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Exhibit
10.3
COLLATERAL PLEDGE
AGREEMENT
Date: June 10,
2008
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| DEBTOR: |
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PHOENIX
FOOTWEAR GROUP, INC. (the “Debtor”) |
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5840 El
Camino Real, Suite 106 |
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Carlsbad, California 92008
Attn: James Riedman
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Telecopier No.:
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| SECURED PARTY: |
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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
acting through its Wells Fargo
Business Credit operation division (the
“Secured Party”)
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245 S.
Los Robles Avenue, Suite 700 |
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Pasadena,
California 91101 |
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Attn:
Phoenix Footwear Group Account Executive |
1. Security Interest and
Collateral . To secure the payment and performance of the
Indebtedness (defined below) which the Debtor may now or at any
time hereafter owe to the Secured Party, the Debtor hereby grants
the Secured Party a security interest (herein called the
“Security Interest”) in all of the following property
now or at any time hereafter owned by the Debtor, or in which the
Debtor may now or hereafter have an interest (the
“Collateral”): (i) the issued and outstanding
capital stock, equity securities, membership interests or units,
and ownership interests, and rights issued or granted in connection
with the foregoing, of any Person that are now or hereafter owned
or held of record or beneficially by Debtor, including, but not
limited to, the interests listed on Schedule 1 hereto (and
the certificates representing such shares, securities and/or
interests); (ii) all other capital stock, equity securities,
warrants, options, membership interests and units, and ownership
interests, and rights issued or granted in connection with the
foregoing, issued by any Person now or hereafter owned or held of
record or beneficially by Debtor at any time (and the certificates
or other documents or instruments representing such shares,
securities and/or other interests); and (iii) any and all
replacements, products and proceeds of, and dividends,
distributions in property or securities, returns of capital or
other distributions made on or with respect to, any of the
foregoing, together with all rights in connection with such
property; provided, however, that the term “Collateral”
shall not include more than 66% of the stock of any Subsidiary that
is a “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in the
United Stated Internal Revenue Code. “Indebtedness” is
used herein in its most comprehensive sense and means any and all
advances, debts, obligations and liabilities of the Debtor to the
Secured Party, heretofore, now or hereafter made, incurred or
created, whether voluntary or involuntary and however arising,
whether due or not due, absolute or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, determined or undetermined, including under any swap,
derivative, foreign exchange, hedge, deposit, treasury management
or other similar transaction or arrangement at any time entered
into by the Debtor with the Secured Party or with Wells Fargo
Merchant Services, L.L.C., and whether the Debtor may be liable
individually or jointly with others, or whether recovery upon such
Indebtedness may be or hereafter becomes unenforceable.
Collateral Pledge
Agreement
WFBC/Phoenix Footwear (pledge of
sub’s)
2. Representations, Warranties and
Covenants . The Debtor represents, warrants and covenants
that:
2.1 The Debtor will duly
endorse, in blank, each and every instrument constituting
Collateral by signing on said instrument or by signing a separate
document of assignment or transfer, if required by the Secured
Party.
2.2 The Debtor is the owner
of the Collateral free and clear of all liens, encumbrances,
security interests and restrictions, except the Security Interest
and any restrictive legend appearing on any instrument constituting
Collateral.
2.3 The Debtor will keep the
Collateral free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and security
interests, except the Security Interest and any restrictive legend
appearing on any instrument constituting Collateral.
2.4 The Debtor will pay, when
due, all taxes and other governmental charges levied or assessed
upon or against any Collateral.
2.5 At any time, upon request
by the Secured Party, the Debtor will deliver to the Secured Party
all notices, financial statements, reports or other communications
received by the Debtor as an owner or holder of the
Collateral.
2.6 The Debtor will upon
receipt deliver to the Secured Party in pledge as additional
Collateral all securities distributed on account of the Collateral
such as stock dividends and securities resulting from stock splits,
reorganizations and recapitalizations.
3. Rights of the Secured Party .
The Debtor agrees that the Secured Party may at any time, after the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (as
defined below) and without notice or demand of any kind,
(i) notify the obligor on or issuer of any Collateral to make
payment to the Secured Party of any amounts due or distributable
thereon; (ii) in the Debtor’s name or the Secured
Party’s name enforce collection of any Collateral by suit or
otherwise, or surrender, release or exchange all or any part of it,
or compromise, extend or renew for any period any obligation
evidenced by the Collateral; (iii) receive all proceeds of the
Collateral; and (iv) hold any increase or profits received
from the Collateral as additional security for the Indebtedness,
except that any money received from the Collateral shall, at the
Secured Party’s option, be applied in reduction of the
Indebtedness, in such order of application as the Secured Party may
determine, or be remitted to the Debtor.
4. Events of Default . Each of
the following occurrences shall constitute an event of default
under this Agreement (herein called “Event of
Default”): (i) the Debtor shall fail to pay any or all
of the Indebtedness when due or (if payable on demand) on demand,
or the Debtor shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or
agreement herein binding on it; (ii) any representation or
warranty by the Debtor set forth in this Agreement or made to the
Secured Party in any financial statements or reports submitted to
the Secured Party by or on behalf of the Debtor shall prove
materially false or misleading; or (iii) an Event of Default,
as defined in any credit agreement or other instrument or agreement
evidencing or governing any or all of the Indebtedness, shall
occur.
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Collateral Pledge
Agreement
WFBC/Phoenix Footwear (pledge of
sub’s)
5. Remedies upon Event of Default
. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and at any time
thereafter, the Secured Party may exercise any one or more of the
following rights or remedies: (i) declare all unmatured
Indebtedness to be immediately due and payable, and the same shall
thereupon be immediately due and payable, without presentment or
other notice or demand; (ii) exercise all voting and other
rights as a holder of the Collateral; (iii) exercise and
enforce any or all rights and remedies available upon default to a
secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from
time to time in the state of California, including the right to
take control of and to offer and sell the Collateral privately to
purchasers who will agree to take the Collateral for investment and
not with a view to distribution and who will agree to the
imposition of restrictive legends on the certificates representing
the Collateral, and the right to arrange for a sale which would
otherwise qualify as exempt from registration under the Securities
Act of 1933; and if notice to the Debtor of any intended
disposition of the Collateral or any other intended action is
required by law in a particular instance, such notice shall be
deemed commercially reasonable if given at least 10 calendar days
prior to the date of intended disposition or other action; or
(iv) exercise or enforce any or all other rights or remedies
available to the Secured Party by law or agreement against the
Collateral, against the Debtor or against any other person or
property.
6. Miscellaneous . Any
disposition of the Collateral in the manner provided in
Section 5 shall be deemed commercially reasonable. This
Agreement can be waived, modified, amended, terminated or
discharged, and the Security Interest can be released, only
explicitly in a writing signed by the Secured Party. A waiver
signed by the Secured Party shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose given. Mere delay or failure
to act shall not preclude the exercise or enforcement of any of the
Secured Party’s rights or remedies. All rights and remedies
of the Secured Party shall be cumulative and may be exercised
singularly or concurrently, at the Secured Party’s option,
and the exercise or enforcement of any one such right or remedy
shall neither be a condition to nor bar the exercise or enforcement
of any other. All notices to be given to the Debtor shall be deemed
sufficiently given if delivered or mailed by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, or by telecopier to the Debtor at
its address or telecopier number, as the case may be, set forth
above or at the most recent address or telecopier number shown on
the Secured Party’s records. All requests under
Section 9-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code (i) shall be
made in a writing signed by a person duly authorized by Debtor,
(ii) shall be personally delivered, sent by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or by overnight
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