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Exhibit 10.5
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT ("Agreement"), dated as of July 12,
2000, is
made between Creative Products International, Inc., a Delaware
corporation,
having an address at 3317 3rd Ave, S Seattle, WA 98134
("Pledgor"), and Susan
Schreter, having an address at 5843 Woodlawn Ave., N, Seattle,
WA 98103
("Secured Party").
Reference is made to the accompanying Secured Promissory Note
(the
"Promissory Note") issued by Pledgor for the benefit of Secured
Party evidencing
Advances (as defined in the Promissory Note) made or to be made
to Pledgor by
Secured Party.
Secured Party has agreed to make the Advances on condition that
Pledgor
execute and deliver this Security Agreement.
Accordingly, Pledgor hereby agrees as follows:
Section 1. Definitions
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As used herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
"Assets" means the assets listed on Schedule I attached
hereto.
"Collateral" means (i) all of the Assets and (ii) Proceeds
of
any of the Assets.
"Event of Default" has the meaning assigned to such term in
the Promissory Note.
"Obligations" means the due and punctual payment of all
principal and accrued interest (including interest accruing
during the pendency
of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding)
when and as due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set
for prepayment
or otherwise and (b) all other monetary obligations, including
fees,
commissions, costs, expenses, and indemnities, whether primary,
secondary,
direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary
obligations incurred
during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding),
payable hereunder.
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"Proceeds" means, when used with respect to any Collateral,
any consideration received from the sale, exchange, license,
lease or other
disposition of any asset or property that constitutes such
Collateral, any value
received as a consequence of the possession of such Collateral
and any payment
received from any insurer or other person or entity as a result
of the
destruction, loss, theft, damage or other involuntary conversion
of whatever
nature of any asset or property that constitutes such
Collateral, and shall
include (i) any claim of Pledgor against any third party for
(and the right to
sue and recover for and the rights to damages or profits due or
accrued arising
out of or in connection with) (a) past, present or future
infringement or
dilution of any Trademark included in the Assets, or licensed
under a Trademark
License, or injury to the goodwill associated with or symbolized
by any
Trademark included in the Assets and (b) past, present or future
breach of any
License, and (ii) any and all other amounts from time to time
paid or payable
under or in connection with such Collateral.
"Security Interest" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 2(a).
"Trademark License" means any written agreement, now or
hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to
use any Trademark
included in the Assets.
"Trademarks" means all of the following: (i) all trademarks
included in the Assets whether or not registered with the United
States Patent
and Trademark Office, any State of the United States, (ii) all
goodwill
associated therewith or symbolized thereby, and (iii) all other
assets, rights,
and interests that uniquely reflect or embody such goodwill.
Section 2. Grant of Security Interest; No Assumption of
Liability
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(a) Grant of Security Interest. As security for the
payment of any sums due under the terms of the Promissory Note,
Pledgor hereby
bargains, sells, conveys, assigns, sets over, mortgages,
pledges, hypothecates,
and transfers to Secured Party and hereby grants to Secured
Party (and its
successors and assigns), a security interest in, to and under
the Collateral
(the "Security Interest"). Without limiting the foregoing,
Secured Party is
hereby authorized to file one or more financing statements,
continuation
statements, filings with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or the
United States Copyright Office (or any successor office) or
other documents for
the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or
protecting the
Security Interest granted by Pledgor, without the signature of
Pledgor, and
naming Secured Party as secured party.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Collateral, together with all right,
title, interest,
powers, privileges, and preferences pertaining or incidental
thereto, unto
Secured Party (and its successors and assigns), forever,
subject, however, to
the terms, covenants, and conditions hereinafter set forth.
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(b) No Assumption of Liability. The Security Interest is
granted as security only and shall not subject Secured Party to,
or in any way
alter or modify, any obligation or liability with respect to or
arising out of
the Collateral.
Section 3. Delivery of the Collateral
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Subject to Section 6, Pledgor agrees to deliver or cause to be
delivered
to Secured Party as soon as is reasonably practicable any and
all notes, chattel
paper, instruments, certificates, and documents evidencing or
representing any
of the Assets, or any other amount that becomes payable under or
in connection
with any Collateral, owned or held by or on behalf of Pledgor,
in each case
accompanied by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by
Pledgor and
such other instruments or documents as Secured Party or its
legal counsel may
reasonably request.
Section 4. Representations and Warranties
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Pledgor represents and warrants to Secured Party that:
(a) Pledgor has good and valid rights in and title to the
Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a
Security Interest
hereunder, and has full power and authority to grant to Secured
Party the
Security Interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto and to
execute, deliver,
and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this
Security
Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other person
other than any
consent or approval which has been obtained.
(b) Fully executed Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements, as applicable, or other appropriate filings,
recordings or
registrations containing a description of the Collateral have
been delivered to
Secured Party for filing in each applicable governmental,
municipal or other
office and each other applicable governmental, municipal or
other office, which
are all the filings, recordings and registrations (other than
filings required
to be made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office in
order to perfect
the Security Interest in Collateral consisting of Trademarks)
that are necessary
to publish notice of and protect the validity of and to
establish a legal,
valid, and perfected security interest in favor of Secured Party
in respect of
all Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected
by filing,
recording or registration in the United States (or any political
subdivision
thereof) and its territories and possessions, except for any
such Collateral as
to which the representations and warranties in this sentence
would not be true
solely by virtue of such Collateral having been used or disposed
of in a manner
expressly permitted hereunder, and no further or subsequent
filing, refiling,
recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is
necessary in any such
jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with
respect to the filing
of continuation statements.
(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and
valid security interest in all the Collateral securing the
payment and
performance of the Obligations, (ii) subject to (A) the filings
described in
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paragraph (b) of this Section and (B) the delivery to Secured
Party of any
instruments included in such Collateral, a perfected security
interest in such
Collateral to the extent that a security interest may be
perfected by filing,
recording or registering a financing statement or analogous
document, or by the
secured party's taking possession, in the United States (or any
political
subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions
pursuant to the Uniform
Commercial Code or other applicable law in such jurisdictions,
except for any
such Collateral as to which the representations and warranties
in this sentence
would not be true solely by virtue of such Collateral having
been used or
disposed of in a manner expressly permitted hereunder, and (iii)
a security
interest that shall be perfected in all Collateral in which a
security interest
may be perfected upon the receipt and recording of this
Agreement, together with
any other necessary documents, as may be required pursuant to
the laws of the
United States. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to
any other lien on
any of the Collateral.
(d) The Collateral is owned or held by Pledgor free and
clear of any lien. It has not filed or consented to the filing
of (i) any
financing statement or analogous document under the Uniform
Commercial Code or
any other applicable laws covering any such Collateral, (ii) any
assignment in
which it assigns any such Collateral or any security agreement
or similar
instrument covering any such Collateral with the United States
Patent and
Trademark Office, or (iii) any assignment in which it assigns
any such
Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument
covering any such
Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other
office, which
financing statement or analogous document is still in
effect.
(e) The Security Interest in the Collateral is effective
to vest in Secured Party the rights in such Collateral as set
forth herein.
Section 5. Covenants
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(a) Pledgor agrees promptly to notify Secured Party in
writing of any change (i) in its legal name or in any trade name
used to
identify it in the conduct of its business or in the ownership
of its
properties, (ii) in the location of its chief executive office,
principal place
of business, any office in which it maintains books or records
relating to
Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf or any office or
facility at
which any such Collateral is located (including the
establishment of any such
new office or facility), (iii) in its identity or legal or
organizational
structure or (iv) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number.
Pledgor agrees
not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding
sentence unless
all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or
otherwise that
are required in order for Secured Party to continue at all times
following such
change to have a valid, legal and perfected first priority
security interest in
all the Collateral as described in Section 4(c). Pledgor agrees
promptly to
notify Secured Party if any material portion of the Collateral
is damaged or
destroyed.
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(b) Pledgor agrees to maintain, at its own cost and
expense, such complete and accurate records with respect to the
Collateral owned
or held by it or on its behalf as is consistent with its current
practices and
in accordance with such prudent and standard practices used in
industries that
are the same as or similar to those in which it is engaged, but
in any event to
include complete accounting records indicating all payments and
proceeds
received with respect to any part of such Collateral, and, at
such time or times
as Secured Party may reasonably request, promptly to prepare and
deliver to
Secured Party a duly certified schedule or schedules in form and
detail
satisfactory to Secured Party showing the identity and amount of
any and all
such Collateral.
(c) Pledgor shall, at its own cost and expense, take any
and all actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral
owned or held by it
or on its behalf against all persons and to defend the Security
Interest of
Secured Party in such Collateral and the priority thereof
against any lien or
other interest not expressly permitted.
(d) Pledgor agrees, at its own expense, to execute,
acknowledge, deliver, and cause to be duly filed all such
further instruments
and documents and take all such actions as Secured Party may
from time to time
reasonably request to preserve, protect, and perfect (including
as a result of
any change in applicable law) the Security Interest granted by
it and the rights
and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees
and taxes
required in connection with its execution and delivery of this
Security
Agreement, the granting by it of the Security Interest and the
filing of any
financing statements or other documents in connection herewith
or therewith.
(e) Secured Party and such persons as Secured Party may
reasonably designate shall have the right, at the cost and
expense of Pledgor,
to inspect all of its records (and to make extracts and copies
from such
records), to discuss its affairs with its officers and
independent accountants
and to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount,
quality,
quantity, value, condition, and status of, or any other matter
relating to, the
Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf.
(f) At its option, Secured Party may discharge past due
taxes, assessments, charges, fees, liens, security interests or
other
encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Collateral and
not permitted,
and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the
Collateral, and Pledgor
agrees to reimburse Secured Party on demand for any payment made
or any expense
incurred by Secured Party pursuant to the foregoing
authorization; provided,
however, that nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as
excusing Pledgor
from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on Secured
Party to cure or
perform, any covenants or other promises of Pledgor with respect
to taxes,
assessments, charges, fees, liens, security interests or other
encumbrances and
maintenance as set forth herein.
(g) Pledgor shall remain liable to observe and perform
all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed
by it under each
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contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Collateral,
all in accordance
with the terms and conditions thereof, and Pledgor agrees to
indemnify and hold
harmless Secured Party from and against any and all liability
for such
performance.
(h) Pledgor shall not make or permit to be made an
assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Collateral, and shall
not grant any
other lien in respect of such Collateral. Except for liens
expressly permitted
herein, it shall not make or permit to be made any transfer of
such Collateral,
and it shall remain at all times in possession of such
Collateral.
(i) Pledgor, at its own expense, shall maintain or cause
to be maintained insurance covering (i) physical loss or damage
to the
Collateral against all risks, and (ii) liability arising from
the use or
intended use, or otherwise attributable or relating to, the
Collateral. The
policies covering such insurance (A) shall, in the case of each
policy under
clause (i) of this paragraph, contain a standard loss payable
clause and shall
name Secured Party as loss payee in respect of each claim
relating to the
Collateral and resulting in a payment thereunder, (B) shall, in
the case of each
policy under clause (ii) of this paragraph, be indorsed to
provide that Secured
Party shall be an additional insured, and (C) shall, in the case
of each policy
under clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph, provide that 30
days' prior
written notice of any cancellation or modification thereof or
any reduction of
amounts payable thereunder shall be given to Secured Party and
in the event that
Pledgor at any time or times shall fail to pay any premium in
whole or part
relating thereto, Secured Party may, in its sole discretion, pay
such premium.
Pledgor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Secured
Party (and all
officers, employees or agents designated by Secured Party) as
Pledgor's true and
lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) for the purpose, during the
continuance of
an Event of Default, of making, settling, and adjusting claims
in respect of
Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of
Pledgor on any
check, draft, instrument, or other item of payment for the
proceeds of such
policies of insurance and for making all determinations and
decisions with
respect thereto. In the event that Pledgor at any time or times
shall fail to
obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required
hereby or to pay
any premium in whole or part relating thereto, Secured Party
may, without
waiving or releasing any obligation or liability of Pledgor
hereunder or any
Event of Default, in its sole discretion, obtain and maintain
such policies of
insurance and pay such premium and take any other actions with
respect thereto
as Secured Party deems advisable. All sums disbursed by Secured
Party in
connection with this paragraph, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, court
costs, expenses, and other charges relating thereto, shall be
payable, upon
demand, by Pledgor to Secured Party and shall be additional
Obligations secured
hereby.
(j) Pledgor (either itself or through its licensees or
its sublicensees) will, for each Trademark include in the
Assets, (i) maintain
such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment
or invalidity
for non-use, (ii) maintain the quality of pro
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