SECURITY AGREEMENT
(INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY)
THIS SECURITY
AGREEMENT (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) (this “ Security
Agreement ”), dated as of April 2, 2009, is entered
into by and between Bioheart, Inc., a Florida corporation (the
“ Grantor ”), and BlueCrest Venture Finance
Master Fund Limited, a Cayman Islands limited company, as successor
to BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P. (“ Lender
”).
A Pursuant to that
certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2007
(as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”), by and between
Grantor and Lender, the Lender agreed to extend loans and other
financial accommodations to Grantor upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth therein.
B. Grantor
and Lender have entered into that certain Amendment to Loan and
Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, the
“ Amendment ”), pursuant to which Grantor agreed
to deliver to Lender this Security Agreement duly executed by
Grantor.
C. Pursuant
to the Amendment, Grantor has agreed to enter into this Security
Agreement and, in the event that an Event of Default (as defined in
the Loan Agreement) other than the Existing Default (as defined in
the Amendment) occurs on or after the date hereof, to grant a
security interest in the Collateral described herein, which grant
shall be effective and relate back to the date hereof.
In consideration
of the above recitals and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, Grantor hereby agrees with Lender as
follows:
1.
Definitions and Interpretation . When used in this
Security Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:
“
Amendment ” has the meaning given to that term in
Recital B hereof.
“
Collateral ” has the meaning given to that term in
Section 2 hereof.
“
Copyright Office ” means the United States Copyright
Office or any successor office or agency thereto.
“
Copyrights ” has the meaning given to that term in
Attachment 1 hereto.
“
Grantor ” has the meaning given to that term in the
introductory paragraph hereof.
“
Lender ” has the meaning given to that term in the
introductory paragraph hereof.
“
Loan Agreement ” has the meaning given to that term in
Recital A hereof.
“
Other Agreements ” has the meaning given to that term
in the Loan Agreement.
“
Patent and Trademark Office ” means the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or any successor office or agency
thereto.
“
Patent Applications ” means all applications made by,
or on behalf of, Grantor to the Patent and Trademark Office or to
any similar office or agency of any foreign country or political
subdivision thereof for the registration of Patents.
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“
Patent Registrations ” means all Patents registered
with the Patent and Trademark Office or with any similar office or
agency of any foreign country or political subdivision thereof and
all Patent Applications.
“
Patents ” has the meaning given to that term in
Attachment 1 hereto.
“
Secured Obligations ” means the Borrower’s
Liabilities (as defined in the Loan Agreement).
“
Security Agreement ” means this Security Agreement
(Intellectual Property) and all exhibits and schedules hereto, as
the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented
or restated.
“
Trade Secrets ” has the meaning given to that term in
Attachment 1 hereto.
“
Trademarks ” has the meaning given to that term in
Attachment 1 hereto.
“
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same
may, from time to time, be in effect in the State of Illinois;
provided , however , in the event that, by
reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the
attachment, perfection or priority of Lender’s security
interest in any collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of
Illinois, the term “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection of
priority and for purposes of definitions related to such
provisions.
Unless
otherwise defined herein, all other capitalized terms used herein
and defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the respective
meanings given to those terms in the Loan Agreement, and all terms
defined in the UCC shall have the respective meanings given to
those terms in the UCC.
2.
Grant of Security Interest . In the event that an Event
of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) other than the
Existing Default (as defined in the Amendment) occurs on or after
the date hereof (the date of such additional Event of Default, the
“ Trigger Date ”), Grantor hereby, effective as
of the date hereof, assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges, grants,
hypothecates and transfers to Lender, as security for the full,
prompt, complete and final payment when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and prompt performance and
observance of all of the Secured Obligations, and in order to
induce the Lender to enter into the Amendment, a security interest
in and to all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to
and under the property described in Attachment 1 hereto,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired (collectively, the “
Collateral ”), which Attachment 1 is
incorporated herein.
3.
Representations and Warranties . Grantor represents and
warrants to Lender as follows:
(a) Grantor
has good and valid rights in, title to or leasehold interests in
each item of the Collateral pledged by Grantor hereunder (or, in
the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time Grantor acquires
rights in such after-acquired Collateral pledged by Grantor
hereunder). No other Person has (or, in the case of after-acquired
Collateral, at the time Grantor acquires rights therein, will have)
any right, title, claim or interest (by way of lien, purchase
option or otherwise) in, against or to the Collateral, other than
Permitted Liens.
(b) As
of the Trigger Date and upon the filing of an amendment to the
Lender’s UCC financing statement to add the Collateral
described in Attachment 1 hereto and filings with the Patent
and Trademark Office or Copyright Office contemplated by this
Security Agreement, Lender will have a first priority perfected
security interest in the Collateral, subject to Permitted
Liens.
(c) Grantor
has full corporate power and corporate authority to make the
conditional assignment and grant the security interest as set forth
herein.
(d) Grantor
has the sole, full and, subject to Permitted Liens, unencumbered
right, title and interest in and to (i) each of the Trademarks
described in Schedule A to Attachment 1 hereto for the
goods and services covered by the registrations thereof,
(ii) each of the Patents described in Schedule B to
Attachment 1 hereto, and (iii) each of the Copyrights
described in Schedule C to Attachment 1 hereto.
The registrations for such
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Trademarks and
Patents are valid and enforceable and in full force and effect and
none of the Patents has been abandoned or dedicated.
(e) Grantor
does not own any Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights registered in,
or the subject of pending applications in, the Patent and Trademark
Office or the Copyright Office, other than those described in
Schedules A, B and C to Attachment 1 hereto.
(f) No
claim has been made by any third party and remains unresolved that
any of the issued Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights is invalid and
unenforceable or violates or may violate the rights of any
Person.
(g) Grantor
has obtained from each of its employees, officers, directors and
consultants who may be considered the inventor of patentable
inventions (invented within the scope of such Person’s
relationship with Grantor) an assignment to such Grantor of all
rights to such inventions, including Patents.
(h) Grantor
has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect the secrecy and
the validity under applicable law of all material Trade
Secrets.
4.
Covenants of the Grantor . Grantor hereby agrees as
follows:
(a) From
and after the Trigger Date, Grantor, at the Grantor’s
expense, shall promptly procure, execute and deliver to Lender all
documents, instruments and agreements and perform all acts which
are necessary, or which Lender may reasonably request, to
establish, maintain, preserve, protect and perfect the Collateral,
the lien granted to Lender therein and the first priority of such
lien (subject to Permitted Liens) or to enable Lender to exercise
and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any
Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the preceding
sentence, Grantor shall (i) execute all notices of security
interest for each relevant type of intellectual property in forms
suitable for filing with the Patent and Trademark Office or the
Copyright Office, as applicable, substantially in the forms of
Attachments 2 and 3 hereto or other forms acceptable to
Lender and (ii) take all commercially reasonable steps in any
proceeding before the Patent and Trademark Office, the Copyright
Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, to diligently prosecute or maintain,
as applicable, each application and registration of the Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights, including filing of renewals, affidavits
of use, affidavits of incontestability and opposition, interference
and cancellation proceedings (except to the extent that the failure
to prosecute or maintain or the dedication, abandonment or
invalidation thereof is permitted hereunder or unless Grantor in
the exercise of its prudent business judgment deems the failure to
prosecute or maintain or the dedication, abandonment or
invalidation to be commercially reasonable).
(b) Grantor
shall not use any Collateral or knowingly, after reasonable
inquiry, permit any Collateral to be used in violation of
(i) any provision of the Loan Agreement, this Security
Agreement or any Other Agreements, (ii) any applicable
governmental rule or contractual obligation violation, or
(iii) any policy of insurance covering the
Collateral.
(c) Grantor
shall pay promptly when due all taxes and other governmental
charges, all liens and all other charges (except to the extent
constituting Permitted Liens) now or hereafter imposed upon,
relating to or affecting any Collateral; except for taxes being
disputed in good faith and for which Grantor has adequate
reserves.
(d) Grantor
shall appear in and defend any action or proceeding which may
affect its title to or Lender’s security interest in the
Collateral.
(e) Grantor
shall keep accurate and complete records of the Collateral and
shall permit Lender to examine and make copies of such records and
provide such reports and information relating to the Collateral as
Lender may reasonably request from time to time.
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(f) Grantor
shall not sell, encumber, lease, rent, option, license or otherwise
dispose of or transfer any Collateral or right or interest therein
except as permitted in the Loan Agreement, and Grantor shall keep
the Collateral free of all liens except Permitted Liens.
(g) Grantor
(either directly or through licensees) will continue to use the
Trademarks in connection with each and every trademark class of
goods or services applicable to its current line of products or
services as reflected in its current catalogs, brochures, price
lists or similar materials in order to maintain the Trademarks in
full force and effect free from any claim of abandonment for
nonuse, and Grantor will not (and will not knowingly permit, after
reasonable inquiry, any licensee thereof to) do any act or
knowingly omit to do any act whereby any Trademark may become
invalidated, unless Grantor, in the exercise of its prudent
business judgment, deems any such Trademark not to have any
significant commercial value. Grantor will not do any act, or omit
to do any act, whereby the Patents or Patent Registrations may
become abandoned or dedicated or the remedies available against
potential infringers weakened and shall notify Lender immediately
if it knows of any reason or has reason to know that any such
Patent Registration may become abandoned or dedicated, unless
Grantor, in the exercise of its prudent business judgment, deems
any such Patent not to have any significant commercial value.
Grantor will not do any act or omit to do any act, whereby the
Copyrights may become abandoned or dedicated or the remedies
available against potential infringers weakened unless Grantor, in
the exercise of its prudent business judgment, deems any such
Copyright not to have any significant commercial value, and shall
notify Lender immediately if it knows of any reason or has reason
to know that any such Copyright may become abandoned or
dedicated.
(h) Grantor
will promptly notify Lender upon the filing, either by Grantor or
through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, of (i) an
application for the registration of any Patent, Trademark, or
Copyright with the Patent and Trademark Office or the Copyright
Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any
political subdivision thereof, (ii) any assignment of any
Patent or Trademark, which Grantor may acquire from a third party,
with the Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office or
agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
or (iii) any assignment of any Copyright, which Grantor may
acquire from a third party, with the Copyright Office or any
similar office or agency in any other country or any political
subdivision thereof.
(i) Grantor
shall make application to (i) the Patent and Trademark Office
to register any unpatented but patentable inventions developed by
Grantor or its employees or consultants (within the scope of their
employment or consulting relationship), unless Grantor, in the
exercise of its prudent business judgment, deems any such Patent
not to have any significant commercial value or determines that its
rights thereunder are better preserved as a Trade Secret,
(ii) the Patent and Trademark Office to register any
registerable but unregistered Trademarks used by Grantor in
connection with its products or services unless Grantor in the
exercise of its prudent business judgment, deems any such Trademark
not to have any significant commercial value, and (iii) the
Copyright Office to register any unregistered Copyright to which
Grantor has rights unless Grantor in the exercise of its prudent
business judgment, deems any such Copyright not to have any
significant commercial value or determines that its rights
thereunder are better protected as a Trade Secret.
(j) Grantor
shall and shall cause its employees and require its licensees to
(i) use proper statutory notice in connection with its use of
the Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, (ii) maintain
consistent standards of quality in its manufacture of products sold
under the Trademarks or provision of services in connection with
the Trademarks, and (iii) take commercially reasonable steps
necessary to protect the secrecy and the validity under applicable
law of all material Trade Secrets.
(k) If
Grantor learns of any use by any Person of any term or design that
is reasonably foreseeable to cause confusion with any Trademark,
Grantor shall promptly notify Lender of such use and of all steps
taken and to be taken to remedy any infringement of such Trademark,
unless Grantor, in the exercise of its prudent business judgment,
deems such Trademark not to have any significant commercial
value.
(l) Grantor
shall maintain with each employee or consultant who may have access
to the Trade Secrets of Grantor an agreement by which such employee
or consultant agrees not to disclose such Trade Secrets and with
each employee or consultant who may be the inventor of patentable
inventions (invented within the scope of their employment or
consulting relationship) an invention assignment agreement
requiring such employee or consultant to assign all rights to such
inventions, including, patents and patent applications, to Grantor
and further
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requiring such
employee or consultant to cooperate fully with Grantor and its
successors in interest in the prosecution of any patent application
or in any litigation involving the invention, whether such
cooperation is required during such employee’s employment or
such consultant’s relationship with Grantor or after the
termination thereof.
5.
Authorized Action by the Lender . Effective as of the
Trigger Date, Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints Lender as its
attorney-in-fact and agrees that Lender may perform (but Lender
shall not be obligated to and shall incur no liability to Grantor
or any third party for failure so to do) any act which Grantor is
obligated by this Security Agreement to perform, and to exercise
such rights and powers as Grantor might exercise with respect to
the Collateral, including, without limitation, the right to
(a) collect by legal proceedings or otherwise and endorse,
receive and receipt for all royalties, payments, proceeds and other
sums and property now or hereafter payable on or on account of the
Collateral; (b) insure, process, preserve and enforce the
Collateral; (c) make any compromise or settlement, and take
any commercially reasonable action it deems advisable, with respect
to the Collateral; (d) pay any indebtedness of Grantor
relating to the Collateral; and (e) execute UCC financing
statements and other documents, instruments and agreements required
hereunder; provided , however , that Lender shall
exercise such powers only after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default. Grantor agrees to reimburse
Lender upon demand for all costs and expenses, including
attorneys’ fees, Lender may incur while acting as
Grantor’s attorney-in-fact hereunder, all of which costs and
expenses are included in the Secured Obligations. Grantor agrees
that such care as Lender gives to the safekeeping of its own
property of like kind shall constitute reasonable care of the
Collateral when in Lender’s possession; provided ,
however , that Lender shall not be required to make any
presentment, demand or protest, or give any notice and need not
take any action to preserve any rights against any prior party or
any other Person in connection with the Secured Obligations or with
respect to the Collateral.
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