Exhibit 10.5
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of November __, 2006 (this "AGREEMENT") made
by CATUITY, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "COMPANY"), and the undersigned
subsidiaries of the Company (each a "GRANTOR" and collectively and together with
the Company the "GRANTORS"), in favor of GOTTBETTER CAPITAL MASTER, LTD., a
Cayman Islands company (the "BUYER").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Buyer are parties to the Securities Purchase
Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall be required to sell, and the
Buyer shall purchase or have the right to purchase, the "Notes" (as defined
therein); and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Buyer entering into the
Securities Purchase Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and
delivered to the Buyer this Agreement providing for the grant to the Buyer of a
security interest in all personal property of each Grantor to secure all of the
Company's obligations under the Securities Purchase Agreement, the "Notes" (as
defined therein) issued pursuant thereto (as such Notes may be amended,
restated, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof, collectively, the "NOTES"), the "Transaction Documents" (as
defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) (the "TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS") and
the Guarantors' obligations under the Guaranty;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements herein
and in order to induce the Buyers to perform under the Securities Purchase
Agreement, each Grantor agrees with the Buyer, as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Reference is hereby made to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the
Notes for a statement of the terms thereof. All terms used in this Agreement and
the recitals hereto which are defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Notes or in Articles 8 or 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from
time to time in the State of New York (the "CODE"), and which are not otherwise
defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein;
provided that terms used herein which are defined in the Code as in effect in
the State of New York on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning
notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute except as the Buyer
may otherwise determine.
(b) The following terms shall have the respective meanings provided for in
the Code: "Accounts", "Cash Proceeds", "Chattel Paper", "Commercial Tort Claim",
"Commodity Account", "Commodity Contracts", "Deposit Account", "Documents",
"Equipment", "Fixtures", "General Intangibles", "Goods", "Instruments",
"Inventory", "Investment Property", "Letter-of-Credit Rights", "Noncash
Proceeds", "Payment Intangibles", "Proceeds", "Promissory Notes", "Security",
"Record", "Security Account", "Software", and "Supporting Obligations".
(c) As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings indicated below, such meanings to be applicable equally to
both the singular and plural forms of such terms:
"COPYRIGHT LICENSES" means all licenses, contracts or other
agreements, whether written or oral, naming any Grantor as licensee or licensor
and providing for the grant of any right to use or sell any works covered by any
copyright (including, without limitation, all Copyright Licenses set forth in
Schedule II hereto).
"COPYRIGHTS" means all domestic and foreign copyrights, whether
registered or not, including, without limitation, all copyright rights
throughout the universe (whether now or hereafter arising) in any and all media
(whether now or hereafter developed), in and to all original works of authorship
fixed in any tangible medium of expression, acquired or used by any Grantor
(including, without limitation, all copyrights described in Schedule II hereto),
all applications, registrations and recordings thereof (including, without
limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the United States
Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues,
divisions, continuations, continuations in part and extensions or renewals
thereof.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" shall have the meaning set forth in the Notes.
"INSOLVENCY PROCEEDING" means any proceeding commenced by or against
any Person under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code (Chapter 11 of Title 11 of
the United States Code) or under any other bankruptcy or insolvency law,
assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria,
compositions, or extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking
reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.
"INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" means the Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents.
"LICENSES" means the Copyright Licenses, the Trademark Licenses and
the Patent Licenses.
"LIEN" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien (statutory or
otherwise), security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security or
preferential arrangement of any nature, including, without limitation, any
conditional sale or title retention arrangement, any capitalized lease and any
assignment, deposit arrangement or financing lease intended as, or having the
effect of, security.
"PATENT LICENSES" means all licenses, contracts or other agreements,
whether written or oral, naming any Grantor as licensee or licensor and
providing for the grant of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention
covered by any Patent (including, without limitation, all Patent Licenses set
forth in Schedule II hereto).
"PATENTS" means all domestic and foreign letters patent, design
patents, utility patents, industrial designs, inventions, trade secrets, ideas,
concepts, methods, techniques, processes, proprietary information, technology,
know-how, formulae, rights of publicity and
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other general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter acquired
(including, without limitation, all domestic and foreign letters patent, design
patents, utility patents, industrial designs, inventions, trade secrets, ideas,
concepts, methods, techniques, processes, proprietary information, technology,
know-how and formulae described in Schedule II hereto), all applications,
registrations and recordings thereof (including, without limitation,
applications, registrations and recordings in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, or in any similar office or agency of the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof), and all reissues,
divisions, continuations, continuations in part and extensions or renewals
thereof.
"TRADEMARK LICENSES" means all licenses, contracts or other
agreements, whether written or oral, naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee
and providing for the grant of any right concerning any Trademark, together with
any goodwill connected with and symbolized by any such trademark licenses,
contracts or agreements and the right to prepare for sale or lease and sell or
lease any and all Inventory now or hereafter owned by any Grantor and now or
hereafter covered by such licenses (including, without limitation, all Trademark
Licenses described in Schedule II hereto).
"TRADEMARKS" means all domestic and foreign trademarks, service marks,
collective marks, certification marks, trade names, business names, d/b/a's,
Internet domain names, trade styles, designs, logos and other source or business
identifiers and all general intangibles of like nature, now or hereafter owned,
adopted, acquired or used by any Grantor (including, without limitation, all
domestic and foreign trademarks, service marks, collective marks, certification
marks, trade names, business names, d/b/a's, Internet domain names, trade
styles, designs, logos and other source or business identifiers described in
Schedule II hereto), all applications, registrations and recordings thereof
(including, without limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency
of the United States, any state thereof or any other country or any political
subdivision thereof), and all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, together
with all goodwill of the business symbolized by such marks and all customer
lists, formulae and other Records of any Grantor relating to the distribution of
products and services in connection with which any of such marks are used.
SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. As collateral security for all of the
"Obligations" (as defined in Section 3 hereof), each Grantor hereby pledges and
assigns to the Buyer and grants to the Buyer a continuing security interest in,
all personal property of each Grantor, wherever located and whether now or
hereafter existing and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, of every kind
and description, tangible or intangible (collectively, the "COLLATERAL"),
including, without limitation, the following:
(a) all Accounts;
(b) all Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic);
(c) the Commercial Tort Claims;
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(d) all Deposit Accounts, all cash, and all other property from time to
time deposited therein and the monies and property in the possession or under
the control of the Buyer or any affiliate, representative, agent or
correspondent of the Buyer;
(e) all Documents;
(f) all Equipment;
(g) all Fixtures;
(h) all General Intangibles (including, without limitation, all Payment
Intangibles);
(i) all Goods;
(j) all Instruments (including, without limitation, Promissory Notes and
each certificated Security);
(k) all Inventory;
(l) all Investment Property;
(m) all Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks, and all Licenses;
(n) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(o) all Supporting Obligations;
(p) all other tangible and intangible personal property of each Grantor
(whether or not subject to the Code), including, without limitation, all bank
and other accounts and all cash and all investments therein, all proceeds,
products, offspring, accessions, rents, profits, income, benefits, substitutions
and replacements of and to any of the property of any Grantor described in the
preceding clauses of this Section 2 (including, without limitation, any proceeds
of insurance thereon and all causes of action, claims and warranties now or
hereafter held by each Grantor in respect of any of the items listed above), and
all books, correspondence, files and other Records, including, without
limitation, all tapes, desks, cards, Software, data and computer programs in the
possession or under the control of any Grantor or any other Person from time to
time acting for any Grantor that at any time evidence or contain information
relating to any of the property described in the preceding clauses of this
Section 2 or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection or realization
thereof; and
(q) all Proceeds, including all Cash Proceeds and Noncash Proceeds, and
products of any and all of the foregoing Collateral;
in each case howsoever any Grantor's interest therein may arise or appear
(whether by ownership, security interest, claim or otherwise).
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SECTION 3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. The security interest created hereby in the
Collateral constitutes continuing collateral security for all of the following
obligations, whether now existing or hereafter incurred (collectively, the
"OBLIGATIONS"):
(a) the payment by the Company, as and when due and payable (by scheduled
maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), of all
amounts from time to time owing by it in respect of the Securities Purchase
Agreement, the Notes and the other "TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS" (as defined in the
Securities Purchase Agreement), including, without limitation, (A) all principal
of and interest on the Notes (including, without limitation, all interest that
accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding of any Grantor,
whether or not the payment of such interest is unenforceable or is not allowable
due to the existence of such Insolvency Proceeding), and (B) all fees,
commissions, expense reimbursements, indemnifications and all other amounts due
or to become due under any of the Transaction Documents including any
Registration Delay Payments (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement);
and
(b) the due performance and observance by each Grantor of all of its other
obligations from time to time existing in respect of any of the Transaction
Documents, including without limitation, with respect to any conversion or
redemption rights of the Buyer under the Notes, for so long as the Notes are
outstanding.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Grantor represents and warrants
as follows:
(a) Schedule I hereto sets forth (i) the exact legal name of the Grantors,
and (ii) the organizational identification number of each Grantor or states that
no such organizational identification number exists.
(b) There is no pending or written notice threatening any action, suit,
proceeding or claim affecting any Grantor before any governmental authority or
any arbitrator, or any order, judgment or award by any governmental authority or
arbitrator, that may adversely affect the grant by any Grantor, or the
perfection, of the security interest purported to be created hereby in the
Collateral, or the exercise by the Buyer of any of its rights or remedies
hereunder.
(c) All Federal, state and local tax returns and other reports required by
applicable law to be filed by any Grantor have been filed, or extensions have
been obtained, and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed
upon any Grantor or any property of any Grantor (including, without limitation,
all federal income and social security taxes on employees' wages) and which have
become due and payable on or prior to the date hereof have been paid, except to
the extent contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the
imposition of any penalty, fine or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof
and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment
thereof in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied ("GAAP").
(d) All Equipment, Fixtures, Goods and Inventory of each Grantor now
existing are, and all Equipment, Fixtures, Goods and Inventory of each Grantor
hereafter existing will be,
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located and/or based at the addresses specified therefor in Schedule III hereto,
except that each Grantor will give the Buyer not less than 30 days' prior
written notice of any change of the location of any such Collateral, other than
to locations set forth on Schedule III and with respect to which the Buyer has
filed financing statements and otherwise fully perfected its Liens thereon. Each
Grantor's chief place of business and chief executive office, the place where
each Grantor keeps its Records concerning Accounts and all originals of all
Chattel Paper are located at the addresses specified therefor in Schedule III
hereto. None of the Accounts is evidenced by Promissory Notes or other
Instruments. Set forth in Schedule IV hereto is a complete and accurate list, as
of the date of this Agreement, of (i) each Promissory Note, Security and other
Instrument owned by each Grantor and (ii) each Deposit Account, Securities
Account and Commodities Account of each Grantor, together with the name and
address of each institution at which each such Account is maintained, the
account number for each such Account and a description of the purpose of each
such Account. Set forth in Schedule II hereto is a complete and correct list of
each trade name used by each Grantor and the name of, and each trade name used
by, each person from which each Grantor has acquired any substantial part of the
Collateral.
(e) Each Grantor has delivered to the Buyer complete and correct copies of
each License described in Schedule II hereto, including all schedules and
exhibits thereto, which represents all of the Licenses existing on the date of
this Agreement. Each such License sets forth the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties thereto relating to the subject matter thereof, and
there are no other agreements, arrangements or understandings, written or oral,
relating to the matters covered thereby or the rights of each Grantor or any of
its affiliates in respect thereof. Each material License now existing is, and
any material License entered into in the future will be, the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the parties thereto, enforceable against such parties in
accordance with its terms. No default under any material License by any such
party has occurred, nor does any defense, offset, deduction or counterclaim
exist thereunder in favor of any such party.
(f) Each Grantor owns and controls, or otherwise possesses adequate rights
to use, all Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, which are the only trademarks,
patents, copyrights, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and
technology, know-how, formulae, rights of publicity necessary to conduct its
business in substantially the same manner as conducted as of the date hereof.
Schedule II hereto sets forth a true and complete list of all registered
copyrights, issued Patents, Trademarks, and Licenses annually owned or used by
each Grantor as of the date hereof. To the best knowledge of the Grantors, all
such Intellectual Property of each Grantor is subsisting and in full force and
effect, has not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, is valid and enforceable
and has not been abandoned in whole or in part. Except as set forth in Schedule
II, no such Intellectual Property is the subject of any licensing or franchising
agreement. Each Grantor has no knowledge of any conflict with the rights of
others to any Intellectual Property and, to the best knowledge of the Grantors,
each Grantor is not now infringing or in conflict with any such rights of others
in any material respect, and to the best knowledge of the Grantors, no other
Person is now infringing or in conflict in any material respect with any such
properties, assets and rights owned or used by each Grantor. No Grantor has
received any notice that it is violating or has violated the trademarks,
patents, copyrights, inventions, trade secrets, proprietary information and
technology, know-how, formulae, rights of publicity or other intellectual
property rights of any third party.
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(g) Each Grantor is and will be at all times the sole and exclusive owner
of, or otherwise has and will have adequate rights in, the Collateral free and
clear of any Liens, except for Permitted Liens on any Collateral. No effective
financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any
part of the Collateral is on file in any recording or filing office except such
as may have been filed in favor of the Buyer relating to this Agreement.
(h) The exercise by the Buyer of any of its rights and remedies hereunder
will not contravene any law or any contractual restriction binding on or
otherwise affecting each Grantor or any of its properties and will not result in
or require the creation of any Lien, upon or with respect to any of its
properties.
(i) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any governmental authority or other regulatory body, or any other
Person, is required for (i) the grant by each Grantor, or the perfection, of the
security interest purported to be created hereby in the Collateral, or (ii) the
exercise by the Buyer any of its rights and remedies hereunder, except (A) for
the filing under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable
jurisdiction of the financing statements, all of which financing statements,
have been duly filed and are in full force and effect, (B) with respect to the
perfection of the security interest created hereby in the Intellectual Property,
for the recording of the appropriate Assignment for Security, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A hereto, as applicable, in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, and (C)
with respect to the perfection of the security interest created hereby in
foreign Intellectual Property and Licenses, for registrations and filings in
jurisdictions located outside of the United States and covering rights in such
jurisdictions relating to the Intellectual Property and Licenses.
(j) This Agreement creates in favor of the Buyer a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the Collateral, as security for the
Obligations. Buyer's having possession of all Instruments and cash constituting
Collateral from time to time (or with respect to deposit accounts, entering into
appropriate control agreements), the recording of the appropriate Assignment for
Security executed pursuant hereto in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office and the United States Copyright Office, the execution of appropriate
assignments of Letter of Credit Rights, as applicable, and the filing of the
financing statements and the other filings and recordings, as applicable,
described in Schedule V hereto and, with respect to the Intellectual Property
hereafter existing and not covered by an appropriate Assignment for Security,
the recording in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United
States Copyright Office, as applicable, of appropriate instruments of
assignment, result in the perfection of such security interests. Such security
interests are, or in the case of Collateral in which each Grantor obtains rights
after the date hereof, will be, perfected, first priority security interests,
subject only to Permitted Liens and the recording of such instruments of
assignment. Such recordings and filings and all other action necessary or
desirable to perfect and protect such security interest have been duly taken,
except for the Buyer's having possession of Instruments and cash constituting
Collateral after the date hereof and the other filings and recordations
described in Section 4(l) hereof.
(k) As of the date hereof, no Grantor holds any Commercial Tort Claims nor
is aware
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of any such pending claims.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS AS TO THE COLLATERAL. So long as any of the Obligations
shall remain outstanding, unless the Buyer shall otherwise consent in writing:
(a) Further Assurances. Each Grantor will at its expense, at any time and
from time to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and
documents and take all further action that the Buyer may reasonably request in
order to: (i) perfect and protect the security interest purported to be created
hereby; (ii) enable the Buyer to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies
hereunder in respect of the Collateral; or (iii) otherwise effect the purposes
of this Agreement, including, without limitation: (A) marking conspicuously all
Chattel Paper and each License and, at the request of the Buyer, each of its
Records pertaining to the Collateral with a legend, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Buyer, indicating that such Chattel Paper, License or
Collateral is subject to the security interest created hereby, (B) delivering
and pledging to the Buyer hereunder each Promissory Note, Security, Chattel
Paper or other Instrument, now or hereafter owned by any Grantor, duly endorsed
and accompanied by executed instruments of transfer or assignment, all in form
and substance satisfactory to the Buyer, (C) executing and filing (to the
extent, if any, that any Grantor's signature is required thereon) or
authenticating the filing of, such financing or continuation statements, or
amendments thereto, as may be necessary or desirable or that the Buyer may
request in order to perfect and preserve the security interest purported to be
created hereby, (D) furnishing to the Buyer from time to time statements and
schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other
reports in connection with the Collateral in each case as the Buyer may
reasonably request, all in reasonable detail, (E) if any Collateral shall be in
the possession of a third party, notifying such Person of the Buyer's security
interest created hereby and obtaining a written acknowledgment from such Person
that such Person holds possession of the Collateral for the benefit of the
Buyer, which such written acknowledgement shall be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Buyer, (F) if at any time after the date hereof, any Grantor
acquires or holds any Commercial Tort Claim, promptly notifying the Buyer in a
writing signed by such Grantor setting forth a brief description of such
Commercial Tort Claim and granting to the Buyer a security interest therein and
in the proceeds thereof, which writing shall incorporate the provisions hereof
and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer, (G) upon the
acquisition after the date hereof by any Grantor of any motor vehicle or other
Equipment subject to a certificate of title or ownership (other than a Motor
Vehicle or Equipment that is subject to a purchase money security interest),
causing the Buyer to be listed as the lienholder on such certificate of title or
ownership and delivering evidence of the same to the Buyer in accordance with
the Securities Purchase Agreement; and (H) taking all actions required by any
earlier versions of the Uniform Commercial Code or by other law, as applicable,
in any relevant Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction, or by other law as
applicable in any foreign jurisdiction.
(b) Location of Equipment and Inventory. Each Grantor will keep the
Equipment and Inventory at the locations specified therefor on Schedule II
hereto, or, at such other locations in the United States, provided that within
10 days following the relocation of Equipment or Inventory to such other
location, Grantor shall deliver to the Buyer a new Schedule II indicating such
new location.
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(c) Condition of Equipment. Each Grantor will maintain or cause the
Equipment (necessary or useful to its business) to be maintained and preserved
in good condition, repair and working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted,
and will forthwith, or in the case of any loss or damage to any Equipment of any
Grantor within a commercially reasonable time after the occurrence thereof, make
or cause to be made all repairs, replacements and other improvements in
connection therewith which are necessary or desirable, consistent with past
practice, or which the Buyer may request to such end. Any Grantor will promptly
furnish to the Buyer a statement describing in reasonable detail any such loss
or damage in excess of $250,000 per occurrence to any Equipment.
(d) Taxes, Etc. Each Grantor agrees to pay promptly when due all property
and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon,
and all claims (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against, the
Equipment and Inventory, except to the extent the validity thereof is being
contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the imposition of any
penalty, fine or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and with respect to
which adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been set aside for the
payment thereof.
(e) Insurance.
(i) Each Grantor will, at its own expense, maintain insurance
(including, without limitation, commercial general liability and property
insurance) with respect to the Equipment and Inventory in such amounts,
against such risks, in such form and with responsible and reputable
insurance companies or associations as is required by any governmental
authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried
generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in
similar businesses similarly situated and in any event, in amount, adequacy
and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer. To the extent requested by
the Buyer at any time and from time to time, each such policy for liability
insurance shall provide for all losses to be paid on behalf of the Buyer
and any Grantor as their respective interests may appear, and each policy
for property damage insurance shall provide for all losses to be adjusted
with, and paid directly to, the Buyer. To the extent requested by the Buyer
at any time and from time to time, each such policy shall in addition (A)
name the Buyer as an additional insured party thereunder (without any
representation or warranty by or obligation upon the Buyer) as their
interests may appear, (B) contain an agreement by the insurer that any loss
thereunder shall be payable to the Buyer on its own account notwithstanding
any action, inaction or breach of representation or warranty by any
Grantor, (C) provide that there shall be no recourse against the Buyer for
payment of premiums or other amounts with respect thereto, and (D) provide
that at least 30 days' prior written notice of cancellation, lapse,
expiration or other adverse change shall be given to the Buyer by the
insurer. Any Grantor will, if so requested by the Buyer, deliver to the
Buyer original or duplicate policies of such insurance and, as often as the
Buyer may reasonably request, a report of a reputable insurance broker with
respect to such insurance. Any Grantor will also, at the request of the
Buyer, execute and deliver instruments of assignment of such insurance
policies and cause the respective insurers to acknowledge notice of such
assignment.
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(ii) Reimbursement under any liability insurance maintained by any
Grantor pursuant to this Section 5(e) may be paid directly to the Person
who shall have incurred liability covered by such insurance. In the case of
any loss involving damage to Equipment or Inventory, any proceeds of
insurance maintained by any Grantor pursuant to this Section 5(e) shall be
paid to the Buyer (except as to which paragraph (iii) of this Section 5(e)
is not applicable), any Grantor will make or cause to be made the necessary
repairs to or replacements of such Equipment or Inventory, and any proceeds
of insurance maintained by any Grantor pursuant to this Section 5(e) shall
be paid by the Buyer to any Grantor as reimbursement for the costs of such
repairs or replacements.
(iii) All insurance payments in respect of such Equipment or Inventory
shall be paid to the Buyer and applied as specified in Section 7(b) hereof.
(f) Provisions Concerning the Accounts and the Licenses.
(i) Any Grantor will (A) give the Buyer at least 30 days' prior
written notice of any change in such Grantor's name, identity or
organizational structure, (B) maintain its jurisdiction of incorporation as
set forth in Section 4(b) hereto, (C) immediately notify the Buyer upon
obtaining an organizational identification number, if on the date hereof
such Grantor did not have such identification number, and (D) keep adequate
records concerning the Accounts and Chattel Paper and permit
representatives of the Buyer during normal business hours on reasonable
notice to such Grantor, to inspect and make abstracts from such Records and
Chattel Paper.
(ii) Each Grantor will, except as otherwise provided in this
subsection (f), continue to collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or
to become due under the Accounts. In connection with such collections, any
Grantor may (and, at the Buyer's direction, will) take such action as any
Grantor or the Buyer may deem necessary or advisable to enforce collection
or performance of the Accounts; provided, however, that the Buyer shall
have the right at any time, upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, to notify the account debtors or obligors under any
Accounts of the assignment of such Accounts to the Buyer and to direct such
account debtors or obligors to make payment of all amounts due or to become
due to any Grantor thereunder directly to the Buyer or its designated agent
and, upon such notification and at the expense of any Grantor and to the
extent permitted by law, to enforce collection of any such Accounts and to
adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same
manner and to the same extent as may Grantor might have done. After receipt
by any Grantor of a notice from the Buyer that the Buyer has notified,
intends to notify, or has enforced or intends to enforce any Grantor's
rights against the account debtors or obligors under any Accounts as
referred to in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, (A) all
amounts and proceeds (including Instruments) received by any Grantor in
respect of the Accounts shall be received in trust for the benefit of the
Buyer hereunder, shall be segregated from other funds of any Grantor and
shall be forthwith paid over to the Buyer in the same form as so received
(with any necessary endorsement) to be held as cash collateral and either
(i) credited to the outstanding obligations so long as no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing or (ii) if an Event of Default
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shall have occurred and be continuing, applied as specified in Section 7(b)
hereof, and (B) no Grantor will adjust, settle or compromise the amount or
payment of any Account or release wholly or partly any account debtor or
obligor thereof or allow any credit or discount thereon. In addition, upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Buyer
may (in its sole and absolute discretion) direct any or all of the banks
and financial institutions with which any Grantor either maintains a
Deposit Account or a lockbox or deposits the proceeds of any Accounts to
send immediately to the Buyer by wire transfer (to such account as the
Buyer shall specify, or in such other manner as the Buyer shall direct) all
or a portion of such securities, cash, investments and other items held by
such institution. Any such securities, cash, investments and other items so
received by the Buyer shall (in the sole and absolute discretion of the
Buyer) be held as additional Collateral for the Obligations or distributed
in accordance with Section 7 hereof.
(iii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any breach or
default under any material License referred to in Schedule II hereto by any
party thereto other than any Grantor, each Grantor party thereto will,
promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, give the Buyer written notice
of the nature and duration thereof, specifying what action, if any, it has
taken and proposes to take with respect thereto and thereafter will take
reasonable steps to protect and preserve its rights and remedies in respect
of such breach or default, or will obtain or acquire an appropriate
substitute License.
(iv) Each Grantor will, at its expense, promptly deliver to the Buyer
a copy of each notice or other communication received by it by which any
other party to any material License referred to in Schedule II hereto
purports to exercise any of its rights or affect any of its obligations
thereunder, together with a copy of any reply by such Grantor thereto.
(v) Each Grantor will exercise promptly and diligently each and every
right which it may have under each material License (other than any right
of termination) and will duly perform and observe in all respects all of
its obligations under each material License and will take all action
reasonably necessary to maintain such Licenses in full force and effect. No
Grantor will, without the prior written consent of the Buyer, cancel,
terminate, amend or otherwise modify in any respect, or waive any provision
of, any material License referred to in Schedule II hereto.
(g) Transfers and Other Liens.
(i) No Grantor will sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise),
lease, license, exchange or otherwise transfer or dispose of any of the
Collateral, except (A) Inventory in the ordinary course of business, and
(B) worn-out or obsolete assets not necessary to the business.
(ii) No Grantor will create, suffer to exist or grant any Lien upon or
with respect to any Collateral other than a Permitted Lien.
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(h) Intellectual Property.
(i) If applicable, any Grantor shall, upon the Buyer's written
request, duly execute and deliver the applicable Assignment for Security in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Each Grantor (either itself or
through licensees) will, and will cause each licensee thereof to, take all
action necessary to maintain all of the Intellectual Property in full force
and effect, including, without limitation, using the proper statutory
notices and markings and using the Trademarks on each applicable trademark
class of goods in order to so maintain the Trademarks in full force and
free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, and each Grantor will not
(nor permit any licensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any
act whereby any Intellectual Property may become invalidated; provided,
however, that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, no Grantor shall have an obligation to use or to maintain any
Intellectual Property (A) that relates solely to any product or work, that
has been, or is in the process of being, discontinued, abandoned or
terminated, (B) that is being replaced with Intellectual Property
substantially similar to the Intellectual Property that may be abandoned or
otherwise become invalid, so long as the failure to use or maintain such
Intellectual Property does not materially adversely affect the validity of
such replacement Intellectual Property and so long as such replacement
Intellectual Property is subject to the Lien created by this Agreement or
(C) that is substantially the same as another Intellectual Property that is
in full force, so long the failure to use or maintain such Intellectual
Property does not materially adversely affect the validity of such
replacement Intellectual Property and so long as such other Intellectual
Property is subject to the Lien and security interest created by this
Agreement. Each Grantor will cause to be taken all necessary steps in any
proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the
United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other
country or political subdivision thereof to maintain each registration of
the Intellectual Property (other than the Intellectual Property described
in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence), including, without
limitation, filing of renewals, affidavits of use, affidavits of
incontestability and opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings
and payment of maintenance fees, filing fees, taxes or other governmental
fees. If any Intellectual Property (other than Intellectual Property
described in the proviso to the first sentence of subsection (i) of this
clause (h)) is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or otherwise violated in
any material respect by a third party, each Grantor shall (x) upon learning
of such infringement, misappropriation, dilution or other violation,
promptly notify the Buyer and (y) to the extent any Grantor shall deem
appropriate under the circumstances, promptly sue for infringement,
misappropriation, dilution or other violation, seek injunctive relief where
appropriate and recover any and all damages for such infringement,
misappropriation, dilution or other violation, or take such other actions
as such Grantor shall deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect
such Intellectual Property. Each Grantor shall furnish to the Buyer from
time to time upon its request statements and schedules further identifying
and describing the Intellectual Property and Licenses and such other
reports in connection with the Intellectual Property and Licenses as the
Buyer may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail and promptly upon
request of the Buyer, following receipt by the Buyer of any such
statements, schedules or reports, each Grantor shall modify this Agreement
by amending Schedule II
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hereto, as the case may be, to include any Intellectual Property and
License, as the case may be, which becomes part of the Collateral under
this Agreement and shall execute and authenticate such documents and do
such acts as shall be necessary or, in the judgment of the Buyer, desirable
to subject such Intellectual Property and Licenses to the Lien and security
interest created by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, no Grantor may abandon or otherwise permit any Intellectual
Property to become invalid without the prior written consent of the Buyer,
and if any Intellectual Property is infringed, misappropriated, diluted or
otherwise violated in any material respect by a third party, each Grantor
will take such action as the Buyer shall deem appropriate under the
circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property.
(ii) In no event shall any Grantor, either itself or through any
agent, employee, licensee or designee, file an application for the
registration of any Trademark or Copyright or the issuance of any Patent
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States
Copyright Office, as applicable, or in any similar office or agency of the
United States or any country or any political subdivision thereof unless it
gives the Buyer prior written notice thereof. Upon request of the Buyer,
any Grantor shall execute, authenticate and deliver any and all
assignments, agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Buyer may
reasonably request to evidence the Buyer's security interest hereunder in
such Intellectual Property and the General Intangibles of any Grantor
relating thereto or represented thereby, and each Grantor hereby appoints
the Buyer its attorney-in-fact to execute and/or authenticate and file all
such writings for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being
hereby ratified and confirmed, and such power (being coupled with an
interest) shall be irrevocable until the indefeasible payment in full in
cash of all of the Obligations in full and the termination of each of the
Transaction Documents.
(i) Deposit, Commodities and Securities Accounts. Upon the Buyer's written
request, each Grantor shall cause each bank and other financial institution with
an account referred to in Schedule IV hereto to execute and deliver to the Buyer
a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer,
duly executed by each Grantor and such bank or financial institution, or enter
into other arrangements in form and substance satisfactory to the Buyer,
pursuant to which such institution shall irrevocably agree, inter alia, that (i)
it will comply at any time with the instructions originated by the Buyer to such
bank or financial institution directing the disposition of cash, Commodity
Contracts, securities, Investment Property and other items from time to time
credited to such account, without further consent of each Grantor, which
instructions the Buyer will not give to such bank or other financial institution
in the absence of a continuing Event of Default, (ii) all cash, Commodity
Contracts, securities, Investment Property and other items of each Grantor
deposited with such institution shall be subject to a perfected, first priority
security interest in favor of the Buyer, (iii) any right of set off (other than
recoupment of standard fees), banker's Lien or other similar Lien, security
interest or encumbrance shall be fully waived as against the Buyer, and (iv)
upon receipt of written notice from the Buyer during the continuance of an Event
of Default, such bank or financial institution shall immediately send to the
Buyer by wire transfer (to such account as the Buyer shall specify, or in such
other manner as the Buyer shall direct) all such cash, the value of
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any Commodity Contracts, securities, Investment Property and other items held by
it. Without the prior written consent of the Buyer, each Grantor shall not make
or maintain any Deposit Account, Commodity Account or Securities Account except
for the accounts set forth in Schedule IV hereto. The provisions of this
paragraph 5(i) shall not apply to (i) Deposit Accounts for which the Buyer is
the depositary and (ii) Deposit Accounts specially and exclusively used for
payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for
the benefit of each Grantor's salaried employees.
(j) Motor Vehicles.
(i) Upon the Buyer's written request, each Grantor shall deliver to
the Buyer originals of the certificates of title or ownership for all motor
vehicles with a value in excess of $50,000, owned by it with the Buyer
listed as lienholder, for the benefit of the Buyers.
(ii) Each Grantor hereby appoints the Buyer as its attorney-in-fact,
effective the date hereof and terminating upon the termination of this
Agreement, for the purpose of (A) executing on behalf of each Grantor title
or ownership applications for filing with appropriate state agencies to
enable motor vehicles now owned or hereafter acquired by each Grantor to be
retitled and the Buyer listed as lienholder thereof, (B) filing such
applications with such state agencies, and (C) executing such other
documents and instruments on behalf of, and taking such other action in the
name of, each Grantor as the Buyer may deem necessary or advisable to
accomplish the purposes hereof (including, without limitation, for the
purpose of creating in favor of the Buyer a perfected Lien on the motor
vehicles and exercising the rights and remedies of the Buyer hereunder).
This appointment as attorney-in-fact is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable until all of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in
cash and after all Transaction Documents have been terminated.
(iii) Any certificates of title or ownership delivered pursuant to the
terms hereof shall be accompanied by odometer statements for each motor
vehicle covered thereby.
(iv) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, upon the request of any Grantor, the Buyer shall execute and
deliver to any Grantor such instruments as any Grantor shall reasonably
request to remove the notation of the Buyer as lienholder on any
certificate of title for any motor vehicle; provided, however, that any
such instruments shall be delivered, and the release effective, only upon
receipt by the Buyer of a certificate from any Grantor stating that such
motor vehicle is to be sold or has suffered a casualty loss (with title
thereto passing to the casualty insurance company therefor in settlement of
the claim for such loss) and the amount that any Grantor will receive as
sale proceeds or insurance proceeds. Any proceeds of such sale or casualty
loss shall be paid to the Buyer hereunder immediately upon receipt, to be
applied to the Obligations then outstanding.
(k) Control. Each Grantor hereby agrees to take any or all action that may
be
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necessary or desirable or that the Buyer may request in order for the Buyer to
obtain control in accordance with Sections 9-105 - 9-107 of the Code with
respect to the following Collateral: (i) Electronic Chattel Paper, (ii)
Investment Property, and (iii) Letter-of-Credit Rights.
(l) Inspection and Reporting. Each Grantor shall permit the Buyer, or any
agent or representatives thereof or such professionals or other Persons as the
Buyer may designate, not more than once a year in the absence of an Event of
Default, (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from any Grantor's
records and books of account, (ii) to visit and inspect its properties, (iii) to
verify materials, leases, Instruments, Accounts, Inventory and other assets of
any Grantor from time to time, and (iv) to conduct audits, physical counts,
appraisals and/or valuations, examinations at the locations of any Grantor. Each
Grantor shall also permit the Buyer, or any agent or representatives thereof or
such professionals or other Persons as the Buyer may designate to discuss any
Grantor's affairs, finances and accounts with any of its directors, officers,
managerial employees, independent accountants or any of its other
representatives.
(m) Future Subsidiaries. If any Grantor shall hereafter create or acquire
any Subsidiary, simultaneously with the creation of acquisition of such
Subsidiary, such Grantor shall cause such Subsidiary to become a party to this
Agreement as an additional "Grantor" hereunder, and to duly execute and deliver
a guaranty of the Obligations in favor of the Buyer in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Buyer, and to duly execute and/or deliver such
opinions of counsel and other documents, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Buyer, as the Buyer shall reasonably request with respect
thereto.
SECTION 6. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE COLLATERAL.
(a) Each Grantor hereby (i) authorizes the Buyer to file one or more
Uniform Commercial Code financing or continuation statements, and amendments
thereto, relating to the Collateral and (ii) ratifies such authorization to the
extent that the Buyer has filed any such financing or continuation statements,
or amendments thereto, prior to the date hereof. A photocopy or other
reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement covering the
Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement
where permitted by law.
(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Buyer as its
attorney-in-fact and proxy, with full authority in the place and stead of each
Grantor and in the name of each Grantor or otherwise, from time to time in the
Buyer's discretion, so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and is
continuing, to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Buyer may
deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement
(subject to the rights of each Grantor under Section 5 hereof), including,
without limitation, (i) to obtain and adjust insurance required to be paid to
the Buyer pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof, (ii) to ask, demand, collect, sue
for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due
and to become due under or in respect of any Collateral, (iii) to receive,
endorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel
paper in connection with clause (i) or (ii) above, (iv) to file any claims or
take any action or institute any proceedings which the Buyer may deem necessary
or desirable for the collection of any Collateral or otherwise to enforce the
rights of the Buyer and the Buyers with respect to any Collateral, and (v) to
execute assignments, licenses and other documents to enforce the rights of the
Buyer and the Buyers with
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respect to any Collateral. This power is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable until all of the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash.
(c) For the purpose of enabling the Buyer to exercise rights and remedies
hereunder, at such time as the Buyer shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such
rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Grantor hereby grants to the
Buyer, to the extent assignable, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license
(exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to any Grantor) to
use, assign, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Grantor, wherever the same may be located, including
in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed
items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the contrary, but subject to the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement
that limit the right of any Grantor to dispose of its property and Section 5(h)
hereof, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
any Grantor may exploit, use, enjoy, protect, license, sublicense, assign, sell,
dispose of or take other actions with respect to the Intellectual Property in
the ordinary course of its business. In furtherance of the foregoing, unless an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Buyer shall from
time to time, upon the request of any Grantor, execute and deliver any
instruments, certificates or other documents, in the form so requested, which
such Grantor shall have certified are appropriate (in any Grantor's judgment) to
allow it to take any action permitted above (including relinquishment of the
license provided pursuant to this clause (c) as to any Intellectual Property).
Further, upon the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all of the
Obligations, the Buyer (subject to Section 10(e) hereof) shall release and
reassign to any Grantor all of the Buyer's right, title and interest in and to
the Intellectual Property, and the Licenses, all without recourse,
representation or warranty whatsoever. The exercise of rights and remedies
hereunder by the Buyer shall not terminate the rights of the holders of any
licenses or sublicenses theretofore granted by each Grantor in accordance with
the second sentence of this clause (c). Each Grantor hereby releases the Buyer
from any claims, causes of action and demands at any time arising out of or with
respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Buyer under the
powers of attorney granted herein other than actions taken or omitted to be
taken through the Buyer's gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined
by a final determination of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the
Buyer may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement or obligation,
in the name of any Grantor or the Buyer, and the expenses of the Buyer incurred
in connection therewith shall be payable by any Grantor pursuant to Section 8
hereof and shall be secured by the Collateral.
(e) The powers conferred on the Buyer hereunder are solely to protect its
interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any
such powers.
Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its possession and the
accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Buyer shall have no
duty as to any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve
rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral.
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(f) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding (i) each Grantor shall
remain liable under the Licenses and otherwise with respect to any of the
Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its obligations
thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (ii)
the exercise by the Buyer of any of its rights hereunder shall not release any
Grantor from any of its obligations under the Licenses or otherwise in respect
of the Collateral, and (iii) the Buyer shall not have any obligation or
liability by reason of this Agreement under the Licenses or with respect to any
of the other Collateral, nor shall the Buyer be obligated to perform any of the
obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect
or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.
SECTION 7. REMEDIES UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT. If any Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing:
(a) The Buyer may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to any
other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all
of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the Code
(whether or not the Code applies to the affected Collateral), and also may (i)
take absolute control of the Collateral, including, without limitation, transfer
into the Buyer's name or into the name of its nominee or nominees (to the extent
the Buyer has not theretofore done so) and thereafter receive, for the benefit
of the Buyer, all payments made thereon, give all consents, waivers and
ratifications in respect thereof and otherwise act with respect thereto as
though it were the outright owner thereof, (ii) require each Grantor to, and
each Grantor hereby agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the
Buyer forthwith, assemble all or part of its respective Collateral as directed
by the Buyer and make it available to the Buyer at a place or places to be
designated by the Buyer that is reasonably convenient to both parties, and the
Buyer may enter into and occupy any premises owned or leased by any Grantor
where the Collateral or any part thereof is located or assembled for a
reasonable period in order to effectuate the Buyer's rights and remedies
hereunder or under law, without obligation to any Grantor in respect of such
occupation, and (iii) without notice except as specified below and without any
obligation to prepare or process the Collateral for sale, (A) sell the
Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale,
at any of the Buyer's offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future
delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Buyer may
deem commercially reasonable and/or (B) lease, license or dispose of the
Collateral or any part thereof upon such terms as the Buyer may deem
commercially reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale
or any other disposition of its respective Collateral shall be required by law,
at least ten (10) days' notice to any Grantor of the time and place of any
public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of its
respective Collateral is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification.
The Buyer shall not be obligated to make any sale or other disposition of any
Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Buyer may adjourn
any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and
place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the
time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Grantor hereby waives any
claims against the Buyer and the Buyers arising by reason of the fact that the
price at which its respective Collateral may have been sold at a private sale
was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale or was
less than the aggregate amount of the Obligations, even if the Buyer accepts the
first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one
offeree, and waives all rights that any Grantor may have to require
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that all or any part of such Collateral be marshalled upon any sale (public or
private) thereof. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that (i) any such sale of its
respective Collateral by the Buyer shall be made without warranty, (ii) the
Buyer may specifically disclaim any warranties of title, possession, quiet
enjoyment or the like, and (iii) such actions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)
above shall not adversely effect the commercial reasonableness of any such sale
of Collateral. In addition to the foregoing, (1) upon written notice to any
Grantor from the Buyer, such Grantor shall cease any use of the Intellectual
Property or any trademark, patent or copyright similar thereto for any purpose
described in such notice; (2) the Buyer may, at any time and from time to time,
upon 10 days' prior notice to such Grantor, license, whether general, special or
otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis, any of the
Intellectual Property, throughout the universe for such term or terms, on such
conditions, and in such manner, as the Buyer shall in its sole discretion
determine; and (3) the Buyer may, at any time, pursuant to the authority granted
in Section 6 hereof (such authority being effective upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default), execute and deliver on behalf of
such Grantor, one or more instruments of assignment of the Intellectual Property
(or any application or registration thereof), in form suitable for filing,
recording or registration in any country.
(b) Any cash held by the Buyer as Collateral and all Cash Proceeds received
by the Buyer in respect of any sale of or collection from, or other realization
upon, all or any part of the Collateral may, in the discretion of the Buyer, be
held by the Buyer as collateral for, and/or then or at any time thereafter
applied (after payment of any amounts payable to the Buyer pursuant to Section 8
hereof) in whole or in part by the Buyer against, all or any part of the
Obligations in such order as the Buyer shall elect, consistent with the
provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement. Any surplus of such cash or
Cash Proceeds held by the Buyer and remaining after the indefeasible payment in
full in cash of all of the Obligations shall be paid over to whomsoever shall be
lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction
shall direct.
(c) In the event that the proceeds of any such sale, collection or
realization are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Buyer is legally
entitled, such each shall be liable for the deficiency, together with interest
thereon at the highest rate specified in any of the applicable Transaction
Documents for interest on overdue principal thereof or such other rate as shall
be fixed by applicable law, together with the costs of collection and the
reasonable fees, costs, expenses and other client charges of any attorneys
employed by the Buyer to collect such deficiency.
(d) Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that if the Buyer complies with any
applicable state, provincial, or federal law requirements in connection with a
disposition of the Collateral, such compliance will not adversely affect the
commercial reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral.
(e) The Buyer shall not be required to marshal any present or future
collateral security (including, but not limited to, this Agreement and the
Collateral) for, or other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any of
them or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in
any particular order, and all of the Buyer's rights hereunder and in respect of
such collateral security and other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and
in
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addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. To the extent that
any Grantor lawfully may agree, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will not
invoke any law relating to the marshalling of collateral which might cause delay
in or impede the enforcement of the Buyer's rights under this Agreement or under
any other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Obligations or under
which any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations
is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it
lawfully may, each Grantor hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such
laws.
SECTION 8. INDEMNITY AND EXPENSES.
(a) Each Grantor agrees, jointly and severally, to defend, protect,
indemnify and hold the Buyer, jointly and severally, harmless from and against
any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, obligations, penalties, fees,
costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees, costs,
expenses, and disbursements of such Person's counsel) to the extent that they
arise out of or otherwise result from this Agreement (including, without
limitation, enforcement of this Agreement), except claims, losses or liabilities
resulting solely and directly from such Person's gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(b) Each Grantor agrees, jointly and severally, to upon demand pay to the
Buyer the amount of any and all costs and expenses, including the reasonable
fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Buyer and of any
experts and agents (including, without limitation, any collateral trustee which
may act as agent of the Buyer), which the Buyer may incur in connection with (i)
the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recordation, administration,
amendment, waiver or other modification or termination of this Agreement, (ii)
the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from,
or other realization upon, any Collateral, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of
any of the rights of the Buyer hereunder, or (iv) the failure by any Grantor to
perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
SECTION 9. NOTICES, ETC. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed (by certified mail, postage
prepaid and return receipt requested), telecopied, e-mailed or delivered, if to
any Grantor at its address specified below and if to the Buyer to it, at its
address specified below; or as to any such Person, at such other address as
shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to such other Person
complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 9. All such notices and
other communications shall be effective (a) if sent by certified mail, return
receipt requested, when received or three days after deposited in the mails,
whichever occurs first, (b) if telecopied or e-mailed, when transmitted (during
normal business hours) and confirmation is received, otherwise, the day after
the notice was transmitted if confirmation is received, or (c) if delivered,
upon delivery.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) No amendment of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective
unless it is in writing and signed by each Grantor and the Buyer, and no waiver
of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by each
Grantor therefrom, shall be effective unless
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it is in writing and signed by the Buyer, and then such waiver or consent shall
be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for
which given.
(b) No failure on the part of the Buyer to exercise, and no delay in
exercising, any right hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents
shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right. The rights and remedies of the Buyer or any Buyer provided
herein and in the other Transaction Documents are cumulative and are in addition
to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies provided by law. The rights of
the Buyer under any of the other Transaction Documents against any party thereto
are not conditional or contingent on any attempt by such Person to exercise any
of its rights under any of the other Transaction Documents against such party or
against any other Person, including but not limited to, any Grantor.
(c) Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining portions
hereof or thereof or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision
in any other jurisdiction.
(d) This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the
Collateral and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the indefeasible
payment in full in cash of the Obligations, and (ii) be binding on each Grantor
and all other Persons who become bound as debtor to this Agreement in accordance
with Section 9-203(d) of the Code and shall inure, together with all rights and
remedies of the Buyer hereunder, to the benefit of the Buyer and their
respective permitted successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the
generality of clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, without notice
to any Grantor, the Buyer may assign or otherwise transfer their rights and
obligations under this Agreement and any of the other Transaction Documents, to
any other Person and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all of
the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Buyer herein or otherwise. Upon
any such assignment or transfer, all references in this Agreement to the Buyer
shall mean the assignee of the Buyer. None of the rights or obligations of any
Grantor hereunder may be assigned or otherwise transferred without the prior
written consent of the Buyer, and any such assignment or transfer without the
consent of the Collatera l Agent shall be null and void.
(e) Upon the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations, (i)
this Agreement and the security interests created hereby shall terminate and all
rights to the Collateral shall revert to the respective Grantor that granted
such security interests hereunder, and (ii) the Buyer will, upon any Grantor's
request and at such Grantor's expense, (A) return to such Grantor such of the
Collateral as shall not have been sold or otherwise disposed of or applied
pursuant to the terms hereof, and (B) execute and deliver to such Grantor such
documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination,
all without any representation, warranty or recourse whatsoever.
(f) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY
MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW AND EXCEPT TO
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THE EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY AND PERFECTION OR THE PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF
PERFECTION OR NON-PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST CREATED HEREBY, OR
REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE
LAW OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(g) ANY LEGAL ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS THEREOF, AND, BY EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GRANTOR HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN
RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE
AFORESAID COURTS. EACH GRANTOR HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON
CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY SUCH
ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS AND CONSENTS TO THE
GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY THE
COURT.
(h) EACH GRANTOR AND (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT)
THE BUYER WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LITIGATION BASED ON, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY OF THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF
DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR OTHER ACTION OF THE PARTIES HERETO.
(i) Each Grantor irrevocably consents to the service of process of any of
the aforesaid courts in any such action, suit or proceeding by the mailing of
copies thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar
form of mail), postage prepaid, to any Grantor at its address provided herein,
such service to become effective 10 days after such mailing.
(j) Nothing contained herein shall affect the right of the Buyer to serve
process in any other manner permitted by law or commence legal proceedings or
otherwise proceed against any Grantor or any property of any Grantor in any
other jurisdiction.
(k) Each Grantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives any right it may
have to claim or recover in any legal action, suit or proceeding referred to in
this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
(l) Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only
and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
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(m) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original, but all of which taken together constitute one in the same
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this Agreement to be executed
and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
above written.
CATUITY, INC.
By:
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Name: John Racine
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Address: 300 Preston Avenue
Suite 302
Charlottesville, VA 22902
ACCEPTED BY:
GOTTBETTER CAPITAL MASTER, LTD.
By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Address: 488 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor
New York, NY 10022
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