SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
E
This
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 8, 2008 (this “Agreement”),
is
among QPC
Lasers, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the
“Debtor”)
and
the holders of the Debtor’s 10% Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible
Debentures due three years following their issuance (collectively, the
“Debentures”)
signatory hereto, their endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the
“Secured
Parties”).
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Debentures), the Secured
Parties have severally agreed to extend the loans to the Debtor evidenced by
the
Debentures;
WHEREAS,
in order to induce the Secured Parties to extend the loans evidenced by the
Debentures, the Debtor has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Parties
this Agreement and to grant the Secured Parties, pari passu
with
each other Secured Party and through the Agent (as defined in Section 18
hereof), a security interest in certain property of Debtor to secure the prompt
payment, performance and discharge in full of all of its obligations under
the
Debentures.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.
Certain
Definitions.
As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in
this
Section 1. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement that are
defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “account”, “chattel paper”, “commercial
tort claim”, “deposit account”, “document”, “equipment”, “fixtures”, “general
intangibles”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment property”,
“letter-of-credit rights”, “proceeds” and “supporting obligations”) shall have
the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the UCC.
(a)
“Collateral”
means
the collateral in which the Secured Parties are granted a security interest
by
this Agreement and which shall include the following personal property of the
Debtor, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or coming
into
existence, wherever situated, and all additions and accessions thereto and
all
substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts
thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer
of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims
in
connection therewith,
and all
dividends, interest, cash, notes, securities, equity interest or other property
at any time and from time to time acquired, receivable or otherwise distributed
in respect of, or in exchange for, any or all of the Pledged Securities (as
defined below):
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(i)
All
goods, including, without limitation, (A) all machinery, equipment, computers,
motor vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special
and
general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment
of
every kind and nature and wherever situated, together with all documents of
title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto,
replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the
foregoing and all other items used and useful in connection with the Debtor’s
business and all improvements thereto; and (B) all inventory;
(ii)
All
contract rights and other general intangibles, including, without limitation,
all partnership interests, membership interests, stock or other securities,
rights
under any of the Organizational Documents, agreements related to the Pledged
Securities, licenses,
distribution and other agreements, computer software (whether “off-the-shelf”,
licensed from any third party or developed by the Debtor), computer software
development rights, leases, franchises, customer lists, quality control
procedures, grants and rights, goodwill, trademarks, service marks, trade
styles, trade names, patents, patent applications, copyrights, and income tax
refunds;
(iii)
All
accounts, together with all instruments, all documents of title representing
any
of the foregoing, all rights in any merchandising, goods, equipment, motor
vehicles and trucks which any of the same may represent, and all right, title,
security and guaranties with respect to each account, including any right of
stoppage in transit;
(iv)
All
documents, letter-of-credit rights, instruments and chattel paper;
(v) All
commercial tort claims;
(vi) All
deposit accounts and all cash (whether or not deposited in such deposit
accounts);
(vii) All
investment property;
(viii) All
supporting obligations; and
(ix) All
files, records, books of account, business papers, and computer programs;
and
(x) the
products and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses
(i)-(ix) above.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the “Collateral”
shall
include all investment property and general intangibles respecting ownership
and/or other equity interests in each subsidiary of Debtor, including, without
limitation, the Debtor’s equity interest in QPC, the shares of capital stock and
the other equity interests listed on Schedule
H
hereto
(as the same may be modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof)
and
any other shares of capital stock and/or other equity interests of any other
direct or indirect subsidiary of the Debtor obtained in the future, and, in
each
case, all certificates representing such shares and/or equity interests and,
in
each case, all rights, options, warrants, stock, other securities and/or equity
interests that may hereafter be received, receivable or distributed in respect
of, or exchanged for, any of the foregoing and all rights arising under or
in
connection with the Pledged Securities, including, but not limited to, all
dividends, interest and cash.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an assignment of
any
asset which, in the event of an assignment, becomes void by operation of
applicable law or the assignment of which is otherwise prohibited by applicable
law (in each case to the extent that such applicable law is not overridden
by
Sections 9-406, 9-407 and/or 9-408 of the UCC or other similar applicable law);
provided,
however,
that to
the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid
security interest in such asset and, to the extent permitted by applicable
law,
this Agreement shall create a valid security interest in the proceeds of such
asset.
(b)
“Intellectual
Property”
means
the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating
to
intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, (i) all copyrights
arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published
or
unpublished, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications
in
connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations,
recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, (ii) all
letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions thereof, and all applications
for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, (iii) all trademarks, trade
names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business
names, trade dress, service marks, logos, domain names and other source or
business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and
all
applications in connection therewith, whether 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, or
otherwise, and all common law rights related thereto, (iv) all trade secrets
arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political
subdivision thereof, (v) all rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or
extensions of the foregoing, (vi) all licenses for any of the foregoing, and
(vii) all causes of action for infringement of the foregoing.
(c) “Majority
in Interest”
means,
at any time of determination, the majority in interest (based on
then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures at the time of such
determination) of the Secured Parties.
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(d) “Necessary
Endorsement”
means
undated stock powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of assignment
duly executed and such other instruments or documents as the Agent (as that
term
is defined below) may reasonably request.
(e)
“Obligations”
means
all of the liabilities
and obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or several)
due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter contracted or
acquired, or owing to, of the Debtor to the Secured Parties, including, without
limitation, all
obligations under this Agreement, the Debentures, and any other instruments,
agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith
or therewith, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or
involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from
time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created or incurred,
and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to
the
extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or
indirectly from any of the Secured Parties as a preference, fraudulent transfer
or otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted,
extended or modified from time to time. Without limiting the generality of
the
foregoing, the term “Obligations” shall include, without limitation: (i)
principal of, and interest on the Debentures and the loans extended pursuant
thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs, obligations and
liabilities of the Debtor from time to time under or in connection with this
Agreement, the Debentures, and any other instruments, agreements or other
documents executed and/or delivered in connection herewith or therewith; and
(iii) all amounts (including but not limited to post-petition interest) in
respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for the fact that the
obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable or not allowable due to the
existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the
Debtor.
(f)
“Organizational
Documents”
means
with respect to the Debtor or QPC, the documents by which the Debtor or QPC
was
organized (such as a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited
partnership or articles of organization, and including, without limitation,
any
certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of preferred
equity) and which relate to the internal governance of the Debtor or QPC (such
as bylaws, a partnership agreement or an operating, limited liability or members
agreement).
(g)
“Pledged
Interests”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(j).
(h)
“Pledged
Securities”
shall
have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4(i).
(i) “QPC”
means
Quintessence Photonics Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
(j) “UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York and or any other applicable
law of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any
portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It is the
intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed in
their
broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in its broadest
sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time, changes to defined terms
in
the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are incorporated herein and if
existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the amended definitions, the
existing ones shall be controlling.
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2.
Grant
of Security Interest in Collateral.
As an
inducement for the Secured Parties to extend the loans as evidenced by the
Debentures and to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and
discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, the Debtor
hereby unconditionally and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to
the
Secured Parties a security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of
set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever
kind and nature in and to, the Collateral (a “Security
Interest”
and,
collectively, the “Security
Interests”).
The
Security Interests granted hereby shall be subordinated and subject to all
Existing Liens. For purposes of this Agreement, “Existing
Liens”
means
all Liens granted in favor of (a) the holders of the Debtor’s 10% Secured
Convertible Debentures due May 22, 2009 and (b) the holders of the Debtor’s 10%
Secured Convertible Debentures due April 16, 2009.
3. Delivery
of Certain Collateral.
Contemporaneously or prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Debtor shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (a) any and all certificates
and
other instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged Securities, and (b)
any
and all certificates and other instruments or documents representing any of
the
other Collateral, in each case, together with all Necessary Endorsements. The
Debtor is, contemporaneously with the execution hereof, delivering to Agent,
or
has previously delivered to Agent, a true and correct copy of each
Organizational Document governing any of the Pledged Securities.
4. Representations,
Warranties, Covenants and Agreements of the Debtor.
Except
as set forth under the corresponding section of the disclosure schedules
delivered to the Secured Parties concurrently herewith (the “Disclosure
Schedules”),
which
Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed a part hereof, the Debtor represents and
warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Parties as
follows:
(a)
The
Debtor has the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company
or
other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry
out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Debtor of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of Debtor and no further action
is required by Debtor. This Agreement has been duly executed by the Debtor.
This
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Debtor,
enforceable against the Debtor in accordance with its terms except as such
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of
equity.
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(b)
The
Debtor has no place of business or offices where its books of account and
records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or
accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set
forth on Schedule
A
attached
hereto. Except as specifically set forth on Schedule
A,
the
Debtor is the record owner of the real property where such Collateral is
located, and there exist no mortgages or other liens on any such real property
except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement
dated July 8, 2008 by and among the Company and the purchasers listed on the
signature pages thereto). Except as disclosed on Schedule
A,
none of
such Collateral is in the possession of any consignee, bailee, warehouseman,
agent or processor.
(c)
Except
for Permitted Liens and except as set forth on Schedule
B
attached
hereto, the Debtor is the sole owner of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive
licenses granted by the Debtor in the ordinary course of business), free and
clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and
are
fully authorized to grant the Security Interests. Except as set forth on
Schedule
C
attached
hereto or in connection with a Permitted Lien, there is not on file in any
governmental or regulatory authority, agency or recording office an effective
financing statement, security agreement, license or transfer or any notice
of
any of the foregoing (other than those that will be filed in favor of the
Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the
Collateral. Except as set forth on Schedule
C
attached
hereto or in connection with a Permitted Lien and except pursuant to this
Agreement, without the written consent of the Secured Parties holding at least
67% of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding, as long as
this
Agreement shall be in effect, the Debtor shall not execute and shall not
knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any other financing
statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or
recorded in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement).
(d)
No
written claim has been received that any Collateral or the Debtor's use of
any
Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There has been no adverse
decision to the Debtor's claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to
use
the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to the Debtor's right to keep and maintain
such Collateral in full force and effect, and there is no proceeding involving
said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of the Debtor, threatened before
any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator or
other governmental authority.
(e)
Debtor
shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the
Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at the
locations set forth on Schedule
A
attached
hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible
Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Parties at least 30 days prior
to
such relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new location
thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii) evidence that
appropriate financing statements under the UCC and other necessary documents
have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the
Security Interests to create in favor of the Secured Parties a valid, perfected
and continuing perfected first priority lien in the Collateral (subject only
to
Permitted Liens).
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(f)
This
Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Parties a valid security interest
in
the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens securing the payment and
performance of the Obligations. Upon making the filings described in the
immediately following paragraph, all security interests created hereunder in
any
Collateral which may be perfected by filing Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements shall have been duly perfected. Except for the filing of the Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements referred to in the immediately following
paragraph, the recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement
(as
defined in Section 4(p) hereof) with respect to copyrights and copyright
applications in the United States Copyright Office referred to in paragraph
(m),
the
execution and delivery of deposit account control agreements satisfying the
requirements of Section 9-104(a)(2) of the UCC with respect to each deposit
account of the Debtor,
and the
delivery of the certificates and other instruments provided in Section
3,
no
action is necessary to create, perfect or protect the security interests created
hereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for the
filing of said financing statements, the recordation of said Intellectual
Property Security Agreement, and the execution and delivery of said deposit
account control agreements, no consent of any third parties and no
authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for (i) the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement, (ii) the creation or perfection
of
the Security Interests created hereunder in the Collateral or (iii) the
enforcement of the rights of the Agent and the Secured Parties
hereunder.
(g)
Debtor
hereby authorizes the Agent to file one or more financing statements under
the
UCC, with respect to the Security Interests, with the proper filing and
recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed proper by it.
(h)
The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Debtor does not
(i)
violate any of the provisions of any Organizational Documents of the Debtor
or
any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or
arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to the Debtor
or
(ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without
notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or
other
instrument (evidencing the Debtor's debt or otherwise) or other understanding
to
which the Debtor is a party or by which any property or asset of the Debtor
is
bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including, without limitation,
from stockholders or creditors of the Debtor) necessary for the Debtor to enter
into and perform its obligations hereunder have been obtained.
(i)
The
capital stock and other equity interests listed on Schedule
H
hereto
(the “Pledged
Securities”)
represent all of the capital stock and other equity interests of the QPC, and
represent all capital stock and other equity interests owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Debtor. All of the Pledged Securities are validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable, and the Debtor is the legal and beneficial owner
of the Pledged Securities, free and clear of any lien, security interest or
other encumbrance except for the security interests created by this Agreement
and other Permitted Liens.
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(j)
The
ownership and other equity interests in partnerships and limited liability
companies (if any)
included
in the Collateral
(the
“Pledged
Interests”)
by
their express terms do not provide that they are securities governed by Article
8 of the UCC and are not held in a securities account or by any financial
intermediary.
(k)
Except
for Permitted Liens, the Debtor shall at all times maintain the liens and
Security Interests provided for hereunder as valid and perfected first priority
liens (to the extent such perfection and priority can be achieved with the
filing of financing statements under the UCC or the delivery of the certificates
representing the Pledged Interests) and security interests in the Collateral
in
favor of the Secured Parties until this Agreement and the Security Interest
hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 14 hereof. Debtor hereby
agrees to defend the same against the claims of any and all persons and
entities. Debtor shall safeguard and protect all Collateral for the account
of
the Secured Parties. At the request of the Agent, the Debtor will sign and
deliver to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties at any time or from time
to time one or more financing statements pursuant to the UCC in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent and will pay the cost of filing the same in all public
offices wherever filing is, or is deemed by the Agent to be, necessary or
desirable to effect the rights and obligations provided for herein. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Debtor shall pay all fees, taxes
and other amounts necessary to maintain the Collateral and the Security
Interests hereunder, and the Debtor shall obtain and furnish to the Agent from
time to time, upon demand, such releases and/or subordinations of claims and
liens which may be required to maintain the priority of the Security Interests
hereunder.
(l)
The
Debtor will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell or
otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses
granted by a Debtor in its ordinary course of business and sales of inventory
by
a Debtor in its ordinary course of business) without the prior written consent
of a Majority
in Interest.
(m) Debtor
shall keep and preserve its equipment, inventory and other tangible Collateral
in good condition, repair and order and shall not operate or locate any such
Collateral (or cause to be operated or located) in any area excluded from
insurance coverage.
(n) INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED.
(o)
Debtor
shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured
Parties promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change in the
Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material
adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured Parties’
security interest, through the Agent, therein.
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(p)
Debtor
shall promptly execute and deliver to the Agent such further deeds, mortgages,
assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other instruments,
documents, certificates and assurances and take such further action as the
Agent
may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion deem necessary
to
perfect, protect or enforce the Secured Parties’ security interest in the
Collateral including, without limitation, if applicable, the execution and
delivery of a separate security agreement with respect to the Debtor’s
Intellectual Property (“Intellectual
Property Security Agreement”)
in
which the Secured Parties have been granted a security interest hereunder,
substantially in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent, which Intellectual
Property Security Agreement, other than as stated therein, shall be subject
to
all of the terms and conditions hereof.
(q)
Debtor
shall permit the Agent and its representatives and agents to inspect the
Collateral during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, and
to
make copies of records pertaining to the Collateral as may be reasonably
requested by the Agent from time to time.
(r)
Debtor
shall take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to
preserve, enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts
receivable in respect of the Collateral.
(s)
Debtor
shall promptly notify the Secured Parties in sufficient detail upon becoming
aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process levied
against any Collateral and of any other information received by Debtor that
may
materially affect the value of the Collateral, the Security Interest or the
rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder.
(t)
All
information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Parties
by
or on behalf of the Debtor with respect to the Collateral is accurate and
complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.
(u)
The
Debtor shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its valid
existence and good standing and any rights and franchises material to its
business.
(v)
The
Debtor will not change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of
organization, organizational identification number (if it has one), legal or
corporate structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious name unless it
provides at least 30 days prior written notice to the Secured Parties of such
change and, at the time of such written notification, Debtor provides any
financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the
perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this
Agreement.
(w) Except
in
the ordinary course of business, the Debtor may not consign any of its inventory
or sell any of its inventory on xxxx and hold, sale or return, sale on approval,
or other conditional terms of sale without the consent of the
Agent
which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
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(x)
The
Debtor may not relocate its chief executive office to a new location without
providing 30 days prior written notification thereof to the Secured Parties
and
so long as, at the time of such written notification, Debtor provides any
financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue the
perfection of the Security Interests granted and evidenced by this
Agreement.
(y) Debtor
was organized and remains organized solely under the laws of the state set
forth
next to Debtor’s name in Schedule
D
attached
hereto, which Schedule
D
sets
forth the Debtor’s organizational identification number or, if the Debtor does
not have one, states that one does not exist.
(z)
(i) The
actual name of the Debtor is the name set forth in Schedule
D
attached
hereto; (ii) the Debtor does not have any trade names except as set forth on
Schedule
E
attached
hereto; (iii) the Debtor has not used any name other than that stated in the
preamble hereto or as set forth on Schedule
E
for the
preceding five years; and (iv) no entity has merged into the Debtor or been
acquired by the Debtor within the past five years except as set forth on
Schedule
E.
(aa) At
any
time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of instruments,
certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession by
the
secured party to perfect the security interest created hereby, the Debtor shall
deliver such Collateral to the Agent upon the Agent’s reasonable
request.
(bb)
Debtor,
in its capacity as issuer, hereby agrees to comply with any and all orders
and
instructions of Agent regarding the Pledged Interests consistent with the terms
of this Agreement without the further consent of the Debtor as contemplated
by
Section 8-106 (or any successor section) of the UCC. Further, the Debtor agrees
that it shall not enter into a similar agreement (or one that would confer
“control” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) with any other person or
entity.
(cc) Upon
the
Agent’s reasonable request, the Debtor shall cause all tangible chattel paper
constituting Collateral to be delivered to the Agent, or, if such delivery
is
not possible, then to cause such tangible chattel paper to contain a legend
noting that it is subject to the security interest created by this Agreement.
To
the extent that any Collateral consists of electronic chattel paper, upon the
Agent’s written request, the Debtor shall cause the underlying chattel paper to
be “marked” within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or successor section
thereto).
(dd) If
there
is any investment property or deposit account included as Collateral that can
be
perfected by “control” through an account control agreement, upon the Agent’s
reasonable request, the Debtor shall cause such an account control agreement,
in
form and substance in each case satisfactory to the Agent, to be entered into
and delivered to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties; provided
that
the parties agree that the Debtor shall not be required to deliver an account
control agreement with respect to any deposit account with an average daily
closing balance of less than $10,000.
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(ee)
To
the
extent that any Collateral consists of letter-of-credit rights, the Debtor
shall
cause the issuer of each underlying letter of credit to consent to an assignment
of the proceeds thereof to the Secured Parties.
(ff)
To
the
extent that any Collateral is in the possession of any third party, the Debtor
shall join with the Agent in notifying such third party of the Secured Parties’
security interest in such Collateral and shall use its best efforts to obtain
an
acknowledgement and agreement from such third party with respect to the
Collateral, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent.
(gg) If
the
Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire a commercial tort claim, Debtor shall
promptly notify the Secured Parties in a writing signed by Debtor of the
particulars thereof and grant to the Secured Parties in such writing a security
interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this
Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent.
(hh) The
Debtor shall immediately provide written notice to the Secured Parties of any
and all accounts which arise out of contracts with any governmental authority
and, to the extent necessary to perfect or continue the perfected status of
the
Security Interests in such accounts and proceeds thereof, shall execute and
deliver to the Agent an assignment of claims for such accounts and cooperate
with the Agent in taking any other steps required, in its judgment, under the
Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute
or rule to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interests
in
such accounts and proceeds thereof.
(ii) The
Debtor shall cause each subsidiary
of
Debtor to immediately become a party hereto (an “Additional
Debtor”),
by
executing and delivering an Additional Debtor Joinder in substantially the
form
of Annex
A
attached
hereto and comply with the provisions hereof applicable to the Debtor;
provided,
however,
this
Section 4(ii) shall not apply to QPC and any subsidiary that is created solely
through a contribution of assets by QPC, including, but not limited to, QPC
Medical Lasers, Inc. Concurrent therewith, the Additional Debtor shall deliver
replacement schedules for, or supplements to all other Schedules to (or referred
to in) this Agreement, as applicable, which replacement schedules shall
supersede, or supplements shall modify, the Schedules then in effect. The
Additional Debtor shall also deliver such opinions of counsel, authorizing
resolutions, good standing certificates, incumbency certificates, organizational
documents, financing statements and other information and documentation as
the
Agent may reasonably request. Upon delivery of the foregoing to the Agent,
the
Additional Debtor shall be and become a party to this Agreement with the same
rights and obligations as the Debtor, for all purposes hereof as fully and
to
the same extent as if it were an original signatory hereto and shall be deemed
to have made the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein
as
of the date of execution and delivery of such Additional Debtor Joinder, and
all
references herein to the “Debtor” shall be deemed to include each Additional
Debtor.
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(jj)
Debtor
shall vote the Pledged Securities to comply with the covenants and agreements
set forth herein and in the Debentures.
(kk) Debtor
shall register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities on the books
of
Debtor. Debtor shall notify each issuer of Pledged Securities to register the
pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities in the name of the Secured Parties
on the books of such issuer. Further, except with respect to certificated
securities delivered to the Agent, the Debtor shall deliver to Agent an
acknowledgement of pledge (which, where appropriate, shall comply with the
requirements of the relevant UCC with respect to perfection by registration)
signed by the issuer of the applicable Pledged Securities, which acknowledgement
shall confirm that: (a) it has registered the pledge on its books and records;
and (b) at any time directed by Agent during the continuation of an Event of
Default, such issuer will transfer the record ownership of such Pledged
Securities into the name of any designee of Agent, will take such steps as
may
be necessary to effect the transfer, and will comply with all other instructions
of Agent regarding such Pledged Securities without the further consent of the
Debtor.
(ll)
In
the
event that, upon an occurrence of an Event of Default, Agent shall sell all
or
any of the Pledged Securities to another party or parties (herein called the
“Transferee”)
or
shall purchase or retain all or any of the Pledged Securities, the Debtor shall,
to the extent applicable: (i) deliver to Agent or the Transferee, as the case
may be, the articles of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, stock certificate
books, corporate seals, deeds, leases, indentures, agreements, evidences of
indebtedness, books of account, financial records and all other Organizational
Documents and records of the Debtor and its direct and indirect subsidiaries;
(ii) use its best efforts to obtain resignations of the persons then serving
as
officers and directors of the Debtor and its direct and indirect subsidiaries,
if so requested; and (iii) use its best efforts to obtain any approvals that
are
required by any governmental or regulatory body in order to permit the sale
of
the Pledged Securities to the Transferee or the purchase or retention of the
Pledged Securities by Agent and allow the Transferee or Agent to continue the
business of the Debtor and its direct and indirect subsidiaries.
(mm) Without
limiting the generality of the other obligations of the Debtor hereunder, the
Debtor shall promptly (i) cause to be registered at the United States Copyright
Office all of its material copyrights, (ii) cause the security interest
contemplated hereby with respect to all Intellectual Property registered at
the
United States Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office
to
be duly recorded at the applicable office, and (iii) give the Agent notice
whenever it acquires (whether absolutely or by license) or creates any
additional material Intellectual Property.
(nn) Debtor
will from time to time, at its expense, promptly execute and deliver all such
further instruments and documents, and take all such further action as may
be
necessary or desirable, or as the Agent may reasonably request, in order to
perfect and protect any security interest granted or purported to be granted
hereby or to enable the Secured Parties to exercise and enforce their rights
and
remedies hereunder and with respect to any Collateral or to otherwise carry
out
the purposes of this Agreement.
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(oo) Schedule
F
attached
hereto lists all of the patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, registered copyrights, and domain names owned by the Debtor as
of
the date hereof. Schedule
F
lists
all material licenses in favor of the Debtor for the use of any patents,
trademarks, copyrights and domain names as of the date hereof. All material
patents and trademarks of the Debtor have been duly recorded at the United
States Patent and Trademark Office and all material copyrights of the Debtor
have been duly recorded at the United States Copyright Office.
(pp) Except
as
set forth on Schedule
G
attached
hereto, none of the account debtors or other persons or entities obligated
on
any of the Collateral is a governmental authority covered by the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or
rule
in respect of such Collateral.
5. Effect
of Pledge on Certain Rights. If
any of
the Collateral subject to this Agreement consists of nonvoting equity or
ownership interests (regardless of class, designation, preference or rights)
that may be converted into voting equity or ownership interests upon the
occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer
of all or any of the other stock or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that
the
pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or
the
enforcement of any of Agent’s rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be the
type of event which would trigger such conversion rights notwithstanding any
provisions in the Organizational Documents or agreements to which the Debtor
is
subject or to which the Debtor is party.
6.
Defaults.
The
following events shall be “Events
of Default”:
(a)
The
occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures) under the
Debentures;
(b)
Any
representation or warranty of the Debtor in this Agreement shall prove to have
been incorrect in any material respect when made;
(c)
The
failure by the Debtor to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder
for
five (5) days after delivery to Debtor of notice of such failure by or on behalf
of a Secured Party unless such default is capable of cure but cannot be cured
within such time frame and Debtor is using best efforts to cure same in a timely
fashion; or
(d)
If
any provision of this Agreement shall at any time for any reason be declared
to
be null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested
by the Debtor, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Debtor, or by any
governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Debtor, seeking to establish
the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Debtor shall deny that the
Debtor has any liability or obligation purported to be created under this
Agreement.
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7. Duty
To Hold In Trust.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Debtor shall,
upon receipt of any revenue, income,
dividend, interest
or other
sums subject to the Security Interests, whether payable pursuant to the
Debentures or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note, trade acceptance or
other
instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such sum, hold the same in trust
for the Secured Parties and shall forthwith endorse and transfer any such sums
or instruments, or both, to the Secured Parties, pro-rata in proportion to
their
respective then-currently outstanding principal amount of Debentures for
application to the satisfaction of the Obligations (and if any Debenture is
not
outstanding, pro-rata in proportion to the initial purchases of the remaining
Debentures).
(b) If
the
Debtor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any securities or
other
property (including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Securities or
instruments representing Pledged Securities acquired after the date hereof,
or
any options, warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates
representing a dividend, or any distribution in connection with any
recapitalization, reclassification or increase or reduction of capital, or
issued in connection with any reorganization of Debtor or any of its direct
or
indirect subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Securities (whether as an
addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Securities
or
otherwise), Debtor agrees to (i) accept the same as the agent of the Secured
Parties; (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the benefit of the
Secured Parties; and (iii) to deliver any and all certificates or instruments
evidencing the same to Agent on or before the close of business on the fifth
business day following the receipt thereof by Debtor, in the exact form received
together with the Necessary Endorsements, to be held by Agent subject to the
terms of this Agreement as Collateral.
8. Rights
and Remedies Upon Default.
(a) Upon
the
occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured
Parties, acting through the Agent, shall have the right to exercise all of
the
remedies conferred hereunder and under the Debentures, and the Secured Parties
shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Without
limitation, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, shall have the
following rights and powers:
(i)
The
Agent shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, for that
purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises where
the Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same,
and the Debtor shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Agent
at places which the Agent shall reasonably select, whether at Debtor's premises
or elsewhere, and make available to the Agent, without rent, all of Debtor’s
respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Agent taking
possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in saleable or disposable
form.
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(ii) Upon
notice to the Debtor by Agent, all rights of the Debtor to exercise the voting
and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise
and
all rights of the Debtor to receive the dividends and interest which it would
otherwise be authorized to receive and retain, shall cease. Upon such notice,
Agent shall have the right to receive, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
any interest, cash dividends or other payments on the Collateral and, at the
option of Agent, to exercise in such Agent’s discretion all voting rights
pertaining thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise all rights with
respect to the Collateral as it were the sole and absolute owner thereof,
including, without limitation, to vote and/or to exchange, at its sole
discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection with a merger,
reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other readjustment concerning
or involving the Collateral or the Debtor or any of its direct or indirect
subsidiaries.
(iii)
The
Agent shall have the right to operate the business of the Debtor using the
Collateral and shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose
of and deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale
or
otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for cash
or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such
time
or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and conditions as
the
Agent may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as shall be required
by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or demand upon or
notice to the Debtor or right of redemption of a Debtor, which are hereby
expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer
of
Collateral, the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may, unless
prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any part
of
the Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims,
right
of redemption and equities of the Debtor, which are hereby waived and
released.
(iv) The
Agent
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors
and
any obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the
Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, and to enforce the Debtor’ rights
against such account debtors and obligors.
(v) The
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, may (but is not obligated to)
direct any financial intermediary or any other person or entity holding any
investment property to transfer the same to the Agent, on behalf of the Secured
Parties, or its designee.
(vi) The
Agent
may (but is not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property
registered in the name of the Debtor at the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Secured Parties or any
designee or any purchaser of any Collateral.
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(b) The
Agent
shall comply with any applicable law in connection with a disposition of
Collateral and such compliance will not be considered adversely to affect the
commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Agent may sell
the
Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically disclaim such
warranties. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Debtor
will
only be credited with payments actually made by the purchaser. In addition,
the
Debtor waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in
advance of the enforcement of any of the Agent’s rights and remedies hereunder,
including, without limitation, its right following an Event of Default to take
immediate possession of the Collateral and to exercise its rights and remedies
with respect thereto.
(c) For
the
purpose of enabling the Agent to further exercise rights and remedies under
this
Section 8 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law, the Debtor
hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the Secured
Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment
of
royalty or other compensation to Debtor) to use, license or sublicense following
an Event of Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired
by Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license
access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored
and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout
thereof.
9. Applications
of Proceeds.
The
proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral
hereunder or from payments made on account of any insurance policy insuring
any
portion of the Collateral shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking,
holding, storing, processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like
(including, without limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in
connection therewith) of the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses incurred by the Agent in enforcing the Secured Parties’ rights
hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and disposing of the
Collateral, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations pro rata among the
Secured Parties (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Debentures
at
the time of any such determination), and to the payment of any other amounts
required by applicable law, after which the Secured Parties shall pay to the
Debtor any surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale, license or other disposition
of
the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to
which the Secured Parties are legally entitled, the Debtor will be liable for
the deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate of 18% per annum
or
the lesser amount permitted by applicable law (the “Default
Rate”),
and
the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the Secured Parties to collect
such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Debtor waives
all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Parties arising out of
the
repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral, unless due solely
to
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Parties as determined
by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
10. Securities
Law Provision.
Debtor
recognizes that Agent may be limited in its ability to effect a sale to the
public of all or part of the Pledged Securities by reason of certain
prohibitions in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or other federal or
state securities laws (collectively, the “Securities
Laws”),
and
may be compelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of
purchasers who may be required to agree to acquire the Pledged Securities for
their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or
resale thereof. Debtor agrees that sales so made may be at prices and on terms
less favorable than if the Pledged Securities were sold to the public, and
that
Agent has no obligation to delay the sale of any Pledged Securities for the
period of time necessary to register the Pledged Securities for sale to the
public under the Securities Laws. Debtor shall cooperate with Agent in its
attempt to satisfy any requirements under the Securities Laws (including,
without limitation, registration thereunder if requested by Agent) applicable
to
the sale of the Pledged Securities by Agent.
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11. Costs
and Expenses.
Debtor
agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred
in
connection with any filing required hereunder, including without limitation,
any
financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation statements, partial
releases and/or termination statements related thereto or any expenses of any
searches reasonably required by the Agent. The Debtor shall also pay all other
claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Agent is reasonably
likely to prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Collateral or the Security
Interests therein. The Debtor will also, upon demand, pay to the Agent the
amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for
the
benefit of the Secured Parties, may incur in connection with the creation,
perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure, collection or enforcement
of
the Security Interest and the preparation, administration, continuance,
amendment or enforcement of this Agreement and pay to the Agent the amount
of
any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses
of
its counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Agent, for the benefit
of
the Secured Parties, and the Secured Parties may incur in connection with (i)
the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or
the
sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral,
or
(iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Parties
under the Debentures. Unless paid within ten (10) days after written notice
and
delivery of any records substantiating such charges as may be reasonably
requested by a Debtor from the Agent to Debtor, any fees payable hereunder
shall
be added to the principal amount of the Debentures and shall bear interest
at
the Default Rate.
12. Responsibility
for Collateral.
The
Debtor assumes all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all
Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by
reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or
its
unavailability for any reason. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(a) neither the Agent nor any Secured Party (i) has any duty (either before
or
after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the Collateral
or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or (ii) has any obligation
to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale, and (b) the Debtor
shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement included
in
the Collateral to be observed or performed by Debtor thereunder. Neither the
Agent nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any
such contract or agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or
the
receipt by the Agent or any Secured Party of any payment relating to any of
the
Collateral, nor shall the Agent or any Secured Party be obligated in any manner
to perform any of the obligations of the Debtor under or pursuant to any such
contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any
payment received by the Agent or any Secured Party in respect of the Collateral
or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract
or agreement, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any
performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been
assigned to the Agent or to which the Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled
at any time or times.
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13. Security
Interests Absolute.
All
rights of the Secured Parties and all obligations of the Debtor hereunder,
shall
be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or
enforceability of this Agreement, the Debentures or any agreement entered into
in connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any
change in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any
other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver
of or any consent to any departure from the Debentures or any other agreement
entered into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or
nonperfection of any of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver
of
or consent to departure from any other collateral for, or any guarantee, or
any
other security, for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the Secured
Parties to obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any
insurance claims or matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral;
or (e) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or
equitable defense available to a Debtor, or a discharge of all or any part
of
the Security Interests granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been
paid and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Parties shall continue
even if the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without
limitation, the running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. Debtor
expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of
nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any
transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Parties
hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction
to
have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy
or
insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due
to
any party other than the Secured Parties, then, in any such event, the Debtor’s
obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall
not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation
of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable
in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Debtor waives all right
to
require the Secured Parties to proceed against any other person or entity
or
to
apply
any Collateral which the Secured Parties may hold at any time, or to marshal
assets, or to pursue any other remedy. Debtor waives any defense arising by
reason of the application of the statute of limitations to any obligation
secured hereby.
14.
Term
of Agreement.
This
Agreement and the Security Interests shall terminate on the date on which all
payments under the Debentures have been indefeasibly paid in full and all other
Obligations have been paid or discharged; provided, however, that all
indemnities of the Debtor contained in this Agreement (including, without
limitation, Annex B hereto) shall survive and remain operative and in full
force
and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.
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15.
Power
of Attorney; Further Assurances.
(a)
Debtor
authorizes the Agent, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Agent
and
its officers, agents, successors or assigns with full power of substitution,
as
Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with power, in the name of the Agent
or Debtor, to, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of
Default, (i) endorse any note, checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments
of payment (including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of
insurance) in respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the
Agent; (ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement pursuant to the UCC
or
any invoice, freight or express xxxx, xxxx of lading, storage or warehouse
receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in
connection with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii)
to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances
at
any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to
demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and xxx for monies due in
respect of the Collateral; (v) to transfer any Intellectual Property or provide
licenses respecting any Intellectual Property; and (vi) generally, at the option
of the Agent, and at the expense of the Debtor, at any time, or from time to
time, to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments and to do
all
acts and things which the Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve and realize
upon the Collateral and the Security Interests granted therein in order to
effect the intent of this Agreement and the Debentures all as fully and
effectually as the Debtor might or could do; and the Debtor hereby ratifies
all
that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This
power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable for
the
term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of the Obligations shall
be
outstanding. The
designation set forth herein shall be deemed to amend and supersede any
inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents or other documents or
agreements to which the Debtor is subject or to which the Debtor is a party.
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, each Secured Party is specifically
authorized to execute and file any applications for or instruments of transfer
and assignment of any patents, trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual
Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United
States Copyright Office.
(b)
On
a
continuing basis, the Debtor will make, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file
and
record, as the case may be, with the proper filing and recording agencies in
any
jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the jurisdictions indicated on
Schedule
C
attached
hereto, all such instruments, and take all such action as may reasonably be
deemed necessary or advisable, or as reasonably requested by the Agent, to
perfect the Security Interests granted hereunder and otherwise to carry out
the
intent and purposes of this Agreement, or for assuring and confirming to the
Agent the grant or perfection of a perfected security interest in all the
Collateral under the UCC.
(c)
Debtor
hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent as Debtor’s attorney-in-fact, with full
authority in the place and instead of Debtor and in the name of Debtor, from
time to time in the Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any
instrument which the Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the
purposes of this Agreement, including the filing, in its sole discretion, of
one
or more financing or continuation statements and amendments thereto, relative
to
any of the Collateral without the signature of Debtor where permitted by law,
which financing statements may (but need not) describe the Collateral as “all
assets” or “all personal property” or words of like import, and ratifies all
such actions taken by the Agent. This power of attorney is coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter
as long as any of the Obligations shall be outstanding.
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16. Notices.
All
notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be subject
to the notice provision of the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined
in
the Debentures).
17. Other
Security.
To the
extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other
than
the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other person,
firm, corporation or other entity, then the Agent shall have the right, in
its
sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or take any other
action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or affecting any
of
the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies hereunder.
18. Appointment
of Agent.
The
Secured Parties hereby appoint Bristol Investment Fund, Ltd. to act as their
agent (“Bristol
Investment”
or
“Agent”)
for
purposes of exercising any and all rights and remedies of the Secured Parties
hereunder. Such appointment shall continue until revoked in writing by a
Majority
in Interest, at which time a Majority in Interest
shall
appoint a new Agent, provided that Bristol Investment may not be removed as
Agent unless Bristol Investment shall then hold less than $50,000 in principal
amount of Debentures;
provided,
further,
that
such removal may occur only if each of the other Secured Parties shall then
hold
not less than an aggregate of $50,000
in
principal amount of Debentures. The
Agent
shall have the rights, responsibilities and immunities set forth in Annex
B
hereto.
19. Miscellaneous.
(a)
No
course
of dealing between the Debtor and the Secured Parties, nor any failure to
exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Parties,
any
right, power or privilege hereunder or under the Debentures shall operate as
a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power
or
privilege hereunder or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
(b)
All
of
the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral,
whether established hereby or by the Debentures or by any other agreements,
instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised
singly or concurrently.
(c)
This
Agreement,
together with the exhibits and schedules hereto, contain the entire
understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect
to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into this
Agreement and the exhibits and schedules hereto.
No
provision of this Agreement may be waived, modified, supplemented or amended
except in a written instrument signed by the Debtor and the Secured Parties
holding at least 67% of the principal amount of the Debentures then outstanding
at the time of such waiver, modification, supplement or amendment or such lesser
percentage as expressly provided herein. Any waiver, modification, supplement
or
amendment effected in accordance with this Section 19(c) shall be binding upon
the Debtor, the Secured Parties and their respective successors and permitted
assigns.
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(d)
If
any
term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court
of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the
remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein
shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired
or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or
substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision,
covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the
intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may
be
hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.
(e)
No
waiver
of any default with respect to any provision, condition or requirement of this
Agreement shall be deemed to be a continuing waiver in the future or a waiver
of
any subsequent default or a waiver of any other provision, condition or
requirement hereof, nor shall any delay or omission of any party to exercise
any
right hereunder in any manner impair the exercise of any such
right.
(f)
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and
their successors and permitted assigns. The Debtor may not assign this Agreement
or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each
Secured Party (other than by merger). Any Secured Party may assign any or all
of
its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Secured Party assigns
or transfers any Obligations, provided such transferee agrees in writing to
be
bound, with respect to the transferred Obligations, by the provisions of this
Agreement that apply to the “Secured Parties.”
(g)
Each
party shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further
documents as may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the
provisions and purposes of this Agreement.
(h)
All
questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation
of this Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law thereof. Debtor agrees that all proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Debentures (whether brought against
a
party hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
Debtor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state
and
federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan for the
adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any
transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding
is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing
a
copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with
evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to
it
under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein
shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted
by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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(i)
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature
is
delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature
were the original thereof.
(j) Debtor
shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Agent and the Secured Parties
and their respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors,
employees and agents (and any other persons with other titles that have similar
functions) (collectively, “Indemnitees”)
from
and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits,
costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the
cost
of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by
or
asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or
alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses,
claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined
by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction. This
indemnification provision is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any
other
indemnification provision in the Debentures, the Purchase Agreement (as such
term is defined in the Debentures) or any other agreement, instrument or other
document executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith.
(k) Nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed to subject Agent or any Secured Party
to
liability as a partner in the Debtor or any if its direct or indirect
subsidiaries that is a partnership or as a member in the Debtor or any of its
direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor shall
Agent or any Secured Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under
any
partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable,
of
any Debtor or any if its direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise, unless
and until any such Secured Party exercises its right to be substituted for
Debtor as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant hereto.
(l)
To
the
extent that the grant of the security interest in the Collateral and the
enforcement of the terms hereof require the consent, approval or action of
any
partner or member, as applicable, of the Debtor or any direct or indirect
subsidiary of the Debtor or compliance with any provisions of any of the
Organizational Documents, the Debtor hereby grants such consent and approval
and
waive any such noncompliance with the terms of said documents.
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[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security
Agreement to be duly executed on the day and year first above
written.
QPC
LASERS, INC.
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[SIGNATURE PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO QPCI SA]
Name
of
Investing Entity: __________________________
Signature
of Authorized Signatory of Investing entity:
_________________________
Name
of
Authorized Signatory: _________________________
Title
of
Authorized Signatory: __________________________
[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
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SCHEDULE
A
Principal
Place of Business of Debtor:
Locations
Where Collateral is Located or Stored:
SCHEDULE
B
SCHEDULE
C
SCHEDULE
D
Legal
Names and Organizational Identification Numbers
SCHEDULE
E
Names;
Mergers and Acquisitions
SCHEDULE
F
Intellectual
Property
SCHEDULE
G
Account
Debtors
SCHEDULE
H
Pledged
Securities
26
ANNEX
A
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
FORM
OF ADDITIONAL DEBTOR JOINDER
Security
Agreement dated as of July 8, 2008 made by
QPC
Lasers, Inc.
and
its
subsidiaries party thereto from time to time, as Debtor
to
and in
favor of
the
Secured Parties identified therein (the “Security
Agreement”)
Reference
is made to the Security Agreement as defined above; capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such
terms in, or by reference in, the Security Agreement.
The
undersigned hereby agrees that upon delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder
to the Secured Parties referred to above, the undersigned shall (a) be an
Additional Debtor under the Security Agreement, (b) have all the rights and
obligations of the Debtor under the Security Agreement as fully and to the
same
extent as if the undersigned was an original signatory thereto and (c) be deemed
to have made the representations and warranties set forth therein as of the
date
of execution and delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder. WITHOUT LIMITING
THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE UNDERSIGNED SPECIFICALLY GRANTS TO THE
SECURED PARTIES A SECURITY INTEREST IN THE COLLATERAL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH
IN
THE SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
PROVISIONS SET FORTH THEREIN.
Attached
hereto are supplemental and/or replacement Schedules to the Security Agreement,
as applicable.
An
executed copy of this Joinder shall be delivered to the Secured Parties, and
the
Secured Parties may rely on the matters set forth herein on or after the date
hereof. This Joinder shall not be modified, amended or terminated without the
prior written consent of the Secured Parties.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder to be executed in
the
name and on behalf of the undersigned.
[Name of Additional Debtor] | ||
By: | ||
Name:
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Title:
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Address:
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Dated:
[ANNEX
B
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THE
AGENT
1.
Appointment. The
Secured Parties (all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
shall have the respective meanings provided in the Security Agreement to which
this Annex B is attached (the "Agreement")),
by
their acceptance of the benefits of the Agreement, hereby designate [_____
(“[_____”
or
“Agent”)
as the
Agent to act as specified herein and in the Agreement. Each Secured Party shall
be deemed irrevocably to authorize the Agent to take such action on its behalf
under the provisions of the Agreement and any other Transaction Document (as
such term is defined in the Purchase Agreement) and to exercise such powers
and
to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated
to
or required of the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent may perform any of its duties
hereunder by or through its agents or employees.
2.
Nature
of Duties.
The
Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth
in the Agreement. Neither the Agent nor any of its partners, members,
shareholders, officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for
any
action taken or omitted by it as such under the Agreement or hereunder or in
connection herewith or therewith, be responsible for the consequence of any
oversight or error of judgment or answerable for any loss, unless caused solely
by its or their gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final
judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.
The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the
Agent shall not have by reason of the Agreement or any other Transaction
Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of the Debtor or any Secured Party;
and nothing in the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, expressed or
implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the Agent
any
obligations in respect of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except
as expressly set forth herein and therein.
3.
Lack
of Reliance on the Agent.
Independently and without reliance upon the Agent, each Secured Party, to the
extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (i) its own
independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of the Debtor
and its subsidiaries in connection with such Secured Party’s investment in the
Debtor, the creation and continuance of the Obligations, the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and the taking or not taking of
any
action in connection therewith, and (ii) its own appraisal of the
creditworthiness of the Debtor and its subsidiaries, and of the value of the
Collateral from time to time, and the Agent shall have no duty or
responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any
Secured Party with any credit, market or other information with respect thereto,
whether coming into its possession before any Obligations are incurred or at
any
time or times thereafter. The Agent shall not be responsible to the Debtor
or
any Secured Party for any recitals, statements, information, representations
or
warranties herein or in any document, certificate or other writing delivered
in
connection herewith, or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity,
enforceability, perfection, collectibility, priority or sufficiency of the
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or for the financial condition
of
the Debtor or the value of any of the Collateral, or be required to make any
inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions or conditions of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document,
or
the financial condition of the Debtor, or the value of any of the Collateral,
or
the existence or possible existence of any default or Event of Default under
the
Agreement, the Debentures or any of the other Transaction
Documents.
4.
Certain
Rights of the Agent.
The
Agent shall have the right to take any action with respect to the Collateral,
on
behalf of all of the Secured Parties. To the extent practical, the Agent shall
request instructions from the Secured Parties with respect to any material
act
or action (including failure to act) in connection with the Agreement or any
other Transaction Document, and shall be entitled to act or refrain from acting
in accordance with the instructions of a Majority in Interest; if such
instructions are not provided despite the Agent’s request therefor, the Agent
shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action, and if such
action is taken, shall be entitled to appropriate indemnification from the
Secured Parties in respect of actions to be taken by the Agent; and the Agent
shall not incur liability to any person or entity by reason of so refraining.
Without limiting the foregoing, (a) no Secured Party shall have any right of
action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of the Agent acting or
refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the terms of the Agreement
or any other Transaction Document, and the Debtor shall have no right to
question or challenge the authority of, or the instructions given to, the Agent
pursuant to the foregoing and (b) the Agent shall not be required to take any
action which the Agent believes (i) could reasonably be expected to expose
it to
personal liability or (ii) is contrary to this Agreement, the Transaction
Documents or applicable law.
5.
Reliance.
The
Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
any writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or
telecopier message, cablegram, radiogram, order or other document or telephone
message signed, sent or made by the proper person or entity, and, with respect
to all legal matters pertaining to the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it
and
upon all other matters pertaining to this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of other experts selected
by
it. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, the Agent shall have no obligation
whatsoever to any Secured Party to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned
by the Debtor or is cared for, protected or insured or that the liens granted
pursuant to the Agreement have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully
created, perfected, or enforced or are entitled to any particular
priority.
6.
Indemnification.
To the
extent that the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Debtor, the
Secured Parties will jointly and severally reimburse and indemnify the Agent,
in
proportion to their initially purchased respective principal amounts of
Debentures, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against the Agent in performing its duties hereunder or under the
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or in any way relating to or
arising out of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document except for those
determined by a final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the Agent's own gross
negligence or willful misconduct. Prior to taking any action hereunder as Agent,
the Agent may require each Secured Party to deposit with it sufficient sums
as
it determines in good faith is necessary to protect the Agent for costs and
expenses associated with taking such action.
7.
Resignation
by the Agent.
(a)
The
Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties under
the
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving 30 days'
prior written notice (as provided in the Agreement) to the Debtor and the
Secured Parties. Such resignation shall take effect upon the appointment of
a
successor Agent pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) below.
(b)
Upon
any such notice of resignation, the Secured Parties, acting by a Majority
in Interest,
shall
appoint a successor Agent hereunder.
(c)
If a
successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said 30-day period,
the
Agent shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as Agent until such
time, if any, as the Secured Parties appoint a successor Agent as provided
above. If a successor Agent has not been appointed within such 30-day period,
the Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction or may interplead
the
Debtor and the Secured Parties in a proceeding for the appointment of a
successor Agent, and all fees, including, but not limited to, extraordinary
fees
associated with the filing of interpleader and expenses associated therewith,
shall be payable by the Debtor on demand.
8.
Rights
with respect to Collateral.
Each
Secured Party agrees with all other Secured Parties and the Agent (i) that
it
shall not, and shall not attempt to, exercise any rights with respect to its
security interest in the Collateral, whether pursuant to any other agreement
or
otherwise (other than pursuant to this Agreement), or take or institute any
action against the Agent or any of the other Secured Parties in respect of
the
Collateral or its rights hereunder (other than any such action arising from
the
breach of this Agreement) and (ii) that such Secured Party has no other rights
with respect to the Collateral other than as set forth in this Agreement and
the
other Transaction Documents. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent
hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed
to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring Agent and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations under the Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or
removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of the Agreement including this
Annex
B shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken
by
it while it was Agent.