Exhibit 10.11
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "AGREEMENT"), dated as of August 6, 2004, by
and among Aquatic Cellulose International Corp., a Nevada corporation
("COMPANY"), and the secured parties signatory hereto and their respective
endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the "SECURED PARTY").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the date
hereof, between Company and the Secured Party (the "PURCHASE AGREEMENT"),
Company has agreed to issue to the Secured Party and the Secured Party has
agreed to purchase from Company certain of Company's 10% Secured Convertible
Debentures, due two years from the date of issue (the "DEBENTURES"), which are
convertible into shares of Company's Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
(the "COMMON STOCK"). In connection therewith, Company shall issue the Secured
Party certain Common Stock purchase warrants dated as of the date hereof to
purchase the number of shares of Common Stock indicated below each Secured
Party's name on the Purchase Agreement (the "WARRANTS"); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Party to purchase the
Debentures, Company has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Party this
Agreement for the benefit of the Secured Party and to grant to it a first
priority security interest in certain property of Company to secure the prompt
payment, performance and discharge in full of all of Company's obligations under
the Debentures and exercise and discharge in full of Company's obligations under
the Warrants.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1. Terms used but not
otherwise defined in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC
(such as "GENERAL INTANGIBLES" and "PROCEEDS") shall have the respective
meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC.
(a) "COLLATERAL" means the collateral in which the Secured
Party is granted a security interest by this Agreement and which shall include
the following, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or
coming into existence, and all additions and accessions thereto and all
substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts
thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer
of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims in
connection therewith:
(i) All Goods of the Company, including, without
limitations, all machinery, equipment, computers, motor
vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture,
special and general tools, fixtures, test and quality control
devices and other equipment of every kind and nature and
wherever situated, together with all documents of title and
documents representing the same, all
additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all
parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the foregoing and
all other items used and useful in connection with the Company's
businesses and all improvements thereto (collectively, the
"EQUIPMENT"); and
(ii) All Inventory of the Company; and
(iii) All of the Company's contract rights and general
intangibles, including, without limitation, all partnership
interests, stock or other securities, licenses, distribution and
other agreements, computer software development rights, leases,
franchises, customer lists, quality control procedures, grants
and rights, goodwill, trademarks, service marks, trade styles,
trade names, patents, patent applications, copyrights, deposit
accounts, and income tax refunds (collectively, the "GENERAL
INTANGIBLES"); and
(iv) All Receivables of the Company including all
insurance proceeds, and rights to refunds or indemnification
whatsoever owing, together with all instruments, all documents
of title representing any of the foregoing, all rights in any
merchandising, goods, equipment, motor vehicles and trucks which
any of the same may represent, and all right, title, security
and guaranties with respect to each Receivable, including any
right of stoppage in transit; and
(v) All of the Company's documents, instruments and
chattel paper, files, records, books of account, business
papers, computer programs and the products and proceeds of all
of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses (i)-(iv) above.
(b) "COMPANY" shall mean, collectively, the Company and all
of the present and future subsidiaries of Company, a list of which is contained
in SCHEDULE A, attached hereto.
(c) "OBLIGATIONS" means all of the Company's obligations
under this Agreement and the Debentures, in each case, whether now or hereafter
existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether
or not from time to time decreased or extinguished and later decreased, created
or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are
paid, to the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered
directly or indirectly from the Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent
transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented,
converted, extended or modified from time to time.
(d) "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code, as currently in
effect in the State of New York.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. As an inducement for the Secured
Party to purchase the Debentures and to secure the complete and timely payment,
performance and discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the
Obligations, the Company hereby, unconditionally and irrevocably, pledges,
grants and hypothecates to the Secured Party, a continuing security interest in,
a continuing first lien upon, an unqualified right to possession and disposition
of and a right
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of set-off against, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by law, all of
the Company's right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to
the Collateral (the "SECURITY Interest").
3. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS OF THE
COMPANY. The Company represents and warrants to, and covenants and agrees with,
the Secured Party as follows:
(a) The Company has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its
obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized
by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further action is
required by the Company. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor's rights
generally.
(b) The Company represents and warrants that it has no place
of business or offices where its respective books of account and records are
kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or accountants) or
places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set forth on SCHEDULE A
attached hereto;
(c) The Company is the sole owner of the Collateral (except
for non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company in the ordinary course of
business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights
or claims, and is fully authorized to grant the Security Interest in and to
pledge the Collateral. There is not on file in any governmental or regulatory
authority, agency or recording office an effective financing statement, security
agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than
those that have been filed in favor of the Secured Party pursuant to this
Agreement) covering or affecting any of the Collateral. So long as this
Agreement shall be in effect, the Company shall not execute and shall not
knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any such financing
statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or
recorded in favor of the Secured Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement).
(d) No part of the Collateral has been judged invalid or
unenforceable. No written claim has been received that any Collateral or the
Company's use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There
has been no adverse decision to the Company's claim of ownership rights in or
exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to the Company's
right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there
is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or
regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.
(e) The Company shall at all times maintain its books of
account and records relating to the Collateral at its principal place of
business and its Collateral at the locations set forth on SCHEDULE A attached
hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible
Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Party at least 30 days prior to
such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location
thereof (which must be within the
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United States) and (ii) evidence that appropriate financing statements and other
necessary documents have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken
to perfect the Security Interest to create in favor of the Secured Party valid,
perfected and continuing first priority liens in the Collateral.
(f) This Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Party a
valid security interest in the Collateral securing the payment and performance
of the Obligations and, upon making the filings described in the immediately
following sentence, a perfected first priority security interest in such
Collateral. Except for the filing of financing statements on Form-1 under the
UCC with the jurisdictions indicated on SCHEDULE B, attached hereto, no
authorization or approval of or filing with or notice to any governmental
authority or regulatory body is required either (i) for the grant by the Company
of, or the effectiveness of, the Security Interest granted hereby or for the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company or (ii) for
the perfection of or exercise by the Secured Party of its rights and remedies
hereunder.
(g) On the date of execution of this Agreement, the Company
will deliver to the Secured Party one or more executed UCC financing statements
on Form-1 with respect to the Security Interest for filing with the
jurisdictions indicated on SCHEDULE B, attached hereto and in such other
jurisdictions as may be requested by the Secured Party.
(h) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement does not conflict with or cause a breach or default, or an event that
with or without the passage of time or notice, shall constitute a breach or
default, under any agreement to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company is bound. No consent (including, without limitation, from stock holders
or creditors of the Company) is required for the Company to enter into and
perform its obligations hereunder.
(i) The Company shall at all times maintain the liens and
Security Interest provided for hereunder as valid and perfected first priority
liens and security interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Party
until this Agreement and the Security Interest hereunder shall terminate
pursuant to Section 11. The Company hereby agrees to defend the same against any
and all persons. The Company shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the
account of the Secured Party. At the request of the Secured Party, the Company
will sign and deliver to the Secured Party at any time or from time to time one
or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC (or any other applicable
statute) in form reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Party and will pay the
cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is, or is deemed
by the Secured Party to be, necessary or desirable to effect the rights and
obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to
maintain the Collateral and the Security Interest hereunder, and the Company
shall obtain and furnish to the Secured Party from time to time, upon demand,
such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to
maintain the priority of the Security Interest hereunder.
(j) The Company will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate,
encumber, license (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company in
the ordinary course of business),
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sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral without the prior written
consent of the Secured Party.
(k) The Company shall keep and preserve its Equipment,
Inventory and other tangible Collateral in good condition, repair and order and
shall not operate or locate any such Collateral (or cause to be operated or
located) in any area excluded from insurance coverage.
(l) The Company shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining
knowledge thereof, advise the Secured Party promptly, in sufficient detail, of
any substantial change in the Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event
which would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on
the Secured Party's security interest therein.
(m) The Company shall promptly execute and deliver to the
Secured Party such further deeds, mortgages, assignments, security agreements,
financing statements or other instruments, documents, certificates and
assurances and take such further action as the Secured Party may from time to
time request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary to perfect, protect
or enforce its security interest in the Collateral including, without
limitation, the execution and delivery of a separate security agreement with
respect to the Company's intellectual property ("INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY
AGREEMENT") in which the Secured Party has been granted a security interest
hereunder, substantially in a form acceptable to the Secured Party, which
Intellectual Property Security Agreement, other than as stated therein, shall be
subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof.
(n) The Company shall permit the Secured Party and its
representatives and agents to inspect the Collateral at any time, and to make
copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be requested by the
Secured Party from time to time.
(o) The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to
diligently pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims,
causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the Collateral.
(p) The Company shall promptly notify the Secured Party in
sufficient detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution
or other legal process levied against any Collateral and of any other
information received by the Company that may materially affect the value of the
Collateral, the Security Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured
Party hereunder.
(q) All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied
to the Secured Party by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the
Collateral is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date
furnished.
(r) SCHEDULE A attached hereto contains a list of all of the
subsidiaries of Company.
4. DEFAULTS. The following events shall be "EVENTS OF DEFAULT":
(a) The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the
Debentures) under the Debentures;
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(b) Any representation or warranty of the Company in this
Agreement or in the Intellectual Property Security Agreement shall prove to have
been incorrect in any material respect when made;
(c) The failure by the Company to observe or perform any of
its obligations hereunder or in the Intellectual Property Security Agreement for
ten (10) days after receipt by the Company of notice of such failure from the
Secured Party; and
(d) Any breach of, or default under, the Warrants.
5. DUTY TO HOLD IN TRUST. Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default and at any time thereafter, the Company shall, upon receipt by it of any
revenue, income or other sums subject to the Security Interest, whether payable
pursuant to the Debentures or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade
acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum,
hold the same in trust for the Secured Party and shall forthwith endorse and
transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Party for
application to the satisfaction of the Obligations.
6. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT. Upon occurrence of any Event
of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured Party shall have the right to
exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Debentures, and
the Secured Party shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party
under the UCC and/or any other applicable law (including the Uniform Commercial
Code of any jurisdiction in which any Collateral is then located). Without
limitation, the Secured Party shall have the following rights and powers:
(a) The Secured Party shall have the right to take
possession of the Collateral and, for that purpose, enter, with the aid and
assistance of any person, any premises where the Collateral, or any part
thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and the Company shall assemble
the Collateral and make it available to the Secured Party at places which the
Secured Party shall reasonably select, whether at the Company's premises or
elsewhere, and make available to the Secured Party, without rent, all of the
Company's respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Secured
Party taking possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in saleable or
disposable form.
(b) The Secured Party shall have the right to operate the
business of the Company using the Collateral and shall have the right to assign,
sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any part of the
Collateral, at public or private sale or otherwise, either with or without
special conditions or stipulations, for cash or on credit or for future
delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time or times and at such place
or places, and upon such terms and conditions as the Secured Party may deem
commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required by applicable
statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or notice to the
Company or right of redemption of the Company, which are hereby expressly
waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Collateral,
the Secured Party may, unless prohibited by applicable law which cannot be
waived, purchase all or any part of the Collateral being sold, free from and
discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and equities of the
Company, which are hereby waived and released.
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7. APPLICATIONS OF PROCEEDS. The proceeds of any such sale, lease
or other disposition of the Collateral hereunder shall be applied first, to the
expenses of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale,
selling, and the like (including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other
costs incurred in connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Party in enforcing its
rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the
Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations, and to the payment of
any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured Party
shall pay to the Company any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or
other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to
pay all amounts to which the Secured Party is legally entitled, the Company will
be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 15%
per annum (the "DEFAULT RATE"), and the reasonable fees of any attorneys
employed by the Secured Party to collect such deficiency. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, the Company waives all claims, damages and demands
against the Secured Party arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or
sale of the Collateral, unless due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of the Secured Party.
8. COSTS AND EXPENSES. The Company agrees to pay all out-of-pocket
fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required
hereunder, including without limitation, any financing statements, continuation
statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or
any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Secured Party. The
Company shall also pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable
opinion of the Secured Party might prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the
Collateral or the Security Interest therein. The Company will also, upon demand,
pay to the Secured Party the amount of any and all reasonable expenses,
including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and
agents, which the Secured Party may incur in connection with (i) the enforcement
of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of,
collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral, or (iii) the
exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Party under the
Debentures. Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder shall be added to the
principal amount of the Debentures and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
9. RESPONSIBILITY FOR COLLATERAL. The Company assumes all
liabilities and responsibility in connection with all Collateral, and the
obligations of the Company hereunder or under the Debentures and the Warrants
shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the loss, destruction,
damage or theft of any of the Collateral or its unavailability for any reason.
10. SECURITY INTEREST ABSOLUTE. All rights of the Secured Party and
all Obligations of the Company hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional,
irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement,
the Debentures, the Warrants or any agreement entered into in connection with
the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change in the time,
manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, all or
any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to
any departure from the Debentures, the Warrants or any other agreement entered
into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or
nonperfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of
or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guaranty, or any
other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the Secured
Party to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance
claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (e) any
other circumstance which might otherwise constitute
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any legal or equitable defense available to the Company, or a discharge of all
or any part of the Security Interest granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall
have been paid and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Party shall
continue even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without
limitation, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. The Company
expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of
nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any
transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Party
hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to
have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or
insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to
any party other than the Secured Party, then, in any such event, the Company's
obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall
not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation
of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable
in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. The Company waives all right
to require the Secured Party to proceed against any other person or to apply any
Collateral which the Secured Party may hold at any time, or to marshal assets,
or to pursue any other remedy. The Company waives any defense arising by reason
of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation secured
hereby.
11. TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement and the Security Interest
shall terminate on the date on which all payments under the Debentures have been
made in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged. Upon such
termination, the Secured Party, at the request and at the expense of the
Company, will join in executing any termination statement with respect to any
financing statement executed and filed pursuant to this Agreement.
12. POWER OF ATTORNEY; FURTHER ASSURANCES.
(a) The Company authorizes the Secured Party, and does
hereby make, constitute and appoint it, and its respective officers, agents,
successors or assigns with full power of substitution, as the Company's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in its own name or in the name of the
Company, to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, (i) endorse any notes, checks, drafts, money orders, or other
instruments of payment (including payments payable under or in respect of any
policy of insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may come into possession
of the Secured Party; (ii) to sign and endorse any UCC financing statement or
any invoice, freight or express xxxx, xxxx of lading, storage or warehouse
receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in
connection with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii)
to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at
any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to
demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and xxx for monies due in
respect of the Collateral; and (v) generally, to do, at the option of the
Secured Party, and at the Company's expense, at any time, or from time to time,
all acts and things which the Secured Party deems necessary to protect, preserve
and realize upon the Collateral and the Security Interest granted therein in
order to effect the intent of this Agreement, the Debentures and the Warrants,
all as fully and effectually as the Company might or could do; and the Company
hereby ratifies all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the
Obligations shall be outstanding.
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(b) On a continuing basis, the Company will make, execute,
acknowledge, deliver, file and record, as the case may be, in the proper filing
and recording places in any jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the
jurisdictions indicated on SCHEDULE B, attached hereto, all such instruments,
and take all such action as may reasonably be deemed necessary or advisable, or
as reasonably requested by the Secured Party, to perfect the Security Interest
granted hereunder and otherwise to carry out the intent and purposes of this
Agreement, or for assuring and confirming to the Secured Party the grant or
perfection of a security interest in all the Collateral.
(c) The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Secured
Party as the Company's attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and
stead of the Company and in the name of the Company, from time to time in the
Secured Party's discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument
which the Secured Party may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole discretion, of one
or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative to
any of the Collateral without the signature of the Company where permitted by
law.
13. NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing, with copies to all the other parties hereto, and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when (i) if delivered by hand, upon
receipt, (ii) if sent by facsimile, upon receipt of proof of sending thereof,
(iii) if sent by nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt
requested), the next business day or (iv) if mailed by first-class registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, four days after
posting in the U.S. mails, in each case if delivered to the following addresses:
If to the Company: Aquatic Cellulose International Corp.
0000 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx VIT 6L1
Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
With copies to: Xxxxxxxxx & Associates
0000 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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If to the Secured Party: AJW Partners, LLC
AJW Offshore, Ltd.
AJW Qualified Partners, LLC
New Millennium Capital Partners II, LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
With copies to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
14. OTHER SECURITY. To the extent that the Obligations are now or
hereafter secured by property other than the Collateral or by the guarantee,
endorsement or property of any other person, firm, corporation or other entity,
then the Secured Party shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to pursue,
relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other action with respect thereto,
without in any way modifying or affecting any of the Secured Party's rights and
remedies hereunder.
15. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) No course of dealing between the Company and the Secured
Party, nor any failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of
the Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder or under the
Debentures shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege.
(b) All of the rights and remedies of the Secured Party with
respect to the Collateral, whether established hereby or by the Debentures or by
any other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and
may be exercised singly or concurrently.
(c) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and is intended to supersede
all prior negotiations, understandings and agreements with respect thereto.
Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, no provision of this
Agreement may be modified or amended except by a written agreement specifically
referring to this Agreement and signed by the parties hereto.
(d) In the event that any provision of this Agreement is
held to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction for any
reason, unless such provision is narrowed by judicial construction, this
Agreement shall, as to such jurisdiction, be construed as if such invalid,
prohibited or unenforceable provision had been more narrowly drawn so as not to
be
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invalid, prohibited or unenforceable. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any
provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be
ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, prohibition or unenforceability
without invalidating the remaining portion of such provision or the other
provisions of this Agreement and without affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision or the other provisions of this Agreement in
any other jurisdiction.
(e) No waiver of any breach or default or any right under
this Agreement shall be considered valid unless in writing and signed by the
party giving such waiver, and no such waiver shall be deemed a waiver of any
subsequent breach or default or right, whether of the same or similar nature or
otherwise.
(f) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of each party hereto and its successors and assigns.
(g) Each party shall take such further action and execute
and deliver such further documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order
to carry out the provisions and purposes of this Agreement.
(h) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, except to the extent the validity, perfection or
enforcement of a security interest hereunder in respect of any particular
Collateral which are governed by a jurisdiction other than the State of New York
in which case such law shall govern. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States
Federal court sitting in Manhattan county over any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State or Federal court. The parties hereto agree
that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and
may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other
manner provided by law. The parties hereto further waive any objection to venue
in the State of New York and any objection to an action or proceeding in the
State of New York on the basis of forum non conveniens.
(i) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE
RIGHTS TO A JURY TRAIL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT
OF THIS AGREEMENT. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING
OF ANY DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT
MATER OF THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT
CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS.
EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR
EACH PARTY TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH PARTY HAS ALREADY
RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT EACH PARTY WILL
CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY
FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL
COUNSEL, AND THAT SUCH PARTY
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HAS KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL FOLLOWING SUCH
CONSULTATION. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING
HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND
THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS AND SUPPLEMENTS
OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF A LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT
MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
(j) This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original
and, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In
the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such
signature shall create a valid binding obligation of the party executing (or on
whose behalf such signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect
as if such facsimile signature were the original thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security
Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above written.
AQUATIC CELLULOSE INTERNATIONAL CORP.
By: /s/ Sheridan Westgarde
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Sheridan B. Westgarde
President and Chief Executive Officer
AJW PARTNERS, LLC
By: SMS Group, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Manager
AJW OFFSHORE, LTD.
By: First Street Manager II, LLC
By :/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Manager
AJW QUALIFIED PARTNERS, LLC
By: AJW Manager, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Manager
NEW MILLENNIUM CAPITAL PARTNERS II, LLC
By: First Street Manager II, LLC
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Manager
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SCHEDULE A
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Principal Place of Business of the Company:
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Locations Where Collateral is Located or Stored:
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List of Subsidiaries of the Company:
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A-1
SCHEDULE B
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Jurisdictions:
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B-1
