SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS
SECURITY AGREEMENT
(this
“Agreement”)
is
made as of the 22nd day of March, 2007, by MARMION
INDUSTRIES CORP.,
a
Nevada corporation, having a mailing address at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx
0,
Xxxxx X Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (the “Company”),
MARMION
INVESTMENTS,
INC.
a Texas
corporation, (dba Marmion Air Service) having a mailing address at 0000 Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx X Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 (“Marmion
Investments”
together with the Company, individually and collectively, the “Debtors”),
for
the benefit and security of DUTCHESS
PRIVATE EQUITIES FUND, LTD.,
having
a mailing address at 00 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
00000 (the “Secured
Party”).
WHEREAS,
the Company has executed and delivered to Secured Party a debenture or
instruments, including, without limitation, (i) that certain Debenture dated
March 22, 2007 from the Company in favor of the Secured Party (the “Debenture”)
pursuant to which the Secured Party has agreed to make certain loans and other
financial accommodations to the Company;
WHEREAS,
each of the other Debtors has executed and delivered a guaranty (as amended
or
otherwise modified from time to time, the "Guaranty")
of
certain obligations of the Company, including all obligations of the Company
under the Debenture; and
WHEREAS,
the obligations of the Company under the Debenture and the obligations of each
other Debtor under the Guaranty are to be secured pursuant to this
Agreement;
NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of any loan, advance or other financial
accommodation heretofore or hereafter made to or for the benefit of any Debtor
under or in connection with the Debenture of any other Finance Documents (as
defined below), and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
CONSTRUCTION
AND DEFINED TERMS
1.01 Article and
Section Headings.
Article and Section headings and captions in this Agreement are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of
this
Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, references
in
this Agreement to Sections shall be read as Sections of this
Agreement.
1.02 Schedules and
Exhibits.
The
references in this Agreement to specific Schedules and Exhibits shall be
read as references to such specific Schedules or Exhibits attached, or
intended to be attached, to this Agreement and any counterpart of this Agreement
and regardless of whether they are in fact attached to this Agreement,
and including
any amendments, supplements and replacements to such Schedules and Exhibits
from time to time.
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1.03 Defined
Terms.
Unless
otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, (a) capitalized terms which
are not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned
thereto in the UCC (as defined below); and (b) the following terms used in
this Agreement shall have the following meanings:
“Collateral”
means,
with respect to any Debtor, all property and rights of such Debtor in which
a
security interest is granted hereunder.
“Computer
Hardware and Software” means,
with respect to any Debtor, all of such Debtor's rights (including rights as
licensee and lessee) with respect to (i) computer and other electronic data
processing hardware, including all integrated computer systems, central
processing units, memory units, display terminals, printers, computer elements,
card readers, tape drives, hard and soft disk drives, cables, electrical supply
hardware, generators, power equalizers, accessories, peripheral devices and
other related computer hardware; (ii) all software programs designed for
use on the computers and electronic data processing hardware described in
clause
(i) above,
including all operating system software, utilities and application programs
in
whatsoever form (source code and object code in magnetic tape, disk or hard
copy
format or any other listings whatsoever); (iii) any firmware associated
with any of the foregoing; and (iv) any documentation for hardware,
software and firmware described in clauses (i),
(ii)
and
(iii)
above,
including flow charts, logic diagrams, manuals, specifications, training
materials, charts and pseudo codes.
“Equity
Interest”
With
respect to any Person, any ownership interest in such Person, including shares,
partnership interests, joint venture interests, membership interests, limited
liability company interests, unit interests and any other equity or ownership
interests of any kind, and any subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments,
purchase rights, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including any
stockholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration
or voting of, or for securities convertible into, any shares, partnership
interests, joint venture interests, membership interests, limited liability
company interests, and any other equity or ownership interests in such
Person.
“Finance
Documents”
mean,
collectively, the Debenture, the Guaranty, and the Pledge
Agreement.
“Lien”
Any
security interest (including security interest within the definition of
“security interest” in the UCC), encumbrance, lien (including any judgment lien,
any contract lien, any lien arising or resulting from nonpayment of any tax,
assessment, charge or other imposition, and any lien arising or resulting from
nonpayment for labor, materials, or supplies), security agreement (including
any
agreement that creates or provides for a security interest), deed of trust,
mortgage, grant, pledge, assignment, hypothecation, title retention contract,
or
other arrangement for security purposes, and any agricultural lien (including
any agricultural lien within the definition of “agricultural lien” in the UCC),
and including any of the foregoing arising by operation of statute or other
law
or the application of equitable principles, whether perfected or unperfected,
avoidable or unavoidable, consensual or nonconsensual, and any financing
statement or other similar notice document, whether or not filed, and any
agreement to give a financing statement or other similar notice
document.
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“Lien
Proceeding”
Any
action taken (including self help) or proceeding (judicial or otherwise)
commenced by any Person other than Secured Party for the purpose of enforcing
or
protecting any actual or alleged Lien upon any of the Collateral, and including
any foreclosure, repossession, attachment, execution or other process regarding
any of the Collateral.
“Permitted
Lien”
means
those Liens described on Schedule
3.07.
“Person”
Any
natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint
venture, entity, association, joint-stock company, trust or unincorporated
organization and any Governmental Authority, including any receiver,
debtor-in-possession, trustee, custodian, conservator, or
liquidator.
“Secured
Obligations” All
indebtedness, liabilities and obligations which are now or may at any time
hereafter be due, owing or incurred in any manner whatsoever to Secured Party
by
any Debtor, whether under this Agreement, any Debenture, the Guaranty or any
other Finance Document, in each case howsoever created, arising or evidenced,
whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, whether at stated maturity,
by acceleration or otherwise (including, without limitation, the payment of
interest and other amounts which would accrue and become due but for the filing
of a petition in bankruptcy or the operation of the automatic stay under Section
362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), including, without
limitation, all charges, fees, expenses, commissions, reimbursements, premiums,
indemnities and other payments related to or in respect of such
obligations.
“UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
on
the date of this Agreement, as may be amended or modified from time to time
after the date hereof; provided
that,
"UCC"
shall
also mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any
applicable jurisdiction.
ARTICLE
II
SECURITY
INTEREST; PERFECTION
2.01 Security
Interest.
To
secure the full and timely payment, performance and satisfaction of the Secured
Obligations, each Debtor hereby collaterally assigns to Secured Party, and
grants Secured Party a security interest in, all of such Debtor’s property,
whether now owned or hereafter existing or acquired, regardless of where located
including, without limitation,
all of
such Debtor’s:
(a) Accounts;
(b) Chattel
Paper, including Electronic Chattel Paper;
(c) Computer
Hardware and Software and all rights with respect thereto, including, any and
all licenses, options, warranties, service contracts, program services, test
rights, maintenance rights, support rights, improvement rights, renewal rights
and indemnifications, and any substitutions, replacements, additions or model
conversions of any of the foregoing
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(d) Commercial
Tort Claims now or hereafter identified on Schedule 2.01(d)
to this
Agreement;
(e) Deposit
Accounts;
(f) Documents;
(g) Financial
Assets;
(h) General
Intangibles;
(i) Goods
(including all of its Equipment, Fixtures and Inventory), and all embedded
software, accessions, additions, attachments, improvements, substitutions and
replacements thereto and therefor);
(j) Instruments;
(k) Intellectual
Property;
(l) Investment
Property;
(m) Letter
of
Credit Rights;
(n) money
(of
every jurisdiction whatsoever);
(o) Security
Entitlements;
(p) Supporting
Obligations
(q) with
respect to each Person (as hereinafter defined) listed in Schedule
2.01(q)
hereto
and each other corporation hereafter acquired or formed by such Debtor, the
Equity Interests from time to time issued and outstanding, including the
certificates, if any, representing the Equity Interests and any interest of
such
Debtor in the entries on the books of the issuer thereof or any financial
intermediary pertaining to the Equity Interests, together with all dividends,
cash, options, warrants, rights, instruments, distributions, returns of capital
or principal, income, interest, profits and other property, interests (debt
or
equity) or proceeds as a result of a split, revision, reclassification,
consolidation, merger or other like change of the Equity Interests or any issuer
thereof, from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed to
such
Debtor in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Equity
Interests;
(r) all
promissory notes or intercompany notes and and all certificates or instruments
evidencing such promissory notes or intercompany notes; and
to
the
extent not included in the foregoing, other personal property of any kind or
description, together with all books, records, writings, data bases, information
and other property relating to, used or useful in connection with, or
evidencing, embodying, incorporating or referring to any of the foregoing,
and
all Proceeds, products, rents, issues, profits and returns of and from any
of
the foregoing; provided
that to
the extent that the provisions of any lease or license of Computer Hardware
and
Software or Intellectual Property expressly prohibit (which prohibition is
enforceable under applicable law) the assignment thereof, and the grant of
a
security interest therein, the Secured Party will not enforce its security
interest (other than in respect of the Proceeds thereof) for so long as such
prohibition continues, it
being understood
that
upon request of the Secured Party, such Debtor will in good faith use reasonable
efforts to obtain consent for the creation of a security interest in favor
of
the Secured Party (and to Secured Party’s enforcement of such security interest)
in such Debtor's rights under such lease or license.
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The
Secured Parties each agree that nothing set forth herein is intended or shall
be
construed to prohibit or limit in any way the right and ability of the Company
(i) to sell, assign, transfer, license, sublease or otherwise dispose of, or
grant any option or other interest or right with respect to, any of the
Collateral (other than dividends to the Company's stockholders that are
prohibited under the terms of the Debentures), (ii) to grant, create or suffer
to exist any Lien, charge or security interest upon or with respect to any
of
the Collateral; (iii) to amend, modify or replace any contracts included in
the
Collateral or to waive any rights thereunder, or (iv) other than as expressly
set forth herein, to enter into any other transactions with respect to the
Collateral, and the consent of the Secured Parties shall not be required for
any
of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not sell,
assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Collateral having a book value
in
excess of $200,000 in the aggregate during the term of the Debentures, unless
either (x) the proceeds thereof shall constitute Collateral in which the Secured
Parties shall have a valid and perfected security interest; (y) the Company
applies the proceeds thereof to repay indebtedness that is secured by a Lien
which is senior to the Secured Parties' security interest in the Collateral,
or
(z) after giving effect to such sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition,
the total book value of the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations pursuant
to this Agreement, less the total aggregate principal amount of all secured
indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed (excluding the Secured
Obligations) which is secured by the Collateral, in each case determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, would exceed the
then-outstanding principal amount of the Debentures.
2.02 Perfection
by Filing.
(a) Each
Debtor authorizes Secured Party to file any financing statement and agrees
to
execute, in recordable form, and deliver to Secured Party any other document
or
instrument, and to cause any third party to execute and deliver to Secured
Party
any other document (including financing statement termination statements),
requested by Secured Party to perfect the security interests created under
this
Agreement and to establish, maintain, and continue the first priority of the
security interests created under this Agreement.
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(b) Each
Debtor hereby appoints Secured Party as such Debtor’s attorney-in-fact, with
power of substitution, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an
interest, to execute in the name of Debtor, and to transmit to, or file, record,
or register with, any Person, and at any time, any document or instrument that
Secured Party may deem necessary or advisable for the purpose of creating,
enforcing, defending, protecting, perfecting, continuing, or maintaining any
security interest, or the perfection or priority of any security interest,
created under this Agreement.
(c) Secured
Party shall not be required to obtain Debtor’s consent or authorization for
Secured Party to file, and Secured Party shall be entitled to file, with or
without execution by Debtor (or by Secured Party as Debtor’s attorney-in-fact),
any financing statement, amendment, or other record that Secured Party may
be
authorized to file in accordance with the terms of the UCC with respect to
the
security interests created under this Agreement.
(d) Any
financing statement or other document filed to perfect the security interests
evidenced by this Agreement may, at Secured Party’s option, describe or indicate
the Collateral in the manner that the Collateral is described in this Agreement,
or as all assets of Debtor, or as all personal property of Debtor, or by any
other description or indication of the Collateral that may be sufficient for
a
financing statement under the UCC.
(e) If
prior
to Debtor’s execution of this Agreement, Secured Party shall have filed in any
jurisdiction, or with any governmental authority, any financing statement,
amendment, or other document describing or indicating the Collateral, or
containing a description or indication of all assets of Debtor or all personal
property of Debtor comprising the Collateral, or containing any other
description or indication of the Collateral, Debtor, by executing this
Agreement, irrevocably (i) authorizes, ratifies, confirms, and adopts
(A) each such previously filed financing statement, amendment or other
document, and (B) the filing of each such previously filed financing
statement, amendment, or other document, and (ii) agrees that each such
previously filed financing statement, amendment, or other document is valid
and
effective as though it had been authorized by Debtor and filed with Debtor’s
authorization.
2.03 Perfection
by Possession.
If
Collateral is of a type as to which it is necessary, desirable, or advisable,
as
determined by Secured Party, for Secured Party to take possession of such
Collateral in order to protect, perfect, or maintain the first priority of
Secured Party’s security interest or other Lien (subject only to Permitted
Security) in such (or any other) Collateral, then, promptly upon Secured Party’s
request, Debtor shall deliver such Collateral to Secured Party.
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ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Debtor
makes the following representations and warranties to Secured Party, which
shall
each be continuing and in effect at all times, and Secured Party shall be
entitled to rely upon the truth, accuracy, and completeness of the following
representations and warranties without regard to any other information that
may
be now or hereafter known by or disclosed to Secured Party or any of Secured
Party’s directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys or other
advisors:
3.01 Debtor’s
Name and Identification Number.
The
name of each Debtor set forth on the first page and the signature page of this
Agreement is Debtor’s correct and complete legal name. The street address for
Debtor in this Agreement is Debtor’s mailing address. Such Debtor's chief
executive office and principal place of business are as set forth on
Schedule
3.01
hereto
(and such Debtor has not maintained its chief executive office and principal
place of business at any other location during the five (5) years preceding
the
date hereof, and each other location where such Debtor maintains a place of
business is also set forth on Schedule
3.01
hereto
3.02 Permitted
Liens; Collateral.
(a) No
financing statement (other
than Permitted Liens) covering
any of such Debtor’s rights in the Collateral is on file in any public office;
(b) Secured Party’s security interest in the Collateral is a first priority
perfected security interest, subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens;
(c)
such Debtor is and will be the lawful owner of all Collateral, free of all
liens, claims, security interests and encumbrances whatsoever, other than the
security interest hereunder and Permitted Liens, with full power and authority
to execute this Agreement and perform such Debtor's obligations hereunder,
and
to subject the Collateral to the security interest hereunder and (d) all
information with respect to the Collateral set forth in any schedule,
certificate or other writing at any time heretofore or hereafter furnished
by
such Debtor to the Secured Party is and will be true and correct in all material
respects as of the date furnished.
3.03 Authorization
and No Conflicts.
(a)
Each Debtor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its state of incorporation as listed on the first
page of this Agreement; (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the
performance by such Debtor of its obligations hereunder are within such Debtor's
corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action,
have received all necessary governmental approval (if any shall be required),
and do not and will not contravene or conflict with any provision of law or
of
the articles of incorporation or by-laws of such Debtor or of any material
agreement, indenture, instrument or other document, or any material judgment,
order or decree, which is binding upon such Debtor; and (c) this Agreement
is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Debtor, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except that the enforceability of this Agreement
may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter
in
effect relating to creditors' rights generally and by general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity
or
at law).
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3.04 Tangible
Collateral. Schedule
3.04
hereto
contains a complete listing of such Debtor’s tangible Collateral located with
any bailee, warehousemen or other third parties and all of such Debtor’s
Collateral which is subject to certificate of title statutes.
3.05 Deposit
Accounts.
Except
as listed on Schedule 2.02,
Debtor
has no Deposit Accounts and is not a party to or otherwise bound by any Deposit
Account Agreement.
3.06 Leases.
Except
as listed on Schedule 3.06
(which
schedule contains a true, accurate and complete list and description of all
leases to which Debtor is a lessor, lessee, or other party or otherwise bound),
Debtor is not a lessor or lessee under, or a party to, or otherwise bound by
the
terms of, any lease.
3.07 Commercial
Tort Claims.
Except
as listed on Schedule 2.01(d),
Debtor
has no Commercial Tort Claims.
3.08 Subsidiaries.
Schedule 3.08
lists
all of the subsidiaries of Debtors.
ARTICLE
IV
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Debtor
covenants and agrees to the following:
4.01 Account
Debtors.
The
Secured Party may, at any time that an Event of Default exists, whether before
or after any revocation of such power and authority or the maturity of any
of
the Secured Obligations, notify an Account Debtor or other Person obligated
on
Collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to or for the benefit
of the Secured Party and enforce, by suit or otherwise the obligations of an
Account Debtor or other Person obligated on Collateral and exercise the rights
of such Debtor with respect to the obligation of the Account Debtor or other
Person obligated on Collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance
to such Debtor, and with respect to any property that secures the obligations
of
the Account Debtor or other Person obligated on the Collateral. In connection
with exercise of such rights and remedies, the Secured Party may surrender,
release or exchange all or any part thereof, or compromise or extend or renew
for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness
thereunder or evidenced thereby. Upon the request of the Secured Party during
the existence of an Event of Default, each Debtor will, at its own expense,
notify any or all parties obligated on any of the Collateral to make payment
to
the Secured Party of any amounts due or to become due thereunder. Upon request
by the Secured Party during the existence of an Event of Default, each Debtor
will forthwith, upon receipt, transmit and deliver to the Secured Party, in
the
form received, all cash, checks, drafts and other instruments or writings for
the payment of money (properly endorsed, where required, so that such items
may
be collected by the Secured Party) which may be received by such Debtor at
any
time in full or partial payment or otherwise as proceeds of any of the
Collateral. Except as the Secured Party may otherwise consent in writing, any
such items which may be so received by any Debtor will not be commingled with
any other of its funds or property, but will be held separate and apart from
its
own funds or property and upon express trust for the Secured Party until
delivery is made to the Secured Party. Each Debtor will comply with the terms
and conditions of any consent given by the Secured Party pursuant to the
foregoing sentence.
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4.02 Additional
Covenants.
Each
Debtor:
(a)
will,
at the Secured Party’s request, at any time and from time to time, execute and
deliver to the Secured Party such financing statements, amendments and other
documents and do such acts as the Secured Party deems necessary in order to
establish and maintain valid, attached and perfected first priority security
interests in the Collateral in favor of the Secured Party, free and clear of
all
Liens and claims and rights of third parties whatsoever except Permitted Liens;
each Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Secured Party at any time, and
from time to time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements
and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral (x) as all assets of
such Debtor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular
asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the
UCC
of the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed,
or
(y) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail;
(b)
will
keep all its Inventory at, and will not maintain any place of business at any
location other than, its address(es) shown on Schedule
3.01
hereto
or at such other addresses of which such Debtor shall have given the Secured
Party not less than 30 days' prior written notice;
(c)
will
keep its records concerning the Collateral in such a manner as will enable
the
Secured Party or its designees to determine at any time the status of the
Collateral;
(d) will
furnish the Secured Party such information concerning such Debtor, the
Collateral and the Account Debtors as the Secured Party may from time to time
reasonably request;
(e)
will
permit the Secured Party and its designees, from time to time, on reasonable
notice and at reasonable times and intervals during normal business hours to
inspect such Debtor's Inventory and other Goods, and to inspect, audit and
make
copies of and extracts from all records and other papers in the possession
of
such Debtor pertaining to the Collateral and the Account Debtors, and will,
upon
request of the Secured Party during the existence of an Event of Default,
deliver to the Secured Party all of such records and papers;
(f)
will,
upon request of the Secured Party, stamp on its records concerning the
Collateral, and add on all Chattel Paper and Instruments constituting a portion
of the Collateral, a notation, in form satisfactory to the Secured Party, of
the
security interest of the Secured Party hereunder;
(g)
except for the sale or lease of Inventory in the ordinary course of its business
and sales of Equipment which is no longer useful in its business or which is
being replaced by similar Equipment, will not sell, lease, assign or create
or
permit to exist any Lien on any Collateral other than Permitted Liens;
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(h)
will
at all times keep all of its Inventory and other Goods insured under policies
maintained with reputable, financially sound insurance companies against loss,
damage, theft and other risks to such extent as is customarily maintained by
companies similarly situated, and cause all such policies to provide that loss
thereunder shall be payable to the Secured Party as its interest may appear
(it
being understood that (A) so long as no Event of Default shall be existing,
the
Secured Party shall deliver any proceeds of such insurance which may be received
by it to such Debtor and (B) whenever an Event of Default shall be existing,
the
Secured Party may apply any proceeds of such insurance which may be received
by
it toward payment of the Secured Obligations, whether or not due, in such order
of application as the Secured Party may determine), and such policies or
certificates thereof shall, if the Secured Party so requests, be deposited
with
or furnished to the Secured Party;
(i)
will
take such actions as are reasonably necessary to keep its Goods in good repair
and condition;
(j)
will
take such actions as are reasonably necessary to keep its Equipment in good
repair and condition and in good working order, ordinary wear and tear
excepted;
(k) will
promptly pay when due all license fees, registration fees, taxes, assessments
and other charges which may be levied upon or assessed against the ownership,
operation, possession, maintenance or use of its Equipment and other
Goods;
(l)
will
take all steps reasonably necessary to protect, preserve and maintain all of
its
rights in the Collateral and will keep all of the tangible Collateral in the
United States;
(m) will
promptly notify the Secured Party in writing upon acquiring or otherwise
obtaining any Collateral after the date hereof consisting of Deposit Accounts,
Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights or Electronic Chattel Paper and,
upon the request of the Secured Party, will promptly execute such other
documents, and do such other acts or things deemed appropriate by the Secured
Party to confer upon the Secured Party control (as defined in the UCC) with
respect to such Collateral;
(o)
promptly notify the Secured Party in writing upon acquiring or otherwise
obtaining any Collateral after the date hereof consisting of Documents or
Instruments and, upon the request of the Secured Party, will promptly execute
such other documents, and do such other acts or things deemed appropriate by
the
Secured Party to deliver to the Secured Party possession of such Documents
which
are negotiable and Instruments, and, with respect to nonnegotiable Documents,
to
have such nonnegotiable Documents issued in the name of the Secured Party;
(p)
promptly notify the Secured Party in writing upon incurring or otherwise
obtaining a Commercial Tort Claim after the date hereof against any third party,
and, upon the request of the Secured Party, will promptly enter into an
amendment to this Agreement, and do such other acts or things deemed appropriate
by the Secured Party to give the Secured Party a security interest in such
Commercial Tort Claim; and
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(q)
further agrees to take other action reasonably requested by the Secured Party
to
insure the attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of
the
Secured Party to enforce, the security interests in any and all of the
Collateral including, without limitation, (i) executing, delivering and, where
appropriate, filing financing statements and amendments relating thereto under
the UCC, to the extent, if any, that the Debtor’s signature thereon is required
therefor, (ii) complying with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty
of the United States as to any Collateral if compliance with such provision
is a
condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of the Secured
Party to enforce, the security interests in such Collateral, (iii) obtaining
governmental and other third party consents and approvals, including without
limitation any consent of any licensor, lessor or other Person obligated on
Collateral, (iv) obtaining waivers from mortgagees and landlords in form and
substance satisfactory to the Secured Party, and (v) taking all actions required
by the UCC in effect from time to time or by other law, as applicable in any
relevant UCC jurisdiction, or by other law as applicable in any foreign
jurisdiction.
4.03 Taxes,
Assessments, Charges, and Other Impositions.
Debtor
shall pay and discharge promptly, on or before the date due, all taxes,
assessments, charges, and other impositions imposed by any governmental
authority on Debtor, or on the Collateral, relating to the ownership or use
of
the Collateral, or relating to any sale, lease, license or other disposition
of
the Collateral; provided, however, Debtor shall not be required to pay or
discharge, or to cause to be paid or discharged, any such tax, assessment,
charge, or other imposition so long as (a) the validity of such tax,
assessment, charge or other imposition is being contested in good faith by
Debtor by appropriate proceedings.
4.04 Notice
of Lien Proceeding.
Debtor
shall give Secured Party immediate written notice of the threat by any Person
to
commence any proceedings on a material portion of the Collateral or any other
Lien Proceeding.
4.05 Delivery
of Certificated Equity Interests.
All
certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the pledged
Equity Interests, to the extent not previously delivered to the Secured Party,
shall promptly upon receipt thereof by any Debtor be delivered to and held
by
the Secured Party pursuant hereto. All such certificated Collateral shall be
in
suitable form for transfer by delivery or shall be accompanied by duly executed
instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Party. Security Party shall have the
right, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event
of Default, to exchange certificates representing or evidencing such pledged
Equity Interests for certificates of smaller or larger denominations. If any
issuer of pledged Equity Intersets is organized in a jurisdiction which does
not
permit the use of certificates to evidence equity ownership, or if any of such
pledged Equity Interests are at any time not evidenced by certificates of
ownership, then each applicable Debtor shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, record such pledge on the equityholder register or the books
of
the issuer, execute any customary pledge forms or other documents necessary
or
appropriate to complete the pledge and give the Secured Party the right to
transfer such pledged Equity Interests.
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4.06 Voting
Rights: Distributions: etc.
So long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
(i)
each Debtor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other
consensual rights pertaining to the pledged Equity Interests or any part thereof
for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms or purposes of this Agreement;
provided,
however,
that no
Debtor shall in any event exercise such rights in any manner which may have
an
adverse effect on the security intended to be provided by this
Agreement
and (ii)
each Debtor
shall be
entitled to receive and retain
any and
all distributions with respect to such pledged Equity Interests.
Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default,
upon
written notice from the Secured Party, all rights of each Debtor to receive
distributions otherwise permitted hereunder
shall
cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Secured
Party.
Any
distributions which are received by any Debtor in violation of the provisions
of
this Agreement shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party,
shall be segregated from other funds of such Debtor and shall immediately be
paid over to the Secured Party as Collateral in the same form as so received
(with any necessary endorsement).
ARTICLE
V
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Debtor
covenants and agrees to the following:
5.01 Identity.
Debtor
shall not change Debtor’s name or corporate structure. If Debtor is organized
solely under the law of a single state or the United States and as to which
the
state or the United States must maintain
a public record showing the organization to have been organized, Debtor shall
not organize under the laws of another jurisdiction.
5.02 Deposit
Accounts.
Debtor
shall not open or close any Deposit Account, without prior written notice to
the
Secured Party.
5.03 Liens.
Debtor
shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens upon any Collateral
of Debtor other than Permitted Liens.
ARTICLE
VI
EVENT
OF DEFAULT; ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST
6.01 Any
one
or more of the following events (regardless of the reason therefor) shall
constitute an "Event
of Default"
hereunder:
(a) Any
default or event of default shall occur under any of the Debenture or any other
Finance Documents, which default shall remain uncured within 10 business days
after notification of such default by Secured Party to Debtor.
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(b) Any
Debtor shall fail or neglect to perform, keep or observe any provision of this
Agreement or any other Finance Document and the same shall remain unremedied
for
a period of ten (10) business days after notice is given to such Debtor by
the
Secured Party.
(c) The
Secured Party shall fail to have an enforceable first priority lien on and
security interest in the Collateral.
(d) Any
Debtor files a bankruptcy petition, a bankruptcy petition is filed against
any
Debtor which remains undismissed or unstayed for 30 consecutive days, or any
Debtor makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
6.02 Right
to Enforce Claim; Secured Party in Possession or
Control.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, and in
addition to such other rights and remedies as Secured Party may have under
other
provisions of this Agreement or any other Finance Document, or under common
or
statutory law, Secured Party may reduce a claim to judgment, foreclose, or
otherwise enforce the claim, security interest, or agricultural lien by any
available judicial procedure, and if the Collateral is Documents, Secured Party
may proceed either as to the Documents or as to the Goods the Documents
cover.
(b) If
Secured Party has possession of Collateral, (i) reasonable expenses, including
the cost of insurance and payment of taxes or other charges, incurred in the
custody, preservation, use, or operation of the Collateral are chargeable to
Debtor and are secured by the Collateral, (ii) the risk of accidental loss
or
damage is upon Debtor to the extent of a deficiency in any effective insurance
coverage, (iii) Secured Party shall keep the Collateral identifiable, but
fungible Collateral may be commingled, and (iv) Secured Party may use or operate
the Collateral (A) for the purpose of preserving the Collateral or its value,
or
(B) as permitted by an order of a court having competent jurisdiction, or (C)
for the purpose of transporting the Collateral, or (D) for the purposes of
demonstrating the use or operation of the Collateral.
(c) If
Secured Party has possession of Collateral or control of Collateral that is
Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property, or
Letter-of-credit rights, then Secured Party (i) may hold as additional security
any Proceeds, except money or funds, received from the Collateral, (ii) shall
apply money or funds received from the Collateral to reduce the Secured
Obligations unless remitted to Debtor, and (iii) may create a security interest
in the Collateral.
(d) If
Secured Party has possession of Collateral that is Chattel Paper or an
Instrument, then as to any such Chattel Paper or Instrument, Secured Party
shall
not be obligated to take any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior
parties.
6.03 Collection
and Enforcement.
After
the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof,
Secured Party may:
(a) notify
any Account Debtor or other Person obligated on Collateral to make payment
or
otherwise render performance to or for the benefit of Secured
Party;
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(b) take
any
Proceeds to which Secured Party is entitled under Section 9-315 of
Article 9 of the UCC;
(c) enforce
the obligations of any Debtor or other Person obligated on Collateral and
exercise the rights of Debtor with respect to the obligations of the Debtor
or
other Person obligated on Collateral to make payment or otherwise render
performance to Debtor, and with respect to any property that secures the
obligations of the Debtor or other Person obligated on the
Collateral;
(d) if
Secured Party is a Bank and holds a security interest in a Deposit Account
maintained with Secured Party, apply the balance of the Deposit Account to
the
obligation secured by the Deposit Account; and
6.04 Possession
of Collateral.
(a) After
the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, Secured
Party may require Debtor to assemble the Collateral and make the Collateral
available to Secured Party at a place designated by Secured Party which is
reasonably convenient to Secured Party and Debtor. If Secured Party requires
Debtor to assemble the Collateral and make the Collateral available to Secured
Party, as described in the preceding sentence, Debtor shall do so promptly,
and
in any event within ten (10) days after Secured Party gives Debtor a notice
requesting Debtor to assemble the Collateral and make the Collateral available
to Secured Party at the place designated by Secured Party. Without limiting
Secured Party’s right to designate any place which is reasonably convenient to
Debtor for making Collateral available to Secured Party, Debtor agrees that
any
place designated by Secured Party and located within one hundred (100) miles
of
any place where Debtor stores, uses, sells, leases, licenses, or maintains
Collateral in the ordinary course of Debtor’s business shall be conclusively
deemed to be a place reasonably convenient to Debtor for making the Collateral
available to Secured Party.
(b) After
the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, Secured
Party may, pursuant to judicial process, or without judicial process if Secured
Party proceeds without breach of peace, (1) take possession of the
Collateral and, (2) without removal, render Equipment unusable and dispose
of Collateral on Debtor’s premises.
6.05 Disposition
of Collateral.
(a) After
the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, Secured
Party may sell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the
Collateral in its present condition or following any commercially reasonable
preparation or processing.
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(b) Secured
Party may dispose of Collateral by public or private proceedings, by one or
more
contracts, as a unit or in parcels, and at any time and place and on any
terms.
(c) Secured
Party may purchase Collateral (1) at a public disposition or (2) if the
Collateral is of a kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or
the
subject of widely distributed standard price quotations, at a private
disposition.
(d) A
contract for sale, lease, license, or other disposition includes the warranties
relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, and the like which by operation
of law accompany a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to
the
contract; provided, however, Secured Party may disclaim or modify such
warranties (1) in a manner that would be effective to disclaim or modify
the warranties in a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to
the
contract of disposition, or (2) by communicating to the purchaser a Record
evidencing the contract for disposition and including an express disclaimer
or
modification of the warranties, and provided further that a Record is sufficient
to disclaim such warranties if such Record indicates “There is no warranty
relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, or the like in this disposition”
or uses words of similar import.
(e) Prior
to
a disposition of Collateral, Secured Party shall give Debtor, and any other
parties required to receive notice under Article 9 of the UCC, notification
as required under Article 9 of the UCC before a sale, lease, license, or
other disposition of Collateral.
6.06 Additional
Provisions Regarding Sales and Other Dispositions.
In the
event that Secured Party shall sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral,
or
any part thereof in accordance with this Agreement, the following additional
provisions shall be applicable to such sale or other disposition:
(a) Such
sale
or other disposition may be at public or private sale (or at any broker’s board
or on any securities exchange) for cash, upon credit or for future delivery
as
Secured Party shall deem appropriate. Secured Party shall be authorized at
any
such sale (if Secured Party deems it advisable to do so with regard to any
type
or item of Collateral) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to
Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral
for
their own use (or for their own account for investment, as applicable) and
not
with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any
such sale, Secured Party shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver
to
the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser
at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim
or
right on the part of Debtor, and Debtor hereby waives (to the extent permitted
by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which Debtor now has or
may
at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing
or
hereafter enacted. Secured Party shall give Debtor at least ten (10) days’
written notice (which Debtor agrees is reasonable notice) of Secured Party’s
intention to make any sale of Collateral owned by Debtor. Such notice, in the
case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in
the
case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the
board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the
Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board
or
exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within
ordinary business hours and at such place or places as Secured Party may fix
and
state in the notice of such sale, and Secured Party shall not be obligated
to
make any sale of any Collateral if Secured Party shall determine not to do
so,
regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been
given, and Secured Party may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public
or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by
announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without
further notice to Debtor or anyone else, be made at the time and place to which
the same was so adjourned.
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(b) In
case
any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future
delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by Secured Party until the
sale
price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but Secured Party shall
not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail
to
take up and pay for Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such
of
the Collateral may be sold again upon notice to Debtor as set forth in this
Section.
(c) At
any
public sale, Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent
permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay or appraisal on the part
of
Debtor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent
permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and
may
make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to
Secured Party from Debtor as a credit against the purchase price, and Secured
Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose
of
such property without further accountability to Debtor therefor.
(d) For
purposes of any sale of Collateral in accordance with this Agreement, a written
agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated
as
a sale thereof. Secured Party shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant
to
such agreement, and Debtor shall not be entitled to the return of the Collateral
or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after
Secured Party shall have entered into such an agreement, all Events of Default
shall have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full.
(e) Upon
any
sale of Collateral by Secured Party (including a sale pursuant to a power of
sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of Secured
Party or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to
the
purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral being sold, and such purchaser or
purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of
the
purchase money paid over to Secured Party or such officer or be answerable
in
any way for the misapplication thereof.
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ARTICLE
VII
7.01 Power
of Attorney; Collections by Secured Party.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, Debtor covenants and agrees to appoint
Secured Party as Debtor’s attorney-in-fact, with power of substitution, which
appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, to do each of the
following in the name of Debtor or in the name of Secured Party or otherwise,
for the use and benefit of Secured Party, but at the cost and expense of Debtor,
and with or without notice to Debtor: (i) notify the Account Debtors and
insurers to make payments directly to Secured Party, and to take control of
the
cash and non-cash Proceeds of any Collateral or insurance; (ii) renew,
extend or compromise any of the Collateral or deal with the same as Secured
Party may deem advisable; (iii) release, exchange, substitute, or surrender
all or any part of the Collateral; (iv) remove from Debtor’s places of
business all Collateral Records without cost or expense to Secured Party;
(v) make such use of Debtor’s places of business as may be reasonably
necessary to administer, control and collect the Collateral; (vi) repair,
alter or supply Goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in part the
purchase order or similar order of any Account Debtor; (vii) demand,
collect, give receipt for, and give renewals, extensions, discharges and
releases of any of the Collateral; (viii) institute and prosecute legal and
equitable proceedings to enforce collection of, or realize upon, any of the
Collateral; (ix) settle, renew, extend, compromise, compound, exchange or
adjust claims with respect to any of the Collateral or any legal proceedings
brought with respect thereto; (x) indorse the name of Debtor upon any item
of payment relating to the Collateral or upon any proof of claim in bankruptcy
against any Collateral; and (xi) institute and prosecute legal and
equitable proceedings to reclaim any of the Goods sold to any Account Debtor
obligated on an Account at a time when such Account Debtor was insolvent.
Secured Party agrees that it shall not exercise any power or authority granted
under this power of attorney unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(b) NONE
OF
SECURED PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR
REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO DEBTOR FOR ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT
UNDER ANY POWER OF ATTORNEY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF DAMAGES
ATTRIBUTABLE SOLELY TO THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS
FINALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, NOR FOR ANY PUNITIVE,
EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ARTICLE
VIII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
8.01 Remedies
Cumulative.
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, and in
addition to such other rights and remedies as Secured Party may have under
other
provisions of this Agreement or any other Finance Document, Secured Party may
exercise any one or more of its rights and remedies under common or statutory
law. No failure or delay on the part of Secured Party in exercising any right,
power or privilege hereunder or under any other Finance Document and no course
of dealing between Debtor or any other Obligor or other Person and Secured
Party
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise
of
any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Finance Document
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder. The rights and remedies
provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or
remedies which Secured Party would otherwise have and may be exercised
simultaneously. No notice to or demand on Debtor in any case shall entitle
Debtor or any other obligor or any other Person to any other or further notice
or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights
of Secured Party to any other or further action in any circumstances without
notice or demand.
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ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
9.01 Each
of
the Debtors agrees to pay all expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees
and
charges (including time charges of attorneys who are employees of Secured Party)
paid or incurred by Secured Party in endeavoring to collect the Secured
Obligations of such Debtor, or any part thereof, and in enforcing this Agreement
against such Debtor, and such obligations will themselves be Secured
Obligations.
9.02 No
delay
on the part of Secured Party in the exercise of any right or remedy shall
operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial exercise by Secured Party
of any right or remedy shall preclude other or further exercise thereof or
the
exercise of any other right or remedy.
9.03 This
Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until all Secured
Obligations have been paid in full. If at any time all or any part of any
payment theretofore applied by the Secured Party to any of the Secured
Obligations is or must be rescinded or returned by the Secured Party for any
reason whatsoever (including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of
any
Debtor), such Secured Obligations shall, for the purposes of this Agreement,
to
the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed
to
have continued in existence, notwithstanding such application by the Secured
Party, and this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as
the case may be, as to such Secured Obligations, all as though such application
by the Secured Party had not been made.
9.04 The
rights and privileges of Secured Party hereunder shall inure to the benefit
of
its successors and assigns.
9.05 Secured
Party’s Rights to Release Obligors; etc.
Secured
Party may take or release other security, may release any party primarily or
secondarily liable for any Secured Obligations or other indebtedness to Secured
Party, may grant extensions, renewals or indulgences with respect to such
Secured Obligations or other indebtedness and may apply any other security
therefor held by Secured Party to the satisfaction of such Secured Obligations
or other indebtedness, all without prejudice to any of Secured Party’s rights
under this Agreement.
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9.06 Notices.
Any
notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to
be
given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed
to
have been delivered (i) upon delivery, when delivered personally; (ii) upon
receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided a confirmation of transmission is
mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party);
or (iii) one (1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight
delivery service, so long as it is properly addressed. The addresses and
facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:
If
to any
Debtor:
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxx X
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
If
to the
Secured Party:
Dutchess
Capital Management, LLC
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
00
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 0
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
9.07 Term.
The
term of this Agreement shall commence with the date of this Agreement and shall
continue in full force and effect and be binding upon Debtor until all Secured
Obligations of Debtor to Secured Party shall have been fully paid and satisfied
and Secured Party shall have given Debtor written notice of the termination
of
this Agreement (excluding provisions that by their terms survive termination
of
other provisions of this Agreement or survive the termination of the security
interest created under this Agreement). Secured Party shall not be obligated
to
give Debtor written notice of termination of this Agreement, or to terminate
any
financing statements or other Lien Notices, until all Secured Obligations of
Debtor to Secured Party shall have been fully paid and satisfied and there
is no
commitment on the part of Secured Party to make an advance, incur an obligation
or otherwise give value, and Debtor shall have given Secured Party a written
demand requesting the termination of this Agreement and any financing statements
at which time Secured Party shall execute and deliver such documents, at
Debtor’s expense, as are necessary to release Secured Party’s liens in the
Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any
other Finance Documents, this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any amount received by Secured
Party in respect of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise
be
restored or returned by Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy,
dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of Debtor or upon the appointment
of
any intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar official for, Debtor
or
any substantial part of Debtor’s assets, or otherwise, all as though such
payments had not been made.
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9.08 Further
Assurances.
Debtor
shall execute and deliver to Secured Party such further assurances and take
such
other further actions as Secured Party may from time to time request to further
the intent and purpose of this Agreement and to maintain and protect the rights
and remedies intended to be created in favor of Secured Party under this
Agreement.
9.09 Amendments,
Waivers and Consents; Successors and Assigns.
Neither
this Agreement nor any other Finance Document nor any of the terms hereof or
thereof may be amended, modified, changed, waived, discharged or terminated,
nor
shall any consent be given, unless such amendment, modification, change, waiver,
discharge, termination or consent is in writing signed by Secured Party and
Debtor. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the
Collateral and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the Secured
Obligations have been fully paid
and
satisfied and this Agreement has been terminated, (ii) be binding upon
Debtor and its successors and assigns, and (iii) inure, together with the
rights and remedies of Secured Party hereunder, to the benefit of Secured Party
and Secured Party’s successors, transferees and assigns. This Agreement may not
be assigned by Debtor without prior written consent of Secured Party, which
consent may be withheld in Secured Party’s sole discretion.
9.10 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement and any other Finance Documents are a complete and exclusive
expression of all the terms of the matters expressed therein, and all prior
agreements, statements, and representations, whether written or oral, which
relate thereto in any way are hereby superseded and shall be given no force
and
effect. No promise, inducement, or representation has been made to Debtor which
relates in any way to the matters expressed in this Agreement and in any other
Finance Documents, other than what is expressly stated herein and in such
Finance Documents.
9.11 No
Strict Construction.
The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of
this
Agreement. In the event of any ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties
hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring
any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this
Agreement.
9.12 Governing
Law.
This
Agreement and all related instruments and documents and the rights and
obligations of the parties hereunder and thereunder shall, in all respects,
be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, without regard to conflicts of law principles,
regardless of the location of the Collateral, excepting, however, that the
Uniform Commercial Code (or decisional law) of a jurisdiction other than the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts may provide the method of perfection, the effect
of perfection or non-perfection, or the priority of liens and security interests
created under this Agreement.
9.13 DISPUTES
SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION.
The
parties to this Agreement will submit all disputes arising under it to
arbitration in Boston, Massachusetts before a single arbitrator of the American
Arbitration Association (“AAA”). The arbitrator shall be selected by application
of the rules of the AAA, or by mutual agreement of the parties, except that
such
arbitrator shall be an attorney admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts. No party to this agreement will challenge the jurisdiction or
venue provisions as provided in this section. Nothing
in this section shall limit the Secured Party’s right to obtain an injunction
for a breach of this Agreement from a court of law.
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9.14 Severability.
Any
provision of this Agreement, or of any other Finance Document, that is
prohibited by, or unenforceable under, the laws of any jurisdiction shall,
as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this
Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction
shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Debtor hereby waives
any provision of law which renders any provision of this Agreement or any other
Finance Document prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
9.15 Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts and each shall be effective as an
original, and a photocopy, facsimile or telecopy of this executed Agreement
shall be effective as an original. In making proof of this Agreement, it shall
not be necessary to produce more than one counterpart, photocopy, facsimile,
or
telecopy of this executed Agreement.
9.16 Time.
Time is
of the essence of this Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
and
intending to be legally bound hereby, each Debtor has executed this Agreement
as
of the date first above written.
DEBTOR:
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Title:
President
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Title:
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DUTCHESS
PRIVATE EQUITIES FUND, LTD
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Name: Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxx
Title:
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