SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.4
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of March 31 2022, is made by CELLVERA GLOBAL HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company f/k/a AIPHARMA GLOBAL HOLDINGS LLC (“Grantor”) in favor of ADITXT, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Secured Party”), with reference to the following facts:
RECITALS
A. Secured Party extended certain financial accommodations to Grantor, CELLVERA HOLDINGS LTD, a company formed under the laws of the British Virgin Islands f/k/a AIPHARMA HOLDINGS LIMITED and CELLVERA ASIA LIMITED, a company formed under the laws of Hong Kong f/k/a AIPHARMA ASIA LIMITED (individually and collectively, “Company”), pursuant to the Secured Credit Agreement dated as of August 27, 2021, as amended by the First Amendment to Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2021, the Second Amendment to Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2021, the Third Amendment to Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2021, the Fourth Amendment to Secured Credit Agreement dated as of December 17, 2021, the Fifth Amendment to Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2021, the Sixth Amendment to Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2021, the Forbearance Agreement and Seventh Amendment to Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of February 13, 2022 and the Forbearance Agreement and Eighth Amendment of even date herewith (as may be further amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)
B. Grantor has directly benefited from the financial accommodations provided to Company and, in order to induce Secured Party to provide such accommodations, Grantor has agreed to grant to Secured Party a continuing security interest in the Collateral (defined below) in order to secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance of the Obligations (defined below).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and incorporating the recitals set forth above, Grantor hereby jointly and severally represents, warrants, covenants, agrees, assigns and grants as follows:
1. | Definitions. Terms defined in the Delaware Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”) and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings defined for those terms in the UCC. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively set forth after each: |
“Collateral” means and includes all of Grantor’s now owned or hereafter acquired assets, whether tangible or intangible, including without limitation all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to each of the following, wherever located and whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired: (a) all accounts, (b) all inventory, (c) all equipment and fixtures, (d) all contract rights, (e) all general intangibles, including without limitation payment intangibles and software, (f) all intellectual property, (g) all securities accounts, deposit accounts, cash, money, drafts, certificates of deposit, and general and special deposits, (h) all investment property and financial assets (other than margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), (i) all instruments, (j) all chattel paper, including without limitation, electronic chattel paper, (k) all goods and all accessions thereto, (l) all healthcare-insurance receivables, (m) all leases, (n) all reporting obligations, (o) all documents, (p) all letter of credit rights, (q) all insurance and certificates of insurance pertaining to any and all items of Collateral, (r) all books and records, (s) all files, correspondence, computer programs, tapes, disks and related data processing software and other media which contain information identifying or pertaining to any of the Collateral or any Account Debtor or showing the amounts thereof or payments thereon or otherwise necessary or helpful in the realization thereon or the collection thereof, (t) all commercial tort claims, including, without limitation, those described on Schedule 1.1 hereto, if any, and (u) any and all products and cash and non-cash proceeds of the foregoing (including, but not limited to, any claims to any items referred to in this definition and any claims against third parties for loss of, damage to or destruction of any or all of the Collateral or for proceeds payable under or unearned premiums with respect to policies of insurance) in whatever form; provided, however, that “Collateral” shall not include the Excluded Property.
“Excluded Property” means (a) any lease, license or contract to which a Borrower is a party, or any license, consent, permit, variance, certification, authorization or approval of any Governmental Authority (or any person acting on behalf of a Governmental Authority) of which a Borrower is the owner or beneficiary, or any of its rights or interests thereunder, if and for so long as the grant of a security interest therein shall constitute or result in (i) the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of the right, title or interest of such Borrower therein or (ii) a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, such lease, license or contract or such license, consent, permit, variance, certification, authorization or approval (other than, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9.406, 9.407, 9.408 or 9.409 of the UCC or any other Applicable Law or principles of equity); (b) any equipment owned by a Borrower on the Closing Date or hereafter acquired that is subject to a purchase money lien or a Lien securing a Capitalized Lease Obligation permitted to be incurred hereunder if the contract or other agreement (or the documentation providing for such permitted purchase money debt or Capitalized Lease) in which such Lien is granted validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such equipment; (c) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the filing and acceptance of evidence of the use of such trademark in interstate commerce to the extent, if any, that and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under Applicable Law; provided that if any Excluded Property would otherwise constitute Collateral, then, immediately upon such property ceasing to constitute Excluded Property for any reason, such property shall be deemed at all times from and after the date thereof to constitute Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, if any party to a contract that contains an Anti-Assignment Clause that is enforceable notwithstanding the application of Section 9.406, 9.407, 9.408 or 9.409 of the UCC, subsequently consents to Secured Party’s security interest in such contract, such contract shall not be deemed to be Excluded Property and Secured Party’s security interest in such contract shall be deemed to have attached effective on the Closing Date.
“Event of Default” shall occur upon the occurrence of an “Event of Default” under the Credit Agreement.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents.
“Loan Documents” has the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement.
“Obligations” has the meaning given to it in the Credit Agreement.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, joint venture, limited liability company, partnership, trust, unincorporated organization or governmental entity or agency.
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2. | Security Agreement. For valuable consideration, Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to Secured Party, and grants to Secured Party a security interest in, all presently existing and hereafter acquired Collateral, as security for the timely payment and performance of the Obligations. Grantor authorizes Secured Party to file on behalf of Grantor any financing statement, amendment thereto or continuation thereof. |
3. | Rights Upon Event of Default. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, Secured Party may from time to time, without notice of election and without demand, enter upon any premises where Collateral is located; and exercise any or all rights and remedies available under the Loan Documents, at law and/or in equity including, without limitation, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. The rights and remedies of Secured Party under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be cumulative. Secured Party shall have all other rights and remedies not inconsistent herewith as provided by Law, or in equity. No exercise by Secured Party of one right or remedy shall be deemed an election, and no waiver by Secured Party of any default on Grantors’ part shall be deemed a continuing waiver. No delay by Secured Party shall constitute a waiver, election or acquiescence. |
4. | Waivers and Consents. Xxxxxxx consents and agrees that Secured Party may, at any time and from time to time, without notice or demand, and without affecting the enforceability of this Agreement: |
a) | supplement, modify, amend, extend, renew, accelerate, or otherwise change the time for payment or the terms of the Obligations or any part thereof; |
b) | supplement, modify, amend or waive, or enter into or give any agreement, approval or consent with respect to, the Obligations or any part thereof or the Loan Documents or any additional guaranties, or any condition, covenant, default, remedy, right, representation or term thereof or thereunder; |
c) | accept new or additional instruments, documents or agreements in exchange for or relative to any of the Loan Documents or the Obligations or any part thereof; |
d) | accept partial payments on the Obligations; |
e) | release Company, any guarantor or any other Person from any liability with respect to the Obligations or any part thereof; |
f) | settle, release on terms satisfactory to Secured Party or by operation of applicable laws or otherwise liquidate or enforce any Obligations or guaranty therefor in any manner; and |
g) | consent to the merger, change or any other restructuring or termination of the corporate existence of Company, and correspondingly restructure the Obligations, and any such merger, change, restructuring or termination shall not affect the liability of Grantor. |
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Secured Party may enforce this Agreement independently of any other remedy Secured Party at any time may have or hold in connection with the Obligations, and it shall not be necessary for Secured Party to marshal assets in favor of Grantor or any other Person or to proceed upon or against and/or exhaust any remedy before proceeding to enforce this Agreement. Grantor expressly waives, any right to require Secured Party to marshal assets in favor of Grantor or any other Person or to proceed against any other Person, and agrees that Secured Party may proceed against any Person in such order as it shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion. Secured Party may file a separate action or actions against Company and Grantor, whether action is brought or prosecuted with respect to any other Person, or whether any other Person is joined in any such action or actions. Xxxxxxx agrees that Secured Party and Company and any other Person may deal with each other in connection with the Obligations or otherwise, or alter any contracts or agreements now or hereafter existing between any of them, in any manner whatsoever, all without in any way altering or affecting this Agreement. Secured Party’s rights hereunder shall be reinstated and revived, and the enforceability of this Agreement shall continue, with respect to any amount at any time paid on account of the Obligations which thereafter shall be required to be restored or returned by Secured Party upon the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Company or any other Person or otherwise, all as though such amount had not been paid. The enforceability of this Agreement at all times shall remain effective even though the Obligations, including any part thereof may be or hereafter may become invalid or otherwise unenforceable as against Company or any other Person and whether or not Company or any other Person shall have any personal liability with respect thereto. Grantor expressly waives any and all defenses now or hereafter arising or asserted by reason of (i) any disability or other defense of Company or any other Person with respect to the Obligations, (ii) the cessation for any cause whatsoever of the liability of Company or any other Person (other than by reason of the full payment and performance of all Obligations), (iii) any failure of Secured Party to marshal assets in favor of Xxxxxxx or any other Person, (iv) any act or omission of Secured Party or others that directly or indirectly results in or aids the discharge or release of Company or any other Person or the Obligations, (v) any law which provides that the obligation of a surety or guarantor must neither be larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal or which reduces a surety’s or guarantor’s obligation in proportion to the principal obligation, (vi) any failure of Secured Party to file or enforce a claim in any bankruptcy or other proceeding with respect to any Person, or (vii) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, liquidation or dissolution proceeding commenced by or against any Person, including any discharge of, or bar or stay against collecting, all or any of the Obligations (or any interest thereon) in or as a result of any such proceeding. Except as provided herein, Grantor expressly waives all setoffs and counterclaims and all presentments, demands for payment or performance, notices of nonpayment or nonperformance, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and all other notices or demands of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Obligations, and all notices of acceptance of this Agreement or of the existence, creation or incurring of new or additional Obligations, except for those arising from or relating to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Secured Party.
5. | Condition of Company. Grantor represents and warrants to Secured Party that it has established adequate means of obtaining from the Company, on a continuing basis, financial and other information pertaining to the business, operations and condition (financial and otherwise) of the Company and its assets, and Grantor now is and hereafter will be completely familiar with the business, operations and condition (financial and otherwise) of the Company and its assets. Grantor hereby expressly waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of Secured Party to disclose to Grantor any matter, fact or thing related to the businesses, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its assets, whether now known or hereafter known by Secured Party during the life of this Agreement. With respect to any of the Obligations, Secured Party need not inquire into the powers of Company, or the officers or employees acting or purporting to act on its behalf, and all Obligations made or created in good faith reliance upon the professed exercise of such powers shall be secured hereby. |
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6. | Waiver of Rights of Subrogation. Until all of the Obligations have been paid and performed in full, notwithstanding anything to the contrary elsewhere contained herein or in any other Loan Document to which Grantor is a party, Grantor hereby waives with respect to the Company, its successors and assigns (including any surety) and any other Person any and all rights at law or in equity, to subrogation, to reimbursement, to exoneration, to indemnity, to contribution, to setoff or to any other rights that could accrue to a surety against a principal, to a guarantor against a maker or obligor, to an accommodation party against the party accommodated, or to a holder or transferee against a maker and which Grantor may have or hereafter acquire against Company in connection with or as a result of Grantor’s execution, delivery and/or performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which Grantor is a party. |
7. | Waiver of Discharge. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantor hereby waives discharge by waiving all defenses based on suretyship or impairment. |
8. | Understandings with Respect to Waivers and Consents. Grantor warrants and agrees that each of the waivers and consents set forth herein is made after consultation with legal counsel and with full knowledge of its significance and consequences, with the understanding that events giving rise to any defense or right waived may diminish, destroy or otherwise adversely affect rights which Grantor otherwise may have against Company, Secured Party or others and that, under the circumstances, the waivers and consents herein given are reasonable and not contrary to public policy or law. If any of the waivers or consents herein are determined to be contrary to any applicable law or public policy, such waivers and consents shall be effective to the maximum extent permitted by law. |
9. | Miscellaneous Provisions. Article VIII of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by this reference mutatis mutandis. Without limiting the foregoing, Xxxxxxx agrees that this Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Delaware law and that any dispute will be determined by and arbitral tribunal in accordance with Section 8.09(c) of the Credit Agreement on the “side” of the Borrower. |
[Signature page follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Xxxxxxx has executed this Agreement by its duly authorized officer as of the date first written above.
“Grantor” | ||
CELLVERA GLOBAL HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company f/k/a AIPHARMA GLOBAL HOLDINGS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | Legal Representative | |
Acknowledged and accepted: | ||
“Secured Party” | ||
ADITXT, INC., a Delaware corporation | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Title: | CEO |
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