AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.2
AMENDED
AND RESTATED MASTER SECURITY AGREEMENT
To: Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Attorney in-Fact for the Trust Under the Will of Xxxx
Svenningsenthe Trust
Xxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Date: May
18, 2005
To Whom
It May Concern:
This
Amended and Restated Master Security Agreement (this “Master Security
Agreement”) is being entered into in connection with the Trust’s (defined below)
agreement to advance an amount to Laurus Master Fund Ltd (“Laurus”), sufficient
to repay the remaining debt to Laurus in accordance with the terms of the
Assignment, Assumption and Release with Laurus, and in connection therewith,
Laurus has agreed to assign to the Trust all of Laurus’ rights under that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated April 27, 2004, by and between the
Company (defined below) and Laurus, as amended and the Loan Documents, a defined
in the Securities Purchase Agreement (defined below), which includes that
certain Master Security Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2004, between Laurus
and the Company (the “Original Agreement”), such that the Trust shall stand in
the place of Laurus thereunder. In connection therewith, the Trust and the
Company now wish to amend and restate the Original Agreement as provided
herein.
1. To secure
the payment of all Obligations (as hereafter defined), Sequiam Corporation, a
California corporation (the “Company”), each of the other undersigned parties
(other than Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Attorney in-Fact for the Trust Under the Will
of Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, (“the Trust”) and each other entity that is required to
enter into this Master Security Agreement (each an “Assignor” and, collectively,
the “Assignors”) hereby assigns and grants to the Trust a continuing security
interest in all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter
acquired by any Assignor, or in which any Assignor now have or at any time in
the future may acquire any right, title or interest (the "Collateral"): all
cash, cash equivalents, accounts, inventory, equipment, goods, documents,
instruments (including, without limitation, promissory notes), contract rights,
general intangibles (including, without limitation, payment intangibles and an
absolute right to license on terms no less favorable than those currently in
effect among our affiliates), chattel paper, supporting obligations, investment
property (including, without limitation, all equity interests owned by any
Assignor), letter-of-credit rights, trademarks and tradestyles, patents,
copyrights and other intellectual property in which any Assignor now have or
hereafter may acquire any right, title or interest, all proceeds and products
thereof (including, without limitation, proceeds of insurance) and all
additions, accessions and substitutions thereto or therefore. In the event any
Assignor wishes to finance the acquisition in the ordinary course of business of
any hereafter acquired equipment and have obtained a commitment from a financing
source to finance such equipment from an unrelated third party, the Trust agrees
to release its security interest on such hereafter acquired equipment so
financed by such third party financing source. Except as otherwise defined
herein, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meaning provided such
terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement referred to below.
2. The term
"Obligations" as used herein shall mean and include all debts, liabilities and
obligations owing by each Assignor to the Trust arising under, out of, or in
connection with: (i) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of the
date hereof by and between the Company and the Trust (the "Securities Purchase
Agreement"), (ii) that certain Amended, Restated and Consolidated Senior Secured
Term Note dated as of the date hereof made by the Company in favor of the Trust
(the "Term Note"), (iii) that certain Warrant dated as of the date hereof made
by the Company in favor of the Trust (the " Warrant"), (iv) that certain Amended
and Restated Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of the date hereof made by certain
Subsidiaries of the Company, (the “Subsidiary Guaranty”), (v) that certain
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and between the
Company and the Trust (the "Registration Rights Agreement"), (vi) this Master
Security Agreement, (vii) that certain Amended and Restated Stock Pledge
Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Company, certain subsidiaries of
the Company and the Trust (the “Stock Pledge Agreement”), and (viii) the
Subordination Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Subordinated
Lenders, as defined therein, and the Purchaser (the “Subordination Agreement”),
(the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Term Note, the Warrant, the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty, this Master Security Agreement, the
Stock Pledge Agreement, and the Subordination Agreement, as each may be amended,
modified, restated or supplemented from time to time, are collectively referred
to as the "Documents"), and in connection with any documents, instruments or
agreements relating to or executed in connection with the Documents or any
documents, instruments or agreements referred to therein or otherwise, and in
connection with any other indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of any
Assignor to the Trust, whether now existing or hereafter arising, direct or
indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute or contingent, due or not due and
whether under, pursuant to or evidenced by a note, agreement, guaranty,
instrument or otherwise, in each case, irrespective of the genuineness,
validity, regularity or enforceability of such Obligations, or of any instrument
evidencing any of the Obligations or of any collateral therefor or of the
existence or extent of such collateral, and irrespective of the allowability,
allowance or disallowance of any or all of the Obligations in any case commenced
by or against any Assignor under Xxxxx 00, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Code, including,
without limitation, obligations or indebtedness of each Assignor for
post-petition interest, fees, costs and charges that would have accrued or been
added to the Obligations but for the commencement of such case
3. Each
Assignor hereby jointly and severally represents, warrants and covenants to the
Trust that:
(a) it is a
corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be,
validly existing, in good standing and organized under the respective laws of
its jurisdiction of organization set forth on Schedule A, and each Assignor will
provide the Trust thirty (30) days' prior written notice of any change in any of
its respective jurisdiction of organization;
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(b) its legal
name is as set forth in its respective Articles of Incorporation or other
organizational document (as applicable) as amended through the date hereof and
as set forth on Schedule A, and it will provide the Trust thirty (30) days'
prior written notice of any change in its legal name;
(c) its
organizational identification number (if applicable) is as set forth on Schedule
A hereto, and it will provide the Trust thirty (30) days' prior written notice
of any change in any of its organizational identification number;
(d) it is the
lawful owner of the respective Collateral and it has the sole right to grant a
security interest therein and will defend the Collateral against all claims and
demands of all persons and entities;
(e) it will
keep its respective Collateral free and clear of all attachments, levies, taxes,
liens, security interests and encumbrances of every kind and nature
("Encumbrances"), except (i) Encumbrances securing the Obligations, (ii) to the
extent said Encumbrance does not secure indebtedness in excess of $100,000 and
such Encumbrance is removed or otherwise released within ten (10) days of the
creation thereof, (iii) liens of warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, workers,
repairmen, common carriers, or landlords, liens for taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges, and other similar liens arising by operation of law, in
each case arising in the ordinary course of business and for amounts that are
not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and for
which an adequate reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been made to
the extent required by generally accepted accounting principals, and (iv)
pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security legislation (collectively, the "Permitted
Encumbrances");
(f) it will,
at its and the other Assignors joint and several cost and expense use
commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Collateral in good state of repair
(ordinary wear and tear excepted) and will not waste or destroy the same or any
part thereof other than ordinary course discarding of items no longer used or
useful in its or such other Assignors’ business;
(g) it will
not without the Trust’s prior written consent, sell, exchange, lease or
otherwise dispose of the Collateral, whether by sale, lease or otherwise, except
for the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business and for the
disposition or transfer in the ordinary course of business during any fiscal
year of obsolete and worn-out equipment or equipment no longer necessary for its
ongoing needs, having an aggregate fair market value of not more than $25,000
and only to the extent that:
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(i) the
proceeds of any such disposition are used to acquire replacement Collateral
which is subject to the Trust’s first priority perfected security interest, or
are used to repay Obligations or to pay general corporate expenses;
and
(ii) following
the occurrence of an Event of Default which continues to exist the proceeds of
which are remitted to the Trust to be held as cash collateral for the
Obligations;
(h) it will
insure or cause the Collateral to be insured in the Trust’s name against loss or
damage by fire, theft, burglary, pilferage, loss in transit and such other
hazards as the Trust shall specify, in amounts and under policies which are
customary for similarly situated businesses, and by insurers acceptable to the
Trust, and all premiums thereon shall be paid by such Assignor and the policies
delivered to the Trust. If any such Assignor fails to do so, the Trust may
procure such insurance and the cost thereof shall be promptly reimbursed by the
Assignors, jointly and severally, and shall constitute Obligations;
(i) it will
at all reasonable times and upon reasonable advance notice to such Assignor
allow the Trust or the Trust’s representatives free access to and the right of
inspection of the Collateral;
(j) such
Assignor (jointly and severally with each other Assignor) hereby indemnifies and
saves the Trust harmless from all loss, costs, damage, liability and/or expense,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, that the Trust may sustain or incur to
enforce payment, performance or fulfillment of any of the Obligations and/or in
the enforcement of this Master Security Agreement or in the prosecution or
defense of any action or proceeding either against the Trust or any Assignor
concerning any matter growing out of or in connection with this Master Security
Agreement, and/or any of the Obligations and/or any of the Collateral except to
the extent caused by the Trust’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct (as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable
decision).
4. The
occurrence of any of the following events or conditions shall constitute an
"Event of Default” under this Master Security Agreement:
(a) Breach of
any covenant, warranty, representation or statement made or furnished to the
Trust by any Assignor or on any Assignor’s benefit was false or misleading in
any material respect when made or furnished, and if subject to cure, shall not
be cured for a period of thirty (30) days;
(b) the loss,
theft, substantial damage, destruction, sale or encumbrance to or of any of the
Collateral or the making of any levy, seizure or attachment thereof or thereon
except to the extent:
(i) such loss
is covered by insurance proceeds which are used to replace the item or repaythe
Trust; or
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(ii) said
levy, seizure or attachment does not secure indebtedness in excess of $100,000
and such levy, seizure or attachment has not been removed or otherwise released
within ten (10) days of the creation or the assertion thereof;
(b) any
Assignor shall become insolvent, cease operations, dissolve, terminate our
business existence, make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, suffer the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of all or any part
of Assignors’ property;
(c) any
proceedings under any bankruptcy or insolvency law shall be commenced by or
against any Assignor and if commenced against any Assignor shall not be
dismissed within forty-five (45) days;
(d) the
Company shall repudiate, purport to revoke or fail to perform any or all of its
obligations under the Note (after passage of applicable cure period, if any);
or
(e) an Event
of Default shall have occurred under and as defined in any Document, after
giving effect to any applicable cure or grace period.
5. Upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Trust may
declare all Obligations immediately due and payable and the Trust shall have the
remedies of a secured party provided in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in the State of New York, this Agreement and other applicable law. Upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Trust will
have the right to take possession of the Collateral and to maintain such
possession on our premises or to remove the Collateral or any part thereof to
such other premises as the Trust may desire. Upon the Trust’s request, each of
the Assignors shall assemble or cause the Collateral to be assembled and make it
available to the Trust at a place designated by the Trust. If any notification
of intended disposition of any Collateral is required by law, such notification,
if mailed, shall be deemed properly and reasonably given if mailed at least ten
(10) days before such disposition, postage prepaid, addressed to any Assignor
either at such Assignor’s address shown herein or at any address appearing on
the Trust’s records for such Assignor. Any proceeds of any disposition of any of
the Collateral shall be applied by the Trust to the payment of all expenses in
connection with the sale of the Collateral, including reasonable attorneys' fees
and other legal expenses and disbursements and the reasonable expense of
retaking, holding, preparing for sale, selling, and the like, and any balance of
such proceeds may be applied by the Trust toward the payment of the Obligations
in such order of application as the Trust may elect, and each Assignor shall be
liable for any deficiency.
6. If any
Assignor defaults in the performance or fulfillment of any of the terms,
conditions, promises, covenants, provisions or warranties on such Assignor’s
part to be performed or fulfilled under or pursuant to this Master Security
Agreement, the Trust may, at its option without waiving its right to enforce
this Master Security Agreement according to its terms, immediately or at any
time thereafter and without notice to any Assignor, perform or fulfill the same
or cause the performance or fulfillment of the same for each Assignor’s joint
and several account and at each Assignor’s joint and several cost and expense,
and the cost and expense thereof (including reasonable attorneys' fees) shall be
added to the Obligations and shall be payable on demand with interest thereon at
the highest rate permitted by law.
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7. Each
Assignor appoints the Trust, any of the Trust’s officers, employees or any other
person or entity whom the Trust may designate as our attorney, with power to
execute such documents in each of our behalf and to supply any omitted
information and correct patent errors in any documents executed by any Assignor
or on any Assignor’s behalf; to file financing statements against us covering
the Collateral; to sign our name on public records; and to do all other things
the Trust deem necessary to carry out this Master Security Agreement. Each
Assignor hereby ratifies and approves all acts of the attorney and neither the
Trust nor the attorney will be liable for any acts of commission or omission,
nor for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or law other than gross
negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision). This power being coupled
with an interest, is irrevocable so long as any Obligations remains unpaid.
Furthermore, in connection with the filing of any financing statements, the
Collateral may be described in any such financing statements as "all assets"
and/or "all personal property", whether now owned and/or hereafter acquired.
8. No delay
or failure on the Trust’s part in exercising any right, privilege or option
hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such or of any other right, privilege,
remedy or option, and no waiver whatever shall be valid unless in writing,
signed by the Trust and then only to the extent therein set forth, and no waiver
by the Trust of any default shall operate as a waiver of any other default or of
the same default on a future occasion. The Trust’s books and records containing
entries with respect to the Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any
action or proceeding, shall be binding upon each Assignor for the purpose of
establishing the items therein set forth and shall constitute prima facie proof
thereof. the Trust shall have the right to enforce any one or more of the
remedies available to the Trust, successively, alternately or concurrently. Each
Assignor agrees to join with the Trust in executing financing statements or
other instruments to the extent required by the Uniform Commercial Code in form
satisfactory to the Trust and in executing such other documents or instruments
as may be required or deemed necessary by the Trust for purposes of affecting or
continuing the Trust’s security interest in the Collateral.
9. This
Master Security Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York and cannot be terminated orally. All of the
rights, remedies, options, privileges and elections given to the Trust hereunder
shall inure to the benefit of the Trust’s successors and assigns. The term "the
Trust" as herein used shall include the Trust, any parent of the Trust, any of
the Trust’s subsidiaries and any co-subsidiaries of the Trust’s parent, whether
now existing or hereafter created or acquired, and all of the terms, conditions,
promises, covenants, provisions and warranties of this Agreement shall inure to
the benefit of and shall bind the representatives, successors and assigns of
each Assignor and each of the foregoing. the Trust and each Assignor hereby (a)
waive any and all right to trial by jury in litigation relating to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and each Assignor agrees not
to assert any counterclaim in such litigation, (b) submit to the nonexclusive
jurisdiction of any New York State court sitting in the borough of Manhattan,
the city of New York and (c) waive any objection the Trust or each Assignor may
have as to the bringing or maintaining of such action with any such
court.
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10. All
notices from the Trust to any Assignor shall be sufficiently given if mailed or
delivered to such Assignor’s address set forth below.
11. This
Master Security Agreement and the security interests granted by the Assignors
hereunder shall terminate upon the provision by the Trust of written
confirmation to the Company that (x) all indebtedness obligations owed by any
Assignor to the Trust have been repaid in full (including, without limitation,
all principal, interest and fees related to the Term Note, any indebtedness
referred to in the Incremental Funding Side Letter, any Additional Funding
Agreements and any other indebtedness outstanding at such time and owed to the
Trust) and (y) all commitments by the Trust to fund any indebtedness have been
terminated in their entirety.
12. 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.
Very
truly yours, | ||
SEQUIAM
CORPORATION | ||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx
XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Title: |
CEO | |
Address:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000 | ||
SEQUIAM
SOFTWARE, INC. | ||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx
XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Title: |
CEO | |
Address:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000 |
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SEQUIAM
BIOMETRICS, INC. | ||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx
XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Title: |
CEO | |
Address:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000 |
SEQUIAM
EDUCATION, INC. | ||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx
XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Title: |
CEO | |
Address:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000 |
SEQUIAM
SPORTS, INC. | ||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx
XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Title: |
CEO | |
Address:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000 |
FINGERPRINT
DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | ||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Name: |
Xxxxxxxx
XxxxxxXxxxxx | |
Title: |
CEO | |
Address:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000 |
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ACKNOWLEDGED: | ||
Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Attorney in-Fact for the Trust Under the Will of Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx | ||
By: |
/s/
Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: |
| |
Title: |
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SCHEDULE
A
Entity |
Jurisdiction
of Organization |
Organization
Identification Number |
Sequiam
Corporation |
CA |
CA:2047001 |
Sequiam
Software, Inc. |
CA |
CA:2377290 |
Sequiam
Biometrics, Inc. |
FL |
FL:
P03000045341 |
Sequiam
Education, Inc. |
FL |
FL:
P03000060330 |
Sequiam
Sports, Inc. |
DE |
DE:
3172165 |
Fingerprint
Detection Technologies, Inc. |
FL |
FL:
P03000079719 |
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