EXHIBIT 10.11
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 31st
day of December, 2008, by and among Nevada Gold Holdings,
Inc. , a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
Nevada Gold Enterprises, Inc. , a Nevada corporation
(“Subsidiary”), and the Buyers (as defined
below).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS , the Company will issue and deliver to each
party listed as a buyer (the “Buyers”) on the Schedule
of Buyers attached to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement
dated of even date herewith (“Securities Purchase
Agreement”) its 10% Secured Convertible Promissory Note
(each, a “Note” and together, the “Notes”)
in the aggregate principal amount of up to One Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($150,000), the first of which Notes shall be
dated as of the date of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS , pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement,
the Company has agreed to grant and to cause the Subsidiary to
grant a security interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in
this Agreement) to the Buyers on the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the premises and
intending to be legally bound, the parties covenant and agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions . In addition to the words and terms defined
elsewhere in this Agreement, the following words and terms shall
have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise clearly
requires:
“Accounts” shall have the meaning
given to that term in the Code and shall include without limitation
all rights of the Company or the Subsidiary, whenever acquired, to
payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether
or not earned by performance.
“Agent” shall mean
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“Chattel
Paper” shall have the meaning given to that term in the Code
and shall include without limitation all writings owned by the
Company or the Subsidiary, whenever acquired, which evidence both a
monetary obligation and a security interest in or a lease of
specific goods.
“Code” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect on the date of this Agreement and as
amended from time to time, of the state or states having
jurisdiction with respect to all or any portion of the Collateral
from time to time.
“Collateral” shall mean (i) all
tangible and intangible assets of Company and the Subsidiary,
including, without limitation, collectively the Accounts, Chattel
Paper, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Equipment, Fixtures, General
Intangibles, Instruments, Intellectual Property, Inventory,
Investment Property, and Proceeds of each of them.
“Deposit
Accounts” shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Code and shall include a demand, time, savings, passbook or similar
account maintained with a bank, savings bank, savings and loan
association, credit union, trust company or other organization that
is engaged in the business of banking.
“Documents” shall have the meaning
given to that term in the Code and shall include without limitation
all warehouse receipts (as defined by the Code) and other documents
of title (as defined by the Code) owned by the Company or the
Subsidiary, whenever acquired.
“Equipment” shall have the meaning
given to that term in the Code and shall include without limitation
all goods owned by the Company or the Subsidiary, whenever acquired
and wherever located, used or brought for use primarily in the
business or for the benefit of the Company or the Subsidiary and
not included in Inventory of the Company or the Subsidiary,
together with all attachments, accessories and parts used or
intended to be used with any of those goods or Fixtures, whether
now or in the future installed therein or thereon or affixed
thereto, as well as all substitutes and replacements thereof in
whole or in part.
“Event of
Default” shall mean (i) any of the Events of Default
described in the Notes or the Loan Documents, or (ii) any default
by the Company or the Subsidiary in the performance of its
obligations under this Agreement.
“Fixtures” shall have the meaning
given to that term in the Code, and shall include without
limitation leasehold improvements.
“General
Intangibles” shall have the meaning given to that term in the
Code and shall include, without limitation, all leases under which
the Company or the Subsidiary now or in the future leases and or
obtains a right to occupy or use real or personal property, or
both, all of the other contract rights of the Company or the
Subsidiary, whenever acquired, and customer lists, choses in
action, claims (including claims for indemnification), books,
records, patents, copyrights, trademarks, blueprints, drawings,
designs and plans, trade secrets, methods, processes, contracts,
licenses, license agreements, formulae, tax and any other types of
refunds, returned and unearned insurance premiums, rights and
claims under insurance policies, and computer information,
software, records and data, and oil, gas, or other minerals before
extraction now owned or acquired after the date of this Agreement
by the Company or the Subsidiary.
“Instruments” shall have the meaning
given to that term in the Code and shall include, without
limitation, all negotiable instruments (as defined in the Code),
all certificated securities (as defined in the Code) and all other
writings which evidence a right to the payment of money now or
after the date of this Agreement owned by the Company or the
Subsidiary.
“Inventory” shall have the meaning
given to that term in the Code and shall include without limitation
all goods owned by the Company or the Subsidiary, whenever acquired
and wherever located, held for sale or lease or furnished or to be
furnished under contracts of service, and all raw materials, work
in process and materials owned by the Company or the Subsidiary and
used or consumed in the Company’s or the Subsidiary’
business, whenever acquired and wherever located.
“Investment Property,”
“Securities Intermediary” and “Commodities
Intermediary” each shall have the meaning set forth in the
Code.
“Know-How” means all documented and
undocumented research, ideas, data, theories, conclusions, reports,
drawings, designs, blueprints, schematics, exhibits, models,
prototypes, source code, object code, flow charts, manuals,
processes, specifications, formulae, product configurations, notes,
inventions (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to
practice) and any other information of any kind developed, in
development or maintained by the Company or the Subsidiary or any
of their respective employees, agents or representatives relating
to any goods or services sold or licensed or offered for sale or
license by the Company or the Subsidiary or goods or
services which the Company or the Subsidiary have a present
intention to sell or license.
“Loan
Documents” shall mean collectively, this Agreement, the
Notes, the Securities Purchase Agreement and all other agreements,
documents and instruments executed and delivered in connection
therewith, as each may be amended, supplemented or modified from
time to time.
“Permitted Liens” shall mean all (i)
all existing liens on the assets of the Company and the Subsidiary
which have been disclosed to the Buyer by the Company on a Schedule
attached hereto, and (ii) all purchase money security interests
hereinafter incurred by the Company or the Subsidiary in the
ordinary course of business.
“Proceeds” shall have the meaning
given to that term in the Code and shall include without limitation
whatever is received when Collateral or Proceeds are sold,
exchanged, collected or otherwise disposed of, whether cash or
non-cash, and includes without limitation proceeds of insurance
payable by reason of loss of or damage to Collateral.
“Trade
Secret Rights” means all documentation, Know-How and other
materials owned by the Company or the Subsidiary that is considered
to be proprietary to the Company or the Subsidiary, is maintained
on a confidential or secret basis, and is generally not known to
other persons or entities who are not subject to confidentiality
restrictions.
(a) As
security for the full and timely payment of the Notes in
accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement and
the performance of the obligations of the Company under the Notes
and the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company and the
Subsidiary agree that the Buyers shall have, and the Company and
the Subsidiary shall grant and convey to and create in favor of the
Buyers, a security interest under the Code in and to such of the
Collateral as is now owned by the Company or the Subsidiary. The
security interest granted to the Buyers in this Agreement shall be
a first priority security interest, prior and superior to the
rights of all third parties existing on or arising after the date
of this Agreement, subject to the Permitted Liens.
(b) All
of the Equipment, Inventory and Goods owned by Company or the
Subsidiary is located in the states as specified on Schedule
I attached hereto (except to the extent any such Equipment,
Inventory or Goods is in transit or located at a Company or the
Subsidiary’s job site in the ordinary course of
business). Except as disclosed on Schedule I ,
none of the Collateral is in the possession of any bailee,
warehousemen, processor or consignee. Schedule I
discloses such Company and the Subsidiary’s names as of the
date hereof as it appears in official filings in the state or
province, as applicable, of its incorporation, formation or
organization, the type of entity of both the Company and the
Subsidiary (including corporation, partnership, limited partnership
or limited liability company), organizational identification number
issued by both Company and the Subsidiary state of incorporation,
formation or organization (or a statement that no such number has
been issued), both Company and the Subsidiary state or province, as
applicable, of incorporation, formation or organization and the
chief place of business, chief executive officer and the office
where both Company and the Subsidiary keep their respective books
and records. Both the Company and the Subsidiary have
only one state or province, as applicable, of incorporation,
formation or organization. Company and the Subsidiary do
not do business and have not done business during the past five (5)
years under any trade name or fictitious business name except as
disclosed on Schedule I attached hereto.
3.
Provisions Applicable to the Collateral . The parties agree
that the following provisions shall be applicable to the
Collateral:
(a) The Company and the Subsidiary each
covenants and agrees that at all times during the term of this
Agreement it shall keep accurate and complete books and records
concerning the Collateral that is now owned by the Company and the
Subsidiary.
(b) The Buyers or their representatives shall
have the right, upon reasonable prior written notice to the Company
and during the regular business hours of the Company, to examine
and inspect the Collateral and to review the books and records of
the Company or the Subsidiary concerning the Collateral that is now
owned or acquired after the date of this Agreement by the Company
or the Subsidiary and to copy the same and make excerpts therefrom;
provided, however, that from and after the occurrence of an Event
of Default, the rights of inspection and entry shall be subject to
the requirements of the Code.
(c) The Company and the Subsidiary shall at all
times during the term of this Agreement keep the Equipment,
Inventory and Fixtures that are now owned by the Company or the
Subsidiary in the states set forth on Schedule I or, upon
written notice to the Buyers, at such other locations for which the
Buyers have filed financing statements, and in no other states
without 20 days’ prior written notice to the Buyers, except
that the Company or the Subsidiary shall have the right until one
or more Events of Default shall occur to sell or otherwise dispose
of Inventory and other Collateral in the ordinary course of
business.
(d) The Company shall not move the location of
its principal executive offices without prior written notification
to the Buyers.
(e) Without the prior written consent of the
Buyers, the Company and the Subsidiary shall not sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of any Equipment or Fixtures, except in the
ordinary course of their business.
(f) Promptly upon request of the Buyers from
time to time, the Company or the Subsidiary shall furnish the
Buyers with such information and documents regarding the Collateral
and the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s financial
condition, business, assets or liabilities, at such times and in
such form and detail as the Buyers may reasonably
request.
(g) During the term of this Agreement, the
Company or the Subsidiary shall deliver to the Buyers, upon their
reasonable, written request from time to time, without
limitation,
(i) all invoices and customer statements
rendered to account debtors, documents, contracts, chattel paper,
instruments and other writings pertaining to the Company’s or
the Subsidiary’s contracts or the performance of the
Company’s or the Subsidiary’s contracts,
(ii) evidence of the Company’s or the
Subsidiary’s accounts and statements showing the aging,
identification, reconciliation and collection thereof,
and
(iii) reports as to the Company’s or the
Subsidiary’s inventory and sales, shipment, damage or loss
thereof, all of the foregoing to be certified by authorized
officers or other employees of the Company or the Subsidiary, and
Company or the Subsidiary shall take all necessary action during
the term of this Agreement to perfect any and all security
interests in favor of Company or the Subsidiary and to assign to
Buyers all such security interests in favor of Company or the
Subsidiary.
(h) Notwithstanding the security interest in the
Collateral granted to and created in favor of the Buyers under this
Agreement, the Company or the Subsidiary shall have the right until
one or more Events of Default shall occur, at their own cost and
expense, to collect the Accounts and the Chattel Paper and to
enforce their contract rights.
(i) After the occurrence of an Event of Default,
the Agent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to give
notice of the Buyers’ security interest to account debtors
obligated to the Company or the Subsidiary and to take over and
direct collection of the Accounts and the Chattel Paper, to notify
such account debtors to make payment directly to the Buyers and to
enforce payment of the Accounts and the Chattel Paper and to
enforce the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s contract
rights. It is understood and agreed by the Company and the
Subsidiary that Agent shall have no liability whatsoever under this
subsection (i) except for their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
(j) At all times during the term of this
Agreement, Company and the Subsidiary shall promptly deliver to the
Agent, upon their written request, all existing leases, and all
other leases entered into by Company or the Subsidiary from time to
time, covering any Equipment or Inventory (“Leased
Inventory”) which is leased to third parties.
(l) Company and the Subsidiary shall not change
its name, entity status, federal taxpayer identification number, or
provincial organizational or
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