GUARANTOR SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.7
THIS
GUARANTOR SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Security Agreement”)
is made as of August 16, 2010 by and between each of the undersigned (each a
“Debtor” and
collectively, the “Debtors”), and Vicis
Capital Master Fund (“Vicis”), a sub-trust
of Vicis Capital Series Master Trust, a unit trust organized and existing under
the laws of the Cayman Islands.
R E C I T A L
S
WHEREAS,
Debtor is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Amacore Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Issuer”).
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement of even date herewith by and between
Vicis and Issuer (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”),
Vicis has made or will make an investment (the “Investment”) in
Issuer’s 15% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due June 30, 2011 (the “Acquired
Notes”).
WHEREAS,
it is a condition precedent to Vicis’s investment in the Acquired Notes that
each Debtor execute and deliver to Vicis a security agreement in the form
hereof.
WHEREAS,
this is the Guarantor Security Agreement referred to in the Purchase
Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
each Debtor hereby agrees with Vicis as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized
terms not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them in
the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein and defined in the UCC shall have, unless the context otherwise requires,
the meanings set forth in the UCC as in effect on the date hereof (except that
the term “document” shall only
have the meaning set forth in the UCC for purposes of clause (d) of the
definition of Collateral), the recitals and as follows:
1.1 Accounts. “Accounts”
shall mean all accounts, including without limitation all rights to payment for
goods sold or services rendered that are not evidenced by instruments or chattel
paper, whether or not earned by performance, and any associated rights
thereto.
1.2 Collateral. “Collateral”
shall mean all personal properties and assets of a Debtor, wherever located,
whether tangible or intangible, and whether now owned or hereafter acquired or
arising, including without limitation:
(a) all
Inventory and documents relating to Inventory;
(b) all
Accounts and documents relating to Accounts;
(c) all
equipment, fixtures and other goods, including without limitation machinery,
furniture, vehicles and trade fixtures;
(d) all
general intangibles (including without limitation, payment intangibles,
software, customer lists, sales records and other business records, contract
rights, causes of action, and licenses, permits, franchises, patents,
copyrights, trademarks, and goodwill of the business in which the trademark is
used, trade names, or rights to any of the foregoing), promissory notes, chattel
paper, documents, letter-of-credit rights and instruments;
(e) all motor
vehicles;
(f) (i) all
deposit accounts and (ii) all cash and cash equivalents deposited with or
delivered to Vicis from time to time and pledged as additional security for the
Obligations;
(g) all
investment property;
(h) all
commercial tort claims; and
(i) all
additions and accessions to, all spare and repair parts, special tools,
equipment and replacements for, and all supporting obligations, proceeds and
products of, any and all of the foregoing assets described in Sections (a)
through (h), inclusive, above.
1.3 Event of
Default. “Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified
in the Purchase Agreement.
1.4 Inventory. “Inventory”
shall mean all inventory, including without limitation all goods held for sale,
lease or demonstration or to be furnished under contracts of service, goods
leased to others, trade-ins and repossessions, raw materials, work in process
and materials used or consumed in a Debtor’s business, including, without
limitation, goods in transit, wheresoever located, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired by a Debtor, and shall include such property the sale or
other disposition of which has given rise to Accounts and which has been
returned to or repossessed or stopped in transit by a Debtor.
1.5 Obligations. “Obligations”
shall mean all debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and agreements of a
Debtor contained in the Guaranty, dated of even date herewith, by such Debtor in
favor of Vicis.
1.6 Person. “Person”
shall mean and include an individual, partnership, corporation, trust,
unincorporated association and any unit, department or agency of
government.
1.7 Security
Agreement. “Security Agreement” shall mean this Guarantor
Security Agreement, together with the schedules attached hereto, as the same may
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof.
1.8 Security
Interest. “Security Interest” shall mean the security interest
of Vicis in the Collateral granted by Debtor pursuant to this Security
Agreement.
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1.9 UCC. “UCC”
shall mean with respect to a Debtor the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in
state in which such Debtor was organized and in effect from time to
time.
ARTICLE
II
THE
SECURITY INTEREST; REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
2.1 The Security
Interest. To secure the full and complete payment and
performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise)
of each of the Obligations, each Debtor hereby grants to Vicis a first-priority
security interest in all of such Debtor’s right, title and interest in and to
the Collateral.
2.2 Representations and
Warranties. Each Debtor hereby represents and warrants to
Vicis that:
(a) The
records of such Debtor with respect to the Collateral are presently located only
at the address(es) listed on Schedule 1 attached
to this Security Agreement.
(b) The
Collateral of such Debtor is presently located only at the location(s) listed on
Schedule 1
attached to this Security Agreement.
(c) The chief
executive office and chief place(s) of business of such Debtor are presently
located at the address(es) listed on Schedule 1 to this
Security Agreement.
(d) Such
Debtor is an entity organized under the law identified in Schedule 1, and its
exact legal name is set forth therein. The organization
identification number of such Debtor is listed on Schedule 1 to this
Security Agreement.
(e) All of
such Debtor’s present patents and trademarks, if any, including those that have
been registered with, or for which an application for registration has been
filed in, the United States Patent and Trademark Office are listed on Schedule 2 attached
to this Security Agreement. All of such Debtor’s present copyrights
registered with, or for which an application for registration has been filed in,
the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency of any state
or any other country are listed on Schedule 2 attached
to this Security Agreement.
(f) Such
Debtor has good title to, or valid leasehold interest in, all of the Collateral,
and there are no Liens on any of the Collateral except Permitted
Liens.
2.3 Authorization to File
Financing Statements. Each Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes
Vicis at any time and from time to time to file in any UCC jurisdiction any
initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate the
Collateral (i) as all assets of such Debtor or words of similar effect,
regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls
within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC or such other jurisdiction, or (ii) as
being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (b) contain any
other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency
of filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including
whether such Debtor is an organization, the type of organization and any state
or federal organization identification number issued to such
Debtor. Each Debtor agrees to furnish any such information to Vicis
promptly upon request. Each Debtor also ratifies its authorization
for Vicis to have filed in any UCC jurisdiction any like initial financing
statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
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ARTICLE
III
AGREEMENTS
OF DEBTOR
From and
after the date of this Security Agreement, and until all of the Obligations are
paid in full, each Debtor shall:
3.1 Sale of
Collateral. Not sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of
Collateral or any interest therein, except as provided for in the Purchase
Agreement and for sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of
business.
3.2 Maintenance of Security
Interest.
(a) At the
expense of such Debtor, defend the Security Interest against any and all claims
of any Person adverse to Vicis and take such action and execute such financing
statements and other documents as Vicis may from time to time request to
maintain the perfected status of the Security Interest. Such Debtor
shall not further encumber or grant a security interest in any of the Collateral
except as provided for in the Purchase Agreement.
(b) Such
Debtor further agrees to take any other action reasonably requested by Vicis to
ensure the attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of
Vicis to enforce its security interest in any and all of the Collateral
including, without limitation, (i) executing, delivering and, where appropriate,
filing financing statements and amendments relating thereto under the UCC, to
the extent, if any, that such Debtor’s signature thereon is required therefor,
(ii) complying with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty of the
United States as to any Collateral if compliance with such provision is a
condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Vicis to
enforce, its security interest in such Collateral, (iii) taking all actions
required by any earlier versions of the UCC (to the extent applicable) or by
other law, as applicable in any relevant UCC jurisdiction, or by other law as
applicable in any foreign jurisdiction, and (iv) obtaining waivers from
landlords where any portion of the tangible Collateral is located in form and
substance satisfactory to Vicis.
3.3 Locations. Give
Vicis at least thirty (30) days prior written notice of such Debtor’s intention
to relocate the tangible Collateral (other than Inventory in transit) or any of
the records relating to the Collateral from the locations listed on Schedule 1 attached
to this Security Agreement, in which event Schedule 1 shall be
deemed amended to include the new location. Any additional filings or
refilings requested by Vicis as a result of any such relocation in order to
maintain the Security Interest in such Collateral shall be at such Debtor’s
expense.
3.4 Insurance. Keep
the Collateral consisting of tangible personal property insured against loss or
damage to the Collateral under a policy or policies covering such risks as are
ordinarily insured against by similar businesses, but in any event including
fire, lightning, windstorm, hail, explosion, riot, riot attending a strike,
civil commotion, damage from aircraft, smoke and uniform standard extended
coverage and vandalism and malicious mischief endorsements, limited only as may
be provided in the standard form of such endorsements at the time in use in the
applicable state. Such insurance shall be for amounts not less than
the actual replacement cost of the Collateral.
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No policy
of insurance shall be so written that the proceeds thereof will produce less
than the minimum coverage required by the preceding sentence, by reason of
co-insurance provisions or otherwise, without the prior consent thereto in
writing by Vicis. Such Debtor will obtain lender’s loss payable
endorsements on applicable insurance policies in favor of Vicis and will provide
to Vicis certificates of such insurance or copies thereof. Such Debtor shall use
cause each insurer to agree, by endorsement on the policy or policies or
certificates of insurance issued by it or by independent instrument furnished to
Vicis, that such insurer will give thirty (30) days written notice to Vicis
before such policy will be altered or canceled. No settlement of any insurance
claim shall be made without Vicis’s prior consent. In the event of any insured
loss, such Debtor shall promptly notify Vicis thereof in writing, and, after an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Debtor hereby
authorizes and directs any insurer concerned to make payment of such loss
directly to Vicis as its interest may appear. Vicis is authorized, in the name
and on behalf of such Debtor, to make proof of loss and to adjust, compromise
and collect, in such manner and amounts as it shall determine, all claims under
all policies; and Debtor agrees to sign, on demand of Vicis, all receipts,
vouchers, releases and other instruments which may be necessary in aid of this
authorization. After an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the proceeds of any insurance from loss, theft, or damage to the Collateral
shall be held in a segregated account established by Vicis and disbursed and
applied at the discretion of Vicis, either in reduction of the Obligations or
applied toward the repair, restoration or replacement of the
Collateral.
3.5 Name; Legal
Status. (a) Without providing at least 30 days prior written
notice to Vicis, such Debtor will not change its name, its place of business or,
if more than one, chief executive office, or its mailing address or
organizational identification number if it has one, (b) if such Debtor does not
have an organizational identification number and later obtains one, such Debtor
shall forthwith notify Vicis of such organizational identification number, and
(c) such Debtor will not change its type of organization or jurisdiction of
organization.
ARTICLE
IV
RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES
4.1 Right to
Cure. In case of failure by a Debtor to procure or maintain
insurance, or to pay any fees, assessments, charges or taxes arising with
respect to the Collateral, Vicis shall have the right, but shall not be
obligated, to effect such insurance or pay such fees, assessments, charges or
taxes, as the case may be, and, in that event, the cost thereof shall be payable
by such Debtor to Vicis immediately upon demand, together with interest at an
annual rate of 10% from the date of disbursement by Vicis to the date of payment
by such Debtor.
4.2 Rights of
Parties. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, in addition to all the rights and remedies provided in the
Transaction Documents or in Article 9 of the UCC and any other applicable
law, Vicis may (but is under no obligation so to do):
(a) require
each Debtor to assemble the Collateral at a place designated by Vicis, which is
reasonably convenient to the parties; and
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(b) take
physical possession of Inventory and other tangible Collateral and of each
Debtor’s records pertaining to all Collateral that are necessary to properly
administer and control the Collateral or the handling and collection of
Collateral, and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Collateral in whole or
in part, at public or private sale, on or off the premises of such Debtor;
and
(c) collect
any and all money due or to become due and enforce in each Debtor’s name all
rights with respect to the Collateral; and
(d) settle,
adjust or compromise any dispute with respect to any Account; and
(e) receive
and open mail addressed to each Debtor; and
(f) on behalf
of each Debtor, endorse checks, notes, drafts, money orders, instruments or
other evidences of payment.
4.3 Power of
Attorney. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, each Debtor does hereby constitute and appoint Vicis as such
Debtor’s true and lawful attorney with full power of substitution for such
Debtor in Debtor’s name, place and stead for the purposes of performing any
obligation of such Debtor under this Security Agreement and taking any action
and executing any instrument which Vicis may deem necessary or advisable to
perform any obligation of such Debtor under this Security Agreement, which
appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and shall not terminate
until the Obligations are paid in full.
4.4 Right to Collect
Accounts. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, and without limiting any Debtor’s obligations under the
Transaction Documents: (a) each Debtor authorizes Vicis to notify any
and all debtors on the Accounts to make payment directly to Vicis (or to such
place as Vicis may direct); (b) each Debtor agrees, on written notice from
Vicis, to deliver to Vicis promptly after receipt thereof, in the form in which
received (together with all necessary endorsements), all payments received by
such Debtor on account of any Account; (c) Vicis may, at its option, apply all
such payments against the Obligations or remit all or part of such payments to
any Debtor; and (d) Vicis may take any actions in accordance with Section 4.7 of this
Agreement..
4.5 Reasonable
Notice. Written notice, when required by law, sent in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 of the Purchase Agreement and
given at least ten (10) business days (counting the day of sending) before the
date of a proposed disposition of the Collateral shall be reasonable
notice.
4.6 Limitation on Duties
Regarding Collateral. The sole duty of Vicis with respect to
the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its
possession, under Section 9-207 of the UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with
it in the same manner as Vicis deals with similar property for its own
account. Neither Vicis nor any of its directors, officers, employees
or agents, 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 a Debtor or
otherwise.
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4.7 Lock Box; Collateral
Account. This Section 4.7 shall be effective only upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. If
Vicis so requests in writing, each Debtor will direct each of its debtors on the
Accounts to make payments due under the relevant Account or chattel paper
directly to a special lock box to be under the control of Vicis. Each
Debtor hereby authorizes and directs Vicis to deposit into a special collateral
account to be established and maintained by Vicis all checks, drafts and cash
payments received in said lock box. All deposits in said collateral
account shall constitute proceeds of Collateral and shall not constitute payment
of any Obligation until so applied. At its option, Vicis may, at any
time, apply finally collected funds on deposit in said collateral account to the
payment of the Obligations, in the order of application selected in the sole
discretion of Vicis, or permit any Debtor to withdraw all or any part of the
balance on deposit in said collateral account. If a collateral
account is so established, each Debtor agrees that it will promptly deliver to
Vicis, for deposit into said collateral account, all payments on Accounts and
chattel paper received by it. All such payments shall be delivered to
Vicis in the form received (except for a Debtor’s endorsement where
necessary). Until so deposited, all payments on Accounts and chattel
paper received by a Debtor shall be held in trust by such Debtor for and as the
property of Vicis and shall not be commingled with any funds or property of such
Debtor.
4.8 Application of
Proceeds. Vicis shall apply the proceeds resulting from any
sale or disposition of the Collateral in the following order:
(a) to the
costs of any sale or other disposition;
(b) to the
expenses incurred by Vicis in connection with any sale or other disposition,
including attorneys’ fees;
(c) to the
payment of the Obligations then due and owing in any order selected by Vicis;
and
(d) to the
applicable Debtor.
4.9 Other
Remedies. No remedy herein conferred upon Vicis is intended to
be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be
cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this
Security Agreement and the Transaction Documents now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or by statute or otherwise. No failure or delay on
the part of Vicis in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder
preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or
remedy.
ARTICLE
V
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Expenses and Attorneys’
Fees. Each Debtor shall pay all fees and expenses incurred by
Vicis, including the fees of counsel, in connection with the protection,
administration and enforcement of the rights of Vicis under this Security
Agreement or with respect to the Collateral, including without limitation the
protection and enforcement of such rights in any bankruptcy.
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5.2 Setoff. Each
Debtor agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, Vicis shall have all rights of setoff and bankers’ lien provided by
applicable law.
5.3 Assignability;
Successors. Each Debtor’s rights and liabilities under this
Security Agreement are not assignable or delegable, in whole or in part, without
the prior written consent of Vicis. The provisions of this Security
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and
assigns of the parties.
5.4 Survival. All
agreements, representations and warranties made in this Security Agreement or in
any document delivered pursuant to this Security Agreement shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Security Agreement, and the delivery of any such
document.
5.5 Governing
Law. This Security Agreement and the rights of the parties
hereunder shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York
wherein the terms of this Security Agreement were negotiated, without regard to
the conflicts of laws thereof.
5.6 Execution;
Headings. This Security Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and
the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed
by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both
parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any
signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a
valid and binding obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such
signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile
signature page were an original thereof. The article and section
headings in this Security Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference
only and shall not constitute a part hereof.
5.7 Notices. All
communications or notices required or permitted by this Security Agreement shall
be given to a Debtor (to be delivered care of Issuer) in accordance with Section
10.6 of the Purchase Agreement.
5.8 Amendment; No Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies. No amendment of this Security Agreement
shall be effective unless in writing and signed by each Debtor and
Vicis. Vicis shall not by any act (except by a written instrument
signed by Vicis), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have
waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Event of
Default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions
hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the
part of Vicis, 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 Vicis of
any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a
bar to any right or remedy which Vicis 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.
5.9 Severability. Any
provision of this Security 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 of this Security Agreement in such jurisdiction or affecting the
validity or enforceability of any provision in any other
jurisdiction.
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5.10 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO JURY
TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF ANY CONTROVERSY THAT MAY ARISE UNDER THIS SECURITY
AGREEMENT.
5.11 Submission to
Jurisdiction.
(a) EACH DEBTOR
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF
THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED THE CITY AND STATE OF NEW YOUR FOR PURPOSES
OF ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY
AGREEMENT. EACH DEBTOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH PARTY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE
LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURTS AND ANY
CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURTS HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(b) EACH OF THE
DEBTORS HEREBY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS BY NOTICE IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED
IN SECTION 10.6 OF THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION SUCH PARTY MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN SUCH MANNER. EACH DEBTOR AGREES THAT
SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE DELIVERED CARE OF ISSUER.
(signature
page follows)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Guarantor Security Agreement has been executed as of the
day and year first above written.
AMACORE
DIRECT MARKETING, INC.
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
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US
HEALTH BENEFITS GROUP, INC.
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
|
ON
THE PHONE, INC.
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
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US
HEALTHCARE PLANS, INC.
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
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JRM
BENEFITS CONSULTANTS, LLC
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
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LIFEGUARD
BENEFIT SERVICES, INC.
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
|
VICIS
CAPITAL MASTER FUND
By:
Vicis Capital LLC
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Signature
Page to Security Agreement
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SCHEDULE 1 TO SECURITY
AGREEMENT
Locations
of Collateral
Organizational
ID:
Address of Debtor’s records
of Collateral and chief executive office:
Collateral
Locations:
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SCHEDULE 2 TO SECURITY
AGREEMENT
Intellectual
Property
Organizational
ID:
Patents
Trademarks
Copyrights
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