SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.2
THIS
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is made as of the 20th day of June, 2007, by
XXXXXXXXX HODLINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation, having a
mailing address at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, (the
“Company”) and XXXX XXXXXXX SENS, a Virginia
resident, having a mailing address of 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000,
(“Sens”) (together with the Company, individually and collectively, the
“Debtors”), for the benefit and security of DUTCHESS
PRIVATE EQUITIES FUND, LTD., having a mailing address at 00
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the “Secured
Party”).
WHEREAS,
the Company has executed and delivered to Secured Party a
note or instruments, including, without limitation, (i) that certain note
dated
June 20, 2007 from the Company in favor of the Secured Party (the
“Note”) pursuant to which the Secured Party has agreed to make
certain loans and other financial accommodations to the Company;
WHEREAS,
each of the other Debtors has executed and delivered a
guaranty (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Guaranty") of certain obligations of the Company, including
all obligations of the Company under the Note; and
WHEREAS,
the obligations of the Company under the Note and the
obligations of each other Debtor under the Guaranty are to be secured pursuant
to this Agreement;
NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of any loan, advance or
other financial accommodation heretofore or hereafter made to or for the
benefit
of any Debtor under or in connection with the Note of any other Finance
Documents (as defined below), and for other good and valuable consideration,
the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
CONSTRUCTION
AND DEFINED TERMS
1.01
Article
and Section Headings. Article
and Section headings and captions in this Agreement are for convenience only
and
shall not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. Unless
otherwise expressly stated in this Agreement, references in this Agreement
to
Sections shall be read as Sections of this Agreement.
1.02
Schedules
and Exhibits. The
references in this Agreement to specific Schedules and Exhibits shall be
read as
references to such specific Schedules or Exhibits attached, or intended to
be
attached, to this Agreement and any counterpart of this Agreement and regardless
of whether they are in fact attached to this Agreement, and including any
amendments, supplements and replacements to such Schedules and Exhibits from
time to time.
1.03
Defined
Terms. Unless otherwise
expressly stated in this Agreement, (a) capitalized terms which are not
otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
assigned
thereto in the UCC (as defined below); and (b) the
following terms used in this Agreement shall have the following meanings:
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“Collateral”
means,
with respect to any Debtor,
all property and rights of such Debtor in which a security interest is granted
hereunder.
“Computer
Hardware and Software” means, with
respect to any Debtor, all of such Debtor's rights (including rights as licensee
and lessee) with respect to (i) computer and other electronic data processing
hardware, including all integrated computer systems, central processing units,
memory units, display terminals, printers, computer elements, card readers,
tape
drives, hard and soft disk drives, cables, electrical supply hardware,
generators, power equalizers, accessories, peripheral devices and other related
computer hardware; (ii) all software programs designed for use on the computers
and electronic data processing hardware described in clause (i) above,
including all operating system software, utilities and application programs
in
whatsoever form (source code and object code in magnetic tape, disk or hard
copy
format or any other listings whatsoever); (iii) any firmware associated with
any
of the foregoing; and (iv) any documentation for hardware, software and firmware
described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, including
flow charts, logic diagrams, manuals, specifications, training materials,
charts
and pseudo codes.
“Equity
Interest” With respect to any Person, any
ownership interest in such Person, including shares, partnership interests,
joint venture interests, membership interests, limited liability company
interests, unit interests and any other equity or ownership interests of
any
kind, and any subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, purchase rights,
preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including any stockholders’ or
voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or voting of,
or
for securities convertible into, any shares, partnership interests, joint
venture interests, membership interests, limited liability company interests,
and any other equity or ownership interests in such Person.
“Finance
Documents” mean, collectively, the
Debenture, the Guaranty, and any other documents or agreements executed in
connection therewith or herewith and pertaining to the Secured Obligations.
“Lien”
Any
security interest (including security
interest within the definition of “security interest” in the UCC), encumbrance,
lien (including any judgment lien, any contract lien, any lien arising or
resulting from nonpayment of any tax, assessment, charge or other imposition,
and any lien arising or resulting from nonpayment for labor, materials, or
supplies), security agreement (including any agreement that creates or provides
for a security interest), deed of trust, mortgage, grant, pledge, assignment,
hypothecation, title retention contract, or other arrangement for security
purposes, and any agricultural lien (including any agricultural lien within
the
definition of “agricultural lien” in the UCC), and including any of the
foregoing arising by operation of statute or other law or the application
of
equitable principles, whether perfected or unperfected, avoidable or
unavoidable, consensual or nonconsensual, and any financing statement or
other
similar notice document, whether or not filed, and any agreement to give
a
financing statement or other similar notice document.
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“Lien
Proceeding” Any action taken (including
self help) or proceeding (judicial or otherwise) commenced by any Person
other
than Secured Party for the purpose of enforcing or protecting any actual
or
alleged Lien upon any of the Collateral, and including any foreclosure,
repossession, attachment, execution or other process regarding any of the
Collateral.
“Permitted
Lien” means those Liens described on
Schedule 3.07.
“Person”
Any
natural person, corporation, limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, entity, association, joint-stock
company, trust or unincorporated organization and any Governmental Authority,
including any receiver, debtor-in-possession, trustee, custodian, conservator,
or liquidator.
“Secured
Obligations” All indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations which are now or may at any time hereafter be
due,
owing or incurred in any manner whatsoever to Secured Party by any Debtor,
whether under this Agreement, any Debenture, the Guaranty or any other Finance
Document, in each case howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct
or indirect, absolute or contingent, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise (including, without limitation, the payment of interest and
other
amounts which would accrue and become due but for the filing of a petition
in
bankruptcy or the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of
the
Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), including, without limitation, all
charges, fees, expenses, commissions, reimbursements, premiums, indemnities
and
other payments related to or in respect of such obligations.
“UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the date of this Agreement,
as
may be amended or modified from time to time after the date hereof;
provided that, "UCC" shall also mean the Uniform Commercial Code
as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.
ARTICLE
II
SECURITY INTEREST; PERFECTION
SECURITY INTEREST; PERFECTION
2.01
Security
Interest. To secure the full
and timely payment, performance and satisfaction of the Secured Obligations,
each Debtor hereby collaterally assigns to Secured Party, and grants Secured
Party a security interest in, all of such Debtor’s property, whether now owned
or hereafter existing or acquired, regardless of where located including,
without limitation, all of such Debtor's:
(a)
Accounts;
(b)
Chattel
Paper, including Electronic Chattel Paper;
(c)
Computer
Hardware and Software and all rights with respect thereto, including,
any and all licenses, options, warranties, service contracts, program services,
test rights, maintenance rights, support rights, improvement rights, renewal
rights and indemnifications, and any substitutions, replacements, additions
or
model conversions of any of the foregoing
(d) Commercial Tort Claims now or hereafter identified on Schedule 2.01(d) to this Agreement;
(e)
Deposit Accounts;
(f)
Documents;
(g)
Financial Assets;
(h)
General
Intangibles;
(i)
Goods (including
all of its Equipment, Fixtures and Inventory), and all embedded software,
accessions, additions, attachments, improvements, substitutions and replacements
thereto and therefor);
(j)
Instruments;
(k)
Intellectual
Property and all Real Estate;
(l)
Investment
Property;
(m)
Letter of Credit
Rights;
(n)
money (of every
jurisdiction whatsoever);
(o)
Security
Entitlements;
(p)
Supporting
Obligations
(q)
with respect to
each Person (as hereinafter defined) listed in Schedule 2.01(q) hereto
and each other corporation hereafter acquired or formed by such Debtor, the
Equity Interests from time to time issued and outstanding, including the
certificates, if any, representing the Equity Interests and any interest
of such
Debtor in the entries on the books of the issuer thereof or any financial
intermediary pertaining to the Equity Interests, together with all dividends,
cash, options, warrants, rights, instruments, distributions, returns of capital
or principal, income, interest, profits and other property, interests (debt
or
equity) or proceeds as a result of a split, revision, reclassification,
consolidation, merger or other like change of the Equity Interests or any
issuer
thereof, from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed
to such
Debtor in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Equity Interests;
(r)
all promissory
notes or intercompany notes and and all certificates or instruments evidencing
such promissory notes or intercompany notes; and
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to
the extent not included in the foregoing, other personal
property of any kind or description, together with all books, records, writings,
data bases, information and other property relating to, used or useful in
connection with, or evidencing, embodying, incorporating or referring to
any of
the foregoing, and all Proceeds, products, rents, issues, profits and returns
of
and from any of the foregoing; provided that to the extent that the
provisions of any lease or license of Computer Hardware and Software or
Intellectual Property expressly prohibit (which prohibition is enforceable
under
applicable law) the assignment thereof, and the grant of a security interest
therein, the Secured Party will not enforce its security interest (other
than in
respect of the Proceeds thereof) for so long as such prohibition continues,
it being understood that upon request of the Secured Party, such Debtor
will in good faith use reasonable efforts to obtain consent for the creation
of
a security interest in favor of the Secured Party (and to Secured Party’s
enforcement of such security interest) in such Debtor's rights under such
lease
or license.
2.02
Intentionally
Omitted.
2.03
Perfection
by Filing.
(a)
Each
Debtor authorizes Secured Party to file any financing statement and agrees
to
execute, in recordable form, and deliver to Secured Party any other document
or
instrument, and to cause any third party to execute and deliver to Secured
Party
any other document (including financing statement termination statements),
requested by Secured Party to perfect the security interests created under
this
Agreement and to establish, maintain, and continue the first priority of
the
security interests created under this Agreement.
(b)
Each Debtor hereby
appoints Secured Party as such Debtor’s attorney-in-fact, with power of
substitution, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest,
to
execute in the name of Debtor, and to transmit to, or file, record, or register
with, any Person, and at any time, any document or instrument that Secured
Party
may deem necessary or advisable for the purpose of creating, enforcing,
defending, protecting, perfecting, continuing, or maintaining any security
interest, or the perfection or priority of any security interest, created
under
this Agreement.
(c)
Secured Party
shall not be required to obtain Debtor’s consent or authorization for Secured
Party to file, and Secured Party shall be entitled to file, with or without
execution by Debtor (or by Secured Party as Debtor’s attorney-in-fact), any
financing statement, amendment, or other record that Secured Party may be
authorized to file in accordance with the terms of the UCC with respect to
the
security interests created under this Agreement.
(d)
Any financing
statement or other document filed to perfect the security interests evidenced
by
this Agreement may, at Secured Party’s option, describe or indicate the
Collateral in the manner that the Collateral is described in this Agreement,
or
as all assets of Debtor, or as all personal property of Debtor, or by any
other
description or indication of the Collateral that may be sufficient for a
financing statement under the UCC.
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(e)
If prior to Debtor’s execution of this Agreement, Secured
Party shall have filed in any jurisdiction, or with any governmental authority,
any financing statement, amendment, or other document describing or indicating
the Collateral, or containing a description or indication of all assets of
Debtor or all personal property of Debtor comprising the Collateral, or
containing any other description or indication of the Collateral, Debtor,
by
executing this Agreement, irrevocably (i) authorizes, ratifies, confirms,
and
adopts (A) each such previously filed financing statement, amendment or other
document, and (B) the filing of each such previously filed financing statement,
amendment, or other document, and (ii) agrees that each such previously filed
financing statement, amendment, or other document is valid and effective
as
though it had been authorized by Debtor and filed with Debtor’s authorization.
2.04
Perfection
by Possession. If
Collateral is of a type as to which it is necessary, desirable, or advisable,
as
determined by Secured Party, for Secured Party to take possession of such
Collateral in order to protect, perfect, or maintain the first priority of
Secured Party’s security interest or other Lien (subject only to Permitted
Security) in such (or any other) Collateral, then, promptly upon Secured
Party’s
request, Debtor shall deliver such Collateral to Secured Party.
ARTICLE
III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Debtor
makes the following representations and warranties to
Secured Party, which shall each be continuing and in effect at all times,
and
Secured Party shall be entitled to rely upon the truth, accuracy, and
completeness of the following representations and warranties without regard
to
any other information that may be now or hereafter known by or disclosed
to
Secured Party or any of Secured Party’s directors, officers, employees, agents,
attorneys or other advisors:
3.01
Debtor’s
Name and Identification
Number. The name of each Debtor set forth on the first page and the
signature page of this Agreement is Debtor’s correct and complete legal name.
The street address for Debtor in this Agreement is Debtor’s mailing address.
Such Debtor's chief executive office and principal place of business are
as set
forth on Schedule 3.01 hereto (and such Debtor has not maintained its
chief executive office and principal place of business at any other location
during the five (5) years preceding the date hereof, and each other location
where such Debtor maintains a place of business is also set forth on Schedule
3.01 hereto
3.02
Permitted
Liens; Collateral. (a) No
financing statement (other than Permitted Liens) covering any of such Debtor’s
rights in the Collateral is on file in any public office; (b) Secured Party’s
security interest in the Collateral is a first priority perfected security
interest, subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens; (c) such Debtor
is and
will be the lawful owner of all Collateral, free of all liens, claims, security
interests and encumbrances whatsoever, other than the security interest
hereunder and Permitted Liens, with full power and authority to execute this
Agreement and perform such Debtor's obligations hereunder, and to subject
the
Collateral to the security interest hereunder and (d) all information with
respect to the Collateral set forth in any schedule, certificate or other
writing at any time heretofore or hereafter furnished by such Debtor to the
Secured Party is and will be true and correct in all material respects as
of the
date furnished.
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3.03
Authorization
and No Conflicts. (a)
Each Debtor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its state of incorporation as listed on the first
page of this Agreement; (b) the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the
performance by such Debtor of its obligations hereunder are within such Debtor's
corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action,
have received all necessary governmental approval (if any shall be required),
and do not and will not contravene or conflict with any provision of law
or of
the articles of incorporation or by-laws of such Debtor or of any material
agreement, indenture, instrument or other document, or any material judgment,
order or decree, which is binding upon such Debtor; and (c) this Agreement
is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Debtor, enforceable in accordance
with its terms, except that the enforceability of this Agreement may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or
at
law).
3.04
Tangible
Collateral. Schedule
3.04 hereto contains a complete listing of such Debtor’s tangible Collateral
located with any bailee, warehousemen or other third parties and all of such
Debtor’s Collateral which is subject to certificate of title statutes.
3.05
Deposit
Accounts. Except as listed on
Schedule 2.02, Debtor has no Deposit Accounts and is not a party
to or
otherwise bound by any Deposit Account Agreement.
3.06
Leases.
Except as listed on
Schedule 3.06 (which schedule contains a true, accurate and complete list
and description of all leases to which Debtor is a lessor, lessee, or other
party or otherwise bound), Debtor is not a lessor or lessee under, or a party
to, or otherwise bound by the terms of, any lease.
3.07
Commercial
Tort Claims. Except as
listed on Schedule 2.01(d), Debtor has no Commercial Tort Claims.
3.08
Subsidiaries.
Schedule
3.08
lists all of the subsidiaries of Debtors.
ARTICLE
IV
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Debtor
covenants and agrees to the following:
4.01
Account
Debtors. The Secured Party
may, at any time that an Event of Default exists, whether before or after
any
revocation of such power and authority or the maturity of any of the Secured
Obligations, notify an Account Debtor or other Person obligated on Collateral
to
make payment or otherwise render performance to or for the benefit of the
Secured Party and
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enforce,
by suit or otherwise the obligations of an Account Debtor
or other Person obligated on Collateral and exercise the rights of such Debtor
with respect to the obligation of the Account Debtor or other Person obligated
on Collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to such Debtor,
and with respect to any property that secures the obligations of the Account
Debtor or other Person obligated on the Collateral. In connection with exercise
of such rights and remedies, the Secured Party may surrender, release or
exchange all or any part thereof, or compromise or extend or renew for any
period (whether or not longer than the original period) any indebtedness
thereunder or evidenced thereby. Upon the request of the Secured Party during
the existence of an Event of Default, each Debtor will, at its own expense,
notify any or all parties obligated on any of the Collateral to make payment
to
the Secured Party of any amounts due or to become due thereunder. Upon request
by the Secured Party during the existence of an Event of Default, each Debtor
will forthwith, upon receipt, transmit and deliver to the Secured Party,
in the
form received, all cash, checks, drafts and other instruments or writings
for
the payment of money (properly endorsed, where required, so that such items
may
be collected by the Secured Party) which may be received by such Debtor at
any
time in full or partial payment or otherwise as proceeds of any of the
Collateral. Except as the Secured Party may otherwise consent in writing,
any
such items which may be so received by any Debtor will not be commingled
with
any other of its funds or property, but will be held separate and apart from
its
own funds or property and upon express trust for the Secured Party until
delivery is made to the Secured Party. Each Debtor will comply with the terms
and conditions of any consent given by the Secured Party pursuant to the
foregoing sentence.
4.02
Additional
Covenants. Each Debtor:
(a)
will, at the
Secured Party’s request, at any time and from time to time, execute and deliver
to the Secured Party such financing statements, amendments and other documents
and do such acts as the Secured Party deems necessary in order to establish
and
maintain valid, attached and perfected first priority security interests
in the
Collateral in favor of the Secured Party, free and clear of all Liens and
claims
and rights of third parties whatsoever except Permitted Liens; each Debtor
hereby irrevocably authorizes the Secured Party at any time, and from time
to
time, to file in any jurisdiction any initial financing statements and
amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral (x) as all assets of
such
Debtor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset
comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC
of
the jurisdiction wherein such financing statement or amendment is filed,
or (y)
as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail;
(b)
will keep all its
Inventory at, and will not maintain any place of business at any location
other
than, its address(es) shown on Schedule 3.01 hereto or at such other
addresses of which such Debtor shall have given the Secured Party not less
than
30 days' prior written notice;
(c)
will keep its
records concerning the Collateral in such a manner as will enable the Secured
Party or its designees to determine at any time the status of the Collateral;
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(d)
will furnish the
Secured Party such information concerning such Debtor, the Collateral and
the
Account Debtors as the Secured Party may from time to time reasonably request;
(e)
will permit the
Secured Party and its designees, from time to time, on reasonable notice
and at
reasonable times and intervals during normal business hours (or at any time
without notice during the existence of an Event of Default) to inspect such
Debtor's Inventory and other Goods, and to inspect, audit and make copies
of and
extracts from all records and other papers in the possession of such Debtor
pertaining to the Collateral and the Account Debtors, and will, upon request
of
the Secured Party during the existence of an Event of Default, deliver to
the
Secured Party all of such records and papers;
(f)
will, upon request
of the Secured Party, stamp on its records concerning the Collateral, and
add on
all Chattel Paper and Instruments constituting a portion of the Collateral,
a
notation, in form satisfactory to the Secured Party, of the security interest
of
the Secured Party hereunder;
(g)
except for the
sale or lease of Inventory in the ordinary course of its business and sales
of
Equipment which is no longer useful in its business or which is being replaced
by similar Equipment, will not sell, lease, assign or create or permit to
exist
any Lien on any Collateral other than Permitted Liens;
(h)
will at all times
keep all of its Inventory and other Goods insured under policies maintained
with
reputable, financially sound insurance companies against loss, damage, theft
and
other risks to such extent as is customarily maintained by companies similarly
situated, and cause all such policies to provide that loss thereunder shall
be
payable to the Secured Party as its interest may appear (it being understood
that (A) so long as no Event of Default shall be existing, the Secured Party
shall deliver any proceeds of such insurance which may be received by it
to such
Debtor and (B) whenever an Event of Default shall be existing, the Secured
Party
may apply any proceeds of such insurance which may be received by it toward
payment of the Secured Obligations, whether or not due, in such order of
application as the Secured Party may determine), and such policies or
certificates thereof shall, if the Secured Party so requests, be deposited
with
or furnished to the Secured Party;
(i)
will take such
actions as are reasonably necessary to keep its Goods in good repair and
condition;
(j)
will take such
actions as are reasonably necessary to keep its Equipment in good repair
and
condition and in good working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted;
(k)
will promptly pay
when due all license fees, registration fees, taxes, assessments and other
charges which may be levied upon or assessed against the ownership, operation,
possession, maintenance or use of its Equipment and other Goods;
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(l) will take all steps reasonably necessary to protect, preserve and maintain all of its rights in the Collateral and will keep all of the tangible Collateral in the United States;
(m)
will promptly
notify the Secured Party in writing upon acquiring or otherwise obtaining
any
Collateral after the date hereof consisting of Deposit Accounts, Investment
Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights or Electronic Chattel Paper and, upon the
request of the Secured Party, will promptly execute such other documents,
and do
such other acts or things deemed appropriate by the Secured Party to confer
upon
the Secured Party control (as defined in the UCC) with respect to such
Collateral;
(o)
promptly notify
the Secured Party in writing upon acquiring or otherwise obtaining any
Collateral after the date hereof consisting of Documents or Instruments and,
upon the request of the Secured Party, will promptly execute such other
documents, and do such other acts or things deemed appropriate by the Secured
Party to deliver to the Secured Party possession of such Documents which
are
negotiable and Instruments, and, with respect to nonnegotiable Documents,
to
have such nonnegotiable Documents issued in the name of the Secured Party;
(p)
promptly notify
the Secured Party in writing upon incurring or otherwise obtaining a Commercial
Tort Claim after the date hereof against any third party, and, upon the request
of the Secured Party, will promptly enter into an amendment to this Agreement,
and do such other acts or things deemed appropriate by the Secured Party
to give
the Secured Party a security interest in such Commercial Tort Claim; and
(q)
further agrees to
take other action reasonably requested by the Secured Party to insure the
attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of the Secured
Party to enforce, the security interests in any and all of the Collateral
including, without limitation, (i) executing, delivering and, where appropriate,
filing financing statements and amendments relating thereto under the UCC,
to
the extent, if any, that the Debtor’s signature thereon is required therefor,
(ii) complying with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty of
the
United States as to any Collateral if compliance with such provision is a
condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of the Secured
Party to enforce, the security interests in such Collateral, (iii) obtaining
governmental and other third party consents and approvals, including without
limitation any consent of any licensor, lessor or other Person obligated
on
Collateral, (iv) obtaining waivers from mortgagees and landlords in form
and
substance satisfactory to the Secured Party, and (v) taking all actions required
by the UCC in effect from time to time or by other law, as applicable in
any
relevant UCC jurisdiction, or by other law as applicable in any foreign
jurisdiction.
4.03
Taxes,
Assessments, Charges, and Other
Impositions. Debtor shall pay and discharge promptly, on or before
the date due, all taxes, assessments, charges, and other impositions imposed
by
any governmental authority on Debtor, or on the Collateral, relating to the
ownership or use of the Collateral, or relating to any sale, lease, license
or
other disposition of the Collateral; provided, however, Debtor shall not
be
required to pay or discharge, or to cause to be paid or discharged, any such
tax, assessment, charge, or other imposition so long as (a) the validity
of such
tax, assessment, charge or other imposition is being contested in good faith
by
Debtor by appropriate proceedings.
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4.04
Notice
of Lien Proceeding. Debtor
shall give Secured Party immediate written notice of the threat by any Person
to
commence any proceedings on a material portion of the Collateral or any other
Lien Proceeding.
4.05
Delivery
of Certificated Equity
Interests. All certificates, agreements or instruments representing
or evidencing the pledged Equity Interests, to the extent not previously
delivered to the Secured Party, shall promptly upon receipt thereof by any
Debtor be delivered to and held by the Secured Party pursuant hereto. All
such
certificated Collateral shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery
or
shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment
in
blank, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Party.
Security Party shall have the right, at any time after the occurrence and
during
the continuance of any Event of Default, to exchange certificates representing
or evidencing such pledged Equity Interests for certificates of smaller or
larger denominations. If any issuer of pledged Equity Interests is organized
in
a jurisdiction which does not permit the use of certificates to evidence
equity
ownership, or if any of such pledged Equity Interests are at any time not
evidenced by certificates of ownership, then each applicable Debtor shall,
to
the extent permitted by applicable law, record such pledge on the equityholder
register or the books of the issuer, execute any customary pledge forms or
other
documents necessary or appropriate to complete the pledge and give the Secured
Party the right to transfer such pledged Equity Interests.
4.06
Voting
Rights: Distributions: etc. So
long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) each
Debtor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual
rights pertaining to the pledged Equity Interests or any part thereof for
any
purpose not inconsistent with the terms or purposes of this Agreement;
provided, however, that no Debtor shall in any event exercise such
rights in any manner which may have an adverse effect on the security intended
to be provided by this Agreement and (ii) each Debtor shall be entitled to
receive and retain any and all distributions with respect to such pledged
Equity
Interests. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, upon written notice from the Secured Party, all rights of each Debtor
to exercise such voting and other consensual rights it would otherwise be
entitled to exercise hereunder and all rights of such Debtor to receive
distributions otherwise permitted hereunder shall cease, and all such rights
shall thereupon become vested in the Secured Party. Any distributions which
are
received by any Debtor in violation of the provisions of this Agreement shall
be
received in trust for the benefit of the Secured Party, shall be segregated
from
other funds of such Debtor and shall immediately be paid over to the Secured
Party as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement).
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ARTICLE
V
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Debtor
covenants and agrees to the following:
5.01
Identity.
Debtor shall not change
Debtor’s name or corporate structure. If Debtor is organized solely under the
law of a single state or the United States and as to which the state or the
United States must maintain a public record showing the organization to have
been organized, Debtor shall not organize under the laws of another
jurisdiction.
5.02
Deposit
Accounts. Debtor shall not
open or close any Deposit Account or modify, terminate, or supplement any
Deposit Account Control Agreement, or waive any material rights under any
Deposit Account Control Agreement, without prior written notice to the Secured
Party.
5.03
Liens.
Debtor shall not create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens upon any Collateral of Debtor
other
than Permitted Liens.
ARTICLE
VI
EVENT
OF DEFAULT; ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST
6.01
Any one or more of the following events (regardless of the
reason therefor) shall constitute an "Event of Default"
hereunder:
(a)
Any default or
event of default shall occur under any of the Debenture or any other Finance
Documents.
(b)
Any Debtor shall
fail or neglect to perform, keep or observe any provision of this Agreement
or
any other Finance Document and the same shall remain unremedied for a period
of
ten (10) days after notice is given to such Debtor by the Secured Party.
(c)
The Secured Party
shall fail to have an enforceable first priority lien on and security interest
in the Collateral.
(d)
Any Debtor files a
bankruptcy petition, a bankruptcy petition is filed against any Debtor which
remains undismissed or unstayed for 30 consecutive days, or any Debtor makes
a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors.
6.02
Right
to Enforce Claim; Secured Party in
Possession or Control.
(a)
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and during the
continuance thereof, and in addition to such other rights and remedies as
Secured Party may have under other provisions of this Agreement or any other
Finance Document, or under common or statutory law, Secured Party may reduce
a
claim to judgment, foreclose, or otherwise enforce the claim, security interest,
or agricultural lien by any available judicial procedure, and if the Collateral
is Documents, Secured Party may proceed either as to the Documents or as
to the
Goods the Documents cover.
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(b)
If Secured Party
has possession of Collateral, (i) reasonable expenses, including the cost
of
insurance and payment of taxes or other charges, incurred in the custody,
preservation, use, or operation of the Collateral are chargeable to Debtor
and
are secured by the Collateral, (ii) the risk of accidental loss or damage
is
upon Debtor to the extent of a deficiency in any effective insurance coverage,
(iii) Secured Party shall keep the Collateral identifiable, but fungible
Collateral may be commingled, and (iv) Secured Party may use or operate the
Collateral (A) for the purpose of preserving the Collateral or its value,
or (B)
as permitted by an order of a court having competent jurisdiction, or (C)
for
the purpose of transporting the Collateral, or (D) for the purposes of
demonstrating the use or operation of the Collateral.
(c)
If Secured Party
has possession of Collateral or control of Collateral that is Deposit Accounts,
Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property, or Letter-of-credit rights,
then
Secured Party (i) may hold as additional security any Proceeds, except money
or
funds, received from the Collateral, (ii) shall apply money or funds received
from the Collateral to reduce the Secured Obligations unless remitted to
Debtor,
and (iii) may create a security interest in the Collateral.
(d)
If Secured Party
has possession of Collateral that is Chattel Paper or an Instrument, then
as to
any such Chattel Paper or Instrument, Secured Party shall not be obligated
to
take any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties.
6.03
Collection
and Enforcement. After the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof (in
accordance with the Facilities Agreement), Secured Party may:
(a)
notify any Account
Debtor or other Person obligated on Collateral to make payment or otherwise
render performance to or for the benefit of Secured Party;
(b)
take any Proceeds
to which Secured Party is entitled under Section 9-315 of Article 9 of the
UCC;
(c)
enforce the
obligations of any Debtor or other Person obligated on Collateral and exercise
the rights of Debtor with respect to the obligations of the Debtor or other
Person obligated on Collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance
to Debtor, and with respect to any property that secures the obligations
of the
Debtor or other Person obligated on the Collateral;
(d)
if Secured Party
is a Bank and holds a security interest in a Deposit Account maintained with
Secured Party, apply the balance of the Deposit Account to the obligation
secured by the Deposit Account; and
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(e)
if Secured Party holds a security interest in a Deposit
Account perfected by control pursuant to an agreement among Debtor, Secured
Party and the Bank with which the Deposit Account is maintained, or if Secured
Party becomes the Bank’s customer with respect to the Deposit Account, instruct
the Bank with which the Deposit Account is maintained to pay the balance
of the
Deposit Account to or for the benefit of Secured Party.
6.04
Possession
of Collateral.
(a)
After the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, Secured
Party may require Debtor to assemble the Collateral and make the Collateral
available to Secured Party at a place designated by Secured Party which is
reasonably convenient to Secured Party and Debtor. If Secured Party requires
Debtor to assemble the Collateral and make the Collateral available to Secured
Party, as described in the preceding sentence, Debtor shall do so promptly,
and
in any event within ten (10) days after Secured Party gives Debtor a notice
requesting Debtor to assemble the Collateral and make the Collateral available
to Secured Party at the place designated by Secured Party. Without limiting
Secured Party’s right to designate any place which is reasonably convenient to
Debtor for making Collateral available to Secured Party, Debtor agrees that
any
place designated by Secured Party and located within one hundred (100) miles
of
any place where Debtor stores, uses, sells, leases, licenses, or maintains
Collateral in the ordinary course of Debtor’s business shall be conclusively
deemed to be a place reasonably convenient to Debtor for making the Collateral
available to Secured Party.
(b)
After the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, Secured
Party may, pursuant to judicial process, or without judicial process if Secured
Party proceeds without breach of peace, (1) take possession of the Collateral
and, (2) without removal, render Equipment unusable and dispose of Collateral
on
Debtor’s premises.
6.05
Disposition
of Collateral.
(a)
After the
occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance thereof, Secured
Party may sell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the
Collateral in its present condition or following any commercially reasonable
preparation or processing.
(b)
Secured Party may
dispose of Collateral by public or private proceedings, by one or more
contracts, as a unit or in parcels, and at any time and place and on any
terms.
(c)
Secured Party may
purchase Collateral (1) at a public disposition or (2) if the Collateral
is of a
kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the subject of widely
distributed standard price quotations, at a private disposition.
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(d) A contract for sale, lease, license, or other disposition includes the warranties relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, and the like which by operation of law accompany a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract; provided, however, Secured Party may disclaim or modify such warranties (1) in a manner that would be effective to disclaim or modify the warranties in a voluntary disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract of disposition, or (2) by communicating to the purchaser a Record evidencing the contract for disposition and including an express disclaimer or modification of the warranties, and provided further that a Record is sufficient to disclaim such warranties if such Record indicates “There is no warranty relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment, or the like in this disposition” or uses words of similar import.
(e)
Prior to a
disposition of Collateral, Secured Party shall give Debtor, and any other
parties required to receive notice under Article 9 of the UCC, notification
as
required under Article 9 of the UCC before a sale, lease, license, or other
disposition of Collateral.
6.06
Additional
Provisions Regarding Sales and Other
Dispositions. In the event that Secured Party shall sell or
otherwise dispose of the Collateral, or any part thereof in accordance with
this
Agreement, the following additional provisions shall be applicable to such
sale
or other disposition:
(a)
Such sale or other disposition may be at public or private
sale (or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange) for cash, upon
credit or for future delivery as Secured Party shall deem appropriate. Secured
Party shall be authorized at any such sale (if Secured Party deems it advisable
to do so with regard to any type or item of Collateral) to restrict the
prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree
that
they are purchasing the Collateral for their own use (or for their own account
for investment, as applicable) and not with a view to the distribution or
sale
thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale, Secured Party shall have
the
right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof
the
Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property
sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of Debtor, and
Debtor
hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption,
stay
and appraisal which Debtor now has or may at any time in the future have
under
any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Secured Party
shall give Debtor at least ten (10) days’ written notice (which Debtor agrees is
reasonable notice) of Secured Party’s intention to make any sale of Collateral
owned by Debtor. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the
time
and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a
securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale
is to
be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first
be
offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be
held
at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or
places
as Secured Party may fix and state in the notice of such sale, and Secured
Party
shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if Secured Party
shall
determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such
Collateral shall have been given, and Secured Party may, without notice or
publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be
adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for
sale, and such sale may, without further notice to Debtor or anyone else,
be
made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned.
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(b)
In case any sale
of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery,
the Collateral so sold may be retained by Secured Party until the sale price
is
paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but Secured Party shall not
incur
any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take
up and
pay for Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such of the
Collateral may be sold again upon notice to Debtor as set forth in this Section.
(c)
At any public
sale, Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted
by
law) from any right of redemption, stay or appraisal on the part of Debtor
(all
said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted
by
law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment
on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to Secured Party
from
Debtor as a credit against the purchase price, and Secured Party may, upon
compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property
without further accountability to Debtor therefor.
(d)
For purposes of
any sale of Collateral in accordance with this Agreement, a written agreement
to
purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale
thereof. Secured Party shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such
agreement, and Debtor shall not be entitled to the return of the Collateral
or
any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after
Secured
Party shall have entered into such an agreement, all Events of Default shall
have been remedied and the Secured Obligations paid in full.
(e)
Upon any sale of
Collateral by Secured Party (including a sale pursuant to a power of sale
granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of Secured
Party
or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the
purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral being sold, and such purchaser
or
purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of
the
purchase money paid over to Secured Party or such officer or be answerable
in
any way for the misapplication thereof.
ARTICLE
VII
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
7.01
Power
of Attorney; Collections by Secured
Party.
(a)
Debtor hereby appoints Secured Party as Debtor’s
attorney-in-fact, with power of substitution, which appointment is irrevocable
and coupled with an interest, to do each of the following in the name of
Debtor
or in the name of Secured Party or
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otherwise,
for the use and benefit of Secured Party, but at the
cost and expense of Debtor, and with or without notice to Debtor: (i) notify
the
Account Debtors and insurers to make payments directly to Secured Party,
and to
take control of the cash and non-cash Proceeds of any Collateral or insurance;
(ii) renew, extend or compromise any of the Collateral or deal with the same
as
Secured Party may deem advisable; (iii) release, exchange, substitute, or
surrender all or any part of the Collateral; (iv) remove from Debtor’s places of
business all Collateral Records without cost or expense to Secured Party;
(v)
make such use of Debtor’s places of business as may be reasonably necessary to
administer, control and collect the Collateral; (vi) repair, alter or supply
Goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in part the purchase order
or
similar order of any Account Debtor; (vii) demand, collect, give receipt
for,
and give renewals, extensions, discharges and releases of any of the Collateral;
(viii) institute and prosecute legal and equitable proceedings to enforce
collection of, or realize upon, any of the Collateral; (ix) settle, renew,
extend, compromise, compound, exchange or adjust claims with respect to any
of
the Collateral or any legal proceedings brought with respect thereto; (x)
indorse the name of Debtor upon any item of payment relating to the Collateral
or upon any proof of claim in bankruptcy against any Collateral; and (xi)
institute and prosecute legal and equitable proceedings to reclaim any of
the
Goods sold to any Account Debtor obligated on an Account at a time when such
Account Debtor was insolvent. Secured Party agrees that it shall not exercise
any power or authority granted under this power of attorney unless an Event
of
Default has occurred and is continuing. The foregoing power of attorney is
in
addition to any other power of attorney that may be granted to Secured Party
under any Finance Document.
(b)
NONE OF SECURED PARTY OR ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS,
EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO DEBTOR FOR ANY
ACT
OR FAILURE TO ACT UNDER ANY POWER OF ATTORNEY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT IN RESPECT
OF
DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE SOLELY TO THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT
AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, NOR FOR ANY
PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ARTICLE
VIII
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
8.01
Remedies
Cumulative. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, and in addition
to such other rights and remedies as Secured Party may have under other
provisions of this Agreement or any other Finance Document, Secured Party
may
exercise any one or more of its rights and remedies under common or statutory
law. No failure or delay on the part of Secured Party in exercising any right,
power or privilege hereunder or under any other Finance Document and no course
of dealing between Debtor or any other Obligor or other Person and Secured
Party
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise
of
any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Finance Document
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder. The rights and remedies
provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights
or
remedies which Secured Party would otherwise have and may be exercised
simultaneously. No notice to or demand on Debtor in any case shall entitle
Debtor or any other obligor or any other Person to any other or further notice
or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the
rights
of Secured Party to any other or further action in any circumstances without
notice or demand.
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ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
9.01
Each of the Debtors agrees to pay all expenses, including
reasonable attorney's fees and charges (including time charges of attorneys
who
are employees of Secured Party) paid or incurred by Secured Party in endeavoring
to collect the Secured Obligations of such Debtor, or any part thereof, and
in
enforcing this Agreement against such Debtor, and such obligations will
themselves be Secured Obligations.
9.02
No delay on the part of Secured Party in the exercise of any
right or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, and no single or partial
exercise by Secured Party of any right or remedy shall preclude other or
further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.
9.03
This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
until all Secured Obligations have been paid in full. If at any time all
or any
part of any payment theretofore applied by the Secured Party to any of the
Secured Obligations is or must be rescinded or returned by the Secured Party
for
any reason whatsoever (including the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization
of
any Debtor), such Secured Obligations shall, for the purposes of this Agreement,
to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed
to have continued in existence, notwithstanding such application by the Secured
Party, and this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated,
as
the case may be, as to such Secured Obligations, all as though such application
by the Secured Party had not been made.
9.04
The rights and privileges of Secured Party hereunder shall
inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns.
9.05
Secured
Party’s Rights to Release Obligors;
etc. Secured Party may take or release other security, may release
any party primarily or secondarily liable for any Secured Obligations or
other
indebtedness to Secured Party, may grant extensions, renewals or indulgences
with respect to such Secured Obligations or other indebtedness and may apply
any
other security therefor held by Secured Party to the satisfaction of such
Secured Obligations or other indebtedness, all without prejudice to any of
Secured Party’s rights under this Agreement.
9.06
Notices.
Any notices, consents,
waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the
terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been
delivered (i) upon delivery, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt,
when
sent by facsimile (provided a confirmation of transmission is mechanically
or
electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii)
one
(1) day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service,
so long as it is properly addressed. The addresses and facsimile numbers
for
such communications shall be:
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If
to any Debtor:
Xxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Holdings
000
Xxxxxxx Xx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
If
to the Secured Party:
Dutchess
Capital Management, LLC
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
00
Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 0
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
9.07
Term.
The term of this Agreement shall
commence with the date of this Agreement and shall continue in full force
and
effect and be binding upon Debtor until all Secured Obligations of Debtor
to
Secured Party shall have been fully paid and satisfied and Secured Party
shall
have given Debtor written notice of the termination of this Agreement (excluding
provisions that by their terms survive termination of other provisions of
this
Agreement or survive the termination of the security interest created under
this
Agreement). Secured Party shall not be obligated to give Debtor written notice
of termination of this Agreement, or to terminate any financing statements
or
other Lien Notices, until all Secured Obligations of Debtor to Secured Party
shall have been fully paid and satisfied and there is no commitment on the
part
of Secured Party to make an advance, incur an obligation or otherwise give
value, and Debtor shall have given Secured Party a written demand requesting
the
termination of this Agreement and any financing statements at which time
Secured
Party shall execute and deliver such documents, at Debtor’s expense, as are
necessary to release Secured Party’s liens in the Collateral. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Finance Documents,
this
Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be,
if at any time any amount received by Secured Party in respect of the Secured
Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by Secured
Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of Debtor or upon the appointment of any intervenor or
conservator of, or trustee or similar official for, Debtor or any substantial
part of Debtor’s assets, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been
made.
9.08
Further
Assurances. Debtor shall execute
and deliver to Secured Party such further assurances and take such other
further
actions as Secured Party may from time to time request to further the intent
and
purpose of this Agreement and to maintain and protect the rights and remedies
intended to be created in favor of Secured Party under this Agreement.
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9.09
Amendments,
Waivers and Consents; Successors and
Assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any other Finance Document nor
any of the terms hereof or thereof may be amended, modified, changed, waived,
discharged or terminated, nor shall any consent be given, unless such amendment,
modification, change, waiver, discharge, termination or consent is in writing
signed by Secured Party and Debtor. This Agreement shall create a continuing
security interest in the Collateral and shall (i) remain in full force and
effect until the Secured Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied and
this
Agreement has been terminated, (ii) be binding upon Debtor and its successors
and assigns, and (iii) inure, together with the rights and remedies of Secured
Party hereunder, to the benefit of Secured Party and Secured Party’s successors,
transferees and assigns. This Agreement may not be assigned by Debtor without
prior written consent of Secured Party, which consent may be withheld in
Secured
Party’s sole discretion.
9.10
Entire
Agreement. This Agreement and
any other Finance Documents are a complete and exclusive expression of all
the
terms of the matters expressed therein, and all prior agreements, statements,
and representations, whether written or oral, which relate thereto in any
way
are hereby superseded and shall be given no force and effect. No promise,
inducement, or representation has been made to Debtor which relates in any
way
to the matters expressed in this Agreement and in any other Finance Documents,
other than what is expressly stated herein and in such Finance Documents.
9.11
No
Strict Construction. The parties
hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this
Agreement. In the event of any ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation
arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties
hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring
any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
9.12
Governing
Law. This Agreement and all
related instruments and documents and the rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder and thereunder shall, in all respects, be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
without regard to conflicts of law principles, regardless of the location
of the
Collateral, excepting, however, that the Uniform Commercial Code (or decisional
law) of a jurisdiction other than the Commonwealth of Massachusetts may provide
the method of perfection, the effect of perfection or non-perfection, or
the
priority of liens and security interests created under this Agreement.
9.13
DISPUTES
SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION. The
parties to this Agreement will submit all disputes arising under it to
arbitration in Boston, Massachusetts before a single arbitrator of the American
Arbitration Association (“AAA”). The arbitrator shall be selected by application
of the rules of the AAA, or by mutual agreement of the parties, except that
such
arbitrator shall be an attorney admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts. No party to this agreement will challenge the jurisdiction
or
venue provisions as provided in this section. Nothing in this section shall
limit the Secured Party’s right to obtain an injunction for a breach of this
Agreement from a court of law.
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9.14
Severability.
Any provision of this
Agreement, or of any other Finance Document, that is prohibited by, or
unenforceable under, the laws of any jurisdiction shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this
Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction
shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other
jurisdiction. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Debtor hereby waives
any provision of law which renders any provision of this Agreement or any
other
Finance Document prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
9.15
Counterparts.
This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts and each shall be effective as an original, and
a
photocopy, facsimile or telecopy of this executed Agreement shall be effective
as an original. In making proof of this Agreement, it shall not be necessary
to
produce more than one counterpart, photocopy, facsimile, or telecopy of this
executed Agreement.
9.16
Time.
Time is of the essence of this
Agreement.
[SIGNATURE
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally
bound hereby, each Debtor has executed this Agreement as of the date first
above
written.
DEBTOR:
XXXXXXXXX
HOLDINGS,
INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
SECURED
PARTY:
DUTCHESS
PRIVATE
EQUITIES FUND, LTD
By:
Name:
Title:
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LIST
OF SCHEDULES
Schedule
2.01(d) (Commercial Tort claims)
Schedule
2.01(q) (Equity Interests)
Schedule
2.02 (Deposit Accounts)
Schedule
3.01 (Designated Locations)
Schedule
3.04 (Tangible Collateral)
Schedule
3.06 (Leases)
Schedule
3.07 (Permitted Liens)
Schedule
3.08 (Subsidiaries)
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Schedule
2.01(d)
Commercial
Tort claims
None
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Schedule
2.01(q)
Equity
Interests
Issuer
|
Class
of Stock
|
Certificate
No(s)
|
Number
of Shares
|
Percentage
of all Issued Equity Interests of Issuer
|
Common
|
100%
|
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Schedule
2.02
Intentionally
Omitted
25
Schedule
3.01
Designated
Locations
NAME
MAILING
ADDRESS
26
Schedule
3.04
Tangible
Collateral
None
27
Schedule
3.06
Leases
28
Schedule
3.07
Permitted
Liens
29
Schedule
3.08
Subsidiaries
30