SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.2
This
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May
31, 2007, among Grantors listed on the signature pages hereof and those
additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto by executing the form
of Supplement attached hereto as Annex 1 (collectively, jointly and
severally, the “Grantors” and each, individually, a “Grantor”),
and XXXXX FARGO FOOTHILL, INC., a California corporation, in
its capacity as the arranger and administrative agent for the Lender Group
and
the Bank Product Provider (together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “Agent”).
W I
T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as amended,
restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time, including
all
schedules thereto, the “Credit Agreement”) among Teltronics, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, as borrower (“Borrower”), the lenders party
thereto, and Agent, the Lender Group has agreed to make certain financial
accommodations available to Borrower from time to time pursuant to the terms
and
conditions thereof, and
WHEREAS,
Agent has agreed to act as agent for the benefit of the Lender Group and the
Bank Product Provider in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Credit Agreement and this Agreement, and
WHEREAS,
in order to induce the Lender Group to enter into the Credit Agreement and
the
other Loan Documents and to induce the Lender Group to make financial
accommodations to Borrower as provided for in the Credit Agreement, Grantors
have agreed to grant a continuing security interest in and to the Collateral
in
order to secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance
of,
among other things, the Secured Obligations, and
NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the recitals made above and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy
of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Defined
Terms. All capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble and
recitals hereof) without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto
in
the Credit Agreement. Any terms used in this Agreement that are
defined in the Code shall be construed and defined as set forth in the Code
unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement; provided,
however, that if the Code is used to define any term used herein and
if
such term is defined differently in different articles or sections of the Code,
the definition of such term contained in Article 9 of the Code shall govern.
In
addition to those terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Books”
means books and records (including each Grantor’s Records indicating,
summarizing, or evidencing such Grantor’s assets (including the Collateral) or
liabilities, each Grantor’s Records relating to such Grantor’s business
operations or financial condition, and each Grantor’s goods or General
Intangibles related to such information).
(b) “Chattel
Paper” means chattel paper (as that term is defined in the Code) and
includes tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel paper.
(c) “Code”
means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time;
provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, priority, or
remedies with respect to Agent’s Lien in any Collateral is governed by the
Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than
the State of New York, the term
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“Code”
shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other
jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such
attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies.
(d) “Collateral”
has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
(e) “Commercial
Tort Claims” means commercial tort claims (as that term is defined in the
Code), and includes those commercial tort claims listed on Schedule
1.
(f) “Copyrights”
means copyrights and copyright registrations, and also includes (i) the
copyright registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in
connection therewith listed on Schedule 2, (ii) all restorations,
revisions, reissues, continuations, extensions and renewals thereof, (iii)
all
income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under
and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into
in
connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements
or dilutions thereof, (iv) the right to xxx for past, present and future
infringements and dilutions thereof, (v) the goodwill of each Grantor’s business
symbolized by the foregoing or connected therewith, and (vi) all of each
Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
(g) “Copyright
Security Agreement” means each Copyright Security Agreement among Grantors,
or any of them, and Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank
Product Provider, in substantially the form of Exhibit A, pursuant to
which Grantors have granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and
the Bank Product Provider, a security interest in all their respective
Copyrights.
(h) “Credit
Agreement” has the meaning specified therefor in the recitals to this
Agreement.
(i) “General
Intangibles” means general intangibles (as that term is defined in the Code)
and, in any event, includes payment intangibles, contract rights, rights to
payment, rights arising under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses
or
things in action, goodwill (including the goodwill associated with any
Trademark, Patent, or Copyright), Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, URLs and
domain names, industrial designs, other industrial or Intellectual Property
or
rights therein or applications therefor, whether under license or otherwise,
programs, programming materials, blueprints, drawings, purchase orders, customer
lists, monies due or recoverable from pension funds, route lists, rights to
payment and other rights under any royalty or licensing agreements, including
Intellectual Property Licenses, infringement claims, computer programs,
information contained on computer disks or tapes, software, literature, reports,
catalogs, pension plan refunds, pension plan refund claims, insurance premium
rebates, tax refunds, and tax refund claims, interests in a partnership or
limited liability company which do not constitute a security under Article
8 of
the Code, and any other personal property other than Commercial Tort Claims,
money, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, goods, Investment Related
Property, Negotiable Collateral, and oil, gas, or other minerals before
extraction.
(j) “Grantor”
and “Grantors” have the meanings specified therefor in the recitals to
this Agreement.
(k) “Intellectual
Property” means Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, the goodwill associated
with such Trademarks, trade secrets and customer lists, and Intellectual
Property Licenses.
(a) “Intellectual
Property Licenses” means rights under or interests in any patent, trademark,
copyright or other intellectual property, including software license agreements
(other than Shrink-Wrap Licenses) with any other party, whether the applicable
Grantor is a licensee or licensor under any such license agreement, including
the license agreements listed on Schedule 3, and the right to use
the foregoing in connection with the enforcement of the Lender Group’s rights
under the Loan Documents, including, the right to prepare for sale and sell
any
and all Inventory and Equipment now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now
or
hereafter covered by such licenses.
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(b) “Intellectual
Property Rights” means all of each Grantor’s rights, title and interest in
and to Intellectual Property.
(l) “Investment
Related Property” means (i) investment property (as that term is defined in
the Code), and (ii) all of the following (regardless of whether classified
as
investment property under the Code): all Pledged Interests, Pledged
Operating Agreements, and Pledged Partnership Agreements.
(m) “Negotiable
Collateral” means letters of credit, letter-of-credit rights, instruments,
promissory notes, drafts, and documents.
(c) “Patents”
means patents and patent applications, and also includes (i) the patents
and patent applications listed on Schedule 4, (ii) all
reissues, continuations, substitutions, improvements, divisionals,
continuations-in-part, extensions, and renewals thereof, (iii) all income,
royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due or payable under and
with
respect thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in
connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements
or dilutions thereof, (iv) the right to xxx for past, present and future
infringements and dilutions thereof, and (v) all of each Grantor’s rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world.
(n) “Patent
Security Agreement” means each Patent Security Agreement among Grantors, or
any of them, and Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product
Provider, in substantially the form of Exhibit B, pursuant to which
Grantors have granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the
Bank
Product Provider, a security interest in all their respective
Patents.
(o) “Pledged
Companies” means, each Person listed on Schedule 5 as a “Pledged
Company”, together with each other Person, all or a portion of whose Stock, is
acquired or otherwise owned by a Grantor after the Closing Date.
(p) “Pledged
Interests” means all of each Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to
all of the Stock now or hereafter owned by such Grantor, regardless of class
or
designation, including all substitutions therefor and replacements thereof,
all
proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, also including any
certificates representing the Stock, the right to receive any certificates
representing any of the Stock, and the right to require that such certificates
be delivered to Agent together with undated powers or assignments of investment
securities with respect thereto, duly endorsed in blank by such Grantor, all
warrants, options, share appreciation rights and other rights, contractual
or
otherwise, in respect thereof, and the right to receive dividends, distributions
of income, profits, surplus, or other compensation by way of income or
liquidating distributions, in cash or in kind, and cash, instruments, and other
property from time to time received, receivable, or otherwise distributed in
respect of or in addition to, in substitution of, on account of, or in exchange
for any or all of the foregoing.
(q) “Pledged
Interests Addendum” means a Pledged Interests Addendum substantially in the
form of Exhibit C to this Agreement.
(r) “Pledged
Operating Agreements” means all of each Grantor’s rights, powers, and
remedies under the limited liability company operating agreements of each of
the
Pledged Companies that are limited liability companies, if any.
(s) “Pledged
Partnership Agreements” means all of each Grantor’s rights, powers, and
remedies under the partnership agreements of each of the Pledged Companies
that
are partnerships, if any.
(t) “Proceeds”
has the meaning specified therefor in Section 2.
(u) “Records”
means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or which is stored
in
an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable
form.
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(v) “Secured
Obligations” means each and all of the following: (a) all of the present and
future obligations of Grantors arising from this Agreement, the Credit
Agreement, or the other Loan Documents (including any Guaranty), (b) all Bank
Product Obligations, and (c) all Obligations of Borrower, including, in the
case
of each of clauses (a), (b) and (c), reasonable attorneys fees and
expenses and any interest, fees, or expenses that accrue after the filing of
an
Insolvency Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole
or in
part as a claim in any Insolvency Proceeding.
(w) “Security
Interest” has the meaning specified therefor in Section
2.
(d) “Shrink-Wrap
License” means an Intellectual Property License for the use of generally
commercially available software where the user agrees to its terms by opening
the package of or downloading such software or similarly manifesting consent
to
the licensor’s standard terms.
(e) “Supporting
Obligations” means supporting obligations (as such term is defined in the
Code) , including letters of credit and guaranties issued in support of
Accounts, Chattel Paper, documents, General Intangibles, instruments, or
Investment Related Property.
(f) “Trademarks”
means all registrations and applications for trademarks, trade names, and
service marks, and also includes (i) the trade names, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, and service xxxx applications listed on
Schedule 6, (ii) all modifications, reissues, continuations,
extensions and renewals thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and
payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto,
including payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith
and
damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof,
(iv) the right to xxx for past, present and future infringements and
dilutions thereof, (v) the goodwill of each Grantor’s business symbolized
by the foregoing or connected therewith (vi) all trade secrets, proprietary
or confidential information, technical information, procedures, formulae,
quality control standards, designs, operating and training manuals, customer
lists, and other General Intangibles with respect to the foregoing, and
(vii) all of each Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world.
(x) “Trademark
Security Agreement” means each Trademark Security Agreement among Grantors,
or any of them, and Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank
Product Provider, in substantially the form of Exhibit D, pursuant to
which Grantors have granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and
the Bank Product Provider, a security interest in all their respective
Trademarks.
(y) “URL”
means “uniform resource locator,” an internet web address.
2. Grant
of Security. Each Grantor hereby unconditionally grants, assigns,
and pledges to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank Product
Provider, a continuing security interest (herein referred to as the “Security
Interest”) in all personal property of such Grantor whether now owned or
hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located, including such Grantor’s
right, title, and interest in and to the following, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located (the
“Collateral”):
(a) all
of
such Grantor’s Accounts;
(b) all
of
such Grantor’s Books;
(c) all
of
such Grantor’s Chattel Paper;
(d) all
of
such Grantor’s Deposit Accounts;
(e) all
of
such Grantor’s Equipment and fixtures;
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(f) all
of
such Grantor’s General Intangibles;
(g) all
of
such Grantor’s Inventory;
(h) all
of
such Grantor’s Investment Related Property;
(i) all
of
such Grantor’s Negotiable Collateral;
(j) all
of
such Grantor’s rights in respect of Supporting Obligations;
(k) all
of
such Grantor’s Commercial Tort Claims;
(l) all
of
such Grantor’s money, Cash Equivalents, or other assets of each such Grantor
that now or hereafter come into the possession, custody, or control of Agent
(or
its agent or designee) or any other member of the Lender Group;
(m) all
of
the proceeds and products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of the
foregoing, including proceeds of insurance or Commercial Tort Claims covering
or
relating to any or all of the foregoing, and any and all Accounts, Books,
Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, Equipment, General Intangibles, Inventory,
Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, Supporting Obligations,
Commercial Tort Claims, money, or other tangible or intangible property
resulting from the sale, lease, license, exchange, collection, or other
disposition of any of the foregoing, the proceeds of any award in condemnation
with respect to any of the foregoing, any rebates or refunds, whether for taxes
or otherwise, and all proceeds of any such proceeds, or any portion thereof
or
interest therein, and the proceeds thereof, and all proceeds of any loss of,
damage to, or destruction of the above, whether insured or not insured, and,
to
the extent not otherwise included, any indemnity, warranty, or guaranty payable
by reason of loss or damage to, or otherwise with respect to any of the
foregoing (the “Proceeds”). Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the term “Proceeds” includes whatever is receivable or received
when Investment Related Property or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected,
or
otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary,
and
includes proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty payable to any Grantor from
time
to time with respect to any of the Investment Related Property.
3. Security
for Obligations. This Agreement and the Security Interest created
hereby secures the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, whether
now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which
constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by Grantors, or
any
of them, to Agent, the Lender Group, the Bank Product Provider or any of them,
but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the
existence of an Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. Grantors
Remain Liable.
(a) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i) each of the Grantors shall remain
liable under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, including
the Pledged Operating Agreements and the Pledged Partnership Agreements, to
perform all of the duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as
if
this Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by Agent or any other
member of the Lender Group of any of the rights hereunder shall not release
any
Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under such contracts and
agreements included in the Collateral, and (iii) none of the members of the
Lender Group shall have any obligation or liability under such contracts and
agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall
any
of the members of the Lender Group be obligated to perform any of the
obligations or duties of any Grantors thereunder or to take any action to
collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder. Until an
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, except as otherwise provided
in
this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, or any other Loan Document, Grantors
shall
have the right to possession and enjoyment of the Collateral for the purpose
of
conducting the ordinary course
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of
their
respective businesses, subject to and upon the terms hereof and of the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties hereto that
record and beneficial ownership of the Pledged Interests, including all voting,
consensual, and dividend or distribution rights (except as set forth in
paragraph (b) below), shall remain with the applicable Grantor until the
occurrence of an Event of Default and until Agent shall notify the applicable
Grantor of Agent’s exercise of voting, consensual, or dividend rights with
respect to the Pledged Interests pursuant to Section 15.
(b) Grantors
shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends or distributions
paid in respect of the Stock of the Pledged Companies; provided,
however, that, except to the extent otherwise provided in the Credit
Agreement, any and all:
(i) dividends
and distributions paid or payable other than in cash in respect of, and any
and
all additional shares or instruments or other property received, receivable,
or
otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for the Stock of the Pledged
Companies;
(ii) dividends
and distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of any Stock of the Pledged
Companies in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution,
merger, consolidation of any Pledged Company, or any exchange of stock,
conveyance of assets, or similar corporate reorganization;
(iii) cash
paid
with respect to, payable, or otherwise distributed on redemption of, or in
exchange for, any Stock of the Pledged Companies, and
(iv) after
the
occurrence of an Event of Default, all dividends and distributions in respect
of
any Stock of the Pledged Companies (including cash dividends other than those
described in subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) above),
shall
be
forthwith delivered to Agent to hold as Collateral and shall, if received by
Grantors, be received in trust for the benefit of Agent, for the ratable benefit
of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Provider, be segregated from the other
property or funds of Grantors, and be forthwith delivered to Agent as Collateral
in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement), and, if deemed
necessary by Agent, Grantors shall take such actions, including the actions
described in Section 6(h), as Agent may require
5. Representations
and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants as
follows:
(a) The
exact
legal name of each of the Grantors is set forth on the signature pages of this
Agreement or a written notice provided to Agent pursuant to Section 6.5
of the Credit Agreement.
(b) Schedule
7 sets forth all Real Property owned by Grantors as of the Closing
Date.
(c) Each
Grantor is the sole legal and beneficial owner, or exclusive or non-exclusive
licensee, of all Intellectual Property Rights that are material to the conduct
of its business. As of the Closing Date, (i) no Grantor has any
ownership interest in, or title to, any Copyrights, Patents, or Trademarks
that
are registered or the subject of pending applications for registrations, except
as set forth on Schedules 2, 4, and 6, respectively;
(ii) no Grantor has any ownership interest in, or title to, any Intellectual
Property Licenses (other than Shrink-Wrap Licenses), Copyrights, Patents or
Trademarks that are material to its business and that are not registered or
the
subject of pending applications for registrations, except as set forth on
Schedules 2, 4, and 6; and (iii) no Grantor is a
party to any material Intellectual Property Licenses that are material to such
Grantor’s business, except as set forth on Schedule 3. This
Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Lien on each Grantor’s
United States Copyrights, United States Patents and United States Trademarks,
and all of its rights and interests in and to any Intellectual Property
Licenses. Upon the filing of the Copyright Security Agreement with
the United States Copyright Office and filing of the Patent Security Agreement
and the Trademark Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, and the filing of appropriate financing statements in the jurisdictions
listed on Schedule 8, all action necessary to
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perfect
the Security Interest in and to each Grantor’s owned Patents, Trademarks, and
Copyrights, to the extent perfectable by such filings and to the extent they
arise and are enforceable in the United States, has been taken and such
perfected Security Interest is enforceable as such as against any and all
creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor.
(d) This
Agreement creates a valid security interest in the Collateral of each Grantor,
to the extent a security interest therein can be created under the Code,
securing the payment of the Secured Obligations. Except to the extent
a security interest in the Collateral cannot be perfected by the filing of
a
financing statement under the Code, all filings and other actions necessary
or
desirable to perfect and protect such security interest have been duly taken
or
will have been taken upon the filing of financing statements listing each
applicable Grantor, as a debtor, and Agent, as secured party, in the
jurisdictions listed next to such Grantor’s name on Schedule
8. Upon the making of such filings, Agent shall have a first
priority perfected security interest in the Collateral of each Grantor to the
extent such security interest can be perfected by the filing of a financing
statement. Each Grantor has taken all action necessary to enable
Agent to protect and perfect such security interest on each item of
Collateral.
(e) (i)
Except for the Security Interest created hereby, each Grantor is and will at
all
times be the sole holder of record and the legal and beneficial owner, free
and
clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, of the Pledged Interests
indicated on Schedule 5 as being owned by such Grantor and, when acquired
by such Grantor, any Pledged Interests acquired after the Closing Date; (ii)
to
the extent applicable, all of the Pledged Interests are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and the Pledged Interests constitute or
will constitute the percentage of the issued and outstanding Stock of the
Pledged Companies of such Grantor identified on Schedule 5 as
supplemented or modified by any Pledged Interests Addendum or any Supplement
to
this Agreement; (iii) such Grantor has the right and requisite authority to
pledge, the Investment Related Property pledged by such Grantor to Agent as
provided herein; (iv) all actions necessary or desirable under the Code (to
the extent the Code is applicable) to perfect, establish the first priority
of,
or otherwise protect, Agent’s Liens in the Investment Related Property, and the
proceeds thereof, have been duly taken, (A) upon the execution and delivery
of
this Agreement; (B) upon the taking of possession by Agent (or its agent or
designee) of any certificates constituting the Pledged Interests, to the extent
such Pledged Interests are represented by certificates, together with undated
powers, or other relevant document of transfer, endorsed in blank by the
applicable Grantor; (C) upon the filing of financing statements in the
applicable jurisdiction set forth on Schedule 8 for such Grantor with
respect to the Pledged Interests of such Grantor that are not represented by
certificates, and (D) with respect to any Securities Accounts, upon the delivery
of Control Agreements with respect thereto; and (v) each Grantor has delivered
to and deposited with Agent (or, with respect to any Pledged Interests created
or obtained after the Closing Date, will deliver and deposit in accordance
with
Sections 6(a) and 8) all certificates representing the Pledged
Interests owned by such Grantor to the extent such Pledged Interests are
represented by certificates, and undated powers, or other relevant document
of
transfer, endorsed in blank with respect to such certificates. None of the
Pledged Interests of Borrower and Borrower’s Subsidiaries owned or held by such
Grantor has been issued or transferred in violation of any securities
registration, securities disclosure, or similar laws of any jurisdiction to
which such issuance or transfer may be subject.
(f) No
consent, approval, authorization, or other order or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is
required (i) for the grant of a Security Interest by such Grantor in and to
the
Collateral pursuant to this Agreement or for the execution, delivery, or
performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, or (ii) for the exercise by
Agent
of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement with respect to
the
Investment Related Property or the remedies in respect of the Collateral
pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such
disposition of Investment Related Property by laws affecting the offering and
sale of securities generally. No consent, approval, authorization, or
other order or action by, and no notice to, any Person is required for the
exercise by Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement
with respect to the Investment Related Property or the remedies in respect
of
the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in
connection with such disposition of Investment Related Property by laws
affecting the offering and sale of
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securities
generally. No Intellectual Property License to which any Grantor is a
party requires any consent for such Grantor to grant the security interest
granted hereunder in such Grantor’s right, title or interest in or to any such
Intellectual Property License.
(g) Schedule
9 attached hereto sets forth all motor vehicles owned by Grantors as of
the
Closing Date, by model, model year and vehicle identification number
(“VIN”).
(g) Each
Grantor has made all payments, filings and recordations necessary to protect
and
maintain its interest in such Grantor’s Intellectual Property Rights in the
United States or any other jurisdiction that is material to the conduct of
such
Grantor’s business, including (i) making all necessary registration,
maintenance, and renewal fee payments; and (ii) filing all necessary
documents, including all applications for registration of Patents and Trademarks
that are material to the conduct of such Grantor’s business and in accordance
with Grantor’s sound and reasonable business judgment.
(h) Each
Grantor has taken all actions reasonably necessary to protect the
confidentiality of any trade secrets, the source code of all computer software
programs and applications of which it is the owner and that are material to
the
conduct of its business, or other confidential information relating to the
Intellectual Property Rights that are material to the conduct of its business,
including (i) protecting the secrecy and confidentiality of its
confidential information and trade secrets by having and enforcing a policy
requiring all current and former employees, consultants, and contractors to
execute appropriate confidentiality agreements; and (ii) taking all actions
reasonably necessary to ensure that no trade secret falls or has fallen into
the
public domain.
(i) Each
Grantor has and enforces a policy requiring all employees, consultants and
contractors to execute appropriate assignment agreements, pursuant to which
each
such employee, consultant or contractor assigns to such Grantor all of its
rights, including all Intellectual Property Rights, in and to all ideas,
inventions, processes, works of authorship and other work products that relate
to such Grantor’s business and that were conceived, created, authored or
developed during the term of such employee’s, consultant’s or contractor’s
employment or engagement by such Grantor. Other than as set forth in
Schedules 2, 3, 4 and 6, no past or present
employee or contractor of any Grantor has any ownership interest, license,
permission or other right in or to any Intellectual Property Rights that are
material to the conduct of any such Grantor’s business, except that solely to
the extent necessary for the conduct of their work for or on behalf of any
Grantor, (i) employees of each Grantor may have permission to use
Intellectual Property Rights and (ii) contractors may have permission to
use or license rights in the Intellectual Property.
(j) No
notice
has been given and no claim has been made and is continuing or threatened that
the use by any Grantor of any Intellectual Property Rights is invalid or
unenforceable or that the use by such Grantor of any such Intellectual Property
Rights does or may violate the rights of any Person. To the best of
each Grantor's knowledge, there is currently no infringement or unauthorized
use
of any item of Intellectual Property Rights contained on Schedules 2,
3, 4 or 6.
6. Covenants. Each
Grantor, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with Agent that from and
after the date of this Agreement and until the date of termination of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 22 hereof:
(a) Possession
of Collateral. In the event that any Collateral, including
Proceeds, is evidenced by or consists of Negotiable Collateral, Investment
Related Property, or Chattel Paper, and if and to the extent that perfection
or
priority of Agent’s Security Interest is dependent on or enhanced by possession,
the applicable Grantor, immediately upon the request of Agent and in accordance
with Section 8, shall execute such other documents and instruments
as shall be requested by Agent or, if applicable, endorse and deliver physical
possession of such Negotiable Collateral, Investment Related Property, or
Chattel Paper to Agent, together with such undated powers, or other relevant
document of transfer, endorsed in blank as shall be requested by Agent except,
with respect to Grantors, for checks that are received in the ordinary course
of
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business
and that are deposited in a Cash Management Account in accordance with
Section 2.7 of the Credit Agreement;
(b) Chattel
Paper.
(i) Each
Grantor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to grant Agent control of
all
electronic Chattel Paper in accordance with the Code and all “transferable
records” as that term is defined in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic
Transaction Act and Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global
and National Commerce Act as in effect in any relevant
jurisdiction;
(ii) If
any
Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or instruments (which retention
of possession shall be subject to the extent permitted hereby and by the Credit
Agreement), promptly upon the request of Agent, such Chattel Paper and
instruments shall be marked with the following legend: “This writing and the
obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the Security Interest
of
Xxxxx Fargo Foothill, Inc., as Agent for the benefit of the Lender Group and
the
Bank Product Provider”;
(c) Control
Agreements.
(i) Except
to
the extent otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall
obtain an authenticated Control Agreement, from each bank maintaining a Deposit
Account for such Grantor;
(ii) Except
to
the extent otherwise permitted by the Credit Agreement, each Grantor shall
obtain authenticated Control Agreements, from each issuer of uncertificated
securities, securities intermediary, or commodities intermediary issuing or
holding any financial assets or commodities to or for any Grantor;
(d) Letter-of-Credit
Rights. Each Grantor that is or becomes the beneficiary of a
letter of credit shall promptly (and in any event within 2 Business Days after
becoming a beneficiary), notify Agent thereof and, upon the request by Agent,
enter into a tri-party agreement with Agent and the issuer or confirmation
bank
with respect to letter-of-credit rights assigning such letter-of-credit rights
to Agent and directing all payments thereunder to Agent’s Account, all in form
and substance satisfactory to Agent;
(e) Commercial
Tort Claims. Each Grantor shall promptly (and in any event within
2 Business Days of receipt thereof), notify Agent in writing upon incurring
or
otherwise obtaining a Commercial Tort Claim after the date hereof and, upon
request of Agent, promptly amend Schedule 1 to this Agreement to describe
such after-acquired Commercial Tort Claim in a manner that reasonably identifies
such Commercial Tort Claim, and hereby authorizes the filing of additional
financing statements or amendments to existing financing statements describing
such Commercial Tort Claims, and agrees to do such other acts or things deemed
necessary or desirable by Agent to give Agent a first priority, perfected
security interest in any such Commercial Tort Claim;
(f) Government
Contracts. If any Account or Chattel Paper arises out of a
contract or contracts with the United States of America or any department,
agency, or instrumentality thereof, Grantors shall promptly (and in any event
within 2 Business Days of the creation thereof) notify Agent thereof in writing
and execute any instruments or take any steps reasonably required by Agent
in
order that all moneys due or to become due under such contract or contracts
shall be assigned to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group and the Bank
Product Provider, and shall provide written notice thereof under the Assignment
of Claims Act or other applicable law;
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(g) Intellectual
Property.
(i) Upon
request of Agent, in order to facilitate filings with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, each Grantor shall
execute and deliver to Agent one or more Copyright Security Agreements,
Trademark Security Agreements, or Patent Security Agreements to further evidence
Agent’s Lien on such Grantor’s United States Patents, United States Trademarks,
or United States Copyrights, and the General Intangibles of such Grantor
relating thereto or represented thereby;
(ii) Each
Grantor shall have the duty, to the extent necessary or economically desirable
in the operation of such Grantor’s business, (A) to promptly xxx for
infringement, misappropriation, or dilution and to recover any and all damages
for such infringement, misappropriation, or dilution, (B) to prosecute
diligently any trademark application or service xxxx application that is part
of
the Trademarks pending as of the date hereof or hereafter until the termination
of this Agreement, (C) to prosecute diligently any patent application that
is
part of the Patents pending as of the date hereof or hereafter until the
termination of this Agreement, and (D) to take all reasonable and necessary
action to preserve and maintain all of such Grantor’s Trademarks, Patents,
Copyrights, Intellectual Property Licenses, and its rights therein, including
the filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of
non-contestability and opposition and interference and cancellation
proceedings. Grantors will not register with the United States
Copyright Office any unregistered Copyrights (whether in existence on the
Closing Date or thereafter acquired, arising, or developed) unless
(i) Borrower provides Agent with written notice of the applicable Grantor’s
intent to register such Copyrights not less than 30 days prior to the date
of
the proposed registration, and (ii) prior to such registration, the applicable
Grantor executes and delivers to Agent a Copyright Security Agreement in the
form of Exhibit A or such other documentation as Agent deems necessary in
order to perfect and continue perfected Agent’s Liens on such Copyrights
following such registration. Except as otherwise required in Schedule 5.19
to
the Credit Agreement, upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default,
any Grantor with an interest in any unregistered Copyright shall, upon Agent’s
request, promptly file an application with the United States Copyright Office
for such Copyright and shall execute and deliver to Agent a Copyright Security
Agreement in the form of Exhibit A or such other documentation as Agent
deems necessary in order to perfect and continue perfected Agent’s Liens on such
Copyright following such registration. Any expenses incurred in
connection with the foregoing shall be borne by the appropriate Grantor. Each
Grantor further agrees not to abandon any of its Trademark, Patent, Copyright,
or Intellectual Property License that is necessary or economically desirable
in
the operation of such Grantor’s business;
(iii) Grantors
acknowledge and agree that the Lender Group shall have no duties with respect
to
the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, or Intellectual Property
Licenses. Without limiting the generality of this Section
6(g), Grantors acknowledge and agree that no member of the Lender Group
shall be under any obligation to take any steps necessary to preserve rights
in
the Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, or Intellectual Property Licenses against
any other Person, but any member of the Lender Group may do so at its option
from and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
and all expenses incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable fees
and
expenses of attorneys and other professionals) shall be for the sole account
of
Borrower and shall be chargeable to the Loan Account;
(iv) In
no
event shall any Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee,
or designee, file an application for the registration of any Patent, Trademark,
or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United
States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency without giving Agent
prior written notice thereof. Promptly upon any such filing, each
Grantor shall comply with Section 6(g)(i); and
(v) Each
Grantor agrees to take all necessary steps, including making all necessary
payments and filings in connection with registration, maintenance, and renewal
of each Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights that are material to the
conduct of each Grantor’s business in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, the United States Copyright Office, or any other appropriate government
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agencies
in foreign jurisdictions or in any court, as applicable, to maintain each such
Intellectual Property Right. Each Grantor hereby agrees to take
corresponding steps with respect to each new or acquired Intellectual Property
Right to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is now or later becomes entitled
that is material to the conduct of its business.
(h) Investment
Related Property.
(i) If
any
Grantor shall receive or become entitled to receive any Pledged Interests after
the Closing Date, it shall promptly (and in any event within 2 Business Days
of
receipt thereof) deliver to Agent a duly executed Pledged Interests Addendum
identifying such Pledged Interests;
(ii) All
sums
of money and property paid or distributed in respect of the Investment Related
Property which are received by any Grantor shall be held by the Grantors in
trust for the benefit of Agent segregated from such Grantor’s other property,
and such Grantor shall deliver it forthwith to Agent’s in the exact form
received (subject to Section 4(b));
(iii) Each
Grantor shall promptly deliver to Agent a copy of each notice or other
communication received by it in respect of any Pledged Interests;
(iv) No
Grantor shall make or consent to any amendment or other modification or waiver
with respect to any Pledged Interests, Pledged Operating Agreement, or Pledged
Partnership Agreement, or enter into any agreement or permit to exist any
restriction with respect to any Pledged Interests other than pursuant to the
Loan Documents;
(v) Each
Grantor agrees that it will cooperate with Agent in obtaining all necessary
approvals and making all necessary filings under federal, state, local, or
foreign law in connection with the Security Interest on the Investment Related
Property or any sale or transfer thereof;
(vi) As
to all
limited liability company or partnership interests, issued under any Pledged
Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, each Grantor hereby
represents, warrants and covenants that the Pledged Interests issued pursuant
to
any such agreement (A) are not and shall not be dealt in or traded on securities
exchanges or in securities markets, (B) do not and will not constitute
investment company securities, and (C) are not and will not be held by such
Grantor in a securities account. In addition, none of the Pledged
Operating Agreements, the Pledged Partnership Agreements, or any other
agreements governing any of the Pledged Interests issued under any Pledged
Operating Agreement or Pledged Partnership Agreement, provide or shall provide
that such Pledged Interests are securities governed by Article 8 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction;
(i) Real
Property; Fixtures. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that upon
the acquisition of any fee interest in Real Property it will promptly (and
in
any event within 2 Business Days of acquisition) notify Agent of the acquisition
of such Real Property and will grant to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender
Group and the Bank Product Provider, a first priority Mortgage on each fee
interest in Real Property now or hereafter owned by such Grantor and shall
deliver such other documentation and opinions, in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, in connection with the grant of such Mortgage as Agent
shall request in its Permitted Discretion, including title insurance policies,
financing statements, fixture filings and environmental audits and such Grantor
shall pay all recording costs, intangible taxes and other fees and costs
(including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred in connection
therewith. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, all of the Collateral shall remain personal
property regardless of the manner of its attachment or affixation to real
property.
(j) Transfers
and Other Liens. Grantors shall not (i) sell, assign (by
operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option
with
respect to, any of the Collateral, except expressly permitted by the Credit
Agreement, or (ii) create or permit to exist any Lien upon or with respect
to
any of the
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Collateral
of any of Grantors, except for Permitted Liens. The inclusion of
Proceeds in the Collateral shall not be deemed to constitute Agent’s consent to
any sale or other disposition of any of the Collateral except as expressly
permitted in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; and
(k) Other
Actions as to Any and All Collateral. Each Grantor shall promptly
(and in any event within 2 Business Days of acquiring or obtaining such
Collateral) notify Agent in writing upon (i) acquiring or otherwise obtaining
any Collateral after the date hereof consisting of Trademarks, Patents,
Copyrights, Intellectual Property Licenses, Investment Related Property, Chattel
Paper (electronic, tangible or otherwise), documents (as defined in Article
9
of the Code), promissory notes (as defined in the Code, or
instruments (as defined in the Code) or (ii) any amount payable under or in
connection with any of the Collateral being or becoming evidenced after the
date
hereof by any Chattel Paper, documents, promissory notes, or instruments and,
in
each such case upon the request of Agent, promptly execute such other documents
and instruments, or if applicable, deliver such Chattel Paper, other documents,
promissory notes, instruments, or certificates evidencing any Investment Related
Property and do such other acts or things deemed necessary or desirable by
Agent
to protect Agent’s Security Interest therein; and
(l) Motor
Vehicles. Upon request of Agent, with respect to all motor
vehicles owned by any Grantor, Grantor shall deliver to Agent, a certificate
of
title for all such motor vehicles and shall cause those title certificates
to be
filed (with the Agent’s Lien noted thereon) in the appropriate state motor
vehicle filing office.
(m) Source
Code. Prior to the delivery of any software source code by any
Grantor to any licensee, such Grantor shall require the applicable licensee
to
sign an appropriate non-disclosure agreement with respect to such source
code.
7. Relation
to Other Security Documents. The provisions of this Agreement
shall be read and construed with the other Loan Documents referred to below
in
the manner so indicated.
(a) Credit
Agreement. In the event of any conflict between any provision in this
Agreement and a provision in the Credit Agreement, such provision of the Credit
Agreement shall control.
(b) Patent,
Trademark, Copyright Security Agreements. The provisions of the
Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security Agreements, and Patent
Security Agreements are supplemental to the provisions of this Agreement, and
nothing contained in the Copyright Security Agreements, Trademark Security
Agreements, or the Patent Security Agreements shall limit any of the rights
or
remedies of Agent hereunder.
8. Further
Assurances.
(a) Each
Grantor agrees that from time to time, at its own expense, such Grantor will
promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take
all
further action, that may be necessary or that Agent may reasonably request,
in
order to perfect and protect the Security Interest granted or purported to
be
granted hereby or to enable Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and
remedies hereunder with respect to any of the Collateral.
(b) Each
Grantor authorizes the filing by Agent financing or continuation statements,
or
amendments thereto, and such Grantor will execute and deliver to Agent such
other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or as Agent may reasonably
request, in order to perfect and preserve the Security Interest granted or
purported to be granted hereby.
(c) Each
Grantor authorizes Agent at any time and from time to time to file, transmit,
or
communicate, as applicable, financing statements and amendments (i) describing
the Collateral as “all personal property of debtor” or “all assets of debtor” or
words of similar effect, (ii) describing the Collateral as being of
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equal
or
lesser scope or with greater detail, or (iii) that contain any information
required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency or filing office
acceptance. Each Grantor also hereby ratifies any and all financing
statements or amendments previously filed by Agent in any
jurisdiction.
(d) Each
Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement
or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement
filed in connection with this Agreement without the prior written consent of
Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the
Code.
9. Agent’s
Right to Perform Contracts, Exercise Rights, etc. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent (or its
designee) (a) may proceed to perform any and all of the obligations of any
Grantor contained in any contract, lease, or other agreement and exercise any
and all rights of any Grantor therein contained as fully as such Grantor itself
could, (b) shall have the right to use any Grantor’s rights under Intellectual
Property Licenses in connection with the enforcement of the Agent’s rights
hereunder, including the right to prepare for sale and sell any and all
Inventory and Equipment now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now or
hereafter covered by such licenses, and (c) shall have the right to request
that
any Stock that is pledged hereunder be registered in the name of Agent or any
of
its nominees.
10. Agent
Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably
appoints Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead
of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or otherwise, at such time
as an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement,
to
take any action and to execute any instrument which Agent may reasonably deem
necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement,
including:
(a) to
ask,
demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance
and
receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the
Accounts or any other Collateral of such Grantor;
(b) to
receive and open all mail addressed to such Grantor and to notify postal
authorities to change the address for the delivery of mail to such Grantor
to
that of Agent;
(c) to
receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents,
Negotiable Collateral or Chattel Paper;
(d) to
file
any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which Agent may
deem
necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral of such
Grantor or otherwise to enforce the rights of Agent with respect to any of
the
Collateral;
(e) to
repair, alter, or supply goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in
part
the purchase order of any Person obligated to such Grantor in respect of any
Account of such Grantor;
(f) to
use
any labels, Patents, Trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial
designs, Copyrights, advertising matter or other industrial or intellectual
property rights, in advertising for sale and selling Inventory and other
Collateral and to collect any amounts due under Accounts, contracts or
Negotiable Collateral of such Grantor; and
(g) Agent
on
behalf of the Lender Group and the Bank Product Provider shall have the right,
but shall not be obligated, to bring suit in its own name to enforce the
Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights and Intellectual Property Licenses and, if
Agent
shall commence any such suit, the appropriate Grantor shall, at the request
of
Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all proper documents
reasonably required by Agent in aid of such enforcement.
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To
the
extent permitted by law, each Grantor hereby ratifies all that such
attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall
be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated.
11. Agent
May Perform. If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement
contained herein, Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such
agreement, and the reasonable expenses of Agent incurred in connection therewith
shall be payable, jointly and severally, by Grantors.
12. Agent’s
Duties. The powers conferred on Agent hereunder are solely to
protect Agent’s interest in the Collateral, for the benefit of the Lender Group
and the Bank Product Provider, and shall not impose any duty upon Agent to
exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of any
Collateral in its actual possession and the accounting for moneys actually
received by it hereunder, Agent shall have no duty as to any Collateral or
as to
the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties
or
any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. Agent shall be deemed
to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any
Collateral in its actual possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment
substantially equal to that which Agent accords its own property.
13. Collection
of Accounts, General Intangibles and Negotiable Collateral. At
any time upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default,
Agent or Agent’s designee may (a) notify Account Debtors of any Grantor that
such Grantor’s Accounts, General Intangibles, Chattel Paper or Negotiable
Collateral have been assigned to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Group
and
the Bank Product Provider, or that Agent has a security interest therein, and
(b) collect Grantors’ Accounts, General Intangibles and Negotiable Collateral
directly, and any collection costs and expenses shall constitute part of
Grantors’ Secured Obligations under the Loan Documents.
14. Disposition
of Pledged Interests by Agent. None of the Pledged Interests
existing as of the date of this Agreement are, and none of the Pledged Interests
hereafter acquired on the date of acquisition thereof will be, registered or
qualified under the various federal or state securities laws of the United
States and disposition thereof after an Event of Default may be restricted
to
one or more private (instead of public) sales in view of the lack of such
registration. Each Grantor understands that in connection with such
disposition, Agent may approach only a restricted number of potential purchasers
and further understands that a sale under such circumstances may yield a lower
price for the Pledged Interests than if the Pledged Interests were registered
and qualified pursuant to federal and state securities laws and sold on the
open
market. Each Grantor, therefore, agrees that: (a) if Agent
shall, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, sell or cause the Pledged
Interests or any portion thereof to be sold at a private sale, Agent shall
have
the right to rely upon the advice and opinion of any nationally recognized
brokerage or investment firm (but shall not be obligated to seek such advice
and
the failure to do so shall not be considered in determining the commercial
reasonableness of such action) as to the best manner in which to offer the
Pledged Interest or any portion thereof for sale and as to the best price
reasonably obtainable at the private sale thereof; and (b) such reliance shall
be conclusive evidence that Agent has handled the disposition in a commercially
reasonable manner.
15. Voting
Rights.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, (i) Agent may,
at
its option, and with 2 Business Days prior notice (unless such Event of Default
is an Event of Default specified in Section 7.4 or 7.5 of the
Credit Agreement, in which case no such notice need be given) to any Grantor,
and in addition to all rights and remedies available to Agent under any other
agreement, at law, in equity, or otherwise, exercise all voting rights, and
all
other ownership or consensual rights in respect of the Pledged Interests owned
by such Grantor, but under no circumstances is Agent obligated by the terms
of
this Agreement to exercise such rights, and (ii) if Agent duly exercises its
right to vote any of such Pledged Interests, each Grantor hereby appoints Agent,
such Grantor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and irrevocable proxy to vote
such Pledged Interests in any manner Agent deems advisable for or against all
matters submitted
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or
which
may be submitted to a vote of shareholders, partners or members, as the case
may
be. The power-of-attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest
and shall be irrevocable.
(b) For
so
long as any Grantor shall have the right to vote the Pledged Interests owned
by
it, such Grantor covenants and agrees that it will not, without the prior
written consent of Agent, vote or take any consensual action with respect to
such Pledged Interests which would materially adversely affect the rights of
Agent and the other members of the Lender Group, the value of the Pledged
Interests or the rights and remedies of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any other instrument or agreement referred to
therein.
16. Remedies. Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(a) Agent
may
exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and remedies
provided for herein, in the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available to
it,
all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the Code or
any
other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Grantor expressly agrees that, in any such event, Agent without
demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind
(except a notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale)
to
or upon any of Grantors or any other Person (all and each of which demands,
advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent
permitted by the Code or any other applicable law), may take immediate
possession of all or any portion of the Collateral and (i) require Grantors
to,
and each Grantor hereby agrees that it will at its own expense and upon request
of Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by Agent
and make it available to Agent at one or more locations where such Grantor
regularly maintains Inventory, and (ii) without notice except as specified
below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public
or private sale, at any of Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit,
and upon such other terms as Agent may deem commercially
reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale
shall be required by law, at least 10 days notice to any of Grantors of the
time
and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to
be
made shall constitute reasonable notification and specifically such notice
shall
constitute a reasonable “authenticated notification of disposition” within the
meaning of Section 9-611 of the Code. Agent shall not be obligated to
make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been
given. Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time
by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without
further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so
adjourned.
(b) Agent
is
hereby granted a license or other right to use, without liability for royalties
or any other charge, each Grantor’s labels, Patents, Copyrights, rights of use
of any name, trade secrets, trade names, Trademarks, service marks and
advertising matter, URLs, domain names, industrial designs, other industrial
or
intellectual property or any property of a similar nature, whether owned by
any
of Grantors or with respect to which any of Grantors have rights under license,
sublicense, or other agreements, as it pertains to the Collateral, in preparing
for sale, advertising for sale and selling any Collateral, and each Grantor’s
rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall inure to the
benefit of Agent.
(c) Any
cash
held by Agent as Collateral and all cash proceeds received by Agent in respect
of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part
of
the Collateral shall be applied against the Secured Obligations in the order
set
forth in the Credit Agreement. In the event the proceeds of
Collateral are insufficient to satisfy all of the Secured Obligations in full,
each Grantor shall remain jointly and severally liable for any such
deficiency.
(d) Each
Grantor hereby acknowledges that the Secured Obligations arose out of a
commercial transaction, and agrees that if an Event of Default shall occur
and
be continuing Agent shall have the right to an immediate writ of possession
without notice of a hearing. Agent shall have the right to the
appointment of a receiver for the properties and assets of each Grantor, and
each Grantor hereby consents to such rights and such appointment and hereby
waives any objection such Grantor may have thereto or the right to have a bond
or other security posted by Agent.
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17. Remedies
Cumulative. Each right, power, and remedy of Agent as provided
for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall be cumulative
and
concurrent and shall be in addition to every other right, power, or remedy
provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the
exercise or beginning of the exercise by Agent, of any one or more of such
rights, powers, or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later
exercise by Agent of any or all such other rights, powers, or
remedies.
18. Marshaling.
Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or future
collateral security (including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other
assurances of payment of, the Secured Obligations or any of them or to resort
to
such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order,
and all of its rights and remedies hereunder and in respect of such collateral
security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition
to
all other rights and remedies, however existing or arising. To the
extent that it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will not invoke
any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which might cause delay in
or
impede the enforcement of Agent’s rights and remedies under this Agreement or
under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Secured Obligations
or under which any of the Secured Obligations is outstanding or by which any
of
the Secured Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured,
and,
to the extent that it lawfully may, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives
the
benefits of all such laws.
19. Indemnity
and Expenses.
(a) Each
Grantor agrees to indemnify Agent and the other members of the Lender Group
from
and against all claims, lawsuits and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys
fees) arising out of or resulting from this Agreement (including enforcement
of
this Agreement) or any other Loan Document to which such Grantor is a party,
except claims, losses or liabilities resulting from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification as determined by a
final
non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction. This
provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the Credit
Agreement and the repayment of the Secured Obligations.
(b) Grantors,
jointly and severally, shall, upon demand, pay to Agent (or Agent, may charge
to
the Loan Account) all the Lender Group Expenses which Agent may incur in
connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement, (ii) the custody,
preservation, use or operation of, or, upon an Event of Default, the sale of,
collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral in accordance
with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) the exercise or
enforcement of any of the rights of Agent hereunder or (iv) the failure by
any
of Grantors to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
20. Merger,
Amendments; Etc. THIS AGREEMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS, REPRESENTS THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE
CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS
OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
PARTIES. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent
to any departure by any of Grantors herefrom, shall in any event be effective
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, and then such waiver
or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given. No amendment of any provision of this
Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed
by
Agent and each of Grantors to which such amendment applies.
21. Addresses
for Notices. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be given in the form and manner and delivered to Agent at its
address specified in the Credit Agreement, and to any of the Grantors at their
respective addresses specified in the Credit Agreement or Guaranty, as
applicable, or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated
by
such party in a written notice to the other party.
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22. Continuing
Security Interest: Assignments under Credit Agreement. This
Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and
shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the Obligations have been paid
in full in cash in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and
the Commitments have expired or have been terminated, (b) be binding upon each
Grantor, and their respective successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the
benefit of, and be enforceable by, Agent, and its successors, transferees and
assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c),
any the Lender may, in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement,
assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations
under the Credit Agreement to any other Person, and such other Person shall
thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to
such
the Lender herein or otherwise. Upon payment in full in cash of the
Obligations in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the
expiration or termination of the Commitments, the Security Interest granted
hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to Grantors
or any other Person entitled thereto. At such time, Agent will file,
or authorize the filing of, appropriate termination statements or other
documents to terminate such Security Interests. Except as set forth,
no transfer or renewal, extension, assignment, or termination of this Agreement
or of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any other instrument
or
document executed and delivered by any Grantor to Agent nor any additional
Advances or other loans made by any Lender to Borrower, nor the taking of
further security, nor the retaking or re-delivery of the Collateral to Grantors,
or any of them, by Agent, nor any other act of the Lender Group or the Bank
Product Provider, or any of them, shall release any of Grantors from any
obligation, except a release or discharge executed in writing by Agent in
accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Agent shall
not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise, be deemed to have waived any
of
its rights or remedies hereunder, unless such waiver is in writing and signed
by
Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by
Agent of any right or remedy on any occasion shall not be construed as a bar
to
the exercise of any such right or remedy which Agent would otherwise have had
on
any other occasion.
23. Governing
Law.
(a) THE
VALIDITY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS (UNLESS EXPRESSLY
PROVIDED TO THE CONTRARY IN ANOTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN RESPECT OF SUCH OTHER
LOAN
DOCUMENT), THE CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF AND THEREOF,
AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS
ARISING HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED
UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF
NEW YORK.
(b) THE
PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN
THE
STATE AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED
IN
THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT ANY SUIT SEEKING ENFORCEMENT AGAINST ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY
MAY
BE BROUGHT, AT AGENT’S OPTION, IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION WHERE AGENT
ELECTS TO BRING SUCH ACTION OR WHERE SUCH COLLATERAL OR OTHER PROPERTY MAY
BE
FOUND. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF
FORUMNONCONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO THE EXTENT ANY
PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION
23(b).
(c) TO
THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY
WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION
BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING
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CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR
STATUTORY CLAIMS. AGENT AND EACH GRANTOR REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS
REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL
RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A
TRIAL BY THE COURT.
24. New
Subsidiaries. Pursuant to Section 5.16 of the Credit
Agreement, any new direct or indirect Subsidiary (whether by acquisition or
creation) of any Grantor is required to enter into this Agreement by executing
and delivering in favor of Agent a supplement to this Agreement in the form
of
Annex 1. Upon the execution and delivery of Annex 1 by
such new Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder with
the
same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The
execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Grantor as a
party
to this Agreement shall not require the consent of any Grantor
hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor
hereunder.
25. Agent. Each
reference herein to any right granted to, benefit conferred upon or power
exercisable by the “Agent” shall be a reference to Agent, for the benefit of the
Lender Group and the Bank Product Provider.
26. Miscellaneous.
(a) This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall
be
deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute but one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of
transmission shall be equally as effective as delivery of an original executed
counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an executed
counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile or other electronic method of
transmission also shall deliver an original executed counterpart of this
Agreement but the failure to deliver an original executed counterpart shall
not
affect the validity, enforceability, and binding effect of this
Agreement. The foregoing shall apply to each other Loan Document
mutatis mutandis.
(b) Any
provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting
the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
(c) Headings
used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be used in
connection with the interpretation of any provision hereof.
(d) The
pronouns used herein shall include, when appropriate, either gender and both
singular and plural, and the grammatical construction of sentences shall conform
thereto.
(e) Unless
the context of this Agreement or any other Loan Document clearly requires
otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the
singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are
not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the
inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The words
“hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document,
as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement or such other Loan Document, as the case may be. Section,
subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement
or in any other Loan Document to any agreement, instrument, or document shall
include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications,
renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and
thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications,
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renewals,
replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth
herein). Any reference herein or in any other Loan Document to the
satisfaction or repayment in full of the Obligations shall mean the repayment
in
full in cash (or cash collateralization in accordance with the terms hereof)
of
all Obligations other than unasserted contingent indemnification Obligations
and
other than any Bank Product Obligations that, at such time, are allowed by
the
applicable Bank Product Provider to remain outstanding and that are not required
by the provisions of the Credit Agreement to be repaid or cash
collateralized. Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed
to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any requirement of a
writing contained herein or in any other Loan Document shall be satisfied by
the
transmission of a Record and any Record so transmitted shall constitute a
representation and warranty as to the accuracy and completeness of the
information contained therein.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties hereto have executed this Agreement
by
and through their duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above
written.
GRANTORS:
TELTRONICS,
INC.,
a
Delaware corporation
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X. Xxxxxxx
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AGENT:
XXXXX
FARGO FOOTHILL, INC.,
a
California corporation,
as
Agent and as a lender
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