SECURITY AGREEMENT
1. THE
SECURITY. The undersigned InferX Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “Pledgor”) and all of
the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Pledgor (the “Subsidiaries” and
together with the Pledgor, the “Debtors”), hereby
assign and grant to the holders of the Pledgor’s 8% Secured Convertible
Debentures due, subject to the terms therein, June __, 2010, in the original
aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000 (collectively, the “Debentures”),
signatory hereto, their endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the
“Creditors”), a
security interest in all assets of the Debtors, now owned or hereafter acquired,
including the following described property now owned or hereafter acquired by
the Debtors (the “Collateral”):
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(a) All
accounts, contract rights, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts,
letter of credit rights, payment intangibles and general intangibles,
including all amounts due to each Debtor from a factor; and all returned
or repossessed goods which, on sale or lease, resulted in an account or
chattel paper.
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(b) All
inventory, including all materials, work in process and finished
goods.
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(c) All
machinery, furniture, fixtures and other equipment of every type now owned
or hereafter acquired by the
Pledgor.
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(d) All
instruments, notes, chattel paper, documents, certificates of deposit,
securities and investment property of every type, including, without
limitation, the capital stock of all of the Subsidiaries. The
Collateral shall include all liens, security agreements, leases and other
contracts securing or otherwise relating to the
foregoing.
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(e) All
general intangibles, including, but not limited to: (i) all patents, and
all unpatented or unpatentable inventions, (ii) all trademarks, service
marks, and trade names, (iii) all copyrights and literary rights, (iv) all
computer software programs, (v) all mask works of semiconductor chip
products, and (vi) all trade secrets, proprietary information, customer
lists, manufacturing, engineering and production plans, drawings,
specifications, processes and systems. The Collateral shall
include all good will connected with or symbolized by any of such general
intangibles, all contract rights, documents, applications, licenses,
materials and other matters related to such general intangibles; all
tangible property embodying or incorporating any such general intangibles;
and all chattel paper and instruments relating to such general
intangibles.
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(f) All
negotiable and nonnegotiable documents of title covering any
Collateral.
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(g) All
accessions, attachments and other additions to the Collateral, and all
tools, parts and equipment used in connection with the
Collateral.
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(h) All
substitutes or replacements for any Collateral, all cash or non-cash
proceeds, product, rents and profits of any Collateral, all income,
benefits and property receivable on account of the Collateral, all rights
under warranties, indemnities and insurance contracts, letters of credit,
guaranties or other supporting obligations covering the Collateral, and
any causes of action relating to the
Collateral.
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(i) All
books and records pertaining to any Collateral, including but not limited
to any computer-readable memory and any computer hardware or software
necessary to process such memory (“Books and
Records”).
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2. THE
INDEBTEDNESS. The Collateral secures and will secure all
Indebtedness. “Indebtedness” means
all debts, obligations or liabilities now or hereafter existing, absolute or
contingent of the Debtors to the Creditors, whether voluntary or involuntary,
whether due or not due, or whether incurred directly or indirectly or acquired
by the Creditors by assignment or otherwise.
3.
DEBTORS’ REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. Each Debtor
represents, covenants and warrants that unless compliance is waived by each of
the Creditors in writing:
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(a) Each
Debtor will properly preserve the Collateral (except for any thereof that
is sold in the ordinary course of business), defend the Collateral against
any adverse claims and demands, and keep accurate Books and
Records.
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(b) Each
Debtor’s chief executive office is located, in the state specified on the
signature page hereof. In addition, each Debtor is incorporated
in or organized under the laws of the state specified on such signature
page. Each Debtor shall give the Creditors at least thirty (30)
days notice before changing its chief executive office or state of
incorporation or organization. The Debtors will notify the
Creditors in writing prior to any change in the location of any Collateral
(except to the extent the change arises from the sale thereof in the
ordinary course of business), including the Books and
Records.
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(c) Each
Debtor will notify the Creditors, in writing, prior to any change in the
Debtor’s name, identity or material change in its business
structure.
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(d) Except
as otherwise specifically contemplated by this Agreement or unless
otherwise agreed, each Debtor has not granted and will not grant any
security interest in any of the Collateral except to the Creditors, and
will keep the Collateral free of all liens, claims, security interests and
encumbrances of any kind or nature.
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(e) Each
Debtor will promptly notify the Creditors, in writing, of any event which
materially affects the value of the Collateral, the ability of the Debtors
or the Creditors to dispose of the Collateral, or the rights and remedies
of the Creditors in relation thereto, including, but not limited to, the
levy of any legal process against any Collateral and the adoption of any
marketing order, arrangement or procedure affecting the Collateral,
whether governmental or otherwise.
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(f) Each Debtor shall pay
all costs necessary to preserve, defend, enforce and collect the Collateral,
including but not limited to taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, repairs,
rent, storage costs and expenses of sales, and any costs to perfect the security
interest of the Creditors (collectively, the “Collateral
Costs”). Without waiving such Debtor’s default for failure to
make any such payment, the Creditors, following any such failure, at its option
may pay any such Collateral Costs, and discharge encumbrances on the Collateral,
and such Collateral Costs payments shall be a part of the Indebtedness and bear
interest at the rate set out in the Indebtedness. Each Debtor agrees
to reimburse the Creditors on demand for any Collateral Costs reasonably
incurred. Each Debtor shall promptly execute and deliver to the Creditors
such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements, financing
statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and assurances and take
such further action as the Agent may from time to time request and may in its
sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect or enforce the Creditors’
security interest in the Collateral including, without limitation, the delivery
of any stock certificates of the subsidiaries to the Creditors, together with
any necessary endorsements.
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(g) Until
the Creditors exercise their rights to make collection, the Debtors will
diligently collect all Collateral.
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(h) If
any Collateral is or becomes the subject of any registration certificate,
certificate of deposit or negotiable document of title, including any
warehouse receipt or xxxx of lading, each Debtor shall immediately deliver
such document to the Creditors, together with any necessary
endorsements.
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(i) The
Debtors will not sell, lease, agree to sell or lease, or otherwise dispose
of any Collateral except with the prior written consent of the Creditors;
provided,
however,
that the Debtors may sell inventory in the ordinary course of
business.
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(j) Each
Debtor will maintain and keep in force insurance covering the Collateral
against fire and extended coverage, to the extent that any Collateral is
of a type which can be so insured. Such insurance shall require
losses to be paid on a replacement cost basis, be issued by insurance
companies acceptable to the Creditors and include a loss payable
endorsement in favor of the Creditors in a form acceptable to the
Creditors. Upon the request of the Creditors, the Debtors shall
deliver to the Creditors a copy of each insurance policy, or, if permitted
by the Creditors, a certificate of insurance listing all insurance in
force.
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(k) The
Debtors will not attach any Collateral to any real property or fixture in
a manner which might cause such Collateral to become a part thereof unless
the Debtor first obtains the written consent of any owner, holder of any
lien on the real property or fixture, or other person having an interest
in such property to the removal by the Creditors of the Collateral from
such real property or fixture. Such written consent shall be in
form and substance acceptable to the Creditors and shall provide that the
Creditors have no liability to such owner, holder of any lien, or any
other person.
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(l) Exhibit A to
this Agreement is a complete list of all patents, trademark and service
xxxx registrations, copyright registrations, mask work registrations, and
all applications therefore, in which each Debtor has any right, title, or
interest, throughout the world. Each Debtor will promptly
notify the Creditors of any acquisition (by adoption and use, purchase,
license or otherwise) of any patent, trademark or service xxxx
registration, copyright registration, mask work registration, and
applications therefore, and unregistered trademarks and service marks and
copyrights, throughout the world, which are granted or filed or acquired
by any Debtor after the date hereof or which are not listed on such
Exhibit. Each Debtor authorizes the Creditors, without notice
to any Debtor, to modify this Agreement by amending such Exhibit to
include any such Collateral.
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(m) Each
Debtor will, at its expense, diligently prosecute all patent, trademark or
service xxxx or copyright applications pending on or after the date
hereof, will maintain in effect all issued patents and will renew all
trademark and service xxxx registrations, including payment of any and all
maintenance and renewal fees relating thereto, except for such patents,
service marks and trademarks that are being sold, donated or abandoned by
the Debtors pursuant to the terms of its intellectual property management
program. Each Debtor also will promptly make application on any
patentable but unpatented inventions, registerable but unregistered
trademarks and service marks, and copyrightable but uncopyrighted
works. Each Debtor will at its expense protect and defend all
rights in the Collateral against any material claims and demands of all
persons other than the Creditors and will, at its expense, enforce all
rights in the Collateral against any and all infringers of the Collateral
where such infringement would materially impair the value or use of the
Collateral to the Debtors or the Creditors. No Debtor will
license or transfer any of the Collateral, except for such licenses as are
customary in the ordinary course of the Debtors’ business, or except with
the prior written consent of each of the Creditors, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld.
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(n) Based
on the consolidated financial condition of the Debtors, after giving effect to
the receipt by the Debtors of the proceeds from the sale of the Debentures: (i)
the fair saleable value of the Debtors’ assets exceeds the amount that will be
required to be paid on or in respect of the Debtors’ existing debts and other
liabilities (including known contingent liabilities) as they mature, (ii) the
Debtors’ assets do not constitute unreasonably small capital to carry on its
business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted including its capital
needs taking into account the particular capital requirements of the business
conducted by the Debtors, and projected capital requirements and capital
availability thereof, and (iii) the current cash flow of the Debtors, together
with the proceeds the Debtors would receive, were they to liquidate all of their
respective assets, after taking into account all anticipated uses of the cash,
would be sufficient to pay all amounts on or in respect of its liabilities when
such amounts are required to be paid. The Debtors do not intend 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). The Debtors have no knowledge of any facts or circumstances
which lead it to believe that it will file for reorganization or liquidation
under the bankruptcy or reorganization laws of any jurisdiction within one year
from the date hereof. No Debtor is in default with respect to any
indebtedness.
(o) At or
prior to the date hereof, the Debtors hereby agree to reimburse the Creditors
for all of their legal fees and expenses.
4. ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL
REQUIREMENTS. Each Debtor agrees that the Creditors may, at their
option at any time, whether or not any Debtor is in default:
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(a) Require
the Debtors to deliver to the Creditors (i) copies of or extracts from the
Books and Records, and (ii) information on any contracts or other matters
affecting the Collateral.
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(b) Examine
the Collateral, including the Books and Records, and make copies of or
extracts from the Books and Records, and for such purposes enter at any
reasonable time, with or without prior notice, upon the property where any
Collateral or any Books and Records are
located.
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(c) Require
each Debtor to deliver to the Creditors any instruments, chattel paper or
letters of credit which are part of the Collateral, and to assign to the
Creditors the proceeds of any such letters of
credit.
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(d) Notify
any account debtors, any buyers of the Collateral, or any other persons of
the Creditors’ interest in the
Collateral.
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5. DEFAULTS. Any
one or more of the following shall be a default hereunder:
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(a) Any
Indebtedness is not paid when due, or any default occurs under any
agreement relating to the Indebtedness, after giving effect to any
applicable grace or cure periods.
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(b) Any
Debtor breaches any term, provision, warranty or representation under this
Agreement or under any other obligation of the Debtor to the Purchaser,
and such breach remains uncured after any applicable cure
period.
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(c) Any
Creditor fails to have an enforceable lien on or security interest in the
Collateral.
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(d) Any
custodian, receiver or trustee is appointed to take possession, custody or
control of all or a material portion of the
Collateral.
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(e) Any
involuntary lien of any kind or character attaches to any Collateral,
except for liens for taxes not yet
due.
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6. PURCHASER'S REMEDIES
AFTER DEFAULT. In the event of any default, the Creditors may do any
one or more of the following:
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(a) Declare
any Indebtedness immediately due and payable, without notice or
demand.
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(b) Enforce the security interest
given hereunder pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code and any other
applicable law.
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(c) Require
the Debtors to obtain the Creditors’ prior written consent to any sale,
lease, agreement to sell or lease, or other disposition of any Collateral
consisting of inventory.
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(d) Require
the Debtors to segregate all collections and proceeds of the Collateral so
that they are capable of identification and deliver daily such collections
and proceeds to the Creditors in
kind.
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(e) Require
the Debtors, to the extent not previously required, to direct all account
debtors to forward all payments and proceeds of the Collateral to a post
office box or account under the Creditors’ exclusive
control.
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(f) Require
the Debtors to assemble the Collateral, including the Books and Records,
and make them available to the Purchaser at a place designated by the
Creditors.
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(g) Enter
upon the property where any Collateral, including any Books and Records,
are located and take possession of such Collateral and such Books and
Records, and use such property (including any buildings and facilities)
and any of the Debtors’ equipment, if the Creditor deems such use
necessary or advisable in order to take possession of, hold, preserve,
process, assemble, prepare for sale or lease, market for sale or lease,
sell or lease, or otherwise dispose of, any
Collateral.
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(h) Demand
and collect any payments on and proceeds of the Collateral. In
connection therewith, each Debtor irrevocably authorizes the Creditors to
endorse or sign the Debtor’s name on all checks, drafts, collections,
receipts and other documents, and to take possession of and open the mail
addressed to the Debtor and remove therefrom any payments and proceeds of
the Collateral.
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(i) Grant
extensions and compromise or settle claims with respect to the Collateral
for less than face value, all without prior notice to any
Debtor.
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(j) Use
or transfer any of the Debtors’ rights and interests in any Intellectual
Property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Debtor, if the Creditors
deem such use or transfer necessary or advisable in order to take
possession of, hold, preserve, process, assemble, prepare for sale or
lease, market for sale or lease, sell or lease, or otherwise dispose of,
any Collateral. The Debtors agree that any such use or transfer
shall be without any additional consideration to any Debtor. As
used in this paragraph, “Intellectual
Property” includes, but is not limited to, all trade secrets,
computer software, service marks, trademarks, trade names, trade styles,
copyrights, patents, applications for any of the foregoing, customer
lists, working drawings, instructional manuals, and rights in processes
for technical manufacturing, packaging and labeling, in which any Debtor
has any right or interest, whether by ownership, license, contract or
otherwise.
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(k) Have
a receiver appointed by any court of competent jurisdiction to take
possession of the Collateral. Each Debtor hereby consents to
the appointment of such a receiver and agrees not to oppose any such
appointment.
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(l) Take
such measures as the Creditors may deem necessary or advisable to take
possession of, hold, preserve, process, assemble, insure, prepare for sale
or lease, market for sale or lease, sell or lease, or otherwise dispose
of, any Collateral, and each Debtor hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints the Creditors as the Debtors’ attorneys-in-fact to perform all
acts and execute all documents in connection
therewith.
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(m) Exercise
any other remedies available to the Creditors at law or in
equity.
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7. ENVIRONMENTAL
MATTERS.
(a) Each Debtor represents
and warrants: (i) it is not in violation of any health, safety, or environmental
law or regulation regarding Hazardous Substances and (ii) it is not the subject
of any claim, proceeding, notice, or other communication regarding Hazardous
Substances. “Hazardous Substances”
means any substance, material or waste that is or becomes designated or
regulated as “toxic,” “hazardous,” “pollutant,” or “contaminant” or a similar
designation or regulation under any current or future federal, state or local
law (whether under common law, statute, regulation or otherwise) or judicial or
administrative interpretation of such, including without limitation petroleum or
natural gas.
(b) Each Debtor shall
deliver to the Creditors, promptly upon receipt, copies of all notices, orders,
or other communications regarding (i) any enforcement action by any governmental
authority relating to health, safety, the environment, or any Hazardous
Substances with regard to the Debtors’ property, activities, or operations, or
(ii) any claim against the Debtors regarding Hazardous Substances.
(c) Each Creditor and its
respective agents and representatives will have the right at any reasonable
time, after giving reasonable notice to the Debtors, to enter and visit any
locations where the Collateral is located for the purposes of observing the
Collateral, taking and removing environmental samples, and conducting
tests. The Debtors shall reimburse the Creditors on demand for the
costs of any such environmental investigation and testing. The
Creditors will make reasonable efforts during any site visit, observation or
testing conducted pursuant to this paragraph to avoid interfering with the
Debtors’ use of the Collateral. The Creditors are under no duty to
observe the Collateral or to conduct tests, and any such acts by the Creditors
will be solely for the purposes of protecting the Creditor’s security and
preserving the Creditor’s rights under this Agreement. No site visit,
observation or testing or any report or findings made as a result thereof
(“Environmental
Report”) will (i) result in a waiver of any default of the Pledgor, (ii)
impose any liability on the Creditors, or (iii) be a representation or warranty
of any kind regarding the Collateral (including its condition or value or
compliance with any laws) or the Environmental Report (including its accuracy or
completeness). In the event that any Creditor has a duty or
obligation under applicable laws, regulations or other requirements to disclose
an Environmental Report to the Debtors or any other party, the Debtors authorize
the Creditors to make such a disclosure. The Creditors may also
disclose an Environmental Report to any regulatory authority, and to any other
parties as necessary or appropriate in the Creditors’ judgment. Each
Debtor further understands and agrees that any Environmental Report or other
information regarding a site visit, observation or testing that is disclosed to
such Debtors by any Creditor or its agents and representatives is to be
evaluated (including any reporting or other disclosure obligations of the
Debtors) by the Debtors without advice or assistance from the
Creditors.
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(d) The Debtors will
indemnify and hold harmless the Creditors from any loss or liability any
Creditor incurs in connection with or as a result of this Agreement, which
directly or indirectly arises out of the use, generation, manufacture,
production, storage, release, threatened release, discharge, disposal or
presence of a hazardous substance. These indemnities will apply
whether the hazardous substance is on, under or about the Debtors’ property or
operations or property leased to any Debtor. The indemnities include
but are not limited to attorneys' fees (including the reasonable estimate of the
allocated cost of in-house counsel and staff). The indemnities extend
to the Creditors, their parent, subsidiaries and all of their directors,
officers, employees, agents, successors, attorneys and assigns.
8. MISCELLANEOUS.
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(a) Any
waiver, express or implied, of any provision hereunder and any delay or
failure by any Creditor to enforce any provision shall not preclude any
Creditor from enforcing any such provision
thereafter.
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(b) The
Debtors shall, at the request of any of the Creditors, execute such other
agreements, documents, instruments, or financing statements in connection
with this Agreement as the Creditors may reasonably deem
necessary.
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(c) This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the
State of New York, to the jurisdiction of which the parties hereto
submit.
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(d) All
rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of
any rights or remedies otherwise provided by law. Any single or
partial exercise of any right or remedy shall not preclude the further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or
remedy.
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(e) All
terms not defined herein are used as set forth in the Uniform Commercial
Code.
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(f) In
the event of any action by the Creditors to enforce this Agreement or to
protect the security interest of the Creditors in the Collateral, or to
take possession of, hold, preserve, process, assemble, insure, prepare for
sale or lease, market for sale or lease, sell or lease, or otherwise
dispose of, any Collateral, the Debtors agree to immediately pay the costs
and expenses thereof, together with reasonable attorney's fees and
allocated costs for in-house legal services to the extent permitted by
law.
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(g) In
the event any of the Creditors seek to take possession of any or all of
the Collateral by judicial process, the Debtors hereby irrevocably waive
any bonds and any surety or security relating thereto that may be required
by applicable law as an incident to such possession, and waives any demand
for possession prior to the commencement of any such suit or
action.
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(h) This Agreement shall
constitute a continuing agreement, applying to all future as well as existing
transactions, whether or not of the character contemplated at the date of this
Agreement, and if all transactions between the Creditors and the Debtors shall
be closed at any time, shall be equally applicable to any new transactions
thereafter.
(i) The Creditors’ rights
hereunder shall inure to the benefit of its successors and
assigns. In the event of any assignment or transfer by any Creditors
of any of the Indebtedness or the Collateral, such Creditors thereafter shall be
fully discharged from any responsibility with respect to the Collateral so
assigned or transferred, but such Creditors shall retain all rights and powers
hereby given with respect to any of the Indebtedness or the Collateral not so
assigned or transferred. All representations, warranties and
agreements of the Debtors shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of
the Debtors.
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(j) The
Debtors agree that the Collateral may be sold as provided for in this
Agreement and expressly waives any rights of notice of sale, advertisement
procedures, or related provisions granted under applicable
law.
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The
parties executed this Agreement as of December __,
2009.
INFERX
CORPORATION
Address:
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By:
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Title:
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State of Inc.: _________
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[INSERT
NAMES OF ANY OTHER DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBS]
Address:
_____________
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By:
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Title:
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State
of Inc.: _________
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF CREDITORS FOLLOWS]
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF CREDITORS TO NFRX SECURITY AGREEMENT]
Name of
Investing Entity: __________________________
Signature of Authorized Signatory of Investing
entity: _________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory: _________________________
Title of
Authorized Signatory: __________________________
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EXHIBIT
A
Intellectual
Property
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