Exhibit 10.4
SECOND LIEN SECURITY
AGREEMENT
SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT,
dated as of August 20, 2009, between North American
Technologies Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
NATK ”), TieTek Technologies, Inc., a Texas
Corporation (“ TTT ”), and TieTek LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“ TieTek ”
and together with NATK and TTT, the “ Debtors ”
and each individually a “ Debtor ”), and Opus
5949 LLC (formerly known as Tie Investors, LLC), a Texas limited
liability company (the “ Secured Party
”).
WHEREAS, the Debtors and Secured
Party have entered into a Second Lien Loan Agreement (the “
Loan Agreement ”) of even date herewith pursuant to
which the Secured Party has agreed to loan to Debtors certain funds
on the terms and conditions set forth therein;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Loan
Agreement, the Debtors have agreed to execute and deliver this
Second Lien Security Agreement (this “ Agreement
”) to secure the payment and performance of the Obligations
(as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the Debtors wish to grant a
security interest in favor of the Secured Party as herein
provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the promises contained herein and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions and
Construction . All
capitalized terms used herein without definitions shall have the
respective meanings provided therefor in the Loan Agreement. The
term “ State ,” as used herein, means the state
of Texas. All terms defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State and used herein shall have the same definitions herein as
specified therein. However, if a term is defined in Article 9 of
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State differently than in
another Article of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State, the
term has the meaning specified in Article 9. The term “
Obligations ,” as used herein, means the Loans and all
other obligations of the Debtors to the Secured Party to make the
payment under the Loan Documents and all other obligations and
liabilities of the Debtors under this Agreement.
In this Agreement, the following
rules of construction and interpretation shall be applicable:
(i) no reference to “proceeds” in this Agreement
authorizes any sale, transfer or other disposition of any
Collateral by any Debtor; (ii) “includes” and
“including” are not limiting;
(iii) “or” is not exclusive; and
(iv) “all” includes “any” and
“any” includes “all.” To the extent not
inconsistent with the foregoing, the rules of construction and
interpretation applicable to the Intellectual Property Security
Agreement shall also be applicable to this Agreement and are
incorporated herein by this reference.
2. Grant of Security
Interest . Each
Debtor hereby grants, assigns, mortgages, pledges and transfers to
the Secured Party, to secure the payment and performance in full of
all of the Obligations, a Lien on and security interest in, each
and all of such Debtor’s right, title and
interest in the following property and assets
and all other personal property of such Debtor, whether now owned
by such Debtor or hereafter acquired and whether now existing or
hereafter coming into existence and wherever located (all being
collectively referred to herein as “ Collateral
”), including, without limitation: (i) Accounts;
(ii) Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic);
(iii) Commercial Tort Claims set forth on Schedule II;
(iv) Deposit Accounts and all other bank accounts and deposits
therein; (v) Documents; (vi) Equipment;
(vii) financial assets; (viii) Fixtures;
(ix) General Intangibles; (x) Goods;
(xi) Instruments; (xii) insurance claims and proceeds;
(xiii) Inventory; (xiv) Investment Property;
(xv) Supporting Obligations and Letter of Credit Rights;
(xvi) Payment Intangibles; (xvii) Promissory Notes;
(xviii) Intellectual Property, (xviv) money, cash or cash
equivalents of such Debtor, and (xviv) all other tangible and
intangible property of such Debtor, including, without limitation,
all proceeds, tort claims, products, accessions, rents, profits,
income, benefits, substitutions, additions and replacements of and
to any of the foregoing (including, without limitation, any
proceeds of insurance thereon, insurance claims and all rights,
claims and benefits against any person relating thereto), other
rights to payments not otherwise included in the foregoing and all
books, correspondence, files, records, invoices and other papers,
including without limitation all tapes, cards, computer runs,
computer programs, computer files and other papers, documents and
records in the possession or under the control of such Debtor or
any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting for
such Debtor, and all proceeds of the foregoing.
3. Authorization to File
Financing Statements . Each Debtor hereby irrevocably authorizes the
Secured Party at any time and from time to time to file in any
filing office in any Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction any
initial financing statements and amendments thereto that
(a) indicate the Collateral (i) as all assets of such
Debtor now owned or hereafter acquired or words of similar effect,
regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the
Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code of the State or such jurisdiction, or (ii) as
being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail and
(b) provide any other information required by part 5 of
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State, or such
other jurisdiction, for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance
of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether
such Debtor is an organization, the type of organization and any
organizational identification number issued to such Debtor and
(ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture
filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or
timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real property to
which the Collateral relates. Each Debtor agrees to furnish any
such information to the Secured Party promptly upon the Secured
Party’s request.
4. Other Actions as to Any and
All Collateral . Each Debtor further agrees, at the request and
option of the Secured Party, to take, at such Debtor’s
expense, any and all other actions the Secured Party may determine
to be necessary or useful for the attachment, perfection and
priority of, and the ability of the Secured Party to enforce, the
Secured Party’s security interest in any and all of the
Collateral, including, without limitation, (a) executing,
delivering and, where appropriate, filing financing statements and
amendments relating thereto under the Uniform Commercial Code, to
the extent, if any, that such Debtor’s signature thereon is
required therefor, (b) causing the Secured Party’s name
to be noted as secured party on any certificate of title for a
titled good if such notation is a condition to attachment,
perfection or priority of, or ability of the Secured Party to
enforce, the Secured Party’s security interest in such
Collateral,
(c) complying with any provision of any statute,
regulation or treaty of the United States as to any Collateral if
compliance with such provision is a condition to attachment,
perfection or priority of, or ability of the Secured Party to
enforce, the Secured Party’s security interest in such
Collateral, (d) obtaining governmental and other third party
waivers, consents, and approvals in form and substance satisfactory
to Secured Party, including, without limitation, any consent of any
licensor, lessor or other person obligated on Collateral,
(e) obtaining waivers from mortgagees and landlords in form
and substance satisfactory to the Secured Party, and
(f) taking all actions under any earlier versions of the
Uniform Commercial Code or under any other law, as reasonably
determined by the Secured Party to be applicable in any relevant
Uniform Commercial Code or other jurisdiction, including any
foreign jurisdiction. Unless delivered to Secured Party (as such
term is defined in that certain Security Agreement dated as of
February 5, 2004, by and among Debtors and such Secured Party
(the “First Lien Security Agreement”)) or Secured Party
shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent may be revoked),
each Debtor shall deliver to Secured Party all Collateral (and take
all other steps requested by Secured Party with respect to such
Collateral) consisting of negotiable Documents, letters of credit
(in which Debtor is the beneficiary thereof), certificated
securities, Chattel Paper and Instruments (in each case,
accompanied by stock powers, allonges or other instruments of
transfer executed in blank) promptly after such Debtor receives the
same. Each Debtor shall provide Secured Perty with prompt written
notice if Debtor acquires any commercial tort claims (as defined in
the Code) and unless otherwise consented by Secured Party, each
Debtor shall enter into a supplement to this Agreement, granting to
Secured Party a Lien in such commercial tort claim
5. Intellectual Property
Security Agreement . Concurrently herewith, the Debtors are also
executing and delivering to the Secured Party an Intellectual
Property Security Agreement pursuant to which each Debtor is
granting to the Secured Party security interests in certain
Collateral consisting of, among other things, patents, patent
rights and trademarks. The provisions of the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement are supplemental to the provisions of this
Agreement, and nothing contained in the Intellectual Property
Security Agreement shall derogate from any of the rights or
remedies of the Secured Party hereunder. Neither the delivery of,
nor anything contained in, the Intellectual Property Security
Agreement shall be deemed to prevent or postpone the time of
attachment or perfection of any security interest in such
Collateral created hereby.
6. Representations and
Warranties Concerning Debtors’ Legal Status
.
(a) North American Technologies
Group, Inc. represents and warrants to the Secured Party as
follows: (i) North American Technologies Group, Inc.’s
exact legal name is North American Technologies Group, Inc.,
(ii) North American Technologies Group, Inc. is a Delaware
corporation, (iii) North American Technologies Group,
Inc.’s organizational identification number is 2112835, and
(iv) North American Technologies Group, Inc.’s principal
place of business is 429 Memory Lane, Marshall, Texas
75672.
(b) TieTek Technologies, Inc.
represents and warrants to the Secured Party as follows:
(i) TieTek Technologies, Inc.’s exact legal name is
TieTek Technologies, Inc., (ii) TieTek Technologies, Inc. is a
Texas corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of North American
Technologies Group, Inc., (iii) TieTek Technologies,
Inc.’s organizational identification number is 01373482-00,
and (iv) TieTek Technologies, Inc.’s principal place of
business is 429 Memory Lane, Marshall, Texas 75672.
(c) TieTek LLC represents and
warrants to the Secured Party as follows: (i) TieTek,
LLC’s exact legal name is TieTek LLC, (ii) TieTek LLC is
a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary
of TieTek Technologies, Inc., (iii) TieTek LLC’s
organizational identification number is 3692537, and
(iv) TieTek LLC’s principal place of business is 429
Memory Lane, Marshall, Texas 75672.
7. Covenants Concerning
Debtors’ Legal Status . Debtors covenant with the Secured Party as
follows: (a) No Debtor will change its name, its place of
business, chief executive office or its mailing address;
(b) if any Debtor does not have an organizational
identification number and later obtains one, such Debtor shall
forthwith notify the Security Party of such organizational
identification number; and (c) no Debtor will change its type
of organization, jurisdiction or organization or other legal
structure.
8. Representations and
Warranties Concerning Collateral, etc. Debtors further represent and warrant to the
Secured Party as follows: (a) Debtors are the owners of or
have other rights in or power to transfer the Collateral, free from
any right or claim of any person or any adverse lien, security
interest or other encumbrance, except for the security interest
created by this Agreement and other liens disclosed on Schedule
I; (b) none of the Collateral constitutes, or is the
proceeds of, “farm products” as defined in
Section 9-102(a)(34) of the Uniform Commercial Code of the
State; (c) none of the account debtors or other persons
obligated on any of the Collateral is a governmental authority
covered by the Federal Assignment of Claims Act or like federal,
state or local statute or rule in respect of such Collateral;
(d) Debtors have at all times operated their business in
compliance with all applicable provisions of the federal Fair Labor
Standards Act, as amended, and with all applicable provisions of
federal, state, and local statutes and ordinances dealing with the
control, shipment, storage or disposal of hazardous materials or
substances; and (e) all other information set forth herein or
otherwise provided to the Secured Party pertaining to the
Collateral is accurate and complete.
9. Covenants Concerning
Collateral, etc. Debtors further covenant with the Secured Party
as follows:
9.1 the Collateral, to the extent not in the
possession of the Secured Party (as defined in the First Lien
Security Agreement) or not delivered to the Secured Party and
except as contemplated in Section 9.8 hereof, will be
kept at 429 Memory Lane, Marshall, Texas 75672, and no Debtor will
remove the Collateral (other than any Inventory sold in the
ordinary course of business) from such locations, without the prior
written consent of Secured Party (which consent shall be given in
Secured Party’s sole discretion);
9.2 except for the security interest herein granted
and liens disclosed on Schedule I , Debtors shall be the
owners of or have other rights in the Collateral free from any
right or claim of any other person, lien, security interest or
other encumbrance, and Debtors shall defend the same against all
claims and demands of all persons at any time claiming the same or
any interests therein adverse to the Secured Party;
9.3 Debtors shall not pledge, mortgage or create, or
suffer to exist any right of any person in or claim by any person
to the Collateral, or any security interest, lien or encumbrance in
the Collateral in favor of any person, other than the Secured Party
except for liens disclosed on Schedule I ;
9.4 Debtors will keep the Collateral in good order
and repair and will not use the same in violation of law or any
policy of insurance thereon;
9.5 Debtors will permit the Secured Party, or its
designee, to inspect the Collateral at any reasonable time,
wherever located;
9.6 Debtors will pay promptly when due all taxes,
assessments, governmental charges, and levies upon the Collateral
or incurred in connection with the use or operation of such
Collateral or incurred in connection with this
Agreement;
9.7 Debtors will continue to operate, their business
in compliance with all applicable provision of the federal Fair
Labor Standards Act, as amended, and with all applicable provisions
of federal, state, and local statutes and ordinances dealing with
the control, shipment, storage or disposal of hazardous material or
substances; and
9.8 Debtors will not sell or otherwise dispose of,
or offer to sell or otherwise dispose of, the Collateral or any
interest therein except for sales of inventory in the ordinary
course of business.
10. Insurance and Risk of
Loss .
10.1 Debtors will insure the Collateral in accordance
with Secured Party’s reasonable requirements regarding choice
of carrier, risks insured against, and amount of coverage. Policies
must be written in favor of Debtors, be endorsed to name Secured
Party as an additional insured or as otherwise directed in writing
by Secured Party, and provide that Secured Party will receive at
least ten (10) days’ notice before cancellation or
change in coverage. Debtors must provide copies of the policies or
certificates, and any renewals, to Secured Party.
10.2 Debtors assume all risk of loss to the
Collateral.
10.3 Debtors appoint Secured Party as
attorney-in-fact to collect any returned unearned premiums and
proceeds of any insurance on the Collateral and to endorse and
deliver to Secured Party any payment from such insurance made
payable to Debtors. Debtors’ appointment of Secured Party as
Debtors’ agent is coupled with an interest.
10.4 In the event of failure by the Debtors to
provide and maintain insurance as herein provided, the Secured
Party may, at its option, provide such insurance and charge the
amount thereof to the Debtors. The Debtors shall furnish the
Secured Party with certificates of insurance and policies
evidencing compliance with the foregoing insurance
provision.
11. Collateral Protection
Expenses; Preservation of Collateral .
11.1 Expenses Incurred by
Secured Party . In
the Secured Party’s discretion, if the Debtors fail to do so,
the Secured Party may discharge taxes and other encumbrances at any
time levied or placed on any of the Collateral, maintain any of the
Collateral, make repairs thereto and pay any necessary filing fees
or insurance premiums. The Debtors agree to reimburse the Secured
Party on demand for all expenditures so made. These expenses will
bear interest from the date of advance at the rate of 18% per
annum and are payable on demand at the place where the Obligations
are payable. These expenses and interest are part of the
Obligations and are secured by this Agreement. The Secured Party
shall have no obligation to the Debtors to make any such
expenditures, nor shall the making thereof be construed as the
waiver or cure of any Event of Default.
11.2 Secured Party’s
Obligations and Duties . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Debtors shall remain obligated and liable under each contract
or agreement comprised in the Collateral to be observed or
performed by the Debtors thereunder. The Secured Party shall not
have any obligation or liability under any such contract or
agreement by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the
receipt by the Secured Party of any payment relating to any of the
Collateral, nor shall the Secured Party be obligated in any manner
to perform any of the obligations of the Debtors under or pursuant
to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry as to the nature
or sufficiency of any payment received by the Secured Party in
respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any
performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to
present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any
performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have
been assigned to the Secured Party or to which the Secured Party
may be entitled at any time or times. The Secured Party shall use
reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or
under its control. The Secured Party shall not have any other duty
as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the
possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Secured Party,
or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against
prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto.
12. An Event of Default
. An “Event of
Default” shall be deemed to have occurred hereunder
if:
12.1 Debtors fail to timely pay the Obligations or
Debtors fail to perform any obligation or covenant in this
Agreement or the Loan Documents as or when due to be paid or
performed;
12.2 any warranty, covenant or representation in the
Security Agreement or the Intellectual Property Security Agreement
between Debtors, on the one hand, and Secured Party, on the other,
in this Agreement is materially false when made;
12.3 an Event of Default has occurred under the Loan
Agreement; or
12.4 any Collateral is impaired by loss, theft,
damage, levy and execution, issuance of an official writ or order
of seizure, or destruction, unless it is promptly replaced with
Collateral of like kind and quality or restored to its former
condition.
13. Remedies
.
13.1 If an Event of Default exists, Secured Party
may:
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(a)
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demand,
collect, convert, redeem, settle, compromise, receipt for, realize
on, sue for, and adjust the Collateral either in Secured
Party’s or any Debtor’s name, as Secured Party desires,
or take control of any proceeds of the Collateral and apply the
proceeds against the Obligations;
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(b)
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take possession
of any Collateral to the extent not in possession of the
Secured
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