SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY
AGREEMENT, dated as of July 15, 2010 (this “Agreement”) made by
APPLIED DNA SCIENCES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Grantor”), in
favor of ETICO CAPITAL, LLC., a limited liability company organized under the
laws of the Delaware, in its capacity as collateral agent (in such capacity, the
“Collateral
Agent”) for the “Buyers” (as defined below) party to the Securities
Purchase Agreement, dated as of even date herewith (as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Securities Purchase
Agreement”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
the Company and each party listed as a “Buyer” on the Schedule of Buyers
attached thereto (collectively, the “Buyers”) are parties
to the Securities Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall be
required to sell, and the Buyers shall purchase or have the right to purchase,
the “Notes” (as defined therein) issued pursuant thereto (as such Notes may be
amended, restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof, collectively, the “Notes”);
and
WHEREAS,
it is a condition precedent to the Buyers purchasing the Notes pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement that the Grantor shall have executed and delivered
to the Collateral Agent this Agreement providing for the grant to the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Buyers of a security interest in all personal
property of the Grantor to secure all of the Company’s obligations under the
Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes, and the “Transaction Documents” (as
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the “Transaction
Documents”).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and in
order to induce the Buyers to perform under the Securities Purchase Agreement,
the Grantor agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, as
follows:
SECTION
1. Definitions.
(a) Reference
is hereby made to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Notes for a
statement of the terms thereof. All terms used in this Agreement and the
recitals hereto which are defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Notes or in Articles 8 or 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from
time to time in the State of New York (the “Code”), and which are not
otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth
therein.
(b) As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings
indicated below, such meanings to be applicable equally to both the singular and
plural forms of such terms:
“Copyright Licenses” means all
licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming the
Grantor as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any right to use
or sell any works covered by any copyright (including, without limitation, all
Copyright Licenses set forth in Schedule II
hereto).
“Copyrights” means all domestic
and foreign copyrights, whether registered or not, including, without
limitation, all copyright rights throughout the universe (whether now or
hereafter arising) in any and all media (whether now or hereafter developed), in
and to all original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of
expression, acquired or used by the Grantor (including, without limitation, all
copyrights described in Schedule II hereto),
all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without
limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States
Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues,
divisions, continuations, continuations in part and extensions or renewals
thereof.
“Event of Default” shall have
the meaning set forth in the Notes.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means
any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the
Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code) or under any
other bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors,
formal or informal moratoria, compositions, or extensions generally with
creditors, or proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other similar
relief.
“Intellectual Property” means
the Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents.
“Licenses” means the Copyright
Licenses, the Trademark Licenses and the Patent Licenses.
“Lien” means any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any
property or assets (including accounts and contract rights).
“Patent Licenses” means all
licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming the
Grantor as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any right to
manufacture, use or sell any invention covered by any Patent (including, without
limitation, all Patent Licenses set forth in Schedule II
hereto).
“Patents” means all domestic
and foreign letters patent, design patents, utility patents, industrial designs,
inventions, trade secrets, ideas, concepts, methods, techniques, processes,
proprietary information, technology, know-how, formulae, rights of publicity and
other general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter acquired
(including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign letters patent, design
patents, utility patents, industrial designs, inventions, trade secrets, ideas,
concepts, methods, techniques, processes, proprietary information, technology,
know-how and formulae described in Schedule II hereto),
all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without
limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, or in any similar office or agency of the United
States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all
reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in part and extensions or
renewals thereof.
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“Trademark Licenses” means all
licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming the
Grantor as licensor or licensee and providing for the grant of any right
concerning any Trademark, together with any goodwill connected with and
symbolized by any such trademark licenses, contracts or agreements and the right
to prepare for sale or lease and sell or lease any and all Inventory now or
hereafter owned by the Grantor and now or hereafter covered by such licenses
(including, without limitation, all Trademark Licenses described in Schedule II
hereto).
“Trademarks” means all domestic
and foreign trademarks, service marks, collective marks, certification marks,
trade names, business names, d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, trade styles,
designs, logos and other source or business identifiers and all general
intangibles of like nature, now or hereafter owned, adopted, acquired or used by
the Grantor (including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign trademarks,
service marks, collective marks, certification marks, trade names, business
names, d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, trade styles, designs, logos and other
source or business identifiers described in Schedule II hereto),
all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without
limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United
States, any state thereof or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof), and all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, together with all
goodwill of the business symbolized by such marks and all customer lists,
formulae and other Records of the Grantor relating to the distribution of
products and services in connection with which any of such marks are
used.
SECTION
2. Grant of Security
Interest. As collateral security for all of the “Obligations”
(as defined in Section
3 hereof), the Grantor hereby pledges and assigns to the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Buyers, and grants to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Buyers a continuing security interest in, all personal property
of the Grantor, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing and
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of every kind and description, tangible
or intangible (collectively, the “Collateral”),
including, without limitation, the following:
(a) all
Accounts;
(b) all
Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic);
(c) the
Commercial Tort Claims specified on Schedule VI
hereto;
(d) all
Deposit Accounts, all cash and other property from time to time deposited
therein and the monies and property in the possession or under the control of
the Collateral Agent or any Buyer or any affiliate, representative, agent or
correspondent of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer;
(e) all
Documents;
(f) all
Equipment;
(g) all
Fixtures;
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(h) all
General Intangibles (including, without limitation, all Payment
Intangibles);
(i)
all
Goods
(j)
all
Instruments (including, without limitation, Promissory Notes and each
certificated Security);
(k) all
Inventory;
(l)
all
Investment Property;
(m) all
Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks, and all Licenses;
(n) all
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(o) all
Supporting Obligations;
(p) all other
tangible and intangible personal property of the Grantor (whether or not subject
to the Code), including, without limitation, all bank and other accounts and all
cash and all investments therein, all proceeds, products, offspring, accessions,
rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions and replacements of and to any
of the property of the Grantor described in the preceding clauses of this Section 2 (including,
without limitation, any proceeds of insurance thereon and all causes of action,
claims and warranties now or hereafter held by the Grantor in respect of any of
the items listed above), and all books, correspondence, files and other Records,
including, without limitation, all tapes, desks, cards, Software, data and
computer programs in the possession or under the control of the Grantor or any
other Person from time to time acting for the Grantor to the extent of the
Grantor’s rights therein, that at any time evidence or contain information
relating to any of the property described in the preceding clauses of this Section 2 or are
otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection or realization thereof;
and
(q) all
Proceeds, including all cash Proceeds and non-cash Proceeds, and products of any
and all of the foregoing Collateral;
in each
case howsoever the Grantor’s interest therein may arise or appear (whether by
ownership, security interest, claim or otherwise).
The security interest of the Collateral
Agent in the Collateral granted hereby is in all respects pari passu with the security
interest granted in favor of the individuals and entities listed on Schedule
4(g) hereto pursuant to the secured convertible promissory notes issued by the
Company and listed on Schedule 4(g).
SECTION
3. Security for
Obligations. The security interest created hereby in the
Collateral constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the Obligations
(as hereinafter defined). The term “Obligations” shall mean for so
long as the Notes are outstanding the payment by the Company, as and when due
and payable (by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or
otherwise), of all amounts from time to time owing by it in respect of the
Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents,
including, without limitation, (A) all principal of and interest on the Notes
(including, without limitation, all interest that accrues after the commencement
of any Insolvency Proceeding (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the
Grantor, whether or not the payment of such interest is unenforceable or is not
allowable due to the existence of such Insolvency Proceeding), and (B) all fees,
commissions, expense reimbursements, indemnifications and all other amounts due
or to become due under any of the Transaction Documents.
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SECTION
4. Representations and
Warranties. The Grantor represents and warrants as of the date
of this Agreement as follows:
(a) Schedule I hereto
sets forth the exact legal name of the Grantor, and the state of incorporation
and the organizational identification number of the Grantor in such
state.
(b) There is
no pending or, to its knowledge, written notice threatening any action, suit,
proceeding or claim affecting the Grantor before any governmental authority or
any arbitrator, or any order, judgment or award issued by any governmental
authority or arbitrator, in each case, that may adversely affect the grant by
the Grantor, or the perfection, of the security interest purported to be created
hereby in the Collateral, or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its
rights or remedies hereunder.
(c) All
Federal, state and local tax returns and other reports required by applicable
law to be filed by the Grantor have been filed, or extensions have been
obtained, and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon
the Grantor or any property of the Grantor (including, without limitation, all
federal income and social security taxes on employees’ wages) and which have
become due and payable on or prior to the date hereof have been paid, except to
the extent contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the
imposition of any penalty, fine or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof
and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment
thereof in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied (“GAAP”), and except
for taxes that do not, individually or in the aggregate, exceed $50,000 at any
one time outstanding.
(d) All
Equipment, Fixtures, Goods and Inventory of the Grantor now existing are, and
all Equipment, Fixtures, Goods and Inventory of the Grantor hereafter existing
will be, located and/or based at the addresses specified therefor in Schedule III hereto,
except that the Grantor will give the Collateral Agent written notice of any
change in the location of any such Collateral within 5 days of such change,
other than to locations set forth on Schedule III hereto
(or a new Schedule
III delivered by the Grantor to Collateral Agent from time to time) and
with respect to which the Collateral Agent has filed financing statements and
otherwise fully perfected its Liens thereon or will take such actions pursuant
to Section 5(n). The Grantor’s chief place of business and chief
executive office, the place where the Grantor keeps its Records concerning
Accounts and all originals of all Chattel Paper are located at the addresses
specified therefor in Schedule III
hereto. None of the Accounts is evidenced by Promissory Notes or
other Instruments. Set forth in Schedule IV hereto is
a complete and accurate list, as of the date of this Agreement, of (i) each
Promissory Note, Security and other Instrument owned by the Grantor and (ii)
each Deposit Account, Securities Account and Commodities Account of the Grantor,
together with the name and address of each institution at which each such
account is maintained, the account number for each such account and a
description of the purpose of each such account. Set forth in Schedule II hereto is
a complete and correct list of each trade name used by the Grantor and the name
of, and each trade name used by, each person from which the Grantor has acquired
any substantial part of the Collateral.
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(e) The
Grantor has delivered to the Collateral Agent complete and correct copies of
each License described in Schedule II hereto,
including all schedules and exhibits thereto, which represents all of the
Licenses existing on the date of this Agreement. Each such License
sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties thereto
relating to the subject matter thereof, and there are no other agreements,
arrangements or understandings, written or oral, relating to the matters covered
thereby or the rights of such Grantor or any of its affiliates in respect
thereof. Each material License now existing is, and any material
License entered into in the future will be, the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the parties thereto, enforceable against such parties in
accordance with its terms. To the knowledge of the Grantor, no default under any
material License by any such party has occurred, nor does any defense, offset,
deduction or counterclaim exist thereunder in favor of any such
party.
(f) The
Grantor owns and controls, or otherwise possesses adequate rights to use, all
Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, which are the only trademarks, patents,
copyrights, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and technology,
know-how, formulae, rights of publicity necessary to conduct its business in
substantially the same manner as conducted as of the date hereof. Schedule II
hereto sets forth a true and complete list of all registered Copyrights,
including applications therefor, issued and provisional Patents, including
applications therefor, Trademarks, including applications therefor, and Licenses
owned or used by the Grantor as of the date hereof. To the best knowledge of the
Grantor, all such Intellectual Property of the Grantor is subsisting and in full
force and effect, has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, is valid and
enforceable and has not been abandoned in whole or in part. Except as set forth
in Schedule II,
no such Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchising
agreement. The Grantor has no knowledge of any conflict with the rights of
others to any such Intellectual Property and, to the knowledge of the Grantor,
the Grantor is not now infringing or in conflict with any such rights of others
in any material respect, and to the best knowledge of the Grantor, no other
Person is now infringing or in conflict in any material respect with any such
properties, assets and rights owned or used by the Grantor. No Grantor has
received any notice that it is violating or has violated the trademarks,
patents, copyrights, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and
technology, know-how, formulae, rights of publicity or other intellectual
property rights of any third party.
(g) The
Grantor is and will be at all times the sole and exclusive owner of, or
otherwise has and will have adequate rights in, the Collateral free and clear of
any Liens, except for Permitted Liens. No effective financing statement or other
instrument similar in effect covering all or any part of the Collateral is on
file in any recording or filing office except such as (i) may have been filed in
favor of the Collateral Agent and/or the Buyers relating to this Agreement or
the other Security Documents and (ii) are described on Schedule 4(g)
hereto.
(h) The
exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder
will not contravene any law or any contractual restriction binding on or
otherwise affecting the Grantor or any of its properties and will not result in
or require the creation of any Lien, upon or with respect to any of its
properties.
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(i)
No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or other regulatory body, is required for (i) the
grant by the Grantor, or the perfection, of the security interest purported to
be created hereby in the Collateral, or (ii) the exercise by the Collateral
Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder, except as follows: (A) for
the filing under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable
jurisdiction of the financing statements described in Schedule V hereto (or
a new Schedule
V delivered by the Grantor to Collateral Agent from time to time), all of
which financing statements have been duly filed and are in full force and effect
or will be duly filed and in full force and effect, (B) with respect to Deposit
Accounts, and all cash and other property from time to time deposited therein,
for the execution of a control agreement with the depository institution with
which such account is maintained, as provided in Section 5(i), (C)
with respect to Commodity Contracts, for the execution of a control agreement
with the commodity intermediary with which such commodity contract is carried,
as provided in Section
5(i), (D) with respect to the perfection of the security interest created
hereby in the United States Intellectual Property and Licenses, for the
recording of the appropriate documents in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, (E) with respect to
the perfection of the security interest created hereby in foreign Intellectual
Property and Licenses, for registrations and filings in jurisdictions located
outside of the United States and covering rights in such jurisdictions relating
to such foreign Intellectual Property and Licenses, (F) with respect to the
perfection of the security interest created hereby in Titled Collateral, for the
submission of an appropriate application requesting that the Lien of the
Collateral Agent be noted on the Certificate of Title or certificate of
ownership, completed and authenticated by the Grantor, together with the
Certificate of Title or certificate of ownership, with respect to such Titled
Collateral, to the appropriate governmental authority, (G) with respect to the
perfection of the security interest created hereby in any Letter-of-Credit
Rights, for the consent of the issuer of the applicable letter of credit to the
assignment of proceeds as provided in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in the applicable jurisdiction, (H) with respect to any action that may be
necessary to obtain control of Collateral constituting Deposit Accounts,
Commodity Contracts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property or
Letter-of-Credit Rights, the taking of such actions, and (I) the Collateral
Agent having possession of all Documents, Chattel Paper, Instruments and cash
constituting Collateral (subclauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), G), (H) and
(I), each a “Perfection
Requirement” and collectively, the “Perfection
Requirements”).
(j)
This
Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the Collateral, as security for the
Obligations. The Perfection Requirements result in the perfection of such
security interests. Such security interests are, or in the case of Collateral in
which the Grantor obtains rights after the date hereof, will be, perfected,
first priority security interests, subject only to Permitted Liens and the
Perfection Requirements and the financing statements described in Schedule
4(g).
(k) As of the
date hereof, the Grantor holds no Commercial Tort Claims or has knowledge of any
pending Commercial Tort Claims, except for such Commercial Tort Claims described
in Schedule VI.
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SECTION
5. Covenants as to the
Collateral. So long as any of the Obligations shall remain
outstanding, unless the Collateral Agent shall otherwise consent in
writing:
(a) Further
Assurances. The Grantor will at its expense, at any time and from
time to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents
and take all further action that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in
order to: (i) perfect and protect the security interest purported to be created
hereby; (ii) enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and
remedies hereunder in respect of the Collateral; or (iii) otherwise effect the
purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation: (A) marking
conspicuously all Chattel Paper and each License and, at the request of the
Collateral Agent, each of its Records pertaining to the Collateral with a
legend, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, indicating
that such Chattel Paper, License or Collateral is subject to the security
interest created hereby, (B) delivering and pledging to the Collateral Agent
each Promissory Note, Security, Chattel Paper or other Instrument, now or
hereafter owned by the Grantor, duly endorsed and accompanied by executed
instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent, (C) executing and filing (to the extent, if any, that the
Grantor’s signature is required thereon) or authenticating the filing of, such
financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, as may be necessary
or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect and
preserve the security interest purported to be created hereby, (D) furnishing to
the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further
identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection
with the Collateral in each case as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request,
all in reasonable detail, (E) if any Collateral shall be in the possession of a
third party, notifying such Person of the Collateral Agent’s security interest
created hereby and obtaining a written acknowledgment from such Person that such
Person holds possession of the Collateral for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent, which such written acknowledgement shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (F) if at any time after the
date hereof, the Grantor acquires or holds any Commercial Tort Claim, promptly
notifying the Collateral Agent in a writing signed by the Grantor setting forth
a brief description of such Commercial Tort Claim and granting to the Collateral
Agent a security interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, which writing
shall incorporate the provisions hereof and shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (G) upon the acquisition after the date
hereof by the Grantor of any motor vehicle or other Equipment subject to a
certificate of title or ownership (other than a Motor Vehicle or Equipment that
is subject to a purchase money security interest), causing the Collateral Agent
to be listed as the lienholder on such certificate of title or ownership and
delivering evidence of the same to the Collateral Agent in accordance with
Section 5(j) hereof if and to the extent requested by the Collateral Agent and
(H) filing, and causing the filing of, such agreements, documents and
instruments with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and with all
other foreign, federal, state and local governmental agencies and other Persons
as, in the sole discretion of the Collateral Agent, were and are necessary to
reflect the Grantor’s ownership in all of its Copyrights, Patents and
Trademarks.
(b) Location of Equipment and
Inventory. The Grantor will keep the Equipment and Inventory
(i) at the locations specified therefor on Schedule III hereto,
or (ii) at such other locations set forth on Schedule III (or a
new Schedule
III delivered by the Grantor to Collateral Agent from time to time) and
with respect to which the Collateral Agent has filed financing statements and
otherwise fully perfected its Liens thereon, or (iii) at such other locations in
the United States, provided that within 5 days following the relocation of
Equipment or Inventory to such other location or the acquisition of Equipment or
Inventory, Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a new Schedule III
indicating such new locations.
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(c)
Condition of
Equipment. The Grantor will maintain or cause the Equipment
(to the extent necessary or useful to its business) to be maintained and
preserved in good condition, repair and working order, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, and will forthwith, or in the case of any loss or damage to any
Equipment of the Grantor within a commercially reasonable time after the
occurrence thereof, make or cause to be made all repairs, replacements and other
improvements in connection therewith which are necessary or desirable,
consistent with past practice, or which the Collateral Agent may
request. The Grantor will promptly furnish to the Collateral Agent a
statement describing in reasonable detail any such loss or damage in excess of
$50,000 per occurrence to any Equipment.
(d)
Taxes,
Etc. The Grantor agrees to pay promptly when due all property
and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon,
and all claims (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against, the
Collateral, except to the extent the validity thereof is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings which stay the imposition of any penalty, fine
or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside for the payment
thereof.
(e)
Provisions Concerning the
Accounts and the Licenses.
(i) The
Grantor will (A) give the Collateral Agent at least 30 days’ prior written
notice of any change in such Grantor’s name, identity or organizational
structure, (B) maintain its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or
formation as set forth in Schedule I hereto,
(C) immediately notify the Collateral Agent upon obtaining an organizational
identification number, if on the date hereof such Grantor did not have such
identification number, and (D) keep adequate records concerning the Accounts and
Chattel Paper and permit representatives of the Collateral Agent during normal
business hours on reasonable notice to such Grantor, to inspect and make
abstracts from such Records and Chattel Paper.
(ii) The
Grantor will, except as otherwise provided in this subsection (f), continue to
collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due under the
Accounts. In connection with such collections, the Grantor may (and, at the
Collateral Agent’s direction, will) take such action as the Grantor or the
Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to enforce collection or
performance of the Accounts; provided, however, that the
Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, to notify the account debtors or
obligors under any Accounts of the assignment of such Accounts to the Collateral
Agent and to direct such account debtors or obligors to make payment of all
amounts due or to become due to the Grantor thereunder directly to the
Collateral Agent or its designated agent and, upon such notification and at the
expense of the Grantor and to the extent permitted by law, to enforce collection
of any such Accounts and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment
thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as the Grantor might have
done. After receipt by the Grantor of a notice from the Collateral Agent that
the Collateral Agent has notified, intends to notify, or has enforced or intends
to enforce the Grantor’s rights against the account debtors or obligors under
any Accounts as referred to in the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence, (A) all amounts and proceeds (including Instruments) received by the
Grantor in respect of the Accounts shall be received in trust for the benefit of
the Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be segregated from other funds of the
Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Collateral Agent in the same
form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be applied as specified
in Section 7(b)
hereof, and the Grantor will not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or
payment of any Account or release wholly or partly any account debtor or obligor
thereof or allow any credit or discount thereon. In addition, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral
Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) direct any or all of the banks
and financial institutions with which the Grantor either maintains a Deposit
Account or a lockbox or deposits the proceeds of any Accounts to send
immediately to the Collateral Agent by wire transfer (to such account as the
Collateral Agent shall specify, or in such other manner as the Collateral Agent
shall direct) all or a portion of such securities, cash, investments and other
items held by such institution. Any such securities, cash, investments and other
items so received by the Collateral Agent shall be applied as specified in
accordance with Section 7(b) hereof.
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(iii) Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any breach or default under any
material License referred to in Schedule II hereto by
any party thereto other than the Grantor, the Grantor party thereto will,
promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, give the Collateral Agent written
notice of the nature and duration thereof, specifying what action, if any, it
has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and thereafter will take
reasonable steps to protect and preserve its rights and remedies in respect of
such breach or default, or will obtain or acquire an appropriate substitute
License. The Grantor will, at its expense, promptly deliver to the
Collateral Agent a copy of each notice or other communication received by it by
which any other party to any material License referred to in Schedule II hereto
purports to exercise any of its rights or affect any of its obligations
thereunder, together with a copy of any reply by such Grantor
thereto. The Grantor will exercise promptly and diligently each and
every right which it may have under each material License (other than any right
of termination) and will duly perform and observe in all respects all of its
obligations under each material License and will take all action reasonably
necessary to maintain such Licenses in full force and effect. The Grantor will
not, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, cancel,
terminate, amend or otherwise modify in any respect, or waive any provision of,
any material License referred to in Schedule II
hereto.
(f)
Transfers and Other
Liens.
(i) The
Grantor will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), lease,
license, exchange or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the Collateral,
except as expressly permitted by the other Transaction Documents.
(ii) The
Grantor will not create, suffer to exist or grant any Lien upon or with respect
to any Collateral other than a Permitted Lien.
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(g)
Intellectual
Property.
(i) If
applicable, the Grantor shall, upon the Collateral Agent’s written request, duly
execute and deliver a security agreement or security agreements relating to
Intellectual Property. The Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will,
and will cause each licensee thereof to, take all action necessary to maintain
all of the Intellectual Property in full force and effect, including, without
limitation, using the proper statutory notices and markings and using the
Trademarks on each applicable trademark class of goods in order to so maintain
the Trademarks in full force and free from any claim of abandonment for non-use,
and the Grantor will not (nor permit any licensee thereof to) do any act or
knowingly omit to do any act whereby any Intellectual Property may become
invalidated; provided, however, that so long
as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Grantor shall have no
obligation to use or to maintain any Intellectual Property (A) that relates
solely to any product or work, that has been, or is in the process of being,
discontinued, abandoned or terminated, (B) that is being replaced with
Intellectual Property substantially similar to the Intellectual Property that
may be abandoned or otherwise become invalid, so long as the failure to use or
maintain such Intellectual Property does not materially adversely affect the
validity of such replacement Intellectual Property and so long as such
replacement Intellectual Property is subject to the Lien created by this
Agreement or (C) that is substantially the same as another Intellectual Property
that is in full force, so long the failure to use or maintain such Intellectual
Property does not materially adversely affect the validity of such replacement
Intellectual Property and so long as such other Intellectual Property is subject
to the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement. The
Grantor will cause to be taken all necessary steps in any proceeding before the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office
or any similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision
thereof to maintain each registration of the Intellectual Property (other than
the Intellectual Property described in the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence), including, without limitation, filing of renewals, affidavits of use,
affidavits of incontestability and opposition, interference and cancellation
proceedings and payment of maintenance fees, filing fees, taxes or other
governmental fees. If any Intellectual Property (other than Intellectual
Property described in the proviso to the first sentence of subsection (i) of
this clause (h)) is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated in
any material respect by a third party, the Grantor shall (x) upon learning of
such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation, promptly
notify the Collateral Agent and (y) to the extent the Grantor shall deem
appropriate under the circumstances, promptly xxx for infringement,
misappropriation, dilution or other violation, seek injunctive relief where
appropriate and recover any and all damages for such infringement,
misappropriation, dilution or other violation, or take such other actions as
such Grantor shall deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such
Intellectual Property. The Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral
Agent from time to time upon its request statements and schedules further
identifying and describing the Intellectual Property and Licenses and such other
reports in connection with the Intellectual Property and Licenses as the
Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail and promptly
upon request of the Collateral Agent, following receipt by the Collateral Agent
of any such statements, schedules or reports, the Grantor shall modify this
Agreement by amending Schedule II hereto,
as the case may be, to include any Intellectual Property and License, as the
case may be, which becomes part of the Collateral under this Agreement and shall
execute and authenticate such documents and do such acts as shall be necessary
or, in the reasonable judgment of the Collateral Agent, desirable to subject
such Intellectual Property and Licenses to the Lien and security interest
created by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Grantor
may not abandon or otherwise permit any Intellectual Property to become invalid
without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, and if any
Intellectual Property is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise
violated in any material respect by a third party, the Grantor will take such
action as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate under the circumstances to
protect such Intellectual Property.
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(ii) In no
event shall the Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee
or designee, file an application for the registration of any Trademark or
Copyright or the issuance of any Patent with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, or in any
similar office or agency of the United States or any country or any political
subdivision thereof unless it gives the Collateral Agent prior written notice
thereof. Upon request of the Collateral Agent, the Grantor shall execute,
authenticate and deliver any and all assignments, agreements, instruments,
documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence
the Collateral Agent’s security interest hereunder in such Intellectual Property
and the General Intangibles of the Grantor relating thereto or represented
thereby, and the Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent its
attorney-in-fact to execute and/or authenticate and file all such writings for
the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and
confirmed, and such power (being coupled with an interest) shall be irrevocable
until the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations in
full.
(h)
Deposit, Commodities and
Securities Accounts. Upon the Collateral Agent’s written request, the
Grantor shall cause each bank and other financial institution with an account
referred to in Schedule IV hereto to
execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a control agreement, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, duly executed by the
Grantor and such bank or financial institution, or enter into other arrangements
in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to which
such institution shall irrevocably agree, inter alia, that (i) it
will comply at any time with the instructions originated by the Collateral Agent
to such bank or financial institution directing the disposition of cash,
Commodity Contracts, securities, Investment Property and other items from time
to time credited to such account, without further consent of the Grantor, which
instructions the Collateral Agent will not give to such bank or other financial
institution in the absence of a continuing Event of Default, (ii) all Commodity
Contracts, securities, Investment Property and other items of the Grantor
deposited with such institution shall be subject to a perfected, first priority
security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, except for Permitted Liens,
(iii) any right of set off (other than recoupment of standard fees), banker’s
Lien or other similar Lien, security interest or encumbrance shall be fully
waived as against the Collateral Agent, and (iv) upon receipt of written notice
from the Collateral Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, such
bank or financial institution shall immediately send to the Collateral Agent by
wire transfer (to such account as the Collateral Agent shall specify, or in such
other manner as the Collateral Agent shall direct) all such cash, the value of
any Commodity Contracts, securities, Investment Property and other items held by
it. Without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, the Grantor shall
not make or maintain any Deposit Account, Commodity Account or Securities
Account except for the accounts set forth in Schedule IV hereto.
The provisions of this paragraph 5(i) shall not apply to Deposit Accounts
specially and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee
wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of the Grantor’s
employees.
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(i)
Motor
Vehicles.
(i) Upon the
Collateral Agent’s written request, the Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral
Agent originals of the certificates of title or ownership for all motor vehicles
owned by it with the Collateral Agent listed as lienholder, for the benefit of
the Buyers.
(ii) The
Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact, effective
the date hereof and terminating upon the termination of this Agreement, for the
purpose of (A) executing on behalf of such Grantor title or ownership
applications for filing with appropriate state agencies to enable motor vehicles
now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor to be retitled and the
Collateral Agent listed as lienholder thereof, (B) filing such applications with
such state agencies, and (C) executing such other documents and instruments on
behalf of, and taking such other action in the name of the Grantor as the
Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes
hereof (including, without limitation, for the purpose of creating in favor of
the Collateral Agent a perfected Lien on the motor vehicles and exercising the
rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder). This appointment as
attorney-in-fact is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until all of the
Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash.
(j)
Control. Upon
the Collateral Agent’s request, the Grantor hereby agrees to take any or all
action that may be necessary or that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request
in order for the Collateral Agent to obtain control in accordance with Sections
9-105 through and including 9-107 of the Code with respect to the following
Collateral: (i) Electronic Chattel Paper, (ii) Investment Property, and (iii)
Letter-of-Credit Rights.
(k)
Inspection and
Reporting. The Grantor shall permit the Collateral Agent, or
any agents or representatives thereof or such professionals or other Persons as
the Collateral Agent may designate, during normal business hours, after
reasonable notice in the absence of an Event of Default and not more than once a
year in the absence of an Event of Default, (i) to examine and make copies of
and abstracts from the Grantor’s records and books of account, (ii) to visit and
inspect its properties, (iii) to verify materials, leases, Instruments,
Accounts, Inventory and other assets of the Grantor from time to time, (iii) to
conduct audits, physical counts, appraisals and/or valuations, examinations at
the locations of the Grantor. The Grantor shall also permit the Collateral
Agent, or any agent or representatives thereof or such professionals or other
Persons as the Collateral Agent may designate to discuss the Grantor’s affairs,
finances and accounts with any of its directors, officers, managerial employees,
independent accountants or any of its other representatives.
(l)
Fixture
Filings. At the Collateral Agent’s request, the Grantor shall
cause financing statements to be filed in the appropriate county clerk’s offices
in order to perfect the security interest of the Collateral Agent in and to all
Fixtures constituting Collateral.
SECTION
6. Additional Provisions
Concerning the Collateral.
(a)
The
Grantor hereby (i) authorizes the Collateral Agent to file one or more Uniform
Commercial Code financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto,
relating to the Collateral and (ii) ratifies such authorization to the extent
that the Collateral Agent has filed any such financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto, prior to the date hereof. A photocopy or
other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement covering the
Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement
where permitted by law.
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(b) The
Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact
and proxy, with full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the
name of such Grantor or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agent’s
discretion, so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the
Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement (subject to the rights of the Grantor under Section 5 hereof),
including, without limitation, (i) to obtain and adjust insurance required to be
paid to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof,
(ii) to ask, demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compound, receive and give
acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of
any Collateral, (iii) to receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other
Instruments, Documents and Chattel Paper, (iv) to file any claims or take any
action or institute any proceedings which the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary or desirable for the collection of any Collateral or otherwise to
enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Buyers with respect to any
Collateral, and (v) to execute assignments, licenses and other documents to
enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Buyers with respect to any
Collateral. This power is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until all
of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash.
(c) For the
purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies
hereunder, at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to
exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, the Grantor hereby
grants to the Collateral Agent, to the extent assignable, an irrevocable,
non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other
compensation to the Grantor) to use, assign, license or sublicense any
Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, wherever
the same may be located, including in such license reasonable access to all
media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all
computer programs used for the compilation or printout thereof. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of the
Securities Purchase Agreement that limit the right of the Grantor to dispose of
its property, and Section 5(g) and
Section 5(h)
hereof, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Grantor may exploit, use, enjoy, protect, license, sublicense, assign, sell,
dispose of or take other actions with respect to the Intellectual Property in
the ordinary course of its business. In furtherance of the foregoing, unless an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent
shall from time to time, upon the request of the Grantor, execute and deliver
any instruments, certificates or other documents, in the form so requested to
allow it to take any action permitted above (including relinquishment of the
license provided pursuant to this clause (c) as to any Intellectual Property).
Further, upon the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the
Obligations, the Collateral Agent (subject to Section 10(e) hereof) shall
release and reassign to the Grantor all of the Collateral Agent’s right, title
and interest in and to the Intellectual Property, and the Licenses, all without
recourse, representation or warranty whatsoever. The exercise of rights and
remedies hereunder by the Collateral Agent shall not terminate the rights of the
holders of any licenses or sublicenses theretofore granted by the Grantor in
accordance with the second sentence of this clause (c). The Grantor hereby
releases the Collateral Agent from any claims, causes of action and demands at
any time arising out of or with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by the Collateral Agent under the powers of attorney granted herein other
than actions taken or omitted to be taken through the Collateral Agent’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final determination of a
court of competent jurisdiction.
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(d) If the
Grantor fails to perform any agreement or obligation contained herein, the
Collateral Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or
obligation, in the name of such Grantor or the Collateral Agent, and the
expenses of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be
payable by such Grantor pursuant to Section 8 hereof and
shall be secured by the Collateral.
(e) The
powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its
interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any
such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and
the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral
Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or as to the taking of any
necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining to any Collateral.
(f) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding (i) the Grantor shall remain liable under
the Licenses and otherwise with respect to any of the Collateral to the extent
set forth therein to perform all of its obligations thereunder to the same
extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by the
Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release the Grantor
from any of its obligations under the Licenses or otherwise in respect of the
Collateral, and (iii) the Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation or
liability by reason of this Agreement under the Licenses or with respect to any
of the other Collateral, nor shall the Collateral Agent be obligated to perform
any of the obligations or duties of the Grantor thereunder or to take any action
to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
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SECTION
7. Remedies Upon Event of
Default. If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing:
(a) The
Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to any
other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all
of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the Code, and
also may (i) take absolute control of the Collateral, including, without
limitation, transfer into the Collateral Agent’s name or into the name of its
nominee or nominees (to the extent the Collateral Agent has not theretofore done
so) and thereafter receive, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, all
payments made thereon, give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect
thereof and otherwise act with respect thereto as though it were the outright
owner thereof, (ii) require the Grantor to, and the Grantor hereby agrees that
it will at its expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith,
assemble all or part of its respective Collateral as directed by the Collateral
Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place or places to be
designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both
parties, and the Collateral Agent may enter into and occupy any premises owned
or leased by the Grantor where the Collateral or any part thereof is located or
assembled for a reasonable period in order to effectuate the Collateral Agent’s
rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to the Grantor in
respect of such occupation, and (iii) without notice except as specified below
and without any obligation to prepare or process the Collateral for sale, (A)
sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or
private sale, at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash,
on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such
other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable and/or (B)
lease, license or dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof upon such terms
as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable. The Grantor agrees
that, to the extent notice of sale or any other disposition of its respective
Collateral shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days’ notice to the
Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any
private sale or other disposition of its respective Collateral is to be made
shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be
obligated to make any sale or other disposition of any Collateral regardless of
notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or
private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed
therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and
place to which it was so adjourned. The Grantor hereby waives any claims against
the Collateral Agent and the Buyers arising by reason of the fact that the price
at which its respective Collateral may have been sold at a private sale was less
than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than
the aggregate amount of the Obligations, even if the Collateral Agent accepts
the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one
offeree, and waives all rights that the Grantor may have to require that all or
any part of such Collateral be marshaled upon any sale (public or private)
thereof. The Grantor hereby acknowledges that (i) any such sale of its
respective Collateral by the Collateral Agent shall be made without warranty,
(ii) the Collateral Agent may specifically disclaim any warranties of title,
possession, quiet enjoyment or the like, and (iii) such actions set forth in
clauses (i) and (ii) above shall not adversely affect the commercial
reasonableness of any such sale of Collateral. In addition to the foregoing, (1)
upon written notice to the Grantor from the Collateral Agent after and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, such Grantor shall cease any use of the
Intellectual Property or any trademark, patent or copyright similar thereto for
any purpose described in such notice; (2) the Collateral Agent may, at any time
and from time to time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
upon 10 days’ prior notice to such Grantor, license, whether general, special or
otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any of the
Intellectual Property, throughout the universe for such term or terms, on such
conditions, and in such manner, as the Collateral Agent shall in its sole
discretion determine; and (3) the Collateral Agent may, at any time, pursuant to
the authority granted in Section 6 hereof
(such authority being effective upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default), execute and deliver on behalf of such Grantor, one or
more instruments of assignment of the Intellectual Property (or any application
or registration thereof), in form suitable for filing, recording or registration
in any country.
(b) Any cash
held by the Collateral Agent as Collateral and all cash Proceeds received by the
Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of or collection from, or other
realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied (after
payment of any amounts payable to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 8 hereof) by
the Collateral Agent against, all or any part of the Obligations in such order
as the Collateral Agent shall elect, consistent with the provisions of the
Securities Purchase Agreement. Any surplus of such cash or cash Proceeds held by
the Collateral Agent and remaining after the indefeasible payment in full in
cash of all of the Obligations shall be paid over to whomsoever shall be
lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction
shall direct.
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(c) In the
event that the proceeds of any such sale, collection or realization are
insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Collateral Agent and the Buyers are
legally entitled, the Grantor shall be liable for the deficiency, together with
interest thereon at the highest rate specified in the Notes for interest on
overdue principal thereof or such other rate as shall be fixed by applicable
law, together with the costs of collection and the reasonable fees, costs,
expenses and other client charges of any attorneys employed by the Collateral
Agent to collect such deficiency.
(d) The
Grantor hereby acknowledges that if the Collateral Agent complies with any
applicable state, provincial, or federal law requirements in connection with a
disposition of the Collateral, such compliance will not adversely affect the
commercial reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the
Collateral.
(e) The
Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or future
collateral security (including, but not limited to, this Agreement and the
Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any of
them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in
any particular order, and all of the Collateral Agent’s rights hereunder and in
respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be
cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. To
the extent that the Grantor lawfully may, the Grantor hereby agrees that it will
not invoke any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which might cause
delay in or impede the enforcement of the Collateral Agent’s rights under this
Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the
Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any
of the Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to
the extent that it lawfully may, the Grantor hereby irrevocably waives the
benefits of all such laws.
SECTION
8. Indemnity and
Expenses.
(a) The
Grantor agrees, jointly and severally, to defend, protect, indemnify and hold
the Collateral Agent and each of the Buyers, jointly and severally, harmless
from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, obligations,
penalties, fees, costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable
legal fees, costs, expenses, and disbursements of such Person’s counsel) to the
extent that they arise out of or otherwise result from this Agreement
(including, without limitation, enforcement of this Agreement), except to the
extent resulting from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as
determined by a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(b) The
Grantor agrees, jointly and severally, to pay to the Collateral Agent upon
demand the amount of any and all costs and expenses, including the reasonable
fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent and
of any experts and agents (including, without limitation, any collateral trustee
which may act as agent of the Collateral Agent), which the Collateral Agent may
incur in connection with (i) the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery,
recordation, administration, amendment, waiver or other modification or
termination of this Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation
of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any Collateral,
(iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Collateral Agent
hereunder, or (iv) the failure by the Grantor to perform or observe any of the
provisions hereof.
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SECTION
9. Notices.
Etc. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed (by certified mail, postage
prepaid and return receipt requested), telecopied, e-mailed or delivered, if to
the Grantor at its address specified the signature pages and if to the
Collateral Agent to it, at its address specified on the signature pages below;
or as to any such Person, at such other address as shall be designated by such
Person in a written notice to all other parties hereto complying as to delivery
with the terms of this Section 9. All such
notices and other communications shall be effective (a) if sent by certified
mail, return receipt requested, when received or three days after deposited in
the mails, whichever occurs first, (b) if telecopied or e-mailed, when
transmitted (during normal business hours) and confirmation is received, and
otherwise, the day after the notice or communication was transmitted and
confirmation is received, or (c) if delivered in person, upon
delivery.
SECTION
10. Miscellaneous.
(a) No
amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is in
writing and signed by the Grantor and the Collateral Agent, and no waiver of any
provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by the Grantor
therefrom, shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Grantor
and the Collateral Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given.
(b) No
failure on the part of the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer
provided herein and in the other Transaction Documents are cumulative and are in
addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law. The
rights of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer under any of the other Transaction
Documents against any party thereto are not conditional or contingent on any
attempt by such Person to exercise any of its rights under any of the other
Transaction Documents against such party or against any other Person, including
but not limited to, the Grantor.
(c) Any
provision of this Agreement that 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 portions
hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
(d) This
Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and
shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the indefeasible payment in full
in cash of the Obligations, and (ii) be binding on the Grantor and all other
Persons who become bound as debtor to this Agreement in accordance with Section
9-203(d) of the Code and shall inure, together with all rights and remedies of
the Collateral Agent and the Buyers hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and the Buyers and their respective permitted successors, transferees and
assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (ii) of the immediately
preceding sentence, without notice to the Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the
Buyers may assign or otherwise transfer their rights and obligations under this
Agreement and any of the other Transaction Documents, to any other Person and
such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all of the benefits in
respect thereof granted to the Collateral Agent and the Buyers herein or
otherwise. Upon any such assignment or transfer, all references in this
Agreement to the Collateral Agent or any such Buyer shall mean the assignee of
the Collateral Agent or such Buyer. None of the rights or obligations of the
Grantor hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred without the prior
written consent of the Collateral Agent, and any such assignment or transfer
without the consent of the Collateral Agent shall be null and void.
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(e) Upon the
indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations, (i) this Agreement and
the security interests created hereby shall terminate and all rights to the
Collateral shall revert to the Grantor, and (ii) the Collateral Agent will, upon
the Grantor’s request and at such Grantor’s expense, (A) return to the Grantor
such of the Collateral as shall not have been sold or otherwise disposed of or
applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and (B) execute and deliver to the Grantor
such documents as the Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such
termination, all without any representation, warranty or recourse
whatsoever.
(f) THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW
(OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) AND EXCEPT
TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY AND PERFECTION OR THE PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT
OF PERFECTION OR NON-PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST CREATED HEREBY, OR
REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE
LAW OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(g) ANY LEGAL
ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT
RELATED HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX IN THE
COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS THEREOF, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS
AGREEMENT, THE GRANTOR HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY,
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. THE
GRANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION TO THE
LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY
NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN
SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR
EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COURT.
(h) THE
GRANTOR AND (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT) THE COLLATERAL
AGENT WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
BASED ON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF
THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING,
ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR OTHER ACTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO.
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(i) The
Grantor irrevocably consents to the service of process of any of the aforesaid
courts in any such action, suit or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof
by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail),
postage prepaid, to the Grantor at its address provided herein, such service to
become effective 10 days after such mailing.
(j) Nothing
contained herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent to serve process
in any other manner permitted by law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise
proceed against the Grantor or any property of the Grantor in any other
jurisdiction.
(k) The
Grantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to claim or
recover in any legal action, suit or proceeding referred to in this Section any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
(l) Section
headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
(m) This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which taken together constitute one in the same
Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
APPLIED DNA SCIENCES, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xx. Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xx.
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: President
and Chief Executive Officer
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Address: 00
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxx
Xxxxx, XX 00000
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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Email:
xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx
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ETICO CAPITAL, LLC | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title: Managing
Director
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Address: 000
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Facsimile:
(203) 529- 0096
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Email:
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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Schedule
I
Grantor
Legal Name of Grantor
– Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.
State of
Incorporation – Delaware
Organizational
Identification Number – 4635076
Schedule
II
Copyrights,
Patents and Trademarks
The
following are used by the Grantor:
PATENTS
|
||||
Patents
Issued
|
||||
Patent
Name
|
Patent
No
|
Assignee
of
Record |
Date
Issued
|
Jurisdiction
|
Nucleic
Acid as Marker for Product Anticounterfeiting and
Identification
|
(570982/196181)
89108443
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
1/11/2004
–
3/16/2020
3/17/2000
|
Taiwan
|
Method
of using ribonucleic acid as marker for product anti-counterfeit
labeling
|
CN1324955
00107580.2
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
2/2/2005
|
China
|
EppenLocker
(A Leakage Prevention Apparatus of Microcentrifuge)
|
529633
203050
|
APDN
Inc.
|
4/21/2003-
3/9/2012
3/10/2000
|
Taiwan
|
Multiple
Tube Structure for Multiple PCR in a Closed Container
|
519130
205554
|
APDN
Inc.
|
1/21/2003-
6/19/2012
6/20/2000
|
Taiwan
|
A
Device for Multiple Polymerase Chain Reactions In a Closed
Container and a Method of Using Thereof
|
231311
|
APDN Inc.
|
4/21/2005-
6/12/2020
6/12/2000
|
Taiwan
|
A
Method of marking solid or liquid substances with nucleic acid for
anti-counterfeiting and authentication
|
7115301
(10/748,412)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
10/3/2006
|
United
States
|
A
novel nucleic acid based steganography system and applications
thereof
|
MY
135976-A
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
7/31/2008
|
Malaysia
|
KR
20050025256
679484
(61387/2004)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
3/14/2005
8/3/2005
|
Korea
|
|
Method
for Mixing Ribonucleic Acid in Water Insoluble Media and Application
Thereof
|
JP2004159502
3930794
|
Rixflex
Holding Limited*
|
6/10/2004
8/31/2002
|
Japan
|
Method
for Mixing Ribonucleic Acid in Water Insoluble Media and Application
Thereof
|
EP1394544
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
3/3/2004
|
EU
|
Method
of dissolving nucleic acid in water insoluble medium and its
application
|
CN100349315C
03155949.2
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
11/7/2007
(8/27/2003)
|
China
|
A
Nucleic Acid Based Steganography System and Application
thereof
|
EP1568783
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
8/31/2005
|
EU
|
A
Nucleic Acid Based Steganography System and Application
Thereof
|
DE
602004007474.8
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc
|
4/24/2008
|
Germany
|
System
and Method for authenticating multiple components associated with a
particular product
|
WO2006127558
A2
|
APDN
|
11/30/2006
|
EU
|
Patents
Pending
|
||||
Patent
Name
|
Publication
No
|
Filed
in Name of
|
Date
Published
|
Jurisdiction
|
Method
for Mixing Nucleic Acid in Water Insoluble Media and Application
Thereof
|
20040058374
(10/645,602)
|
Rixflex
Holdings Limited*
|
3/25/2004
|
United
States
|
Novel
nucleic acid based steganography system and application
thereof
|
20050059059
(10/909,431)
|
Rixflex
Holdings Limited*
|
3/17/2005
|
United
States
|
Cryptic
method of secret information carried in DNA molecule and it deencryption
method
|
200506064
(921221490)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
8/6/2003
|
Taiwan
|
A
novel nucleic acid based steganography system and applications
thereof
|
0-0000-00000
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
8/4/2004
|
Vietnam
|
A
novel nucleic acid based steganography system and applications
thereof
|
092819
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc. pending
|
8/4/2004
|
Thailand
|
A
Method for encrypting and decrypting specific message by using nucleic
acid molecules
|
JP2005055900
2004-225987
|
Rixflex
Holdings Limited*
|
3/3/2005
|
Japan
|
P-00200400374
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc
|
8/4/2004
|
Indonesia
|
|
Methods
and Systems for the Generation of Plurality of Security Markers and the
Detection Thereof
|
12/690,799
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
None
|
United
States
|
Published
Patent Applications
|
||||
Patent
Name
|
Patent
Appl. No
|
Assignee
of
Record |
Publication
Date |
Jurisdiction
|
System
and Method for Marking Textiles with Nucleic Acids
|
publication
#
20050112610
(10/825,968)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
5/26/2005
|
United
States
|
System
and Method for Authenticating Multiple Components Associated with a
Particular Good
|
20070048761
(11/437,265)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
3/1/2007
|
United
States
|
System
and Method for Secure Document Printing and Detection
|
20090042191
(11/954,044)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
2/12/2009
|
United
States
|
System
and Method for Authenticating Tablets
|
20090075261
(11/954,055)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
3/19/2009
|
United
States
|
System
and Method for Authenticating Sports Identification Goods
|
20080293052
(11/954,051)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
11/27/2008
|
United
States
|
Optical
Reporter Compositions
|
20080299667
(11/954,030)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
12/4/2008
|
United
States
|
Methods
for Covalent Linking of Optical Reporters
|
20080312427
(11/954,009)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
12/12/2008
|
United
States
|
Method
for Authenticating Articles with Optical Reporters
|
20080299559
(11/954,038)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
12/4/2008
|
United
States
|
Methods
for Genetic Analysis of Textiles made of Gossypium
Barbadense and Gossypium
Hirsutum Cotton
|
Published
by WIPO
WO
2010/056642
12/269,737
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
05/20/2010.
|
United
States
|
Methods
for Genetic Analysis of Textiles made of Gossypium Barbadense and
Gossypium Hirsutum Cotton
|
Published
by WIPO
WO
2010/056642
PCT/US09/63814
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
05/20/2010
|
WIPO
|
Methods
for Genotyping Mature Cotton Fibers and Textiles
|
Published
by WIPO
WO
2010/056645
12/269,757
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
Published
by WIPO 05/20/2010.
|
United
States
|
Methods
for Genotyping Mature Cotton Fibers and Textiles
|
Published
by WIPO
WO
2010/056645
PCT/US09/63818
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
05/20/2010
|
WIPO
|
Incorporating
Water Soluble Security Markers into Cyanoacrylate
Solutions
|
20090286250
(12/465,450)
|
APDN
(B.V.I.) Inc.
|
11/19/2009
|
United
States
|
The
following are owned by the Grantor:
TRADEMARKS
|
||||
Registered
|
TM
Reg #
|
Assignee
of
Record |
Registered
|
Jurisdiction
|
APPLIED
DNA
|
3489209
|
APDN
|
8/19/2008
|
United
States
|
SIGNATURE
|
3482366
|
APDN
|
8/5/2008
|
United
States
|
SIGNATURE
|
005419031
|
Apdn
|
10/26/2006
|
EU
|
SIGNATURE
|
1143760
|
APDN
|
10/27/2006
|
Australia
|
AZSURE
|
3698729
|
APDN
|
10/20/2009
|
United
States
|
AZSURE
|
1022396
|
APDN
|
1109/2009
|
EU
|
Pending
|
TM
Reg #
|
Assignee
of
Record |
Filed
|
Jurisdiction
|
FIBERTYPING
|
77/488531
|
APDN
|
0/0/0000
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
XXXXXXXXXX
|
00/000000
|
XXXX
|
0/0/0000
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
BIOMATERIAL
XXXXXXXXXX
|
00/000000
|
XXXX
|
0/00/0000
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
FIBERTYPING
|
77/728499
|
APDN
|
05/04/2009
|
United
States
|
PIMATYPING
|
77/728511
|
APDN
|
05/04/2009
|
United
States
|
* Rixflex
has been merged with and into APDN (B.V.I.) Inc.
Licenses
None.
Trade
Names
Grantor
uses the following trade names: Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., APDN,
ADNAS
Trade
names used by each person from whom the Grantor has acquired a substantial part
of the Collateral: Biowell Technology, Inc., Rixflex Holdings
Limited
Schedule
III
Equipment,
Fixtures, Goods and Inventory
Locations
of Equipment, Fixtures, Goods and Inventory
00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Chief
Executive Xxxxxx
00 Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Schedule
IV
(i) Promissory Notes, Securities
and other Instruments owned by Grantor
None.
(ii)
Deposit Accounts,
Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts
Deposit
Accounts
|
|||
Institution
|
Account
Name
|
Account
Number
|
Description
|
Bank of America
|
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.
|
XXXXXX-1068
|
Operating, Checking
|
Bank of America
|
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.
|
XXXXXX-0878
|
Money
Market
|
Bank of America
|
Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.
|
XXXXXX-5941
|
Escrow
|
Schedule
V (Schedule 4(g))
Financing
Statements and Other Required or Advisable Documents, Instruments and
Certificates
Grantor
has granted a security interest in all of its assets to holders of the following
secured convertible promissory notes (the “Existing Promissory
Notes”):
Promissory
Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000 issued on January 29, 2009
to Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, due January 29, 2010* with interest at 10% per
annum.
Promissory
Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $200,000 issued on February 27, 2009
to Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, due February 27, 2010* with interest at 10% per
annum.
Promissory
Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000 issued on March 30, 2009 to
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, due March 30, 2010* with interest at 10% per
annum.
Promissory
Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000 issued on June 22, 2009 to
accredited investors, due June 22, 2010 with interest at 10% per
annum.
Promissory
Note in the principal amount of $150,000 issued on June 30, 2009 to Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, due June 30, 2010 with interest at 10% per annum.
Promissory
Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $430,000 issued on August 21, 2009 to
accredited investors, due August 21, 2010 with interest at 10% per
annum.
Promissory
Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $250,000 issued on September 30, 2009
to accredited investors, due September 30, 2010 with interest at 10% per
annum.
Promissory
Note in the principal amount of $250,000 issued on September 30, 2009 to Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, due September 30, 2010 with interest at 10% per annum.
Promissory
Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $270,000 issued on October 14, 2009
to accredited investors, due October 14, 2010 with interest at 10% per
annum.
Promissory
Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $50,000 issued on January 7, 2010 to
Xxxxx X. Little, due January 7, 2011 with interest at 10% per
annum.
Promissory
Note in the aggregate principal amount of $450,000 issued on June 4, 2010 to an
accredited investor, due June 4, 2011 with interest at 10% per
annum.
Promissory
Note in the aggregate principal amount of $675,000 issued on June 4, 2010 to
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, due January 31, 2012 with interest at 10% per
annum.
* These
promissory notes have matured but the Company and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx have agreed
to delay payment and conversion of these notes to a future date.
A UCC-1
was filed in connection with each of the Existing Promissory Notes.
Schedule
VI
Commercial
Tort Claims
Applied
DNA Sciences, Inc. v. Xxxx Xxxx et al. (Los Angeles County Superior Court Case
No. BC 345702)
On August
27, 2008, the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los
Angeles rendered judgment against the defendants Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xx
Xxxxxxxxxx in the above action in the amount of $5,668,962. As of the
date hereof, the Company has not sought payment on this judgment against the
defendants.