5. Secured Party shall have the right, at any reasonable time, to inspect all or any portion of the Collateral and/or Debtor’s books and records. Debtor shall assist Secured Party in making any such inspection and Debtor shall reimburse Secured Party for its costs and expenses of making up to four such inspections per year. Upon request, Debtor shall, from time to time, furnish a current financial statement to Secured Party in form and content satisfactory to Secured Party, and shall provide annual certified financial statements within ten (10) days of Secured Party’s request therefor.
6. If Debtor shall fail to fully and timely pay, perform and fulfill any of its Obligations, covenants or agreements to or with Secured Party and/or if Debtor shall breach any of its warranties to Secured Party under this Agreement or otherwise, Secured Party shall have the option, in its sole discretion and without any obligation, to pay, perform, fulfill or cause the payment, performance or fulfillment of same on behalf of Debtor; and all costs and expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection therewith (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees, bond premiums, court costs, costs of retaking, storing, preserving, selling and/or realizing on any Collateral) shall be added to the Obligations hereby secured and shall be payable by Debtor to Secured Party upon demand together with interest thereon at the maximum lawful daily rate, not to exceed 0.0666% per day (but only to the extent permitted by law), from the date advanced by Secured Party until fully repaid. Secured Party shall have no obligation to make any demand upon or give any notice to Debtor prior to the exercise of any of its rights under this paragraph; and neither the exercise nor the failure to exercise any such rights by Secured Party shall relieve Debtor of any default or constitute a waiver of Secured Party’s right to enforce strict compliance with the terms of this Agreement at any time.
7. Debtor assumes all liability and risk of loss and agrees to defend, indemnify and hold Secured Party harmless from and against all claims, liabilities, causes of action and damages of any kind, including but not limited to injury to or death of any person(s) and for loss, damage or destruction of any property and for any fines, penalties, costs, expenses and charges in any way arising out of or related to the Obligations, this Agreement, the Collateral or its use, possession, storage, maintenance, repair, transportation or operation (including without limitation all costs and expenses of investigation, all attorneys’ fees, court costs, arbitration expenses and costs, and all special, consequential, compensatory and punitive damages), except to the extent that such claims, liabilities, causes of action or damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Secured Party. Debtor, at its own cost and expense, shall use, operate, maintain, repair, transport and store the Collateral in a safe and careful manner in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including without limitation those regulating hazardous substances, the environment and public health or safety), industry standards, insurance requirements and manufacturer’s specifications and service bulletins. Debtor also assumes and agrees to indemnify, pay and hold harmless Secured Party and its directors, officers, employees and agents from all expenses, losses, costs, claims, actions, causes of action, damages of any kind, liabilities, expenses and attorney’s fees that Secured Party may incur or sustain in obtaining or enforcing payment or performance of any of the Obligations or exercising its rights and remedies under this Agreement or in connection with any action, proceeding or appeal arising out of or related to this Agreement, the Obligations and/or the Collateral, whether brought by Debtor or any third party, except to the extent that such expenses, losses, costs, claims, actions, causes of action, damages, or liabilities are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such party being indemnified. The obligations of Debtor under this paragraph shall survive termination of this Agreement.
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If any Event of Default (as defined in Section 11 of this Agreement) exists, Secured Party without notice or demand may do one or more of the following, in any order, and such remedies shall be cumulative (none of which shall be exclusive but each is in addition to any other remedy available to Secured Party): (a) Secured Party may accelerate the maturity of the Obligations and declare same to be at once due and payable whereupon they shall be immediately due and payable; (b) Secured Party may require Debtor to pay all accrued interest, late charges, collection charges, reimbursement for any and all expenses incurred by Secured Party in enforcing any of the Obligations or this Agreement, and reasonable attorneys’ fees; (c) Secured Party may require Debtor to deliver any or all of the Collateral at Debtor’s expense to such place or places as Secured Party may designate which is reasonably convenient to Debtor and Secured Party; (d) Secured Party may repossess/take possession of any or all of the Collateral wherever found, voluntarily or involuntarily, and Secured Party may enter the premises where any or all Collateral are located and disconnect, render unusable, and remove any or all Collateral without liability to Debtor arising out of such entry, taking of possession or removal, and may use such premises without charge to store or show the Collateral for sale or other disposition; (e) Secured Party may sell the Collateral by public or private sale, hold, retain the Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the indebtedness due to Secured Party, or otherwise dispose of the Collateral in any manner it chooses, free and clear of any claims or rights of Debtor; and/or (f) Secured Party may sue to enforce Debtor’s performance hereof, or may exercise any other right or remedy then available to Secured Party permitted at law or in equity whether or not stated herein. Failure or delay on the part of Secured Party to exercise any right or remedy hereunder shall not operate as a waiver thereof. Debtor agrees that any public or private sale shall be deemed commercially reasonable (i) if notice of any such sale is mailed to Debtor (at the address for Debtor specified herein) at least ten (10) days prior to the date of any public sale or after which any private sale will occur; (ii) if notice of any public sale is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the sale will occur at least once within the ten (10) days prior to the sale; (iii) whether the items are sold in bulk, singly, or in such lots as Secured Party may elect; (iv) whether or not the items sold are in Secured Party’s possession and present at the time and place of sale; and (v) whether or not Secured Party refurbishes, repairs or prepares the items for sale. Secured Party may be the purchaser at any public sale. In all cases, Debtor shall be liable for any deficiency due and owing to Secured Party after any public or private sale, plus all costs, expenses and damages incurred by Secured Party including but not limited to all legal fees whether or not suit is filed, allocable costs of in-house counsel, costs related to the repossession, conditioning and disposition of the Collateral, and all incidental and consequential damages. No action taken by Secured Party shall release Debtor from any of its obligations to Secured Party. Debtor acknowledges and agrees that in any action or proceeding brought by Secured Party to obtain possession of any Collateral, Secured Party shall be entitled to issuance of a writ or order of possession (or similar legal process) without the necessity of posting a bond, security or other undertaking which is hereby waived by Debtor and if Debtor contests Secured Party’s right to possession of any Collateral in any action or proceeding Debtor shall post a bond (issued by a national insurer authorized to issue such bonds in the jurisdiction of such action or proceeding) in an amount equal to twice the amount in controversy in such action or proceeding or twice the amount of Debtor’s unpaid obligations to Secured Party, whichever is less. The proceeds of any sale shall first be applied to the costs and expenses of Secured Party including but not limited to recovering, transporting, storing, refurbishing, and/or selling the items sold, reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, bond and insurance premiums, advertising, postage and publishing costs, and sales commissions. Secured Party may without prior notice to or demand upon Debtor and with or without the exercise of any of Secured Party’s other rights or remedies, apply toward the payment of Debtor’s obligations (at any time owing to Secured Party) any checks, drafts, notes, balances, reserves, accounts and sums belonging to or owing to Debtor and coming into Secured Party’s possession and for such purpose may endorse Debtor’s name on any instrument or document payable to Debtor (whether for deposit, collection, discount or negotiation). Without notice to Debtor, Secured Party may make such applications or change applications of sums previously paid and/or to be paid to Secured Party, to such Obligations as Secured Party in its sole discretion may choose. The exercise or partial exercise of any remedy shall not be construed as a waiver of any other remedy nor constitute an election of remedies.
9. Protest and all demands and notices of any action taken by Secured Party under this Agreement, or in connection with any Collateral, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, are hereby waived by Debtor, and any indulgence of Secured Party, substitution for, exchange of or release of any person liable on the Obligations is hereby consented to. Debtor waives notice of the creation, advance, increase, existence, extension or renewal of, and of any indulgence with respect to, the Obligations; waives presentment, demand, notice of dishonor, and protest; waives notice of the amount of the Obligations outstanding at any time, notice of any change in financial condition of any person liable for the Obligations or any part thereof, notice of any Event of Default, and all other notices respecting the Obligations; and agrees that maturity of the Obligations or any part thereof may be accelerated, extended or renewed one or more times by Secured Party in its sole discretion, without notice to Debtor. In performing any act under this Agreement or any of the Obligations, time shall be of the essence and Secured Party’s acceptance of partial or delinquent payments or performance, or failure or delay to exercise any right or remedy, shall not be a waiver of any obligation of Debtor or right of Secured Party nor constitute a waiver of any subsequent default.
10. This Agreement, Secured Party’s rights hereunder and/or any of the Obligations may be assigned from time to time by Secured Party, and in any such case the assignee shall be entitled to all of the rights, privileges and remedies herein granted to Secured Party; and Debtor hereby waives and agrees not to assert against any assignee any defense, setoff, claim, recoupment or counterclaim Debtor may have against Secured Party or any prior assignee. Debtor shall not assign this Agreement nor any of Debtor’s rights or obligations hereunder.
11. Debtor shall be in default hereunder upon the occurrence of any of the following (each an “Event of Default”): (a) Debtor or any endorser, guarantor, surety, accommodation party or other person liable for the payment or performance of any of the Obligations (“Other Liable Party”) fails to pay when due any sum due to Secured Party (whether hereunder or under any other Obligation to Secured Party) or to timely perform any obligation, covenant, term or provision of this Agreement or any other instrument and/or agreement now or hereafter existing between the parties, or there exists any Event of Default thereunder; (b) any warranty, representation or statement made to Secured Party by or on behalf of Debtor or any Other Liable Party is false in any respect when made or thereafter becomes false or is breached; (c) Debtor’s or any Other Liable Party’s death, dissolution, termination of existence, insolvency, business failure, assignment for the benefit of creditors, bulk transfer, proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, being declared judicially incompetent, voluntary or involuntary consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidator or legal guardian for them or any or all of their property; (d) a default under any indebtedness of Debtor or any Other Liable Party or any event permitting the holder of any such indebtedness to accelerate the maturity thereof, whether or not such event is cured; (e) the Collateral becomes, in the sole judgment of Secured Party, unsatisfactory or insufficient in character or value and such character or value is not promptly restored to the satisfaction of Secured Party; (f) Secured Party in good faith believes that the prospect of payment or performance of any of the Obligations or this Agreement is impaired; (g) [Intentionally Omitted]; (h) any attachment, levy or execution against Debtor and/or any Other Liable Party that is not released within 48 hours; (i) Debtor’s or any
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