SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit
4.5
THIS
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
"Security
Agreement") is
entered into as of May
9,
2007, by and among VERUTEK
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
Nevada
corporation (the "Company")
and
NITE
CAPITAL MASTER, LTD, solely
in
its capacity as the Collateral Agent
for
the benefit of the Purchasers (as defined below) pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement
(as defined below) (the "Collateral
Agent").
RECITALS
WHEREAS,
the
Company has agreed, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
in
the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2007 (the "Securities
Purchase Agreement"),
to
issue
and sell to the Purchasers named therein (the "Purchasers")
(A)
a
6.0% Secured
Convertible Note in the form attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement
(the
"Notes")
and
(B) a
Warrant in the form attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement (the
"Warrants");
and
WHEREAS,
it
is a
condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Securities Purchase Agreement
and the obligations of the Purchasers to purchase the Notes and the Warrants
from the
Company under the Securities Purchase Agreement that the Company shall have
executed and
delivered this Security Agreement in favor of the Purchasers and the Collateral
Agent.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in
consideration of these premises and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree
as
follows:
Article
1.Definitions.
1.1
Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have
the
meanings ascribed to such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the
following terms
which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York,
as
now or hereafter
in effect, are used herein as so defined: Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial
Tort Claims,
Deposit Accounts, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, Fixtures, General
Intangibles,
Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property, Proceeds, and Supporting
Obligations.
1.2In
addition, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Contracts"
means
all
contracts and agreements to which the Company is a party,
as
each may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
including, without limitation, (i) all rights of the Company to receive moneys
due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all
rights of the Company to damages arising out of or for breach or default in
respect thereof and (iii) all rights of the Company
to exercise all remedies thereunder, to the extent such interests may be
assigned
without creating a default under such contract or agreement.
"Copyright
License" means
any
agreement, written or oral, providing for the grant by
or to
the Company of any right to use any Copyright including, without limitation,
any
thereof referred to in Schedule
1 attached
hereto.
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"Copyrights"
means
(a)
all registered United States copyrights in all Works, now existing or hereafter
created or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all
applications
in connection therewith, including, without limitation, registrations,
recordings
and applications in the United States Copyright Office including, without
limitation,
any thereof referred to in Schedule
1 attached
hereto, and (b) all renewals thereof including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in Schedule
1 attached
hereto.
"Intellectual
Property" means
all
Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses,
Trademarks and Trademark Licenses.
"Patent
License" means
all
agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant
by
or to the Company of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered
by a Patent, including, without limitation, any thereof referred to in
Schedule
1 attached
hereto.
"Patents"
means
(a)
all letters patent of the United States or any other country and all
reissues and extensions thereof, including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in Schedule
1 attached
hereto, and (b) all applications for letters patent of the United States or
any
other
country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof,
including,
without limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule
1 attached
hereto.
"Permitted
Senior Debt" means
the
following: (1) the Company, as borrower, executed
a term promissory note with Xxxxxxx National Bank, N.A. (the "Bank")
on
August
16, 2006 in the amount of $82,500 for a term of sixty months at the rate of
9.25% per
year
(the "Term
Note"); (2)
the
Company, as borrower, executed a revolving credit promissory
note with the Bank on May 26, 2006 in the amount of $350,000, terminating
on
May
25, 2007 (the "Revolving
Note"); and
(3)
any debt facility which replaces and satisfies the Term Note or the Revolving
Note in its entirety, including but not limited to outstanding
principal, accrued interest, default penalties and any other payments
thereunder.
"Required
Holders" means
the
holders of Notes representing at least two-thirds (2/3rd)
of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.
"Secured
Obligations" means
any
and all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of
the
Company to the Purchaser evidenced by and/or arising pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement or the Notes or any other Transaction Documents, now existing
or hereafter
arising, whether direct, indirect, related, unrelated, fixed, contingent,
liquidated, unliquidated,
joint, several or joint and several, including, without limitation, the
obligations
of the Company to repay principal of the Notes, to pay interest on the Notes
(including,
without limitation, interest accruing after any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar filing) and to pay all fees, indemnities, costs
and expenses (including
attorneys' fees) provided for in the Securities Purchase Agreement or the
Notes
or
any other Transaction Documents.
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"Trademark
License" means
any
agreement, written or oral, providing for the grant
by
or to the Company of any right to use any Trademark, including, without
limitation, any
thereof referred to in Schedule
1 attached
hereto.
"Trademarks"
means
(a)
all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names,
fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other
source or business identifiers, and the 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, including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in Schedule
1 attached
hereto; and (b) all renewals thereof including, without limitation, any
thereof referred to in Schedule
1 attached
hereto.
"Work"
means
any
work which is subject to copyright protection pursuant to Title 17
of the
United States Code.
Article
2.
Grant
of Security Interest in the Collateral. To
secure
the prompt payment and
performance in full when due, whether by lapse of time, acceleration or
otherwise, of the Secured Obligations, the Company hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers,
a continuing second priority security interest, subject only to the first
priority security
interest granted in connection with the Permitted Senior Debt, in, and a right
to set off against,
any and all right, title and interest of the Company in and to all of the assets
and property of
the
Company, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible and whether now owned
or existing
or owned, acquired, or arising hereafter including, without limitation, the
following (collectively,
the "Collateral"):
(a) all
Accounts;
(b) all
Chattel Paper;
(c) the
Commercial Tort Claims more particularly described on Schedule
2 attached
hereto;
(d) all
Copyrights;
(e)
all
Copyright Licenses;
(0)
all
Deposit Accounts;
(g) all
Documents;
(h) all
Equipment;
(i) all
Fixtures;
(j) all
General Intangibles, including, without limitation, all rights under
the
Contracts not otherwise included within Accounts;
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(K)
all Instruments;
(l)
all Inventory;
(m)
all Investment Property;
(n)
all Patents and Patent Applications;
(o)
all Patent Licenses;
(p)
all Trademarks;
(q)
all Trademark Licenses;
(r)
all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, computer programs,
tapes, disks, and related data processing software (owned by the Company or
in
which it
has an
interest) that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any
Collateral or are
otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or realization
thereupon; and
(s)
to
the
extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, products and Supporting
Obligations of any and all of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the security interest granted herein shall not extend to and
the
term
"Collateral" shall not include any specific rights under the Contracts to the
extent the granting
of a security interest therein is prohibited by or would constitute a default
under any agreement
or document otherwise permitted under the Securities Purchase Agreement
governing such
specific rights under the Contracts (but only to the extent such prohibition
is
enforceable under
applicable law); provided,
however, that
in
no event shall this provision have the effect of limiting
the "blanket" lien nature of the foregoing granting clause except with respect
to any such
specific rights under the Contracts.
The
Company and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Purchasers, hereby
acknowledge and
agree
that the security interest created hereby in the Collateral (i) constitutes
continuing second
priority collateral security, subject only to the first priority security
interest granted in connection
with the Permitted Senior Debt, for all of the Secured Obligations, whether
now
existing
or hereafter arising and (ii) is not to be construed as an assignment of any
Copyrights, Copyright
Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks or Trademark
Licenses.
Article
3. Representations
and Warranties. The
Company hereby represents and warrants
to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, that so long as
any
of the Secured
Obligations remain outstanding:
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3.1
Chief
Executive Office; Books & Records. The
Company's chief executive
office and chief place of business is, and for the prior four months has been,
located at the
locations set forth on Schedule
3(a) hereto,
and the Company keeps its books and records at such
locations.
3.2Location
of Collateral. The
location of all Collateral owned by the
Company
is as shown on Schedule
3(b) hereto.
3.3
Ownership.
The
Company is the legal and beneficial owner of its Collateral
and has the right to pledge, sell, assign or transfer the same. The Company's
legal name,
as
set forth in the organizational documents for the Company recorded with the
Company's
jurisdiction of formation, is as shown in this Security Agreement and the
Company has not in the four months preceding the date of its becoming a party
hereto changed its name, been
party to a merger, consolidation or other change in structure or used any
tradename except as
set
forth in Schedule
3(c) attached
hereto. Schedule
3(c) also
sets
forth the organizational identification
number issued by the Company's state of organization or incorporation or a
statement
that no such number has been issued.
3.4
Security
Interest/Priority. Upon
conversion of the convertible notes held by
the
Bridge Investors (as defined in the Notes), immediately prior to the closing
hereof, this Security
Agreement creates a valid second priority security interest in favor of the
Collateral Agent
for
the benefit of the Purchasers, subject only to the first priority security
interest granted in
connection with the Permitted Senior Debt, in the Collateral of the Company
and,
when properly
perfected by filing, shall constitute a valid perfected second priority security
interest in such
Collateral, subject only to the first priority security interest granted in
connection with the Permitted
Senior Debt, to the extent such security can be perfected by filing under the
UCC, free and
clear
of all Liens except for such first priority security interest and except for
the
Permitted Liens.
3.5Farm
Products. None
of
the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of,
Farm
Products.
3.6
Accounts.
(i)
Each
Account of the Company and the papers and documents
relating thereto are genuine and in all material respects what they purport
to
be, (ii)
each
Account arises out of (A) a bona fide sale of goods sold and delivered by the
Company (or
is in
the process of being delivered) or (B) services actually rendered or to be
rendered by the Company
to the account debtor named therein, (iii) no Account of the Company is
evidenced by any
Instrument or Chattel Paper unless such Instrument or Chattel Paper has been
theretofore endorsed
over and delivered to the Collateral Agent and (iv) no surety bond was required
or given
in
connection with any Account of the Company or the contracts or purchase orders
out of which
they arose.
3.7
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Inventory is held by the Company pursuant to
consignment,
sale or return, sale on approval or similar arrangement.
3.8
Copyrights,
Patents and Trademarks.
(i)
Schedule
1 attached
hereto includes all Copyrights, Copyright
Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses owned
by
the Company
in its own name as of the date hereof.
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(ii) Each
Copyright, Patent and Trademark of the Company is
valid,
subsisting, unexpired, enforceable and has not been abandoned.
(iii) Except
as
set forth in Schedule
1 attached
hereto, none of
such
Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks is the subject of any licensing or franchise
agreement.
(iv) No
holding, decision or judgment has been rendered which
would
limit, cancel or question the validity of any Copyright, Patent or
Trademark.
(v) No
action
or proceeding is pending seeking to limit, cancel or question
the validity of any Copyright, Patent or Trademark, or which, if adversely
determined, would
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) All
applications pertaining to the Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks of the Company
have been duly and properly filed, and all registrations or letters pertaining
to such Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks have been duly and properly filed
and
issued,
and all of such Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks are valid and
enforceable.
(vii) The
Company has not made any assignment or agreement in conflict
with the security interest in the Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks of the
Company hereunder.
Article
4.Covenants.
The
Company covenants that it will, so long as any of the
Secured
Obligations remain outstanding:
4.1
Other
Liens. Defend
the Collateral against the claims and demands of all other
parties claiming an interest therein, keep the Collateral free from all Liens,
except for the Permitted
Liens, and not sell, exchange, transfer, assign, lease or otherwise dispose
of
the Collateral
or any interest therein, except as permitted under the Securities Purchase
Agreement and
the
other Transaction Documents.
4.2
Preservation
of Collateral. Keep
the
Collateral in good order, condition and
repair (excepting ordinary wear and tear) and not use the Collateral in
violation of the provisions of this Security Agreement or any other agreement
relating to the Collateral or any policy
insuring the Collateral or any applicable statute, law, bylaw, rule, regulation
or ordinance.
4.3
Instruments/Chattel
Paper. If
any
amount payable under or in connection with
any
of the Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel
Paper, immediately
deliver (subject to any delivery requirements under the Permitted Senior Debt)
such Instrument
or Chattel Paper to the Collateral Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory
to the Collateral
Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Security
Agreement.
4.4
Change
in Location. Not,
without providing at least thirty (30) days prior written
notice to the Collateral Agent and without filing such amendments to any
previously filed financing
statements as the Collateral Agent may require, (a) change the location of
its
chief
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executive
office and chief place of business (as well as its books and records) from
the
locations set
forth
on Schedule
3(a) attached
hereto, (b) change the location of its Collateral from the locations
set forth for the Company on Schedule
3(b) attached
hereto, (c) change its name, be party
to
a merger, consolidation or other change in structure or use any tradename other
than as set
forth
on Schedule
3(c) attached
hereto, or (d) change its jurisdiction of formation from the location
set forth on Schedule
3(d) attached
hereto.
4.5
Inspection.
Upon
reasonable notice, at such reasonable times during normal
business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, allow the Collateral
Agent, any
Purchaser or their respective representatives free access to and right of
inspection of the tangible
Collateral.
4.6
Perfection
of Security Interest. Execute
and deliver to the Collateral Agent
such agreements, assignments or instruments (including affidavits, notices,
reaffirmations and
amendments and restatements of existing documents, as the Collateral Agent
may
reasonably
request) and do all such other things as the Collateral Agent may reasonably
deem necessary or appropriate (i) to assure to the Collateral Agent its security
interests hereunder, including:
(A) such financing statements (including renewal statements) or amendments
thereof or
supplements thereto or other instruments as the Collateral Agent may from time
to time reasonably
request in order to perfect and maintain the security interests granted
hereunder in accordance
with the UCC, (B) with regard to Copyrights, a Notice of Grant of Security
Interest in
Copyrights in the form of Schedule
4.6(i), (C)
with
regard to Patents, a Notice of Grant of Security
Interest in Patents for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office in the form
of
Schedule
4.6(ii) attached
hereto and (D) with regard to Trademarks, a Notice of Grant of Security
Interest in Trademarks for filing with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office in the
form
of Schedule
4.6(iii) attached
hereto, (ii) to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and (iii) to otherwise protect and assure the Collateral Agent of its rights
and
interests hereunder,
including, without limitation: (A) if any Account, Contract, Chattel Paper,
Instrument,
General Intangible and each Patent License and Trademark License shall be
evidenced
by a promissory note or other instrument or chattel paper, delivering and
pledging to the
Collateral Agent hereunder, to the extent not required to be delivered and
pledged under the Permitted
Senior Debt, such note, instrument or chattel paper duly endorsed and
accompanied by executed
instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory
to
the Collateral
Agent, (B) filing such financing or continuation statements, or amendments
thereto, as may be necessary or desirable or that the Collateral Agent may
request in order to perfect and preserve
the security interest purported to be created hereby, and (C) furnishing to
the
Collateral Agent
from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing
the Collateral
and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as the Collateral
Agent
may reasonably
request, all in reasonable detail. To that end, the Company agrees that the
Collateral Agent
may
file one or more financing statements disclosing the Collateral Agent's security
interest
in any or all of the Collateral of the Company without, to the extent permitted
by law, the Company's
signature thereon, and further the Company also hereby irrevocably makes,
constitutes
and appoints the Collateral Agent, its nominee or any other person whom the
Collateral
Agent may designate, as the Company's attorney in fact with full power and
for
the limited
purpose to sign in the name of the Company any such financing statements, or
amendments
and supplements to financing statements, renewal financing statements, notices
or any
similar documents which in the Collateral Agent's reasonable discretion would
be
necessary,
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appropriate
or convenient in order to perfect and maintain perfection of the security
interests granted
hereunder, such power, being coupled with an interest, being and remaining
irrevocable so
long
as the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Notes are in effect or any amounts
payable thereunder
or under any other Transaction Document shall remain outstanding. The Company
hereby
agrees that a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Security
Agreement or any such financing statement is sufficient for filing as a
financing statement by the Collateral Agent
without notice thereof to the Company wherever the Collateral Agent may in
its
sole discretion
desire to file the same. In the event for any reason the law of any jurisdiction
other than the State of New York becomes or is applicable to the Collateral
of
the Company or any part
thereof, or to any of the Secured Obligations, the Company agrees to execute
and
deliver all such instruments and to do all such other things as the Collateral
Agent in its sole discretion reasonably
deems necessary or appropriate to preserve, protect and enforce the security
interests of
the
Collateral Agent under the law of such other jurisdiction (and, if the Company
shall fail to do so promptly upon the request of the Collateral Agent, then
the
Collateral Agent may execute any
and
all such requested documents on behalf of the Company pursuant to the power
of
attorney
granted hereinabove). If any Collateral is in the possession or control of
the
Company's agent
and
the agent so requests, the Company agrees to notify such agent in writing of
the
agent's
security interest therein and, upon the agent's request, instruct them to hold
all such Collateral
for the Purchasers' account and subject to the Collateral Agent's instructions.
The Company
agrees to xxxx its books and records to reflect the security interest of the
Collateral Agent
in
the Collateral.
4.7Covenants
Relating to Accounts.
(i) Upon
the
occurrence of any Event of Default and during the
continuation thereof, set aside and hold as trustee for the Collateral Agent
any
merchandise which is returned by a customer or account debtor or otherwise
recovered. Unless and until an Event
of
Default occurs and is continuing, the Company may settle and adjust disputes
and
claims
with its customers and account debtors, handle returns and recoveries and grant
discounts, credits
and allowances in the ordinary course of its business as presently conducted
and
otherwise
for amounts and on terms which the Company in good faith considers advisable.
However,
upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and during the continuation thereof,
if so instructed
by the Collateral Agent, the Company shall settle and adjust disputes and claims
at no expense to the Collateral Agent, but no discount, credit or allowance
other than on normal trade terms
in
the ordinary course of business shall be granted to any customer or account
debtor and no returns of merchandise shall be accepted by the Company without
the Collateral Agent's consent.
The Collateral Agent may (but shall not be required to), at all times upon
the
occurrence
of any Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, settle or adjust
disputes and
claims directly with customers or account debtors for amounts and upon terms
which the Collateral
Agent considers advisable.
(ii) If
any of
the Inventory is at any time evidenced by a document
of title, immediately upon request by the Collateral Agent, deliver such
document of title
to
the Collateral Agent.
(iii) If
any
Inventory or Equipment is in the possession or
control
of the Company's agents or any other third party (including bailees and
warehousemen
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and
the
operators of pipelines and storage facilities), the Company will, upon the
reasonable request
of the Collateral Agent, (A) notify such agents or third parties of the
Collateral Agent's security
interest therein; (B) instruct them to hold all such Inventory or Equipment
pursuant to the
Permitted Senior Debt, or for the Collateral Agent's and the Company's account
and subject to
the
Permitted Senior Debt and the Collateral Agent's instructions; and (C) obtain
a
written acknowledgement
from them that they are holding all such Inventory or Equipment pursuant to
the
Permitted Senior Debt and for the Collateral Agent's account.
(iv)
If
any Inventory or Equipment is stored with any third party,
the Company shall cause all documents, instruments and certificates as the
Collateral Agent
may
from time to time reasonably require related to such Inventory and Equipment
to
be delivered
to the Collateral Agent, to the extent not required to be delivered under the
Permitted Senior
Debt, and the Company shall take or cause to be taken all such other actions
as
the Collateral
Agent may from time to time require in connection with its security interest
in
such Inventory or Equipment.
4.8Covenants
Relating to Copyrights.
(i) Employ
the Copyright for each Work with such notice of copyright
as may be required by law to secure copyright protection.
(ii) Not
do
any act or omit to do any act whereby any Copyright
may become invalidated and (A) not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby
any Copyright
may become injected into the public domain; (B) notify the Collateral Agent
immediately
if it knows, or has reason to know, that any Copyright may become injected
into
the public
domain or of any adverse determination or development (including, without
limitation, the institution
of, or any such determination or development in, any court or tribunal in the
United States
or
any other country) regarding the Company's ownership of any such Copyright
or
its validity;
(C) take all necessary steps as it shall deem appropriate under the
circumstances, to maintain
and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to
maintain each
registration of each Copyright owned by the Company including, without
limitation, filing of
applications for renewal where necessary; and (D) promptly notify the Collateral
Agent of any material
infringement of any Copyright of the Company of which it becomes aware and
take
such
actions as it shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to
protect such Copyright,
including, where appropriate, the bringing of suit for infringement, seeking
injunctive relief
and seeking to recover any and all damages for such infringement.
(iii) Not
make
any assignment or agreement in conflict with the
security
interest in the Copyrights of the Company hereunder.
4.9Covenants
Relating to Patents and Trademarks.
(i)
(A)
Continue to use each Trademark on each and every trademark
class of goods applicable to its current line as reflected in its current
catalogs, brochures
and price lists in order to maintain such Trademark in full force free from
any
claim of abandonment
for non-use, (B) maintain as in the past the quality of products and services
offered under
such Trademark, (C) employ such Trademark with the appropriate notice of
registration,
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(D)
not
adopt or use any xxxx which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation
of
such Trademark
unless the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers, shall
obtain a perfected
security interest in such xxxx pursuant to this Security Agreement, and (E)
not
(and not permit
any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do
any
act whereby
any such Trademark may become invalidated.
(ii) Not
do
any act, or knowingly omit to do any act, whereby any
Patent may become abandoned or dedicated.
(iii) Notify
the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers immediately if
it
knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating
to
any Patent or Trademark
may become abandoned or dedicated, or of any adverse determination or
development
(including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such determination
or
development
in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any
court
or tribunal
in any country) regarding the Company's ownership of any Patent or Trademark
or
its right
to
register the same or to keep and maintain the same.
(iv) Whenever
the Company, either by itself or through the Collateral
Agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall file an application for the
registration of any Patent or Trademark with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or any similar office
or
agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, the Company
shall report
such filing to the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers within five Business
Days
after the last
day
of the fiscal quarter in which such filing occurs. Upon request of the
Collateral Agent, the Company shall execute and deliver any and all agreements,
instruments, documents and papers
as
the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Collateral Agent's
and the Purchasers'
security interest in any Patent or Trademark and the goodwill and general
intangibles of the Company relating thereto or represented thereby.
(v) Take
all
reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation,
in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or
any
similar
office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
to
maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration)
and to maintain each registration of
the
Patents and Trademarks, including, without limitation, filing of applications
for renewal, affidavits
of use and affidavits of incontestability.
(vi) Promptly
notify the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers
after
it
learns that any Patent or Trademark included in the Collateral is infringed,
misappropriated
or diluted by a third party and promptly xxx for infringement, misappropriation
or dilution, to seek injunctive relief where appropriate and to recover any
and
all damages for such
infringement, misappropriation or dilution, or take such other actions as it
shall reasonably deem
appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Patent or
Trademark.
(vii) Not
make
any assignment or agreement in conflict with the security interest in the
Patents or Trademarks of the Company hereunder.
4.10
New
Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.
(i)Promptly
notify the Collateral Agent of any filing of any
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application
for registration of any Copyright, Trademark or Patent with the United States
Copyright
Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office or
agency in
any
other country or any political subdivision thereof, and promptly deliver to
the
Collateral Agent
(A)
with respect to Copyrights, a duly executed Notice of Security Interest in
Copyrights, (B)
with
respect to Patents, a duly executed Notice of Security Interest in Patents,
(C)
with respect
to Trademarks, a duly executed Notice of Security Interest in Trademarks or
(D)
such other
duly executed documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in a
form
acceptable
to counsel for the Collateral Agent and suitable for recording to evidence
the
security interest in the Copyright, Patent or Trademark which is the subject
of
such new application.
(ii)
Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Securities Purchase Agreement, provide the
Collateral Agent
with a listing of all applications, if any, for new Copyrights, Patents or
Trademarks (together
with a listing of the issuance of registrations or letters on present
applications), which new applications and issued registrations or letters shall
be subject to the terms and conditions hereunder.
Article
5. Special
Provisions Relating to Accounts. Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Company shall remain liable under each of the Accounts to observe and
perform
all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it
thereunder, all in accordance
with the terms of any agreement giving rise to each such Account. Neither the
Collateral
Agent nor any Purchaser shall have any obligation or liability under any Account
(or any
agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or arising out of this Security
Agreement or the receipt
by the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser of any payment relating to such Account
pursuant
hereto, nor shall the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser be obligated in any
manner to perform
any of the obligations of the Company under or pursuant to any Account (or
any
agreement
giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature
or the sufficiency
of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by
any
party
under any Account (or any agreement giving rise thereto), 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 it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
Article
6.Special
Provisions Regarding Inventory.
6.1
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Security Agreement,
the Company may, unless and until an Event of Default occurs and is continuing
and the
Collateral Agent instructs the Company otherwise, without further consent or
approval of the Collateral
Agent, use, consume, sell, lease and exchange the Inventory in the ordinary
course of its
business as presently conducted, whereupon, in the case of such a sale or
exchange, the security
interest created hereby in the Inventory so sold or exchanged (but not in any
proceeds arising
from such sale or exchange) shall cease immediately without any further action
on the part
of
the Collateral Agent.
6.2
Upon
the Purchasers' purchasing the Notes and Warrants pursuant to the Securities
Purchase Agreement, the Company shall be deemed to have warranted that all
warranties
of the Company set forth in this Security Agreement with respect to its
Inventory are
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true
and
correct in all material respects with respect to such Inventory, including
without limitation
that such Inventory is located at a location permitted by Section
3(b) or
4(d)
hereof.
Article
0.Xxxxxx
of Default.
The
occurrence of an event which under the Notes would constitute an Event of
Default (as
defined in the Notes) shall be an event of default hereunder (an "Event
of Default").
Article
8.Remedies.
Subject
to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement:
8.1
General
Remedies. Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during
continuation thereof, the Purchasers shall have, in addition to the rights
and
remedies provided
herein, in the Transaction Documents or by law (including, but not limited
to,
the rights and
remedies set forth in the Uniform Commercial Code of the jurisdiction applicable
to the affected
Collateral), the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC
(regardless of whether
the UCC is the law of the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are
asserted and regardless
of whether the UCC applies to the affected Collateral), and further, the
Collateral Agent
may, with or without judicial process or the aid and assistance of others,
(i)
enter on any premises
on which any of the Collateral may be located and, without resistance or
interference by
the
Company, take possession of the Collateral, (ii) dispose of any Collateral
on
any such premises,
(iii) require the Company to assemble and make available to the Collateral
Agent
at the expense
of the Company any Collateral at any place and time designated by the Collateral
Agent which
is
reasonably convenient to both parties, (iv) remove any Collateral from any
such
premises
for the purpose of effecting sale or other disposition thereof, and/or (v)
without demand and without advertisement, notice, hearing or process of law,
all
of which the Company hereby waives
to
the fullest extent permitted by law, at any place and time or times, sell and
deliver any or
all
Collateral held by or for it at public or private sale, by one or more
contracts, in one or more parcels, for cash, upon credit or otherwise, at such
prices and upon such terms as the Collateral
Agent deems advisable, in its sole discretion (subject to any and all mandatory
legal requirements).
In addition to all other sums due the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers with
respect
to the Secured Obligations, the Company shall pay the Collateral Agent and
each
of the Purchasers
all reasonable documented costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent
or
any
such
Purchasers, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys' fees and court
costs, in obtaining
or liquidating the Collateral, in enforcing payment of the Secured Obligations,
or in the prosecution
or defense of any action or proceeding by or against the Collateral Agent or
the
Purchasers
or the Company concerning any matter arising out of or connected with this
Security Agreement,
any Collateral or the Secured Obligations, including, without limitation, any
of
the foregoing
arising in, arising under or related to a case under any bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar
law. To the extent the rights of notice cannot be legally waived hereunder,
the
Company agrees
that any requirement of reasonable notice shall be met if such notice is
personally served on
or
mailed, postage prepaid, to the Company in accordance with the notice provisions
of Section
12.6 of the Securities Purchase Agreement at least ten (10) days before the
time
of sale or
other
event giving rise to the requirement of such notice. The Collateral Agent and
the Purchasers shall not be obligated to make any sale or other disposition
of
the Collateral regardless
of notice having been given. To the extent permitted by law, any Purchaser
may
be a purchaser
at any such sale. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company hereby
waives
all of its rights of redemption with respect to any such sale. Subject to the
provisions of
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applicable
law, the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers may postpone or cause the
postponement of the sale of all or any portion of the Collateral by announcement
at the time and place of such sale,
and
such sale may, without further notice, to the extent permitted by law, be made
at the time
and
place to which the sale was postponed, or the Collateral Agent and the
Purchasers may further postpone such sale by announcement made at such time
and
place.
8.2
Remedies
relating to Accounts. Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default
and during the continuation thereof, whether or not the Collateral Agent has
exercised any or all of its rights and remedies hereunder, the Collateral Agent
or its designee may notify the
Company's customers and account debtors that the Accounts of the Company have
been assigned to the Collateral Agent or of the Collateral Agent's security
interest therein, and may (either in its own name or in the name of the Company
or both) demand, collect, receive, take receipt
for, sell, xxx for, compound, settle, compromise and give acquittance for any
and all amounts
due or to become due on any Account, and, in the Collateral Agent's discretion,
file any claim
or
take any other action or proceeding to protect and realize upon the security
interest of the
Purchasers in the Accounts. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the
Proceeds of its Accounts
remitted to or on behalf of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the
provisions hereof
shall be solely for the Collateral Agent's own convenience and that the Company
shall not have
any
right, title or interest in such Accounts or in any such other amounts except
as
expressly provided
herein. The Collateral Agent may apply all or any part of any Proceeds of
Accounts or other
Collateral received by it from any source to the payment of the Secured
Obligations (whether
or not then due and payable). The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation
to
apply or give
credit for any item included in proceeds of Accounts or other Collateral until
it has received final
payment therefor at its offices in cash. However, if the Collateral Agent does
permit credit to be given for any item prior to receiving final payment therefor
and the Collateral Agent fails to
receive such final payment or an item is charged back to the Collateral Agent
for any reason, the
Collateral Agent may at its election in either instance charge the amount of
such item back against
the Company, together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the Late Charge
(as defined in
the
Notes). The Company hereby indemnifies the Collateral Agent from and against
all
liabilities,
damages, losses, actions, claims, judgments, costs, expenses, charges and
reasonable attorneys' fees (except such as result from the Collateral Agent's
gross negligence or willful misconduct)
suffered or incurred by the Collateral Agent because of the maintenance of
the
foregoing
arrangements. The Collateral Agent shall have no liability or responsibility
to
the Company
for accepting any check, draft or other order for payment of money bearing
the
legend "payment
in full" or words of similar import or any other restrictive legend or
endorsement whatsoever
or be responsible for determining the correctness of any
remittance.
8.3
Access.
In
addition to the rights and remedies hereunder, upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, the Collateral Agent
shall have
the
right to take physical possession of any and all of the Collateral and anything
found therein, the right for that purpose to enter without legal process and
without breach of the peace any premises where the Collateral may be found
(provided such entry be done lawfully), and the right to maintain such
possession on the Company's premises (the Company hereby agreeing to lease
warehouses and storage facilities to the Collateral Agent or its designee if
the
Collateral Agent so requests) or to remove the Collateral or any part thereof
to
such other places as the Collateral Agent may desire. Upon the occurrence of
any
Event of Default and during the continuation thereof, the Company shall, upon
the Collateral Agent's demand, assemble the
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Collateral
and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place reasonably designated
by the Collateral
Agent. If the Collateral Agent exercises its right to take possession of the
Collateral, the Company shall also at its expense perform any and all other
steps reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent to preserve and protect the security interest hereby granted
in
the Collateral, such
as
placing and maintaining signs indicating the security interest of the Collateral
Agent, appointing overseers for the Collateral and maintaining inventory
records.
8.4
Nonexclusive
Nature of Remedies. Failure
by the Collateral Agent or the Purchasers to exercise any right, remedy or
option under this Security Agreement, any other Transaction
Document or as provided by law, or any delay by the Collateral Agent or the
Purchasers
in exercising the same, shall not operate as a waiver of any such right, remedy
or option.
No waiver hereunder shall be effective unless it is in writing, signed by the
party against whom
such
waiver is sought to be enforced and then only to the extent specifically stated,
which in the case of the Collateral Agent or the Purchasers shall only be
granted as provided herein. To the
extent permitted by law, neither the Collateral Agent, the Purchasers, nor
any
party acting as attorney
for the Collateral Agent or the Purchasers, shall be liable hereunder for any
acts or omissions
or for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or law other than their gross
negligence or willful misconduct hereunder. The rights and remedies of the
Collateral Agents and the Purchasers
under this Security Agreement shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any
other
right
or
remedy which the Collateral Agent or the Purchasers may have.
8.5
Retention
of Collateral. The
Collateral Agent may, after providing the notices
required by Section 9-620 of the UCC or otherwise complying with the
requirements of applicable
law of the relevant jurisdiction, to the extent the Collateral Agent is in
possession of any
of
the Collateral, retain the Collateral in satisfaction of the Secured
Obligations. Unless and until
the
Collateral Agent shall have provided such notices, however, the Collateral
Agent
shall not
be
deemed to have retained any Collateral in satisfaction of any Secured
Obligations for any reason.
8.6
Deficiency.
In
the
event that the proceeds of any sale, collection or realization
are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Collateral Agent or the
Purchasers are legally
entitled, the Company shall be jointly and severally liable for the deficiency,
together with
interest at a rate equal to the Late Charge (as defined in the Notes), together
with the costs of
collection and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Collateral
Agent to collect
such deficiency. Any surplus remaining after the full payment and satisfaction
of the Secured
Obligations shall be returned to the Company or to whomsoever a court of
competent jurisdiction
shall determine to be entitled thereto.
Article
9.Rights
of the Collateral Agent. Subject
to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement:
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9.1
Power
of Attorney. In
addition to other powers of attorney contained herein,
the Company hereby designates and appoints the Collateral Agent, on behalf
of
the Purchasers,
and each of its designees or agents, as attorney-in-fact of the Company,
irrevocably and
with
power of substitution, with authority to take any or all of the following
actions upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) demand,
collect, settle, compromise, adjust, give discharges
and
releases, all as the Collateral Agent may reasonably determine;
(ii) commence
and prosecute any actions at any court for the
purposes
of collecting any Collateral and enforcing any other right in respect
thereof;
(iii) defend,
settle or compromise any action brought and, in connection
therewith, give such discharge or release as the Collateral Agent may deem
reasonably
appropriate;
(iv) receive,
open and dispose of mail addressed to the Company
and endorse checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, money orders, bills of lading,
warehouse
receipts or other instruments or documents evidencing payment, shipment or
storage of
the
goods giving rise to the Collateral of the Company on behalf of and in the
name
of the Company,
or securing, or relating to such Collateral;
(v) sell,
assign, transfer, make any agreement in respect of, or otherwise
deal with or exercise rights in respect of, any Collateral or the goods or
services which have given rise thereto, as fully and completely as though the
Collateral Agent were the absolute owner
thereof for all purposes;
(vi) adjust
and settle claims under any insurance policy relating
thereto;
(vii) execute
and deliver all assignments, conveyances, statements,
financing statements, renewal financing statements, security agreements,
affidavits, notices
and other agreements, instruments and documents that the Collateral Agent may
reasonably
determine to be necessary in order to perfect and maintain the security
interests and liens
granted in this Security Agreement and in order to fully consummate all of
the
transactions contemplated
therein;
(viii) institute
any foreclosure proceedings that the Collateral
Agent
may
deem appropriate; and
(ix)
do
and perform all such other acts and things as the Collateral
Agent may reasonably deem to be necessary, proper or convenient in connection
with the
Collateral.
This
power of attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable
for so long
as
any of the Secured Obligations remain outstanding or any Note is in effect.
The
Collateral
Agent shall be under no duty to exercise or withhold the exercise of any of
the
rights, powers,
privileges and options expressly or implicitly granted to the Collateral Agent
in this
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Security
Agreement, and shall not be liable for any failure to do so or any delay in
doing so. The Collateral
Agent shall not be liable for any act or omission or for any error of judgment
or any mistake of fact or law in its individual capacity or its capacity as
attorney-in-fact except acts or omissions
resulting from its gross negligence or willful misconduct. This power of
attorney is conferred
on the Collateral Agent solely to protect, preserve and realize upon its
security interest in
the
Collateral.
9.2
Performance
by the Collateral Agent of Obligations. If
the
Company fails to
perform any agreement or obligation contained herein, the Collateral Agent
itself may perform,
or cause performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of
the
Collateral
Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Company on a
joint and
several basis pursuant to Section
23 hereof.
9.3
Assignment
by the Collateral Agent. Subject
to Section 10 of the Securities
Purchase Agreement, the Collateral Agent may from time to time assign the
Secured Obligations
and any portion thereof and/or the Collateral and any portion thereof, and
the
assignee shall be entitled to all of the rights and remedies of the Collateral
Agent under this Security
Agreement in relation thereto.
9.4
The
Collateral Agent's Duty of Care. Other
than the exercise of reasonable
care to assure the safe custody of the Collateral while being held by the
Collateral Agent
hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty or liability to preserve
rights pertaining thereto,
it being understood and agreed that the Company shall be responsible for
preservation of all
rights in the Collateral, and the Collateral Agent shall be relieved of all
responsibility for the Collateral upon surrendering it or tendering the
surrender of it to the Company. The Collateral Agent
shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and
preservation of the Collateral
in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal
to
that which
the
Collateral Agent accords its own property, which shall be no less than the
treatment employed
by a reasonable and prudent Collateral Agent in the industry, it being
understood that the
Collateral Agent shall not have responsibility for taking any necessary steps
to
preserve rights
against any parties with respect to any of the Collateral.
Article
10. Application
of Proceeds. In
accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the
Proceeds
and avails of the Collateral at any time received by the Collateral Agent shall,
when received
by the Collateral Agent in cash or its equivalent, be applied as follows: first,
to all reasonable costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent (including without
limitation reasonable
attorneys'
fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the implementation and/or
enforcement
of this Security Agreement and/or any of the other Transaction Documents;
second, to
all
costs and expenses of the Purchasers (including without limitation reasonable
attorneys' fees
and
expenses) incurred in connection with the implementation and/or enforcement
of
this Security
Agreement and/or any of the other Transaction Documents; third, to the principal
amount
of
the Secured Obligations; fourth, to such of the Secured Obligations consisting
of accrued but unpaid interest and fees; fifth, to all other amounts payable
with respect to the Secured
Obligations; and sixth, to the payment of the surplus, if any, to whoever may
be
lawfully entitled
to receive such surplus. The Company shall remain liable to the Collateral
Agent
and the Purchasers
for any deficiency.
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Article
11. Costs
of Counsel. If
at any
time hereafter, whether upon the occurrence of an
Event
of Default or not, the Collateral Agent employs counsel to prepare or consider
amendments, waivers or consents with respect to this Security Agreement, or
to
take action or make a response in or with respect to any legal or arbitral
proceeding relating to this Security Agreement or relating to the Collateral,
or
to protect the Collateral or exercise any rights or remedies
under this Security Agreement or with respect to the Collateral, then the
Company agrees
to
promptly pay upon demand any and all such reasonable documented costs and
expenses
incurred by the Collateral Agent or the Purchasers, all of which costs and
expenses shall
constitute Secured Obligations hereunder.
Article
12. Continuing
Agreement.
12.1
This
Security Agreement shall be a continuing agreement in every respect and
shall
remain in full force and effect so long as the Securities Purchase Agreement
and
the Notes
are
in effect or any amounts payable thereunder or under any Note shall remain
outstanding.
Upon such payment and termination, this Security Agreement shall be automatically
terminated and the Purchasers shall, upon the request and at the expense of
the
Company,
forthwith release all of its liens and security interests hereunder and shall
execute and deliver
all UCC termination statements and/or other documents reasonably requested
by
the Company
evidencing such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing all releases and
indemnities
provided hereunder shall survive termination of this Security
Agreement.
12.2
This
Security Agreement shall continue to be effective or be automatically
reinstated,
as the case may be, if at any time payment, in whole or in part, of any of
the
Secured Obligations
is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Collateral Agent
or any Purchaser
as a preference, fraudulent conveyance or otherwise under any bankruptcy,
insolvency or
similar law, all as though such payment had not been made; provided
that
in
the event payment of all or any part of the Secured Obligations is rescinded
or
must be restored or returned, all reasonable costs and expenses (including
without limitation any reasonable legal fees
and
disbursements) incurred by the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser in defending
and enforcing
such reinstatement shall be deemed to be included as a part of the Secured
Obligations.
Article
13. Amendments;
Waivers; Modifications. This
Security Agreement and the provisions
hereof may not be amended, waived, modified, changed, discharged or terminated
except with the written consent of the Required Holders.
Article
14. Successors
in Interest. This
Security Agreement shall create a continuing security
interest in the Collateral and shall be binding upon the Company, its successors
and assigns
and shall inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent
and the Purchasers
hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers and their
successors
and permitted assigns; provided, however, the Company may not assign its rights
or delegate
its duties hereunder without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.
To the fullest
extent permitted by law, the Company hereby releases the Collateral Agent and
each Purchasers, and its successors and permitted assigns, from any liability
for any act or omission relating
to this Security Agreement or the Collateral, except for any liability arising
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent, or
such
Purchasers, or its officers,
employees or Collateral Agents.
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Article
15.
Notices.
All
notices required or permitted to be given under this Security Agreement
shall be in conformance with Section 12.6 of the Securities Purchase
Agreement.
Article
16.
Counterparts.
This
Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which where so executed and delivered shall be an
original, but all of which
shall constitute one and the same instrument. It shall not be necessary in
making proof of this
Security Agreement to produce or account for more than one such
counterpart.
Article
17.
Headings.
The
headings of the sections and subsections hereof are provided
for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction
of any provision
of this Security Agreement.
Article
18.
Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Security Agreement shall be governed
by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any
choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of
New
York or any other jurisdictions)
that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than
the
State
of
New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction
of
the state
and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction
contemplated
hereby or discussed herein, 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 for such notices to
it
under this Security
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. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST,
A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR
IN
CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED
HEREBY.
Article
19.
Severability.
If
any
provision of this Security Agreement is determined to be
illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be fully severable
and
the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall be
construed without giving effect to the illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provisions.
Article
20.
Entirety.
This
Security Agreement and the other Transaction Documents represent
the entire agreement of the parties hereto and thereto, and supersede all prior
agreements
and understandings, oral or written, if any, including any commitment letters
or
correspondence
relating to the Notes or the transactions contemplated herein and
therein.
Article
21.
Survival.
All
representations and warranties of the Company hereunder shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents,
the delivery of the Notes.
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Article
22. Other
Security. To
the
extent that any of the Secured Obligations are now or
hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral (including, without
limitation, real property
and securities owned by the Company), or by a guarantee, endorsement or property
of any
other
Person, then the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers shall have the right to
proceed against such other property, guarantee or endorsement upon the
occurrence and during the continuance
of any Event of Default (unless waived or cured in accordance with the Notes),
and the
Collateral Agent and the Purchasers have the right, in their sole discretion,
to
determine which rights, security, liens, security interests or remedies the
Collateral Agent and the Purchasers
shall at any time pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take with respect
thereto, without
in any way modifying or affecting any of them or any of the Collateral Agent's
and the Purchasers'
rights or the Secured Obligations under this Security Agreement, under any
other
of the
Transaction Documents.
Article
23. Rights
of Required Holders. All
rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, if
not
exercised by the Collateral Agent, may be exercised by the Required
Holders.
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Each
of
the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Security Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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Each
of
the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Security Agreement to
be
duly
executed
and delivered as of the date first above written.
COMPANY:
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COLLATERAL
AGENT:
NITE
CAPITAL MASTER, LTD, as
Collateral Agent
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[Signature
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