PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Exhibit
B to Note
THIS
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Pledge Agreement”) is entered into as of
the dated as of the __ day of September 2008, by and among COMMERCE PLANET,
INC., a Utah corporation (the “Company”) with an address at 00 X. Xx Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, LEGACY MEDIA LLC, a California limited liability
company
and wholly-owned subsidiary of, with the same address as, the Company
(“Legacy”), and CONSUMER LOYALTY GROUP LLC, a California limited liability
company and wholly-owned subsidiary of, with the same address as, the Company
(“Consumer”), for the benefit of MORLEX, INC., a Colorado corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the “Lender” or “Secured Party”). The Company,
Legacy and Consumer are hereinafter referred to individually as a “Pledgor” and
collectively as the “Pledgors.”
W
I T N E
S S E T H :
WHEREAS,
Legacy and Consumer are each wholly-owned subsidiaries of the
Company;
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto are parties to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase
Agreement”) dated as of the 16th day of September 2008, by and among the
Pledgors, Lender Superfly Advertising, Inc., an Indiana corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of Lender (the “Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement, the Legacy and Consumer have agreed to sell and Purchaser has
agreed
to purchase certain of the assets used or held for use by Legacy and Consumer
in
the conduct of the Business in consideration of the Purchase Price and the
Assumed Liabilities (as such terms are defined in the Purchase Agreement).
WHEREAS,
the Company is the maker (the “Maker”) of the (US) $200,000 promissory note (the
“Note”) in favor of the Lender or any subsequent holder of such
Note;
WHEREAS,
the Pledgors have unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed the obligations
of
the Company under the Note pursuant that certain Unconditional Guaranty
Agreement executed by Legacy and Consumer in favor of Lender (the “Guaranty”);
and
WHEREAS,
the Lender is willing to make the loan evidenced by the Note only if each
Pledgor executes and delivers this Pledge Agreement and jointly and severally
pledges to the Secured Party all of the merchant accounts of the Pledgors,
including without limitation the credit card reserve accounts, listed on
Schedule A attached hereto.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
effective as of the date hereof, each Pledgor hereby pledges and assigns
to
Secured Party, and grants Secured Party a security interest in the Collateral
(as hereinafter defined).
Each
Pledgor hereby agrees with Secured Party as follows:
AGREEMENT
1.
Definitions. In addition to all of the other initially-capitalized terms
defined
herein, the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings:
(a)
“Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time in the
State of California.
(b)
“Collateral” means (i) all of the merchant accounts of the Pledgors, including
without limitation the credit card reserve accounts, listed on Schedule A
attached hereto (collectively, the “Merchant Accounts”), and (ii) all Proceeds
(as hereinafter defined) of such Merchant Accounts. The inclusion of Proceeds
in
this definition does not authorize Pledgor to sell, dispose of or otherwise
use
the Collateral in any manner not specifically authorized by this Pledge
Agreement.
(c)
“Proceeds” means (i) all “proceeds” (as such term is defined in Section
9-102(a)(64) of the Code) and “products” with respect to the Collateral and (ii)
includes, without limitation: whatever is receivable or received when Collateral
is sold, collected, exchanged or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition
is voluntary or involuntary; all rights to payment, including return premiums,
with respect to any insurance relating thereto; all interest, dividends and
other property receivable or received on account of the Collateral or proceeds
thereof, (including all distributions in respect of the Merchant Accounts,
all
collections thereon or all distributions with respect thereto); and proceeds
of
any indemnity or guaranty payable to Pledgor or Secured Party from time to
time
with respect to any Collateral.
(d)
“Secured Obligations” means the full and timely payment, performance and
observance by the Company of all of the terms, covenants and provisions of
the
Note, and the full and timely payment, performance and observance by the
Guarantors of all of the terms, covenants and provisions of the Guaranty,
including, without limitation, the payment by the Company and the Pledgors
of
all principal, interest and any other sums payable to Lender in respect of
the
Note.
2.
Pledge
of Collateral.
(a)
As
security for the due and punctual payment and performance of all of the Secured
Obligations (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration,
acceleration, demand or otherwise, including without limitation the payment
of
amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay
under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §362(a)), whether allowed or
allowable as claims, each Pledgor hereby (1) pledge, transfer, hypothecate
and
assign to Secured Party ALL OF its right, title and interest in and to the
Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (2) grants to Secured
Party a continuing first priority lien on and security interest in and to
the
Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired. As a condition to the
Secured Party’s making the Loan (as defined in the Purchase Agreement), each
Pledgor shall deliver to Lender UCC-1 financing statements with respect to
the
Secured Party’s lien on the Collateral.
(b)
Secured Party shall retain a valid and perfected first priority security
interest in the Collateral until the date on which each and every one of
the
Secured Obligations has been fully and indefeasibly performed in accordance
with
the terms of the Note, including the indefeasible payment in full of the
principal amount of the Note, and all interest accrued thereon (but excluding
any indemnity obligation or other obligations which, by the terms of the
Note,
survive performance in full of the other obligations; provided, however,
that
none of such future indemnity obligations are then due and payable or reasonably
likely to be due and payable in the foreseeable future (such obligations,
the
“Surviving Obligations”). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default (as defined in the Note), Secured Party may exercise, in
addition to its other rights and remedies hereunder, or in the Note or the
Guaranty, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code with
respect
to the Collateral as in effect at the time or otherwise available by action
or
actions at law or in equity, including, without limitation:
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(i)
to
sell, assign and effectively transfer the Collateral either at public or
private
sale, at the option of Secured Party, without recourse to judicial proceedings
and without either demand, appraisement, advertisement or notice of any kind,
all of which are expressly waived;
(ii)
to
proceed by way of appropriate judicial proceedings to have the Collateral
sold
at judicial sale, with or without appraisement;
(iii)
to
seek an injunction of the prohibited action;
(iv)
make
demand upon and receive from any or all Merchant Bank(s) all amounts in such
Merchant Accounts, and all Merchant Banks may rely upon the authorization
to
release funds to Lender set forth herein and will be indemnified by Pledgors
from any and all liability in connection with releasing funds to Lender;
or
(v)
to
pursue any other available legal remedy; and, out of the Proceeds of the
sale of
the Collateral, Secured Party shall be entitled to receive, by preference
and
priority over all Persons whatsoever, the full remaining and unpaid balance
of
the Secured Obligations, together with all interest, costs, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and other charges;
provided,
however, that Secured Party shall provide Pledgors with reasonable prior
notice
of a public or private sale of the Collateral as required by the Code, and
Pledgors hereby agree and stipulate that such notice shall be deemed to be
commercially reasonable notice in satisfaction of the requirements of the
Code.
Without
limiting the foregoing, Secured Party and/or any nominee(s) or designee(s)
thereof, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest,
advertisement or notice of any kind (except for any notice required by law)
to
or upon Pledgors, or any other person (all and each of which demands, defenses,
advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances
forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral,
or any
part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, assign or otherwise dispose of and
deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the
foregoing), pursuant to this Section 2 or otherwise in accordance with the
Code
upon such terms and conditions as Secured Party may deem advisable and at
such
prices and upon such other terms as Secured Party may deem commercially
reasonable, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption
of
any credit risk irrespective of the impact of such sales on the market price
of
any Collateral. Secured Party and/or such nominee(s) or designee(s) shall
have
the right upon any public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by
law,
upon any private sale or sales, to purchase the Collateral so sold, free
of any
right or equity of redemption in Pledgors, which right or equity each of
the
Pledgors hereby waives and/or releases. Secured Party shall apply any Proceeds
from time to time held by it and the net proceeds of any such collection,
recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale in accordance with
this
Pledge Agreement. Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of the
Collateral at any such sale and Secured Party shall be entitled, for the
purpose
of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all
or any
portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply
any of
the Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for
any
Collateral payable by Secured party at such sale. Each purchaser at any such
sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right
on the
part of Pledgors, and each Pledgor hereby waives (to the extent permitted
by
applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it
now has
or may have at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute
now
existing or thereafter enacted. Each Pledgors agrees that, to the extent
notice
of sale shall be required by law, at least fifteen (15) days’ notice to Pledgors
of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private
sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. Secured Party
shall
not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale
having been given. Secured Party may adjourn any public or private sale from
time to time by announcing the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale
may,
without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so
adjourned. Each Pledgor hereby waives, to the extent permitted by law, any
claims against Secured Party arising by reason of the fact that the price
at
which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than
the
price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if Secured Party
accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more
than
one offeree. If the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral
are insufficient to pay all the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor shall be
liable for the deficiency and the fees of any attorneys employed by Secured
Party to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
each Pledgor further waives and agrees not to assert any rights or privileges
which it may acquire under Section 9-112 of the Code. In connection with
any
sale of the Collateral, Secured Party may specifically disclaim any warranties
of title or the like, and such disclaimer shall not be considered adversely
to
affect the commercial reasonableness of such sale. If Secured Party sells
any of
the Collateral on credit, each Pledgor will be credited only with payments
actually made by the purchaser, received by Secured Party and applied to
the
indebtedness of such purchaser. In the event a purchaser fails to pay for
the
Collateral, Secured Party may resell the Collateral and Pledgors shall be
credited with the proceeds of the sale.
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(c)
In
addition to the remedies described in Section 2(b) above, if any Event of
Default shall occur and immediately upon the occurrence thereof and so long
as
such Event of Default shall be continuing: (i) Secured Party and/or its nominees
or designees shall have the right to receive any and all dividends, payments
or
distributions paid with respect to the Merchant Accounts and the other
Collateral, as applicable, and make application thereof in accordance with
this
Pledge Agreement (and any dividends and other payments received in trust
by
Pledgors for the benefit of Secured Party shall be segregated from the other
funds of Pledgors), and (ii) at Secured Party’s election, all Merchant Accounts
shall be transferred to Secured Party and/or one (1) or more nominee(s) or
designee(s) thereof, and Secured Party and/or such nominee(s) or designee(s)
may
in the name of Pledgors or in Secured Party’s and/or such nominee’s(s’) or
designee’s(s’) own name, collect all payments and assets due Pledgor pursuant to
the Merchant Accounts. Further, unless and until Secured Party and/or such
nominee(s) or designee(s) succeeds to actual ownership thereof, pursuant
to the
exercise of Secured Party’s remedies described in Section 2(b) above, neither
Secured Party nor any such nominee or designee shall be obligated to perform
or
discharge any obligation, duty or liability in connection with the Merchant
Accounts. The rights of Secured Party hereunder shall not be conditioned
or
contingent upon the pursuit by Secured Party of any other right or remedy
against Pledgors or any guarantor of any of the Secured Obligations, or against
any other person which may be or become liable in respect of all or any part
of
the Secured Obligations or against any other collateral security therefor,
guarantee thereof or right of offset with respect thereto. Neither Secured
Party
nor any of its nominees or designees shall be liable for any failure to demand,
collect or realize upon all or any part of the Collateral or for any delay
in
doing so, nor shall they be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose
of
any Collateral upon the request of Pledgors or any other person or to take
any
other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part
thereof.
(d)
Secured Party is hereby authorized to and shall apply the net proceeds of
such
sale of, or other realization upon, any or all of the Collateral, after first
deducting the costs and expenses of sale, including attorneys’ fees and the
costs of Secured Party and Secured Party’s agents, to the payment of the Secured
Obligations in such order as Secured Party shall elect, in its sole discretion,
it being understood that this Pledge Agreement shall remain in full force
and
effect and Secured Party shall retain all rights hereunder, until the date
on
which all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly satisfied in
full,
after deducting all such costs and expenses. If, after any sale of the
Collateral pursuant to this Section 2 there shall be a balance remaining
after
the payment of all of the items described above, such balance shall be paid
to
Persons entitled by law to receive such balance to allocate among themselves,
without any liability resulting therefrom on the part of Secured
Party.
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(e)
Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
Secured Party may, at its election, and in addition to any other remedies
available hereunder, in its sole and absolute discretion, no such duty being
imposed hereby, pay, purchase, contest or compromise any encumbrance, charge
or
lien which is prior or superior to its security interest in the Collateral
and
pay all expenses incurred therewith (any payment or expense so incurred shall
be
deemed Secured Obligations and shall be immediately due and payable and secured
hereby), all of which shall be deemed authorized by Pledgors. All such expenses
not paid when due shall accrue interest at the Default Rate until the date
repaid.
(f)
All
remedies of Secured Party hereunder are cumulative and are in addition to
any
other remedies provided for at law or in equity and may, to the extent permitted
by law, be exercised concurrently or separately, and the exercise of any
one
remedy shall not be deemed an election of such remedy or to preclude the
exercise of any other remedy. No failure on the part of Secured Party to
exercise and no delay in exercising any right or remedy shall operate as
a
waiver thereof or in any way modify or be deemed to modify the terms of this
Pledge Agreement or of the obligations secured hereby, nor shall any single
or
partial exercise by Secured Party of any right or remedy preclude any other
or
further exercise of the same or any other right or remedy.
3.
Representations and Warranties of Pledgor.
3.1.
Each
Pledgor hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants, as of the date
hereof, that:
(a) Pledgors
(i) are the record and beneficial owners of, and have good and marketable
title
to, the Merchant Accounts, and (ii) will have good and marketable title to
the
Merchant Accounts hereafter acquired, in any case, free and clear of all
claims,
liens, options and encumbrances of any kind, and has not and will not pledge
or
grant to any other person a security interest in the Merchant Accounts, except
as contemplated by the Note. Each Pledgor has the right, power and authority
to
execute, deliver and perform this Pledge Agreement and to pledge, grant security
interest in and assign the Collateral to the Secured Party as described herein.
(b)
Pledgors
are the sole holders of the Merchant Accounts and no other person has any
right
to or is named as an owner of any Merchant Account. The execution, delivery
and
performance of this Pledge Agreement by each Pledgor (i) are within the power
and authority of the Pledgor, and (ii) have been duly authorized by all
necessary entity action. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and
binding
obligation of each Pledgor, enforceable against each Pledgor in accordance
with
its terms. Further, the execution, delivery and performance of this Pledge
Agreement by each Pledgor will not cause a violation of or a default under
(i)
any mortgage, lease or other agreement, oral or written, to which such Pledgor
is a party or by which any of its assets are subject, or (ii) any pending
litigation, judgment, decree, arbitration award, governmental order, statute,
rule or regulation to which such Pledgor is subject, nor will this Pledge
Agreement cause a dissolution or other termination of any Pledgor.
(c)
The
pledge, assignment, lien and security interest granted pursuant to this Pledge
Agreement constitutes a valid, perfected first priority pledge, assignment,
lien
and security interest of or in all of the Collateral owned by Pledgors,
enforceable as such against each Pledgor, all creditors of Pledgors and any
person or entity purporting to purchase or otherwise acquire any Collateral
from
Pledgors (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors generally).
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(d)
The
organizational documents of each Pledgor, as amended to date, are in full
force
and effect and no Pledgor is in default in the observance or performance
of any
term, covenant or condition of its organizational documents. True, correct
and
complete copies of such organizational documents have been provided to Secured
Party.
(e)
No
approval by, authorization of, or filing with any federal, State or other
governmental commission, agency or authority is necessary (i) in connection
with
the execution, delivery and performance by any Pledgor of this Pledge Agreement
or the Note to which such Pledgor is a party, if any, or (ii) to perfect
the
security interests granted herein, except the filing of UCC Financing Statements
pursuant to the Code.
(f)
No
approval by or authorization or consent of any other person is necessary
to
authorize or validate the execution and delivery of this Pledge Agreement,
or if
such approval, authorization, or consent is necessary, such approval,
authorization or consent has been obtained and a copy thereof has been provided
to the Secured Party on the date hereof.
(g)
No
Pledgor has issued or agreed to issue any options, puts, calls or other
securities convertible into or exchangeable for, the Merchant Accounts, or
any
portion thereof and except as set forth in its organizational documents,
no
other person or entity has any claim on any portion of the Merchant Accounts.
Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, if the Secured Party were to
exercise its remedies hereunder, the Secured Party shall have all rights
accruing to the Merchant Accounts.
(h)
There
are
no setoffs, counterclaims or defenses with respect to the Collateral owned
by
any Pledgor and no agreement, oral or written, has been made with any other
person or party under which any deduction or discount may be claimed with
respect to such Collateral, and no Pledgor knows of any fact which would
prohibit or prevent any Pledgor from receiving all of such, or assigning
or
granting a security interest in the Collateral.
(i)
Each
Pledgor will be benefited, directly and indirectly, by the Lender’s making the
Note to the Company.
(j)
The
transactions contemplated by this Pledge Agreement do not violate and do
not
require that any filing, registration or other act be taken with respect
to any
and all laws pertaining to the registration or transfer of securities, including
without limitation the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all
rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder or any applicable state securities
laws
(collectively, the “Securities Laws”), as such laws are amended and in effect
from time to time. Each Pledgor shall at all times comply with the Securities
Laws as the same pertain to all or any portion of the Collateral or any of
the
transactions contemplated by this Pledge Agreement.
(k)
The
execution and delivery by each Pledgor of this Pledge Agreement, the Guaranty
and the Note to which such Pledgor is a party have been duly authorized by
all
necessary and appropriate action under Utah and California law, as applicable,
and Pledgors’ organizational documents.
(l)
Within
10
days from the date of this Agreement the Pledgors shall notify the bank(s)
(each
a “Merchant Bank” and, collectively, the “Merchant Banks”), listed on Schedule B
attached hereto and made part hereof, where the Merchant Accounts are held
that
the Pledgors have pledged security interests in the Collateral and/or Merchant
Accounts, and regarding the terms and conditions of this Pledge Agreement.
The
Pledgors shall undertake to cause each such Merchant Bank and any other owner
of
the Merchant Accounts to execute and deliver to the Lender the acknowledgement
of this Agreement and the pledge of the Collateral, all in the form of Annex
A
annexed hereto.
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4.
Covenants of Pledgor. Each Pledgor hereby jointly and severally covenants
as
follows that from and after the date hereof:
4.1.
(a)
Without
the prior written consent of Secured Party, no Pledgor shall, either directly
or
indirectly, mortgage, sell, dispose of (whether directly or indirectly),
hypothecate, pledge, create a security interest or lien upon, encumber, give
or
place in trust, any of the Merchant Accounts owned by Pledgor, or any other
Collateral owned by such Pledgor, until the date on which all of the Secured
Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full and otherwise
performed.
(b)
Each
Pledgor shall defend, at Pledgors’ cost, Secured Party’s security interest in
and to the Merchant Accounts or any other Collateral as applicable, against
all
Persons and against all claims and demands whatsoever.
(c)
Each
Pledgor shall promptly notify Secured Party, in writing, of the imposition
at
any time of any claim, option, lien or encumbrance upon or against all or
any
portion of the Merchant Accounts and/or any other Collateral.
(d)
Each
Pledgor shall, on Secured Party’s demand, furnish further reasonable assurance
of its title with respect to the Merchant Accounts, or any other Collateral,
execute any written agreement or do any other act reasonably necessary to
effectuate the purposes and provisions of this Pledge Agreement and execute
any
instrument or statement required by law or otherwise in order to perfect,
continue or terminate the security interest of Secured Party in the Merchant
Accounts and the other Collateral.
(e) Each
Pledgor shall promptly provide Secured Party with true and complete copies
of
any amendment or supplement to, or waiver under, its organizational
documents.
(f) Each
Pledgor shall promptly (i) notify Secured Party of any notice from any Merchant
Bank regarding any change to the Collateral and/or Merchant Accounts, and
(ii)
provide Secured Party with true and complete copies of any correspondence
from
any Merchant Bank related thereto.
4.2.
In
no event shall any Pledgor do or permit to be done, or omit to do or permit
the
omission of, any act or thing, the doing or omission of which, would impair
(i)
the validity, enforceability, perfection or priority of the security interests
granted herein, or (ii) the value of the Collateral, or (iii) the ability
of
Secured Party to realize upon its remedies provided in this Pledge Agreement
or
under the Code.
4.3.
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under the
Note,
all Proceeds of the Collateral received by Pledgor shall be promptly delivered
to Secured Party, in the same form as received, with the addition only of
such
endorsements and assignments as may be necessary to transfer title to Secured
Party, and pending such delivery, such Proceeds shall be held in trust for
Secured Party; and such Proceeds shall be applied to the Secured Obligations
secured hereby pursuant to the terms of the Note.
4.4.
Each
Pledgor authorizes Secured Party, at the expense of Pledgors, to execute
and
file any financing statement or statements deemed necessary by Secured Party
to
perfect its security interest in the Collateral. Each Pledgor will sign,
if
required, and deliver any financing statements and other documents and perform
such other acts as Secured Party deems necessary or desirable from time to
time
to establish and maintain in favor of Secured Party valid and perfected first
priority security interest in the Collateral, free of all other liens,
encumbrances, security interests and claims. Each Pledgor shall also furnish
to
Secured Party all certificates or other instruments and papers evidencing
or
constituting any of the Collateral, together with appropriate endorsements
and
assignments and any information relating thereto, and shall take such actions
as
Secured Party may deem reasonably necessary or desirable from time to time
to
establish valid security interests in and to further protect and perfect
its
interest in the Collateral.
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4.5.
Each
Pledgor upon demand shall pay to Secured Party the amount of any and all
expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and
of any
experts and Secured Party’s, which Secured Party may incur in connection with:
(i) the custody (for which such expenses shall be reasonable), preservation,
use
or operation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon,
any
of the Collateral; (ii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights
of
Secured Party hereunder; or (iii) the failure by any Pledgor to perform or
observe any of the provisions hereof after the expiration of any applicable
notice and/or cure periods.
4.6.
Within ten (10) days of execution of this Pledge Agreement, Pledgor shall
use
its best efforts to cooperate with Secured Party to obtain and execute, along
with each Merchant Bank, such Merchant Bank’s form of pledge agreement with
respect to the Collateral and/or Merchant Accounts held by such Merchant
Bank.
4.7.
None
of the Collateral and/or Merchant Accounts shall be subject to setoff, deduction
or counterclaim, and shall be free and clear of and without any deduction
or
withholding for or on account of any taxes, levies, duties, charges, fees,
restrictions or conditions of any nature now or hereafter imposed by any
federal, state, country or local government or any political subdivision
or
taxing authority thereof or therein.
Without
limiting the foregoing, the breach by any Pledgor of any of the covenants
set
forth in this Section 4 shall constitute an “Event of Default” under the Note.
5.
Power
of Attorney. Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably appoints and instructs Secured
Party as its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead
of
such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor, Secured Party or otherwise,
from
time to time in Secured Party’s discretion to take any and all actions necessary
and proper, to carry out the intent of this Pledge Agreement and to perfect
and
protect the lien, pledge, assignment and security interest of Secured Party
created hereunder. Each Pledgor hereby ratifies, approves and confirms all
actions taken by Secured Party and its attorneys-in-fact pursuant to this
Section 5. Secured Party will not be liable for any acts of commission or
omission nor for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or law with respect
to
its dealings with the Collateral unless such liability arises out of or from
the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of such party. This power of attorney,
being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until the date upon which
the
Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly satisfied in full). Without limiting
the foregoing, if any Pledgor fails to perform any agreement or obligation
contained herein, Secured Party may itself perform, or cause performance
of,
where necessary or advisable in the name or on behalf of such Pledgor, and
at
the expense of such Pledgor, as applicable.
6.
Third
Party Waivers.
6.1.
Rights of Secured Party. Each Pledgor authorizes Secured Party to perform
any or
all of the following acts at any time in its sole discretion, all without
notice
to any Pledgor, without affecting Pledgors’ obligations under this Pledge
Agreement and without affecting the liens and encumbrances against the
Collateral in favor of Secured Party:
(a)
Secured Party may alter any terms of the Secured Obligations or any part
thereof, including renewing, compromising, extending or accelerating, or
otherwise changing the time for payment of, or increasing or decreasing the
rate
of interest on, the Secured Obligations or any part thereof.
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(b)
Secured Party may take and hold security for the Secured Obligations, accept
additional or substituted security, and subordinate, exchange, enforce, waive,
release, compromise, fail to perfect and sell or otherwise dispose of any
such
security.
(c)
Secured Party may direct the order and manner of any sale of all or any part
of
any security now or later to be held for the Secured Obligations, and Secured
Party (or its nominees or designees) may also bid at any such sale.
(d)
Secured Party may apply any payments or recoveries from any Pledgor or any
other
source, and any proceeds of any security, to the obligations under the Note
in
such manner, order and priority as Secured Party may elect.
(e)
Secured Party may release any person or entity of its liability for the Secured
Obligations or any part thereof..
(f)
Secured Party may substitute, add or release any one or more guarantors or
endorsers.
(g)
Secured Party may make demand upon and receive from any or all Merchant Bank(s)
for payment from the Merchant Accounts.
6.2.
Absolute Obligations. Each Pledgor expressly agrees that until all Secured
Obligations are indefeasibly paid and performed in full and each and every
term,
covenant and condition of this Pledge Agreement, the Note and the Guaranty
of
each Pledgor is fully and indefeasibly performed, no Pledgor shall be released
of its obligations, waivers and agreements set forth herein or under the
Purchase Agreement, Guaranty or Note nor shall the validity, enforceability
or
priority of the liens and encumbrances against the Collateral in favor of
Secured Party be affected in any manner by or because of:
(a)
Any
act or event which might otherwise discharge, reduce, limit or modify Pledgors’
obligations hereunder or under the Note or the Guaranty or the liens and
encumbrances against the Collateral in favor of Secured Party;
(b)
Any
waiver, extension, modification, forbearance, delay or other act or omission
of
Secured Party or any failure to proceed promptly or otherwise as against
Company, any Pledgor, or any other person or entity or any
security;
(c)
Any
action, omission or circumstance which might increase the likelihood that
Secured Party might enforce the rights granted under this Pledge Agreement
or
under the Note or the Guaranty or which might affect the rights or remedies
of
any Pledgor as against Company; or
(d)
Any
dealings occurring at any time between Company and Secured Party, whether
relating to the Secured Obligations or otherwise.
(e)
To
the extent permitted by law, each Pledgor hereby expressly waives and surrenders
any defense to the performance of the obligations under this Pledge Agreement
and under the Purchase Agreement, Note or the Guaranty or to the enforcement
of
the liens and encumbrances against the Collateral in favor of Secured Party
based upon any of the foregoing acts, omissions, agreements, waivers or matters
described in this subsection. It is the purpose and intent of this Pledge
Agreement that the obligations of each Pledgor under this Pledge Agreement
and
under the Note or the Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional under
any and
all circumstances, to the extent permitted by law.
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6.3.
Pledgors’ Waivers. To the extent permitted by law, each Pledgor
waives:
(a)
Any
right it may have to require Secured Party to proceed against the Company,
one
or more Pledgor or any other person or entity, proceed against or exhaust
any
security held from the Company, any Pledgor or any person or entity, or pursue
any other remedy in Secured Party’s power to pursue;
(b)
Any
defense based on any claim that Pledgors’ obligations exceed or are more
burdensome than those of the Company or any other person;
(c)
Any
defense: (i) based on any legal disability of any other person, (ii) based
on
any release, discharge, modification, impairment or limitation of the liability
of any other person to Secured Party from any cause, whether consented to
by
Secured Party or arising by operation of law, (iii) arising out of or able
to be
asserted as a result of any case, action or proceeding before any court or
other
governmental authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of any other
person
or any of their affiliates, or any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors or other, similar
arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion
of
its creditors; in each case as undertaken under any U.S. Federal or State
law
(each of the foregoing described in this clause (iii) being referred to herein
as an “Insolvency Proceeding”); or (iv) arising from any rejection or
disaffirmance of the Secured Obligations, or any part thereof, or any security
held therefor, in any such Insolvency Proceeding;
(d)
Any
defense based on any action taken or omitted by Secured Party in any Insolvency
Proceeding involving any other person, including any election to have Secured
Party’s claim allowed as being secured, partially secured or unsecured, any
extension of credit by Secured Party to any other person in any Insolvency
Proceeding, and the taking and holding by Secured Party of any security for
any
such extension of credit;
(e)
All
presentments, demands for performance, notices of nonperformance, protests,
notices of protest, notices of dishonor, notices of intention to accelerate,
notices of acceleration, notices of acceptance of this Pledge Agreement and
of
the existence, creation, or incurring of new or additional indebtedness,
and
demands and notices of every kind; and
(f)
Except for such notices as required by the Note or Guaranty, any defense
based
on or arising out of any defense that Company or any of its respective
affiliates may have to the payment or performance of the Secured Obligations.
6.4.
Waiver of Subrogation and Other Rights.
(a)
Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, in its
sole
discretion, without prior notice to or consent of any Pledgor, Secured Party
may
elect to (but subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Note or the
Guaranty): (i) foreclose against any Collateral for the Secured Obligations,
(ii) accept a transfer of any such Collateral for the Secured Obligations
in
lieu of foreclosure, (iii) compromise or adjust the Secured Obligations or
any
part thereof or make any other accommodation with Company or any person or
entity, or (iv) exercise any other remedy against Company or any person or
entity or any Collateral for the Secured Obligations. No such action by Secured
Party shall release or limit Secured Party’s rights hereunder or under the Note
or the Guaranty, even if the effect of the action is to deprive such Pledgor
of
any subrogation rights, rights of indemnity, or other rights to collect
reimbursement from such Pledgor or any other person or entity for any sums
paid
to Secured Party, whether contractual or arising by operation of law or
otherwise. Each Pledgor expressly agrees that under no circumstances shall
any
Pledgor be deemed to have any right, title, interest or claim in or to any
real
or personal property to be held by Secured Party or any third party after
any
foreclosure or transfer in lieu of foreclosure of any security for the Secured
Obligations.
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(b)
Regardless of whether any Pledgor may have made any payments to Secured Party,
until such time as all Secured Obligations are fully, finally and indefeasibly
paid to Secured Party, each Pledgor waives, to the extent permitted by law
and
subject to Section 6(c) below, (all of the following rights, collectively,
“Pledgors’ Conditional Rights”): (i) all rights of subrogation, all rights of
indemnity, and any other rights to collect reimbursement from Company on
account
of the Collateral encumbered by this Pledge Agreement, whether contractual
or
arising by operation of law (including the United States Bankruptcy Code
or any
successor or similar statute) or otherwise; (ii) all rights to enforce any
remedy that Secured Party may have against any Pledgor or any person or entity
granting collateral for the Secured Obligations; and (iii) all rights to
participate in any Collateral now or later to be held by Secured
Party.
(c)
Subject to the full, final and indefeasible payment of all Secured Obligations
to Secured Party, each Pledgor shall retain its rights to seek contribution
and
reimbursement from, and rights of subrogation with respect to, the other
guarantors to the extent the Secured Obligations hereunder render Pledgor
insolvent. Such rights of subrogation, contribution and reimbursement shall
be
subordinate to the Secured Obligations, and no Pledgor shall enforce any
such
rights until the Secured Obligations shall have been finally paid in
full.
7.
Miscellaneous.
7.1.
Notices. All notices, consents, approvals and requests required or permitted
hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be effective for all purposes
if
hand delivered or sent by (a) certified or registered United States mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested, (b) international courier service,
or
(c) by telecopier (with answer back acknowledged), addressed as follows (or
at
such other address and person as shall be designated from time to time by
any
party hereto, as the case may be), in a written notice to the other parties
hereto in the manner provided for in the Purchase Agreement.
A
notice
shall be deemed to have been given: In the case of hand delivery, at the
time of
delivery; in the case of registered or certified mail, when delivered or
the
first attempted delivery on a Business Day; or in the case of expedited prepaid
delivery, upon the first attempted delivery on a Business Day; or in the
case of
telecopy, upon sender’s receipt of a machine-generated confirmation of
successful transmission after advice by telephone to recipient that a telecopy
notice is forthcoming.
7.2.
Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Note and the
Guaranty contain the entire agreement of the parties hereto and thereto in
respect of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and all prior
agreements among or between such parties, whether oral or written, between
Pledgors and Lender are superseded by the terms of this Agreement and the
Note
or the Guaranty. THIS AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR,
CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. NO COURSE OF
DEALING BETWEEN PLEDGORS AND LENDER, NO COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, NO TRADE
PRACTICES AND NO EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE OF ANY NATURE MAY BE USED TO CONTRADICT
OR
MODIFY ANY TERM OF THIS PLEDGE AGREEMENT. THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN
PLEDGORS AND LENDER.
7.3.
Termination of Pledge Agreement. Upon
the
indefeasible payment in full of all Secured Obligations, the security interest
granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert
to
the Pledgors, and, at the request of Pledgors, Secured Party shall execute
and
deliver to Pledgors a written release and termination of this Agreement,
subject
to the Surviving Obligations.
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7.4.
No
Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of Secured Party in the exercise
of any
power, right or privilege hereunder shall impair such power, right or privilege
or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor
shall
any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude
any other for further exercise thereon for of any other power, right or
privilege. All rights and remedies existing under this Pledge Agreement are
cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise
available.
7.5.
Amendments. No amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver
of any
provision of this Pledge Agreement, and no consent to any departure by any
Pledgor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be in
writing and signed by Secured Party and, in the case of any such amendment,
modification or supplement by Pledgor. Any such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which
it was given.
7.6.
Severability. All provisions of this Pledge Agreement shall be considered
as
separate terms and conditions, and in the event anyone shall be held illegal,
invalid or unenforceable, all the other provisions hereof shall remain in
full
force and effect as if the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision were
not
a part hereof..
7.7.
GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THIS PLEDGE AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING
HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THE STATE
OF NEW
YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS, AND ANY APPLICABLE
LAWS
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PLEDGORS HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION
OF
ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF
NEW
YORK AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO LENDER’S ELECTION, ALL ACTIONS OR
PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS PLEDGE SHALL BE LITIGATED
IN SUCH
COURTS. EACH PLEDGOR ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLLATERAL,
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID
COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS
TO
THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY
JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS LOAN AGREEMENT, THE NOTE,
SUCH
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR SUCH OBLIGATION. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE
RIGHT
TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE
RIGHT
OF LENDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY PLEDGOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION.
7.8.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PLEDGOR AND LENDER MUTUALLY, EXPRESSLY, IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY FOR ANY PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF
OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT IN THE INTEREST OF AVOIDING DELAY AND EXPENSES
ASSOCIATED WITH JURY TRIALS.
7.9.
Counterparts. This Pledge Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts
and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when
so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument; signature pages
may
be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single
counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same
document.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Pledgor and Secured Party have executed this Pledge Agreement
as of the date first above written.
PLEDGORS:
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LEGACY
MEDIA LLC
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By:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Manager
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CONSUMER LOYALTY GROUP LLC | ||
By:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Manager
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COMMERCE PLANET, INC. | ||
By:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx, President
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SECURED
PARTY:
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MORLEX,
INC.
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By:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
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Chief
Executive Officer
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and
President
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Annex
A
Form
of
Merchant Account Acknowledgement
The
undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that, pursuant to a Pledge and
Security Agreement, dated September __, 2008 (the “Pledge Agreement”) between
and among COMMERCE PLANET, INC., a Utah corporation (the “Company”) with an
address at 00 X. Xx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, LEGACY MEDIA LLC, a
California limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of, with
the
same address as, the Company (“Legacy”), and CONSUMER LOYALTY GROUP LLC, a
California limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of, with
the
same address as, the Company (“Consumer” and together with Legacy, the
“Pledgors”), for the benefit of MORLEX, INC., a Colorado corporation (the
“Lender” or “Secured Party”), the Lender has been granted and continues to hold
a first lien security interest in and to all of the Merchant Accounts (as
defined in the Pledge Agreement), and (ii) all Proceeds (as defined in the
Pledge Agreement) of such Merchant Accounts (collectively, the “Collateral”), as
collateral security for the repayment of a $200,000 note together with all
accrued interest thereon. The undersigned, in connection with its possession
and
control of a portion of the Collateral, hereby agrees to comply with any
“instructions” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(12) of the UCC) originated by
Secured Party without further consent of Pledgor, including, without limitation,
instructions regarding to the withdrawal, transfer and/or disposition of
any and
all funds contained within such Merchant Accounts. By executing and delivering
this Agreement, each of the undersigned hereto intend to establish Lender’s
control over the Collateral for purposes of the provisions of Section
8-106(c)(2) of the UCC.
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