SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit
4.9
THIS
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”),
dated
as of September 30, 2005, is made by Market Central, Inc. dba Scientigo,
Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
for
the benefit of the secured parties signatory hereto pursuant to powers of
attorney granted to CrossHill Georgetown Capital, LP, a Delaware limited
partnership (“CrossHill”) and their respective endorsees, transferees and
assigns, all as set forth on Exhibit
A
attached
hereto and made a part hereof, as amended from time to time (collectively,
the
"Secured
Party").
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Company has completed an offering (the “Offering”) and has issued Six
Million Six Hundred Thirty Three Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars
($6,633,950.00) Principal Amount of Scientigo 2005 6.4% Senior Convertible
Notes
(the “Senior Notes”) and Warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase the common stock,
$0.001 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), which Offering
was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Company;
WHEREAS,
the terms of the Company’s Offering provide that the repayment of the Senior
Notes is to be secured by the grant by the Company to the Secured Party of
a
first lien priority security interest in and to all of the intellectual property
assets of the Company;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a Subscription Agreement between the Company and each person
or
entity comprising the Secured Party (the “Purchase
Agreement”),
the
Company has issued to the Secured Party the Senior Notes and the Warrants;
and
WHEREAS,
in order to induce the Secured Party to purchase the Senior Notes, the Company
has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Party this Agreement for
the
benefit of the Secured Party and to grant to it a security interest in certain
property of the Company to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge
in full of all of the Company’s obligations under the Senior Notes; and
WHEREAS,
CrossHill has been authorized and has agreed to act as the duly authorized
agent
of the Secured Parties.
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.
(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
Intellectual Property Rights owned or licensed by the Company. For purposes
hereof, “Intellectual Property Rights” means: (a) all inventions (whether
patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), patents,
patent applications, and patent disclosures, together with all reissuances,
continuations, continuations-in-part, revisions, extensions, and re-examinations
thereof, (b) any trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names,
domain names and corporate names, together with all translations, adaptations,
derivations, and combinations thereof and including all goodwill associated
therewith, the business associated therewith, which business is ongoing,
and all
applications, registrations and renewals, (c) copyrightable and copyrighted
works, all copyrights, and all applications, registrations, and renewals
in
connection therewith, (d) trade secrets and confidential business information
(including ideas, research and development, know-how, formulas, compositions,
manufacturing and production processes and techniques, designs, drawings,
specifications, technical data, customer and supplier lists, pricing and
cost
information, and business and marketing plans and proposals) in connection
therewith, (e) computer software in connection therewith, (f) database rights
in
connection therewith, (g) design rights and registered designs and all
documentation and media constituting or describing any of the foregoing and
all
copies and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium and whether
or not any of the foregoing is registered) in connection therewith, and (h)
any
other proprietary rights associated with the Intellectual Property, including
all options to make, use and sell and any moral rights, pertaining to any
product or service designed, manufactured, sold, distributed, marketed, used,
performed, employed or exploited, and all rights or forms of protection of
a
similar nature or having equivalent or similar effect to any of those which
may
subsist anywhere in the world;
(ii) $5,000,000
in cash (the “Cash
Collateral”)
which
may be substituted for certain of the Collateral as set forth in Section
11
hereof ; and
(iii) The
products and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses
(i) and (ii) above.
(b) “Company”
shall
mean, collectively, Company and all of the subsidiaries of Company, a list
of
which is contained in Schedule
A,
attached hereto.
(c) “Obligations”
means
all of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement and the Senior Notes, 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.
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(d) “UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code, as currently in effect in the State of
Georgia.
(e) “XML
Patents”
means
those certain patents owned by the Company as described on Schedule
B,
attached hereto.
2. Grant
of Security Interest.
As an
inducement for the Secured Party to purchase the Senior Notes and to secure
the
complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, 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 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").
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 creidtor’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) 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, except as
set
forth on Schedule
3(c),
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).
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(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 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
security interest in such Collateral. Except for the filing of financing
statements on Form-1 under the UCC with the jurisdictions indicated on
Schedule
C attached
hereto and
the
filing of appropriate assignment forms with the US Patent and Trademark Office
“USPTO”), 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 (a) one or more executed UCC financing statements on Form-UCC1 with
respect to the Security Interest for filing with the jurisdictions indicated
on
Schedule
C,
attached hereto and in such other jurisdictions as may be requested by the
Secured Party, and (b) one or more executed USPTO assignment forms for filing
with the USPTO.
(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 which 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 liens and security interests in the Collateral
in favor of the Secured Party until this Agreement and the Security Interest
hereunder shall terminate 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, 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.
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(j) 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, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise
the
Secured Party promptly, in sufficient detail, of any substantial change in
the
Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material
adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured Party's security
interest therein.
(l) 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.
(m) The
Company shall permit the Secured Party and its representatives and agents
to
inspect the Collateral at any time, and to make copies of records pertaining
to
the Collateral as may be requested by the Secured Party from time to
time.
(n) 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.
(o) 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.
(p) 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.
(q) Schedule
A
attached
hereto contains a list of all of the subsidiaries of Company.
4. Defaults.
The
following events shall be "Events
of Default":
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(a) The
failure of the Company to pay any amount due under the Senior Notes within
five
(5) days of the due date;
(b) Any
representation or warranty of the Company in this Agreement shall prove to
have
been incorrect in any material respect when made; and
(c) The
failure by the Company to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder
for thirty (30) days after receipt by the Company of notice of such failure
from
the Secured Party; and
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 payable pursuant to the Senior Notes 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, then CrossHill,
as duly authorized attorney in fact for the Secured Parties, shall have the
right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Senior
Notes, 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, 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.
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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 fifteen percent (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 demands 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. 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 Senior Notes. Until so paid, any fees payable
hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Senior Notes 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 Senior
Notes 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 Senior Notes, 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 Senior
Notes, 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
this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 11 herein, 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; Substitution of Collateral; Partial Release of
Collateral.
(a) This
Agreement and the Security Interest shall terminate on the date on which
the
Principal Amount of the Senior Notes issued by the Company, together with
all
accrued but unpaid interest thereon, has been paid in full and/or converted
into
shares of Common Stock pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes. 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 statements and USPTO assignment forms executed and filed pursuant
to
this Agreement.
(b) This
Agreement and the Security Interest shall terminate with respect to the XML
Patents on the earlier of (i) the date on which the Cash Collateral has been
deposited by the Company with CrossHill for the benefit of the Secured Party,
or
(ii) the date of which not less than $5,000,000 of the Principal Amount of
the
Senior Notes issued by the Company, together with all accrued but unpaid
interest thereon, has been paid in full and/or converted into shares of Common
Stock pursuant to the terms of the Senior Notes. Upon such termination, the
Secured Party, at the request and at the expense of the Company, will join
in
executing any amendments, releases and/or termination statements with respect
to
any financing statements and USPTO assignment forms executed and filed pursuant
to this Agreement required to release such XML Patents from the terms of
this
Agreement.
(c) If
after
substitution of the Cash Collateral for the XML Patents, the Company notifies
CrossHill in writing of the conversion into shares of Common Stock and/or
repayment of any or all of the Principal Amount of the Senior Notes, the
Secured
Party shall, after review of the evidence of such conversion and/or repayment,
release a pro rata portion of such Cash Collateral being held to the Company
based upon the portion of the Principal Amount of such Senior Notes so converted
and/or repaid. This procedure shall not occur more often than once every
thirty
(30) day period.
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12. Power
of Attorney; Further Assurances.
(a) The
Company authorizes CrossHill, as the duly authorized agent of the Secured
Parties, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint CrossHill, 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,
and at the Company's expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts
and
things which CrossHill 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 Senior Notes 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
C
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.
(c) The
Company hereby irrevocably appoints CrossHill 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 CrossHill's discretion, to take any action
and to
execute any instrument which CrossHill may deem necessary or advisable to
accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole
discretion, of 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.
13. Acknowledgement
of CrossHill and Xxxxxxxxx.
CrossHill acknowledges that a member of CrossHill Georgetown Management LLC,
which is the general partner of CrossHill, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (“Xxxxxxxxx”), is
the Chairman of the Board and a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
CrossHill and Xxxxxxxxx (pursuant to his execution of this Agreement for
the
sole purpose of this Section 13) agree that Xxxxxxxxx will abstain and not
participate in any action or failure to take action pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement for so long as Xxxxxxxxx remains a director or executive officer
of the Company.
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14. 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 nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt requested),
the
next business day or (iii) if mailed by first-class 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:
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Market
Central, Inc.
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Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx,
Chief
Financial Officer
With
copies to:
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Xxxxxxxxx
Traurig, LLP
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Suite
400
0000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
If
to the Secured Party:
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CrossHill
Georgetown Capital, LP
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0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx.
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Xxxxx
0000
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Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attention:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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15. 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.
16. 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 hereunder or under the Senior Notes 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 Senior Notes or by any other agreements,
instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised
singly or concurrently.
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(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
Georgia, 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 Georgia, in which case
such
law shall govern. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of any Georgia or United States Federal court sitting in Georgia
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 Georgia 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 Georgia and any objection
to an action or proceeding in the State of Georgia on the basis of forum
non
conveniens. The parties further agree that the successful or prevailing party
in
any proceeding shall be entitled to recover attorneys’ fees and other costs
incurred in such proceeding.
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(i) EACH
PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRAIL
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 MATER 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.
MARKET CENTRAL, INC. | ||
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By: | ||
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Chief Financial Officer |
SECURED PARTIES: | ||
By:
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CrossHill
Georgetown Capital, LP, as the duly authorized attorney in fact
of the
Secured Parties listed on Exhibit A hereto
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By: | ||
General Partner |
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By: | ||
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XXXXXXXXX: | ||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (for the
sole purpose of Section 13 herein) |
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SCHEDULE
A
Principal
Place of Business of the Company:
Locations
Where Collateral is Located or Stored:
List
of subsidiaries of the Company:
S-1
SCHEDULE
B
XML
Patents
[insert
DESCRIPTION]
S-2
SCHEDULE
C
Jurisdictions:
S-3
EXHIBIT
A
List
of Secured Parties
Names
and
Address:
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
____________________________
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E-1