SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY
AGREEMENT,
dated
as of August 13, 2008 (this “Agreement”)
made
by US DATAWORKS, INC., a Nevada corporation (the “Company”
or
the
“Grantor”),
in
favor of XXXXXXX X. XXXXX, in his capacity as collateral agent (in such
capacity, the “Collateral
Agent”)
(as
defined below) for the “Buyers” party to the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as
of August 13, 2008 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Note
Purchase Agreement”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Company and each party listed as a “Buyer” on the signature page to the Note
Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Buyers”)
are
parties to the Note Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Company has agreed
to sell, and the Buyers agreed to purchase, the “Notes” (as defined in the Note
Purchase Agreement) to be issued pursuant thereto (as such Notes may be amended,
restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof, collectively, the “Notes”);
WHEREAS,
it is a condition precedent to the Buyers purchasing the Notes pursuant to
the
Note Purchase Agreement that the Grantor executes and deliver to the Collateral
Agent this Agreement providing for the grant to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Buyers of a first priority perfected security interest in the
personal property of the Grantor to secure all of the Company’s obligations
under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the “Transaction Documents” (as
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement) (the “Transaction
Documents”);
and
WHEREAS,
the Grantor has determined that the execution, delivery and performance of
this
Agreement directly benefits, and is in the best interest of, the
Grantor.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein and in
order to induce the Buyers to perform under the Note Purchase Agreement, the
Grantor agrees with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Buyers, as
follows:
SECTION
1. Definitions.
(a) Reference
is hereby made to the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes for a statement
of
the terms thereof. All terms used in this Agreement and the recitals hereto
which are defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes or in Articles
8 or
9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State
of
New York (the “Code”),
and
which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein
as
set forth therein; provided
that
terms used herein which are defined in the Code as in effect in the State of
New
York on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding
any replacement or amendment of such statute except as the Holders may otherwise
determine.
(b) The
following terms shall have the respective meanings provided for in the Code:
“Accounts”, “Cash Proceeds”, “Chattel Paper”, “Commercial Tort Claim”,
“Commodity Account”, “Commodity Contracts”, “Deposit Account”, “Documents”,
“Equipment”, “Fixtures”, “General Intangibles”, “Goods”, “Instruments”,
“Inventory”, “Investment Property”, “Letter-of-Credit Rights”, “Noncash
Proceeds”, “Payment Intangibles”, “Proceeds”, “Promissory Notes”, “Security”,
“Record”, “Security Account”, “Software”, and “Supporting Obligations”.
(c) As
used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings
indicated below, such meanings to be applicable equally to both the singular
and
plural forms of such terms:
“Capital
Stock”
means
(i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and ,all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether
or not voting) of corporate stock, and (ii) with respect to any Person that
is
not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests
of such Person.
“Copyright
Licenses”
means
all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming
the
Grantor as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any right to
use
or sell any works covered by any copyright (including, without limitation,
all
Copyright Licenses set forth in Schedule
II
hereto).
“Copyrights”
means
all domestic and foreign copyrights, whether registered or not, including,
without limitation, all copyright rights throughout the universe (whether now
or
hereafter arising) in any and all media (whether now or hereafter developed),
in
and to all original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of
expression, acquired or used by the Grantor (including, without limitation,
all
copyrights described in Schedule
II
hereto),
all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without
limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States
Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States or
any
other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues,
divisions, continuations, continuations in par and extensions or renewals
thereof.
“Event
of Default”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the Notes.
“Governmental
Authority”
means
any nation or government, any Federal, state, city, town, municipality, county,
local or other political subdivision thereof or thereto and any department,
commission, board, bureau, instrumentality, agency or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or
functions of or pertaining to government.
“Insolvency
Proceeding”
means
any proceeding commenced by or against any Person under any provision of the
Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code) or under
any
other bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments for the benefit of creditors,
formal or informal moratoria, compositions, or extensions generally with
creditors, or , proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other
similar relief.
“Intellectual
Property”
means
the Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents.
“Licenses”
means
the Copyright Licenses, the Trademark Licenses and the Patent
Licenses.
“Lien”
means
any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance
upon
or in any Collateral (including accounts and contract rights).
“Patent
Licenses”
means
all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming
the
Grantor as licensee or licensor and providing for the grant of any right to
manufacture, use or sell any invention covered by any Patent (including, without
limitation, all Patent Licenses set forth in Schedule
II
hereto).
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“Patents”
means
all domestic and foreign letters patent, design patents, utility patents,
industrial designs, inventions, trade secrets, ideas, concepts, methods,
techniques, processes, proprietary information, technology, know-how, formulae,
rights of publicity and other general intangibles of like nature, now existing
or hereafter acquired (including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign
letters patent, design patents, utility patents, industrial designs, inventions,
trade secrets, ideas, concepts, methods, techniques, processes, proprietary
information, technology, know-how and formulae described in Schedule
II
hereto),
all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without
limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, or in any similar office or agency of the United
States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all
reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in par and extensions or
renewals thereof.
“Person”
means
an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture or other
enterprise or entity or Governmental Authority.
“PWSP”
means
Pillsbury Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx LLP.
“Trademark
Licenses”
means
all licenses, contracts or other agreements, whether written or oral, naming
the
Grantor as licensor or licensee and providing for the grant of any right
concerning any Trademark, together with any goodwill connected with and
symbolized by any such trademark licenses, contracts or agreements and the
right
to prepare for sale or lease and sell or lease any and all Inventory now or
hereafter owned by the Grantor and now or hereafter covered by such licenses
(including, without limitation, all Trademark Licenses described in Schedule
II
hereto).
“Trademarks”
means
all domestic and foreign trademarks, service marks, collective marks,
certification marks, trade names, business names, d/b/a’s, Internet domain
names, trade styles, designs, logos and other source or business identifiers
and
all general intangibles of like nature, now or hereafter owned, adopted,
acquired or used by the Grantor (including, without limitation, all domestic
and
foreign trademarks, service marks, collective marks, certification marks, trade
names, business names, d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, trade styles, designs,
logos and other source or business identifiers described in Schedule
II
hereto),
all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without
limitation, applications, ‘registrations and recordings in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United
States, any state thereof or any other country or any political subdivision
thereof), and all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, together with all
goodwill of the business symbolized by such marks and all customer lists,
formulae and other Records of the Grantor relating to the distribution of
products and services in connection with which any of such marks are
used.
SECTION
2. Grant
of Security Interest.
As
collateral security for all of the “Obligations” (as defined in Section
3
hereof),
the Grantor hereby pledges and assigns to the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Buyers and PWSP, and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of
the Buyers and PWSP a continuing security interest in, all personal property
of
the Grantor, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing and whether
now owned or hereafter acquired, of every kind and description, tangible or
intangible (collectively, the “Collateral”),
including, without limitation, the following:
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(b) all
Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic);
(c) the
Commercial Tort Claims specified on Schedule
VI
hereto;
(d) all
Deposit Accounts, (including, without limitation, all cash, and all other
property from time to time deposited therein and the monies and property in
the
possession or under the control of the Collateral Agent or Buyer or any
affiliate, representative, agent or correspondent of the Collateral Agent or
Buyer);
(e) all
Documents;
(f) all
Equipment;
(g) all
Fixtures;
(h) all
General Intangibles (including, without limitation, all Payment Intangibles
);
(i) all
Goods
(j) all
Instruments (including, without limitation, Promissory Notes and each
certificated Security);
(k) all
Inventory;
(l) all
Investment Property;
(m) all
Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks, and all Licenses;
(n) all
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(o) all
Supporting Obligations;
(p) all
other
tangible and intangible personal property of the Grantor (whether or not subject
to the Code), including, without limitation, all bank and other accounts and
all
cash and all investments therein, all proceeds, products, offspring, accessions,
rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions and replacements of and to
any
of the property of any Grantor described in the preceding clauses of this
Section 2 (including, without limitation, any proceeds of insurance thereon
and
all causes of action, claims and warranties now or hereafter held by each
Grantor in respect of any of the items listed above), and all books,
correspondence, files and other Records, including, without limitation, all
tapes, desks, cards, Software, data and computer programs in the possession
or
under the control of any Grantor or any other Person from time to time acting
for any Grantor, in each case, to the extent of the Grantor’s rights therein,
that at any time evidence or contain information relating to any of the property
described in the preceding clauses of this Section 2 or are otherwise necessary
or helpful in the collection or realization thereof; and
(q) all
Proceeds, including all Cash Proceeds and Noncash Proceeds, and products of
any
and all of the foregoing Collateral;
in
each
case howsoever the Grantor’s interest therein may arise or appear (whether by
ownership, security interest, claim or otherwise).
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Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the term “Collateral”
shall
not include, in the case of a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than the United States, any of the states thereof or the
District of Columbia (a “Foreign
Subsidiary”),
more
than 65% (or such greater percentage that, due to a change in applicable law
after the date hereof, (i) would not reasonably be expected to cause the
undistributed earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary as determined for United
States federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to such
Foreign Subsidiary’s United States parent and (ii) would not reasonably be
expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences) of the issued and
outstanding shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote (within the meaning of
Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) (it being understood and agreed that the
Collateral shall include 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital
Stock not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section
1.956-2(c)(2)) or other equity interest of such Foreign
Subsidiary).
The
Grantor agrees that the pledge of the shares of Capital Stock acquired by the
Grantor of any and all Persons now or hereafter existing who is a Foreign
Subsidiary may be supplemented by one or more separate pledge agreements, deeds
of pledge, share charges, or other similar agreements or instruments, executed
and delivered by the Grantor in favor of the Collateral Agent, which pledge
agreements will provide for the pledge of such shares of Capital Stock in
accordance with the laws of the applicable foreign jurisdiction. With respect
to
such shares of Capital Stock, the Collateral Agent may, at any time and from
time to time, at the written direction of the Required Holders, in their sole
discretion, take actions in such foreign jurisdictions that will result in
the
perfection of the Lien created in such shares of Capital Stock.
SECTION
3. Security
for Obligations.
The
security interest created hereby in the Collateral constitutes continuing
collateral security for all of the following obligations, whether now existing
or hereafter incurred (collectively, the “Obligations”):
(a) for
so
long as the Notes are outstanding, the payment by the Company, as and when
due
and payable (by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand
or
otherwise), of all amounts from time to time owing by it in respect of the
Note
Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents, including,
without limitation, in both cases, (i) all principal of and interest on the
Notes (including, without limitation, all interest that accrues after the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding of the Grantor, whether or not the
payment of such interest is unenforceable or is not allowable due to the
existence of such Insolvency Proceeding), and (ii) all fees, commissions,
expense reimbursements, indemnifications and all other amounts due or to become
due under any of the Transaction Documents;
(b) for
so
long as the Notes are outstanding, the due performance and observance by the
Grantor of all of its other obligations from time to time existing in respect
of
any of the Transaction Documents, including without limitation, with respect
to
any conversion or redemption rights of the Buyers under the Notes;
and
(c) for
so
long as the Notes are outstanding, the payment by the Company of all amounts
from time to time owing by it to PWSP, including, without limitation, all fees
and other amounts due or to become due to PWSP in connection with professional
services rendered.
SECTION
4. Representations
and Warranties.
The
Grantor represents and warrants as of the date of this Agreement as
follows:
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(a) Schedule
I
hereto
sets forth (i) the exact legal name of the Grantor, and (ii) the state of
incorporation, organization or formation and the organizational identification
number of the Grantor in such state, or states that no such organizational
identification number exists.
(b) All
Federal, state and local tax returns and other reports required by applicable
law to be filed by the Grantor have been filed, or extensions have been
obtained, and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed
upon
the Grantor or any property of the Grantor (including, without limitation,
all
federal income and social security taxes on employees’ wages) and which have
become due and payable on or prior to the date hereof have been paid, except
to
the extent contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the
imposition of any penalty, fine or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof
and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment
thereof in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied (“GAAP”).
(c) All
Equipment, Fixtures, Goods and Inventory of the Grantor now existing are, and
all Equipment, Fixtures, Goods and Inventory of the Grantor hereafter existing
will be, located and/or based at the addresses specified therefor in
Schedule
III
hereto,
except that the Grantor will give the Collateral Agent written notice of any
change in the location of any such Collateral within 20 days of such change,
other than to locations set forth on Schedule
III
hereto
(or a new Schedule
III
delivered by the Grantor to the Collateral Agent from time to time) and with
respect to which the Holders have filed financing statements and otherwise
fully
perfected its Liens thereon or will take such actions pursuant to Section 5(n).
The Grantor’s chief place of business and chief executive office, the place
where the Grantor keeps its Records concerning Accounts and all originals of
all
Chattel Paper are located at the addresses specified therefor in Schedule
III
hereto.
None of the Accounts is evidenced by Promissory Notes or other Instruments.
Set
forth in Schedule
IV
hereto
is a complete and accurate list, as of the date of this Agreement, of (i) each
Promissory Note, Security and other Instrument owned by the Grantor and (ii)
each Deposit Account, Securities Account and Commodities Account of the Grantor,
,together with the name and address of each institution at which each such
account is maintained, the account number for each such account and a
description of the purpose of each such account. Set forth in Schedule
II
hereto
is a complete and correct list of each trade name used by the Grantor, and
the
name of, and each trade name used by, each person from which the Grantor has
acquired any substantial par of the Collateral.
(d) The
Grantor has delivered to the Collateral Agent complete and correct copies of
each License described in Schedule
II
hereto,
including all schedules and exhibits thereto, which represents all of the
Licenses existing on the date of this Agreement. Each such License sets forth
the entire agreement and understanding of the parties thereto relating to the
subject matter thereof, and there are no other agreements, arrangements or
understandings, written or oral, relating to the matters covered thereby or
the
rights of the Grantor or any of its affiliates in respect thereof. Each material
License now existing is, and any material License entered into in the future
will be, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto,
enforceable against such parties in accordance with its terms. No default under
any material License by any such party has occurred, nor does any defense,
offset, deduction or counterclaim exist thereunder in favor of any such
party.
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(e) The
Grantor owns and controls, or otherwise possesses adequate rights to use, all
Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, which are the only trademarks, patents,
copyrights, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and technology,
know-how, formulae, rights of publicity necessary to conduct its business in
substantially the same manner as conducted as of the date hereof. Schedule
II
hereto
sets forth a true and complete list of all registered copyrights, issued
Patents, Trademarks, and Licenses annually owned or used by the Grantor as
of
the date hereof. To the best knowledge of the Grantor, all such Intellectual
Property of the Grantor is subsisting and in full force and effect, has not
been
adjudged invalid or unenforceable, is valid and enforceable and has not been
abandoned in whole or in par. Except as set forth in Schedule
II,
no such
Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchising agreement.
The Grantor has no knowledge of any conflict with the rights of others to any
such Intellectual Property and, to the best knowledge of the Grantor, the
Grantor is not now infringing or in conflict with any such rights of others
in
any material respect, and to the best knowledge of the Grantor, no other Person
is now infringing or in conflict in any material respect with any such
properties, assets and rights owned or used by the Grantor. The Grantor has
not
received any notice that it is violating or has violated the trademarks,
patents, copyrights, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and
technology, know-how, formulae, rights of publicity or other intellectual
property rights of any third party.
(f) The
Grantor is and will be at all times the sole and exclusive owner of, or
otherwise has and will have adequate rights in, the Collateral free and clear
of
any Liens, except for Permitted Liens. No effective financing statement or
other
instrument similar in effect covering all or any par of the Collateral is on
file in any recording or filing office except such as (i) may have been filed
in
favor of the Collateral Agent and/or the Buyers relating to this Agreement
or
the other Security Documents and (ii) are described on Schedule
4(f)
hereto.
(g) The
exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder
will not contravene any law or any contractual restriction binding on or
otherwise affecting the Grantor or any of its properties and will not result
in
or require the creation of any Lien, upon or with respect to any of its
properties.
(h) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any governmental authority or other regulatory body or any other Person, is
required for (i) the grant by the Grantor, or the perfection, of the security
interest purported to be created hereby in the Collateral, or (ii) the exercise
by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights and remedies hereunder, except
(except (A) for the filing under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in
the
applicable jurisdiction of the financing statements described in Schedule
V
hereto
(or a new Schedule
V
delivered by the Grantor to the Collateral Agent from time to time), all of
which financing statements have been duly filed and are in full force and effect
or will be duly filed and in full force and effect, (B) with respect to Deposit
Accounts, and all cash and other property from time to time deposited therein,
for the execution of a control agreement with the depository institution with
which such account is maintained, as provided in Section 5(i), (C) with respect
to Commodity Contracts, for the execution of a control agreement with the
commodity intermediary with which such commodity contract is carried, as
provided in Section 5(i), (D) with respect to the Perfection of the security
interest created hereby in the United States Intellectual Property and Licenses,
for the recording of the appropriate Assignment for Security, substantially
in
the form of Exhibit A hereto in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
or
the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, (E) with respect to the
Perfection of the security interest created hereby in foreign Intellectual
Property and Licenses, for registrations and filings in jurisdictions located
outside of the United States and covering rights in such jurisdictions relating
to such foreign Intellectual Property and Licenses, (F) with respect to the
Perfection of the security interest created hereby in Titled Collateral, for
the
submission of an appropriate application requesting that the Lien of the
Collateral Agent be noted on the Certificate of Title or certificate of
ownership, completed and authenticated by the Grantor, together with the
Certificate of Title or certificate of ownership, with respect to such Titled
Collateral, to the appropriate governmental authority, (G) with respect to
the
Perfection of the security interest created hereby in any Letter-of-Credit
Rights, for the consent of the issuer of the applicable letter of credit to
the
assignment of proceeds as provided in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in the applicable jurisdiction, (H) with respect to any action that may be
necessary to obtain control of Collateral constituting Deposit Accounts,
Commodity Contracts, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property or
Letter-of-Credit Rights, the taking of such actions, and (1) the Collateral
Agent having possession of all Documents, Chattel Paper, Instruments and cash
constituting Collateral (subclauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), G), (H) and
(I), each a “Perfection
Requirement”
and
collectively, the “Perfection
Requirements”).
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(i) This
Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the Collateral, as security for the
Obligations. The Perfection Requirements result in the Perfection of such
security interests. Such security interests are, or in the case of Collateral
in
which the Grantor obtains rights after the date hereof, will be, perfected,
first priority security interests, subject only to Permitted Liens and the
Perfection Requirements and the financing statements described in Schedule
4(f).
Such
recordings and filings and all other action necessary to perfected and protect
such security interest have been duly taken or will be taken pursuant to Section
5(n), and, in the case of Collateral in which the Grantor obtains rights after
the date hereof, will be duly taken, except for the Collateral Agent’s having
possession of all Documents, Chattel Paper, Instruments and cash constituting
Collateral after the date hereof and the other actions, filings and recordations
described above, including the Perfection Requirements.
(j) As
of the
date hereof, the Grantor does not hold any Commercial Tort Claims or has
knowledge of any pending Commercial Tort Claims, except for such Commercial
Tort
Claims described in Schedule
VI.
SECTION
5. Covenants
as to the Collateral.
So long
as any of the Obligations shall remain outstanding, unless the Required Holders
shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) Further
Assurances.
The
Grantor will at its expense, at any time and from time to
time,
promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents and take
all
further action that the Required Holders may reasonably request in order to:
(i)
perfect and protect the security interest purported to be created hereby; (ii)
enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies
hereunder in respect of the Collateral; or (ii) otherwise effect the purposes
of
this Agreement, including, without limitation: (A) marking conspicuously all
Chattel Paper and each License and, at the request of the Required Holders,
each’ of its Records pertaining to the Collateral with a legend, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Required Holders, indicating that such Chattel
Paper, License or Collateral is subject to the security interest created hereby,
(B) delivering and pledging to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge
each
Promissory Note, Security, Chattel Paper or other Instrument, now or hereafter
owned by the Grantor, duly endorsed and accompanied by executed instruments
of
transfer or assignment, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Required
Holders, (C) executing and filing (to the extent, if any, that the Grantor’s
signature is required thereon) or authenticating the filing of, such financing
or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, as may be required by
applicable law or necessary or that the Required Holders may reasonably request
in order to perfect and preserve the security interest purported to be created
hereby, (D) furnishing to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements
and
schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other
reports in connection with the Collateral in each case as the Required Holders
may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail, (E) if any Collateral shall
be
in the possession of a third party, notifying such Person of the Collateral
Agent’s security interest created hereby and obtaining a written acknowledgment
from such Person that such Person holds possession of the Collateral for the
benefit of the Collateral Agent, which such written acknowledgement shall be
in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, (F) if
at
any time after the date hereof, the Grantor acquires or holds any Commercial
Tort Claim, promptly notifying the Collateral Agent in a writing signed by
the
Grantor setting forth a brief description of such Commercial Tort Claim and
granting to the Collateral Agent a security interest therein and in the proceeds
thereof, which writing shall incorporate the provisions hereof and shall be
in
form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders, (G) upon the
acquisition after the date hereof by the Grantor of any motor vehicle or other
Equipment subject to a certificate of title or ownership (other than a Motor
Vehicle or Equipment that is subject to a purchase money security interest),
causing the Collateral Agent to be listed as the lienholder on such certificate
of title or ownership and delivering evidence of the same to the Collateral
Agent in accordance with Section 50) hereof; and (H) taking all actions required
by any earlier versions of the Uniform Commercial Code or by other law, as
applicable, in any relevant Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction, or by other
law as applicable in any foreign jurisdiction.
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(b) Location
of Equipment and Inventory.
The
Grantor will keep the Equipment and Inventory (i) at the locations specified
therefor on Schedule
II
hereto,
or (ii) at such other locations set forth on Schedule
II
(or a
new Schedule
III
delivered by the Grantor to Collateral Agent from time to time) and with respect
to which the Holders have filed financing statements and otherwise fully
perfected its Liens thereon, or (iii) at such other locations in the United
States, provided
that
within 20 days following the relocation of Equipment or Inventory to such other
location or the acquisition of Equipment or Inventory, the Grantor shall deliver
to the Collateral Agent a new Schedule
II
indicating such new locations.
(c) Condition
of Equipment.
The
Grantor will maintain or cause the Equipment (necessary or useful to its
business) to be maintained and preserved in good condition, repair and working
order, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and will forthwith, or in the case
of
any loss or damage to any Equipment of the Grantor within a commercially
reasonable time after the occurrence thereof, make or cause to be made all
repairs, replacements and other improvements in connection therewith which
are
necessary or desirable, consistent with past practice, or which the Required
Holders may request to such end. The Grantor will promptly furnish to the
Collateral Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail any such loss
or
damage in excess of $250,000 per occurrence to any Equipment.
(d) Taxes,
Etc.
The
Grantor agrees to pay promptly when due all property and other taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon, and all claims
(including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against, the Equipment
and
Inventory, except to the extent the validity thereof is being contested in
good
faith by proper proceedings which stay the imposition of any penalty, fine
or
Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which adequate
reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside for the payment
thereof.
(e) Insurance.
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(ii) Reimbursement
under any liability insurance maintained by the Grantor pursuant to this Section
5(e) may be paid directly to the Person who shall have incurred liability
covered by such insurance. Following an Event of Default, in the case of any
loss involving damage to Equipment or Inventory, any proceeds of insurance
maintained by the Grantor pursuant to this Section 5(e) shall be paid to the
Collateral Agent (except as to which paragraph (iii) of this Section 5(e) is
not
applicable), the Grantor will make or cause to be made the necessary repairs
to
or replacements of such Equipment or Inventory, and any proceeds of insurance
maintained by the Grantor pursuant to this Section 5(e) shall be paid by the
Collateral Agent to the Grantor as reimbursement for the costs of such repairs
or replacements.
(iii) Following
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all insurance payments in
respect of such Equipment or Inventory shall be paid to the Collateral Agent
and
applied as specified in Section 7(b) hereof.
(f) Provisions
Concerning the Accounts and the Licenses.
(i) The
Grantor will (A) give the Collateral Agent at least 30 days’ prior written
notice of any change in the Grantor’s name, identity or organizational
structure, (B) maintain its jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or
formation as set forth in Schedule
I
hereto,
(C) immediately notify the Collateral Agent upon obtaining an organizational
identification number, if on the date hereof the Grantor did not have such
identification number, and (D) keep adequate records concerning the Accounts,
in
accordance with Section 4 (i) of the Note Purchase Agreement and Chattel
Paper.
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(ii) Each
Grantor will, except as otherwise provided in this subsection (f), continue
to
collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due under the
Accounts. In connection with such collections, the Grantor may (and, at the
Required Holders’ direction, will take such action as the Grantor or the
Required Holders may deem necessary or advisable to enforce collection or
performance of the Accounts; provided,
however,
that
the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time, upon the occurrence
and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, to notify the account debtors
or
obligors under any Accounts of the assignment of such Accounts to the Collateral
Agent and to direct such account debtors or obligors to make payment of all
amounts due or to become due to the Grantor thereunder directly to the
Collateral Agent or its designated agent and, upon such notification and at
the
expense of the Grantor and to the extent permitted by law, to enforce collection
of any such Accounts and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment
thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as the Grantor might have
done. After receipt by the Grantor of a notice from the Collateral Agent that
the Collateral Agent has notified, intends to notify, or has enforced or intends
to enforce the Grantor’s rights against the account debtors or obligors under
any Accounts as referred to in the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence, (A) all amounts and proceeds (including Instruments) received by
the
Grantor in respect of the Accounts shall be received in trust for the benefit
of
the Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be segregated from other funds of the
Grantor and shall be forthwith paid over to the Collateral Agent in the same
form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be held as cash
collateral and applied as specified in Section 7(b) hereof, and (B) the Grantor
will not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Account
or
release wholly or partly any account debtor or obligor thereof or allow any
credit or discount thereon. In addition, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall (at the written
direction of the Required Holders) direct any or all of the banks and financial
institutions with which the Grantor either maintains a Deposit Account or a
lockbox or deposits the proceeds of any Accounts to send immediately to the
Collateral Agent by wire transfer (to such account as the Collateral Agent
shall
specify, or in such other manner as the Collateral Agent shall direct) all
or a
portion of such securities, cash, investments and other items held by such
institution. Any such securities, cash, investments and other items so received
by the Collateral Agent shall (at the written direction of the Required Holders)
be held as additional Collateral for the Obligations or distributed in
accordance with Section 7(b) hereof.
(iii) Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuance of any breach or default under any
material License referred to in Schedule
II
hereto
by any party thereto other than the Grantor, the Grantor party thereto will,
promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, give the Collateral Agent written
notice of the nature and duration thereof, specifying what action, if any,
it
has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and thereafter will take
reasonable steps to protect and preserve its rights and remedies in respect
of
such breach or default, or will obtain or acquire an appropriate substitute
License.
(iv) The
Grantor will, at its expense, promptly deliver to the Collateral Agent a copy
of
each notice or other communication received by it by which any other party
to
any material License referred to in Schedule
II
hereto
purports to exercise any of its rights or affect any of its obligations
thereunder, together with a copy of any reply by the Grantor
thereto.
(v) The
Grantor will exercise promptly and diligently each and every right which it
may
have under each material License (other than any right of termination) and
will
duly perform and observe in all respects all of its obligations under each
material License and will take all action reasonably necessary to maintain
such
Licenses in full force and effect. The Grantor will not, without the prior
written consent of the Required Holders, cancel, terminate, amend or otherwise
modify in any respect, or waive any provision of, any material License referred
to in Schedule
II
hereto.
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(i) The
Grantor will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise), lease,
license, exchange or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the Collateral,
except (A) Inventory in the ordinary course of business, and (B) worn out or
obsolete assets, not necessary to the business.
(ii) The
Grantor will not create, suffer to exist or grant any Lien upon or with respect
to any Collateral other than a Permitted Lien.
(h) Intellectual
Property.
(i) If
applicable, the Grantor shall, upon the Required Holders’ written request, duly
execute and deliver the applicable Assignment for Security in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A. The Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will,
and
will cause each licensee thereof to, take all action necessary to maintain
all
of the Intellectual Property in full force and effect, including, without
limitation, using the proper statutory notices and markings and using the
Trademarks on each applicable trademark class of goods in order to so maintain
the Trademarks in full force and free from any claim of abandonment for non-use,
and the Grantor will not (nor permit any licensee thereof to) do any act or
knowingly omit to do any act whereby any Intellectual Property may become
invalidated; provided,
however,
that so
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Grantor shall
not have an obligation to use or to maintain any Intellectual Property (A)
that
relates solely to any product or work, that has been, or is in the process
of
being, discontinued, abandoned or terminated, (B) that is being replaced with
Intellectual Property substantially similar to the Intellectual Property that
may be abandoned or otherwise become invalid, so long as the failure to use
or
maintain such Intellectual Property does not materially adversely affect the
validity of such replacement Intellectual Property and so long as such
replacement Intellectual Property is subject to the Lien created by this
Agreement or (C) that is substantially the same as another Intellectual Property
that is in full force, so long the failure to use or maintain such Intellectual
Property does not materially adversely affect the validity of such replacement
Intellectual Property and so long as such other Intellectual Property is subject
to the Lien and security interest created by this Agreement. The Grantor will
cause to be taken all necessary steps in any proceeding before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office or any
similar office or agency in any other country or political subdivision thereof
to maintain each registration of the Intellectual Property (other than the
Intellectual Property described in the proviso to the immediately preceding
sentence), including, without limitation, filing of renewals, affidavits of
use,
affidavits of incontestability and opposition, interference and cancellation
proceedings and payment of maintenance fees, filing fees, taxes or other
governmental fees. If any Intellectual Property (other than Intellectual
Property described in the proviso to the first sentence of subsection (i) of
this clause (h)) is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated
in
any material respect by a third party, the Grantor shall (x) upon learning
of
such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation, promptly
notify the Collateral Agent and (y) to the extent the Grantor shall deem
appropriate under the circumstances, promptly xxx for infringement,
misappropriation, dilution or other violation, seek injunctive relief where
appropriate and recover any and all damages for such infringement,
misappropriation, dilution or other violation, or take such other actions as
the
Grantor shall deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such
Intellectual Property. The Grantor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent from
time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the
Intellectual Property and Licenses and such other reports in connection with
the
Intellectual Property and Licenses as the Required Holders may reasonably
request, all in reasonable detail and promptly upon request of the Required
Holders, following receipt by the Collateral Agent of any such statements,
schedules or reports, the Grantor shall modify this Agreement by amending
Schedule
II
hereto,
as the case may be, to include any Intellectual Property and License, as the
case may be, which becomes par of the Collateral under this Agreement and shall
execute and authenticate such documents and do such acts as shall be necessary
or, in the reasonable judgment of the Required Holders, desirable to subject
such Intellectual Property and Licenses to the Lien and security interest
created by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Grantor
may not abandon or otherwise permit any Intellectual Property to become invalid
without the prior written consent of the Required Holders, and if any
Intellectual Property is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise
violated in any material respect by a third party, the Grantor will take such
action as the Required Holders shall deem appropriate under the circumstances
to
protect such Intellectual Property.
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(ii) In
no
event shall the Grantor, either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee
or designee, fie an application for the registration of any Trademark or
Copyright or the issuance of any Patent with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, or in
any
similar office or agency of the United States or any country or any political
subdivision thereof unless it gives the Collateral Agent prior written notice
thereof. Upon request of the Required Holders, the Grantor shall execute,
authenticate and deliver any and all assignments, agreements, instruments,
documents and papers as the Required Holders may reasonably request to evidence
the Collateral Agent’s security interest hereunder in such Intellectual Property
and the General Intangibles of the Grantor relating thereto or represented
thereby, and the Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent its
attorney-in-fact to execute and/or authenticate and fie all such writings for
the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and
confirmed, and such power (being coupled with an interest) shall be irrevocable
until the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations in
full.
(i) Deposit,
Commodities and Securities Accounts.
(i) As
soon
as commercially reasonable, and in no event greater than 5 Business Days after
the Closing Date, the Company shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to
(a) establish and maintain cash management services of a type and on terms
satisfactory to Required Holders with the Collateral Agent (in such capacity,
the “Cash
Management Bank”),
and
shall request in writing and otherwise take such reasonable steps to ensure
that
all of its and its Subsidiaries’ account debtors forward payment of the amounts
owed by them directly to the Cash Management Bank, and (b) deposit or cause
to
be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day
after the date of receipt thereof, al of their cash, checks, notes instruments
and all other items of payment (including those sent directly by their account
debtors to Company or one of its Subsidiaries) into a bank account (a
“Cash
Management Account”)
at the
Cash Management Bank.
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(ii) Upon
the
Required Holders’ written request, the Grantor shall cause each other bank and
other financial institution with an account referred to in Schedule
IV
hereto
to execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a control agreement, in form
and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holders, duly executed by
the
Grantor and such bank or financial institution, or enter into other arrangements
in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders, pursuant to which
such institution shall irrevocably agree, inter alia, that (i) it will comply
at
any time with the instructions originated by the Collateral Agent to such bank
or ‘financial institution directing the disposition of cash, Commodity
Contracts, securities, Investment Property and other items from time to time
credited to such account, without further consent of the Grantor, which
instructions the Collateral Agent will not give to such bank or other financial
institution in the absence of a continuing Event of Default, (ii) all Commodity
Contracts, securities, Investment Property and other items of the Grantor
deposited with such institution shall be subject to a perfected, first priority
security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent, (iii) any right of set
off
(other than recoupment of standard fees), banker’s Lien or other similar Lien,
security interest or encumbrance shall be fully waived as against the Collateral
Agent, and (iv) upon receipt of written notice from the Collateral Agent during
the continuance of an Event of Default, such bank or financial institution
shall
immediately send to the Collateral Agent by wire transfer (to such account
as
the Collateral Agent shall specify, or in such other manner as the Collateral
Agent shall direct) all such cash, the value of any Commodity Contracts,
securities, Investment Property and other items held by it. Without the prior
written consent of the Required Holders, the Grantor shall not make or maintain
any Deposit Account, Commodity Account or Securities Account except for the
Cash
Management Accounts and the accounts set forth in Schedule
IV
hereto.
The provisions of this paragraph 5(ii) shall not apply to accounts specially
and
exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit
payments to or for the benefit of the Grantor’s salaried or hourly
employees.
(j) Motor
Vehicles.
(i) The
Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent originals of the certificates
of
title or ownership for all motor vehicles with a value in excess of $50,00,
owned by it with the Collateral Agent listed as lienholder, for the benefit
of
the Buyers.
(ii) Upon
the
written request of the Required Holders, the Grantor hereby appoints the
Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact, effective the date hereof and
terminating upon the termination of this Agreement, for the purpose of (A)
executing on behalf of the Grantor title or ownership applications for filing
with appropriate state agencies to enable motor vehicles now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Grantor to be retitled and the Collateral Agent listed as
lienholder thereof, (B) filing such applications with such state agencies,
and
(C) executing such other documents and instruments on behalf of, and taking
such
other action in the name of, the Grantor as the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof (including, without
limitation, for the purpose of creating in favor of the Collateral Agent a
perfected Lien on the motor vehicles and exercising the rights and remedies
of
the Collateral Agent hereunder). This appointment as attorney-in-fact is coupled
with an interest and is irrevocable until all of the Obligations are
indefeasibly paid in full in cash. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral
Agent shall not have any responsibility for any filings under this Section,
it
being understood that all such filings will be maintained by counsel to the
Holders.
(iii) Any
certificates of title or ownership delivered pursuant to the terms hereof shall
be accompanied by odometer statements for each motor vehicle covered
thereby.
(iv) So
long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon the request
of the Grantor, the Collateral Agent shall, at the written direction of ‘the
Required Holders, execute and deliver to the Grantor such instruments as the
Grantor shall reasonably request to remove the notation of the Collateral Agent
as lienholder on any certificate of title for any motor vehicle; provided,
however,
that
any such instruments shall be delivered, and the release effective, only upon
receipt by the Collateral Agent of a certificate from the Grantor stating that
such motor vehicle is to be sold or has suffered a casualty loss (with title
thereto in such case passing to the casualty insurance company therefor in
settlement of the claim for such loss) and the amount that the Grantor will
receive as sale proceeds or insurance proceeds.
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(k) Control.
The
Grantor hereby agrees to take any or all action that may be necessary or that
the Required Holders may reasonably request in order for the Collateral Agent
to
obtain control in accordance with Sections 9-105 - 9-107 of the Code with
respect to the following Collateral: (i) Electronic Chattel Paper, (ii)
Investment Property, and (iii) Letter-of-Credit Rights.
(l) Inspection
and Reporting.
The
Grantor shall permit, in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement, the
Collateral Agent, or any designee, agent or representatives thereof or such
professionals or other Persons as the Collateral Agent or Required Holders
may
designate, during normal business hours, after reasonable prior notice, in
the
absence of an Event of Default and not more than once a year in the absence
of
an Event of Default, (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the
Grantor’s records and books of account, (ii) to visit and inspect its
properties, (iii) to verify materials, leases, Instruments, Accounts, Inventory
and other assets of the Grantor from time to time, (iii) to conduct audits,
physical counts, appraisals and/or valuations, examinations at the locations
of
any Grantor. Each Grantor shall also permit, in accordance with the Note
Purchase Agreement, the Collateral Agent, or any designee, agent or
representatives thereof or such professionals or other Persons as the Collateral
Agent or Required Holders may designate to discuss the Grantor’s affairs,
finances and accounts with any of its directors, officers, managerial employees,
independent accountants or any of its other representatives.
(m) Future
Subsidiaries.
If the
Grantor shall hereafter create or acquire any Subsidiary, simultaneously with
the creation or acquisition of such Subsidiary, the Grantor shall (i) cause
such
Subsidiary to become a party to this Agreement as an additional “Grantor”
hereunder, (ii) the Grantor shall deliver to Collateral Agent revised Schedules
to this Agreement, as appropriate, (iii) shall duly execute and deliver a
guaranty of the Obligations in favor of the Collateral Agent in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, and (iv) shall duly
execute and/or deliver such opinions of counsel and other documents, in form
and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, as the Required Holders
shall reasonably request with respect thereto, provided
that
that if the Grantor acquires a subsidiary on or within two days after the
Closing Date, it shall have 10 Business Days in which to satisfy the
requirements of this Section 5(m).
SECTION
6. Additional
Provisions Concerning the Collateral.
(a) To
the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and for the purpose of taking any
action that the Collateral Agent or Required Holders may deem necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, the Grantor hereby
(i)
authorizes the Collateral Agent or the Required Holders to execute any such
agreements, instruments or other documents in the Grantor’s name and to fie such
agreements, instruments or other documents in the Grantor’s name and in any
appropriate filing office, (ii) authorizes the Collateral Agent or the Required
Holders at any time and from time to time to fie, one or more financing or
continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relating to the Collateral
(including, without limitation, any such financing statements that (A) describe
the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” (or words of similar
effect) or that describe or identify the Collateral by type or in any other
manner as the Required Holders may determine regardless of whether any
particular asset of the Grantor falls within the scope of Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code or whether any particular asset of the Grantor
constitutes par of the Collateral, and (B) contain any other information
required by Part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency or filing office
acceptance of any financing statement, continuation statement or amendment,
including, without limitation, whether the Grantor is an organization, the
type
of organization and any organizational identification number issued to the
Grantor) and (iii) ratifies such authorization to the extent that the Required
Holders have filed any such financing or continuation statements, or amendments
thereto, prior to the date hereof. A photocopy or other reproduction of this
Agreement or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any par thereof
shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law.
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(b) The
Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact
and proxy, with full authority in the place and stead of the Grantor and in
the
name of the Grantor or otherwise, from time to time in the Required Holders’
discretion, so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Required
Holders may reasonably deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes
of
this Agreement (subject to the rights of the Grantor under Section 5 hereof),
including, without limitation, (i) to obtain and adjust insurance required
to be
paid to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof, (ii) to ask,
demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittance and
receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any Collateral,
(ii) to receive, endorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents
and chattel paper in connection with clause (i) or (ii) above, (iv) to fie
any
claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which the Required
Holders may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any Collateral
or
otherwise to enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Buyers with
respect to any Collateral, and (v) to execute assignments, licenses and other
documents to enforce the rights of the Collateral Agent and the Buyers with
respect to any Collateral. This power is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable until all of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in
cash.
(c) For
the
purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies
hereunder, at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled
to
exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, the Grantor hereby
grants to the Collateral Agent, to the extent assignable, an irrevocable,
non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other
compensation to the Grantor) to use, assign, license or sublicense any
Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantor, wherever
the same may be located, including in such license reasonable access to all
media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all
computer programs used for the compilation or printout thereof. Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, but subject to the provisions of
the
Note Purchase Agreement that limit the right of the Grantor to dispose of its
property, and Section 5(g) and Section 5(h) hereof, so long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Grantor may exploit, use,
enjoy, protect, license, sublicense, assign, sell, dispose of or take other
actions with respect to the Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of
its
business. In furtherance of the foregoing, unless an Event of Default shall
have
occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall from time to time, upon
the request of the Grantor, execute and deliver any instruments, certificates
or
other documents, in the form so requested, which the Grantor shall have
certified are appropriate (in the Grantor’s judgment) to allow it to take any
action permitted above (including relinquishment of the license provided
pursuant to this clause (c) as to any Intellectual Property. Further, upon
the
indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations, the Collateral
Agent (subject to Section Wee) hereof) shall release and reassign to the Grantor
all of the Collateral Agent’s right, title and interest in and to the
Intellectual Property, and the Licenses, all without recourse, representation
or
warranty whatsoever. The exercise of rights and remedies hereunder by the
Collateral Agent shall not terminate the rights of the holders of any licenses
or sublicenses theretofore granted by the Grantor in accordance with the second
sentence of this clause (c). The Grantor hereby releases the Collateral Agent
from any claims, causes of action and demands at any time arising out .of or
with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Collateral
Agent
under the powers of attorney granted herein other than actions taken or omitted
to be taken through the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as determined by a final determination of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
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(d) If
the
Grantor fails to perform any agreement or obligation contained herein, the
Collateral Agent may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement
or
obligation, in the name of the Grantor or the Collateral Agent, and the expenses
of the Collateral Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by
the
Grantor pursuant to Section 8 hereof and shall be secured by the
Collateral.
(e) The
powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its
interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise
any
such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession
and
the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral
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.
(f) Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding (i) the Grantor shall remain liable
under
the Licenses and otherwise with respect to any of the Collateral to the extent
set forth therein to perform all of its obligations thereunder to the same
extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (ii) the exercise by the
Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall not release the Grantor
from any of its obligations under the Licenses or otherwise in respect of the
Collateral, and (iii) the Collateral Agent shall not have any obligation or
liability by reason of this Agreement under the Licenses or with respect to
any
of the other Collateral, nor shall the Collateral Agent be obligated to perform
any of the obligations or duties of the Grantor thereunder or to take any action
to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
SECTION
7. Remedies
Upon Event of Default.
If any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, acting at the written
direction of the Required Holders:
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(a) The
Collateral Agent may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to
any
other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it,
all
of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the Code
(whether or not the Code applies to the affected Collateral), and also may
(i)
take absolute control of the Collateral, including, without limitation, transfer
into the Collateral Agent’s name or into the name of its nominee or nominees (to
the extent the Collateral Agent has not theretofore done so) and thereafter
receive, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, all payments made thereon,
give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect thereof and otherwise
act with respect thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof, (ii)
require the Grantor to, and the Grantor hereby agrees that it will at its
expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or
par
of its respective Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it
available to the Collateral Agent at a place or places to be designated by
the
Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties, and the
Collateral Agent may enter into and occupy any premises owned or leased by
the
Grantor where the Collateral or any par thereof is located or assembled for
a
reasonable period in order to effectuate the Collateral Agent’s rights and
remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to the Grantor in respect
of
such occupation, and (iii) without notice except as specified below and without
any obligation to prepare or process the Collateral for sale, (A) sell the
Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private
sale,
at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or
for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such other terms
as
the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable and/or (B) lease, license
or dispose of the Collateral or any par thereof upon such terms as the
Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable. The Grantor agrees that,
to
the extent notice of sale or any other disposition of its respective Collateral
shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days’ notice to the Grantor of the
time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale
or
other disposition of its respective Collateral is to be made shall constitute
reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make
any
sale or other disposition of any Collateral regardless of notice of sale having
been given. The Collateral 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. The Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Collateral Agent
and
the Buyers arising by reason of the fact that the price at which its respective
Collateral may have been sold at a private sale was less than the price which
might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount
of the Obligations, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer
received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree, and waives
all rights that the Grantor may have to require that all or any par of such
Collateral be marshaled upon any sale (public or private) thereof. The Grantor
hereby acknowledges that (i) any such sale of its respective Collateral by
the
Collateral Agent shall be made without warranty, (ii) the Collateral Agent
may
specifically disclaim any warranties of title, possession, quiet enjoyment
or
the like, and (iii) such actions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above shall
not adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any such sale of
Collateral. In addition to the foregoing, (1) upon written notice to the Grantor
from the Collateral Agent after and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Grantor shall cease any use of the Intellectual Property or any
trademark, patent or copyright similar thereto for any purpose described in
such
notice; (2) the Collateral Agent may, at any time and from time to time after
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon 10 days’ prior notice to
the Grantor, License, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on
an
exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any of the Intellectual Property, throughout
the universe for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner,
as
the Collateral Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (3) the
Collateral Agent may, at any time, pursuant to the authority granted in Section
6 hereof (such authority being effective upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default), execute and deliver on behalf of the
Grantor, one or more instruments of assignment of the Intellectual Property
(or
any application or registration thereof), in form suitable for filing, recording
or registration in any country.
(b) Any
cash
held by the Collateral Agent as Collateral and all Cash Proceeds received by
the
Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of or collection from, or other
realization upon, all or any part of the Collateral shall be applied (after
payment of any amounts payable to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section
8
hereof) by the Collateral Agent first to PWSP against Obligations under Section
3(c), until the indefeasible payment to PWSP in full in cash of all such
Obligations, and then pro rata among the Buyers against, all or any part of
the
Obligations under Sections 3(a) and (b) in such order as the Collateral Agent
shall elect, consistent with the provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement.
Any
surplus of such cash or Cash Proceeds held by the Collateral Agent and remaining
after the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations shall
be paid over to whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or
as
a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
(c) In
the
event that the proceeds of any such sale, collection or realization are
insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Collateral Agent, the Buyers and
PWSP are legally entitled, the Grantor shall be liable for the deficiency,
together with interest thereon at the highest rate specified in the Notes for
interest on overdue principal thereof or such other rate as shall be fixed
by
applicable law, together with the costs of collection and the reasonable fees,
costs, expenses and other client charges of any attorneys employed by the
Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency.
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(d) The
Grantor hereby acknowledges that if the Collateral Agent complies with any
applicable state, provincial, or federal law requirements in connection with
a
disposition of the Collateral, such compliance will not adversely affect the
commercial reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the
Collateral.
(e) The
Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or future
collateral security (including, but not limited to, this Agreement and the
Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any
of
them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment
in
any particular order, and all of the Collateral Agent’s rights hereunder and in
respect of such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be
cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.
To
the extent that the Grantor lawfully may, the 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 the Collateral Agent’s rights under this
Agreement or under any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the
Obligations or under which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which
any
of the Obligations is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and,
to
the extent that it lawfully may, the Grantor hereby irrevocably waives the
benefits of all such laws.
SECTION
8. Indemnity
and Expenses.
(a) The
Grantor agrees to defend, protect, indemnify and hold the Collateral Agent
and
each of the Buyers, jointly and severally, harmless from and against any and
all
claims, damages, losses, liabilities, obligations, penalties, fees, costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees, costs, expenses,
and disbursements of such Person’s counsel) to the extent that they arise out of
or otherwise result from this Agreement (including, without limitation,
enforcement of this Agreement), except to the extent resulting from such
Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(b) The
Grantor agrees to pay to the Collateral Agent upon demand the amount of any
and
all costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs, expenses and
disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent and of any experts and agents
(including, without limitation, any collateral trustee which may act as agent
of
the Collateral Agent), which the Collateral Agent may incur in connection with
(i) the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recordation,
administration, amendment, waiver or other modification or termination of this
Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale
of,
collection from, or other realization upon, any Collateral, (iii) the exercise
or enforcement of any of the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, or (iv)
the failure by the Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions
hereof.
SECTION
9. Notices.
Etc.
All
notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be
in
writing and shall be mailed (by certified mail, postage prepaid and return
receipt requested), telecopied, e-mailed or delivered at its address below
and
if to the Collateral Agent to it, at its address specified on the signature
pages below; or as to any such Person, at such other address as shall be
designated by such Person in a written notice to all other parties hereto
complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 9. All such notices
and
other communications shall be effective (a) if sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested, when received or three days after deposited in the mails,
whichever occurs first, (b) if telecopied or e-mailed, when transmitted (during
normal business hours) and confirmation is received, and otherwise, the day
after the notice or communication was transmitted and confirmation is received,
or (c) if delivered in person, upon delivery.
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SECTION
10. Miscellaneous.
(a) No
amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is
in
writing and signed by the Grantor and the Collateral Agent (acting at the
written direction of the Required Holders), and no waiver of any provision
of
this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by the Grantor therefrom, shall
be effective unless it is in writing and signed by the Grantor and the
Collateral Agent, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in
the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) No
failure on the par of the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise
of
any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of
any other right. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer
provided herein and in the other Transaction Documents are cumulative and are
in
addition to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law.
‘The
rights of the Collateral Agent or any Buyer under any of the other Transaction
Documents against any party thereto are not conditional or contingent on any
attempt by such Person to exercise any of its rights under any of the other
Transaction Documents against such party or against any other Person, including
but not limited to, the Grantor.
(c) Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceabilty without invalidating the remaining portions
hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
(d) This
Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and
shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the indefeasible payment in
full
in cash of the Obligations, and (ii) be binding on the Grantor and all other
Persons who become bound as debtor to this Agreement in accordance with Section
9-203(d) of the Code and shall inure, together with all rights and remedies
of
the Collateral Agent and the Buyers hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and the Buyers and their respective permitted successors, transferees
and
assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (ii) of the immediately
preceding sentence, without notice to the Grantor, the Collateral Agent and
the
Buyers may assign or otherwise transfer their rights and obligations under
this
Agreement and any of the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the
respective Transaction Documents, to any other Person and such other Person
shall thereupon become vested with all of the benefits in respect thereof
granted to the Collateral Agent and the Buyers herein or otherwise. Upon any
such assignment or transfer, all references in this Agreement to the Collateral
Agent or any such Buyer shall mean the assignee of the Collateral Agent or
such
Buyer. None of the rights or obligations of the Grantor hereunder may be
assigned or otherwise transferred without the prior written consent of the
Required Holders, and any such assignment or transfer without the consent of
the
Required Holders shall be null and void.
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(e) Upon
written notice to the Collateral Agent from the Required Holders that the
indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations has occurred, (i) this
Agreement and the security interests created hereby shall terminate and all
rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantor that granted such security
interests hereunder, and (ii) the Collateral Agent will, upon the Grantor’s
request and at the Grantor’s expense, (A) return to the Grantor such of the
Collateral as shall not have been sold or otherwise disposed of or applied
pursuant to the terms hereof, and (B) execute and deliver to the Grantor such
documents as the Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination,
all without any representation, warranty or recourse whatsoever.
(f) THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF
LAW
AND EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY AND PERFECTION OR THE PERFECTION
AND
THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR NON-PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST CREATED
HEREBY, OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE
GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
(g) ANY
LEGAL
ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT
RELATED HERETO MAYBE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX IN THE
COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF
NEW YORK, AN APPELLATE COURTS THEREOF, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS
AGREEMENT, THE GRANTOR HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY,
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. THE
GRANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WANES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED
BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY OBJECTION TO THE
LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENES, WHICH IT MAY
NOW
OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN
SUCH
RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE
RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE COURT.
(h) THE
GRANTOR AND (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT) TH COLLATERAL
AGENT WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
BASED ON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY
OF
THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING,
ORAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR OTHER ACTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO.
(i) The
Grantor irrevocably consents to the service of process of any of the aforesaid
courts in any such action, suit or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof
by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail),
postage prepaid, to the Grantor at its address provided herein, such service
to
become effective 10 days after such mailing.
(j) Nothing
contained herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent to serve process
in any other manner permitted by law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise
proceed against the Grantor or any property of the Grantor in any other
jurisdiction.
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(k) The
Grantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may have to claim
or
recover in any legal action, suit or proceeding referred to in this Section
any
special, exemplar, punitive or consequential damages.
(l) Section
headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a par of this Agreement for any other purpose. (m) This Agreement
may
be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but
all
of which taken together constitute one in the same Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF. the Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed and
delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
US
DATA WORKS, INC.
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title:
CEO
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ACCEPTED
BY:
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X. XXXXX, as Collateral
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Agent
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Schedules
Schedule
I.
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Information
on Grantor
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Schedule
II
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Licenses
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Schedule
III
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Equipment,
Fixtures, Goods and Inventory
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Schedule
IV
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Promissory
Notes; Deposit Accounts
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Schedule 4(f)
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UCC
Filings
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Schedule
V
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Financing
Statements
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Schedule
VI
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Commercial
Tort Claims
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