AMENDED AND RESTATED INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This Amended and
Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement (the “
Agreement ”) is made as of September 27, 2005, by
and between ZICAM, LLC , an Arizona limited liability
company (“ Zicam ” or “ Grantor
”), and COMERICA BANK (“ Secured Party
”).
A. Gum Tech
International, Inc., a Utah corporation (“ Gum Tech
”), and Gel Tech, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability
company (“ Gel Tech ”), and Comerica
Bank–California, a California banking corporation (“
CBC ”), previously entered into that certain Credit
Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2002 (as amended to date, the
“ Prior Credit Agreement ”).
B. In order
to secure the obligations owing to CBC under the Prior Credit
Agreement, Gel Tech and CBC entered into that certain Intellectual
Property Security Agreement dated as of May 29, 2002 (as
amended to date, the “ Prior IP Security Agreement
”).
C. Gum Tech
has merged with and into Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. (“
Matrixx ”) and Matrixx is the surviving entity, and
Gel Tech has changed its name to Zicam, LLC.
D. CBC has
merged with and into Secured Party and Secured Party is the
surviving entity.
E. Grantor
and Matrixx, on the one hand, and Secured Party, on the other hand,
are contemporaneously herewith entering into that certain Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of even date herewith (as
may be at any time hereafter supplemented, modified, amended or
restated, the “ Loan Agreement ”), which shall
amend and restate the Prior Credit Agreement in its
entirety.
F. In order
to induce Secured Party to enter into the Loan Agreement, and in
consideration thereof, Grantor has agreed to amend and restate the
Prior IP Security Agreement in its entirety in accordance with the
terms and conditions of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE,
THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1.
Grant of Security Interest . As collateral security
for the prompt and complete payment and performance of all of
Grantor’s present or future indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities to Secured Party, Grantor hereby grants a security
interest and mortgage to Secured Party, as security, in and to
Grantor’s entire right, title and interest in, to and under
the following (all of which shall collectively be called the
“ Collateral ”):
(a) Any
and all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright
registrations and like protections in each work or authorship and
derivative work thereof, whether published or unpublished and
whether or not the same also constitutes a trade secret, now or
hereafter existing, created, acquired or held, including without
limitation those set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto
(collectively, the “ Copyrights ”);
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(b) Any
and all trade secrets, and any and all intellectual property rights
in computer software and computer software products now or
hereafter existing, created, acquired or held;
(c) Any
and all design rights which may be available to Grantor now or
hereafter existing, created, acquired or held;
(d) All
patents, patent applications and like protections including,
without limitation, improvements, divisions, continuations,
renewals, reissues, extensions and continuations-in-part of the
same, including without limitation the patents and patent
applications set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto
(collectively, the “ Patents ”);
(e) Any
trademark and servicemark rights, whether registered or not,
applications to register and registrations of the same and like
protections, and the entire goodwill of the business of Grantor
connected with and symbolized by such trademarks, including without
limitation those set forth on Exhibit C attached hereto
(collectively, the “ Trademarks ”);
(f) Any
and all claims for damages by way of past, present and future
infringement of any of the rights included above, with the right,
but not the obligation, to sue for and collect such damages for
said use or infringement of the intellectual property rights
identified above;
(g) All
licenses or other rights to use any of the Copyrights, Patents or
Trademarks, and all license fees and royalties arising from such
use to the extent permitted by such license or rights;
and
(h) All
amendments, extensions, renewals and extensions of any of the
Copyrights, Trademarks or Patents; and
(i) All
proceeds and products of the foregoing, including without
limitation all payments under insurance or any indemnity or
warranty payable in respect of any of the foregoing.
2.
Authorization and Request . Grantor authorizes and
requests that the Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks record this Agreement.
3.
Covenants and Warranties . Grantor represents,
warrants, covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) Grantor
is now the sole owner of the Collateral, except for non-exclusive
licenses granted by Grantor in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) Performance
of this Agreement does not conflict with or result in a breach of
any agreement to which Grantor is party or by which Grantor is
bound, except to the extent that certain intellectual property
agreements prohibit the assignment of the rights thereunder to a
third party without the licensor’s or other party’s
consent and this Agreement constitutes an assignment;
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(c) During
the term of this Agreement, Grantor will not transfer or otherwise
encumber any interest in the Collateral, except for non-exclusive
licenses granted by Grantor in the ordinary course of business, or
as set forth in this Agreement;
(d) To
the knowledge of Grantor, each of the Patents is valid and
enforceable, and no part of the Collateral has been judged invalid
or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and no claim has been made
that any part of the Collateral violates the rights of any third
party;
(e) Grantor
shall deliver to Secured Party within thirty (30) days of the
last day of each fiscal quarter, a report signed by Grantor, in
form reasonably acceptable to Secured Party, listing any
applications or registrations that Grantor has made or filed in
respect of any patents, copyrights or trademarks and the status of
any outstanding applications or registrations. Grantor shall
promptly advise Secured Party of any material change in the
composition of the Collateral, including but not limited to any
subsequent ownership right of the Grantor in or to any Trademark,
Patent or Copyright not specified in this Agreement;
(f) Grantor
shall (i) protect, defend and maintain the validity and
enforceability of the Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, to the
extent commercially reasonable, (ii) use its commercially
reasonable efforts to detect infringements of the Trademarks,
Patents and Copyrights and promptly advise Secured Party in writing
of material infringements detected and (iii) not allow any
Trademarks, Patents or Copyrights to be abandoned, forfeited or
dedicated to the public without the written consent of Secured
Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, unless Grantor
determines that reasonable business practices suggest that
abandonment is appropriate;
(g) Grantor
shall register or cause to be registered (to the extent not already
registered) with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, those
intellectual property rights listed on Exhibits A, B, and C
hereto, within thirty (30) days of the date of this Agreement.
Grantor shall register or cause to be registered with the United
States Patent and Tradem
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