SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT
(the “ Agreement
”), is entered into and made
effective as of July 29, 2008, by and between NEOMEDIA
TECHNOLOGIES INC., a Delaware corporation with its
principal place of business located at Two Concourse Parkway, Suite
500, Atlanta, GA 30328 (the “ Company ”), and
any subsidiaries of the Company who became a party to this
Agreement pursuant to Section 6.13 (together with the Company,
singularly a “ Grantor ”, and collectively the
“ Grantors ”), in favor YA GLOBAL
INVESTMENTS, L.P. (the “ Secured Party
”).
WHEREAS , the Secured Party is the holder of certain
secured convertible debentures and notes, and other evidence of
indebtedness issued by the Company to the Secured Party as set
forth on Schedule A attached hereto (as may be amended,
supplemented and restated from time to time, the “
Original Debentures ”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Securities Purchase
Agreement by and among the Company and the Secured Party of even
date herewith (the “ Securities Purchase
Agreement ”), the Company has agreed, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, to
issue to the Secured Party (i) an aggregate original principal
amount of $8,650,000 of senior secured convertible debentures (the
“ Convertible Debentures ”), which shall be
convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the
“ Conversion Shares ”); and (ii) warrants (the
“ Warrants ”) to be exercisable to acquire
additional shares of Common Stock (the “ Warrants
Shares ”) initially in that number of shares of Common
Stock set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS , the Secured Party and the Company are parties
to the following (collectively, the “ Prior Debt
Documents ”): the Original Debentures, the Security
Agreement dated August 24, 2007, and any other existing security
agreements, guaranty agreements, pledge agreements, credit
agreement or other facility, mortgage, other debenture agreements
or instruments, by and between the Secured Party and the Company
and the other Grantors, under which there may be issued, or by
which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for
borrowed money or evidencing any outstanding obligation of the
Company to the Secured Party, and any other existing documents
executed in connection with any of the foregoing; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the Secured Party
purchasing the Convertible Debentures and Warrants pursuant to the
Securities Purchase Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed
and delivered to the Secured Party this Agreement providing for the
grant to the Secured Party of a security interest in all personal
property of each Grantor to secure all of the Company's obligations
under the Securities Purchase Agreement, this Agreement, the
Convertible Debentures, the Warrants, the Prior Debt Documents, any
other mortgages, pledges, or other collateral documents and any
UCC-1 financing statement required by the Secured Party, and any
amendment, amendment and restatement, modification or supplement to
any of the foregoing (collectively, the “ Transaction
Documents ”);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual
covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the adequacy and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
1.
DEFINITIONS AND
INTERPRETATIONS
Section 1.1. Recitals . The above recitals are true and correct and
are incorporated herein, in their entirety, by this
reference.
Section 1.2. Interpretations . Nothing herein expressed or implied is
intended or shall be construed to confer upon any person other than
the Secured Party any right, remedy or claim under or by reason
hereof.
Section 1.3. Definitions . Reference is hereby made to the Securities
Purchase Agreement and the Convertible Debentures for a statement
of the terms thereof. All capitalized terms used in this Agreement
and the recitals hereto and not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Convertible Debentures, or in Articles 8 or 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New
Jersey (the " Code ").
Section 1.4. Other Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the respective meanings indicated below, such
meanings to be applicable equally to both the singular and plural
forms of such terms:
“ Event of Default ” shall
mean the occurrence of a default or breach under (i) this
Agreement, and (ii) any other Transaction Document.
ARTICLE
2.
PLEDGED
PROPERTY
Section 2.1. Grant of Security Interest
.
(a) As collateral security for all of the
Obligations (as defined in Section 2.2 hereof), each Grantor
hereby pledges and assigns to the Secured Party, and grants to the
Secured Party for its benefit, a continuing security interest in
and to all personal property of each Grantor, wherever located and
whether now or hereinafter existing and whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, of every kind and description, tangible or
intangible, including without limitation, all Goods, Inventory,
Equipment, Fixtures, Instruments (including promissory notes),
Documents, Accounts (including health-care-insurance receivables,
and license fees), Contracts, Contract Rights, Chattel Paper
(whether tangible or electronic), Deposit Accounts (and in and to
any deposits or other sums at any time credited to each such
Deposit Account), Money, Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit
Rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a
writing), Commercial Tort Claims, Securities and all other
Investment Property, General Intangibles (including payment
intangibles and software), Farm Products, all books and records
relating to any of the foregoing, and all supporting obligations,
and any and all proceeds and products of any thereof, including
proceeds of insurance covering any or all of the foregoing,
wherever located, whether now owned, or now due, in which a Grantor
has an interest or the power to transfer rights, or hereafter
acquired, arising, or to become due, or in which a Grantor obtains
an interest, or the power to transfer rights, and as more
particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto
(collectively, the “ Pledged Property
”).
(b) Simultaneously with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, each Grantor shall make, execute, acknowledge,
file, record and deliver to the Secured Party such documents,
instruments, and agreements, including, without limitation,
financing statements, certificates, affidavits and forms as may, in
the Secured Party’s reasonable judgment, be necessary to
effectuate, complete or perfect, or to continue and preserve, the
security interest of the Secured Party in the Pledged
Property.
Section 2.2 Security for Obligations . The security interest created hereby in the
Pledged Property constitutes continuing collateral security for all
of the following obligations, whether now existing or hereinafter
incurred (collectively, the “ Obligations
”):
any and all debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties owing by any Grantor to the Secured Party, now
existing or hereafter arising of every nature, type, and
description, whether liquidated, unliquidated, primary, secondary,
secured, unsecured, direct, indirect, absolute, or contingent, and
whether or not evidenced by a note, guaranty or other instrument,
and any amendments, extensions, renewals or increases thereof,
including, without limitation, all those under (i) the Transaction
Documents; (ii) any agreement or document related to the
Transaction Documents; or (iii) any other or related documents, and
including any interest accruing thereon after insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Grantors, whether
or not a claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding, and all costs and expenses of the Secured Party
incurred in the enforcement, collection or otherwise in connection
with any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and all obligations
of the Grantors to the Secured Party to perform acts or refrain
from taking any action.
ARTICLE
3.
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT;
PERFORMANCE
Section 3.1. Secured Party Appointed
Attorney-In-Fact .
The Grantors hereby appoint the Secured Party as
its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of
the Grantor and in the name of the Grantor or otherwise,
exercisable after and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, from time to time in the Secured Party’s discretion
to take any action and to execute any instrument which the Secured
Party may reasonably deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of
this Agreement, including, without limitation, to (a) receive and
collect all instruments made payable to the Grantor representing
any payments in respect of the Pledged Property or any part thereof
and to give full discharge for the same; (b) demand, collect,
receipt for, settle, compromise, adjust, sue for, foreclose, or
realize on the Pledged Property as and when the Secured Party may
determine, and (c) to facilitate collection, the Secured Party may
notify account debtors and obligors on any Pledged Property to make
payments directly to the Secured Party. The foregoing power of
attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable until all Obligations are paid and performed in full.
The Grantors agree that the powers conferred on the Secured Party
hereunder are solely to protect the Secured Party’s interests
in the Pledged Property and shall not impose any duty upon the
Secured Party to exercise any such powers.
Section 3.2. Secured Party May Perform
.
If a Grantor fails to perform any agreement
contained herein, the Secured Party, at its option, may itself
perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses
of the Secured Party incurred in connection therewith shall be
included in the Obligations secured hereby and payable by such
Grantor under Section 8.3.
ARTICLE
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Section 4.1. Authorization; Enforceability
.
Each of the parties hereto represents and
warrants that it has taken all action necessary to authorize the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby; and upon execution and delivery,
this Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of
the respective party, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights or by the principles governing the
availability of equitable remedies.
Section 4.2. Ownership of Pledged Property
.
Each Grantor represents and warrants that it is
the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Property free and
clear of any lien, security interest, option or other charge or
encumbrance (each, a “ Lien ”) except for the
security interest created by this Agreement and other Permitted
Liens. For purposes of this Agreement, “ Permitted
Liens ” means: (1) the security interest created by this
Agreement or any security interest previously granted to the
Secured Party, (2) existing Liens which have been disclosed by the
Company to the Secured Party on Schedule 4.2 attached hereto; (3)
inchoate Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or
levies not yet due, as to which the grace period, if any, related
thereto has not yet expired, or being contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been
established in accordance with GAAP; (4) Liens of carriers,
materialmen, warehousemen, mechanics and landlords and other
similar Liens which secure amounts which are not yet overdue or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance
with GAAP; (5) nonexclusive licenses, nonexclusive sublicenses,
leases or subleases granted to other Persons not materially
interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company; (6)
Liens securing capitalized lease obligations and purchase money
indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing an
acquisition or lease; (7) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions,
encroachments, municipal zoning ordinances and other similar
charges or encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies, in each case
not securing debt and not materially interfering with the conduct
of the business of the Company and not materially detracting from
the value of the property subject thereto; (8) Liens arising out of
the existence of judgments or awards which judgments or awards do
not constitute an Event of Default; (9) Liens incurred in the
ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation
claims, unemployment insurance, pension liabilities and social
security benefits and Liens securing the performance of bids,
tenders, leases and contracts in the ordinary course of business,
statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature (other than appeal bonds) incurred in
the ordinary course of business (exclusive of obligations in
respect of the payment for borrowed money); (10) Liens in favor of
a banking institution arising by operation of law encumbering
deposits (including the right of set-off) and contractual set-off
rights held by such banking institution and which are within the
general parameters customary in the banking industry and only
burdening deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a
creditor depository institution; (11) usual and customary set-off
rights in leases and other contracts; and (12) escrows in
connection with acquisitions and dispositions.
Section 4.3 Location of Pledged Property
.
The Pledged Property is or will be kept at the
address(es) of each Grantor set forth on the signature pages
hereof, or such other locations as the Grantors have given the
Secured Party written notice prior to the date hereof, and, unless
otherwise provided herein, the Grantors will not remove any Pledged
Property from such locations without the prior written consent of
the Secured Party which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld.
Section 4.4 Location, State of Incorporation and Name of
Grantors .
Each Grantor’s principal place of
business, state of organization, organization identification
number, and exact legal name is as set forth on each such
Grantor’s signature page to this Agreement.
Section 4.5 Priority of Security Interest
.
Except as set forth in Schedule 4.2, the
security interest granted to the Secured Party hereunder shall be a
first priority security interest subject to no other Liens. Except
for the Permitted Liens, no financing statement or other such
document that constitutes or establishes a lien covering any of the
Pledged Property or any proceeds thereof is on file in any public
office.
ARTICLE
5.
DEFAULT;
REMEDIES
Section 5.1 Method of Realizing Upon the Pledged Property:
Other Remedies .
If any Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing:
(a) The Secured Party may exercise in respect of
the Pledged Property, in addition to any other rights and remedies
provided for herein or otherwise available to it, all of the rights
and remedies of a secured party upon default under the Code
(whether or not the Code applies to the affected Pledged Property),
and also may (i) take absolute control of the Pledged Property,
including, without limitation, transfer into the Secured Party's
name or into the name of its nominee or nominees (to the extent the
Secured Party has not theretofore done so) and thereafter receive,
for the benefit of the Secured Party, all payments made thereon,
give all consents, waivers and ratifications in respect thereof and
otherwise act with respect thereto as though it were the outright
owner thereof, (ii) require each Grantor to assemble all or
part of the Pledged Property as directed by the Secured Party and
make it available to the Secured Party at a place or places to be
designated by the Secured Party that is reasonably convenient to
both parties, and the Secured Party may enter into and occupy any
premises owned or leased by a Grantor where the Pledged Property or
any part thereof is located or assembled for a reasonable period in
order to effectuate the Secured Party's rights and remedies
hereunder or under law, without obligation to the Grantor in
respect of such occupation, and (iii) without notice except as
specified below and without any obligation to prepare or process
the Pledged Property for sale, (A) sell the Pledged Property
or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private
sale, at any of the Secured Party's offices or elsewhere, for cash,
on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and
upon such other terms as the Secured Party may deem commercially
reasonable and/or (B) lease, license or dispose of the Pledged
Property or any part thereof upon such terms as the Secured Party
may deem commercially reasonable. Each Grantor agrees that, to the
extent notice of sale or any other disposition of the Pledged
Property shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days' notice
to the Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time
after which any private sale or other disposition of the Pledged
Property is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification.
The Secured Party shall not be obligated to make any sale or other
disposition of any Pledged Property regardless of notice of sale
having been given. The Secured Party may adjourn any public or
private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and
place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be
made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each
Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Secured Party arising
by reason of the fact that the price at which the Pledged Property
may have been sold at a private sale was less than the price which
might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the
aggregate amount of the Obligations, even if the Secured Party
accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Pledged
Property to more than one offeree, and waives all rights that the
Grantor may have to require that all or any part of such Pledged
Property be marshaled upon any sale (public or private) thereof.
Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that (i) any such sale of the
Pledged Property by the Secured Party may be made without warranty,
(ii) the Secured Party may specifically disclaim any
warranties of title, possession, quiet enjoyment or the like, and
(iii) such actions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii)
above shall not adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of
any such sale of Pledged Property.
(b) Any cash held by the Secured Party as Pledged
Property and all cash proceeds received by the Secured Party in
respect of any sale of or collection from, or other realization
upon, all or any part of the Pledged Property shall be applied
(after payment of any amounts payable to the Secured Party pursuant
to Section 8.3 hereof) by the Secured Party against, all or any
part of the Obligations in such order as the Secured Party shall
elect, consistent with the provisions of the Securities Purchase
Agreement. Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by the
Secured Party and remaining after the indefeasible payment in full
in cash of all of the Obligations shall be paid over to whomsoever
shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of
competent jurisdiction shall direct.
(c) In the event that the proceeds of any such
sale, collection or realization are insufficient to pay all amounts
to which the Secured Party is legally entitled, each Grantor shall
be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon at the
rate specified in the Convertible Debentures for interest on
overdue principal thereof or such other rate as shall be fixed by
applicable law, together with the costs of collection and the
reasonable fees, costs, expenses and other client charges of any
attorneys employed by the Secured Party to collect such
deficiency.
(d) Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that if the
Secured Party complies with any applicable state, provincial, or
federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the
Pledged Property, such compliance will not adversely affect the
commercial reasonableness of any sale or other disposition of the
Pledged Property.
(e) The Secured Party shall not be required to
marshal any present or future collateral security (including, but
not limited to, this Agreement and the Pledged Property) for, or
other assurances of payment of, the Obligations or any of them or
to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of
payment in any particular order, and all of the Secured Party's
rights hereunder and in respect of such collateral security and
other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition to
all other rights, however existing or arising. To the extent that
the Grantor lawfully may, each Grantor hereby agrees that it will
not invoke any law relating to the marshaling of collateral which
might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of the Secured
Party's rights under this Agreement or under any other instrument
creating or evidencing any of the Obligations or under which any of
the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations
is secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the
extent that it lawfully may, the Company hereby irrevocably waives
the benefits of all such laws.
Section 5.2 Duties Regarding Pledged Property
.
The Secured Party shall have no duty as to the
collection or protection of the Pledged Property or any income
thereon or as to the preservation of any rights pertaining thereto,
beyond the safe custody and reasonable care of any of the Pledged
Property actually in the Secured Party’s
possession.
ARTICLE
6.
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
So long as any of the Obligations shall remain
outstanding, unless the Secured Party shall otherwise consent in
writing:
Section 6.1. Existence, Properties, Etc.
(a) Each Grantor shall do, or cause to be done, all
things, or proceed with due diligence with any actions or courses
of action, that may be reasonably necessary (i) to maintain
Grantor’s due organization, valid existence and good standing
under the laws of its state of incorporation, and (ii) to
preserve and keep in full force and effect all qualifications,
licenses and registrations in those jurisdictions in which the
failure to do so could have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined
below); and (b) each Grantor shall not do, or cause to be
done, any act impairing the Grantor’s corporate power or
authority (i) to carry on the Grantor’s business as now
conducted, and (ii) to execute or deliver this Agreement or
any other document delivered in connection herewith, including,
without limitation, any UCC-1 Financing Statements required by the
Secured Party (which other loan instruments collectively shall
be referred to as the “ Loan Instruments
”) to which it is or will be a party, or perform any of
its obligations hereunder or thereunder. For purpose of this
Agreement, the term “ Material Adverse Effect ”
shall mean any material and adverse effect as determined by Secured
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