RESTATED
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT
(the “ Agreement
”), is entered into and made
effective as of April 20, 2007, by and between TECH
LABORATORIES, INC., a New Jersey corporation with its
principal place of business located at 1818 North Farewell Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 (the “ Parent ”), and
the each subsidiary of the Parent listed on Schedule I attached
hereto (each a “ Subsidiary ,” and collectively
and together with the Parent, the “ Company ”),
in favor of the BUYER(S) (the “ Secured
Party ”) listed on Schedule I attached to the Securities
Purchase Agreement (the “ Securities Purchase
Agreement ”) dated the date hereof between the Company
and the Secured Party.
WHEREAS, the Parent entered into a Security Agreement
dated May ___, 2004 in connection with the issuance and sale of
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) of five percent (5%)
secured convertible debentures (the “ May 2004
Debentures ”) to the Secured Party (the “
Security Agreement ”);
WHEREAS , the Parent desires to restate the terms of the
Security Agreement and supplement such terms as provided herein and
replace such Security Agreement with this Restated Security
Agreement in order to provide the Secured Party a security
interest, as provided for herein, for the May 2004 Debentures and
the Convertible Debentures, as defined below;
WHEREAS the Parent shall issue and sell to the Secured
Party, as provided in the Securities Purchase Agreement, and the
Secured Party shall purchase, up to One Million Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000) of secured convertible
debentures (the “ Convertible Debentures
”), which shall be convertible into shares of the
Parent’s common stock, par value $0.001, in the respective
amounts set forth opposite each Buyer(s) name on Schedule I
attached to the Securities Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS, to induce the Secured Party to enter into the
transaction contemplated by the Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Convertible Debentures, the Investor Registration Rights Agreement
of even date herewith between the Parent and the Secured Party (the
“ Investor Registration Rights Agreement ”), and
the Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions among the Parent, the
Secured Party, the Parent’s transfer agent, and David
Gonzalez, Esq. (the “ Transfer Agent Instructions
”) (collectively referred to as the “ Transaction
Documents ”), each Company hereby grants to the Secured
Party a security interest in and to the pledged property of each
Company identified on Exhibit A hereto (collectively
referred to as the “ Pledged Property ”) to
secure all of the Obligations (as defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
1.
DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATIONS
The above recitals are true and correct and are
incorporated herein, in their entirety, by this
reference.
Section 1.2. Interpretations .
Nothing herein expressed or implied is intended
or shall be construed to confer upon any person other than the
Secured Party any right, remedy or claim under or by reason
hereof.
Section 1.3. Obligations Secured .
The security interest created hereby in the
Pledged Property constitutes continuing collateral security for all
of the obligations of the Parent now existing or hereinafter
incurred to the Buyers, whether oral or written and whether arising
before, on or after the date hereof including, without limitation
following obligations (collectively, the “ Obligations
”):
(a)
for so long as the Convertible
Debentures are outstanding, the payment by the Parent, as and when
due and payable (by scheduled maturity, acceleration, demand or
otherwise), of all amounts from time to time owing by it in respect
of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Convertible Debentures
and the other Transaction Documents; and
(b) for so long as the Convertible Debentures are
outstanding, the due performance and observance by the Parent of
all of its other obligations from time to time existing in respect
of any of the Transaction Documents, including without limitation,
the Parent’s obligations with respect to any conversion or
redemption rights of the Secured Party under the Convertible
Debentures.
ARTICLE
2.
PLEDGED PROPERTY; EVENT
OF DEFAULT
Section 2.1. Pledged Property .
(a) As collateral security for all of the
Obligations, the Company hereby pledges to the Secured Party, and
creates in the Secured Party for its benefit, a continuing security
interest in and to all of the Pledged Property whether now owned or
hereafter acquired.
(b) Simultaneously with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute, acknowledge,
file, record and deliver to the Secured Party any documents
reasonably requested by the Secured Party to perfect its security
interest in the Pledged Property. Simultaneously with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Company shall make, execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Secured Party such documents and
instruments, including, without limitation, financing statements,
certificates, affidavits and forms as may, in the Secured
Party’s reasonable judgment, be necessary to effectuate,
complete or perfect, or to continue and preserve, the security
interest of the Secured Party in the Pledged Property, and the
Secured Party shall hold such documents and instruments as secured
party, subject to the terms and conditions contained
herein.
(c) Account Control Agreement; Blocked
Accounts . As of the date
hereof, the Parent and its Subsidiaries shall have established or
designated all of the deposit accounts they maintain for the
purpose of collecting the Accounts, cash revenues, cash receipts,
receivables and/or through which payments or other proceeds in
respect of receivables from any source or activity may flow as
blocked accounts pursuant to the Account Control Agreement dated
the date hereof by the Company, the Secured Party and the bank at
which such account is maintained (the “ Blocked Account
Bank ”) (the “ Blocked Accounts ”).
From the date hereof until the Obligations have been fully paid and
satisfied or the Convertible Debentures have been fully converted,
the Parent and each other Company shall cause to be transferred to
the Concentration Account at the end of each Business Day the
available balances of the Concentration Account (the “
Blocked Account ”), net of disbursements paid in the
ordinary course of business during each Business Day. The Secured
Party directs and provides the Secured Party such control over the
Blocked Accounts under the Account Control Agreement until the
earlier of the Event of Default being cured or repayment of the
Obligations. Upon an Event of Default the Secured Party shall
direct such Blocked Account Bank, upon notification by the Secured
Party of an Event of Default as defined herein, to transfer such
funds deposited into the Blocked Accounts either to any account
maintained by the Secured Party at such Blocked Account Bank or by
wire transfer to appropriate account(s) the Secured Party directs.
Upon an Event of Default all funds deposited in such Blocked
Accounts shall immediately become the property of the Secured Party
and the parties hereto shall obtain the agreement by such Blocked
Account Bank to waive any offset rights against the funds so
deposited.
Section 2.2. Event of Default
An “ Event of Default ” shall
be deemed to have occurred under this Agreement upon an Event of
Default under and as defined in the Convertible
Debentures.
ARTICLE
3.
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT;
PERFORMANCE
Section 3.1. Secured Party Appointed
Attorney-In-Fact .
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default: (a) the Company hereby appoints the Secured
Party as its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and
stead of the Company and in the name of the Company or otherwise,
from time to time in the Secured Party’s discretion to take
any action and to execute any instrument which the Secured Party
may reasonably deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement, including, without limitation, to receive and collect
all instruments made payable to the Company representing any
payments in respect of the Pledged Property or any part thereof and
to give full discharge for the same; (b) the Secured Party may
demand, collect, receipt for, settle, compromise, adjust, sue for,
foreclose, or realize on the Pledged Property as and when the
Secured Party may determine, and (c) to facilitate collection, the
Secured Party may notify account debtors and obligors on any
Pledged Property to make payments directly to the Secured
Party.
Section 3.2. Secured Party May Perform
.
If the Company fails to perform any agreement
contained herein, the Secured Party, at its option, may itself
perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses
of the Secured Party incurred in connection therewith shall be
included in the Obligations secured hereby and payable by the
Company under Section 8.3.
ARTICLE
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Section 4.1. Authorization; Enforceability
.
Each of the parties hereto represents and
warrants that it has taken all action necessary to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby; and upon execution and delivery,
this Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of
the respective party, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights or by the principles governing the
availability of equitable remedies.
Section 4.2. Ownership of Pledged Property
.
The Company represents and warrants that it is
the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Property free and
clear of any lien, security interest, option or other charge or
encumbrance (each, a “Lien”) except for the security
interest created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Permitted Liens” means:
(1) the security interest created by this Agreement, (2) existing
Liens disclosed by the Company to the Secured Party; (3) inchoate
Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not
yet due, as to which the grace period, if any, related thereto has
not yet expired, or being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been
established in accordance with GAAP; (4) Liens of carriers,
materialmen, warehousemen, mechanics and landlords and other
similar Liens which secure amounts which are not yet overdue by
more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; (5) licenses, sublicenses, leases or
subleases granted to other Persons not materially interfering with
the conduct of the business of the Company; (6) Liens securing
capitalized lease obligations and purchase money indebtedness
incurred solely for the purpose of financing an acquisition or
lease; (7) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments,
municipal zoning ordinances and other similar charges or
encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies, in each case not
securing debt and not materially interfering with the conduct of
the business of the Company and not materially detracting from the
value of the property subject thereto; (8) Liens arising out of the
existence of judgments or awards which judgments or awards do not
constitute an Event of Default; (9) Liens incurred in the ordinary
course of business in connection with workers compensation claims,
unemployment insurance, pension liabilities and social security
benefits and Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders,
leases and contracts in the ordinary course of business, statutory
obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and other obligations
of a like nature (other than appeal bonds) incurred in the ordinary
course of business (exclusive of obligations in respect of the
payment for borrowed money); (10) Liens in favor of a banking
institution arising by operation of law encumbering deposits
(including the right of set-off) and contractual set-off rights
held by such banking institution and which are within the general
parameters customary in the banking industry and only burdening
deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor
depository institution; (11) usual and customary set-off rights in
leases and other contracts; and (12) escrows in connection with
acquisitions and dispositions.
Section 4.3. Name Change . The Company and each Subsidiary have only
effectuated changes their respective corporate names as designated
in Schedule 4.3 herein.
Section 4.4. Bank Accounts . Schedule 4.4 sets forth a complete list of the
bank accounts currently established by the Parent and each
Subsidiary.
Section 4.5. The Accounts . The Parent and each Subsidiary represents and
warrants that its Accounts will be bona fide and existing
obligations of its respective customers, arising out of the sale of
goods by the Parent or the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business.
ARTICLE
5.
DEFAULT; REMEDIES;
SUBSTITUTE COLLATERAL
Section 5.1 Method of Realizing Upon the Pledged Property:
Other Remedies .
If any Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing:
(a) The Secured Party may exercise in respect of
the Pledged Property, in addition to any other rights and remedies
provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all of the rights
and remedies of a secured party upon default under the Uniform
Commercial Code (whether or not the Uniform Commercial Code applies
to the affected Pledged Property), and also may (i) take absolute
control of the Pledged Property, including, without limitation,
transfer into the Secured Party's name or into the name of its
nominee or nominees (to the extent the Secured Party has not
theretofore done so) and thereafter receive, for the benefit of the
Secured Party, all payments made thereon, give all consents,
waivers and ratifications in respect thereof and otherwise act with
respect thereto as though it were the outright owner thereof,
(ii) require the Company to assemble all or part of the
Pledged Property as directed by the Secured Party and make it
available to the Secured Party at a place or places to be
designated by the Secured Party that is reasonably convenient to
both parties, and the Secured Party may enter into and occupy any
premises owned or leased by the Company where the Pledged Property
or any part thereof is located or assembled for a reasonable period
in order to effectuate the Secured Party's rights and remedies
hereunder or under law, without obligation to the Company in
respect of such occupation, and (iii) without notice except as
specified below and without any obligation to prepare or process
the Pledged Property for sale, (A) sell the Pledged Property
or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private
sale, at any of the Secured Party's offices or elsewhere, for cash,
on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and
upon such other terms as the Secured Party may deem commercially
reasonable and/or (B) lease, license or dispose of the Pledged
Property or any part thereof upon such terms as the Secured Party
may deem commercially reasonable. The Company agrees that, to the
extent notice of sale or any other disposition of the Pledged
Property shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days' notice
to the Company of the time and place of any public sale or the time
after which any private sale or other disposition of the Pledged
Property is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification.
The Secured Party shall not be obligated to make any sale or other
disposition of any Pledged Property regardless of notice of sale
having been given. The Secured Party may adjourn any public or
private sale from time to time by announcement at 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. The
Company hereby waives any claims against the Secured Party arising
by reason of the fact that the price at which the Pledged Property
may have been sold at a private sale was less than the price which
might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the
aggregate amount of the Obligations, even if the Secured Party
accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Pledged
Property to more than one offeree, and waives all rights that the
Company may have to require that all or any part of such Pledged
Property be marshaled upon any sale (public or private) thereof.
The Company hereby acknowledges that (i) any such sale of the
Pledged Property by the Secured Party may be made without warranty,
(ii) the Secured Party may specifically disclaim any
warranties of title, possession, quiet enjoyment or the like, and
(iii) such actions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)
above shall not adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of
any such sale of Pledged Property.
(b) Upon an Event of Default all funds deposited in
such Blocked Accounts shall immediately become the property of the
Buyer. The Secured Party shall direct such Blocked Account Bank, to
transfer such funds so deposited into the Blocked Accounts, either
to any account maintained by the Secured Party at said Blocked
Account Bank or by wire transfer to appropriate account(s) the
Secured Party directs and providing the Secured Party such control
over the Blocked Accounts until the earlier of the Event of Default
being cured or repayment of the Obligations.
(c) Any cash held by the Secured Party as Pledged
Property and all cash proceeds received by the Secured Party in
respect of any sale of or collection from, or other realization
upon, all or any part of the Pledged Property shall be applied
(after payment of any amounts payable to the Secured Party pursuant
to Section 8.3 hereof) by the Secured Party against, all or any
part of the Obligations in such order as the Secured Party shall
elect, consistent with the provisions of the Securities Purchase
Agreement. Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by the
Secured Party and remaining after the indefeasible payment in full
in cash of all of the Obligations shall be paid over to whomsoever
shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of
competent jurisdiction shall direct.
(d) In the event that the proceeds of any such
sale, col
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