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Exhibit 10.5
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
Dated May 30,
2008
From
The Grantors referred to
herein
as Grantors
to
PRIDES CAPITAL FUND I,
L.P.
as
Purchaser
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Section 1.
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Grant of
Security |
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Section 2.
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Security
for Obligations |
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Section 3.
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Grantors
Remain Liable |
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Section 4.
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Delivery
and Control of Security Collateral |
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Section 5.
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Maintaining the Account Collateral |
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Section 6.
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Representations and Warranties |
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Section 7.
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Further
Assurances |
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Section 8.
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As to
Equipment and Inventory |
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Section 9.
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Insurance |
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Section 10.
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Post-Closing Changes; Collections on Receivables |
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Section 11.
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As to
Intellectual Property Collateral |
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Section 12.
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Voting
Rights; Dividends; Etc. |
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Section 13.
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As to
Letter-of-Credit Rights |
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Section 14.
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Commercial Tort Claims |
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Section 15.
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Transfers
and Other Liens; Additional Shares |
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Section 16.
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Purchaser
Appointed Attorney in Fact |
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Section 17.
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Purchaser
May Perform |
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Section 18.
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The
Purchaser’s Duties |
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Section 19.
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Remedies |
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Section 20.
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Indemnity
and Expenses |
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Section 21.
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Amendments; Waivers; Additional Grantors; Etc. |
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Section 22.
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Notices,
Etc. |
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Section 23.
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Continuing Security Interest; Assignments under the
Notes |
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Section 24.
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Release;
Termination |
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Section 25.
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Execution
in Counterparts |
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Section 26.
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Governing
Law |
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Schedules
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Investment Property |
| Schedule
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Pledged
Deposit Accounts |
| Schedule
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Intellectual Property |
| Schedule
IV |
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Commercial Tort Claims |
| Schedule
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Location,
Chief Executive Office, Type of Organization, Jurisdiction of
Organization and Organizational Identification Number |
| Schedule
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Locations
of Equipment and Inventory |
| Schedule VII |
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Letters
of Credit |
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| Exhibits |
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| Exhibit
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Form of
Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
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Form of
Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement |
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Form of
Security Agreement Supplement |
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SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT dated
May 30, 2008 is made by eDiets.com, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”) and the
other parties listed on the signature pages hereof (the Company and
the parties so listed being, collectively, the “
Grantors ”), to Prides Capital Fund I, L.P., as
purchaser (the “ Purchaser ”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS.
(1) The Purchaser
(i) has purchased a $2,595,000.00 Senior Secured Note dated
the date hereof (the “ Initial Note ”)
issued by the Company and (ii) may purchase a $2,550,000.00
Senior Secured Note dated June 30, 2008 (the “
Subsequent Note ”, and together with the
Initial Note, as each may hereafter be amended, amended and
restated, replaced, substituted, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, each a “ Note ” and
collectively the “ Notes ”) pursuant to a
Note Purchase Agreement dated the date hereof (the “
Note Purchase Agreement ”) between the Company
and the Purchaser. Each Grantor (other than the Company) has
entered into a guaranty dated the date hereof (or a supplement
thereto) (the “ Guaranty ”) in favor of
the Purchaser pursuant to which such Grantor has guaranteed the
obligations of the Company under the Notes.
(2) Each Grantor is the owner
of the shares of capital stock (the “ Initial Pledged
Equity ”) set forth opposite such Grantor’s
name on and as otherwise described in Part I of Schedule I
hereto.
(3) Each Grantor is the owner
of the deposit accounts (the “ Pledged Deposit
Accounts ”) set forth opposite such Grantor’s
name on Schedule II hereto.
(4) The Company owns an
account (the “ Securities Account ”) in
which it maintains securities or other investments.
(5) It is a condition
precedent to the purchase of the Notes that the Grantors shall have
granted the security interest contemplated by this Agreement. Each
Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from
the financing provided by the Notes.
(6) Terms defined in the
Notes and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used in this
Agreement as defined in the Notes. Further, unless otherwise
defined in this Agreement or in the Notes, terms defined in Article
8 or 9 of the UCC (as defined below) are used in this Agreement as
such terms are defined in such Article 8 or 9. “
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided
that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non perfection
or the priority of the security interest in any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a
jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of
the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of
perfection or non perfection or priority.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and in order to induce the Purchaser
to purchase the Notes, each Grantor hereby agrees with the
Purchaser as follows:
Section 1. Grant of
Security . Each Grantor hereby grants to the Purchaser a
security interest in such Grantor’s right, title and interest
in and to the following, in each case, as to each type of property
described below, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such
Grantor, wherever located, and whether now or hereafter existing or
arising (collectively, the “ Collateral
”):
(a) all equipment owned by
the Company in all of its forms, including, without limitation, all
machinery, tools, motor vehicles, furniture and fixtures, and all
parts thereof and all accessions thereto, including, without
limitation, computer programs and supporting information that
constitute equipment within the meaning of the UCC (any and all
such property being the “ Equipment
”);
(b) all inventory in all of
its forms, including, without limitation, (i) all raw
materials, work in process, finished goods and materials used or
consumed in the manufacture, production, preparation or shipping
thereof, (ii) goods in which such Grantor has an interest in
mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind (including,
without limitation, goods in which such Grantor has an interest or
right as consignee) and (iii) goods that are returned to or
repossessed or stopped in transit by such Grantor), and all
accessions thereto and products thereof and documents therefor,
including, without limitation, computer programs and supporting
information that constitute inventory within the meaning of the UCC
(any and all such property being the “
Inventory ”);
(c) all accounts, chattel
paper (including, without limitation, tangible chattel paper and
electronic chattel paper), instruments (including, without
limitation, promissory notes), deposit accounts, securities
accounts, letter-of-credit rights, general intangibles (including,
without limitation, payment intangibles) and other obligations of
any kind, whether or not arising out of or in connection with the
sale or lease of goods or the rendering of services and whether or
not earned by performance, and all rights now or hereafter existing
in and to all supporting obligations and in and to all security
agreements, mortgages, liens, leases, letters of credit and other
contracts securing or otherwise relating to the foregoing property
(any and all of such accounts, chattel paper, instruments, deposit
accounts, securities accounts, letter-of-credit rights, general
intangibles and other obligations, to the extent not referred to in
clause (d) below, being the “ Receivables
,” and any and all such supporting obligations, security
agreements, mortgages, liens, leases, letters of credit and other
contracts being the “ Related Contracts
”);
(d) the following (the
“ Security Collateral ”):
(i) the Initial Pledged
Equity and the certificates, if any, representing the Initial
Pledged Equity, and all dividends, distributions, return of
capital, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of the Initial Pledged Equity and all
warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with respect
thereto;
(ii) all additional shares of
capital stock and other equity interests from time to time acquired
by such Grantor in any manner (such shares and other equity
interests, together with the Initial Pledged Equity, being the
“ Pledged Equity ”), and the
certificates, if any, representing such additional shares or other
equity interests, and all dividends, distributions, return of
capital,
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cash, instruments and other
property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
shares or other equity interests and all warrants, rights or
options issued thereon or with respect thereto;
(iii) all indebtedness from
time to time owed to such Grantor (the “ Pledged
Debt ”) and the instruments evidencing such
indebtedness, and all interest, cash, instruments and other
property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
indebtedness;
(iv) the Securities Account,
all security entitlements with respect to all financial assets from
time to time credited to the Securities Account, and all financial
assets, and all dividends, distributions, return of capital,
interest, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any or all of such security entitlements or financial
assets and all warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with
respect thereto; and
(v) all other investment
property (as defined in the UCC) (including, without limitation,
all (A) securities, whether certificated or uncertificated,
(B) security entitlements, (C) securities accounts,
(D) commodity contracts and (E) commodity accounts) in
which such Grantor has now, or acquires from time to time
hereafter, any right, title or interest in any manner, and the
certificates or instruments, if any, representing or evidencing
such investment property, and all dividends, distributions, return
of capital, interest, cash, instruments and other property from
time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in
respect of or in exchange for any or all of such investment
property and all warrants, rights or options issued thereon or with
respect thereto;
(e) the Pledged Deposit
Accounts and all funds and financial assets from time to time
credited thereto (including, without limitation, all cash
equivalents), and all certificates and instruments, if any, from
time to time representing or evidencing the Pledged Deposit Account
(collectively, the “ Account Collateral
”);
(f) the following
(collectively, the “ Intellectual Property
Collateral ”):
(i) all patents, patent
applications, utility models and statutory invention registrations,
all inventions claimed or disclosed therein and all improvements
thereto (“ Patents ”);
(ii) all trademarks, service
marks, domain names, trade dress, logos, designs, slogans, trade
names, business names, corporate names and other source
identifiers, whether registered or unregistered (provided that no
security interest shall be granted in United States intent-to-use
trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the
period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would
impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use
trademark applications under applicable federal law), together, in
each case, with the goodwill symbolized thereby (“
Trademarks ”);
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(iii) all copyrights,
including, without limitation, copyrights in Computer Software (as
hereinafter defined), internet web sites and the content thereof,
whether registered or unregistered (“
Copyrights ”);
(iv) all computer software,
programs and databases (including, without limitation, source code,
object code and all related applications and data files), firmware
and documentation and materials relating thereto, together with any
and all maintenance rights, service rights, programming rights,
hosting rights, test rights, improvement rights, renewal rights and
indemnification rights and any substitutions, replacements,
improvements, error corrections, updates and new versions of any of
the foregoing (“ Computer Software
”);
(v) all confidential and
proprietary information, including, without limitation, know-how,
trade secrets, manufacturing and production processes and
techniques, inventions, research and development information,
databases and data, including, without limitation, technical data,
financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost
information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier
lists and information (collectively, “ Trade
Secrets ”), and all other intellectual, industrial
and intangible property of any type, including, without limitation,
industrial designs and mask works;
(vi) all registrations and
applications for registration for any of the foregoing, including,
without limitation, those registrations and applications for
registration set forth in Schedule III hereto, together with all
reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part,
extensions, renewals and reexaminations thereof;
(vii) all tangible
embodiments of the foregoing, all rights in the foregoing provided
by international treaties or conventions, all rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world and all other rights of any kind
whatsoever of such Grantor accruing thereunder or pertaining
thereto;
(viii) all agreements,
permits, consents, orders and franchises relating to the license,
development, use or disclosure of any of the foregoing to which
such Grantor, now or hereafter, is a party or a beneficiary,
including, without limitation, the agreements set forth in Schedule
III hereto (“ IP Agreements ”);
and
(ix) any and all claims for
damages and injunctive relief for past, present and future
infringement, dilution, misappropriation, violation, misuse or
breach with respect to any of the foregoing, with the right, but
not the obligation, to sue for and collect, or otherwise recover,
such damages;
(g) the commercial tort
claims described in Schedule IV hereto (together with any
commercial tort claims as to which the Grantors have complied with
the requirements of Section 14, the “ Commercial
Tort Claims Collateral ”);
(h) all books and records
(including, without limitation, customer lists, credit files,
printouts and other computer output materials and records) of such
Grantor pertaining to any of the Collateral; and
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(i) all proceeds of,
collateral for, income, royalties and other payments now or
hereafter due and payable with respect to, and supporting
obligations relating to, any and all of the Collateral (including,
without limitation, proceeds, collateral and supporting obligations
that constitute property of the types described in clauses
(a) through (g) of this Section 1) and, to the
extent not otherwise included, all (A) payments under
insurance (whether or not the Purchaser is the loss payee thereof),
or any indemnity, warranty or guaranty, payable by reason of loss
or damage to or otherwise with respect to any of the foregoing
Collateral, and (B) cash.
Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Collateral include,
and no Grantor shall be deemed to have granted a security interest
in, (a) any Intellectual Property Collateral, if the grant of
such security interest shall constitute or result in the
abandonment, invalidation or rendering unenforceable any right,
title or interest of such Grantor therein; (b) any account,
general intangible, permit, instrument, promissory note, chattel
paper, license, contract or agreement to which such Grantor is a
party or any of its rights or interests thereunder, including,
without limitation, with respect to any pledged partnership
interests or any pledged limited liability company interests, to
the extent, but only to the extent, that such a grant would, under
the terms of such account, general intangible, permit, instrument,
promissory note, chattel paper, license, contract or agreement
(including, without limitation, any partnership agreements or any
limited liability company agreements), or otherwise, be prohibited
by or result in a breach or termination of the terms of, or
constitute a default under or termination of any such account,
general intangible, permit, instrument, promissory note, chattel
paper, license, contract or agreement (other than to the extent
that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to
Section 9-406 of the UCC (or any successor provision) of any
relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the
Bankruptcy Code of the United States) or principles of equity) or
would otherwise constitute a violation of law, regulation or
policy; provided , however , that immediately upon
the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such provision,
the Collateral shall include, and each Grantor shall be deemed to
have granted a security interest in, all such rights and interests
as if such provision had never been in effect; (c) any of the
outstanding capital stock of a “controlled foreign
corporation” as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time (each, a “ Controlled Foreign
Corporation ”), in excess of 65% of the voting power of
all classes of capital stock of such Controlled Foreign Corporation
entitled to vote; (d) all equipment and other property to the
extent, but only to the extent, that such a grant would, under the
terms of any contract or agreement to which such Grantor is a party
in connection with certain industrial revenue obligations, be
prohibited by or would otherwise result in a breach or termination
of the terms of, or constitute a default under or termination of
any such contract or agreement or would otherwise constitute a
violation of law, regulation or policy; provided ,
however , that immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse
or termination of any such provision precluding the grant of
security interest on such property, the Collateral shall include,
and each Grantor shall be deemed to have granted a security
interest in, all such rights and interests as if such provision had
never been in effect; or (e) any governmental permit or
franchise that prohibits liens or other encumbrances on or
collateral assignment of such permit or franchise.
Section 2. Security
for Obligations . This Agreement secures, in the case of each
Grantor, the payment of all obligations of such Grantor now or
hereafter existing under the Notes or the Guaranty, as the case may
be, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether
for principal, interest, fees, premiums, penalties,
indemnifications, contract causes of action, costs,
expenses
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or otherwise (all such Obligations being
the “ Secured Obligations ”). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Agreement secures,
as to each Grantor, the payment of all amounts that constitute part
of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by such Grantor to the
Purchaser under the Notes but for the fact that they are
unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a
bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving a
Grantor.
Section 3. Grantors
Remain Liable . Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, (a) each Grantor shall remain liable under
the contracts and agreements included in such Grantor’s
Collateral to the extent set forth therein to perform all of its
duties and obligations thereunder to the same extent as if this
Agreement had not been executed, (b) the exercise by the
Purchaser of any of the rights hereunder shall not release any
Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts
and agreements included in the Collateral and (c) the
Purchaser shall not have any obligation or liability under the
contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of
this Agreement or any other agreement executed in connection
herewith, nor shall the Purchaser be obligated to perform any of
the obligations or duties of any Grantor thereunder or to take any
action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned
hereunder.
Section 4. Delivery
and Control of Security Collateral . (a) All certificates
or instruments representing or evidencing Security Collateral shall
be delivered to and held by the Purchaser pursuant hereto and shall
be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be
accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment
in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser;
provided , however , that such certificates and
instruments will be deemed delivered hereunder to the extent that
such certificates and instruments were previously delivered
pursuant to that certain security agreement dated August 31,
2007 from the Grantors to the Purchaser (the “ 2007
Security Agreement ”). The Purchaser shall have the
right at any time to exchange certificates or instruments
representing or evidencing Security Collateral for certificates or
instruments of smaller or larger denominations.
(b) Subject to the rights
under the 2007 Security Agreement, with respect to any Security
Collateral that constitutes an uncertificated security, the
relevant Grantor will cause the issuer thereof either (i) to
register the Purchaser as the registered owner of such security or
(ii) to agree with such Grantor and the Purchaser that such
issuer will comply with instructions with respect to such security
originated by the Purchaser without further consent of such
Grantor, such agreement to be in form and substance satisfactory to
the Purchaser (such agreement being an “ Uncertificated
Security Control Agreement ”).
(c) Subject to the rights
under the 2007 Security Agreement, with respect to the Securities
Account and any Security Collateral that constitutes a security
entitlement as to which the Purchaser is not the securities
intermediary, the relevant Grantor, at Purchaser’s request,
will cause the securities intermediary with respect to such Account
or security entitlement either (i) to identify in its records
the Purchaser as the entitlement holder thereof or (ii) to
agree with such Grantor and the Purchaser that such securities
intermediary will comply with entitlement orders originated by the
Purchaser without further consent of such Grantor, such agreement
to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser (a
“ Securities Account Control Agreement ”
or “ Securities/Deposit Account Control
Agreement ,” respectively).
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(d) Upon the request of the
Purchaser, each Grantor will notify each issuer of Security
Collateral granted by it hereunder that such Security Collateral is
subject to the security interest granted hereunder.
Section 5.
Maintaining the Account Collateral . Subject to
Section 3.12 of the Note Purchase Agreement, so long as any
amount remains outstanding under the Notes, each Grantor will
maintain deposit accounts only with a bank that has agreed with
such Grantor and Purchaser to comply with instructions originated
by the Purchaser directing the disposition of funds in such deposit
account without the further consent of such Grantor, such agreement
to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser (a
“ Deposit Account Control Agreement ”);
provided , however , that the respective Grantor
acknowledges and agrees that any deposit account control agreements
entered into pursuant to the 2007 Security Agreement are also for
the benefit of the Purchaser as required pursuant to this
Section 5 and provided , further, however , this
Section 5 shall not apply to deposit accounts (i) with an
aggregate balance of no more than $50,000 at any time or
(ii) operated solely as a payroll account.
Section 6.
Representations and Warranties . Each Grantor represents and
warrants as follows:
(a) Such Grantor’s
exact legal name, location, chief executive office, type of
organization, jurisdiction of organization and organizational
identification number is set forth in Schedule V hereto. Such
Grantor has no trade names other than as listed on Schedule V
hereto.
(b) Such Grantor is the legal
and beneficial owner of the Collateral granted or purported to be
granted by it free and clear of any lien, claim, option or right of
others, except for the security interest created under this
Agreement, the 2007 Security Agreement or permitted under the Notes
or the Note Purchase Agreement. Except as previously disclosed to
Purchaser, no effective financing statement or other instrument
similar in effect covering all or any part of such Collateral or
listing such Grantor or any trade name of such Grantor as debtor is
on file in any recording office, except such as may have been filed
in favor of the Purchaser relating to the Notes or
Guaranty.
(c) All of the Equipment and
Inventory of such Grantor are located at the places specified
therefor in Schedule VI hereto or at another location as to which
such Grantor has complied with the requirements of
Section 6(a). Such Grantor has exclusive possession and
control of its Equipment and Inventory, other than Inventory stored
at any leased premises or warehouse for which a landlord’s or
warehouseman’s agreement, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Purchaser, is in effect.
(d) None of the Receivables
is evidenced by a promissory note that has not been disclosed to
the Purchaser.
(e) If such Grantor is an
issuer of Security Collateral, such Grantor confirms that it has
received notice of the security interest granted
hereunder.
(f) The Pledged Equity
pledged by such Grantor hereunder has been duly authorized and
validly issued and is fully paid and non assessable. None of the
Pledged Debt pledged by such Grantor hereunder is evidenced by
promissory notes.
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(g) The Initial Pledged
Equity pledged by such Grantor constitutes the percentage of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of the issuers thereof
indicated on Schedule I hereto.
(h) Such Grantor has no
investment property (as defined in the UCC), other than the
investment property described in Part II of Schedule I hereto and
additional investment property as to which such Grantor has
complied with the requirements of Section 4.
(i) Such Grantor is not a
beneficiary or assignee under any letter of credit, other than the
letters of credit described in Schedule VII hereto and additional
letters of credit as to which such Grantor has complied with the
requirements of Section 13.
(j) This Agreement creates in
favor of the Purchaser a valid security interest in the Collateral
granted by such Grantor, securing the payment of the Secured
Obligations; all filings and other actions (including, without
limitation, (A) actions necessary to obtain control of
Collateral as provided in Sections 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 and 9-107 of
the UCC and (B) actions necessary to perfect the
Purchaser’s security interest with respect to Collateral
evidenced by a certificate of title) necessary to perfect the
security interest in the Collateral granted by such Grantor have
been duly made or taken and are in full force and effect; and such
security interest is second priority; provided ,
however , that such security interest is second priority
only to that security interest created pursuant to the 2007
Security Agreement.
(k) No authorization or
approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
governmental authority or regulatory body or any other third party
is required for (i) the grant by such Grantor of the security
interest granted hereunder or for the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement by such Grantor, (ii) the
perfection or maintenance of the security interest created
hereunder (including the second priority nature of such security
interest), except for the filing of financing and continuation
statements under the UCC, which financing statements have been or
will promptly be filed and are in full force and effect, the
recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreements
referred to in Section 11(f) with the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, which Agreements
have been or will promptly be recorded and are in full force and
effect, and the actions described in Section 4 with respect to
the Security Collateral, which actions have been taken and are in
full force and effect, or (iii) the exercise by the Purchaser
of its voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or the
remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement,
except as may be required in connection with the disposition of any
portion of the Security Collateral by laws affecting the offering
and sale of securities generally.
(l) The Inventory that has
been produced or distributed by such Grantor has been produced in
compliance with all requirements of applicable law, including,
without limitation, the Fair Labor Standards Act, if
applicable.
(m) As to itself and its
Intellectual Property Collateral:
(i) To such Grantor’s
knowledge, the operation of such Grantor’s business as
currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted and the use
of the Intellectual Property Collateral in connection therewith do
not conflict with, infringe, misappropriate, dilute, misuse or
otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any third
party.
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(ii) To such Grantor’s
knowledge, such Grantor is the exclusive owner of all right, title
and interest in and to the Intellectual Property Collateral, and is
entitled to use all Intellectual Property Collateral subject only
to the terms of the IP Agreements.
(iii) The Intellectual
Property Collateral set forth on Schedule III hereto includes all
of the patents, patent applications, domain names, trademark
registrations and applications, copyright registrations and
applications and IP Agreements owned by such Grantor as of the date
hereof.
(iv) The Intellectual
Property Collateral is subsisting and has not been adjudged invalid
or unenforceable in whole or part, and to the best of such
Grantor’s knowledge, is valid and enforceable. Such Grantor
is not aware of any uses of any item of Intellectual Property
Collateral that could be expected to lead to such item becoming
invalid or unenforceable.
(v) Such Grantor has made or
performed all filings, recordings and other acts and has paid all
required fees and taxes to maintain and protect its interest in
each and every item of Intellectual Property Collateral in full
force and effect throughout the world, and to protect and maintain
its interest therein including, without limitation, recordations of
any of its interests in the Patents and Trademarks with the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office and in corresponding national and
international patent offices, and recordation of any of its
interests in the Copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office and in
corresponding national and international copyright offices. To its
knowledge, such Grantor has used proper statutory notice in
connection with its use of each patent, trademark and copyright in
the Intellectual Property Collateral.
(vi) To the best of such
Grantor’s knowledge, no claim, action, suit, investigation,
litigation or proceeding has been asserted or is pending or
threatened against such Grantor (i) based upon or challenging
or seeking to deny or restrict the Grantor’s rights in or use
of any of the Intellectual Property Collateral, (ii) alleging
that the Grantor’s rights in or use of the Intellectual
Property Collateral or that any services provided by, processes
used by, or products manufactured or sold by, such Grantor
infringe, misappropriate, dilute, misuse or otherwise violate any
patent, trademark, copyright or any other proprietary right of any
third party, or (iii) alleging that the Intellectual Property
Collateral is being licensed or sublicensed in violation or
contravention of the terms of any license or other agreement. No
third-party is engaging in any activity that infringes,
misappropriates, dilutes, misuses or otherwise violates the
Intellectual Property Collateral or the Grantor’s rights in
or use thereof. Except as set forth on Schedule III hereto, such
Grantor has not granted any license, release, covenant not to sue,
non-assertion assurance, or other right to any third-party with
respect to any part of the Intellectual Property Collateral. The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents will not result in the termination or impairment of any
of the Intellectual Property Collateral.
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(vii) With respect to each IP
Agreement: (A) such IP Agreement is valid and binding and in
full force and effect and represents the entire agreement between
the respective parties thereto with respect to the subject matter
thereof; (B) such IP Agreement will not cease to be valid and
binding and in full force and effect on terms identical to those
currently in effect as a result of the rights and interest granted
herein, nor will the grant of such rights and interest constitute a
breach or default under such IP Agreement or otherwise give any
party thereto a right to terminate such IP Agreement; (C) such
Grantor has not received any notice of termination or cancellation
under such IP Agreement; (D) such Grantor has not received any
notice of a breach or default under such IP Agreement, which breach
or default has not been cured; (E) such Grantor has not
granted to any other third party any rights, adverse or otherwise,
under such IP Agreement; and (F) neither such Grantor nor any
other party to such IP Agreement is in breach or default thereof in
any material respect, and no event has occurred that, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default
or permit termination, modification or acceleration under such IP
Agreement.
(viii) To the best of such
Grantor’s knowledge, (A) none of the Trade Secrets of
such Grantor has been used, divulged, disclosed or appropriated to
the detriment of such Grantor for the benefit of any other
individual or business entity other than such Grantor; (B) no
employee, independent contractor or agent of such Grantor has
misappropriated any trade secrets of any other individual or
business entity in the course of the performance of his or her
duties as an employee, independent contractor or agent of such
Grantor; and (C) no employee, independent contractor or agent
of such Grantor is in default or breach of any term of any
employment agreement, non-disclosure agreement, assignment of
inventions agreement or similar agreement or contract relating in
any way to the protection, ownership, development, use or transfer
of such Grantor’s Intellectual Property
Collateral.
(ix) No Grantor or
Intellectual Property Collateral is subject to any outstanding
consent, settlement, decree, order, injunction, judgment or ruling
restricting the use of any Intellectual Property Collateral or that
would impair the validity or enforceability of such Intellectual
Property Collateral.
Section 7. Further
Assurances . (a) Each Grantor agrees that from time to
time, at the expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly
execute and deliver, or otherwise authenticate, all further
instruments and documents, and take all further action that may be
necessary or desirable, or that the Purchaser may request, in order
to perfect and protect any pledge or security interest granted or
purported to be granted by such Grantor hereunder or to enable the
Purchaser to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder
with respect to any Collateral of such Grantor. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor will promptly with
respect to Collateral of such Grantor: (i) file such financing
or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such other
instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the
Purchaser may request, in order to perfect and preserve the
security interest granted or purported to be granted by such
Grantor hereunder; (ii) at the request of the Purchaser, take
all action to ensure that the Purchaser’s security interest
is noted on any certificate of title related to any Collateral
evidenced by a certificate of title; and (iii) deliver to the
Purchaser evidence that all other actions that the Purchaser may
deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to perfect and
protect the security interest granted or purported to be granted by
such Grantor under this Agreement has been taken.
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(b) Each Grantor hereby
authorizes the Purchaser to file one or more financing or
continuation statements, and amendments thereto, including, without
limitation, one or more financing statements indicating that such
financing statements cover all assets or all personal property (or
words of similar effect) of such Grantor, regardless of whether any
particular asset described in such financing statements falls
within the scope of the UCC. A photocopy or other reproduction of
this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement where
permitted by law. Each Grantor ratifies its authorization for the
Purchaser to have filed such financing statements, continuation
statements or amendments filed prior to the date hereof.
(c) Each Grantor will furnish
to the Purchaser from time to time statements and schedules further
identifying and describing the Collateral of such Grantor and such
other reports in connection with such Collateral as the Purchaser
may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
Section 8. As to
Equipment and Inventory . Each Grantor will cause its Equipment
to be maintained and preserved in the same condition, repair and
working order as when new, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and
will forthwith, or in the case of any loss or damage to any of such
Equipment as soon as practicable after the occurrence thereof, make
or cause to be made all repairs, replacements and other
improvements in connection therewith that are necessary or
desirable to such end. Each Grantor will pay promptly when due all
property and other taxes, assessments and governmental charges or
levies imposed upon, and all claims (including, without limitation,
claims for labor, materials and supplies) against, its Equipment
and Inventory. In producing its Inventory, each Grantor will comply
with all requirements of applicable law, including, without
limitation, the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Section 9.
Insurance . (a) Each Grantor will, at its own expense,
maintain insurance with respect to its Equipment and Inventory in
such amounts, against such risks, in such form and with such
insurers, as shall be satisfactory to the Purchaser from time to
time. At the reasonable request of the Purchaser, each policy of
each Grantor for liability insurance shall provide for all losses
to be paid on behalf of the Purchaser and such Grantor as their
interests may appear, and each policy for property damage insurance
shall provide for all losses (except for losses of less than
$50,000 per occurrence) to be paid directly to the Purchaser. At
the reasonable request of the Purchaser, each such policy shall in
addition (i) name such Grantor and the Purchaser as insured
parties thereunder (without any representation or warranty by or
obligation upon the Purchaser) as their interests may appear,
(ii) contain the agreement by the insurer that any loss
thereunder shall be payable to the Purchaser notwithstanding any
action, inaction or breach of representation or warranty by such
Grantor, (iii) provide that there shall be no recourse against
the Purchaser for payment of premiums or other amounts with respect
thereto and (iv) provide that at least 10 days’ prior
written notice of cancellation or of lapse shall be given to the
Purchaser by the insurer. Each Grantor will, if so requested by the
Purchaser, deliver to the Purchaser original or duplicate policies
of such insurance and, as often as the Purchaser may reasonably
request, a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to
such insurance. Further, each Grantor will, at the request of the
Purchaser, duly execute and deliver instruments of assignment of
such insurance policies to comply with the requirements of
Section 8 and cause the insurers to acknowledge notice of such
assignment.
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(b) Reimbursement under any
liability insurance maintained by any Grantor pursuant to this
Section 9 may be paid directly to the individual or business
entity who shall have incurred liability covered by such insurance.
In case of any loss involving damage to Equipment or Inventory when
subsection (c) of this Section 9 is not applicable, the
applicable Grantor will make or cause to be made the necessary
repairs to or replacements of such Equipment or Inventory, and any
proceeds of insurance properly received by or released to such
Grantor shall be used by such Grantor, except as otherwise required
hereunder or by the Notes, to pay or as reimbursement for the costs
of such repairs or replacements.
(c) So long as no Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all insurance
payments received by the Purchaser in connection with any loss,
damage or destruction of any Inventory or Equipment will be
released by the Purchaser to the applicable Grantor for the repair,
replacement or restoration thereof, subject to such terms and
conditions with respect to the release thereof as the Purchaser may
reasonably require. To the extent that (i) the amount of any
such insurance payments exceeds the cost of any such repair,
replacement or restoration, or (ii) such insurance payments
are not otherwise required by the applicable Grantor to complete
any such repair, replacement or restoration required hereunder, the
Purchaser will not be required to release the amount thereof to
such Grantor and may hold or continue to hold such amount as
additional security for the Secured Obligations of such Grantor.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default or the actual or constructive total loss (in excess of
$50,000 per occurrence) of any Equipment or Inventory, all
insurance payments in respect of such Equipment or Inventory shall
be paid to the Purchaser and shall, in the Purchaser’s sole
discretion, (i) be released to the applicable Grantor to be
applied as set forth in the first sentence of this subsection
(c) or (ii) be held as additional Collateral hereunder or
applied as specified in Section 19(b).
Section 10.
Post-Closing Changes; Collections on Receivables .
(a) No Grantor will change its name, type of organization,
jurisdiction of organization, organizational identification number
or location from those set forth in 6(a) of this Agreement without
first giving at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the
Purchaser and taking all action required by the Purchaser for the
purpose of perfecting or protecting the security interest granted
by this Agreement. Each Grantor will hold and preserve its records
relating to the Collateral and will permit representatives of the
Purchaser at any time during normal business hours and upon
reasonable prior written notice to inspect and make abstracts from
such records and other documents. If any Grantor does not have an
organizational identification number and later obtains one, it will
forthwith notify the Purchaser of such organizational
identification number.
(b) Except as otherwise
provided in this subsection (b), each Grantor will continue to
collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due such
Grantor under the Receivables. In connection with such collections,
such Grantor may take (and, at the Purchaser’s direction,
will take) such action as such Grantor or the Purchaser may deem
necessary or advisable to enforce collection of the Receivables;
provided , however , that the Purchaser shall have
the right at any time, upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default and upon written notice to such
Grantor of its intention to do so, to notify the
Obligors
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under any Receivables of the assignment
of such Receivables to the Purchaser and to direct such Obligors to
make payment of all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor
thereunder directly to the Purchaser and, upon such notification
and at the expense of such Grantor, to enforce collection of any
such Receivables, to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or
payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as such
Grantor might have done, and to otherwise exercise all rights with
respect to such Receivables, including, without limitation, those
set forth set forth in Section 9-607 of the UCC. After receipt
by any Grantor of the notice from the Purchaser referred to in the
proviso to the preceding sentence, (i) all amounts and
proceeds (including, without limitation, instruments) received by
such Grantor in respect of the Receivables of such Grantor shall be
received in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser hereunder, shall
be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be
forthwith paid over to the Purchaser in the same form as so
received (with any necessary indorsement) and, if any Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, applied as provided
in Section 19(b) and (ii) such Grantor will not adjust,
settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Receivable,
release wholly or partly any Obligor thereof or allow any credit or
discount thereon. No Grantor will permit or consent to the
subordination of its right to payment under any of the Receivables
to any other indebtedness or obligations of the Obligor
thereof.
Section 11. As to
Intellectual Property Collateral . (a) With respect to
each item of its Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor
agrees to take, at its expense, all necessary steps, including,
without limitation, in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the
U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental authority, to
(i) maintain the validity and enforceability of such
Intellectual Property Collateral and maintain such Intellectual
Property Collateral in full force and effect, and (ii) pursue
the registration and maintenance of each patent, trademark, or
copyright registration or application, now or hereafter included in
such Intellectual Property Collateral of such Grantor, including,
without limitation, the payment of required fees and taxes, the
filing of responses to office actions issued by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office or other governmental
authorities, the filing of applications for renewal or extension,
the filing of affidavits under Sections 8 and 15 of the U.S.
Trademark Act, the filing of divisional, continuation,
continuation-in-part, reissue and renewal applications or
extensions, the payment of maintenance fees and the participation
in interference, reexamination, opposition, cancellation,
infringement and misappropriation proceedings. No Grantor shall,
without the written consent of the Purchaser, discontinue use of or
otherwise abandon any Intellectual Property Collateral, or abandon
any right to file an application for patent, trademark, or
copyright, unless such Grantor determines that such use or the
pursuit or maintenance of such Intellectual Property Collateral is
no longer desirable in the conduct of such Grantor’s business
and that the loss thereof would not be reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on such Grantor’s business, in which
case, such Grantor will give prompt notice of any such abandonment
to the Purchaser.
(b) Each Grantor agrees
promptly to notify the Purchaser if such Grantor becomes aware
(i) that any item of the Intellectual Property Collateral may
have become abandoned, placed in the public domain, invalid or
unenforceable, or of any adverse determination or development
regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any of the Intellectual
Property Collateral or its right to register the same or to keep
and maintain and enforce the same, or (ii) of any adverse
determination or the institution of any proceeding (including,
without limitation, the institution of any proceeding in the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office or any court) regarding any item of the
Intellectual Property Collateral.
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(c) In the event that any
Grantor becomes aware that any item of the Intellectual Property
Collateral is being infringed or misappropriated by a third party,
such Grantor shall promptly notify the Purchaser and shall take
such actions, at its expense, as such Grantor deems reasonable and
appropriate under the circumstances to protect or enforce such
Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without limitation,
suing for infringement or misappropriation and for an injunction
against such infringement or misappropriation.
(d) Each Grantor shall use
proper statutory notice in connection with its use of each item of
its Intellectual Property Collateral. Except as provided in
Section 11(a) hereof, no Grantor shall do or permit any act or
knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of its Intellectual
Property Collateral may lapse or become invalid or unenforceable or
placed in the public domain.
(e) Each Grantor shall take
all steps which it or the Purchaser deems reasonable and
appropriate under the circumstances to preserve and protect each
item of its Intellectual Property Collateral, including, without
limitation, maintaining the quality of any and all products or
services used or provided in connection with any of the Trademarks,
consistent with the quality of the products and services as of the
date hereof, and taking all steps necessary to ensure that all
licensed users of any of the Trademarks use such consistent
standards of quality.
(f) With respect to its
Intellectual Property Collateral, each Grantor agrees to execute or
otherwise authenticate an agreement, in substantially the form set
forth in Exhibit A hereto or otherwise in form and substance
satisfactory to the Purchaser (an “ Intellectual
Property Security Agreement ”), for recording the
security interest granted hereunder to the Purchaser in such
Intellectual Property Collateral with the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any other governmental
authorities necessary to perfect the security interest hereunder in
such Intellectual Property Collateral.
(g) Each Grantor agrees that
should it obtain an ownership interest in any item of the type set
forth in Section 1(e) that is not on the date hereof a part of
the Intellectual Property Collateral (“ After-Acquired
Intellectual Property ”) (i) the provisions of
this Agreement shall automatically apply thereto, and (ii) any
such After-Acquired Intellectual Property and, in the case of
trademarks, the goodwill symbolized thereby, shall automatically
become part of the Intellectual Property Collateral subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement with respect thereto. Within
30 days of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, each
Grantor shall give written notice to the Purchaser identifying the
After-Acquired Intellectual Property acquired during such fiscal
quarter, and such Grantor shall execute and deliver to the
Purchaser with such written notice, or otherwise authenticate, an
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto or
otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser (an
“ IP Security Agreement Supplement ”)
covering such After-Acquired Intellectual Property, which IP
Security Agreement Supplement shall be recorded with the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office and any
other governmental authorities necessary to perfect the security
interest hereunder in such After-Acquired Intellectual
Property.
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Section 12. Voting
Rights; Dividends; Etc . (a) So long as no Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) Each Grantor shall be
entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights
pertaining to the Security Collateral of such Grantor or any part
thereof for any purpose; provided however , that such
Grantor will not exercise or refrain from exercising any such right
if such action would have a material adverse effect on the value of
the Security Collateral or any part thereof.
(ii) Each Grantor shall be
entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest and
other distributions paid in respect of the Security Collateral of
such Grantor if and to the extent that the payment thereof is not
otherwise prohibited by the terms of the Notes; provided ,
however , that any and all
(A) dividends, interest and
other distributions paid or payable other than in cash in respect
of, and instruments and other property received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any
Security Collateral,
(B) dividends and other
distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of any Security
Collateral in connection with a partial or total liquidation or
dissolution or in connection with a reduction of capital, capital
surplus or paid in surplus and
(C) cash paid, payable or
otherwise distributed in respect of principal of, or in redemption
of, or in exchange for, any Security Collateral
shall be, and shall be
forthwith delivered to the Purchaser to hold as, Security
Collateral and shall, if received by such Grantor, be received in
trust for the benefit of the Purchaser, be segregated from the
other property or funds of such Grantor and be forthwith delivered
to the Purchaser as Security Collateral in the same form as so
received (with any necessary indorsement).
(iii) The Purchaser will
execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to each
Grantor all such proxies and other instruments as such Grantor may
reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to
exercise the voting and other rights that it is entitled to
exercise pursuant to paragraph (i) above and to receive the
dividends or interest payments that it is authorized to receive and
retain pursuant to paragraph (ii) above.
(b) Upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) All rights of each
Grantor (x) to exercise or refrain from exercising the voting
and other consensual rights that it would otherwise be entitled to
exercise pursuant to Section 12(a)(i) shall, upon notice to
such Grantor by the Purchaser, cease and (y) to receive the
dividends, interest and other distributions that it would otherwise
be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to
Section 12(a)(ii) shall automatically cease, and all such
rights shall thereupon become vested in the Purchaser, which shall
thereupon have the sole right to exercise or refrain from
exercising such voting and other consensual rights and to receive
and hold as Security Collateral such dividends, interest and other
distributions.
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(ii) All dividends, interest
and other distributions that are received by any Grantor contrary
to the provisions of paragraph (i) of this Section 12(b)
shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser, shall
be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be
forthwith paid over to the Purchaser as Security Collateral in the
same form as so received (with any necessary
indorsement).
Section 13. As to
Letter-of-Credit Rights . (a) Each Grantor, by granting a
security interest in its Receivables consisting of letter-of-credit
rights to the Purchaser, intends to (and hereby does) assign to the
Purchaser its rights (including its contingent rights) to the
proceeds of all contracts consisting of letters of credit of which
it is or hereafter becomes a beneficiary or assignee. Each Grantor
will promptly cause the issuer of each letter of credit and each
nominated person (if any) with respect thereto to consent to such
assignment of the proceeds thereof pursuant to a consent in form
and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser and deliver written
evidence of such consent to the Purchaser.
(b) Upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, each Grantor will, promptly upon request by the
Purchaser, (i) notify (and such Grantor hereby authorizes the
Purchaser to notify) the issuer and each nominated person with
respect to each of the Related Contracts consisting of letters of
credit that the proceeds thereof have been assigned to the
Purchaser hereunder and any payments due or to become due in
respect thereof are to be made directly to the Purchaser or its
designee and (ii) arrange for the Purchaser to become the
transferee beneficiary of letter of credit.
Section 14.
Commercial Tort Claims . Each Grantor will promptly give
notice to the Purchaser of any commercial tort claim that may arise
after the date hereof and will immediately execute or otherwise
authenticate a supplement to this Agreement, and otherwise take all
necessary action, to subject such commercial tort claim to the
second priority security interest created under this
Agreement.
Section 15. Transfers
and Other Liens; Additional Shares . (a) Each Grantor
agrees that it will not (i) sell, assign or otherwise dispose
of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Collateral,
other than sales, assignments and other dispositions of Collateral,
and options relating to Collateral, permitted under the terms of
the Note Purchase Agreement, or (ii) create or suffer to exist
any lien or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the
Collateral of such Grantor except for the pledge, assignment and
security interest created under this Agreement, the 2007 Security
Agreement and any liens or other encumbrances permitted under the
terms of the Note Purchase Agreement.
(b) Each Grantor agrees that
it will (i) cause each issuer of the capital stock pledged by
such Grantor not to issue any capital stock or other securities in
addition to or in substitution for the Pledged Equity issued by
such issuer, except to such Grantor, and (ii) pledge
hereunder, immediately upon its acquisition (directly or
indirectly) thereof, any and all additional capital stock or other
securities.
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Section 16. Purchaser
Appointed Attorney in Fact . Each Grantor hereby irrevocably
appoints the Purchaser such Grantor’s attorney in fact, with
full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the
name of such Grantor or otherwise, from time to time in the
Purchaser’s discretion, to, upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, take any action and to
execute any instrument that the Purchaser may deem reasonably
necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this
Agreement, including, without limitation:
(a) to obtain and adjust
insurance required to be paid to the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 9,
(b) to ask for, demand,
collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance
and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect
of any of the Collateral,
(c) to receive, indorse and
collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel
paper, in connection with clause (a) or (b) above,
and
(d) to file any claims or
take any action or institute any proceedings that the Purchaser may
deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the
Collateral or otherwise to enforce compliance with the terms and
conditions of any Assigned Agreement or the rights of the Purchaser
with respect to any of the Collateral.
Section 17. Purchaser
May Perform . If any Grantor fails to perform any agreement
contained herein, the Purchaser may, but without any obligation to
do so and without notice, itself perform, or cause performance of,
such agreement, and the expenses of the Purchaser incurred in
connection therewith shall be payable by such Grantor under
Section 20.
Section 18. The
Purchaser’s Duties . (a) The powers conferred on the
Purchaser hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the
Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any
such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Collateral in its
possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it
hereunder, the Purchaser shall have no duty as to any Collateral,
as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls,
conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters
relative to any Collateral, or as to the taking of any necessary
steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights
pertaining to any Collateral. The Purchaser shall be deemed to have
exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any
Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own
property.
(b) Anything contained herein
to the contrary notwithstanding, the Purchaser may from time to
time, when the Purchaser deems it to be necessary, appoint one or
more subagents (each
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