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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement
”
dated as of June 6, 2007, by and among Admiralty Holding Company, a
Colorado corporation (the “ Company
”), and the
secured parties signatory hereto and their respective endorsees,
transferees and assigns (collectively, the “Secured
Party ”).
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated the date hereof,
between Company and the Secured Party (the “
Purchase
Agreement ”), Company
has agreed to issue to the Secured Party and the Secured Party has
agreed to purchase from Company certain of Company’s 8%
Callable Secured Convertible Notes, due three years from the date
of issue (the “ Notes
”), which are
convertible into shares of Company’s Common Stock, par value
$.001 per share (the “ Common
Stock ”). In
connection therewith, Company shall issue the Secured Party certain
Common Stock purchase warrants (the “ Warrants
”);
and
WHEREAS,
in order to induce the Secured Party to purchase the Notes, Company
has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Party this
Agreement for the benefit of the Secured Party and to grant to it a
first priority security interest in certain Intellectual Property
(defined below) of Company to secure the prompt payment,
performance and discharge in full of all of Company’s
obligations under the Notes and exercise and discharge in full of
Company’s obligations under the Warrants; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
1.
Defined
Terms . Unless otherwise
defined herein, terms which are defined in the Purchase Agreement
and used herein are so used as so defined; and the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
“ Software
Intellectual Property ” shall
mean:
(a)
all software programs (including all source code, object code and
all related applications and data files), whether now owned,
upgraded, enhanced, licensed or leased or hereafter acquired by the
Company, above;
(b)
all computers and electronic data processing hardware and firmware
associated therewith;
(c)
all documentation (including flow charts, logic diagrams, manuals,
guides and specifications) with respect to such software, hardware
and firmware described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b);
and
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(d)
all rights with respect to all of the foregoing, including, without
limitation, any and all upgrades, modifications, copyrights,
licenses, options, warranties, service contracts, program services,
test rights, maintenance rights, support rights, improvement
rights, renewal rights and indemnifications and substitutions,
replacements, additions, or model conversions of any of the
foregoing.
“
Copyrights
”
shall mean (a) all copyrights, registrations and applications for
registration, issued
or
filed, including any reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, by
or with the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or
agency of the United States, any state thereof, or any other
country or political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, including,
all rights in and to the material constituting the subject matter
thereof, including, without limitation, any referred to in
Schedule
B hereto, and (b) any
rights in any material which is copyrightable or which is protected
by common law, United States copyright laws or similar laws or any
law of any State, including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in Schedule
B hereto.
“
Copyright
License ” shall mean
any agreement, written or oral, providing for a grant by the
Company of any right in any Copyright, including, without
limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule
B hereto.
“
Intellectual
Property ” shall
means, collectively, the Software Intellectual Property,
Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses,
Trademarks, Trademark Licenses and Trade Secrets.
“
Obligations
”
means all of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement
and the Notes, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing,
voluntary or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed
with others, and whether or not from time to time decreased or
extinguished and later decreased, created or incurred, and all or
any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to
the extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered
directly or indirectly from the Secured Party as a preference,
fraudulent transfer or otherwise as such obligations may be
amended, supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to
time.
“
Patents
”
shall mean (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, and all reissues and
extensions thereof, including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in Schedule
B hereto, and (b) all
applications for letters patent of the United States and all
divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof or any
other country or any political subdivision, including, without
limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule
B hereto.
“
Patent
License ” shall mean
all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by
the Company of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention
covered by a Patent, including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in Schedule
B hereto.
“
Security
Agreement ” shall mean
the a Security Agreement, dated the date hereof between Company and
the Secured Party.
“
Trademarks
”
shall mean (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade
styles, service marks,
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logos and other
source or business identifiers, and the goodwill associated
therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, whether 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, or otherwise, including, without limitation,
any thereof referred to in Schedule
B hereto, and (b) all
reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.
“
Trademark
License ” shall mean
any agreement, written or oral, providing for the grant by the
Company of any right to use any Trademark, including, without
limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule
B hereto.
“
Trade
Secrets ” shall mean
common law and statutory trade secrets and all other confidential
or proprietary or useful information and all know-how obtained by
or used in or contemplated at any time for use in the business of
the Company (all of the foregoing being collectively called a
“ Trade
Secret ”), whether
or not such Trade Secret has been reduced to a writing or other
tangible form, including all documents and things embodying,
incorporating or referring in any way to such Trade Secret, all
Trade Secret licenses, including each Trade Secret license referred
to in Schedule
B hereto, and
including the right to sue for and to enjoin and to collect damages
for the actual or threatened misappropriation of any Trade Secret
and for the breach or enforcement of any such Trade Secret
license.
2.
Grant
of Security Interest . In accordance
with Section 3(m) of the Security Agreement, to secure the complete
and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as the case
may be, of all of the Obligations, the Company hereby,
unconditionally and irrevocably, pledges, grants and hypothecates
to the Secured Party, a continuing security interest in, a
continuing first lien upon, an unqualified right to possession and
disposition of and a right of set-off against, in each case to the
fullest extent permitted by law, all of the Company’s right,
title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature in and to the
Intellectual Property (the “Security
Interest”) .
3.
Representations and
Warranties. The Company hereby
represents and warrants, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured
Party as follows:
(a)
The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its
obligations thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by
the Company of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein
have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
the Company and no further action is required by the Company. This
Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditor’s rights generally.
(b)
The Company represents and warrants that it has no place of
business or offices where its respective books of account and
records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its
attorneys or accountants) or places where the Intellectual Property
is stored or located, except as set forth on Schedule
A attached
hereto;
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(c)
The Company is the sole owner of the Intellectual Property (except
for non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company in the ordinary
course of business), free and clear of any liens, security
interests, encumbrances, rights or claims, and is fully authorized
to grant the Security Interest in and to pledge the Intellectual
Property, except as set forth on Schedule
D. There is not on
file in any governmental or regulatory authority, agency or
recording office an effective financing statement, security
agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the
foregoing (other than those that have been filed in favor of the
Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any
of the Intellectual Property, except as set forth on
Schedule
D. So long as this
Agreement shall be in effect, the Company shall not execute and
shall not knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or
agency any such financing statement or other document or instrument
(except to the extent filed or recorded in favor of the Secured
Party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), except as set forth
on Schedule
D, provided that the
value of the Intellectual Property covered by this Agreement along
with the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) is equal
to at least 150% of the Obligations.
(d)
The Company shall at all times maintain its books of account and
records relating to the Intellectual Property at its principal
place of business and its Intellectual Property at the locations
set forth on Schedule
A attached hereto and
may not relocate such books of account and records unless it
delivers to the Secured Party at least 30 days prior to such
relocation (i) written notice of such relocation and the new
location thereof (which must be within the United States) and (ii)
evidence that the necessary documents have been filed and recorded
and other steps have been taken to perfect the Security Interest to
create in favor of the Secured Party valid, perfected and
continuing first priority liens in the Intellectual Property to the
extent they can be perfected through such filings.
(e)
This Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Party a valid
security interest in the Intellectual Property securing the payment
and performance of the Obligations and, upon making the filings
required hereunder, a perfected first priority security interest in
such Intellectual Property to the extent that it can be perfected
through such filings.
(f)
Upon request of the Secured Party, the Company shall execute and
deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers
as the Secured Party may request to evidence the Secured
Party’s security interest in the Intellectual Property and
the goodwill and general intangibles of the Company relating
thereto or represented thereby, and the Company hereby appoints the
Secured Party its attorney-in-fact to execute and file all such
writings for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney
being hereby ratified and confirmed; such power being coupled with
an interest is irrevocable until the Obligations have been fully
satisfied and are paid in full.
(g)
Except as set forth on Schedule
D, the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement does not conflict with
or cause a breach or default, or an event that with or without the
passage of time or notice, shall constitute a breach or default,
under any agreement to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company is bound. No consent (including, without limitation, from
stock holders or creditors of the Company) is required for the
Company to enter into and perform its obligations
hereunder.
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(h)
The Company shall at all times maintain the liens and Security
Interest provided for hereunder as valid and perfected first
priority liens and security interests in the Intellectual Property
to the extent they can be perfected by filing in favor of the
Secured Party until this Agreement and the Security Interest
hereunder shall terminate pursuant to Section 11. The Company
hereby agrees to defend the same against any and all persons. The
Company shall safeguard and protect all Intellectual Property for
the account of the Secured Party. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, the Company shall pay all fees, taxes and other
amounts necessary to maintain the Intellectual Property and the
Security Interest hereunder, and the Company shall obtain and
furnish to the Secured Party from time to time, upon demand, such
releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be
required to maintain the priority of the Security Interest
hereunder.
(i)
The Company will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber,
license (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company
in the ordinary course of business), sell or otherwise dispose of
any of the Intellectual Property without the prior written consent
of the Secured Party.
(j)
The Company shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge
thereof, advise the Secured Party promptly, in sufficient detail,
of any substantial change in the Intellectual Property, and of the
occurrence of any event which would have a material adverse effect
on the value of the Intellectual Property or on the Secured
Party’s security interest therein.
(k)
The Company shall permit the Secured Party and its representatives
and agents to inspect the Intellectual Property at any time, and to
make copies of records pertaining to the Intellectual Property as
may be requested by the Secured Party from time to time.
(l)
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently
pursue and seek to preserve, enforce and collect any rights,
claims, causes of action and accounts receivable in respect of the
Intellectual Property.
(m)
The Company shall promptly notify the Secured Party in sufficient
detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment,
execution or other legal process levied against any Intellectual
Property and of any other information received by the Company that
may materially affect the value of the Intellectual Property, the
Security Interest or the rights and remedies of the Secured Party
hereunder.
(n)
All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the
Secured Party by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the
Intellectual Property is accurate and complete in all material
respects as of the date furnished.
(o)
Schedule
A attached hereto
contains a list of all of the subsidiaries of Company.
(p)
Schedule
B attached hereto
includes all Licenses, and all Patents and Patent Licenses, if any,
owned by the Company in its own name as of the date hereof.
Schedule
B hereto includes all
Trademarks and Trademark Licenses, if any, owned by the Company in
its own name as of the date hereof. Schedule
B hereto includes all
Copyrights and Copyright
Licenses, if any,
owned by the Company in its own name as of the date hereof.
Schedule
B hereto includes all
Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Licenses, if any, owned by the
Company as of the date hereof. To the best of the Company’s
knowledge, each License, Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade
Secret is valid, subsisting, unexpired, enforceable and has not
been abandoned. Except as set forth in Schedule
B, none of such
Licenses, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets is the
subject of any licensing or franchise agreement. To the best of the
Company’s knowledge, no holding, decision or judgment has
been rendered by any Governmental Body which would limit, cancel or
question the validity of any License, Patent, Trademark, Copyright
and Trade Secrets . Except as set forth in Schedule
B, no action or
proceeding is pending (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the
validity of any License, Patent, Trademark, Copyright or Trade
Secret, or (ii) which, if adversely determined, would have a
material adverse effect on the value of any License, Patent,
Trademark, Copyright or Trade Secret. The Company has used and will
continue to use for the duration of this Agreement, proper
statutory notice in connection with its use of the Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights and consistent standards of quality in
products leased or sold under the Patents, Trademarks and
Copyrights.
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With respect to any
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such Intellectual
Property is subsisting and has not been |
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adjudged invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part; |
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(ii)
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such Intellectual
Property is valid and enforceable; |
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(iii)
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the Company has
made all necessary filings and |
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recordations to
protect its interest in such Intellectual |
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Property,
including, without limitation, recordations of all
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of its interests in
the Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks |
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and Trademark
Licenses in the United States Patent and |
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Trademark Office
and in corresponding offices throughout |
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the world and its
claims to the Copyrights and Copyright |
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Licenses in the
United States Copyright Office and in |
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