AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND
RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of September 27, 2005,
is entered into among MATRIXX INITIATIVES, INC. , a Delaware
corporation (“ Matrixx ”), and ZICAM, LLC
, an Arizona limited liability company (“ Zicam
”) (Matrixx and Zicam are sometimes individually referred to
herein as a “Borrower” and collectively referred
to herein as “Borrowers” ) and COMERICA BANK, a
Michigan banking corporation (“ Secured Party
”), with reference to the following facts:
A.
Borrowers and Secured Party have previously entered into that
certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2002 (as amended
to date, the “ Prior Agreement ”).
B.
Borrowers and Secured Party are contemporaneously herewith entering
into the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined), which shall amend
and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety.
C.
Borrowers have previously entered into those certain Security
Agreements dated as of May 29, 2002 and July 10, 2002 (as
amended to date, collectively, the “ Prior Security
Agreements ”).
D.
Borrowers and Secured Party desire to amend and restate the Prior
Security Agreements in their entirety in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Security Agreement.
In
order to induce Secured Party to enter into the Loan Agreement,
Borrower has agreed to enter into this Security Agreement in order
to grant to Secured Party a first priority security interest in the
Collateral to secure prompt payment and performance of the Secured
Obligations.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, conditions,
representations, and warranties hereinafter set forth, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions . All initially capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan
Agreement. In addition, as used herein, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
“
Account Debtor ” means any Person who is or who may
become obligated with respect to, or on account of, an Account,
Chattel Paper or General Intangible.
“
Accounts ” means any and all of each Borrowers’
presently existing and hereafter arising accounts (including
health-care-insurance receivables, contract rights, and all other
forms of monetary obligations owing to any Borrower, and all credit
insurance, guaranties, or security therefor), irrespective of
whether earned by performance.
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“
Borrower’s Books ” means any and all presently
existing and hereafter acquired or created books and records of any
Borrower, including all records (including maintenance and warranty
records), ledgers, computer programs, disc or tape files,
printouts, runs, and other computer prepared information
indicating, summarizing, or evidencing the Collateral.
“
Chattel Paper ” means all of each Borrowers’
presently existing and hereafter acquired or created chattel paper
(including tangible chattel paper and electronic chattel
paper).
“
Code ” means the Arizona Uniform Commercial Code, as
amended or supplemented from time to time. Any and all terms used
in this Security Agreement which are defined in the Code shall be
construed and defined in accordance with the meaning and definition
ascribed to such terms under the Code, unless otherwise defined
herein.
“
Collateral ” means the following, collectively: any
and all of the Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims,
Deposit Accounts, Documents, Equipment, Instruments, Inventory,
Investment Property, General Intangibles, Letter of Credit Rights,
Negotiable Collateral, Supporting Obligations, each
Borrower’s Books, in each case whether now existing or
hereafter acquired or created, any money or other assets of any
Borrower that now or hereafter come into the possession, custody,
or control of Secured Party and any Proceeds or products of any of
the foregoing, or any portion thereof.
“
Collateral Access Agreement ” means a landlord waiver,
mortgagee waiver, bailee letter, or acknowledgement agreement of
any warehouseman, processor, lessor, consignee, or other Person in
possession of, having a Lien upon, or having rights or interests in
the Equipment or Inventory, in each case, in form and substance
satisfactory to Secured Party.
“
Commercial Tort Claims ” means all of each
Borrower’s presently existing and hereafter acquired or
arising commercial tort claims (as such term is defined in the
Code).
“
Deposit Account ” means any demand, time, savings,
passbook or similar account now or hereafter maintained by or for
the benefit of any Borrower with an organization that is engaged in
the business of banking including a bank, savings bank, savings and
loan association, credit union and trust companies, and all funds
and amounts therein, whether or not restricted or designated for a
particular purpose.
“
Documents ” means any and all documents and documents
of title, including documents of title, bills of lading, dock
warrants, dock receipts, warehouse receipts and other documents of
any Borrower, whether or not negotiable, and including all other
documents which purport to be issued by a bailee or agent and
purport to cover goods in any bailee’s or agent’s
possession which are either identified or are fungible portions of
an identified mass, including such documents of title made
available to any Borrower for the purpose of ultimate sale or
exchange of goods or for the purpose of loading, unloading,
storing, shipping, transshipping, manufacturing, processing or
otherwise dealing with goods in a manner preliminary to their sale
or exchange, in each case whether now existing or hereafter
acquired.
“
Equipment ” means any and all of each Borrowers’
presently existing and hereafter acquired equipment, wherever
located, including machinery, furniture, furnishings, fixtures,
computer and other electronic data processing equipment and other
office equipment
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and supplies,
computer programs and related data processing software, spare
parts, tools, motors, automobiles, trucks, tractors and other motor
vehicles, rolling stock, jigs, and other goods (other than
Inventory, farm products, and consumer goods), including software
embedded in such goods, together with any and all parts,
improvements, additions, attachments, replacements, accessories,
and substitutions thereto or therefor, and all other rights of any
Borrower relating thereto, whether in the possession and control of
any Borrower, or in the possession and control of a third party for
the account of any Borrower.
“
Expenses ” has the meaning of “ Expenses
” under the Loan Agreement and shall also mean: any and all
costs or expenses required to be paid by Borrowers under this
Security Agreement which are paid or advanced by Secured Party; all
costs and expenses of Secured Party, including its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees incurred pursuant to proceedings arising
under the Bankruptcy Code to the extent permitted by law), incurred
or expended to correct any default or enforce any provision of this
Security Agreement, or in gaining possession of, maintaining,
handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling, preparing for
sale, or advertising to sell the Collateral, irrespective of
whether a sale is consummated; and all costs and expenses of suit
incurred or expended by Secured Party, including its reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees incurred pursuant to proceedings arising
under the Bankruptcy Code) in enforcing or defending this Security
Agreement, irrespective of whether suit is brought.
“
FEIN ” means Federal Employer Identification
Number.
“
General Intangibles ” means any and all of each
Borrowers’ presently existing and hereafter acquired or
arising general intangibles and any other intangible personal
property of every kind and description, including:
(a) contracts
and contract rights, noncompetition covenants, licensing and
distribution agreements, indemnity agreements, guaranties,
insurance policies, franchise agreements and lease
agreements;
(b) uncertificated
certificates of deposit, and interests in any joint ventures,
partnerships or limited liability companies;
(c) choses
in action and causes of action (whether legal or equitable, whether
in contract or tort or otherwise, and however arising);
(d) licenses,
approvals, permits or any other authorizations issued by any
Governmental Authority;
(e) Intellectual
Property Collateral;
(f) computer
software (including without limitation any computer program that is
embedded in goods that consist solely of the medium in which the
program is embedded), magnetic media, electronic data processing
files, systems, programs, and information contained on computer
disks or tapes;
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(g) rights
of stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation, rebates
(including without limitation insurance premium rebates) or credits
of every kind and nature to which Borrowers may be
entitled;
(h) purchase
orders, customer lists, subscriber lists and goodwill;
(i) monies
due or recoverable from pension funds, refunds and claims for tax
or other refunds against any Governmental Authority;
(j) payment
intangibles; and
(k) other
contractual, equitable and legal rights of whatever kind and
nature.
“
Instruments ” means any and all negotiable
instruments, and every other writing which evidences a right to the
payment of a monetary obligation, in each case whether now existing
or hereafter acquired.
“
Intellectual Property Collateral ” means the following
Assets owned or held by each Borrower or in which each Borrower
otherwise have any interest, now existing or hereafter acquired or
arising:
(a) all
patents and patent applications, domestic or foreign, all licenses
relating to any of the foregoing and all income and royalties with
respect to any licenses, all rights to sue for past, present or
future infringement thereof, all rights arising therefrom and
pertaining thereto and all reissues, divisions, continuations,
renewals, extensions and continuations in-part thereof;
(b) all
copyrights and applications for copyright, domestic or foreign,
together with the underlying works of authorship (including
titles), whether or not the underlying works of authorship have
been published and whether said copyrights are statutory or arise
under the common law, and all other rights and works of authorship,
all rights, claims and demands in any way relating to any such
copyrights or works, including royalties and rights to sue for
past, present or future infringement, and all rights of renewal and
extension of copyright;
(c) all
state (including common law), federal and foreign trademarks,
service marks and trade names, and applications for registration of
such trademarks, service marks and trade names, all licenses
relating to any of the foregoing and all income and royalties with
respect to any licenses, whether registered or unregistered and
wherever registered, all rights to sue for past, present or future
infringement or unconsented use thereof, all rights arising
therefrom and pertaining thereto and all reissues, extensions and
renewals thereof;
(d) all
trade secrets, confidential information, customer lists, license
rights, advertising materials, operating manuals, methods,
processes, know-how, sales literature, sales and operating plans,
drawings, diagrams, schematics, specifications, blue prints,
descriptions, inventions, name plates, reports and
catalogs;
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(e) the
entire goodwill of or associated with the businesses now or
hereafter conducted by each Borrower connected with and symbolized
by any of the aforementioned properties and assets; and
(f) Intellectual
Property Collateral shall include, without limitation, rights and
interests pursuant to licensing or other contracts in favor of each
Borrower pertaining to patents, trademarks, copyrights and other
intellectual property presently or in the future owned or used by
third Persons.
“
Inventory ” means any and all of each Borrowers’
presently existing and hereafter acquired goods (including software
embedded in such goods) of every kind and description (including
goods in transit) which are held for sale or lease, or to be
furnished under a contract of service or which have been so leased
or furnished, or other disposition, wherever located, including
those held for display or demonstration or out on lease or
consignment or are raw materials, work in process, finished
materials, or materials used or consumed, or to be used or
consumed, in each Borrowers’ business, and the resulting
product or mass, and all repossessed, returned, rejected, reclaimed
and replevied goods, together with all materials, parts, supplies,
packing and shipping materials used or usable in connection with
the manufacture, packing, shipping, advertising, selling or
furnishing of such goods; and all other items hereafter acquired by
each Borrower by way of substitution, replacement, return,
repossession or otherwise, and all additions and accessions
thereto, and any Document representing or relating to any of the
foregoing at any time.
“
Investment Property ” means any and all of each
Borrowers’ presently existing and hereafter acquired
investment property (including without limitation securities and
securities entitlements).
“
Letter of Credit Rights ” means any and all of each
Borrowers’ presently existing and hereafter acquired letter
of credit rights.
“
Loan Agreement ” means that certain Amended and
Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, among
Borrowers and Secured Party, as may be at any time hereafter
supplemented, modified, amended or restated.
“
Negotiable Collateral ” means any and all of each
Borrowers’ presently existing and hereafter acquired or
arising letters of credit, letter of credit rights, advises of
credit, certificates of deposit, notes, drafts, money, Instruments,
Documents and tangible Chattel Paper.
“
Proceeds ” means whatever is receivable or received
from or upon the sale, lease, license, collection, use, exchange or
other disposition, whether voluntary or involuntary, of any
Collateral, including “proceeds” as defined in the
Code, any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or
guaranty payable to or for the account of Borrowers from time to
time with respect to any of the Collateral, any and all payments
(in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to Borrowers from
time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation,
condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the
Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any Person acting
under color of Governmental Authority), any and all other amounts
from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any
of the Collateral or
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for or on
account of any damage or injury to or conversion of any Collateral
by any Person, any and all other tangible or intangible property
received upon the sale or disposition of Collateral, and all
proceeds of proceeds.
“
Rights to Payment ” means all Accounts and any and all
rights and claims to the payment or receipt of money or other forms
of consideration of any kind in, to and under all electronic
Chattel Paper, General Intangibles, Letter of Credit Rights,
Negotiable Collateral and Proceeds thereof.
“
Secured Obligations ” shall have the meaning of
“Obligations” under the Loan Agreement and shall also
mean any and all debts, liabilities, obligations, or undertakings
owing by any Borrower to Secured Party arising under, advanced
pursuant to, or evidenced by this Security Agreement, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured,
due or to become due, voluntary or involuntary, whether now
existing or hereafter arising, and including all interest not paid
when due and all Expenses which any Borrower is required to pay or
reimburse pursuant to this Security Agreement, the Loan Agreement,
the other Loan Documents or by law.
“
Security Agreement” means this Security Agreement, as
amended or restated from time to time.
“
Supporting Obligations” has the meaning given to such
term in the Code.
2.
Construction. Unless the context of this Security Agreement
clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the
singular and to the singular include the plural, references to any
gender include any other gender, the part includes the whole, the
term including is not limiting, and the term or has, except where
otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the
phrase and/or. References in this Security Agreement to
determination by Secured Party include good faith estimates by
Secured Party (in the case of quantitative determinations), and
good faith beliefs by Secured Party (in the case of qualitative
determinations). The words hereof, herein, hereby, hereunder, and
similar terms in this Security Agreement refer to this Security
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. Article, section, subsection, clause, exhibit and
schedule references are to this Security Agreement, unless
otherwise specified. Any reference in this Security Agreement or
any of the Loan Documents to this Security Agreement or any of the
Loan Documents includes any and all permitted alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, or
supplements thereto or thereof, as applicable.
3.
Creation of Security Interest. Borrowers hereby grant to
Secured Party a continuing security interest in all presently
existing and hereafter acquired or arising Collateral in order to
secure the prompt payment and performance of all of the Secured
Obligations. Borrowers acknowledge and affirm that such security
interest in the Collateral has attached to all Collateral without
further act on the part of Secured Party or Borrowers except as
contemplated in Section 4.6.
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4.1
Borrowers shall execute and deliver to Secured Party concurrently
with Borrowers’ execution of this Security Agreement, and
from time to time at the request of Secured Party, and Borrowers
hereby authorize Secured Party to file, all financing statements,
continuation financing statements, fixture filings, security
agreements, chattel mortgages, assignments, and all other documents
that Secured Party may require, in form satisfactory to Secured
Party, to perfect and maintain perfected Secured Party’s
security interests in the Collateral, and in order to consummate
fully all of the transactions contemplated by this Security
Agreement and the Loan Agreement. Borrowers hereby irrevocably
make, constitute, and appoint Secured Party (and Secured
Party’s officers, employees, or agents) as Borrowers’
true and lawful attorney with power to sign the name of each
Borrower on any of the above-described documents or on any other
similar documents which need to be executed, recorded, or filed,
and to do any and all things necessary in the name and on behalf of
Borrowers in order to perfect, or continue the perfection of,
Secured Party’s security interests in the Collateral.
Borrowers agree that neither Secured Party, nor any of its
designees or attorneys-in-fact, will be liable for any act of
commission or omission, or for any error of judgment or mistake of
fact or law with respect to the exercise of the power of attorney
granted under this Section 4.1, other than as a result of its
or their gross negligence or willful misconduct. THE POWER OF
ATTORNEY GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION 4.1 IS COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST
AND SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE UNTIL ALL OF THE SECURED OBLIGATIONS HAVE
BEEN INDEFEASIBLY PAID IN FULL, THE LOAN AGREEMENT TERMINATED, AND
ALL BORROWERS’ DUTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER HAVE BEEN
DISCHARGED IN FULL.
4.2
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing Section 4.1
or any of the provisions of the Loan Agreement, Borrowers shall:
(i) at the request of Secured Party, mark conspicuously each
Borrower’s Books with a legend, in form and substance
satisfactory to Secured Party, indicating that the Collateral is
subject to the security interest granted hereby;
(ii) immediately mark all Chattel Paper with a conspicuous
legend indicating Secured Party’s security interest therein
and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party;
and (iii) at the request of Secured Party, appear in and
defend any action or proceeding which may affect Borrowers’
title to, or the security interest of Secured Party in, any of the
Collateral.
4.3
With respect to the Negotiable Collateral (other than checks and
drafts received in the ordinary course of business so long as no
Event of Default is continuing), Borrowers shall, immediately upon
request by Secured Party, endorse (where appropriate) and assign
the Negotiable Collateral over to Secured Party, and deliver to
Secured Party actual physical possession of the Negotiable
Collateral together with any instruments of transfer or assignment,
all in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, in order
to fully perfect the security interest therein of Secured
Party.
4.4
In the event that any Collateral is in the possession of a third
party, Borrowers shall join with Secured Party in notifying such
third party of Secured Party’s security interest and
obtaining an acknowledgement from such third party that it is
holding such Collateral for the benefit of Secured
Party.
4.5
Borrowers shall cooperate with Secured Party and use its
commercially reasonable efforts in obtaining a control agreement in
form and substance satisfactory to Secured
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Party with
respect to all Deposit Accounts, electronic Chattel Paper,
Investment Property, and Letter of Credit Rights.
4.6
Borrowers shall promptly notify Secured Party of any Commercial
Tort Claims any of them may bring against any Person, including the
name and address of each defendant, a summary of the facts, an
estimate of such Borrower’s damages, copies of any complaint
or demand letter submitted by Borrowers, and such other information
as Secured Party may request, and in connection therewith, at
Secured Party’s request, Borrowers and Secured Party shall
enter into an amendment to this Security Agreement granting a
security interest to Secured Party in each such Commercial Tort
Claim to secured the Secured Obligations.
5.
Representations and Warranties . In order to induce Secured
Party to enter into the Loan Agreement and to make Loans to
Borrowers or issue any Letter of Credit, in addition to the
representations and warranties of Borrowers set forth in the Loan
Agreement which are incorporated herein by this reference, each
Borrower represents and warrants to Secured Party that on the
Closing Date and thereafter on the date of each and every Borrowing
or issuance of a Letter of Credit:
5.1
Legal Name; State of Organization; Location of Chief Executive
Office and Collateral; FEIN. Each Borrower’s exact legal
name, state of incorporation and/or organization (as applicable),
FEIN and charter or organizational identification number is
accurately set forth in Schedule 1. Each
Borrower’s chief executive office is located at the address
set forth in Schedule 1 , and all other locations where
Borrowers conduct business or Collateral is kept is set forth in
Schedule 1 .
5.2
Locations of Each Borrower’s Books . All locations
where each Borrower’s Books are kept, including all equipment
necessary for accessing any Borrower’s Books and the names
and addresses of all service bureaus, computer or data processing
companies and other Persons keeping any Borrower’s Books or
collecting Rights to Payment for Borrower, are set forth in
Schedule 1 .
5.3
Trade Names and Trade S
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