Exhibit B to
Note
PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS PLEDGE AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Pledge Agreement”) is entered
into as of the dated as of the __ day of September 2008, by and
among COMMERCE PLANET, INC., a Utah corporation (the
“Company”) with an address at 30 S. La Patera Lane,
Goleta, CA 93117, LEGACY MEDIA LLC, a California limited liability
company and wholly-owned subsidiary of, with the same address as,
the Company (“Legacy”), and CONSUMER LOYALTY GROUP LLC,
a California limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary
of, with the same address as, the Company (“Consumer”),
for the benefit of MORLEX, INC., a Colorado corporation
(hereinafter referred to as the “Lender” or
“Secured Party”). The Company, Legacy and Consumer are
hereinafter referred to individually as a “Pledgor” and
collectively as the “Pledgors.”
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Legacy
and Consumer are each wholly-owned subsidiaries of the
Company;
WHEREAS, the
parties hereto are parties to the Asset Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”) dated as of the 16th day of
September 2008, by and among the Pledgors, Lender Superfly
Advertising, Inc., an Indiana corporation and wholly-owned
subsidiary of Lender (the “Purchaser”). Pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement, the Legacy and Consumer have agreed to sell and
Purchaser has agreed to purchase certain of the assets used or held
for use by Legacy and Consumer in the conduct of the Business in
consideration of the Purchase Price and the Assumed Liabilities (as
such terms are defined in the Purchase Agreement).
WHEREAS, the
Company is the maker (the “Maker”) of the (US) $200,000
promissory note (the “Note”) in favor of the Lender or
any subsequent holder of such Note;
WHEREAS, the
Pledgors have unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed the
obligations of the Company under the Note pursuant that certain
Unconditional Guaranty Agreement executed by Legacy and Consumer in
favor of Lender (the “Guaranty”); and
WHEREAS, the
Lender is willing to make the loan evidenced by the Note only if
each Pledgor executes and delivers this Pledge Agreement and
jointly and severally pledges to the Secured Party all of the
merchant accounts of the Pledgors, including without limitation the
credit card reserve accounts, listed on Schedule A attached
hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the foregoing and other good valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, effective as of the date hereof, each Pledgor hereby
pledges and assigns to Secured Party, and grants Secured Party a
security interest in the Collateral (as hereinafter
defined).
Each Pledgor
hereby agrees with Secured Party as follows:
AGREEMENT
1. Definitions.
In addition to all of the other initially-capitalized terms defined
herein, the following terms shall have the following respective
meanings:
(a)
“Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect
from time to time in the State of California.
(b)
“Collateral” means (i) all of the merchant accounts of
the Pledgors, including without limitation the credit card reserve
accounts, listed on Schedule A attached hereto (collectively, the
“Merchant Accounts”), and (ii) all Proceeds (as
hereinafter defined) of such Merchant Accounts. The inclusion of
Proceeds in this definition does not authorize Pledgor to sell,
dispose of or otherwise use the Collateral in any manner not
specifically authorized by this Pledge Agreement.
(c)
“Proceeds” means (i) all “proceeds” (as
such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the Code) and
“products” with respect to the Collateral and (ii)
includes, without limitation: whatever is receivable or received
when Collateral is sold, collected, exchanged or otherwise disposed
of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary; all
rights to payment, including return premiums, with respect to any
insurance relating thereto; all interest, dividends and other
property receivable or received on account of the Collateral or
proceeds thereof, (including all distributions in respect of the
Merchant Accounts, all collections thereon or all distributions
with respect thereto); and proceeds of any indemnity or guaranty
payable to Pledgor or Secured Party from time to time with respect
to any Collateral.
(d)
“Secured Obligations” means the full and timely
payment, performance and observance by the Company of all of the
terms, covenants and provisions of the Note, and the full and
timely payment, performance and observance by the Guarantors of all
of the terms, covenants and provisions of the Guaranty, including,
without limitation, the payment by the Company and the Pledgors of
all principal, interest and any other sums payable to Lender in
respect of the Note.
(a) As security
for the due and punctual payment and performance of all of the
Secured Obligations (whether at stated maturity, by required
prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise,
including without limitation the payment of amounts that would
become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §362(a)),
whether allowed or allowable as claims, each Pledgor hereby (1)
pledge, transfer, hypothecate and assign to Secured Party ALL OF
its right, title and interest in and to the Collateral, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, and (2) grants to Secured Party a
continuing first priority lien on and security interest in and to
the Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired. As a
condition to the Secured Party’s making the Loan (as defined
in the Purchase Agreement), each Pledgor shall deliver to Lender
UCC-1 financing statements with respect to the Secured
Party’s lien on the Collateral.
(b) Secured
Party shall retain a valid and perfected first priority security
interest in the Collateral until the date on which each and every
one of the Secured Obligations has been fully and indefeasibly
performed in accordance with the terms of the Note, including the
indefeasible payment in full of the principal amount of the Note,
and all interest accrued thereon (but excluding any indemnity
obligation or other obligations which, by the terms of the Note,
survive performance in full of the other obligations; provided,
however, that none of such future indemnity obligations are then
due and payable or reasonably likely to be due and payable in the
foreseeable future (such obligations, the “Surviving
Obligations”). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default (as defined in the Note), Secured Party may
exercise, in addition to its other rights and remedies hereunder,
or in the Note or the Guaranty, all rights and remedies of a
secured party under the Code with respect to the Collateral as in
effect at the time or otherwise available by action or actions at
law or in equity, including, without limitation:
(i) to sell,
assign and effectively transfer the Collateral either at public or
private sale, at the option of Secured Party, without recourse to
judicial proceedings and without either demand, appraisement,
advertisement or notice of any kind, all of which are expressly
waived;
(ii) to proceed
by way of appropriate judicial proceedings to have the Collateral
sold at judicial sale, with or without appraisement;
(iii) to seek
an injunction of the prohibited action;
(iv) make
demand upon and receive from any or all Merchant Bank(s) all
amounts in such Merchant Accounts, and all Merchant Banks may rely
upon the authorization to release funds to Lender set forth herein
and will be indemnified by Pledgors from any and all liability in
connection with releasing funds to Lender; or
(v) to pursue
any other available legal remedy; and, out of the Proceeds of the
sale of the Collateral, Secured Party shall be entitled to receive,
by preference and priority over all Persons whatsoever, the full
remaining and unpaid balance of the Secured Obligations, together
with all interest, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
other charges;
provided,
however, that Secured Party shall provide Pledgors with reasonable
prior notice of a public or private sale of the Collateral as
required by the Code, and Pledgors hereby agree and stipulate that
such notice shall be deemed to be commercially reasonable notice in
satisfaction of the requirements of the Code.
Without
limiting the foregoing, Secured Party and/or any nominee(s) or
designee(s) thereof, without demand of performance or other demand,
presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except
for any notice required by law) to or upon Pledgors, or any other
person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and
notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith
collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or
any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, assign or otherwise
dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or
contract to do any of the foregoing), pursuant to this Section 2 or
otherwise in accordance with the Code upon such terms and
conditions as Secured Party may deem advisable and at such prices
and upon such other terms as Secured Party may deem commercially
reasonable, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without
assumption of any credit risk irrespective of the impact of such
sales on the market price of any Collateral. Secured Party and/or
such nominee(s) or designee(s) shall have the right upon any public
sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any
private sale or sales, to purchase the Collateral so sold, free of
any right or equity of redemption in Pledgors, which right or
equity each of the Pledgors hereby waives and/or releases. Secured
Party shall apply any Proceeds from time to time held by it and the
net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt,
appropriation, realization or sale in accordance with this Pledge
Agreement. Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of the
Collateral at any such sale and Secured Party shall be entitled,
for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the
purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any
such public sale, to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations
as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral
payable by Secured party at such sale. Each purchaser at any such
sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or
right on the part of Pledgors, and each Pledgor hereby waives (to
the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption,
stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may have at any time in
the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or
thereafter enacted. Each Pledgors agrees that, to the extent notice
of sale shall be required by law, at least fifteen (15) days’
notice to Pledgors of the time and place of any public sale or the
time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute
reasonable notification. Secured Party shall not be obligated to
make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having
been given. Secured Party may adjourn any public or private sale
from time to time by announcing 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 Pledgor hereby waives, to
the extent permitted by law, any claims against Secured Party
arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any
Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than
the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if
Secured Party accepts the first offer received and does not offer
such Collateral to more than one offeree. If the proceeds of any
sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay
all the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor shall be liable for the
deficiency and the fees of any attorneys employed by Secured Party
to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by applicable
law, each Pledgor further waives and agrees not to assert any
rights or privileges which it may acquire under Section 9-112 of
the Code. In connection with any sale of the Collateral, Secured
Party may specifically disclaim any warranties of title or the
like, and such disclaimer shall not be considered adversely to
affect the commercial reasonableness of such sale. If Secured Party
sells any of the Collateral on credit, each Pledgor will be
credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser,
received by Secured Party and applied to the indebtedness of such
purchaser. In the event a purchaser fails to pay for the
Collateral, Secured Party may resell the Collateral and Pledgors
shall be credited with the proceeds of the sale.
(c) In addition to the remedies described in
Section 2(b) above, if any Event of Default shall occur and
immediately upon the occurrence thereof and so long as such Event
of Default shall be continuing: (i) Secured Party and/or its
nominees or designees shall have the right to receive any and all
dividends, payments or distributions paid with respect to the
Merchant Accounts and the other Collateral, as applicable, and make
application thereof in accordance with this Pledge Agreement (and
any dividends and other payments received in trust by Pledgors for
the benefit of Secured Party shall be segregated from the other
funds of Pledgors), and (ii) at Secured Party’s election, all
Merchant Accounts shall be transferred to Secured Party and/or one
(1) or more nominee(s) or designee(s) thereof, and Secured Party
and/or such nominee(s) or designee(s) may in the name of Pledgors
or in Secured Party’s and/or such nominee’s(s’)
or designee’s(s’) own name, collect all payments and
assets due Pledgor pursuant to the Merchant Accounts. Further,
unless and until Secured Party and/or such nominee(s) or
designee(s) succeeds to actual ownership thereof, pursuant to the
exercise of Secured Party’s remedies described in Section
2(b) above, neither Secured Party nor any such nominee or designee
shall be obligated to perform or discharge any obligation, duty or
liability in connection with the Merchant Accounts. The rights of
Secured Party hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent upon
the pursuit by Secured Party of any other right or remedy against
Pledgors or any guarantor of any of the Secured Obligations, or
against any other person which may be or become liable in respect
of all or any part of the Secured Obligations or against any other
collateral security therefor, guarantee thereof or right of offset
with respect thereto. Neither Secured Party nor any of its nominees
or designees shall be liable for any failure to demand, collect or
realize upon all or any part of the Collateral or for any delay in
doing so, nor shall they be under any obligation to sell or
otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of Pledgors or
any other person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard
to the Collateral or any part thereof.
(d) Secured Party is hereby authorized to and
shall apply the net proceeds of such sale of, or other realization
upon, any or all of the Collateral, after first deducting the costs
and expenses of sale, including attorneys’ fees and the costs
of Secured Party and Secured Party’s agents, to the payment
of the Secured Obligations in such order as Secured Party shall
elect, in its sole discretion, it being understood that this Pledge
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and Secured Party
shall retain all rights hereunder, until the date on which all of
the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly satisfied in full,
after deducting all such costs and expenses. If, after any sale of
the Collateral pursuant to this Section 2 there shall be a balance
remaining after the payment of all of the items described above,
such balance shall be paid to Persons entitled by law to receive
such balance to allocate among themselves, without any liability
resulting therefrom on the part of Secured Party.
(e) Following the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, Secured Party may, at its
election, and in addition to any other remedies available
hereunder, in its sole and absolute discretion, no such duty being
imposed hereby, pay, purchase, contest or compromise any
encumbrance, charge or lien which is prior or superior to its
security interest in the Collateral and pay all expenses incurred
therewith (any payment or expense so incurred shall be deemed
Secured Obligations and shall be immediately due and payable and
secured hereby), all of which shall be deemed authorized by
Pledgors. All such expenses not paid when due shall accrue interest
at the Default Rate until the date repaid.
(f) All remedies of Secured Party hereunder are
cumulative and are in addition to any other remedies provided for
at law or in equity and may, to the extent permitted by law, be
exercised concurrently or separately, and the exercise of any one
remedy shall not be deemed an election of such remedy or to
preclude the exercise of any other remedy. No failure on the part
of Secured Party to exercise and no delay in exercising any right
or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof or in any way modify or
be deemed to modify the terms of this Pledge Agreement or of the
obligations secured hereby, nor shall any single or partial
exercise by Secured Party of any right or remedy preclude any other
or further exercise of the same or any other right or
remedy.
3.
Representations and Warranties of Pledgor.
3.1. Each
Pledgor hereby jointly and severally represents and warrants, as of
the date hereof, that:
(a) Pledgors (i) are the record and beneficial
owners of, and have good and marketable title to, the Merchant
Accounts, and (ii) will have good and marketable title to the
Merchant Accounts hereafter acquired, in any case, free and clear
of all claims, liens, options and encumbrances of any kind, and has
not and will not pledge or grant to any other person a security
interest in the Merchant Accounts, except as contemplated by the
Note. Each Pledgor has the right, power and authority to execute,
deliver and perform this Pledge Agreement and to pledge, grant
security interest in and assign the Collateral to the Secured Party
as described herein.
(b) Pledgors are the sole holders of the Merchant
Accounts and no other person has any right to or is named as an
owner of any Merchant Account. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Pledge Agreement by each Pledgor (i) are within
the power and authority of the Pledgor, and (ii) have been duly
authorized by all necessary entity action. This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Pledgor, enforceable against each Pledgor in accordance with its
terms. Further, the execution, delivery and performance of this
Pledge Agreement by each Pledgor will not cause a violation of or a
default under (i) any mortgage, lease or other agreement, oral or
written, to which such Pledgor is a party or by which any of its
assets are subject, or (ii) any pending litigation, judgment,
decree, arbitration award, governmental
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