Exhibit 10.02
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of May 24, 2011 (together with all amendments, if any, from time to time hereto, this “Security Agreement”), among the grantors signatory hereto (together with their respective successors and assigns, each a “Grantor”), and Isaac Blech, an individual, in his capacity as Collateral Agent (as hereinafter defined) for the Investors (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of the date hereof by and among Stratus Media Group, Inc. a Nevada corporation (the “Corporation”), the Collateral Agent (as hereinafter defined) and each investor identified on the signature pages thereto (together with their respective successors and assigns, collectively, the “Investors”), the Investors purchased Preferred Shares (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Certificate of Designations of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Certificate of Designations”), as filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware on May 24, 2011, the Corporation authorized the issuance shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) and provided that the Corporation shall redeem any and all outstanding Preferred Shares on the fifth anniversary of the Original Issue Date (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) for a sum equal to the Stated Value (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) of each Preferred Share plus all declared or accumulated but unpaid dividends on such shares;
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Investors to enter into the Purchase Agreement, each Grantor has agreed to grant a continuing perfected Security Interest in (as hereinafter defined) and Lien (as hereinafter defined) on the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) to secure the all of the Secured Obligations (as hereinafter defined);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. All terms not specifically defined herein which are defined in the Code (as defined herein) shall have the meanings as defined in the Code. In addition, as used herein:
(a) “Accounts” means all “accounts,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including (i) all accounts receivable, other receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations (other than forms of obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper, or Instruments), (including any such obligations that may be characterized as an account or contract right under the Code), (ii) all rights in, to and under all purchase orders or receipts for goods or services, (iii) all rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers’ rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (iv) all rights to payment due to any Grantor for property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, for energy provided or to be provided, for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, arising out of the use of a credit card or charge card, or for services rendered or to be rendered by such Grantor or in connection with any other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such Grantor), (v) all health care insurance receivables and (vi) all collateral security of any kind, given by any Account Debtor or any other Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
(b) “Account Debtor” means any Person who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to, or on account of, an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangibles (including a payment intangible).
(c) “Business” means the business from time to time, now or hereafter, conducted by the Corporation and any Subsidiary (as defined herein).
(d) “Chattel Paper” means any “chattel paper,” as such term is defined in the Code, including electronic chattel paper, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor.
(e) “Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York; provided, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern; provided further, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Collateral Agent’s or any Investor’s Security Interest on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect from time to time in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
(f) “Collateral” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.
(g) “Collateral Agent” means Isaac Blech, an individual, or his designee.
(h) “Contracts” means all contracts and agreements to which any Grantor is a party, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, including without limitation, (i) all rights of any Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of any Grantor to damages arising thereunder and (iii) all rights of any Grantor to perform and to exercise all remedies thereunder.
(i) “Copyright Licenses” means any and all rights now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor under any written agreement granting any right to use any Copyright (as defined below) or Copyright registration.
(j) “Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by any Grantor: (i) all copyrights and General Intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and (ii) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.
(k) “Default” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 16(c) of the Certificate of Designations.
(l) “Deposit Accounts” means all “deposit accounts” as such term is defined in the Code, now or hereafter held in the name of any Grantor.
(m) “Documents” means all “documents”, as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, wherever located.
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(n) “Equipment” means all “equipment,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, wherever located and, in any event, including all such Grantor’s machinery and equipment, including processing equipment, conveyors, machine tools, data processing and computer equipment, including embedded software and peripheral equipment and all engineering, processing and manufacturing equipment, office machinery, furniture, materials handling equipment, tools, attachments, accessories, automotive equipment, trailers, trucks, forklifts, molds, dies, stamps, motor vehicles, rolling stock and other equipment of every kind and nature, trade fixtures and fixtures not forming a part of real property, together with all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, all substitutes for any of the foregoing, fuel therefor, and all manuals, drawings, instructions, warranties and rights with respect thereto, and all products and proceeds thereof and condemnation awards and insurance proceeds with respect thereto.
(o) “Fixtures” means all “fixtures” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor.
(p) “General Intangibles” means all “general intangibles,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including all right, title and interest that such Grantor may now or hereafter have in or under any Contract, all payment intangibles, customer lists, Licenses, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and all applications therefor and reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, rights in Intellectual Property, interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other business associations, licenses, permits, copyrights, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential information, inventions (whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures, designs, knowledge, know-how, software, data bases, data, skill, expertise, experience, processes, models, drawings, materials and records, goodwill (including the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License), all rights and claims in or under insurance policies (including insurance for fire, damage, loss and casualty, whether covering personal property, real property, tangible rights or intangible rights, all liability, life, key man and business interruption insurance, and all unearned premiums), uncertificated securities, choses in action, deposit, checking and other bank accounts, rights to receive tax refunds and other payments, rights to receive dividends, distributions, cash, Instruments and other property in respect of or in exchange for pledged stock and Investment Property, rights of indemnification, all books and records, correspondence, credit files, invoices and other papers, including without limitation all tapes, cards, computer runs and other papers and documents in the possession or under the control of such Grantor or any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting for such Grantor.
(q) “Goods” means all “goods” as defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, wherever located, including embedded software to the extent included in “goods” as defined in the Code.
(r) “Instruments” means all “instruments,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, wherever located, and, in any event, including all certificated securities, all certificates of deposit, and all promissory notes and other evidences of indebtedness, other than instruments that constitute, or are a part of a group of writings that constitute, Chattel Paper.
(s) “Intellectual Property” means any and all Licenses, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, domain names, brand names and certification marks presently owned by any Grantor or (pursuant to license, sublicense, agreement or permission) used by any Grantor in connection with such Grantor’s Business.
(t) “Inventory” means all “inventory” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, wherever located, and in any event including inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by or on behalf of any Grantor for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, or that constitute raw materials, work in process, finished goods returned goods, or materials or supplies of any kind, nature or description used or consumed or to be used or consumed in the Business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, including other supplies and embedded software.
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(u) “Investment Property” means all “investment property” as such term is defined in the Code now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, wherever located including (i) all securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, including stocks, bonds, interests in limited liability companies, partnership interests, treasuries, certificates of deposit, and mutual fund shares; (ii) all securities entitlements of any Grantor, including the rights of any Grantor to any securities account and the financial assets held by a securities intermediary in such securities account and any free credit balance or other money owing by any securities intermediary with respect to that account, (iii) all securities accounts of any Grantor; (iv) all commodity contracts of any Grantor and (v) all commodity accounts held by any Grantor.
(v) “Letter of Credit Rights” means letter of credit rights as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including rights to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not such Grantor, as beneficiary, has demanded or is entitled to demand payment or performance.
(w) “Licenses” means any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests now held or hereafter acquired by any Grantor.
(x) “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, lien, claim, encumbrance or other similar restrictions, of any kind or nature whatsoever.
(y) “Patent Licenses” means rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor granting any right with respect to any invention on which a Patent (as defined below) is in existence.
(z) “Patents” means all of the following in which any Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (i) all letters patent of the United States or of any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or of any other country, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State or any other country, and (ii) all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof.
(aa) “Permitted Liens” means (i) all currently outstanding Liens on the assets of the Grantor, to the extent, but only to the extent, such Liens are fully and properly perfected and in existence prior to the date hereof, (ii) Liens for taxes not yet payable as of the date hereof, and (iii) Liens of materialmen, mechanics, warehousemen, carriers, or other similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations which are not delinquent.
(bb) “Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof and any other entity.
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(cc) “Proceeds” means “proceeds,” as such term is defined in the Code, including (i) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to any Grantor from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (ii) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Grantor from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any governmental authority (or any Person acting under color of governmental authority), (iii) any claim of any Grantor against third parties (A) for past, present or future infringement of any Patent or Patent License, or (B) for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Copyright, Copyright License, Trademark or Trademark License, or for injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License, (iv) any recoveries by any Grantor against third parties with respect to any litigation or dispute concerning any of the Collateral including claims arising out of the loss or nonconformity of, interference with the use of, defects in, or infringement of rights in, or damage to, Collateral, (v) all amounts collected on, or distributed on account of, other Collateral, including dividends, interest, distributions and Instruments with respect to Investment Property and pledged stock, and (vi) any and all other amounts, rights to payment or other property acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposition of Collateral and all rights arising out of Collateral.
(dd) “Secured Obligations” shall mean the Corporation’s obligation to redeem the outstanding shares of the Preferred Shares on the Redemption Date (as defined in the Certificate of Designations) pursuant to Section 16 of the Certificate of Designations.
(ee) “Security Interests” means the Liens in and the charges (fixed or floating, as the case may be) over the Collateral granted hereunder securing the Secured Obligations.
(ff) “Software” means all “software” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, other than software embedded in any category of goods, including all computer programs and all supporting information provided in connection with a transaction related to any program.
(gg) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association or other business entity at least 50% of the outstanding voting stock or voting interests of which is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by any Grantor.
(hh) “Supporting Obligations” means all supporting obligations as such term is defined in the Code, including letters of credit and guaranties issued in support of Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, or Investment Property.
(ii) “Termination Date” means the date on which all Secured Obligations are indefeasibly repaid in full, in cash to all Investors.
(jj) “Trademark License” means rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor granting any right to use any Trademark (as defined below).
(kk) “Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter existing or adopted or acquired by any Grantor: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof; (ii) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof; and (iii) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by any of the foregoing.
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(ll) “Transaction Documents” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement and all other related documents.
(mm) “Uniform Commercial Code Jurisdiction” means any jurisdiction that has adopted all or substantially all of Article 9 as contained in the 2000 Official Text of the Uniform Commercial Code, as recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and the American Law Institute, together with any subsequent amendments or modifications to the Official Text.
2. GRANT OF LIEN.
(a) To secure the prompt and complete payment, performance and observance of all of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants, assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates and transfers to Collateral Agent, for itself and the benefit of Investors, a continuing Security Interest and Lien upon all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property and other assets, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of such Grantor (including under any trade names, styles or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, such Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Collateral”), including:
(i) all Accounts;
(ii) all Chattel Paper;
(iii) all Contracts;
(iv) all Documents;
(v) all General Intangibles (including payment intangibles and Software);
(vi) all Goods (including Inventory, Equipment and Fixtures);
(vii) all Instruments;
(viii) all Investment Property;
(ix) all Deposit Accounts, of any Grantor, including all deposit and other bank accounts and all deposits therein;
(x) all money, cash or cash equivalents of any Grantor;
(xi) all Supporting Obligations and Letter of Credit Rights of any Grantor;
(xii) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, tort claims, insurance claims and other rights to payments not otherwise included in the foregoing and products of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents and profits of, each of the foregoing.
(b) The aforementioned Security Interests are granted as security only and shall not subject Collateral Agent or Investors, or any of Collateral Agent’s or Investors’ successors or assigns to, or transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation of any Grantor with respect to any of the Collateral or any transaction connected therewith.
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(c) To secure the prompt and complete payment, performance and observance of the Secured Obligations and in order to induce Collateral Agent and Investors as aforesaid, each Grantor hereby grants to Collateral Agent, for itself and the benefit of Investors, a right of setoff against the property of such Grantor held by Collateral Agent, consisting of property described above in Section 2(a) now or hereafter in the possession or custody of or in transit to Collateral Agent, for any purpose, including safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of such Grantor, or as to which such Grantor may have any right or power.
3. COLLATERAL AGENT’S AND INVESTORS’ RIGHTS: LIMITATIONS ON COLLATERAL AGENT’S AND INVESTORS’ OBLIGATIONS.
(a) It is expressly agreed by each Grantor that, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of its Contracts and each of its Licenses to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder. Neither Collateral Agent nor any Investor shall have any obligation or liability under any Contract or License by reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or the granting herein of a Security Interest thereon or the receipt by Collateral Agent or any Investor of any payment relating to any Contract or License pursuant hereto. Neither Collateral Agent nor any Investor shall be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Contract or License, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Contract or License, or to present or file any claims, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
(b) Collateral Agent may at any time after a Default has occurred, without prior notice to any Grantor, notify Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on the Collateral that Collateral Agent has a security interest therein, and that payments shall be made directly to Collateral Agent. Upon the request of Collateral Agent after the occurrence of a Default, each Grantor shall so notify Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on Collateral. Once any such notice has been given to any Account Debtor or other Person obligated on the Collateral, the affected Grantor shall not give any contrary instructions to such Account Debtor or other Person without Collateral Agent’s prior written consent.
(c) Collateral Agent may, upon two (2) days prior written notice to Corporation, in Collateral Agent’s own name, in the name of a nominee of Collateral Agent or in the name of any Grantor communicate (by mail, telephone, facsimile or otherwise) with Account Debtors, parties to Contracts, obligors in respect of Instruments and obligors in respect of Chattel Paper and/or payment intangibles to verify with such Persons, to Collateral Agent’s satisfaction, the existence, amount terms of, and any other matter relating to, any such Accounts, Contracts, Instruments or Chattel Paper and/or payment intangibles.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Grantor represents and warrants that:
(a) Each Grantor has rights in and the power to transfer each item of the Collateral upon which it purports to grant a Security Interest hereunder free and clear of any and all Security Interests other than Permitted Liens.
(b) No effective financing statement or Lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as may have been filed (i) by any Grantor in favor of Collateral Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement and (ii) in connection with any Permitted Liens.
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(c) This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Security Interest on and, upon the filing of the appropriate financing statements listed on Schedule I hereto, a perfected Security Interest in favor of Collateral Agent, for itself and the benefit of Investors, on the Collateral with respect to which a Security Interest may be perfected by filing pursuant to the Code. Such Security Interest is prior to all other Security Interests, except Permitted Liens that would be prior to Security Interests in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors as a matter of law, and is enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor (other than purchasers and lessees of Inventory in the ordinary course of business). All action by any Grantor necessary or desirable to protect and perfect such Security Interest on each item of the Collateral has been duly taken.
(d) Schedule II hereto lists all Instruments, Letter of Credit Rights and Chattel Paper of each Grantor. All actions by any Grantor necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Security Interest of Collateral Agent on each item set forth on Schedule II (including the delivery of all originals thereof to Collateral Agent and the legending of all Chattel Paper as required by Section 5(b) hereof) has been duly taken. The Security Interest of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors, on the Collateral listed on Schedule II hereto is prior to all other Security Interests, except Permitted Liens that would be prior to the Security Interests in favor of Collateral Agent as a matter of law, and is enforceable as such against any and all creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor.
(e) Each Grantor’s name as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation or other organization, the type of entity of each Grantor (including corporation, partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company), organizational identification number issued by each Grantor’s state of incorporation or organization or a statement that no such number has been issued, each Grantor’s state of organization or incorporation, the location of each Grantor’s chief executive office, principal place of business, offices, all warehouses and premises where Collateral is stored or located, and the locations of its books and records concerning the Collateral are set forth on Schedule III hereto. Each Grantor has only one state of incorporation or organization.
(f) With respect to each Grantor’s Accounts (i) such Accounts represent bona fide sales of Inventory or rendering of services to Account Debtors in the ordinary course of each Grantor’s business and are not evidenced by a judgment, Instrument or Chattel Paper; (ii) there are no setoffs, claims or disputes existing or asserted with respect thereto and no Grantor has made any agreement with any Account Debtor for any extension of time for the payment thereof, any compromise or settlement for less than the full amount thereof, any release of any Account Debtor from liability therefor, or any deduction therefrom except a discount or allowance allowed by such Grantor in the ordinary course of its business for prompt payment and disclosed to Collateral Agent; (iii) to each Grantor’s knowledge, there are no facts, events or occurrences which in any way impair the validity or enforceability thereof or could reasonably be expected to reduce the amount payable thereunder as shown on any Grantor’s books and records and any invoices or statements; (iv) no Grantor has received any notice of proceedings or actions which are threatened or pending against any Account Debtor which might result in any adverse change in such Account Debtor’s financial condition; and (v) no Grantor has knowledge that any Account Debtor is unable generally to pay its debts as they become due. Further, with respect to the Accounts (x) the amounts shown on all invoices and statements, which may be delivered to the Collateral Agent with respect thereto, are not in any way contingent and are to the respective Grantor's knowledge actually and absolutely owing to such Grantor as indicated thereon; (y) no payments have been or shall be made thereon; and (z) to each Grantor’s knowledge, all Account Debtors have the capacity to contract.
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(g) With respect to any of the Grantor’s Inventory (i) such Inventory is located at one of the applicable Grantor’s locations set forth on Schedule III hereto, (ii) no Inventory is now, or shall at any time or times hereafter be stored at any other location without Collateral Agent’s prior consent, and if Collateral Agent gives such consent, each applicable Grantor will concurrently therewith obtain, to the extent required by the Purchase Agreement, bailee, landlord and mortgagee agreements, (iii) the applicable Grantor has good, indefeasible and merchantable title to such Inventory and such Inventory is not subject to any Lien or Security Interest or document whatsoever except for the Security Interest granted to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors, and except for Permitted Liens, (iv) except as specifically disclosed in the most recent Collateral Report delivered to Collateral Agent, such Inventory is of good and merchantable quality, free from any defects, other than such defects as are inherent in Inventory of like grade and quality, (v) such Inventory is not subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreements with any third parties which would require any consent of any third party upon sale or disposition of that Inventory or the payment of any monies to any third party as a precondition of such sale or other disposition, and (vi) the completion of manufacture, sale or other disposition of such Inventory by Collateral Agent following a Default shall not require the consent of any Person and shall not constitute a breach or default under any contract or agreement to which any Grantor is a party or to which such property is subject.
(h) No Grantor has any interest in, or title to, any Patent, Trademark or Copyright except as set forth in Schedule IV hereto. This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Security Interest on and, upon filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office and filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, perfected Security Interests in favor of Collateral Agent on each Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights within the United States and such perfected Security Interests are enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor. Upon filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office and filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United State Patent and Trademark Office and the filing of appropriate financing statements listed on Schedule I hereto, all action necessary or desirable to protect and perfect Collateral Agent’s Security Interest within the United States on each Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights under applicable law shall have been duly taken.
5. COVENANTS. Each Grantor covenants and agrees with Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors, that from and after the date of this Security Agreement and until the Termination Date:
(a) Further Assurances: Pledge of Instruments; Chattel Paper.
(i) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Collateral Agent and at the sole expense of Grantors, each Grantor shall promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as Collateral Agent may in good faith deem reasonable and appropriate to obtain the full benefits of this Security Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including (A) using its commercially reasonable efforts to secure all consents and approvals necessary or appropriate for the assignment to or for the benefit of Collateral Agent of any License or Contract held by such Grantor and to enforce the Security Interests granted hereunder; and (B) filing any financing or continuation statements under the Code with respect to the Security Interests granted hereunder as to those jurisdictions that are not Uniform Commercial Code Jurisdictions.
(ii) Unless Collateral Agent shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent may be revoked), each Grantor shall deliver to Collateral Agent all Collateral consisting of negotiable Documents, certificated securities, Chattel Paper and Instruments (in each case, accompanied by stock powers, allonges or other instruments of transfer executed in blank) promptly after such Grantor receives the same.
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(iii) Each Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain waivers or subordinations of Security Interests from landlords and mortgagees.
(iv) Each Grantor that is or becomes the beneficiary of a letter of credit shall promptly, and in any event within two (2) Business Days after becoming a beneficiary, notify Collateral Agent thereof and enter into a tri-party agreement with Collateral Agent and the issuer and/or confirmation bank with respect to Letter of Credit Rights assigning such Letter of Credit Rights to Collateral Agent and directing all payments thereunder to the Collection Account, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent.
(v) Each Grantor shall take all steps necessary to grant the Collateral Agent control of all electronic chattel paper in accordance with the Code and all “transferable records” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
(vi) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any filing office in any Uniform Commercial Code Jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (A) indicate that the Collateral (x) constitutes all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the Code of such jurisdiction, or (y) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (B) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (xx) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to such Grantor, and (yy) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request. Each Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Collateral Agent to have filed in any Uniform Commercial Code Jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
(vii) Each Grantor shall promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the same is acquired by it, notify Collateral Agent of any commercial tort claim (as defined in the Code) acquired by it and unless otherwise consented by Collateral Agent, such Grantor shall enter into a supplement to this Security Agreement, granting to Collateral Agent a Security Interest in such commercial tort claim.
(b) Maintenance of Records. Each Grantor shall keep and maintain, at their own cost and expense, satisfactory and complete records of the Collateral, including a record of any and all payments received and any and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral and all other dealings with the Collateral. Each Grantor shall mark their books and records pertaining to the Collateral to evidence this Security Agreement and the Security Interests granted hereby. If any Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or Instruments with Collateral Agent’s consent, such Chattel Paper and Instruments shall be marked with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of Baker Communications Fund II (QP), L.P., as Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and certain Investors.”
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(c) Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.
(i) Each Grantor shall notify Collateral Agent immediately if they know or have reason to know that any application or registration relating to any Patent, Trademark or Copyright (now or hereafter existing) may become abandoned or dedicated, or of any materially adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court) regarding any Grantor’s ownership of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same.
(ii) If any Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, files an application for the registration of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency, Grantor shall provide Collateral Agent with written notice thereof within a reasonable time thereafter, but in any event within ten (10) Business Days from the date of filing, and, upon request of Collateral Agent, Grantor shall execute and deliver an amendment to the Intellectual Property Security Agreement as Collateral Agent may request to evidence Collateral Agent’s Security Interest on such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and the General Intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.
(iii) Each Grantor shall take all commercially reasonable actions necessary or requested by Collateral Agent to maintain and pursue each application, to obtain the relevant registration and to maintain the registration of each of the Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (now or hereafter existing), including the filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of noncontestability and opposition and interference and cancellation proceedings.
(iv) In the event that any of the Patent, Trademark or Copyright Collateral is infringed upon, or misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall comply with Section 5(a)(vii) of this Security Agreement. Such Grantor shall, unless such Grantor shall reasonably determine that such Patent, Trademark or Copyright Collateral is in no way material to the conduct of its business or operations, promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and shall take such other actions as are reasonable and appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Patent, Trademark or Copyright Collateral.
(d) Indemnification.
(i) Each Grantor shall, jointly and not severally, indemnify the Collateral Agent from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, costs of settlement, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Collateral Agent) (collectively, “Losses”), which may at any time (including, without limitation, at any time following the payment of the Secured Obligations) be imposed on, incurred by, asserted against or due and owing to the Collateral Agent in any way relating to or arising out of actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Collateral Agent or as a result of the Collateral Agent's status as Collateral Agent, all of which Losses shall periodically be reimbursed as incurred; provided that no Grantor shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, costs of settlement, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements directly resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent in its capacity as Collateral Agent (in its capacity as such) as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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(ii) In any suit, proceeding or action brought by the Collateral Agent relating to any Collateral for any sum owing with respect thereto or to enforce any rights or claims with respect thereto, each Grantor will save, indemnify and keep Collateral Agent harmless from and against all Losses suffered by reason of any defense, setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction of liability whatsoever of the Account Debtor or other Person obligated on the Collateral, arising out of a breach by any Grantor of any obligation thereunder or arising out of any other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to, or in favor of, such obligor or its successors from such Grantor, except in the case of Collateral Agent, to the extent such expense, loss, or damage is attributable solely to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Collateral Agent (in its capacity as such) as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. All such obligations of any Grantor shall be and remain enforceable against and only against such Grantor(s) and shall not be enforceable against Collateral Agent.
(iii) The agreements in this Section 5(d) shall survive (x) the payment of the Secured Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Transaction Documents, (y) any resignation by the Collateral Agent and (z) the termination of the Transaction Documents.
(iv) Each Grantor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to conduct the defense of any action or claim and all negotiations for the settlement or compromise thereof; provided that (i) any settlement negotiated by any Grantor involves no cost or liability to Collateral Agent and includes an unconditional release of Collateral Agent from all liability with respect to such claim or action, (ii) Collateral Agent shall have the right to retain its own counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by Grantors, if in Collateral Agent’s reasonable judgment there exists any actual or potential conflict of interest between Collateral Agent and any Grantor and (iii) if no such conflict exists, Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to participate in and join the defense of any action or claim at Collateral Agent’s expense.
(e) Compliance with Terms of Accounts, etc. In all material respects, each Grantor will perform and comply with all obligations in respect of the Collateral and all other agreements to which it is a party or by which it is bound relating to the Collateral.
(f) Limitation on Liens on Collateral. No Grantor will create, permit or suffer to exist, and each Grantor will defend the Collateral against, and take such other action as is necessary to remove, any Liens or Security Interests on the Collateral except Permitted Liens, and will defend the right, title and interest of Collateral Agent and Investors in and to any of such Grantor’s rights under the Collateral against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.
(g) Limitations on Disposition. No Grantor will sell, license, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral or any interest therein, or attempt or contract to do so, except as done in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business.
(h) Further Identification of Collateral. Each Grantor will, if so requested by Collateral Agent, furnish to Collateral Agent, as often as Collateral Agent reasonably requests, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in such detail as Collateral Agent may specify.
(i) Notices. Each Grantor will advise Collateral Agent promptly, in reasonable detail, (i) of any Security Interest or claim made or asserted against any of the Collateral, and (ii) of the occurrence of any other event which would have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the Security Interest created hereunder.
(j) Terminations; Amendments Not Authorized. Each Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement without the prior written consent of Collateral Agent and agrees that it will not do so without the prior written consent of Collateral Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the Code.
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6. COLLATERAL AGENT’S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT.
Each Grantor shall execute and deliver to Collateral Agent a power of attorney (the “Power of Attorney”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The power of attorney granted pursuant to the Power of Attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until the Termination Date. The powers conferred on Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors, under the Power of Attorney are solely to protect Collateral Agent’s interests (for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Collateral Agent to exercise any such powers. Collateral Agent agrees that (a) except for the powers granted in clause (h) of the Power of Attorney, it shall not exercise any power or authority granted under the Power of Attorney unless a Default has occurred and is continuing, and (b) Collateral Agent shall account for any moneys received by Collateral Agent in respect of any foreclosure on or disposition of Collateral pursuant to the Power of Attorney provided that Collateral Agent shall not have any duty as to any Collateral, and Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers. COLLATERAL AGENT, ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE TO ANY GRANTOR 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.
7. REMEDIES: RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT.
(a) In addition to all other rights and remedies authorized or granted to it under this Security Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Notes and under any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any of the Secured Obligations, if any Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Collateral Agent may exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights are exercised). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor expressly agrees that in any such event Collateral Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon such Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the Code and other applicable law), may forthwith enter upon the premises of such Grantor where any Collateral is located through self-help, without judicial process, without first obtaining a final judgment or giving such Grantor or any other Person notice and opportunity for a hearing on Collateral Agent’s claim or action and may collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and, following the delivery of notice to Grantor may forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give an option or options to purchase, or sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver said Collateral (or contract to do so), or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at a public or private sale or sales, at any exchange at such prices as it may deem acceptable, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Collateral Agent or any Investor shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors, the whole or any part of said Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which equity of redemption each Grantor hereby releases. Such sales may be adjourned and continued from time to time with or without notice. Collateral Agent shall have the right to conduct such sales on any Grantor’s premises or elsewhere and shall have the right to use any Grantor’s premises without charge for such time or times as Collateral Agent deems necessary or advisable.
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If any Default shall have occurred and be continued, each Grantor further agrees, at Collateral Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Collateral Agent at a place or places designated by Collateral Agent which are reasonably convenient to Collateral Agent and such Grantor, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. Until Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale, lease, or other disposition of Collateral, Collateral Agent shall have the right to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by Collateral Agent. Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Grantor to maintain or preserve the rights of such Grantor as against third parties with respect to Collateral while Collateral is in the possession of Collateral Agent. Collateral Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of Collateral Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment. Collateral Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale to the Secured Obligations as provided in the Purchase Agreement, and only after so paying over such net proceeds, and after the payment by Collateral Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, need Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages, and demands against Collateral Agent or any Investor arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Collateral Agent or such Investor as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Grantor agrees that ten (10) days prior notice by Collateral Agent of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place is reasonable notification of such matters. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all Secured Obligations, including any reasonable attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred by Collateral Agent or any Investor to collect such deficiency.
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, each Grantor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Security Agreement or any Collateral.
(c) To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on the Collateral Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for the Collateral Agent (i) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed significant by the Collateral Agent to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Security Interests on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as the Grantor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Collateral Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to the Collateral Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist the Collateral Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. Each Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 7(c) is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent would not be commercially unreasonable in the Collateral Agent’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Collateral Agent shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 7(c). Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 7(c) shall be construed to grant any rights to any Grantor or to impose any duties on Collateral Agent that would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 7(c).
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(d) The Collateral Agent shall not be required to make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies against, any Grantor, any other obligor, guarantor, pledgor or any other Person with respect to the payment of the Secured Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the Secured Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, and all of its and their rights hereunder shall be cumulative. To the extent it may lawfully do so, each Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the Collateral Agent or any Investor, any valuation, stay, appraisement, extension, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or privately under the power of sale conferred by this Security Agreement, or otherwise.
8. GRANT OF LICENSE TO USE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL. For the purpose of enabling Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under Section 7 hereof (including, without limiting the terms of Section 7 hereof, in order to take possession of, hold, preserve, process, assemble, prepare for sale, market for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral) at such time as Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to Collateral Agent, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.
9. LIMITATION ON COLLATERAL AGENT’S AND INVESTORS’ DUTY IN RESPECT OF COLLATERAL. Collateral Agent and each Investor shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. Neither Collateral Agent nor any Investor shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of Collateral Agent or such Investor, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto.
10. REINSTATEMENT. This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should any Grantor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Grantor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Secured Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Secured Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
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11. NOTICES. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any other party, or whenever any of the parties desires to give and serve upon any other party any communication with respect to this Security Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be given in the manner, and deemed received, as provided for in the Notes.
12. EXPENSES. Each Grantor hereby agrees to pay all reasonable fees and expenses of the Collateral Agent in connection with the performance of its duties under the Purchase Agreement or this Security Agreement.
13. SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Security Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Security Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Security Agreement. This Security Agreement is to be read, construed and applied together with the Purchase Agreement and the Notes which, taken together, set forth the complete understanding and agreement of Collateral Agent, Investors and each Grantor with respect to the matters referred to herein and therein.
14. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. Collateral Agent shall not by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, and no waiver shall be valid unless in writing, signed by Collateral Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Collateral Agent of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which Collateral Agent would otherwise have had on any future occasion. Neither failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising on the part of Collateral Agent, any right, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies hereunder provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law. None of the terms or provisions of this Security Agreement may be waived, altered, modified or amended except by an instrument in writing, duly executed by Collateral Agent and each Grantor.
15. LIMITATION BY LAW. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Security Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Security Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Security Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.
16. TERMINATION OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT. Subject to Section 10 hereof, this Security Agreement shall terminate upon the Termination Date.
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17. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Security Agreement and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor (including any debtor-in-possession on behalf of such Grantor) and shall, together with the rights and remedies of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors, hereunder, inure to the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors, all future holders of any instrument evidencing any of the Secured Obligations and their respective successors and assigns. No sales of participations, other sales, assignments, transfers or other dispositions of any agreement governing or instrument evidencing the Secured Obligations or any portion thereof or interest therein shall in any manner affect the Security Interest granted to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Investors, hereunder. No Grantor may assign, sell, hypothecate or otherwise transfer any interest in or obligation under this Security Agreement.
18. COUNTERPARTS. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately constitute one agreement.
19. GOVERNING LAW. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE NOTES, IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT STATE, AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY, CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN ANY GRANTOR, COLLATERAL AGENT AND INVESTORS PERTAINING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, PROVIDED, THAT COLLATERAL AGENT, INVESTORS AND EACH GRANTOR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK COUNTY, AND, PROVIDED, FURTHER, NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE COLLATERAL AGENT FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE SECURED OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF COLLATERAL AGENT. EACH GRANTOR EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH GRANTOR AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE (3) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE U.S. MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
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20. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT DISPUTES ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATING HERETO BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, AMONG COLLATERAL AGENT, INVESTORS, AND ANY GRANTOR ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO.
21. SECTION TITLES. The Section titles contained in this Security Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.
22. NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Security Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Security 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 Security Agreement.
23. ADVICE OF COUNSEL. Each of the parties represents to each other party hereto that it has discussed this Security Agreement and, specifically, the provisions of Section 19 and Section 20, with its counsel.
24. BENEFIT OF SUCCESSORS. All Security Interests granted or contemplated hereby shall be for the benefit of Collateral Agent and Collateral Agent’s successors and assigns, and all proceeds or payments realized from Collateral in accordance herewith shall be applied to the Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Notes.
[END OF TEXT. SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
STRATUS MEDIA GROUP, INC. | |
By: | |
Name: | |
Title: | |
PRO SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT, INC. | |
By: | |
Name: | |
Title: | |
STRATUS REWARDS, LLC | |
By: | |
Name: | |
Title: | |
ISAAC BLECH, as Collateral Agent | |
_________________________ | |
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SCHEDULE I
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
FILING JURISDICTIONS
Delaware Secretary of State
Nevada Secretary of State
California Secretary of State
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Copyright Office
SCHEDULE II
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
INSTRUMENTS
CHATTEL PAPER
AND
LETTER OF CREDIT RIGHTS
None.
SCHEDULE III
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE OF OFFICES, LOCATIONS OF COLLATERAL
AND RECORDS CONCERNING COLLATERAL
I. Each Grantor’s official name:
1. | Stratus Media Group, Inc. |
2. | Pro Sports & Entertainment, Inc. |
3. | Stratus Rewards, LLC |
II. Type of entity (e.g. corporation, partnership, business trust, limited partnership, limited liability company):
1. | corporation |
2. | corporation |
3. | limited liability company |
III. Organizational identification number issued by Grantor’s state of incorporation or organization or a statement that no such number has been issued:
1. | Entity Number: C144-1995 |
2. | Entity Number: C2096886 |
3. | File Number: 3675419 |
IV. State of Incorporation or Organization:
1. | Nevada |
2. | California |
3. | Delaware |
V. Chief Executive Office and principal place of business:
1. | 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
2. | 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
3. | 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
VI. Corporate Offices:
1. | 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
2. | 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
3. | 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
VII. Warehouses:
1. | None |
2. | None |
3. | None |
VIII. Other Premises at which Collateral is Stored or Located:
1. | None |
2. | None |
3. | None |
IX. Locations of Records Concerning Collateral: 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101
1. | 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
2. | 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
3. | 3 E. De La Guerra St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101 |
SCHEDULE IV
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS
Trademark | Registration No. | Serial No. | Status/Prosecution | Classes of Goods/Services | Action |
STRATUS REWARDS | 3,225,387 | 76523353 | Registered 10/16/2007 | International Class 35 - Business/Advertising - (words only) for "providing incentive award program to airline passengers in which purchase points may be redeemed for merchandise | LIVE: Declarations of Continued Use and of Incontestability to be filed by 04/07/2013. Must also assign ownership from Avacus to Pro Sports. |
CLUB 360° | 3,534,409 | 76/582093 | Registered 11/18/2008 | International Classes 39/ (words only) for "air transportation services featuring a bonus incentive program" | LIVE: Declarations of Continued Use and of Incontestability to be filed by 11/18/2013. Must also assign ownership from Avacus to Pro Sports. |
CLUB 360° | 3,177,435 | 76/582092 | Registered 11/28/2006 | International Class 35 - Business/Advertising - (words only) for "incentive awards programs, whereby purchase points may be redeemed for merchandise" | LIVE: Declarations of Continued Use and of Incontestability to be filed by 11/18/2012. Must also assign ownership from Avacus to Pro Sports. |
LIVING AT ALTITUDE | 3,197,284 | 78375767 | Registered 01/09/07 | International Class 35 - Business/Advertising - (words only) for "providing incentive award program to airline passengers in which purchase points may be redeemed for merchandise | LIVE: Declarations of Continued Use and of Incontestability to be filed by 1/09/2013. Must also assign ownership from Avacus to Pro Sports. |
LIVING AT ALTITUDE | 3,477,898 | 78362183 | Registered 07/29/08 | International Class 41 - Education/Enternmenty - (words only) for "providing incentive award program to airline passengers in which purchase points may be redeemed for merchandise | LIVE: Declarations of Continued Use and of Incontestability to be filed by 7/29/2014. Must also assign ownership from Avacus to Pro Sports. |
EXHIBIT A
POWER OF ATTORNEY
This Power of Attorney is executed and delivered by Stratus Media Group, Inc., a Nevada corporation, Pro Sports & Entertainment, Inc., a California corporation, and Stratus Rewards, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Grantors”), to Isaac Blech, an individual, or his designee (hereinafter referred to as “Attorney”), as Collateral Agent for the benefit of Collateral Agent and the Investors, under the Purchase Agreement and the Security Agreement, all dated as of May 24, 2011, and other related documents (the “Transaction Documents”). No person to whom this Power of Attorney is presented, as authority for Attorney to take any action or actions contemplated hereby, shall be required (including in respect of clauses (d) and (e) in the next succeeding paragraph) to inquire into or seek confirmation from Grantors as to the authority of Attorney to take any action described below, or as to the existence of or fulfillment of any condition to this Power of Attorney, which is intended to grant to Attorney unconditionally the authority to take and perform the actions contemplated herein, and Grantors irrevocable waive any right to commence any suit or action, in law or equity, against any person or entity which acts in reliance upon or acknowledges the authority granted under this Power of Attorney. The power of attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest, and may not be revoked or canceled by Grantors without Attorney’s written consent.
Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Attorney (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Attorney), with full power of substitution, as such Grantor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, from time to time in Attorney’s discretion, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of the Transaction Documents and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such Grantor hereby grants to Attorney the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, (other than in connection with a change of address as specified in clause (a), as to which Attorney shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give such Grantor concurrent notice thereof provided that failure to do so will not affect Attorney’s rights hereunder, and at any time, to do the following: (a) change the mailing address of such Grantor, open a post office box on behalf of such Grantor, open mail for such Grantor, and ask, demand, collect, give acquittances and receipts for, take possession of, endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, and notices in connection with any property of such Grantor; (b) effect any repairs to any asset of such Grantor, or continue or obtain any insurance and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and costs thereof, and make, settle and adjust all claims under such policies of insurance, and make all determinations and decisions with respect to such policies; (c) pay or discharge any taxes, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances levied or placed on or threatened against such Grantor or its property; (d) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor if such Grantor does not defend such suit, action or proceeding or if Attorney believes that such Grantor is not pursuing such defense in a manner that will maximize the recovery to Attorney, and settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action, or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as Attorney may deem appropriate, provided that in connection with the foregoing Attorney shall act in a manner consistent with the terms of the Notes to the extent explicitly covered thereby; (e) file or prosecute any claim, litigation, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction or before any arbitrator, or take any other action otherwise deemed appropriate by Attorney for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due to such Grantor whenever payable and to enforce any other right in respect of such Grantor’s property provided, in the case of any such claim, litigation, suit or proceeding relating to product liability insurance Attorney shall act in a manner consistent with the terms of the Notes to the extent explicitly covered thereby; (f) cause the certified public accountants then engaged by such Grantor to prepare and deliver to Attorney at any time and from time to time, promptly upon Attorney’s request, the following reports: (1) a reconciliation of all accounts, (2) an aging of all accounts, (3) trial balances, (4) test verifications of such accounts as Attorney may request, and (5) the results of each physical verification of inventory; (g) communicate in its own name with any party to any Contract with regard to the assignment of the right, title and interest of such Grantor in and under the Contracts and other matters relating thereto; (h) to file such financing statements with respect to the Security Agreement, with or without such Grantor’s signature, or to file a photocopy of the Security Agreement in substitution for a financing statement, as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate and to execute in such Grantor’s name such financing statements and amendments thereto and continuation statements which may require such Grantor’s signature; and (i) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in any Transaction Document, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral and to otherwise direct such sale or resale, all as though Attorney were the absolute owner of the property of such Grantor for all purposes, and to do, at Attorney’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and other things that Attorney reasonably deems necessary to perfect, preserve, or realize upon such Grantor’s property or assets and Attorney’s Liens thereon, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do. Each Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by law, all that said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney is executed by Grantors, and Grantors have caused their respective seals to be affixed pursuant to the authority of their respective board of directors or manager, as the case may be, this ____ day of ___________ 2011.
GRANTORS | |
Stratus Media Group, Inc. | |
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Name: | |
Title: | |
Pro Sports & Entertainment, Inc. | |
By: | |
Name: | |
Title: | |
Straus Rewards, LLC | |
By: | |
Name: | |
Title: |
NOTARY PUBLIC CERTIFICATE
On this ____ day of _____ 2011, _______________ who is personally known to me appeared before me in his capacity as the ________________ of Stratus Media Group, Inc. (“Grantor”) and executed on behalf of Grantor the Power of Attorney in favor of _______________________ to which this Certificate is attached.
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Notary Public |
NOTARY PUBLIC CERTIFICATE
On this ____ day of _____ 2011, _______________ who is personally known to me appeared before me in his capacity as the ________________ of Pro Sports & Entertainment, Inc. (“Grantor”) and executed on behalf of Grantor the Power of Attorney in favor of _______________________ to which this Certificate is attached.
___________________________________ | |
Notary Public |
NOTARY PUBLIC CERTIFICATE
On this ____ day of _____ 2011, _______________ who is personally known to me appeared before me in his capacity as the ________________ of Stratus Rewards, LLC (“Grantor”) and executed on behalf of Grantor the Power of Attorney in favor of _______________________ to which this Certificate is attached.
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Notary Public |