NEGATIVE PLEDGE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
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THIS
NEGATIVE PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made this 30th day of June, 2008
by iCAD, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware
and having its chief executive office at 00 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Borrower”), in favor RBS CITIZENS, N.A., having a banking
office at 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the
“Lender”).
The
Borrower has requested that the Lender enter into a certain Loan and Security
Agreement with Borrower of even date herewith (as the same may be amended,
modified, supplemented, extended or restated from time to time, the
“Loan
Agreement”)
and
that Lender agree to make loans and other credits to the Borrower upon the
terms
and subject to the conditions set forth therein.
Lender
has required that Borrower enter into this Agreement as a condition precedent
to
Lender’s entering into the Loan Agreement.
In
order
to induce the Lender to enter into the Loan Agreement and to make or continue
to
make loans and other credits available to the Borrower upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth therein, and in consideration thereof,
and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which
are
hereby acknowledged, the Borrower agrees as follows:
Section
1. Definitions.
All
capitalized terms used herein or in any certificate, report or other document
delivered pursuant hereto shall have the meanings assigned to them below or
in
the Loan Agreement.
Section
2. Negative
Pledge.
The
Borrower hereby covenants that it shall not create, incur, assume or suffer
to
exist any Lien, other than Permitted Encumbrances, or any other negative pledge,
on or with respect to the Intellectual Property Rights. The Borrower further
covenants and agrees that, except for Intellectual Property Rights of little
or
no value which are no longer used or useful in the business of Borrower, it
shall not sell, transfer, assign or otherwise alienate its Intellectual Property
Rights, other than for fair consideration in the ordinary course of Borrower’s
business, without the prior written consent of Lender which shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Section
3. Notices.
All
notices, approvals, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall
be given in accordance with Section 22(g) of the Loan Agreement.
Section
4. Consent
to Jurisdiction.
Borrower and Lender agree that any action or proceeding to enforce or arising
out of this Agreement may be commenced in any court of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts sitting in the counties of Suffolk or Middlesex, or in the
District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts, and
Borrower waives personal service of process and agrees that a summons and
complaint commencing an action or proceeding in any such court shall be properly
served and confer personal jurisdiction if served by registered or certified
mail to Borrower, or as otherwise provided by the laws of the Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts or the United States of America.
Section
5. WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
BORROWER AND LENDER EACH HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE
ANY RIGHT THEY MAY HAVE OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF
ANY
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.
Borrower hereby certifies that neither Lender nor any of its representatives,
agents or counsel has represented, expressly or otherwise, that Lender would
not, in the event of any such suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce this
waiver of right to trial by jury. Borrower acknowledges that Lender has been
induced to enter into this Agreement and the Loan Agreement by, among other
things, this waiver. Borrower acknowledges that it has read the provisions
of
this Agreement and in particular, this section; has consulted legal counsel;
understands the right it is granting in this Agreement and is waiving in this
section in particular; and makes the above waiver knowingly, voluntarily and
intentionally.
Section
6. General.
This
Agreement may not be amended or modified expect by a writing signed
by
each of the Borrower and Lender. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the Borrower and its successors and assigns, and shall be
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
Lender and its successors and assigns; provided
that the
Borrower may not assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder. This
Agreement and any amendment hereof may be executed in several counterparts
and
by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which when executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one
agreement. Section headings are for convenience of reference only and are not
a
part of this Agreement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Agreement to be duly executed
as
an instrument under seal as of the date first written above.
/s/Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
By: |
/s/Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx Executive VP of Finance and Chief Financial Officer |
ACCEPTED
AS OF THE
DATE
FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN
RBS
CITIZENS, N.A.
By: |
/s/Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx. Vice President |
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