations set forth on Schedule A attached
hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible
Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Party at least 30 days prior to
such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location
thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii) evidence that
appropriate financing statements and other necessary documents have been filed
and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the Security Interest to
create in favor of the Secured Party valid, perfected and continuing first
priority liens in the Collateral.
(f) This Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Party a
valid security interest in the Collateral securing the payment and performance
of the Obligations and, upon making the filings described in the immediately
following sentence, a perfected first priority security interest in such
Collateral. Except for the filing of financing statements on Form-1 under the
UCC with the jurisdictions indicated on Sched-
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ule B, attached hereto, no authorization or approval of or filing with or notice
to any governmental authority or regulatory body is required either (i) for the
grant by the Company of, or the effectiveness of, the Security Interest granted
hereby or for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company or (ii) for the perfection of or exercise by the Secured Party of its
rights and remedies hereunder.
(g) On the date of execution of this Agreement, the Company
will deliver to the Secured Party one or more executed UCC financing statements
on Form-1 with respect to the Security Interest for filing with the
jurisdictions indicated on Schedule B, attached hereto and in such other
jurisdictions as may be requested by the Secured Party.
(h) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
does not conflict with or cause a breach or default, or an event that with or
without the passage of time or notice, shall constitute a breach or default,
under any agreement to which the Company is a party or by the Company is bound.
No consent (including, without limitation, from stock holders or creditors of
the Company) is required for the Company to enter into and perform its
obligations hereunder.
(i) The Company shall at all times maintain the liens and
Security Interest provided for hereunder as valid and perfected first priority
liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Party
until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall terminated
pursuant to Section 11. The Company hereby agrees to defend the same against any
and all persons. The Company shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the
account of the Secured Party. At the request of the Secured Party and upon
reasonable notice, the Company will sign and deliver to the Secured Party at any
time or from time to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC
(or any other applicable statute) in form reasonably satisfactory to the Secured
Party and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever
filing is, or is deemed by the Secured Party to be, necessary or desirable to
effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company shall pay all fees, taxes and other
amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Security Interest
hereunder, and the Company shall obtain and furnish to the Secured Party from
time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and
liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security Interest
hereunder.
(j) Except for the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of
business and the sale of two utility vans that the Company is currently
attempting to sell, the Company will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate,
encumber, license (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company in
the ordinary course of business), sell or otherwise dispose of any of the
Collateral without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.
(k) The Company shall keep and preserve its Equipment,
Inventory and other tangible Collateral in good condition, repair and order
(ordinary wear and tear excepted) and shall not operate or locate any such
Collateral (or cause to be operated or located) in any area excluded from
insurance coverage.
(l) The Company shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining
knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Party promptly, in sufficient detail, of
any substantial change in the Collateral (other than any change resulting from
the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and the sale of two
utility vans that the Company is currently attempting to sell), and of the
occurrence of any event which would
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have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured
Party's security interest therein.
(m) The Company shall promptly execute and deliver to the
Secured Party such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements,
financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and
assurances and take such further action as the Secured Party may from time to
time request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect
or enforce its security interest in the Collateral including, without
limitation, the execution and delivery of a separate security agreement with
respect to the Company's intellectual property ("Intellectual Property Security
Agreement") in which the Secured Party has been granted a security interest
hereunder, substantially in a form acceptable to the Secured Party, which
Intellectual Property Security Agreement, other than as stated therein, shall be
subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof.
(n) The Company shall permit the Secured Party and its
representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral during normal business
hours and upon one business day's notice, and to make copies of records
pertaining to the Collateral as may be requested by the Secured Party from time
to time.
(o) The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to
diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims,
causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.
(p) The Company shall promptly notify the Secured Party in
sufficient detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution
or other legal process levied against any Collateral and of any other
information received by the Company that may materially affect the value of the
Collateral, the Security Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured
Party hereunder.
(q) All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied
to the Secured Party by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the
Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date
furnished.
4. Defaults. The following events shall be "Events of Default":
(a) The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the
Debentures) under the Debentures;
(b) Any representation or warranty of the Company in this
Agreement or in the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, if any, shall
prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made;
(c) The failure by the Company to observe or perform any of
its obligations hereunder or in the Intellectual Property Security Agreement for
ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of notice of such failure from the
Secured Party; and
(d) Any breach of, or default under, the Warrants.
5. Duty To Hold In Trust. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
and at any time thereafter, the Company shall, upon receipt by it of any
revenue, income or other sums subject to the Security Interest, whether
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payable pursuant to the Debentures or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note,
trade acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such
sum, hold the same in trust for the Secured Party and shall forthwith endorse
and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Party for
application to the satisfaction of the Obligations.
6. Rights and Remedies Upon Default. Upon occurrence of any Event of
Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured Party shall have the right to
exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Debentures, and
the Secured Party shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party
under the UCC and/or any other applicable law (including the Uniform Commercial
Code of any jurisdiction in which any Collateral is then located). Without
limitation, the Secured Party shall have the following rights and powers:
(a) The Secured Party shall have the right to take possession
of the Collateral and, for that purpose and in accordance with applicable law,
enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises where the
Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and
the Company shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Secured
Party at places which the Secured Party shall reasonably select, whether at the
Company's premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Secured Party,
without rent, all of the Company's respective premises and facilities for the
purpose of the Secured Party taking possession of, removing or putting the
Collateral in saleable or disposable form.
(b) The Secured Party shall have the right to operate the
business of the Company using the Collateral and shall have the right to assign,
sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any part of the
Collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise, either with or without
special conditions or stipulations, for cash or on credit or for future
delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time or times and at such place
or places, and upon such terms and conditions as the Secured Party may deem
commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required by applicable
statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or notice to the
Company or right of redemption of the Company, which are hereby expressly
waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Collateral,
the Secured Party may, unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be
waived, purchase all or any part of the Collateral being sold, free from and
discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and equities of the
Company, which are hereby waived and released.
(c) The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Secured Party
as the Company's attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of
the Company and in the name of the Company, from time to time in the Secured
Party's discretion, to file one or more financing or continuation statements and
amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of
the Company where permitted by law.
7. Applications of Proceeds. The proceeds of any such sale, lease or
other disposition of the Collateral hereunder shall be applied first, to the
expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale,
selling, and the like (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other
costs incurred in connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Party in enforcing its
rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the
Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations, and to the payment of
any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured Party
shall pay to the Company any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or
other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to
pay all amounts to which the Secured Party is legally entitled, the Company will
be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 15%
per annum (the "Default Rate"), and the reasonable fees of any attorneys
employed by the Secured Party to collect such deficiency. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, the Company waives all claims, damages and de-
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mands against the Secured Party arising out of the repossession, removal,
retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due to the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Secured Party.
8. Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all out-of-pocket
fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required
hereunder, including without limitation, any financing statements, continuation
statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or
any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Secured Party. The
Company shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable
opinion of the Secured Party might prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the
Collateral or the Security Interest therein except to the extent such claims and
charges are being contested in good faith and adequate reserves therefor are
maintained. The Company will also, upon demand, pay to the Secured Party the
amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Secured Party
may incur in connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the
custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other
realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of
any of the rights of the Secured Party under the Debentures. Until so paid, any
fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Debentures
and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
9. Responsibility for Collateral. The Company assumes all liabilities
and responsibility in connection with all Collateral, and the obligations of the
Company hereunder or under the Debentures and the Warrants shall in no way be
affected or diminished by reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of
any of the Collateral or its unavailability for any reason.
10. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Secured Party and all
Obligations of the Company hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional,
irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement,
the Debentures, the Warrants or any agreement entered into in connection with
the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change in the time,
manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or
any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to
any departure from the Debentures, the Warrants or any other agreement entered
into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or
nonperfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of
or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guaranty, or any
other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the Secured
Party to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance
claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (e) any
other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable
defense available to the Company, or a discharge of all or any part of the
Security Interest granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been paid and
performed in full, the rights of the Secured Party shall continue even if the
Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without limitation, the
running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. The Company expressly
waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of nonpayment and
demand for performance. In the event that at any time any transfer of any
Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Party hereunder shall be
deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to have been a
voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or insolvency
laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to any party
other than the Secured Party, then, in any such event, the Company's obligations
hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall not be
discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation of this
Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable in
accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. The Company waives all right to
require the Secured Party to proceed against any other person or to apply any
Collateral which the Secured Party may hold at any time, or to marshal assets,
or to pursue any other remedy. The Company waives any defense arising by reason
of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation secured
hereby.
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11. Term of Agreement. This Agreement and the Security Interest shall
terminate on the date on which all payments under the Debentures have been made
in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged. Upon such
termination, the Secured Party, at the request and at the expense of the
Company, will join in executing any termination statement with respect to any
financing statement executed and filed pursuant to this Agreement.
12. Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.
(a) The Company authorizes the Secured Party, and does hereby
make, constitute and appoint it, and its respective officers, agents, successors
or assigns with full power of substitution, as the Company's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with power, in its own name or in the name of the Company, to,
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i)
endorse any notes, checks, drafts, money orders, or other instruments of payment
(including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance) in
respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the Secured Party;
(ii) to sign and endorse any UCC financing statement or any invoice, freight or
express xxxx, xxxx of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against
debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection with accounts, and
other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or discharge taxes,
liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on
or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand, collect, receipt for,
compromise, settle and xxx for monies due in respect of the Collateral; and (v)
generally, to do, at the option of the Secured Party, and at the Company's
expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the
Secured Party deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the
Collateral and the Security Interest granted therein in order to effect the
intent of this Agreement, the Debentures and the Warrants, all as fully and
effectually as the Company might or could do; and the Company hereby ratifies
all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for
the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations
shall be outstanding.
(b) On a continuing basis, the Company will make, execute,
acknowledge, deliver, file and record, as the case may be, in the proper filing
and recording places in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the
jurisdictions indicated on Schedule B, attached hereto, all such instruments,
and take all such action as may reasonably be deemed necessary or advisable, or
as reasonably requested by the Secured Party, to perfect the Security Interest
granted hereunder and otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes of this
Agreement, or for assuring and confirming to the Secured Party the grant or
perfection of a security interest in all the Collateral.
13. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing, with copies to all the other parties hereto, and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when (i) if delivered by hand, upon
receipt, (ii) if sent by facsimile, upon receipt of proof of sending thereof,
(iii) if sent by nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt
requested), the next business day or (iv) if mailed by first-class registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, four days after
posting in the U.S. mails, in each case if delivered to the following addresses:
If to the Company: Vital Living Products, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:
Facsimile:
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With copies to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, L.L.P.
Bank of America Corporate Center 42nd Floor
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx III, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
If to the Secured Party: AJW Partners, LLC
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
and
New Millennium Capital Partners II, LLC
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
and
Equilibrium Equity, LLC
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
With copies to: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Ingersoll, LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
14. Other Security. To the extent that the Obligations are now or
hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral or by the guarantee,
endorsement or property of any other person, firm, corporation or other entity,
then the Secured Party shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue,
relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other action with respect thereto,
without in any way modifying or affecting any of the Secured Party's rights and
remedies hereunder.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) No course of dealing between the Company and the Secured
Party, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of
the Secured Party, any right, power or privilege
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hereunder or under the Debentures shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall
any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or
thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any
other right, power or privilege.
(b) All of the rights and remedies of the Secured Party with
respect to the Collateral, whether established hereby or by the Debentures or by
any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and
may be exercised singly or concurrently.
(c) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and is intended to supersede
all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements with respect thereto.
Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, no provision of this
Agreement may be modified or amended except by a written agreement specifically
referring to this Agreement and signed by the parties hereto.
(d) In the event that any provision of this Agreement is held
to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction for any reason,
unless such provision is narrowed by judicial construction, this Agreement
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be construed as if such invalid, prohibited or
unenforceable provision had been more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid,
prohibited or unenforceable. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of
this Agreement is held to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective to
the extent of such invalidity, prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining portion of such provision or the other provisions of
this Agreement and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such
provision or the other provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction.
(e) No waiver of any breach or default or any right under this
Agreement shall be considered valid unless in writing and signed by the party
giving such waiver, and no such waiver shall be deemed a waiver of any
subsequent breach or default or right, whether of the same or similar nature or
otherwise.
(f) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of each party hereto and its successors and assigns.
(g) Each party shall take such further action and execute and
deliver such further documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order to
carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.
(h) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, except to the extent the validity, perfection or
enforcement of a security interest hereunder in respect of any particular
Collateral which are governed by a jurisdiction other than the State of New York
in which case such law shall govern. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States
Federal court sitting in Manhattan county over any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State or Federal court. The parties hereto agree
that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and
may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
manner provided by law. The parties hereto further waive any objection to venue
in the State of New York and any objection to an action or proceeding in the
State of New York on the basis of forum non convenient.
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(i) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE
RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT
OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING
OF ANY DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT
MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION 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 FOR
EACH PARTY TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH PARTY HAS ALREADY
RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT EACH PARTY WILL
CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY
FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL
COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY HAS KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO
A JURY TRIAL FOLLOWING SUCH CONSULTATION. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING
THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED
EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT
AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS AND SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT. IN THE
EVENT OF A LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A
TRIAL BY THE COURT.
(j) This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, 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. In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such
signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on
whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect
as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Security Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written.
VITAL LIVING PRODUCTS, INC.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
President and Chief Executive Officer
AJW PARTNERS, LLC
By: SMS Group, LLC
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Manager
NEW MILLENNIUM CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LLC
By: First Street Manager II, LLC
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Manager
EQUILIBRIUM EQUITY, LLC
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Manager
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SCHEDULE A
Principal Place of Business of the Company:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Locations Where Collateral is Located or Stored:
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
List of subsidiaries of the Company:
None
Collateral Subject to Liens:
GMAC has liens on two utility vans owned by the Company.
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SCHEDULE B
Jurisdictions:
Delaware Secretary of State
North Carolina Secretary of State
Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds
