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Exhibit 99.3
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT is made and entered into as of the 16th
day of
December, 2004, by HAMILTON AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation
(hereinafter called "Debtor"), whose principal place of business
is 6901 S. Park
Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85706 and whose mailing address is P.O. Box
23009, Tucson,
Arizona 85734-3009, in favor of M&I MARSHALL & ILSLEY
BANK, a banking
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Wisconsin, and
its successors and assigns (hereinafter called "Lender"), whose
address is One
East Camelback Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85012-1647.
RECITALS
A. Lender has been requested or may be requested to make or to
continue
loans or other financial accommodations to Debtor, subject to
the terms and
conditions of that Loan Agreement of on or about even date
herewith between
Lender and Borrower (the "Loan Agreement").
B. It is a condition precedent to Lender's making any loan or
financial
accommodation to Debtor that Debtor execute and deliver to
Lender this Security
Agreement, and Debtor desires to grant the security interests in
favor of Lender
provided herein.
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:
AGREEMENT
1. SECURITY INTEREST
Debtor hereby grants to Lender a security interest (hereinafter
called the
"Security Interest") in all of the property described on Exhibit
A hereto in, to
or under which Debtor now has or hereafter acquires any right,
title or
interest, whether present, future or contingent (hereinafter
called the
"Collateral").
2. OBLIGATION SECURED
The Security Interest shall secure, in such order of priority as
Lender may
elect, payment and performance of any and all indebtedness,
obligations and
liabilities of Debtor to Lender of every kind and character,
direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter
incurred, whether such indebtedness is from time to time reduced
and thereafter
increased or entirely extinguished and thereafter reincurred,
including, without
limitation, all indebtedness and obligations under the
Indebtedness (as defined
in the Loan Agreement). All of the indebtedness and obligations
secured by this
Agreement are hereinafter collectively called the "Obligation."
The Loan
Agreement, together with all other documents evidencing,
securing or executed
and delivered in connection with the Obligation are herein
called the "Loan
Documents". The account debtors or other persons obligated on
any of the
Collateral are herein called the "Obligors."
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3. ACTIONS FOR ATTACHMENT; PERFECTION AND FIRST PRIORITY
3.1 Authorization to File Financing Statements. Debtor hereby
irrevocably
authorizes Lender at any time and from time to time to file in
any Uniform
Commercial Code jurisdiction any initial financing statements
and amendments
thereto that Lender determines are necessary or appropriate in
connection with
the Security Interest. Debtor agrees to furnish any additional
information
requested by Lender in connection with such filings. Debtor also
ratifies its
authorization for Lender to have filed in any Uniform Commercial
Code
jurisdiction any like initial financing statements or amendments
thereto if
filed prior to the date hereof.
3.2 Other Actions. Debtor further agrees to take any other
action
reasonably requested by Lender to insure the attachment,
perfection and first
priority of, and the ability of Lender to enforce, Lender'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
Debtor's signature thereon is required therefor, (b) causing
Lender'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
Lender to enforce, Lender'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 Lender to
enforce, Lender's
security interest in such Collateral, (d) using its best efforts
to obtain
control agreements and all necessary consents and approvals,
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 Lender, and (f) taking all actions
required by any
applicable Uniform Commercial Code or by other applicable
law.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF DEBTOR
Debtor hereby represents and warrants that:
4.1 Legal Status. Debtor has previously delivered, or is
concurrently
delivering, to Lender a certificate signed by Debtor and
entitled "Perfection
Certificate" (the "Perfection Certificate"). Debtor represents
and warrants to
Lender as follows: (a) Debtor's exact legal name is that
indicated on the
Perfection Certificate and on the signature page hereof, (b)
Debtor is an
organization of the type and organized in the jurisdiction set
forth in the
Perfection Certificate, (c) the Perfection Certificate
accurately sets forth
Debtor's organizational identification number or accurately
states that Debtor
has none, (d) the Perfection Certificate accurately sets forth
Debtor's place of
business or, if more than one, its chief executive office as
well as Debtor's
mailing address, if different, and (e) all other information set
forth on the
Perfection Certificate is accurate and complete.
4.2 Collateral. Debtor further represents and warrants to Lender
as
follows: (a) Debtor is the owner of the Collateral, free from
any adverse lien,
security interest or other encumbrance, except for the security
interest created
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by this Agreement and Permitted Liens, (b) the Collateral is,
and is intended to
be, used, produced or acquired by Debtor primarily for business
purposes, (c)
none of the Collateral constitutes, or is the proceeds of, "farm
products," as
defined in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code, (d) Debtor
currently holds no
commercial tort claim, (e) Debtor has at all times operated its
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 (f) all other
information set forth on
the Perfection Certificate pertaining to the Collateral is
accurate and
complete.
5. COVENANTS OF DEBTOR
5.1 Legal Status. Debtor covenants with Lender as follows: (a)
without
providing at least 30 days' prior written notice to Lender,
Debtor will not
change its name, its place of business or, if more than one,
chief executive
office, or its mailing address or organizational identification
number if it has
one, (b) if Debtor does not have an organizational
identification number and
later obtains one, Debtor shall forthwith notify Lender of such
organizational
identification number, and (c) Debtor will not change its type
of organization,
jurisdiction of organization or other legal structure.
5.2 Collateral. Debtor further covenants with Lender as follows:
(a) the
Collateral, to the extent not delivered to Lender pursuant to
Section 4, will be
kept at those locations listed on the Perfection Certificate and
Debtor will not
remove the Collateral from such locations, without providing at
least 30 days'
prior written notice to Lender, (b) except for the security
interest herein
granted and Permitted Liens, Debtor shall be the owner of the
Collateral free
from any lien, security interest or other encumbrance, and
Debtor shall defend
the same against all claims and demands of all persons at any
time claiming the
same or any interests therein adverse to Lender, (c) Debtor
shall not pledge,
mortgage or create, or suffer to exist a security interest in
the Collateral in
favor of any person other than Lender except for Permitted
Liens, (d) Debtor
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, (e) Debtor
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, (f)
Debtor will
continue to operate its 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
(g) Debtor will not sell or otherwise dispose, or offer to sell
or otherwise
dispose, of the Collateral or any interest therein except for
(i) sales of
inventory in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) so long
as no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, sales or other
dispositions of
obsolescent items of equipment in the ordinary course of
business consistent
with past practices.
5.3 Insurance. Debtor shall provide and maintain insurance
insuring the
Collateral against risks, with coverage and in form and amount
satisfactory to
Lender. At Lender's request, Debtor shall deliver to Lender the
original
policies of insurance containing endorsements naming Lender as a
loss payee.
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5.4 Fixtures. Debtor shall prevent any portion of the Collateral
that is
not a fixture from being or becoming a fixture and shall prevent
any portion of
the Collateral from being or becoming an accession to other
goods that are not
part of the Collateral.
5.5 Inspection. Lender or its agents may inspect the Collateral
at
reasonable times and may enter into any premises where the
Collateral is or may
be located. Debtor shall keep records concerning the Collateral
in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles and, unless waived
in writing by
Lender, shall mark its records and the Collateral to indicate
the Security
Interest. Lender shall have free and complete access to Debtor's
records and
shall have the right to make extracts therefrom or copies
thereof. Upon request
of Lender from time to time, Debtor shall submit up-to-date
schedules of the
items comprising the Collateral in such detail as Lender may
require and shall
deliver to Lender confirming specific assignments of all
accounts, instruments,
documents and chattel paper included in the Collateral.
5.6 Protection. Debtor, at its cost and expense, shall protect
and defend
this Agreement, all of the rights of Lender hereunder, and the
Collateral
against all claims and demands of other parties, including
without limitation
defenses, setoffs, claims and counterclaims asserted by any
Obligor against
Debtor and/or Lender. Debtor shall pay all claims and charges
that, in Lender's
judgment, might prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the
Collateral or the
Security Interest. Debtor shall promptly notify Lender of any
levy, distraint or
other seizure by legal process or otherwise of any part of the
Collateral and of
any threatened or filed claims or proceedings that might in any
way affect or
impair the terms of this Agreement.
5.7 Right to Pay. If Debtor shall fail to pay any taxes,
assessments,
expenses or charges, to keep all of the Collateral free from
other security
interests, encumbrances or claims, to keep the Collateral in
good condition and
repair, to procure and maintain insurance thereon, or to perform
otherwise as
required herein, Lender may advance the monies necessary to pay
the same, to
accomplish such repairs, to procure and maintain such insurance
or to so
perform; Lender is hereby authorized to enter upon any property
in the
possession or control of Debtor for such purposes.
5.8 Benefit of Lender. All rights, powers and remedies granted
Lender
herein, or otherwise available to Lender, are for the sole
benefit and
protection of Lender, and Lender may exercise any such right,
power or remedy at
its option and in its sole and absolute discretion without any
obligation to do
so. In addition, if under the terms hereof, Lender is given two
or more
alternative courses of action, Lender may elect any alternative
or combination
of alternatives at its option and in its sole and absolute
discretion. All
monies advanced by Lender under the terms hereof and all amounts
paid, suffered
or incurred by Lender in exercising any authority granted
herein, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, shall be added to the Obligation,
shall be secured
by the Security Interest, shall bear interest at the highest
rate payable on any
of the Obligation until paid, and shall be due and payable by
Debtor to Lender
immediately without demand.
6. ACTIONS REGARDING COLLATERAL; POWER OF ATTORNEY
6.1 Securities and Deposits. Lender may at any time, after the
occurrence
of an Event of Default, at its option, transfer to itself or any
nominee any
securities constituting Collateral, and if Lender receives any
income thereon
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either hold such income as additional Collateral or apply it to
the Obligations.
After the occurrence of an Event of Default, whether or not any
Obligations are
due, Lender may demand, sue for, collect, or make any settlement
or compromise
which it deems desirable with respect to the Collateral.
Regardless of the
adequacy of Collateral or any other security for the
Obligations, any deposits
or other sums at any time credited by or due from Lender to
Debtor may at any
time be applied to or set off against any of the Obligation.
6.2 Notify Obligors. Lender, without notice to Debtor, may
notify any or
all of the Obligors of the existence of the Security Interest
and may direct the
Obligors to make all payments on the Collateral to Lender, after
the occurrence
of an Event of Default. Until Lender has notified the Obligors
to remit payments
directly to it, Debtor, at Debtor's own cost and expense, shall
collect or cause
to be collected the accounts and monies due under the accounts,
documents,
instruments and general intangibles or pursuant to the terms of
the chattel
paper. Lender shall not be liable or responsible for any
embezzlement,
conversion, negligence or default by Debtor or Debtor's agents
with respect to
such collections; all agents used in such collections shall be
agents of Debtor
and not agents of Lender. Unless Lender notifies Debtor in
writing that it
waives one or more of the requirements set forth in this
sentence, any payments
or other proceeds of Collateral received by Debtor, before or
after notification
to Obligors, shall be held by Debtor in trust for Lender in the
same form in
which received, shall not be commingled with any assets of
Debtor and shall be
turned over to Lender not later than the next business day
following the day of
receipt. All payments and other proceeds of Collateral received
by Lender
directly or from Debtor shall be applied to the Obligation in
such order and
manner and at such time as Lender, in its sole discretion, shall
determine. In
addition, Debtor shall promptly notify Lender of the return to
or possession by
Debtor of goods underlying any Collateral; Debtor shall hold the
same in trust
for Lender and shall dispose of the same as Lender directs.
6.3 Enforce Collateral. Lender,
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