SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.4
THIS
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of February 6, 2007 (this “Agreement”),
is by
and among DIGITAL ANGEL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
each
of the subsidiaries of the Company
that are
signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become an additional
party hereto,
the
“Company Subsidiaries”
and,
collectively
with the Company, the “Debtors”),
Imperium
Advisers, LLC, in its capacity as collateral agent (in such capacity, the
“Collateral
Agent”),
for
the benefit of the
undersigned holders (the “Holders”) of
the
Company’s Senior Secured Debentures, dated as of the date hereof (the
“Debentures”).
The
Holders, Collateral Agent and their endorsees, transferees and assigns are
sometimes collectively referred to herein as
the
“Secured
Parties”).
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, by and between the Company and the Secured Parties (the “Purchase
Agreement”),
the
Company has agreed to sell and the Secured Parties have severally agreed to
purchase, the Debentures;
and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a certain Subsidiary Guarantee dated as of the date hereof (the
“Guarantee”),
the
Company Subsidiaries have jointly
and
severally agreed to guaranty and act as surety for satisfaction of all payment
and other obligations of the Company arising under the Debentures and the other
Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement); and
WHEREAS,
it is a condition to the obligation of the Secured Parties to enter into the
transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Debentures and the
other Transaction Documents, that the Debtors execute and deliver to the
Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties this Agreement and that the Debtors grant the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of each Secured Party, pari
passu
with
each of the other
Secured
Parties, a perfected security interest in the assets and properties of the
Debtors described herein, to secure the prompt payment, performance and
discharge in full of all of the Company’s obligations under the Debentures and
the other Transaction Documents.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS.
Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given to
them in the Purchase Agreement. Terms used herein that are defined in Article
9
of the UCC but not otherwise defined in this Agreement (such as “account”,
“chattel
paper”,
“commercial
tort claim”,
“deposit
account”,
“document”,
“equipment”,
“fixtures”,
“general
intangibles”,
“goods”,
“instruments”,
“inventory”,
“investment
property”,
“letter-of-credit
rights”,
“proceeds”
and
“supporting
obligations”)
shall
have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC. As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in
this
Section
1.
“Collateral”
means
all of the Debtors’ respective rights, title and interest in and to the
collateral in which the Secured Parties are granted a security interest by
this
Agreement and which shall include all assets and properties of the Debtors,
including the following personal property presently
owned or hereafter acquired by the Debtors,
wherever situated, and all additions and accessions thereto and all
substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts
thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer
of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims
in
connection therewith, and all dividends, interest, cash, notes, securities,
equity interest or other property at any time and from time to time acquired,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any
or
all of the Pledged Securities (as defined below):
(i)
All
goods, including, without limitation, (A) all machinery, equipment, computers,
motor vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special
and
general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment
of
every kind and nature and wherever situated, together with all documents of
title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto,
replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the
foregoing and all other items used and useful in connection with any Debtor’s
businesses and all improvements thereto; and (B) all inventory;
(ii) All
contract rights and other general intangibles, including, without limitation,
all partnership interests, membership interests, stock or other securities,
rights
under any of the Organizational Documents, agreements related to the Pledged
Securities, licenses,
distribution and other agreements, computer software (whether “off-the-shelf”,
licensed from any third party or developed by any Debtor), computer software
development rights, leases, franchises, customer lists, quality control
procedures, grants and rights, goodwill, trademarks, service marks, trade
styles, trade names, patents, patent applications, copyrights, Intellectual
Property, and income tax refunds;
(iii) All
accounts, together with all instruments, all documents of title representing
any
of the foregoing, all rights in any merchandising, goods, equipment, motor
vehicles and trucks which any of the same may represent, and all right, title,
security and guaranties with respect to each account, including any right of
stoppage in transit;
(iv) All
documents, letter-of-credit rights, instruments and chattel paper;
(v) All
commercial tort claims;
(vi) All
deposit accounts and all cash (whether or not deposited in such deposit
accounts);
(vii)
All
investment property;
(viii)
All
supporting obligations;
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(ix) All
files, records, books of account, business papers, and computer programs;
and
(x) the
products and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in
clauses
(i)-(ix)
above.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Collateral”
shall
include all investment property and general intangibles respecting ownership
and/or other equity interests in each Company Subsidiary, including, without
limitation, the shares of capital stock and the other equity interests listed
on
Schedule
1
(as the
same may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof),
and
any
other shares of capital stock and/or other equity interests of any other direct
or indirect subsidiary of any Debtor obtained in the future,
in each
case, all certificates representing such shares and/or equity interests and,
in
each case, all rights, options, warrants, stock, other securities and/or equity
interests that may hereafter be received, receivable or distributed in respect
of, or exchanged for, any of the foregoing (all of the foregoing being referred
to herein as the “Pledged
Securities”)
and
all rights arising under or in connection with the Pledged Securities,
including, but not limited to, all dividends, interest and cash.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an assignment of
any
asset which, in the event of an assignment, becomes void by operation of
applicable law or the assignment of which is otherwise prohibited by applicable
law (in each case to the extent that such applicable law is not overridden
by
Sections 9-406, 9-407 and/or 9-408 of the UCC or other similar applicable law);
provided,
however,
that to
the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid
security interest in such asset and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law,
this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in the proceeds of such
asset.
“Event
of Default”
means
the occurrence of either of the following: (i) an Event of Default (as defined
in the Debentures); or (ii) any provision of this Agreement shall at any time
for any reason be declared to be null and void, or the validity or
enforceability thereof shall be contested by a Debtor, or a proceeding shall
be
commenced by a Debtor, or by any governmental authority having jurisdiction
over
a Debtor, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof,
or a
Debtor shall deny that such Debtor has any liability or obligation purported
to
be created under this Agreement.
“Intellectual
Property”
means
the collective reference to all existing rights, priorities and privileges
relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States,
multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation,
(i)
all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country
or
any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and
whether published or unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof,
and
all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all
registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright
Office, (ii) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or
any
political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, and all
applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and
all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, (iii) all
trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names,
fictitious business names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names
and
other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith,
now
existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection
therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any
similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common
law
rights related thereto, (iv) all trade secrets arising under the laws of the
United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (v)
all
rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or extensions of the foregoing, (vi)
all
licenses for any of the foregoing, and (vii) all causes of action for
infringement of the foregoing.
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“Majority
in Interest”
shall
mean, at any time of determination, the majority in interest (based on
then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures at the time of such
determination) of the Secured Parties.
“Necessary
Endorsement”
shall
mean undated stock powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of
assignment duly executed and such other instruments or documents as the Secured
Parties may reasonably request.
“Obligations”
means
all of the Debtors’ obligations under this Agreement, all of the Company’s
obligations under the Debentures and the other Transaction Documents, and all
of
the Company Subsidiaries’ obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee, in each
case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not
jointly owed with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or
extinguished and later increased, created or incurred, and all or any portion
of
such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part
of
such payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from any of the
Secured Parties as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such
obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from
time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term
“Obligations”
shall
include, without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Debentures
and the loans extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees,
indemnities, costs, obligations and liabilities of the Debtors from time to
time
under or in connection with this Agreement, the Debentures, the Subsidiary
Guarantee or the other Transaction Documents; and (iii) all amounts (including
but not limited to post-petition interest) in respect of the foregoing that
would be payable but for the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts
are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving any Debtor.
“Organizational
Documents”
means
with respect to an entity, the documents by which such entity
was
organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited
partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation,
any
certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred
equity) and which relate to the internal governance of such entity
(such as
bylaws, a partnership agreement or an operating, limited liability or members
agreement).
“UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and or any other applicable
law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any
portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It is the
intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in
their
broadest sense so that the term “Collateral”
will
be
construed in its broadest sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time,
changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are
incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than
the
amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.
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2.
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GRANT
OF FIRST PRIORITY SECURITY INTEREST.
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As
an
inducement for the Secured Parties to provide the loans as evidenced by the
Debentures and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and
discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, each
Debtor
hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to
the
Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of each Secured Party pari
passu with
each
of the other Secured
Parties,
a
continuing security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of set-off
against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever kind
and
nature in and to, the Collateral (the “Security
Interest”).
The
Security Interest granted hereunder is a first priority lien and security
interest except with respect to Collateral encumbered by Permitted Liens. Each
Holder agrees, at the Debtors’ sole cost and expense, (i) to execute and deliver
to the Debtors such instruments and documents reasonably requested by the
Debtors and in a form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holder,
and
(ii) to take such further action as may be reasonably requested by the Debtors;
in each case, as reasonably necessary to subordinate its Security Interest
in
the accounts receivable of the Company and Outerlink Corporation to a first
priority lien on such accounts receivable securing the Bank
Facility.
3.
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DELIVERY
OF CERTAIN COLLATERAL.
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Contemporaneously
or prior to the execution of this Agreement, each Debtor shall deliver or cause
to be delivered to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties (a) any and all certificates and other instruments representing or
evidencing the Pledged Securities, and (b) any and all certificates and other
instruments or documents representing any of the other Collateral, in each
case,
together with all Necessary Endorsements. The Debtors are, contemporaneously
with the execution hereof, delivering to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, or have previously delivered to
the
Secured Parties,
a true
and correct copy of each Organizational Document governing any of the Pledged
Securities.
4.
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REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE DEBTORS.
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Each
Debtor represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the
Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties,
as
follows:
4.1 Good
Standing; Due Authorization; Enforceability.
(a) Each
Debtor is duly organized and in good standing in the jurisdiction of its
formation. Each Debtor shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and
effect its valid existence and good standing and any rights and franchises
material to its business.
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(b) Each
Debtor
has the requisite corporate,
partnership, limited liability company or other power
and
authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by each
Debtor
of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized
by all necessary action on the part of such
Debtor
and no further action is required by such
Debtor.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each
Debtor.
(c) This
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Debtor,
enforceable against each
Debtor
in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general
application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and
by
general principles of equity.
4.2 No
Conflicts.
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Debtors (other
than
any issuance by the Company of any Stock Option Shares or Warrant Shares in
violation of Article 9 of the Company’s certificate of incorporation as in
effect as of the date hereof) do not (i) violate any of the provisions of any
Organizational Documents of any
Debtor
or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or
arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to any
Debtor
or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice
or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or
other
instrument (evidencing any Debtor’s debt or otherwise) or other understanding to
which any
Debtor
is a party or by which any property or asset of any
Debtor
is bound or affected. No consent (including, without limitation, from
stockholders or creditors of any
Debtor)
is required for any
Debtor
to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder (other than those consents
that have already been obtained).
4.3 Debtor
Information; Validity, Perfection and Maintenance of Security
Interests.
(a) All
of
the information set forth on Schedule
4.3(a),
including, without limitation, each Debtor’s name, jurisdiction of organization
and location of Collateral, are true, correct and complete in all respects.
No
Debtor shall change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of
organization, organizational identification number (if it has one), legal or
corporate structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious name unless it
provides at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Secured Parties
of such change and, at the time of such written notification, such Debtor
provides any financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and
continue perfected the perfected Security Interest granted and evidenced by
this
Agreement.
(b) This
Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Parties a valid security interest
in
the Collateral, securing the payment and performance of the Obligations. With
respect to each Debtor that is organized in the United States, upon filing
of
UCC-1 financing statements, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit
A,
with
the secretary of state’s office of the state in which such Debtor is
organized (collectively,
the “Financing
Statements”),
and
payment of the applicable filing fees, all security interests created hereunder
in any Collateral which may be perfected by filing UCC financing statements
shall have been duly perfected. No
consent of any third parties and no authorization, approval or other action
by,
and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body
is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement,
(ii) the creation or perfection of the Security Interests created hereunder
in
the Collateral, or (iii) the enforcement of the rights of the Secured Parties
hereunder.
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(c) Each
Debtor
hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, to
file the Financing Statements and any other financing statements or other
documents under the UCC or under any other applicable law with respect to the
Security Interest with the proper filing and recording agencies in any U.S.
or
foreign jurisdiction deemed proper by them. The Debtors shall, at the Debtors’
sole cost and expense, promptly execute and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent,
on behalf of the Secured Parties, such further deeds, mortgages, assignments,
security agreements, financing statements or other instruments, documents,
certificates and assurances and take such further action as the Secured Parties
may from time to time request and may in their reasonable discretion deem
necessary to perfect, protect or enforce its security interest in the Collateral
including, without limitation, if applicable, (i) the execution and delivery
of
a separate security agreement with respect to the Debtors’ Intellectual Property
in which the Secured Parties have been granted a security interest hereunder,
and (ii) amending the organizational documents of the Debtors’ to the extent
necessary to permit a pledge and/or transfer of the Pledged Securities
hereunder; in each case, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Secured
Parties.
(d) The
Debtors shall at all times maintain the liens and Security Interest provided
for
hereunder as valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests
in
the Collateral in favor of the Secured Parties until this Agreement and the
Security Interest hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section
13;
provided,
however,
that
notwithstanding the foregoing, it shall not be a breach of this Agreement if
the
Security Interest granted hereunder is not a first priority lien with respect
to
Collateral encumbered by Permitted Liens. The Debtors hereby agree to defend
the
same against the claims of any and all persons and entities. The Debtors shall
obtain and furnish to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties,
from time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims
and liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security
Interest hereunder.
4.4 Collateral.
(a) Except
as
set forth on Schedule 3.22 of the Purchase Agreement, the Debtors are the sole
owner of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by any Debtor
in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of any Liens (other than
Permitted Liens), security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and are
fully authorized to grant the Security Interest. There has been no adverse
decision that would have a Material Adverse Effect on any
Debtor’s
claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any
jurisdiction or to any
Debtor’s
right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there
is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of
any
Debtor,
threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency,
arbitrator or other governmental authority in which an adverse decision would
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The
Debtors shall keep and preserve their equipment, inventory and other tangible
Collateral in good condition, repair and order, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
Each Debtor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue
and
seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action
and
accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.
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(c) Except
with respect to the contemplated relocations described on Schedule
4.4(c), each
Debtor
shall at all times maintain its tangible Collateral at the locations set forth
under its name on Schedule
4.3(a)
and may
not relocate such Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least
30 days prior to such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and
the
new location thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii) evidence
that appropriate financing statements under the UCC and other necessary
documents have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to
perfect the Security Interest to create in favor of the Secured Parties a valid,
perfected and continuing perfected first priority lien in the Collateral. The
Debtors shall not transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell or
otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses
granted by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business and sales of inventory
or
assets by such Debtor in its ordinary course of business that do not exceed
$50,000 per annum) without the prior written consent of a Majority in Interest.
The Debtors shall not operate or locate any such Collateral (or cause to be
operated or located) in any area excluded from insurance coverage.
(d) Except
with respect to the Permitted Liens, there is not on file in any U.S. or foreign
governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording office an effective
financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice
of
any of the foregoing (other than those that will be filed in favor of the
Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the
Collateral. So long as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Debtors shall
not
execute and shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or
agency any such financing statement or other document or instrument (except
to
the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement).
(e) The
capital stock and other equity interests listed on Schedule
1
represent all of the capital stock and other equity interests (including stock
options and warrants) owned, directly or indirectly, by the Debtors. All of
the
Pledged Securities are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and the
Debtors are the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Securities, free
and
clear of any lien, security interest or other encumbrance except for the
security interests created by this Agreement. The
ownership and other equity interests in partnerships and limited liability
companies (if any)
included
in the Pledged Securities
(the
“Pledged
Interests”)
by
their express terms do not provide that they are securities governed by Article
8 of the UCC and are not held in a securities account or by any financial
intermediary. Each Debtor shall vote the Pledged Securities to comply with
the
covenants and agreements set forth herein and the other Transaction
Documents.
(f) Each
Debtor shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, promptly, in sufficient
detail, of any substantial change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence
of
any event which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of the
Collateral or on the Secured Parties’ security interest therein. Each Debtor
shall permit the Secured Parties and their representatives and agents to inspect
the Collateral at any time during normal business hours, upon reasonable prior
notice, and to make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be
requested by a Secured Party from time to time.
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(g) All
information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties
by
or on behalf of the Debtors with respect to the Collateral is accurate and
complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.
4.5 Insurance.
Each
Debtor shall maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance
with respect to the Collateral against loss or damage of the kinds and in the
amounts customarily insured against by entities of established reputation having
similar properties similarly situated and in such amounts as are customarily
carried under similar circumstances by other such entities and otherwise as
is
prudent for entities engaged in similar businesses but in any event sufficient
to cover the full replacement cost thereof. Each Debtor shall cause each
insurance policy issued in connection herewith to provide, and the insurer
issuing such policy to certify to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured
Parties, that (a) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, will
be named as lender loss payee and additional insured under each such insurance
policy; (b) if such insurance be proposed to be cancelled or materially changed
for any reason whatsoever, such insurer will promptly notify the Collateral
Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and such cancellation or change shall
not be effective as to the Secured Parties for at least thirty (30) days after
receipt by the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, of such
notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase coverage
under
the policy; and (c) the Secured Parties will have the right (but no obligation)
at its election to remedy any default in the payment of premiums within thirty
(30) days of notice from the insurer of such default. If no Event of Default
(as
defined in the Debentures) exists and if the proceeds arising out of any claim
or series of related claims do not exceed $50,000, loss payments in each
instance will be applied by the applicable Debtor
to
the repair and/or replacement of property with respect to which the loss was
incurred to the extent reasonably feasible, and any loss payments or the balance
thereof remaining, to the extent not so applied, shall be payable to the
applicable Debtor; provided,
however,
that
payments received by any Debtor after an Event of Default occurs and is
continuing or in excess of $50,000 for any occurrence or series of related
occurrences shall be paid to the Secured Parties, on a pari
passu
basis
with each of the other Secured Parties, and, if received by such Debtor, shall
be held in trust for and immediately paid over to the Secured Parties unless
otherwise directed in writing by the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured
Parties. Copies of such policies or the related certificates, in each case,
naming the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as lender loss
payee and additional insured shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent, on
behalf of the Secured Parties, at least annually and at the time any new policy
of insurance is issued.
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4.6 Solvency.
Based
on the financial condition of each Debtor as of the date hereof, each Debtor’s
fair saleable value of its assets exceeds the amount that will be required
to be
paid on or in respect of such Debtor’s existing debts and other liabilities
(including contingent liabilities) as they mature. Based on the financial
condition of each Debtor as of the date hereof, each Debtor’s assets do not
constitute unreasonably small capital to carry out its business as now conducted
and as proposed to be conducted including such Debtor’s capital needs taking
into account the particular capital requirements of the business conducted
by
such Debtor, and projected capital requirements and capital availability
thereof. No
Debtor
intends
to incur
debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account
the timing and amounts of cash to be payable on or in respect of its debt).
Based on the financial condition of each Debtor as of the date hereof, the
Debtors believe that the current cash flow of such Debtor, were it to liquidate
all of its assets, would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect
of
its debt when such amounts are required to be paid. No Debtor intends, or
believes, that final judgments against it in actions for money damages will
be
rendered at a time when, or in an amount such that, it will be unable to satisfy
any such judgments promptly in accordance with their terms (taking into account
the maximum reasonable amount of such judgments in any such actions and the
earliest reasonable time at which such judgments might be rendered). Each Debtor
believes that such Debtor’s cash flow will
at
all times be sufficient to pay all such judgments promptly in accordance with
their terms. As of the date hereof, no Debtor is subject to any bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar proceeding. Each
Debtor acknowledges that it shall receive fair and reasonably equivalent value
from the Holders in exchange for the grant to them of the Security Interest
hereunder.
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EFFECT
OF PLEDGE ON CERTAIN RIGHTS.
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If
any of
the Collateral subject to this Agreement consists of nonvoting equity or
ownership interests (regardless of class, designation, preference or rights)
that may be converted into voting equity or ownership interests upon the
occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer
of all or any of the other stock or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that
the
pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or
the
enforcement of any of the Secured Parties’ rights hereunder shall not be deemed
to be the type of event which would trigger such conversion rights
notwithstanding any provisions in the Organizational Documents or agreements
to
which the Debtors or any of the Collateral is subject or to which the Debtors
are party.
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DUTY
TO HOLD IN TRUST.
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6.1 Cash
and Payment Obligations.
Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default and the acceleration of the Debentures
in
accordance with the terms thereof, and at any time thereafter, each Debtor
shall, upon receipt of any revenue, income, dividend, interest or other sums
subject to the Security Interest, whether payable pursuant to the Debentures
or
otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or other instrument
evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in trust for and
on
behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and shall forthwith
endorse and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both (to the extent
permitted by law), to the Collateral Agent for distribution to the Secured
Parties, pro-rata in proportion to their initial purchases of Debentures for
application to the satisfaction of the Obligations (and if any Debenture is
not
outstanding, pro
rata
in
proportion to the initial purchases of the remaining
Debentures).
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6.2 Securities
and Other Assets.
If a
Debtor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or
other
property (including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Securities or
instruments representing Pledged Securities acquired after the date hereof,
or
any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates
representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection with any
recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction of capital, or
issued in connection with any reorganization of any of its direct or indirect
subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Securities (whether as an addition
to,
in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Securities or otherwise),
such Debtor agrees to (i) accept the same as the agent of the Secured Parties;
(ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured
Parties; and (iii) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing
the same to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, on
or
before the close of business on the fifth business day following the receipt
thereof by such Debtor, in the exact form received together with the Necessary
Endorsements, to be held by the Collateral Agent subject to the terms of this
Agreement as Collateral.
7.
RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT.
7.1 Scope
of Rights and Remedies.
Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default and the acceleration of the Debentures
in
accordance with the terms thereof, and at any time thereafter, the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, acting through any agent
appointed by it for such purpose, shall have the right to exercise all of the
remedies conferred hereunder and under the Debentures, and the Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have all the rights and remedies
of a secured party under the UCC. Without limitation, the Collateral Agent
shall
have the following rights and powers:
(a) The
Collateral Agent shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral
and,
for that purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises
where the Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the
same, and the Debtors shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to
the
Collateral Agent at places which the Collateral Agent shall reasonably select,
whether at the Debtors’ premises or elsewhere, and make available to the
Collateral Agent, without rent, all of the Debtors’ premises and facilities for
the purpose of the Collateral Agent taking possession of, removing or putting
the Collateral in saleable or disposable form.
(b) Upon
notice to the Debtors by the Collateral Agent, all rights of the Debtors to
exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be
entitled to exercise and all rights of the Debtors to receive the dividends
and
interest which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain, shall
cease. Upon such notice, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to receive
any interest, cash dividends or other payments on the Collateral and, at the
option of the Collateral Agent, to exercise in the Collateral Agent’s discretion
all voting rights pertaining thereto. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation)
to
exercise all rights with respect to the Collateral as if it were the sole and
absolute owner thereof, including, without limitation, to vote and/or to
exchange, at its sole discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection
with a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other
readjustment concerning or involving the Collateral or a Debtor or any of its
direct or indirect subsidiaries.
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(c) The
Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise
dispose of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private
sale or otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations,
for cash or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and
at
such time or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and
conditions as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable, all without
(except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived)
advertisement or demand upon or notice to the Debtors or right of redemption
of
the Debtors, which are hereby expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease,
assignment or other transfer of Collateral, the Collateral
Agent
may,
unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or
any
part of the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts,
claims, right of redemption and equities of any
Debtor,
which are hereby waived and released, subject to the application of proceeds
in
accordance with Section
8.
(d) The
Collateral
Agent
shall
have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors and any
obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the
Collateral
Agent
and to
enforce the Debtors’ rights against such account debtors and
obligors.
(e) The
Collateral
Agent
may (but
is not obligated to) direct any financial intermediary or any other person
or
entity holding any investment property to transfer the same to the Collateral
Agent
or its
designee.
(f) The
Collateral
Agent
may (but
is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property registered in
the
name of any
Debtor
at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or Copyright Office or
and/or any similar foreign office into the name of the Collateral
Agent
or any
designee or any purchaser of any Collateral.
7.2 Disposition
of Collateral.
The
Collateral
Agent
shall
comply with any applicable law in connection with each disposition of Collateral
and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the commercial
reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Collateral
Agent
may sell
the Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim
such
warranties. If the Collateral
Agent
sells
any of the Collateral on credit, the Debtors will only be credited with payments
actually made by the purchaser. In addition, each Debtor waives any and all
rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of the enforcement
of
any of the Collateral
Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right
following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral
and
to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.
7.3 License
to Use Intellectual Property.
For the
sole purpose of enabling the
Collateral
Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under this Section
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or
elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law, each Debtor hereby grants
to
the Collateral
Agent
an
irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or
other compensation to such Debtor) to use, license or sublicense following
an
Event of Default and the acceleration of the Debentures in accordance with
the
terms thereof, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by
such
Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license
access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored
and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout
thereof.
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APPLICATIONS
OF PROCEEDS.
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The
proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral
hereunder shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing,
processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like (including, without
limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection therewith)
of
the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the
Collateral Agent and Secured Parties in enforcing their rights hereunder and
in
connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the Collateral, and then
to
satisfaction of the Obligations pro
rata
among
the Secured Parties (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures
at the time of any such determination), and to the payment of any other amounts
required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to the
Debtors any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other disposition
of
the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to
which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Debtors will be liable
for
the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at an interest rate equal to
the
lower of eighteen percent (18%) and the maximum rate permitted by applicable
law
(the “Default
Rate”),
and
the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, each Debtor waives all claims, damages and demands against
the
Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties arising out of the repossession,
removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, except to the extent due to the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of
a
court of competent jurisdiction.
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SECURITIES
LAW PROVISION.
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Each
Debtor recognizes that the Collateral
Agent
may be
limited in its ability to effect a sale to the public of all or part of the
Pledged Securities by reason of certain prohibitions in the Securities Act
of
1933, as amended, or other federal or state securities laws (collectively,
the
“Securities
Laws”),
and
may be compelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of
purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the Pledged Securities for
their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or
resale thereof. Each Debtor agrees that sales so made may be at prices and
on
terms less favorable than if the Pledged Securities were sold to the public,
and
that the Secured Parties has no obligation to delay the sale of any Pledged
Securities for the period of time necessary to register the Pledged Securities
for sale to the public under the Securities Laws. Each Debtor shall cooperate
with the Collateral
Agent
in its
attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities Laws (including,
without limitation, registration thereunder if requested by the Collateral
Agent) applicable to the sale of the Pledged Securities by the Collateral
Agent.
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COSTS
AND EXPENSES.
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Each
Debtor agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses
incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including, without
limitation, any financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation
statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto
or
any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Secured Parties. The
Debtors shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable
opinion of the Secured Parties are reasonably likely to prejudice, imperil
or
otherwise affect the Collateral or the Security Interest therein. The Debtors
will also, upon demand, pay to the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties,
the
amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Secured Parties
may incur in connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the
custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other
realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement
of
any of the rights of the Secured Parties under the Debentures or this Agreement.
Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount
of the Debentures and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
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RESPONSIBILITY
FOR COLLATERAL.
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The
Debtors assume all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all
Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by
reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or
its
unavailability for any reason. The Collateral
Agent
agrees
to act in accordance with commercially reasonable standards and the UCC. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Secured Party (i) has any
duty
(either before or after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect
of the Collateral or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or
(ii)
has any obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale,
and
(b) each Debtor shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or
agreement included in the Collateral to be observed or performed by such Debtor
thereunder. No Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any
such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or
the
receipt by any Secured Party of any payment relating to any of the Collateral,
nor shall the any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of
the
obligations of any Debtor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement,
to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by
any
Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any
performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or
file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect
the
payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to any Secured Party or
to
which it may be entitled at any time or times.
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SECURITY
INTEREST ABSOLUTE.
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All
rights of the Collateral
Agent and the Secured
Parties and all obligations of the Debtors hereunder, shall be absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability
of
this Agreement, the Debentures or any agreement entered into in connection
with
the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change in the time,
manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all
or
any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent
to
any departure from the Debentures or any other agreement entered into in
connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of
any
of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to
departure from any other collateral for, or any guaranty, or any other security,
for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by
any
of
the
Secured Parties to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion
any
insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral;
or (e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or
equitable defense available to a
Debtor,
or a discharge of all or any part of the Security Interest granted hereby.
Until
the Obligations shall have been paid and performed in full, the rights of the
Secured Parties shall continue even if the Obligations are barred for any
reason, including, without limitation, the running of the statute of limitations
or bankruptcy. Each Debtor expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of
protest, demand, notice of nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event
that at any time any transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by
the
Collateral
Agent for the benefit of any Secured
Party
hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction
to
have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy
or
insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due
to
any party other than the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, each Debtor’s
obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall
not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation
of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable
in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Each Debtor waives all
right
to require any
Secured
Party
to
proceed against any other person or entity
or
to
apply
any Collateral which the
Collateral Agent or any
Secured
Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any other
remedy. Each Debtor waives any defense arising by reason of the application
of
the statute of limitations to any obligation secured hereby.
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TERM
OF AGREEMENT.
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This
Agreement and the Security Interest and any and all other rights granted hereby
including the right to use any Intellectual Property or licenses shall terminate
on the date on which all payments under the Debentures have been indefeasibly
paid in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged;
provided,
however,
that
all indemnities of the Debtors contained in this Agreement shall survive and
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination
of
this Agreement.
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY.
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Each
Debtor
authorizes the Collateral
Agent,
and
does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Collateral
Agent
and
its
officers, agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as
such
Debtor’s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in the name of the various Secured
Parties or such
Debtor,
to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i)
endorse any note, checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments of payment
(including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance)
in
respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the Secured Parties;
(ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement pursuant to the UCC or any
invoice, freight or express xxxx, xxxx of lading, storage or warehouse receipts,
drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection
with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay
or
discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time
levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand,
collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and xxx for monies due in respect
of
the Collateral; (v) to transfer any Intellectual Property or provide licenses
respecting any Intellectual Property; and (vi) generally, at the option of
the
Collateral
Agent,
and at
the expense of the Debtors, at any time, or from time to time, to execute and
deliver any and all documents and instruments and to do all acts and things
which the Collateral
Agent deems
necessary to protect, preserve and realize upon the Collateral and the Security
Interest granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement and
the
Debentures all as fully and effectually as the Debtors might or could do; and
each Debtor hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause
to
be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest
and
shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long
as
any of the Obligations shall be outstanding. The
designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and supersede any
inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents or
agreements to which any
Debtor
or any of the Pledged Securities is subject or to which any
Debtor
is a party. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the
Collateral Agent
is
specifically authorized to execute and file any applications for or instruments
of transfer and assignment of any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other
Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or
the United States Copyright Office and/or any similar foreign office. This
power
of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for the term
of
this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall be
outstanding.
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OTHER
SECURITY.
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To
the
extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other
than
the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other person,
firm, corporation or other entity, then the Collateral
Agent
shall
have the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate,
modify or take any other action with respect thereto, without in any way
modifying or affecting any of the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies
hereunder.
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COLLATERAL
AGENT.
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16.1 Appointment,
Resignation and Removal.
The
Secured Parties hereby appoint Imperium Advisers, LLC, to act as the Collateral
Agent for purposes of exercising any and all rights and remedies of the Secured
Parties hereunder. Any
person or entity serving as the Collateral Agent may resign as Collateral Agent
hereunder at any time by giving written notice thereof to each Secured Party,
and such resignation shall become effective upon the effectiveness of the
appointment of a successor agent in accordance with Section
16.2.
Any
person or entity serving as Collateral Agent may be removed at any time or
from
time to time by the affirmative vote of a Majority in Interest.
16.2 Successor
Agent.
Upon
the
resignation or removal of a Collateral Agent, a successor agent may be appointed
by the Secured Parties by a Majority in Interest, and such appointment shall
become effective upon such successor agent accepting such appointment in
writing. If no successor agent shall have been so appointed by the Secured
Parties within thirty (30) days after receipt of a resignation notice from
the
Collateral Agent, then the Collateral Agent shall have the right to appoint
a
successor agent in its sole and absolute discretion, and such successor agent
shall commence serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder upon such successor
agent’s acceptance of such appointment in writing.
16.3 Possession
of Collateral Documents.
Upon
receipt of the certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing
the
Pledged Securities and other Collateral, together with the Necessary
Endorsements (collectively, the "Collateral
Documents"),
the
Collateral Agent shall hold the Collateral Documents in trust on behalf of
the
Secured Parties and shall enforce its rights under the Collateral Documents
solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the termination
of
this Agreement pursuant to Section 13, the Collateral Agent shall promptly
return all Collateral Documents, to the extent the rights to the Pledged
Securities and other Collateral were not exercised under this Agreement, to
the
Debtors.
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16.4 Exculpation;
Limitation and Delegation of Duties.
Neither
the Collateral Agent nor any of its directors, officers, partners, agents,
representatives, advisors or employees (collectively, the “Collateral
Agent Parties”)
shall
be liable to any Secured Party for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by
any of them hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
None of
Collateral Agent Parties shall be responsible for, or have any duty to ascertain
the veracity, performance or satisfaction of, any representation, warranty,
covenant, agreement or condition made or contained in this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document. The
Collateral Agent may undertake any of its duties as Collateral Agent hereunder
by or through employees, agents, and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be liable
to any Secured Party for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected in good faith by the Collateral Agent.
16.5 Indemnification
by Secured Parties.
The
Secured Parties hereby indemnify each of the Collateral Agent Parties for
any losses, obligations, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses, disbursements and other liabilities of any kind and nature whatsoever
which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Collateral Agent
in
any way relating to or arising out of Collateral Agent’s performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, except for (i) those costs that are actually
reimbursed by the Debtors under this Agreement, and (ii) liabilities directly
attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Collateral
Agent Party.
The
payment of any indemnification obligation hereunder
shall be
made by each Secured Party on a pro
rata
basis, based on the principal amount of the Debentures then owned by such
Secured Party as compared to the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures
then outstanding.
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INDEMNIFICATION.
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The
Debtors shall jointly and severally indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless
the
Collateral Agent and each of the Secured Parties and their respective partners,
members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an
“Indemnitee”)
from
and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits,
costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the
cost
of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by
or
asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or
alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses,
claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined
by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. This
indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any
other
indemnification provision in the Debentures, the Purchase Agreement or any
other
Transaction Document.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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18.1 Severability.
In the
event that any provision of this Agreement becomes or is declared by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to be illegal, unenforceable or void, this Agreement
shall continue in full force and effect without said provision; provided
that in
such case the parties shall negotiate in good faith to replace such provision
with a new provision which is not illegal, unenforceable or void, as long as
such new provision does not materially change the economic benefits of this
Agreement to the parties.
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18.2 Successors
and Assigns.
The
terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the respective successors and permitted assigns of the parties.
Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any
party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted
assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason
of
this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement. A Secured Party
may assign its rights hereunder in connection with any private sale or transfer
of its Debentures, in which case the term “Secured Party” shall be deemed to
refer to such transferee as though such transferee were an original signatory
hereto. No Debtor may assign its rights or obligations under this
Agreement.
18.3 Injunctive
Relief.
Each
Debtor acknowledges and agrees that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder
will cause irreparable harm to each Secured Party and that the remedy or
remedies at law for any such breach will be inadequate and agrees, in the event
of any such breach, in addition to all other available remedies, such Secured
Party shall be entitled to an injunction restraining any breach and requiring
immediate and specific performance of such obligations without the necessity
of
showing economic loss or the posting of any bond.
18.4 Governing
Law; Jurisdiction.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of
New
York applicable to contracts made and to be performed entirely within the State
of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of the state and federal courts sitting in the City and County of New York
for
the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with
any
transaction contemplated hereby and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not
to
assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or
proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit,
action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal
service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action
or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address in effect
for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall
constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process
in any manner permitted by law.
18.5 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be
deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same
instrument. This Agreement may be executed and delivered by facsimile
transmission.
18.6 Headings.
The
headings used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to
be
considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
18.7 Notices.
Any
notice, demand or request required or permitted to be given by the Debtor,
Collateral Agent or a Secured Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed delivered (i) when delivered personally,
against written receipt therefor, or by verifiable facsimile transmission,
unless such delivery is made on a day that is not a Business Day, in which
case
such delivery will be deemed to be made on the next succeeding Business Day,
(ii) on the next Business Day after timely delivery to a nationally recognized
overnight courier and (iii) on the Business Day actually received if deposited
in the U.S. mail (certified or registered mail, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid), addressed as follows:
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If
to
any Debtor:
x/x
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
1690
South Congress
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
|
Xxxxx
XxXxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000) 000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
with
a copy (which
shall not constitute notice) to:
Winthrop
& Weinstine, P.A.
Suite
3500
000
Xxxxx
0xx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
|
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
If
to
the Collateral Agent:
Imperium
Advisers, LLC
000
Xxxx
00xx Xxxxxx
00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Esq.
|
Tel:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fax:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
and
if to
any Secured Party, to such address for such party as shall appear on Exhibit
A
to the Purchase Agreement executed by such party (or, in the case of a successor
to a Secured Party in connection with a valid transfer of a Debenture, the
address of such successor designated in a notice given to the Company and signed
by the original secured party and such successor), or as shall be designated
by
such party (or successor) in writing to the other parties hereto in accordance
with this Section
18.7.
Written
confirmation of receipt generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing
the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of
such transmission shall be rebuttable evidence of receipt by facsimile in
accordance with clause
(i)
above.
18.8 Entire
Agreement; Amendments.
This
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement
between the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof and thereof,
superseding all prior agreements or understandings, whether written or oral,
between or among the parties. No (i) amendment to this Agreement or (ii) waiver
of any agreement or other obligation of a Debtor under this Agreement may be
made or given except pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Debtors,
the Collateral Agent and the holders of a majority of the aggregate principal
of
the Debentures then outstanding.
Any
waiver given pursuant hereto shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the specific purpose for which given.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security
Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above
written.
DIGITAL
ANGEL CORPORATION, AS DEBTOR
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|||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx
|
||
Name:
Xxxxx X. XxXxxxx
|
|||
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
|||
DIGITAL
ANGEL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, AS DEBTOR
|
|||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
Assistant Secretary
|
|||
OUTERLINK
CORPORATION, AS DEBTOR
|
|||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
Assistant Secretary
|
|||
DSD
HOLDING A/S, AS DEBTOR
|
|||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
Assistant Secretary
|
|||
SIGNATURE
INDUSTRIES LIMITED, AS DEBTOR
|
|||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
Assistant Secretary
|
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to
be
duly executed on the day and year first above written.
DIGITAL
ANGEL INTERNATIONAL, INC., AS DEBTOR
|
|||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
Assistant Secretary
|
|||
DIGITAL
ANGEL HOLDINGS, LLC, AS DEBTOR
|
|||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
Assistant Secretary
|
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to
be
duly executed on the day and year first above written.
IMPERIUM
ADVISERS, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
|
|||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
||
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
Counsel
|
|||
IMPERIUM
MASTER FUND, LTD., AS SECURED PARTY
|
|||
By:
|
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
||
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
|||
Title:
Counsel
|
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Exhibit
A to the
[UCC-1
Financing Statements]
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SCHEDULE
1
PLEDGED
SECURITIES
Issuer
|
Shares/Interests
Pledged
|
DIGITAL
ANGEL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
|
100%
outstanding capital stock
|
OUTER
LINK CORPORATION
|
100%
outstanding capital stock
|
DSD
HOLDING A/S
|
100%
outstanding capital stock
|
SIGNATURE
INDUSTRIES LIMITED
|
90.9%
outstanding capital stock
|
DIGITAL
ANGEL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
|
100%
outstanding capital stock
|
DIGITAL
ANGEL HOLDINGS, LLC
|
100%
outstanding capital stock
|
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SCHEDULE
4.3(a)
DEBTOR
INFORMATION
Digital
Angel Corporation
Name
of the Debtor:
|
Digital
Angel Corporation
|
Jurisdiction
of Organization:
|
Delaware
|
Organizational
Identification Number:
|
0927269
|
Trade
names and other names used by the
Debtor
during the past five years:
|
Medical
Advisory Systems, Inc.
|
Each
location where Collateral or the Debtor’s
books
of account and records are located:
|
South
St. Xxxx, Minnesota
|
Name
and
location of each consignee, bailee,
warehouseman,
agent or processor in possession
of
any Collateral owned by the Debtor:
|
None
|
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SCHEDULE
4.3(a)
(continued)
Digital
Angel Holdings, LLC
Name
of the Debtor:
|
Digital
Angel Holdings, LLC
|
Jurisdiction
of Organization:
|
Minnesota
|
Organizational
Identification Number:
|
19043-LLC
|
Trade
names and other names used by the
Debtor
during the past five years:
|
None
|
Each
location where Collateral or the Debtor’s
books
of account and records are located:
|
South
St. Xxxx, Minnesota
|
Name
and
location of each consignee, bailee,
warehouseman,
agent or processor in possession
of
any Collateral owned by the Debtor:
|
None
|
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SCHEDULE
4.3(a)
(continued)
Digital
Angel International, Inc.
Name
of the Debtor:
|
Digital
Angel International, Inc.
|
Jurisdiction
of Organization:
|
Minnesota
|
Organizational
Identification Number:
|
1091284-2
|
Trade
names and other names used by the
Debtor
during the past five years:
|
None
|
Each
location where Collateral or the Debtor’s
|
South
St. Xxxx, Minnesota
|
books
of account and records are located:
|
Sao
Paulo, Brazil
|
Buenos
Aires, Argentina
Name
and
location of each consignee, bailee,
warehouseman,
agent or processor in possession
|
Laser
and hot stamping machines
|
of
any Collateral owned by the Debtor:
|
located
at distributors.
|
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SCHEDULE
4.3(a)
(continued)
Digital
Angel Technology Corporation
Name
of the Debtor:
|
Digital
Angel Technology Corporation
|
Jurisdiction
of Organization:
|
Minnesota
|
Organizational
Identification Number:
|
1890567-2
|
Trade
names and other names used by the
Debtor
during the past five years:
|
Destron
Fearing
|
Each
location where Collateral or the Debtor’s
books
of account and records are located:
|
South
St. Xxxx, Minnesota
|
Name
and
location of each consignee, bailee,
warehouseman,
agent or processor in possession
|
Equipment
located at Elcan/
|
of
any Collateral owned by the Debtor:
|
Raytheon
in Malaga, Spain
|
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SCHEDULE
4.3(a)
(continued)
DSD
Holding A/S
Name
of the Debtor:
|
DSD
Holding A/S
|
Jurisdiction
of Organization:
|
Denmark
|
Organizational
Identification Number:
|
CVR-NR.26096537
|
Trade
names and other names used by the
|
Daploma
|
Debtor
during the past five years:
|
Digitag
|
Each
location where Collateral or the Debtor’s
|
Warsaw,
Poland
|
books
of account and records are located:
|
Copenhagen,
Denmark
|
Name
and
location of each consignee, bailee,
warehouseman,
agent or processor in possession
of
any Collateral owned by the Debtor:
|
None
|
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SCHEDULE
4.3(a)
(continued)
Outerlink
Corporation
Name
of the Debtor:
|
Outerlink
Corporation
|
Jurisdiction
of Organization:
|
Delaware
|
Organizational
Identification Number:
|
2507754
|
Trade
names and other names used by the
Debtor
during the past five years:
|
Xxxxxxx
Communications, LLC
|
Each
location where Collateral or the Debtor’s
|
Lowell,
Massachusetts
|
books
of account and records are located:
|
Reston,
Virginia
|
Billerica,
Massachusetts
Name
and
location of each consignee, bailee,
warehouseman,
agent or processor in possession
of
any Collateral owned by the Debtor:
|
None
|
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SCHEDULE
4.3(a)
(continued)
Signature
Industries Limited
Name
of the Debtor:
|
Signature
Industries Limited
|
Jurisdiction
of Organization:
|
United
Kingdom
|
Organizational
Identification Number:
|
2800561
|
Trade
names and other names used by the
|
SARBE
|
Debtor
during the past five years:
|
Xxxxxxxx
& Xxxxx
|
Each
location where Collateral or the Debtor’s
|
Glasgow,
Scotland
|
books
of account and records are located:
|
Thamesmead,
United Kingdom
|
Name
and
location of each consignee, bailee,
warehouseman,
agent or processor in possession
of
any Collateral owned by the Debtor:
|
None
|
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SCHEDULE
4.4(c)
CONTEMPLATED
REOLOCATION OF COLLATERAL
As
previously disclosed, Signature Industries Limited (“Signature”) intends to
relocate assets of McMurdo, LTD to Signature’s Thamesmead, United Kingdom
location.
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