SECURITY AGREEMENT BY AEMETIS BIOGAS LLC, as Grantor IN FAVOR OF THIRD EYE CAPITAL CORPORATION, as agent DATED AS OF DECEMBER 20, 2018
Exhibit 10.3
BY
AEMETIS BIOGAS LLC,
as
Grantor
IN FAVOR OF
THIRD EYE CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as
agent
DATED AS OF DECEMBER 20, 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DEFINITIONS
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1.1
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Reference to Security Agreement
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1
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1.2
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Principles of Construction
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1
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1.3
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Definitions
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1
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2
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GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
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5
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2.1
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Security Interest
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5
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2.2
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Grantor Remains Liable
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2.3
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Authorization to File Financing Statements
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6
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2.4
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Limitation
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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6
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3.1
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Purchase Agreement
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3.2
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Title; Authorization; Enforceability; Perfection
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3.3
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Conflicting Legal Requirements and Contracts
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6
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3.4
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Governmental Authority
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3.5
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Grantor Information
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6
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3.6
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Property Locations
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6
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3.7
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Litigation
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6
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3.8
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No Financing Statements or Control Agreements
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6
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3.9
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Maintenance of Collateral
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3.10
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Collateral
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3.11
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Deposit, Commodity, and Securities Accounts
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3.12
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Receivables
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3.13
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Letter of Credit Rights
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3.14
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Instruments; Chattel Paper; Collateral Notes; and Collateral Note
Security
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3.15
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Investment Related Property
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3.16
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Intellectual Property
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COVENANTS
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4.1
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Transaction Documents
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4.2
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General
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4.3
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Receivables
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9
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4.4
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Equipment
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9
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4.5
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Accounts
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4.6
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Intellectual Property
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4.7
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Collateral Notes and Collateral Note Security
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4.8
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Instruments; Chattel Paper; and Documents
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4.9
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Deposit, Commodity, and Securities Accounts
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4.10
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Commercial Tort Claims
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4.11
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Letters-of-Credit Rights
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4.12
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Fixtures
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4.13
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Federal, State or Municipal Claims
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4.14
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Collateral Access Agreements
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4.15
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Use and Operation of Collateral
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4.16
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Certain Proceeds
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4.17
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Further Assurances
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5
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REMEDIES UPON TRIGGER EVENT
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5.1
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Remedies
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5.2
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Grantor’s Obligations Upon Trigger Event
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5.3
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Condition of Collateral; Warranties
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5.4
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Collection of Receivables
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5.5
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Cash Collateral Account
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5.6
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Intellectual Property
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5.7
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Record Ownership of Securities
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5.8
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Investment Related Property
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5.9
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Sales on Credit
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5.10
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Application of Proceeds
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5.11
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Power of Attorney
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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6.1
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Recovered Payments
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6.2
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No Waiver
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6.3
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Agent Performance of Grantor’s Obligations; Authority of
Agent
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6.4
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Waivers
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6.5
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Benefit of Agreement
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6.6
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Survival
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6.7
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Notices
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6.8
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Taxes and Expenses
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6.9
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Headings
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6.10
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Counterparts
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6.11
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Termination
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6.12
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GOVERNING LAW/VENUE
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6.13
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Indemnity
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6.14
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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6.15
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FINAL AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 3.5
Grantor
Information
Schedule 3.6
Property
Locations
Schedule 3.10
Collateral
Schedule 3.16
Intellectual
Property
THIS
SECURITY AGREEMENT (as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from
time to time, this “Security
Agreement”) is entered into as of December 20, 2018,
between Aemetis Biogas LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (“Grantor”), and
Third Eye Capital
Corporation, as agent (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns, “Agent”) for
the Secured Parties (as defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Grantor, Agent and Protair-X
Americas, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”),
have entered into a Series A Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated,
supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Purchase
Agreement”).
WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of
this Security Agreement is required by the Purchase
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS.
1.1 Reference to Security
Agreement.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to Sections,
Recitals, and Schedules refer to Sections of, and Recitals and
Schedules to, this Security Agreement. All Schedules include
amendments and supplements thereto from time to time.
1.2 Principles
of Construction. Words used herein, regardless of the number and
gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include
any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender,
masculine, feminine or neutral, as the context indicates is
appropriate. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Security Agreement, they
shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“without
limitation”. Any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on
such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth in the
Transaction Documents). Furthermore, any reference to any law shall
include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating,
amending, replacing, or interpreting such law and any reference to
any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to
such law or regulation as amended, modified, or supplemented from
time to time. The words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights. The words “hereof,”
“herein”, “hereto” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Security Agreement shall refer to this Security Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Security
Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this Security
Agreement unless otherwise specified. The meanings given to terms
defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of such terms. Where the context requires, terms
relating to the Collateral or any part thereof shall refer to
Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part
thereof.
1.3 Definitions.
Unless otherwise defined herein, or the context hereof otherwise
requires, each term defined in either the Purchase Agreement or the
UCC is used in this Security Agreement with the same
meaning; provided
that, if the definition given
to such term in the Purchase Agreement conflicts with the
definition given to such term in the UCC, the Purchase Agreement
definition shall control to the extent legally allowable; and if
any definition given to such term in Article 9
of the UCC conflicts with the
definition given to such term in any other chapter of the UCC,
the Article 9
definition shall prevail. As used
herein, the following terms have the meanings
indicated:
“Account” means
any “account,”
as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(2) of the
UCC.
“Account
Debtor” means any Person who is obligated on a
Receivable.
“Agent” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble of this Security
Agreement.
“Cash Collateral
Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.
“Chattel Paper”
means any “chattel
paper”, as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(11) of the UCC,
including all Electronic Chattel Paper and Tangible Chattel
Paper.
“Collateral”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Collateral Access
Agreement” means any landlord waiver or other
agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, between
Agent and any third party (including any bailee, consignee, customs
broker, or other similar Person) in possession of any Collateral or
any landlord of any real property where any Collateral is located,
as such landlord waiver or other agreement may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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“Collateral Note
Security” means all
rights, titles, interests, and Liens Grantor may have, be, or
become entitled to under all present and future loan agreements,
security agreements, pledge agreements, deeds of trust, mortgages,
guarantees, or other documents assuring or securing payment of or
otherwise evidencing the Collateral Notes, including those set
forth on Schedule 3.10.
“Collateral
Notes” means all rights, titles, and interests of
Grantor in and to all promissory notes and other Instruments
payable to Grantor, including all inter-company notes from the
Affiliates of Grantor and those set forth on Schedule 3.10.
“Collateral
Records” means books, records, ledger cards, files,
correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical
specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts,
tapes, disks and related data processing software and similar items
that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of
the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the
collection thereof or realization thereupon.
“Collateral
Support” means all property (real or personal)
assigned, hypothecated or otherwise securing any Collateral and
shall include any security agreement or other agreement granting a
Lien or security interest in such real or personal
property.
“Commercial Tort
Claims” means any “commercial tort claim”, as such
term is defined in Section 9.102(a)(13) of the UCC,
including all commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 3.10.
“Commodity
Account” means any “commodity account”, as such term
is defined in Section 9.102(a)(14) of the UCC,
and all sub-accounts thereof.
“Contractual
Obligations” means, as to any Person, any provision of
any security issued by such Person or of any agreement,
undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument, document or agreement to which such Person is a party
or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Control” has
the meaning set forth in Sections 7-106, 8-106, 9-104, 9-105, 9-106, or 9-107 of the UCC, as
applicable.
“Copyright
Licenses” means any and all agreements providing for
the granting of any right in or to Copyrights (whether a Grantor is
licensee or licensor thereunder), including each agreement referred
to on Schedule 3.16.
“Copyrights”
means all United States and foreign copyrights (including Community
designs), including copyrights in software and databases, and all
Mask Works (as defined under 17 U.S.C. § 901 of the
U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, and, with
respect to any and all of the foregoing: (a) all
registrations and applications therefor, including the
registrations and applications referred to on Schedule 3.16;
(b) all extensions and renewals thereof; (c) all rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world; (d) all rights to
xxx for past, present and future infringements thereof; and
(e) all products and Proceeds of the foregoing, including any
income, royalties, and awards and any claim by Grantor against
third parties for past, present, or future infringement of any
Copyright or any Copyright licensed under any Copyright
License.
“Default Rate”
means a per annum rate of interest equal to the rate of interest
specified in Section 6.9(c) of the Purchase Agreement plus ten
percent (10%), provided that in no event shall
the Default Rate exceed the maximum rate of interest permitted by
applicable law.
“Deposit
Accounts” means any “deposit account”, as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC,
including those deposit accounts identified on Schedule 3.10, and
any account which is a replacement or substitute for any of such
accounts, together with all monies, Instruments, certificates,
checks, drafts, wire transfer receipts, and other property
deposited therein and all balances therein.
“Document”
means any “document”, as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(30) of the
UCC.
“Electronic Chattel
Paper” means any “electronic chattel paper”, as
such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(31) of the
UCC.
“Equipment”
means: (a) any “equipment”, as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(33) of the UCC;
(b) all machinery, equipment, furnishings, Fixtures, and Vehicles;
and (c) any and all additions, substitutions, and replacements of
any of the foregoing, wherever located, together with all
attachments, components, parts, equipment, and accessories
installed thereon or affixed thereto (in each case, regardless of
whether characterized as equipment under the UCC).
“Equity
Interests” means (a) shares of capital stock,
partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability
company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership
interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights
entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity
interest, and (b) all rights to receive dividends and
distributions, all voting rights, all management rights, and all
economic right relating to any of the foregoing.
“Farm Products”
means any “farm products”, as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(34) of the
UCC.
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“Fixtures”
means any “fixtures”, as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(41) of the
UCC.
“General
Intangibles” means: (a) any “general intangibles”, as such
term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(42) of the UCC;
and (b) all interest rate or currency protection or hedging
arrangements, computer software, computer programs, all tax refunds
and tax refund claims, all licenses, permits, concessions and
authorizations, all contract rights, all joint venture interests,
partnership interests, or membership interests that do not
constitute a Security, and all Intellectual Property (in each case,
regardless of whether characterized as general intangibles under
the UCC).
“Goods” means:
(a) “goods”, as
that term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(44) of the UCC;
(b) all Inventory; and (c) all Equipment (in each case,
regardless of whether characterized as goods under the
UCC).
“Grantor” has
the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Security
Agreement.
“Indemnified
Party” has the meaning specified in Section
6.13.
“Instrument”
means any “instrument”, as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(47) of the UCC,
including the Collateral Notes.
“Intellectual
Property” means, collectively, the Copyrights, the
Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the
Trademarks, the Trademark Licenses, the Trade Secrets, and the
Trade Secret Licenses.
“Inventory”
means: (a) any “inventory”, as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(48) of the UCC;
(b) all wrapping, packaging, advertising, and shipping
materials; (c) all goods that have been returned, repossessed,
or stopped in transit; (d) all Documents evidencing any of the
foregoing; and (e) all computer programs embedded in any goods
and all accessions thereto and products thereof (in each case,
regardless of whether characterized as inventory under the
UCC).
“Investment Related
Property” means: (a) any “investment property”, as such
term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the UCC;
and (b) all Pledged Equity Interests (regardless of whether such
interest is classified as investment property under the
UCC).
“Letter-of-Credit
Right” means any “letter-of-credit right”, as such
term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(51) of the
UCC.
“Money” means
“money” as
defined in Section 1-201(b)(24) of the
UCC.
“Obligations”
has the meaning specified in the Purchase Agreement.
“Patent
Licenses” means all agreements providing for the
granting of any right in or to Patents (whether a Grantor is
licensee or licensor thereunder), including each agreement referred
to on Schedule
3.16.
“Patents” means
all United States and foreign patents and certificates of
invention, or similar industrial property rights, and applications
for any of the foregoing, including: (a) each patent and
patent application referred to on Schedule 3.16;
(b) all reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations
thereof; (c) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world; (d) all inventions and improvements described therein;
(e) all rights to xxx for past, present and future
infringements thereof; (f) all licenses, claims, damages, and
Proceeds of suit arising therefrom; and (g) all products and
Proceeds of the foregoing, including any income, royalties, and
awards and any claim by Grantor against third parties for past,
present, or future infringement of any Patent or any Patent
licensed under any Patent License.
“Permitted
Liens” means:
(a) Liens
for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with
respect thereto are maintained on the books of Grantor in
conformity with GAAP
(b) carriers',
warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's and other
like Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of
business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than
thirty (30) days or are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges
and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance
with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social
security laws or regulations; and
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(d) deposits
to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than
Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in
each case in the ordinary course of business.
“Pledged Equity
Interests” means all Equity Interests listed on
Schedule
3.10, together with any other shares, stock certificates,
options or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Equity
Interests of any Person that may be issued or granted to, or held
by, Grantor while this Security Agreement is in
effect.
“Proceeds”
means any “proceeds,” as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(65) of the UCC
and, in any event, shall include, but not be limited to,
(a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity,
warranty, or guaranty payable to a Grantor from time to time with
respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in
any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to a Grantor from time
to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation,
condemnation, seizure, or forfeiture of all or any part of the
Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any Person acting
under color of Governmental Authority), and (c) any and all
other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in
connection with any of the Collateral.
“Receivables”
means the Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Investment Related
Property, Instruments, or Commercial Tort Claims, and any other
rights or claims to receive Money which are General Intangibles or
which are otherwise included as Collateral, together with all of
the Grantor’s rights, if any, in all Collateral Support and
Supporting Obligations related thereto.
“Requirement of
Law” means, as to any Person, any law (statutory or
common), ordinance, treaty, rule, regulation, order, policy, other
legal requirement or determination of an arbitrator or of a
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any
of its property is subject.
“Secured
Obligations” means:
(a)
all
Obligations;
(b)
all costs and
expenses, including all attorneys’ fees and legal expenses,
incurred by any of the Secured Parties or their Affiliates to
preserve and maintain the Collateral, collect the obligations
herein described, and enforce this Security Agreement or any rights
under the other Transaction Documents;
(c)
the obligation to
reimburse any amount that Agent (in its sole and absolute
discretion) elects to pay or advance on behalf of Grantor following
the occurrence of any Trigger Event;
(d)
all amounts owed
under any extension, renewal, or modification of any of the
foregoing; and
(e)
any of the
foregoing that arises after the filing of a petition by or against
Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code, even if the obligations due do
not accrue because of the automatic stay under Bankruptcy Code
§ 362 or otherwise;
in each
case with respect to clauses (a) through
(e)
above, whether or not (i) such Secured Obligations arise or accrue
before or after the filing by or against Grantor of a petition
under the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar filing by or against
Grantor under the laws of any jurisdiction, or any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, (ii) such
Secured Obligations are allowable under Section 502(b)(2) of the
Bankruptcy Code or under any other insolvency proceedings, (iii)
the right of payment in respect of such Secured Obligations is
reduced to judgment, or (iv) such Secured Obligations are
liquidated, unliquidated, similar,
dissimilar, related, unrelated, direct, indirect, fixed,
contingent, primary, secondary, joint, several, or joint and
several, matured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable,
secured, or unsecured.
“Secured
Parties” means the collective reference to Agent,
Purchaser, each holder of Series A Preferred Units, and the
Indemnified Parties.
“Securities
Account” means any “securities account”, as such term
is defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC, and
all sub-accounts thereof.
“Security” has
the meaning set forth in Section 8-102(a)(15) of the
UCC.
“Supporting
Obligations” means all “supporting obligations” as
defined in Section 9-102(a)(78) of the
UCC.
“Tangible Chattel
Paper” means any “tangible chattel paper”, as such
term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(79) of the
UCC.
“Trademark
Licenses” means any and all agreements providing for
the granting of any right in or to Trademarks (whether a Grantor is
licensee or licensor thereunder), including each agreement referred
to on Schedule 3.16.
“Trademarks”
means all United States and foreign trademarks, trade names,
corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business
names, Internet domain names, service marks, certification marks,
collective marks, logos, other source or business identifiers,
designs and general intangibles of a like nature, all registrations
and applications for any of the foregoing,
including: (a) the registrations and applications
referred to on Schedule 3.16;
(b) all extensions or renewals of any of the foregoing;
(c) all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use
of and symbolized by the foregoing; (d) the right to xxx for
past, present and future infringement or dilution of any of the
foregoing or for any injury to goodwill; and (e) all products
and Proceeds of the foregoing, including any income, royalties, and
awards and any claim by Grantor against third parties for past,
present, or future infringement of any Trademark or any Trademark
licensed under any Trademark License.
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“Trade Secret
Licenses” means any and all agreements providing for
the granting of any right in or to Trade Secrets (whether a Grantor
is licensee or licensor thereunder), including each agreement
referred to on Schedule 3.16.
“Trade Secrets”
means all trade secrets and all other confidential or proprietary
information and know-how, whether or not such Trade Secret has been
reduced to a writing or other tangible form, including all
documents and things embodying, incorporating, or referring in any
way to such Trade Secret, including: (a) the right to xxx for
past, present and future misappropriation or other violation of any
Trade Secret; and (b) all products and Proceeds of the
foregoing, including any income, royalties, and awards and any
claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present, or future
infringement of any Trade Secrets or any Trade Secrets licensed
under any Trade Secret License.
“UCC” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State
of Delaware.
“Vehicles”
means all present and future automobiles, trucks, truck tractors,
trailers, semi-trailers, or other motor vehicles or rolling stock,
now owned or hereafter acquired by a Grantor.
2. GRANT
OF SECURITY INTEREST.
2.1 Security
Interest. To secure the prompt and complete payment and
performance of the Secured Obligations when due, whether at stated
maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand
or otherwise (including the payment of amounts that would become
due but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a)
of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar
provisions of other applicable laws), Grantor hereby grants to
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a continuing
security interest in and a lien upon, and hereby assigns to Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security, all personal
property of Grantor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or
existing, and wherever located (together with all other collateral
security for the Secured Obligations at any time granted to or held
or acquired by Agent, collectively, the “Collateral”),
including:
(a) all
Accounts;
(b) all
Chattel Paper;
(c) all
Commercial Tort Claims;
(d) all
Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, and Commodity
Accounts;
(e) all
Documents;
(f) all
Farm Products;
(g) all
General Intangibles;
(h) all
Goods;
(i) all
Instruments;
(j) all
Investment Related Property;
(k) all
Letter of Credit Rights;
(l) all
Money;
(m) all
Fixtures;
(n) all
Intellectual Property;
(o) all
Vehicles;
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(p) to
the extent not otherwise included above, all Collateral Records,
Collateral Support, and Supporting Obligations relating to any of
the foregoing; and
(q) to
the extent not otherwise included above, all accessions to,
substitutions for, and all replacements, products, Proceeds of the
foregoing, including Proceeds of and unearned premiums with respect
to insurance policies, and claims against any Person for loss,
damage, or destruction of any Collateral.
2.2 Grantor
Remains Liable.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (a)
Grantor shall remain liable under the contracts and agreements
included in the Collateral to the extent set forth therein to
perform all of its respective duties and obligations thereunder to
the same extent as if this Security Agreement had not been
executed, (b) the exercise by Agent of any of its rights
hereunder shall not release Grantor from any of its duties or
obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the
Collateral, and (c) Agent shall not have any obligation or
liability under any of the contracts and agreements included in the
Collateral by reason of this Security Agreement, nor shall Agent be
obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of Grantor
thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim
for payment assigned hereunder.
2.3 Authorization
to File Financing Statements. Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent at
any time and from time to time to file in any jurisdiction any
financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate
the Collateral (i) as all assets of Grantor or words of similar
effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the
Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9
of the UCC, or (ii) as being of
an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and
(b) contain any other information required by
Article 9
of the UCC for the sufficiency or
filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment,
including (A) whether Grantor is an organization, the type of
organization and any organization identification number issued to
Grantor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as
a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted
collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real
property to which the Collateral relates. Grantor agrees to furnish
any such information to Agent promptly upon
request.
2.4 Limitation.
The Obligations secured by this Agreement are limited by Section
6.17(d) of the Purchase Agreement.
3. REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES. Grantor represents and warrants to Agent on the
date hereof and on the date of each Purchase
that:
3.1 Purchase
Agreement.
Certain representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement
are applicable to Grantor or its assets or operations, and each
such representation and warranty is true and correct.
3.2 Title;
Authorization; Enforceability; Perfection. (a) Grantor has good and valid rights in and
title to the Collateral free and clear of all Liens except for
Permitted Liens, and has full power and authority to grant to Agent
the security interest in the Collateral; (b) the execution and
delivery by Grantor of this Security Agreement has been duly
authorized, and this Security Agreement constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of Grantor and creates a security interest
in all now owned and hereafter acquired Collateral; and (c)(i) upon
the filing of all UCC financing statements naming Grantor as
“debtor” and Agent as “secured party”
and describing the Collateral in the filing offices set forth
opposite Grantor’s name on Schedule 3.5
hereof, (ii) upon delivery of all
Instruments, Chattel Paper, certificated Pledged Equity Interests,
and Collateral Notes, (iii) upon sufficient identification of
Commercial Tort Claims, (iv) upon execution of a control agreement
establishing Agent’s Control with respect to any Deposit
Account, Securities Account, or Commodity Account, (v) upon
consent of the issuer or any nominated Person with respect to
Letter of Credit Rights, and (vi) to the extent not subject
to Article 9
of the UCC, upon recordation of the
security interests granted hereunder in Intellectual Property in
the applicable intellectual property registries, including the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States
Copyright Office, the security interests granted to Agent hereunder
constitute valid and perfected first priority Liens (subject in the
case of priority only to (1) Permitted Liens, and (2) the
rights of the United States government (including any agency or
department thereof) with respect to United States government
Receivables).
3.3 Conflicting
Legal Requirements and Contracts.
Neither the execution and delivery by Grantor of this Security
Agreement, the creation and perfection of the security interest in
the Collateral granted hereunder, nor compliance with the terms and
provisions hereof will (a) violate (i) any Requirement of Law
binding on Grantor or its property, (ii) any of Grantor’s
organizational documents, or (iii) any Contractual Obligation by
which Grantor, or its property, is bound; or (b) conflict with
or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien pursuant to, the terms of any such
Contractual Obligation (other than any Lien of Agent).
3.4 Governmental
Authority.
No authorization, approval, or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any Governmental Authority is required either
(a) for the pledge by Grantor of the Collateral pursuant to
this Security Agreement or for the execution, delivery, or
performance of this Security Agreement by Grantor, or (b) for
the exercise by Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in
this Security Agreement or the remedies in respect of the
Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement (except as may be
required in connection with the disposition of the Pledged Equity
Interests by legal requirements affecting the offering and sale of
securities generally).
3.5 Grantor
Information. Grantor’s exact legal name, jurisdiction
of organization, type of entity, state issued organizational
identification number and the location of its principal place of
business, or chief executive office and of the books and records
relating to the Receivables, are disclosed on Schedule 3.5;
Grantor does not have any other places of business except those set
forth on Schedule 3.5.
Except as noted on Schedule 3.5 hereto,
all such books and records are in Grantor’s possession.
Grantor has not done, and does not, do business under any other
name (including any trade-name or fictitious business name) except
for those names set forth on Schedule 3.5.
Except as provided on Schedule 3.5,
Grantor has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization,
principal place of business, or chief executive office or its
organizational structure in any way (e.g., by merger,
consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) since its
formation.
3.6 Property
Locations. The Equipment, and Fixtures are located solely
at the locations described on Schedule 3.6
and at the Digesters. All of such
locations are owned by a Grantor except for Digesters and locations
which are leased by a Grantor as lessee and designated in
Part B
of Schedule 3.6.
3.7 Litigation.
There is no litigation, investigation, or governmental proceeding
threatened against Grantor or any of its properties which if
adversely determined could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
3.8 No
Financing Statements or Control Agreements.
Other than the financing statements and control agreements in favor
of Agent with respect to this Security Agreement, there are no
other outstanding financing statements or control agreements
covering any Collateral.
3.9 Maintenance
of Collateral. All tangible Collateral which is necessary to
Grantor’s business is in good repair and condition (ordinary
wear and tear excepted), and none of the Collateral is a Fixture
except as specifically referred to herein on Schedule 3.6.
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3.10 Collateral.
Schedule 3.10
accurately lists all Pledged Equity
Interests, Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts, Deposit
Accounts, Collateral Notes, Collateral Note Security, Commercial
Tort Claims, and all letters of credit, in which Grantor has any
right, title, or interest. All information supplied by Grantor to
Agent with respect to any of the Collateral is true, correct, and
complete in all material respects.
3.11 Deposit,
Commodity, and Securities Accounts. Schedule 3.10
correctly identifies all Deposit
Accounts, Commodity Accounts, and Securities Accounts in which a
Grantor has an interest and the institutions holding such accounts.
Grantor is the sole account holder of each such account, and
Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware of, any
Person (other than Agent) having Control over, or any other
interest in, any such account or the property credited
thereto.
3.12 Receivables.
(a) Each
Receivable (i) is and will be the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Account Debtor in respect thereof, representing
an unsatisfied obligation of such Account Debtor, (ii) is and
will be enforceable in accordance with its terms, (iii) is not
and will not be subject to any setoffs, defenses, taxes,
counterclaims (except with respect to refunds, returns and
allowances in the ordinary course of business with respect to
damaged merchandise), and (iv) is and will be in compliance
with all applicable laws, whether federal, state, local or
foreign.
(b) None
of the Account Debtors in respect of any Receivable is the
government of the United States, any agency or instrumentality
thereof, any state or municipality or any foreign
sovereign.
3.13 Letter
of Credit Rights. All letters of credit to which Grantor has
rights are listed on Schedule 3.10,
and Grantor has obtained the consent of each issuer or the
nominated Person of any letter of credit to the assignment of the
Proceeds of the letter of credit to Agent.
3.14 Instruments;
Chattel Paper; Collateral Notes; and Collateral Note
Security. All Instruments and Chattel Paper, including the
Collateral Notes, have been delivered to Agent, together with
corresponding endorsements duly executed by Grantor in favor of
Agent, and such endorsements have been duly and validly executed
and are binding and enforceable against Grantor in accordance with
their terms. Each Collateral Note and the documents evidencing the
Collateral Note Security are in full force and effect; there have
been no renewals or extensions of, or amendments, modifications, or
supplements to, any thereof about which Agent has not been advised
in writing; and no “default” or “potential
default” has occurred and
is continuing under any such Collateral Note or documents
evidencing the Collateral Note Security, except as disclosed
on Schedule 3.10.
3.15 Investment
Related Property.
(a) Schedule 3.10
sets forth all of the Pledged Equity
Interests owned by Grantor and such Pledged Equity Interests
constitute the percentage of issued and outstanding shares of
stock, percentage of membership interests, percentage of
partnership interests or percentage of beneficial interest of the
respective issuers thereof indicated on such
Schedule.
(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.10,
Grantor has not acquired any Equity Interests of another Person or
substantially all the assets of another Person since the formation
of Grantor.
(c) Grantor
is the record and beneficial owner of the Pledged Equity Interests
owned by it free of all Liens, rights or claims of other persons
other than Permitted Liens, and there are no outstanding warrants,
options or other rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust
or similar agreements outstanding with respect to, or property that
is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any
Pledged Equity Interests.
(d) No
consent of any Person, including any member of Grantor, is
necessary or desirable in connection with the creation, perfection
or first priority status of the security interest of Agent in any
Pledged Equity Interests or the exercise by Agent of the voting or
other rights provided for in this Security Agreement or the
exercise of remedies in respect thereof.
(e) None
of the Pledged Equity Interests are or represent interests in
issuers that (i) are registered as investment companies or
(ii) are dealt in or traded on securities exchanges or
markets.
(f) (i) Grantor
has delivered to Agent all certificates, instruments and documents
representing or evidencing the Pledged Equity Interests,
together
with corresponding assignments
or transfer powers duly executed in blank by Grantor, and such
powers have been duly and validly executed and are binding and
enforceable against Grantor in accordance with their terms and
(ii) to the extent such Pledged Equity Interests are
uncertificated, Grantor has taken all actions necessary or
desirable to establish Agent’s Control over such Pledged
Equity Interests.
3.16 Intellectual
Property.
(a) All
of the Intellectual Property is subsisting, valid, and enforceable.
The information contained on Schedule 3.16
is true, correct, and complete. All
issued Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark Licenses,
Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Trade Secret, and Trade Secret
Licenses of Grantor are identified on Schedule 3.16.
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(b) Grantor
is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire and unencumbered
right, title, and interest in and to the Intellectual Property
purported to be owned by Grantor free and clear of any Liens,
including any pledges, assignments, licenses, user agreements, and
covenants by Grantor not to xxx third Persons, other
than Permitted Liens.
(c) To
the best of Grantor’s knowledge, no third party is
infringing, or in Grantor’s reasonable business judgment, may
be infringing, any of Grantor’s rights under the Intellectual
Property.
(d) Grantor
has performed and will continue to perform all acts and has paid
and will continue to pay all required fees and taxes to maintain
each and every item of the Intellectual Property in full force and
effect throughout the world, as applicable.
(e) Each
of the Patents and Trademarks identified on Schedule 3.16
has been properly registered with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office and in corresponding
offices throughout the world (where appropriate) and each of the
Copyrights identified on Schedule 3.16
has been properly registered with the
United States Copyright Office and in corresponding offices
throughout the world (where appropriate).
(f) To
the best of Grantor’s knowledge, no claims with respect to
the Intellectual Property have been asserted and are pending
(i) to the effect that the sale, licensing, pledge, or use of
any of the products of Grantor’s business infringes any other
party’s valid copyright, trademark, service xxxx, trade
secret, or other intellectual property right, (ii) against the
use by Grantor of any Intellectual Property used in Grantor’s
business as currently conducted, or (iii) challenging the
ownership or use by Grantor of any of the Intellectual Property
that Grantor purports to own or use, nor, to Grantor’s
knowledge, is there a valid basis for such a claim described in
this Section 3.16.
4. COVENANTS.
From the date of this Security
Agreement, and thereafter until this Security Agreement is
terminated:
4.1 Transaction
Documents.
Grantor shall comply with, perform, and be bound by all covenants
and agreements in the Transaction Documents that are applicable to
it, its assets, or its operations.
4.2 General.
(a) Inspection.
Grantor will permit Agent, by its representatives and agents
(i) to inspect the Collateral, (ii) to examine and make copies
of the records of Grantor relating to the Collateral, and (iii) to
discuss the Collateral and the related records of Grantor with, and
to be advised as to the same by, Grantor’s officers,
employees, and accountants (and, in the case of any Receivable,
with any Account Debtor), all at such reasonable times and
intervals as Agent may determine, and all at Grantor’s
expense.
(b) Records
and Reports; Notification of Potential Trigger Event or Trigger
Event. Grantor will maintain
true, complete, and accurate books and records with respect to the
Collateral, and furnish to Agent such reports relating to the
Collateral at such intervals as Agent shall from time to time
request. Grantor will give prompt notice in writing to Agent of the
occurrence of any Trigger Event or Potential Trigger Event and of
any other development, financial or otherwise, which might
materially and adversely affect the Collateral. Grantor shall xxxx
its books and records to reflect the security interest of Agent
under this Security Agreement.
(c) Schedules.
Grantor shall immediately update any Schedules hereto if any
information therein shall become inaccurate or incomplete. The
failure of property descriptions to be accurate or complete on any
Schedule shall not impair Agent’s security interest in such
property.
(d) Financing
Statements and Other Actions; Defense of Title. Grantor will deliver to Agent all financing
statements and execute and deliver control agreements and other
documents and take such other actions as may from time to time be
requested by Agent in order to maintain a first priority perfected
security interest in and, in the case of Investment Related
Property, Deposit Accounts, Letter-of-Credit-Rights, and Electronic
Chattel Paper, Control of, the Collateral. Grantor will take any
and all actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral against
all Persons and to defend the security interest of Agent in the
Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly
permitted hereunder.
(e) Disposition of
Collateral. Grantor will not
sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of the Collateral except
(i) prior to the occurrence of a Trigger Event, dispositions
specifically permitted pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (ii)
until such time following the occurrence of a Trigger Event, as
Grantor receives a notice from Agent instructing Grantor to cease
such transactions, sales or leases of Inventory in the ordinary
course of business, and (iii) until such time as Grantor receives a
notice from Agent pursuant to Section 5.4,
Proceeds of Inventory and Accounts collected in the ordinary course
of business.
(f) Liens. Grantor will not create, incur, or suffer to
exist any Lien on the Collateral except (i) the security
interest created by this Security Agreement, and (ii) Permitted
Liens.
(g) Change
in Location, Jurisdiction of Organization or
Name. Grantor will not (i)
store, place or hold any Inventory, Equipment, Fixtures, or
Proceeds or products thereof (other than Inventory and Proceeds
thereof disposed of as permitted by Section
4.2(e))
at a location other than a Digester or a location specified
on Schedule
3.6, (ii) maintain records
relating to the Receivables at a location other than at the
location specified on Schedule
3.10, (iii) maintain a place of
business at a location other than a location specified on
Schedule
3.6, (iv) change its name
or taxpayer identification number, (v) change its mailing address,
or (vi) change its jurisdiction of organization, unless Grantor
shall have given Agent not less than thirty (30) days’ prior
written notice thereof, and Agent shall have determined that such
change will not adversely affect the validity, perfection or
priority of Agent’s security interest in the Collateral.
Prior to making any of the foregoing changes, Grantor shall execute
and deliver all such additional documents and perform all
additional acts as Agent, in its sole discretion, may request in
order to continue or maintain the existence and priority of its
security interest in all of the Collateral.
(h) Taxes
and Other Obligations. Grantor
will pay and discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity
or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon the
Collateral or in respect of income or profits therefrom, as well as
all claims of any kind (including, without limitation, claims for
labor, materials and supplies) against or with respect to the
Collateral, except that no such charge need be paid if the amount
or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, reserves in conformity with GAAP with
respect thereto have been provided on the books of Grantor and such
proceedings could not reasonably be expected to result in the sale,
forfeiture or loss of any material portion of the Collateral or any
interest therein.
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(i) Compliance
with Agreements. Grantor shall
comply with all Contractual Obligations binding on it or affecting
its properties or business.
(j) Compliance
with Legal Requirements.
Grantor shall comply with all applicable Requirements of
Law.
(k) Other
Financing Statements. Grantor
will not authorize any other financing statement naming it as
debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral, except with
respect to Liens permitted by Section 4.2(f).
4.3 Receivables.
(a) Certain
Agreements on Receivables.
Other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with its
past practice, Grantor will not (i) grant any extension of the time
of payment of any Receivable, (ii) compromise or settle any
Receivable for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release,
wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any
Receivable, (iv) allow any credit or discount whatsoever on any
Receivable or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Receivable in any
manner that could adversely affect the value
thereof.
(b) Collection
of Receivables. Except as
otherwise provided in this Security Agreement, Grantor will, at
Grantor’s sole expense, collect all amounts due or hereafter
due to Grantor under the Receivables and enforce Grantor’s
rights under all Collateral Support or Supporting Obligation with
respect to the Receivables.
4.4 Equipment.
(a) Maintenance
of Equipment. Grantor will do
all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep the
Equipment in good repair and working and saleable condition
(ordinary wear and tear excepted).
(b) Insurance.
Grantor will (i) maintain fire and extended coverage insurance
on the Inventory and Equipment containing a lender’s loss
payable clause in favor of Agent, and providing that said
insurance will not be terminated except after at least
thirty (30) days’ written notice from the insurance
company to Agent, (ii) maintain such other insurance on the
Collateral for the benefit of Agent as Agent shall from time to
time request, (iii) furnish to Agent upon the request of Agent
from time to time the originals of all policies of insurance on the
Collateral and certificates with respect to such insurance, and
(iv) maintain general liability insurance naming Agent as an
additional insured.
(c) Certificates
of Title. With respect to any
item of Equipment which is covered by a certificate of title and
indication of a security interest on such certificate is required
as a condition of perfection, upon the request of Agent, the
Grantor shall cause Agent’s security interest to be properly
indicated thereon.
4.5 Accounts.
Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the
Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably
considers advisable, and Grantor shall furnish all such assistance
and information as Agent may require in connection with such test
verifications. At any time and from time to time, upon the
Agent’s request and at the expense of Grantor, Grantor shall
cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to
Agent to furnish to Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging
and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the
Receivables.
4.6 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Prosecution
of Applications. Grantor shall
prosecute diligently all applications in respect of Intellectual
Property, now or hereafter pending.
(b) Federal
Applications. Except to the
extent not required in Grantor’s reasonable business
judgment, Grantor shall make federal applications on all of its
unpatented but patentable inventions and all of its registrable but
unregistered Copyrights and Trademarks.
(c) Maintenance
of Rights. Grantor shall
preserve and maintain all of its material rights in the
Intellectual Property and protect its Intellectual Property from
infringement, unfair competition, cancellation, or dilution by all
appropriate action necessary in Grantor’s reasonable business
judgment, including the commencement and prosecution of legal
proceedings to recover damages for infringement and to defend and
preserve its rights in the Intellectual
Property.
(d) No
Abandonment. Grantor shall not
abandon any of the Intellectual Property necessary to the conduct
of its business in the exercise of Grantor’s reasonable
business judgment.
(e) Licenses.
(i) Grantor shall not sell or assign any of its interest in any of
the Intellectual Property without the prior written consent of
Agent; (ii) Grantor shall not grant any license or sublicense with
respect to any of its Intellectual Property without the prior
written consent of Agent; and (iii) Grantor shall maintain the
quality of any and all products and services with respect to which
the Intellectual Property is used.
(f) No
Conflicting Agreements. Grantor
shall not enter into any agreement, including any licensing
agreement, that is or may be inconsistent with Grantor’s
obligations under this Security Agreement or any of the other
Transaction Documents.
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(g) Additional
Intellectual Property. Grantor
shall give Agent prompt written notice if Grantor shall obtain
rights to or become entitled to the benefit of any Intellectual
Property not identified on Schedule 3.16.
Grantor shall execute and deliver any and all Patent Security
Agreements, Copyright Security Agreements, or Trademark Security
Agreements, each in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, as
Agent may request to evidence Agent’s Lien on such
Intellectual Property.
(h) Obligation
upon Trigger Event. On and
after the occurrence of a Trigger Event, Grantor shall use its
reasonable efforts to obtain any consents, waivers, or agreements
necessary to enable Agent to exercise its rights and remedies with
respect to the Intellectual Property.
4.7 Collateral
Notes and Collateral Note Security.
Without the prior written consent of Agent, Grantor shall not (a)
modify or substitute, or permit the modification, or substitution
of, any Collateral Note or any document evidencing the Collateral
Note Security or (b) release any Collateral Note Security unless
specifically required by the terms thereof.
4.8 Instruments;
Chattel Paper; and Documents.
Grantor will (a) deliver to Agent immediately upon execution
of this Security Agreement the originals of all Chattel Paper and
Instruments (if any then exists), (b) hold in trust for Agent
upon receipt and immediately thereafter deliver to Agent any
Chattel Paper and Instruments constituting Collateral,
(c) xxxx conspicuously all Chattel Paper and Instruments
(other than any delivered to Agent) with an appropriate reference
to the security interest of Agent, and (d) upon Agent’s
request, deliver to Agent (and thereafter hold in trust for Agent
upon receipt and immediately deliver to Agent) any Document
evidencing or constituting Collateral.
4.9 Deposit,
Commodity, and Securities Accounts. With respect to any Deposit Account, Commodity
Account, or Securities Account, Grantor shall (a) maintain
such accounts at the institutions described on Schedule 3.10
or such additional institutions as
have complied with clause (b)
hereof; (b) upon the request of the
Agent, deliver to and obtain from each depository bank and security
intermediary a Control agreement in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent which provides that Agent shall have exclusive Control
over such account; and (c) deliver to Agent all certificates or
Instruments, if any, now or hereafter representing or evidencing
such accounts, accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer
or assignment in blank, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent. If Agent has requested exclusive Control
thereof, Grantor shall not establish or maintain any Deposit
Accounts, Commodity Accounts or Securities Accounts, unless such
accounts are subject to Agent’s exclusive
Control.
4.10 Commercial
Tort Claims.
If Grantor at any time holds or acquires a Commercial Tort Claim,
Grantor shall (a) immediately deliver to Agent written
notification of any and all Commercial Tort Claims, including any
and all actions, suits and proceedings before any court or
Governmental Authority by or affecting Grantor; and
(b) execute and deliver such statements, documents and notices
and do and cause to be done all such things as may be required by
Agent, or required by law, including all things which may from time
to time be necessary under the UCC to fully create, preserve,
perfect and protect the priority of Agent’s security interest
in any Commercial Tort Claims.
4.11 Letters-of-Credit
Rights.
If Grantor is at any time a beneficiary under a letter of credit
now or hereafter issued in favor of Grantor, Grantor shall promptly
notify Agent thereof in writing and, at Agent’s request,
Grantor shall, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, either (a) arrange for the issuer or
any confirmer of such letter of credit to consent to an assignment
to Agent of the Proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit
or (b) arrange for Agent to become the transferee beneficiary
of the letter of credit, with Agent agreeing, in each case, that
the Proceeds of any drawing under the letter of credit are to be
applied to the Secured Obligations as provided in the Purchase
Agreement.
4.12 Fixtures.
With respect to any Collateral that is a Fixture or an accession
which has been attached to real estate or other goods prior to the
perfection of the security interest of Agent, the Grantor shall
furnish Agent, upon reasonable demand, a disclaimer of interest in
each such Fixture or accession and a consent in writing to the
security interest of Agent therein, signed by all Persons having
any interest in such Fixture or accession by virtue of any interest
in the real estate or other goods to which such Fixture or
accession has been attached.
4.13 Federal,
State or Municipal Claims.
Grantor will notify Agent of any Collateral which constitutes a
claim against a Governmental Authority, or any instrumentality or
agency thereof, the assignment of which claim is restricted by
federal, state or municipal law.
4.14 Collateral
Access Agreements.
Grantor shall obtain a Collateral Access Agreement from the lessor
of each leased property, mortgagee of owned property or bailee or
consignee with respect to any warehouse, processor or facility or
other location where Collateral is stored or located, which
Collateral Access Agreement shall provide access rights, contain a
waiver or subordination of all Liens or claims that the landlord,
mortgagee, bailee or consignee may assert against the Collateral at
that location, and shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in
form and substance to Agent.
4.15 Use
and Operation of Collateral.
Grantor agrees to promptly reimburse and pay to Agent, at
Agent’s request, the amount of all expenses (including the
cost of any insurance and payment of taxes or other charges)
incurred by Agent in connection with its custody and preservation
of the Collateral, and all such expenses, costs, taxes, and other
charges shall bear interest at the Default Rate until repaid and,
together with such interest, shall be payable by Grantor to Agent
upon demand and shall become part of the Secured Obligations. All
risk of loss or damage to, or diminution in value of, the
Collateral is on Grantor, and Agent shall have no liability
whatever for failure to obtain or maintain insurance, nor to
determine whether any insurance ever in force is adequate as to
amount or as to the risks insured. With respect to the Collateral
that is in the possession of Agent, Agent shall have no duty to
preserve rights against prior parties to such Collateral and shall
never be liable for any failure to use diligence to collect any
amount payable in respect of such Collateral, but shall be liable
only to account to Grantor for what it may actually collect or
receive thereon. The provisions of this Section are applicable
whether or not a Trigger Event has occurred.
4.16 Certain
Proceeds.
Notwithstanding any contrary provision herein, if a Trigger Event
shall occur, any and all Proceeds of any Collateral consisting of
cash, checks and other non-cash items shall be part of the
Collateral hereunder, and shall, if received by Grantor, be held in
trust for the benefit of Agent, and shall forthwith be delivered to
Agent (accompanied by any necessary endorsements) to be held
pursuant to this Security Agreement. Any cash Proceeds of the
Collateral which come into the possession of Agent on and after the
occurrence of a Trigger Event (including insurance Proceeds) may,
at Agent’s option, be applied in whole or in part to the
Secured Obligations (to the extent then due), be released in whole
or in part to or on the written instructions of Grantor for any
general or specific purpose, or be retained in whole or in part by
Agent as additional Collateral. The provisions of this Section are
applicable whether or not a Trigger Event has
occurred.
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4.17 Further
Assurances.
At any time and from time to time, upon the request of Agent, and
at the sole expense of Grantor, Grantor shall promptly execute and
deliver all such further instruments, agreements and documents and
take such further actions as Agent may deem necessary or desirable
(a) to assure Agent that its security interests hereunder are
perfected first priority security interests, and (b) to carry out
the provisions and purposes of this Security Agreement, including
(i) the filing of such financing statements as Agent may require,
(ii) executing control agreements with respect to the Collateral,
in each case naming Agent, as secured party, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, (iii) furnishing to Agent from time to time
statements and schedules further identifying and describing
the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the
Collateral as Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable
detail, (iv) the deposit of all certificates of title issuable with
respect to any of the Collateral and noting thereon Agent’s
security interest hereunder, and (v) taking all other actions
required by applicable Requirements of Law. Grantor shall use its
best efforts to obtain any required consents from any Person other
than Grantor and its Affiliates with respect to any permit or
license or any Contractual Obligation with such Person entered into
by Grantor that requires such consent as a condition to the
creation by Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in
such permit, license or Contractual Obligation related thereto. A
carbon, photographic, or other reproduction of this Security
Agreement or of any financing statement covering the Collateral or
any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement and
may be filed as a financing statement.
5. REMEDIES
UPON TRIGGER EVENT
5.1 Remedies.
On and after the occurrence of a Trigger Event, Agent may exercise
any or all of the following rights and remedies:
(a) Contractual
Remedies. Those rights and
remedies provided in this Security Agreement, the Purchase
Agreement, or any other Transaction Document, provided that this Section
5.1(a) shall not limit any
rights or remedies available to Agent prior to the occurrence of a
Trigger Event.
(b) Legal
Remedies. If a Trigger Event
shall occur, Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, may exercise,
in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in
this Security Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement
securing, evidencing or relating to the Secured Obligations, all
rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other
applicable law.
(c) Disposition
of Collateral. Without notice
except as specifically provided in Section 5.2(c)
or elsewhere herein, sell, lease,
assign, grant an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose
of the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at
public or private sale, for cash, on credit or for future delivery,
and upon such other terms as Agent may deem commercially
reasonable. Neither Agent’s compliance with any applicable
state or federal law in the conduct of such sale, nor its
disclaimer of any warranties relating to the Collateral, shall be
considered to affect the commercial reasonableness of such sale.
Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law)
all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or
may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute
now existing or hereafter enacted.
(d) Distributions.
On and after the occurrence of a Trigger Event, all payments and
distributions made to Grantor upon or with respect to the
Collateral shall be paid or delivered to Agent, and Grantor agrees
to take all such action as Agent may deem necessary or appropriate
to cause all such payments and distributions to be made to Agent.
Agent shall have the right, at any time after the occurrence of any
Trigger Event, to notify and direct any issuer to thereafter make
all payments, dividends, and any other distributions payable in
respect thereof directly to Agent. Such issuer shall be fully
protected in relying on the written statement of Agent that it then
holds a security interest which entitles it to receive such
payments and distributions. Any and all Money and other property
paid over to or received by Agent hereunder shall be retained by
Agent as additional collateral hereunder and may be applied in
accordance with Section 5.10
hereof.
(e) Use
of Premises. Agent shall be
entitled to occupy and use any premises owned or leased by Grantor
where any of the Collateral or any records relating to the
Collateral are located until the Secured Obligations are paid or
the Collateral is removed therefrom, whichever first occurs,
without any obligation to pay Grantor for such use and
occupancy.
5.2 Grantor’s
Obligations Upon Trigger Event.
Upon the request of Agent on and after the occurrence of a Trigger
Event, Grantor will:
(a) Assembly
of Collateral. Assemble and
make available to Agent the Collateral and all records relating
thereto at any place or places specified by
Agent.
(b) Agent
Access. Permit Agent, and
Agent’s representatives and agents, to enter any premises
where all or any part of the Collateral, or the books and records
relating thereto, or both, are located, to take possession of all
or any part of the Collateral and to remove all or any part of the
Collateral.
(c) Notice of Disposition of
Collateral. Grantor hereby
waives notice of the time and place of any public sale or the time
after which any private sale or other disposition of all or any
part of the Collateral may be made. To the extent such notice may
not be waived under applicable law, any notice made shall be deemed
reasonable if sent to Grantor, addressed as set forth in
Section 6.7,
at least ten (10) days prior to (i) the date of any such
public sale or (ii) the time after which any such private sale
or other disposition may be made. Agent shall not be obligated to
make any sale or other disposition of the Collateral regardless of
notice having been given. Subject to the provisions of applicable
law, Agent may postpone or cause the postponement of the sale of
all or any portion of the Collateral by announcement at the time
and place of such sale, and such sale may, without further notice,
to the extent permitted by law, be made at the time and place to
which the sale was postponed, or Agent may further postpone such
sale by announcement made at such time and
place.
5.3 Condition
of Collateral; Warranties.
Agent has no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the
Collateral for sale. Agent may sell the Collateral without giving
any warranties as to the Collateral. Agent may disclaim any
warranties of title or the like. This procedure will not be
considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any
sale of the Collateral.
5.4 Collection of
Receivables. On and after the occurrence of a Trigger Event,
Agent may at any time in its sole discretion, by giving Grantor
written notice, elect to require that the Receivables be paid
directly to Agent. In such event, Grantor shall, and shall permit
Agent to, promptly notify the Account Debtors under the Receivables
of Agent’s interest therein and direct such Account Debtors
to make payment of all amounts then or thereafter due under the
Receivables directly to Agent. Upon receipt of any such notice from
Agent, Grantor shall thereafter hold in trust for Agent, all
amounts and Proceeds received by it with respect to the Receivables
and immediately and at all times thereafter deliver to Agent all
such amounts and Proceeds in the same form as so received, whether
by cash, check, draft or otherwise, with any necessary
endorsements. Agent shall hold and apply funds so received as
provided by the terms of Section 5.10.
If after the occurrence of a Trigger Event, any Account Debtor
fails or refuses to make payment on any Collateral when due, Agent
is authorized, in its sole discretion, either in its own name or in
the name of Grantor, to take such action as Agent shall deem
appropriate for the collection of any amounts owed with respect to
Collateral or upon which a delinquency exists. Grantor agrees that
Agent may at any time and from time to time, if a Trigger Event has
occurred, compromise with the obligor on any Receivable, accept in
full payment of any Receivable such amount as Agent in its sole
discretion shall determine or abandon any Receivable, and any such
action by Agent shall be commercially reasonable. Regardless of any
other provision hereof, however, Agent shall never be liable for
its failure to collect, or for its failure to exercise diligence in
the collection of, any amounts owed with respect to Collateral, nor
shall it be under any duty whatsoever to anyone except Grantor to
account for funds that it shall actually receive
hereunder.
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5.5 Cash Collateral
Account. On and after the occurrence of a Trigger Event,
Agent shall have, and Grantor hereby grants to Agent, the right and
authority to transfer all funds on deposit in the Deposit Accounts
to a “Cash
Collateral Account”
(herein so called) maintained with a depository institution
designated by Agent and subject to the exclusive direction,
dominion, and Control of Agent, and no disbursements or withdrawals
shall be permitted to be made by Grantor from such Cash Collateral
Account. Such Cash Collateral Account shall be subject to the
security interest in favor of Agent herein created, and Grantor
hereby grants a security interest to Agent in and to, such Cash
Collateral Account and all checks, drafts, and other items ever
received by Grantor for deposit therein. If a Trigger Event has
occurred, Agent shall have the right, at any time in its discretion
without notice to Grantor, (a) to transfer to or to register in the
name of Agent or nominee any certificates of deposit or deposit
instruments constituting Deposit Accounts and shall have the right
to exchange such certificates or Instruments representing Deposit
Accounts for certificates or Instruments of smaller or larger
denominations and (b) to take and apply against the Secured
Obligations any and all funds then or thereafter on deposit in the
Cash Collateral Account or otherwise constituting Deposit
Accounts.
5.6 Intellectual
Property.
For purposes of enabling Agent to exercise its rights and remedies
under this Security Agreement and enabling Agent and its successors
and assigns to enjoy the full benefits of the Collateral, Grantor
hereby grants to Agent an irrevocable, nonexclusive license
(exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to
Grantor) to use, license, or sublicense any of the Intellectual
Property. Grantor shall provide Agent with reasonable access to all
media in which any of the Intellectual Property may be recorded or
stored and all computer programs used for the completion or
printout thereof. This license shall also inure to the benefit of
all successors, assigns, and transferees of Agent. If no Trigger
Event has occurred, Grantor shall have the exclusive,
non-transferable right and license to use the Intellectual Property
in the ordinary course of business and the exclusive right to grant
to other Persons licenses and sublicenses with respect to the
Intellectual Property for full and fair consideration.
5.7 Record
Ownership of Securities.
On and after the occurrence of a Trigger Event, Agent at any time
may have any Collateral that is Pledged Equity Interests and that
is in the possession of Agent, or its nominee or nominees,
registered in its name, or in the name of its nominee or nominees,
as Agent; and, as to any Collateral that is Pledged Equity
Interests so registered, Agent shall execute and deliver (or cause
to be executed and delivered) to the Grantor all such proxies,
powers of attorney, dividend coupons or orders, and other documents
as Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling
Grantor to exercise the voting rights and powers which it is
entitled to exercise under this Security Agreement or to receive
the dividends and other distributions and payments in respect of
such Collateral that is Pledged Equity Interests or Proceeds
thereof which it is authorized to receive and retain under this
Security Agreement.
5.8 Investment
Related Property. Grantor recognizes that, by reason of certain
prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively,
the “Securities
Act”) and applicable
state securities laws, Agent may be compelled, with respect to any
sale of all or any part of the Investment Related Property
conducted without prior registration or qualification of such
Investment Related Property under the Securities Act and/or such
state securities laws, to limit purchasers to those who will agree,
among other things, to acquire the Investment Related Property for
their own account, for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or resale thereof. Grantor acknowledges that any such
private sale may be at prices and on terms less favorable than
those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions
(including a public offering made pursuant to a registration
statement under the Securities Act) and, notwithstanding such
circumstances, Grantor agrees that any such private sale shall be
deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and
that Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and
no obligation to delay the sale of any Investment Related Property
for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to
register it for a form of public sale requiring registration under
the Securities Act or under applicable state securities laws, even
if such issuer would, or should, agree to so register it. If Agent
determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the
Investment Related Property, upon written request, Grantor shall
and shall cause each issuer of any Pledged Equity Interests to from
time to time to furnish to Agent all such information as Agent may
request in order to determine the number and nature of interest,
and shares included in the Investment Related Property which may be
sold by Agent in exempt transactions under the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder. In case of any sale of all or any part of the
Investment Related Property on credit or for future delivery, such
Collateral so sold may be retained by Agent until the selling price
is paid by the purchaser thereof, but Agent shall not incur any
liability in case of the failure of such purchaser to take up and
pay for such assets so sold and in case of any such failure, such
Collateral may again be sold upon like notice. Agent, instead of
exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon them, may
proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose
security interests created hereunder and sell the Investment
Related Property, or any portion thereof, under a judgment or
decree of a court or courts of competent
jurisdiction.
5.9 Sales
on Credit.
If Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit, Grantor will be
credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser,
received by Agent, and applied to the indebtedness of the
purchaser. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the
Collateral, Agent may resell the Collateral and Grantor shall be
credited with the Proceeds of the sale.
5.10 Application of
Proceeds.
On and after the occurrence of a Trigger Event, the Proceeds of the
Collateral shall be applied by Agent to payment of the Secured
Obligations in such manner and order as Agent may elect in its sole
discretion. If the Proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the
Collateral are insufficient to pay all of the Secured Obligations,
Grantor shall be liable for the deficiency and the fees of any
attorneys employed by Agent to collect such
deficiency.
5.11 Power
of Attorney. Grantor hereby appoints Agent and Agent’s
designee as its attorney, with power: (a) to endorse
Grantor’s name on any checks, notes, acceptances, money
orders, or other forms of payment or security that come into
Agent’s possession; (b) to sign Grantor’s name on any
invoice, xxxx of lading, warehouse receipt, or other negotiable or
non-negotiable Document constituting Collateral, on drafts against
customers, on assignments of Accounts, on notices of assignment,
financing statements, and other public records, and to file any
such financing statements by electronic means with or without a
signature as authorized or required by applicable law or filing
procedure; (c) to notify the post office authorities to change the
address for delivery of Grantor’s mail to an address
designated by Agent and to receive, open, and dispose of all mail
addressed to Grantor; (d) to send requests for verification of
Accounts to customers or Account Debtors; (e) to exercise all of
Grantor's rights and remedies with respect to the collection or
enforcement of the Receivables and any other Collateral; (f) to
file such financing statements with respect to this Security
Agreement, with or without Grantor’s signature, or to file a
photocopy of this Security Agreement in substitution for a
financing statement, as Agent may deem appropriate and to execute
in Grantor’s name such financing statements and amendments
thereto and continuation statements which may require
Grantor’s signature; (g) to discharge past due taxes,
assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the Collateral; (h) to
settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew the Receivables; and
(i) to take all actions necessary to carry out the terms and
provisions of the Purchase Agreement and this Security Agreement.
Grantor ratifies and approves all acts of such attorney. None of
the Secured Parties nor their attorneys will be liable for any acts
or omissions or for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or law
except for their willful misconduct or gross negligence as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in final and
non-appealable judgment. This power, being coupled with an
interest, is irrevocable until this Security Agreement is
terminated in accordance with Section
6.11. Agent agrees that, except
for the powers granted in paragraphs (b), (d) and (f) of this
Section, it shall not exercise any power or authority granted to it
unless a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing. The powers
conferred on Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, under
this Section
5.11 are solely to protect
Agent’s and the other Secured Parties’ interests in the
Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Agent or any other
Secured Party to exercise any such powers.
6. GENERAL
PROVISIONS.
6.1 Recovered
Payments.
The Secured Obligations shall be deemed not to have been paid,
observed or performed, and the Secured Obligations shall continue
and not be discharged, to the extent that any payment, observance
or performance thereof by Grantor is recovered from or paid over by
or for the account of Agent for any reason, including as a
preference or fraudulent transfer or by virtue of any subordination
(whether present or future or contractual or otherwise) of the
Secured Obligations, whether such recovery or payment over is
effected by any judgment, decree or order of any court or
governmental agency, by any plan of reorganization or by settlement
or compromise by Agent (whether or not consented to by Grantor) of
any claim for any such recovery or payment over. Grantor hereby
expressly waives the benefit of any applicable statute of
limitations and agrees that it shall be liable hereunder whenever
such a recovery or payment over occurs.
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6.2 No
Waiver.
No delay or omission of Agent to exercise any right or remedy
granted under this Security Agreement shall impair such right or
remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any Trigger Event, or an
acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of any
such right or remedy shall not preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No
waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or
provisions of this Security Agreement whatsoever shall be valid
unless in writing signed by Agent and then only to the extent in
such writing specifically set forth. All rights and remedies
contained in this Security Agreement or by law afforded shall be
cumulative and all shall be available to Agent until the Secured
Obligations have been paid in full.
6.3 Agent
Performance of Grantor’s Obligations; Authority of
Agent.
(a) Without
having any obligation to do so, Agent may perform or pay any
Secured Obligation which Grantor has agreed to perform or pay in
this Security Agreement and Grantor shall reimburse Agent for any
amounts paid by Agent pursuant to this Section
6.3. Grantor’s Secured
Obligation to reimburse Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence
shall be a Secured Obligation payable on
demand.
(b) Grantor
acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Agent
under this Security Agreement with respect to any action taken by
Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by Agent of any option,
voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided
for herein or resulting or arising out of this Security Agreement
shall, as between Agent and the Secured Parties, be governed by
such agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time
among them, but, as between Agent and Grantor, Agent shall be
conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties
with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and
Grantor shall not be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make
any inquiry respecting such authority.
6.4 Waivers.
Except to the extent expressly otherwise provided herein or in
other Transaction Documents and to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law, Grantor waives (a) any right to require Agent to
proceed against any other Person, to exhaust its rights in
Collateral, or to pursue any other right which Agent or any other
Secured Party may have; (b) with respect to the Secured
Obligations, presentment and demand for payment, protest, notice of
protest and nonpayment, notice of intent to accelerate, and notice
of acceleration; and (c) all rights of marshaling in respect
of any and all of the Collateral.
6.5 Benefit
of Agreement.
The terms and provisions of this Security Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of Grantor, Agent and the
other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns,
except that Grantor shall not have the right to assign any of its
rights or delegate any of its Secured Obligations under this
Security Agreement or any interest herein, without the prior
written consent of Agent.
6.6 Survival.
All representations and warranties of Grantor contained in this
Security Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Security Agreement. Without prejudice to the survival of any other
Secured Obligations, the provisions of Section
6.8 and Section
6.13 shall survive the
termination of this Security Agreement.
6.7 Notices.
All notices, requests and demands to or upon Agent or Grantor
hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section
8.6 of the Purchase Agreement
6.8 Taxes
and Expenses.
Any taxes (including income taxes) payable or ruled payable by
federal or state authority in respect of this Security Agreement
shall be paid by Grantor, together with interest and penalties, if
any. Grantor shall reimburse Agent for any and all out-of-pocket
expenses and internal charges (including reasonable
attorneys’, auditors’ and accountants’ fees and
reasonable time charges of attorneys, paralegals, auditors and
accountants who may be employees of Agent) paid or incurred by
Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, and
administration, of this Security Agreement and in the audit,
analysis, administration, collection, preservation or sale of the
Collateral (including the expenses and charges associated with any
periodic or special audit of the Collateral). In addition, Grantor
shall be obligated to pay all of the costs and expenses incurred by
Agent, including attorneys’ fees and court costs, in
obtaining or liquidating the Collateral, in enforcing payment of
the Secured Obligations, or in the prosecution or defense of any
action or proceeding by or against Agent or Grantor concerning any
matter arising out of or connected with this Security Agreement,
any Collateral or the Secured Obligations, including any of the
foregoing arising in, arising under or related to a case under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law. Any and all costs and
expenses incurred by Grantor in the performance of actions required
pursuant to the terms hereof shall be borne solely by
Grantor.
6.9 Headings.
The title of and section headings in this Security Agreement
are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the
interpretation of any of the terms and provisions of this Security
Agreement.
6.10 Counterparts.
This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one
agreement, and any of the parties hereto may execute this Security
Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page of this Security Agreement by
facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Security
Agreement.
6.11 Termination.
This Security Agreement shall continue in effect until (a) all
obligations of Grantor to redeem Series A Preferred Units pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement have been indefeasibly paid in full in
cash, (b) all obligations of Purchaser to purchase Series A
Preferred Units pursuant to the Purchase Agreement have terminated
or expired, and (c) all of the Secured Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid and performed in full in cash;
provided that
the termination of this Security
Agreement under this Section 6.11
is subject to Section 6.1.
6.12 GOVERNING
LAW/VENUE.
(a) THIS
SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
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(b) Grantor
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(i) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding
relating to this Security Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the
non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the Courts of the Delaware,
the courts of the United States of America sitting in the State of
Delaware, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(ii) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts
and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that
such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and
agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(iii) agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be
effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail
(or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to
such Grantor at its address referred to in Section
6.7 or at such other address of
which the Agent shall have been notified pursuant
thereto;
(iv) agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of
process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the
right to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and
(v) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have
to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to
in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential
damages.
6.13 Indemnity.
GRANTOR DOES HEREBY ASSUME ALL LIABILITY FOR THE COLLATERAL, FOR
THE SECURITY INTEREST OF AGENT, AND FOR ANY USE, POSSESSION,
MAINTENANCE, AND MANAGEMENT OF, ALL OR ANY OF THE COLLATERAL,
INCLUDING ANY TAXES ARISING AS A RESULT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH,
THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, AND AGREES TO ASSUME
LIABILITY FOR, AND TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD THE SECURED PARTIES AND
THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, AND
EMPLOYEES HARMLESS FROM AND AGAINST, ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, CAUSES OF
ACTION, OR LIABILITY, FOR INJURIES TO OR DEATHS OF PERSONS AND
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY, HOWSOEVER ARISING FROM OR INCIDENT TO SUCH USE,
POSSESSION, MAINTENANCE, AND MANAGEMENT, WHETHER SUCH PERSONS BE
AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF GRANTOR OR OF THIRD PARTIES, OR SUCH DAMAGE
BE TO PROPERTY OF GRANTOR OR OF OTHERS.
GRANTOR SHALL INDEMNIFY EACH SECURED PARTY AND
EACH AFFILIATE THEREOF AND THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS, AND AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE
“INDEMNIFIED
PARTIES” AND INDUVIDUALLY
AN “INDEMNIFIED
PARTY”) FROM, AND HOLD
EACH OF THEM HARMLESS AGAINST, ANY AND ALL LOSSES, LIABILITIES,
CLAIMS, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, DISBURSEMENTS, COSTS, AND
EXPENSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) TO WHICH ANY OF THEM MAY
BECOME SUBJECT WHICH DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISE FROM OR RELATE TO
(A) ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE NEGOTIATION,
EXECUTION, DELIVERY, PERFORMANCE, ADMINISTRATION, OR ENFORCEMENT OF
ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, (B) ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED BY THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, (C) ANY BREACH BY
GRANTOR OF ANY REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY, COVENANT, OR OTHER
AGREEMENT CONTAINED IN ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, (D) ANY
ACTION TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN BY ANY SECURED PARTY (OR ANY TRUSTEE
UNDER ANY COLLATERAL DOCUMENT) THAT IS ALLOWED OR PERMITTED UNDER
ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE PROTECTION OR
ENFORCEMENT OF ANY LIEN, SECURITY INTEREST, OR OTHER RIGHT, REMEDY,
OR RECOURSE CREATED OR AFFORDED BY THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR AT
LAW OR IN EQUITY, (E) THE PRESENCE, RELEASE, THREATENED RELEASE,
DISPOSAL, REMOVAL, OR CLEANUP OF ANY HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE LOCATED
ON, ABOUT, WITHIN, OR AFFECTING ANY OF THE PROPERTIES OR ASSETS OF
GRANTOR, OR (F) ANY INVESTIGATION, LITIGATION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY THREATENED INVESTIGATION,
LITIGATION, OR OTHER PROCEEDING, RELATING TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING
INCLUDING THOSE BROUGHT OR INITIATED BY GRANTOR. WITHOUT LIMITING
ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR OF ANY OTHER
TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, IT IS THE EXPRESS INTENTION OF THE PARTIES
HERETO THAT THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES BE INDEMNIFIED FROM AND HELD
HARMLESS AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES, LIABILITIES, CLAIMS, DAMAGES,
PENALTIES, JUDGMENTS, DISBURSEMENTS, COSTS, AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING
ATTORNEYS’ FEES) ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE STRICT
LIABILITY, SOLE CONTRIBUTORY OR ORDINARY NEGLIGENCE OF ANY OF THE
INDEMNIFIED PARTIES, PROVIDED THAT THE INDEMNITY SET FORTH IN THIS
PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY CLAIM CAUSED BY THE GROSS
NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF THE INDEMNIFIED PARTY SEEKING
INDEMNIFICATION AS DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION
IN A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT.
AGENT MAY EMPLOY AN ATTORNEY OR ATTORNEYS OF ITS
OWN CHOOSING TO PROTECT OR ENFORCE ITS RIGHTS, REMEDIES, AND
RECOURSES, AND TO ADVISE AND DEFEND THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES WITH
RESPECT TO THOSE ACTIONS AND OTHER MATTERS. GRANTOR SHALL REIMBURSE
AGENT FOR THE ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES (INCLUDING
EXPENSES AND COSTS FOR EXPERTS AND/OR CONSULTANTS) OF THE
INDEMNIFIED PARTIES IMMEDIATELY ON RECEIPT OF WRITTEN DEMAND FROM
AGENT, WHETHER ON A MONTHLY OR OTHER TIME INTERVAL, AND WHETHER OR
NOT AN ACTION IS ACTUALLY COMMENCED OR CONCLUDED. ALL OTHER
REIMBURSEMENT AND INDEMNITY OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS SECURITY
AGREEMENT SHALL BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE WHEN ACTUALLY INCURRED BY
AGENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER THE INDEMNIFIED PARTIES. ANY PAYMENTS NOT
MADE WITHIN TEN (10) DAYS AFTER WRITTEN DEMAND FROM AGENT SHALL
BEAR INTEREST AT THE DEFAULT RATE FROM THE DATE OF THAT DEMAND
UNTIL FULLY PAID. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
6.13 SHALL SURVIVE REPAYMENT
AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SECURED OBLIGATIONS, THE RELEASE OF ANY
LIENS SECURING THE SECURED OBLIGATIONS, ANY FORECLOSURE (OR ACTION
IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE), THE TRANSFER BY GRANTOR OF ANY OF ITS
RIGHTS, TITLE, AND INTERESTS IN OR TO ANY COLLATERAL SECURING THE
SECURED OBLIGATIONS, AND THE EXERCISE BY ANY SECURED PARTY OF ANY
OR ALL REMEDIES SET FORTH IN ANY TRANSACTION
DOCUMENT.
6.14 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL. THE PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RIGHT TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL ONE, BUT THAT SUCH RIGHT MAY BE
WAIVED. AGENT AND GRANTOR, AFTER CONSULTING (OR HAVING THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT) WITH COUNSEL OF THEIR CHOICE, HEREBY
KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, IRREVOCABLY, AND EXPRESSLY WAIVE TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED UPON
CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING IN ANY WAY
TO ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED THEREBY OR THE CONDUCT, ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF SECURED
PARTY AND EACH GRANTOR IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, OR
ENFORCEMENT THEREOF. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS
REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING
WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO
HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE
OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL
WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION
6.14.
6.15 FINAL
AGREEMENT.
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,
CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.
THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
PARTIES.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor and Agent
have executed and delivered this Security Agreement as of the date
first above written.
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GRANTOR:
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AEMETIS
BIOGAS LLC
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By:
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Xxxx
XxXxxx
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Name:
Xxxx
XxXxxx
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Title:
President
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AGENT:
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THIRD EYE CAPITAL CORPORATION, as
Agent
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Managing
Director
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