INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
June
3,
2008
THIS
AGREEMENT is made by and between (a) YA Global Investments, L.P. (the
"Lender"),
a
Cayman Island exempt limited partnership having an office at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, (b) Wherify Wireless, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, and Wherify California, Inc., a California corporation
(collectively, the “Borrower”),
both
with offices at 00 Xxxxx Xxxx, #000, Xxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 and (c)
Xxxxxxx Holdings PLC ("Xxxxxxx"),
a
United Kingdom corporation with offices at 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
10016), and the purchasers of the Bridge Loan(s) as defined below (collectively,
with Xxxxxxx, the “Xxxxxxx
Persons”).
In
consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and benefits to be
derived herefrom,
WITNESSETH:
1.
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DEFINITIONS.
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As
used
herein, the following terms have the following meanings or are defined in the
provision of this Agreement so indicated:
“150K
Loan”:
That
certain loan arrangement by and between Xxxxxxx and the Borrower in a principal
amount of up to $150,000.00.
"Borrower":
Defined
in Preamble.
"Business
Day":
Any
day, other than (a) any Saturday or Sunday and (b) any day on which banks in
Jersey City, New Jersey are not open to the general public for the purpose
of
conducting commercial banking business.
“Bridge
Loan(s)”:
A loan
or loans that may be made by the Xxxxxxx Persons to the Borrower in an aggregate
principal amount of up to $800,000.00, evidenced by documents in the forms
collectively attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.
"Business
Day":
Any
day, other than (a) any Saturday or Sunday and (b) any day on which banks in
Jersey City, New Jersey are not open to the general public for the purpose
of
conducting commercial banking business.
"Collateral
Interest":
Any
encumbrance, including, without limitation, any security interest, mortgage,
deed of trust, voluntary lien or any security interest, mortgage, deed of trust
or lien granted to the Parties by the Borrower.
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“Forbearance
Agreement”:
That
certain Forbearance Agreement by and among the Borrower, Wherify California,
Inc., and Lender dated as of May 16, 2008, a copy of which is annexed as
Exhibit
V
to the
Purchase Agreement.
“Forbearance
Period”:
As
defined in the Forbearance Agreement.
“Xxxxxxx”:
Defined in the Preamble.
“Xxxxxxx
Persons”:
Defined in the Preamble.
"Lender":
Defined
in the Preamble.
"Liquidation":
The
exercise by a Party of any rights upon default as a secured creditor seeking
to
collect or realize upon a Collateral Interest granted by the Borrower to that
Party.
"Party;
Parties":
Lender,
Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx Persons.
“Purchase
Agreement”
means
the Bridge Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement by and between Xxxxxxx and the
Borrower (and any other Xxxxxxx Person), dated the date hereof.
"Shared
Collateral":
Those
present and future assets of the Borrower in which the Parties, at any time,
have been or are granted Collateral Interests.
"UCC":
The
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in New York.
2.
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CROSS
CONSENTS.
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(a) Lender
acknowledges and consents to the Borrower’s creation of Collateral Interests in
the Shared Collateral in favor of the Xxxxxxx Persons.
(b) The
Xxxxxxx Persons consent to the Borrower’s creation of Collateral Interests in
the Shared Collateral in favor of Lender.
3.
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RELATIVE
PRIORITIES.
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(a) Notwithstanding
the order of creation, attachment, perfection, or the ordering of the filing
of
any financing statement or other instrument to reflect or evidence the
Collateral Interests of the Parties in and to the Shared Collateral, but subject
to Section
3(b),
below,
the relative priorities of the Parties in and to the Shared Collateral and
all
proceeds thereof are as follows:
First: Xxxxxxx
Persons (but only to the extent necessary to repay the principal amount
outstanding, accrued but unpaid interest and any fees and expenses in respect
of
the Bridge Loan(s)).
Second: Lender
(b) The
relative priorities set forth above are intended as an agreement between the
Parties hereto and are not for the benefit of any third party. Such agreement
by
the Parties assumes the due creation, attachment, and perfection of the
Collateral Interests of each of the Parties in such collateral and that such
Collateral Interests are not subject to avoidance, equitable subordination,
invalidation, or the like. Neither Party shall challenge such due creation,
attachment, or perfection of the Collateral Interests granted to, or any
guaranty executed in favor of, the other Party by the Borrower, nor seek to
have
any such Collateral Interests avoided, set aside, or (other than solely to
implement the relative priorities set forth in Section 3(a) above) subordinated
to the other. Without limiting the foregoing sentence, in the event of any
judicial determination that such due creation, attachment, or perfection is
invalid, legally insufficient, or otherwise avoidable with respect to any asset
comprising the Shared Collateral, and in the event of the avoidance, setting
aside, or (other than in a manner which reflects the relative priorities set
forth in Section 3(a), above) subordination of any Party’s Collateral Interests,
the agreement of the Parties set forth above with respect to the relative
priorities of the Parties in and to that asset shall terminate.
4. STANDSTILL.
Xxxxxxx
Persons agree that they will not, directly or indirectly, take any action to
accelerate or demand payment by Borrower, to exercise any of its remedies
against the Borrower, to initiate any reorganization of, or litigation against,
Borrower, or to foreclose or otherwise realize on any security given by Borrower
or any other person to secure the Bridge Loan(s) (“Legal
Action”);
provided,
however,
that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, this Section
4
shall
automatically and without any further action become null, void and of no effect
and Xxxxxxx Persons shall be entitled to take Legal Action at any time and
from
time to time if the Lender has not initiated Legal Action against the Borrower
on or before one hundred eighty (180) days following notice by the Xxxxxxx
Persons to the Lender of an event of default under the Bridge
Loan(s).
5.
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LIQUIDATIONS.
Subject
to the provisions of Section 4:
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(a) The
Lender shall control any and all Liquidations in its sole and exclusive
discretion and Xxxxxxx Persons shall cooperate with the Lender in connection
with the Lender’s conduct of a Liquidation; provided,
however,
Lender
shall remit any proceeds of such Liquidations, net of the reasonable costs
and
expenses of collection of the same, in accordance with the priorities set forth
herein and Xxxxxxx shall receive from the Lender copies of any notices provided
by the Lender to the Borrower in connection with any such Liquidation when
such
notices are provided to the Borrower.
(b) Xxxxxxx
Persons shall have no right or authority to commence, control, or otherwise
direct or control a Liquidation.
(c) Proceeds
of any Liquidation shall be distributed in accordance with the relative
priorities set forth in Section
3(a).
Xxxxxxx
Persons acknowledge and agree that (i) all such distributions shall be made
to
Xxxxxxx on behalf of the Xxxxxxx Persons, (ii) Xxxxxxx will have the
responsibility of distributing such proceeds among the Xxxxxxx Persons, and
(iii) once the Lender has made such distribution to Xxxxxxx in accordance with
the provisions hereof, the Lender shall have no further duty or obligation
to
the Xxxxxxx Persons with respect to such proceeds.
6.
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BRIDGE
LOAN REFINANCING; LENDER’S RIGHT TO PURCHASE.
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(a) The
Parties acknowledge that the Borrower has refinanced the $150K Loan with the
first proceeds of the Bridge Loan(s) with the Xxxxxxx Persons, and the Lender
hereby consents to such Bridge Loan(s), and the repayment of the $150K Loan
(including accrued but unpaid interest thereon) from the first proceeds thereof,
and that the Bridge Loan(s) will be secured by a first priority security lien
on
the Collateral Interest having priority over the Borrower’s obligations to the
Lender, but only if the Bridge Loan(s) are made pursuant to documentation in
the
same form and upon the same terms as the documentation attached hereto as
Exhibit “A”. Xxxxxxx Persons and the Borrower covenant and agree that the
Borrower and Xxxxxxx Persons shall not enter into any loans or other financing
arrangements other than the Bridge Loan(s), without the prior written consent
of
the Lender, and that, other than the Bridge Loan(s), no other loans, debts,
obligations, or liabilities, whether now existing or hereafter arising of the
Borrower to the Xxxxxxx Persons or any of their affiliates, shall have priority
over the Borrower’s obligations to the Lender or the security interests granted
to the Lender to secure the same.
(b) On
or
before the earlier of (i) sixty (60) days after receipt by Xxxxxxx of written
notice that the Forbearance Period has terminated or expired, and (ii) November
30, 2008, the Lender may purchase the Bridge Loan(s), in whole and not in part,
from the Xxxxxxx Persons on a non-recourse basis pursuant to customary
assignment documentation for an amount (the “Purchase
Price”)
equal
to the sum of (i) the lesser of (x) $800,000.00 or (y) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Bridge Loan(s) plus
(ii) all
accrued but unpaid interest upon the principal balance of the Bridge Loan(s)
through and including the date of the termination or expiration of the
Forbearance Period. By executing a copy of this Agreement where indicated below,
the Borrower hereby expressly consents to such assignment of the Bridge
Loan(s).
7.
INSURANCE
PROCEEDS. If
Xxxxxxx Persons or Lender shall receive any check, draft, or other payment
or
funds with respect to which it is named as payee, and, in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, such check, draft, or other payment or funds represents
insurance proceeds of Shared Collateral in which the other Party has a first
priority Collateral Interest, the Party receiving such check, draft, or other
payment or funds shall hold the same in trust for such other Party and promptly
shall deliver such check, draft, or other payment or funds to such other Party
in the form received, without recourse.
8.
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NOTICES.
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(a) Each
Party shall provide the other Party with written notice of the acceleration
of
the Borrower’s indebtedness to that Party, and of the initiation of any
Liquidation (which written notice shall include, with reasonable particularity,
the facts and circumstances giving rise to such acceleration or
initiation).
(b) All
notices and other correspondence with respect to this Agreement shall be given
to the following addresses:
If
to Lender:
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YA
Global Investments, L.P.
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
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Attn:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Phone:
(000) 000-0000
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Copy
to:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
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Phone:
(000) 000-0000
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Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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If
to Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Or
Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
& Company (UK) Ltd.
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Persons:
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00
Xxxx Xxxxxx - 00xx Xxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Phone:
(000) 000-0000
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Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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Copy
to:
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Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, III, Esq.
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Gusrae,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx PLLC
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000
Xxxx Xxxxxx - 00xx Xxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Phone:
(000) 000-0000
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Fax:
(000) 000-0000
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(c) Any
Party
may change its address on not less than seven (7) days prior written notice
to
the other Party given by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(d) Notices
shall be deemed made, and correspondence received, as follows:
(i) By
certified mail: the sooner of when actually received or three (3) days following
deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid.
(ii) By
nationally recognized overnight express delivery: the Business Day, when
delivered. Otherwise, at the opening of the then next Business Day.
(iii) By
hand:
If delivered during customary business hours on a Business Day, when delivered.
Otherwise, at the opening of the then next Business Day.
(iv) By
telephone facsimile transmission (effective only if the subject transmission
is
electronically "tagged" as having emanated from the offices of the person who
is
purported to be providing such notice): If sent by 4:00 p.m. (based upon the
time in effect at the recipient of the subject facsimile) on a Business Day,
on
the Business Day when sent. Otherwise, at the opening of the then next Business
Day.
9.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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(a) In
the
determination of any notice or other period of time prescribed or allowed
hereunder, unless otherwise provided:
(i) the
day
of the act, event, or default from which the designated period of time begins
to
run shall not be included and the last day of the period so computed shall
be
included unless such last day is not a Business Day, in which event the last
day
of the relevant period shall be the then next Business Day; and
(ii) the
period so computed shall end at 5:00 P.M. on the relevant Business
Day.
(b) This
Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the respective
successors, representatives, and assigns of the Parties. No party will assign,
transfer, or participate that Party’s rights to repayment from the Borrower
without such assignment, transfer, or participation being expressly subject
to
the terms and provisions of this Agreement.
(c) This
Agreement shall continue to be effective or reinstated, as the case may be,
if
at any time payment of any claim of any Party is rescinded or must otherwise
be
returned as a result of the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the
Borrower, all as though such payment had not been made. Except as provided
in
Section
3(b),
all
agreements and obligations of the Parties hereunder shall remain in full force
and effect irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability any claim
of either Party against the Borrower or with respect to any of the Shared
Collateral; or (ii) any other circumstances that might otherwise constitute
a
defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower.
(d) This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed exclusively in accordance with
the
internal laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflicts of laws
principles thereof. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably agree that any suit
or
proceeding arising directly and/or indirectly pursuant to or under this
Agreement, shall be brought solely in a federal or state court located in the
City, County and State of New York. By its execution hereof, the parties hereby
covenant and irrevocably submit to the in personam
jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the City, County and
State of New York and agree that any process in any such action may be served
upon any of them personally, or by certified mail or registered mail upon them
or their agent, return receipt requested, with the same full force and effect
as
if personally served upon them in New York City. The parties hereto waive any
claim that any such jurisdiction is not a convenient forum for any such suit
or
proceeding and any defense or lack of in personam
jurisdiction with respect thereto. In the event of any such action or
proceeding, the party prevailing therein shall be entitled to payment from
the
other party hereto of all of its reasonable legal fees and
expenses.
(e) The
foregoing constitutes the complete agreement between the parties with respect
to
the matters contained therein and may not be amended, modified, waived, or
terminated except by written agreement executed on behalf of each of the
Parties.
(f) Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each
of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute
one
and the same instrument.
“LENDER”
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YA
GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.
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By:
Yorkville Advisors, LLC
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Its:
Investment Manager
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By:
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Title:
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“XXXXXXX
PERSONS”
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XXXXXXX
HOLDINGS PLC
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By:
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Title:
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Name:
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Name:
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WHERIFY
WIRELESS, INC.
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By:
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Title:
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WHERIFY
CALIFORNIA, INC.
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By:
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