EXHIBIT 10.14
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Security
Agreement” ) dated as of March 20, 2009 by PERFGO
GREEN, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
“Debtor” ) in favor of STAR FUNDING, INC., a New
York corporation (the “Creditor” ).
RECITALS:
A. Concurrently
herewith, the Debtor is executing and delivering a Factoring
Agreement between Debtor and the Creditor (as it may be amended,
restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the
“Factoring Agreement” ) and a Supply Agreement
between Debtor and the Creditor (as it may be amended, restated,
modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Supply
Agreement” ), in each case dated as of the date
hereof.
B. Concurrently
herewith, PERF Go-Green Holdings, Inc. (the
“Guarantor” ) is executing and delivering a
Guarantee of even date herewith in favor of the Creditor (as it may
be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time,
the “Guarantee” ), pursuant to which the
Guarantor is unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteeing all of
the obligations of Debtor to the Creditor, including without
limitation alt the obligations of Debtor under the Factoring
Agreement and Supply Agreement.
C. The
Creditor will not consider entering into the Factoring Agreement
and purchasing receivables thereunder, nor extending financial
accommodations to Debtor under the Supply Agreement, unless, among
other things, the Debtor execute and deliver this Security
Agreement and grant to the Creditor a security interest in the
Collateral specified herein.
ACCORDINGLY, in consideration of the premises,
and in order to induce the Creditor to execute and deliver the
Factoring Agreement and Supply Agreement, and to extend credit,
purchase accounts receivable and provide other financial
accommodations thereunder, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Debtor hereby agrees with the Creditor as
follows:
1.
Defined Terms . (a) Capitalized terms that are defined in
the Factoring Agreement or Supply Agreement and are not otherwise
defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in said
documents and, in addition, the following terms have the meanings
set forth in this Section 1. Capitalized terms used but not defined
in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC shall
have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the
UCC as in effect as of the date hereof.
“Accounts” means all accounts receivable, book debts,
notes, drafts, instruments, documents, acceptances and other forms
of obligations now owned or hereafter received or acquired by or
belonging or owing to the Debtor (including under any trade names,
styles or divisions thereof), whether arising from (a) the sale,
lease, licensing, assignment or other disposition of goods by the
Debtor, (b) services rendered or to be rendered by the Debtor, (c)
a policy of insurance issued or to be issued by the Debtor, (d) a
secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred by the Debtor, or
(e) any other transaction, whether or not the same involves any of
the foregoing and all of the Debtor’s rights in, to and under
all purchase orders now owned or hereafter received or acquired by
it for goods or services, and all of the Debtor’s rights to
any goods represented by any of the foregoing (including returned
or repossessed goods and unpaid seller’s rights) and all
moneys due or to become due to the Debtor under all contracts for
the sale of goods and/or the performance of services by the Debtor
(whether or not yet earned by performance) or in connection with
any other transaction, now in existence or hereafter arising,
including the right to receive the proceeds of said purchase orders
and contracts, and all collateral security and guarantees of any
kind given by any person or entity with respect to any of the
foregoing. The term “Accounts” shall in any event
include, without limitation, all “accounts” as such
term is defined in the UCC, whether now existing or hereafter
created and whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Debtor.
“Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section
2.
“Commodity Account”
means any “commodity
account”, as such term is defined in the UCC, whether now
existing or hereafter created and whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Debtor.
“Commodity Contract”
means any “commodity
contract”, as such term is defined in the UCC, whether now
existing or hereafter created and whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Debtor or to which the Debtor is now or at any time
hereafter a party.
“Contracts” means all contracts to which the Debtor is, or
may at any time hereafter become, a party or in which it now has or
may at any time hereafter acquire an interest, and all agreements
and undertakings of any third parties in favor or for the benefit
of the Debtor.
“Contract Rights”
means any right of the Debtor to
payment under a Contract not yet earned by performance and not
evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper, now in existence or
hereafter arising (including (a) all rights of the Debtor to
receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in
connection therewith, (b) all rights of the Debtor to damages
arising out of, or for, breach or default in respect thereof and
(c) all rights of the Debtor to perform and to exercise all
remedies thereunder).
“Copyrights” means all of the following to the extent that
the Debtor now has or hereafter acquires any right, title or
interest therein: (a) all copyrights in all works, whether
published or unpublished, now existing or hereafter created or
acquired, whether registered or unregistered, whether created by
statute or common law, (b) all registrations and recordings
thereof, all applications in connection therewith, including
registrations, recordings and applications in the United States
Copyright Office, and all renewals of such registrations,
recordings or applications.
“Copyright Licenses”
means any agreement, written or
oral, naming the Debtor as licensor or licensee, granting any right
to use any Copyright, now in existence or hereafter
arising.
“Factoring Agreement”
has the meaning specified in Recital
A.
“Financial Asset”
means any “financial
asset”, as such term is defined in the UCC, whether now
existing or hereafter created and whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Debtor.
“Guarantee” has the meaning specified in Recital
B.
“Guarantor” has the meaning specified in Recital
B.
“Intellectual Property”
means, collectively, all Patents,
Patent Licenses, Trademarks,
Trademark
Licenses, Copyrights and Copyright Licenses.
“Leases” means all leasehold interests now or at any time
hereafter held by the Debtor.
“Licenses” and “Licensing Agreements”
means the Patent Licenses, the Copyright Licenses and the Trademark
Licenses.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
otherwise), preference, priority, or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including conditional sale or other title retention
agreement).
“Obligations”
means all indebtedness and other
liabilities and obligations of the Debtor to the Creditor, now
existing or hereafter arising, including without limitation all of
its obligations to the Creditor under the Factoring Agreement, the
Supply Agreement, and any related documents or
instruments.
“Patents” means (a) all patents and patent applications
and the inventions and improvements described and claimed therein,
and all patentable inventions, now owned or hereafter acquired or
obtained by the Debtor, (b) all registrations and recordings
thereof, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State
thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof,
or otherwise, (c) all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals,
extensions and continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing, (d)
all income, royalties, damages or payments now and hereafter due
and/or payable under or with respect to any of the foregoing,
including damages or payments for past or future infringements of
any of the foregoing, (e) the right to sue for past, present and
future infringements of any of the foregoing throughout the world,
and (f) all rights and obligations pursuant to any Patent License
with respect thereto, whether the Debtor is a licensor or licensee
under any such Patent License, and, subject to the terms of such
licenses, the right to prepare for sale, sell and advertise for
sale, all Inventory now or hereafter owned by the Debtor and now or
hereafter covered by such licenses.
“Patent License”
means any agreement, written or
oral, providing for the grant by or to the Debtor of any right to
use any Patent, now in existence or hereafter arising.
“Permitted Liens”
means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet
due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in
accordance with GAAP; (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the
ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a
liability that is not yet due or delinquent; (iii) any Lien created
by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens,
mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the
ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not
yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; (iv) Liens in respect of security deposits
provided in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practices; (v) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment acquired or
held by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to secure the
purchase price of such equipment or indebtedness incurred solely
for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such
equipment, or (B) existing on such equipment at the time of its
acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the
property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of
such equipment; (vi) Liens incurred in connection with the
extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by
Liens of the type described in clauses (i) and (v) above, provided
that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to
the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal
amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced
does not increase; (vii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue
authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payments of custom
duties in connection with the importation of goods; and (viii) the
security interests in favor of those certain third party lenders
that are subject to the Subordination Agreement.
“Proceeds” means (a) all “proceeds”, as such
term is defined in the UCC, and (b) to the extent not included in
such definition, (i) any and all proceeds of any insurance,
indemnity, warranty, guaranty or letter of credit payable to the
Debtor from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral,
(ii) all payments (in any form whatsoever) paid or payable to the
Debtor from time to time in connection with any taking of all or
any part of the Collateral by any governmental authority (or any
Person acting under color of governmental authority), (iii) all
judgments in favor of the Debtor in respect of the Collateral, (iv)
any claim of the Debtor against third parties for past, present or
future infringement or dilution of any Patent or Patent License
Trademark or Trademark License, Copyright or Copyright License and
(v) all other amounts from time to time paid or payable or received
or receivable under or in connection with any of the
Collateral.
“Securities Account”
means any “securities
account”, as such term is defined in the UCC, whether now
existing or hereafter created and whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Debtor.
“Securities Entitlement”
means any “securities
entitlement”, as such term is defined in the UCC, whether now
existing or hereafter created and whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Debtor.
“Subordination Agreement”
means the Subordination Agreement of
even date herewith among the Debtor, the Creditor, the Guarantor
and certain third party lenders.
“Supply Agreement”
has the meaning specified in Recital
A.
“Trademarks” means (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate
names, company names, business names, fictitious business names,
trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business
identifiers, and the goodwill associated therewith, now existing or
hereafter adopted or acquired by the Debtor, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith,
whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any
similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or
any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or
otherwise, and (b) all renewals thereof.
“Trademark Licenses”
means any agreement, written or
oral, providing for the grant by or to the Debtor of any right to
use any Trademark, now in existence or hereafter
arising.
“Transaction Document”
means the Factoring Agreement, the
Supply Agreement, the Guarantee, this Security Agreement and each
other instrument, document or agreement executed or delivered in
connection with any of the foregoing.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
from time to time in the State of New York.
(b) Unless
otherwise expressly specified herein, defined terms denoting the
singular number shall, when in the plural form, denote the plural
number of the matter or item to which such defined terms refer, and
vice-versa.
(c) Words
of the neuter gender mean and include correlative words of the
masculine and feminine gender.
(d) The
Section and Schedule headings used in this Security Agreement are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction or
meaning of any provisions of this Security Agreement.
(e) Unless
otherwise specified, the words “hereof’,
“herein”, “hereunder” and other similar
words refer to this Security Agreement as a whole and not just to
the Section, subsection or clause in which they are used; and the
words “this Security Agreement” refer to this
Security Agreement, as amended, restated, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
(f) Whenever
the words “included”, “includes” or
“including” are used in this Security Agreement, they
shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation”.
(g) Unless
otherwise specified, references to Sections, Recitals and Schedules
are references to Sections of, and Recitals and Schedules to, this
Security Agreement.
2.
Security Interest . (a) As security for the due and punctual
payment and performance of the Obligations, the Debtor hereby
pledges and assigns to the Creditor, and hereby grants to the
Creditor a lien upon and a continuing security interest in, all
personal property and fixtures of the Debtor, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired by the Debtor and wherever located and whether
now existing or hereafter arising or created (all such property and
assets are herein collectively called the
“Collateral”), including without limitation the
following:
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(i)
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all Accounts of
the Debtor;
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(ii)
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all Inventory
of the Debtor;
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(iii)
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all Equipment
of the Debtor;
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(iv)
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all Contracts
and Contract Rights of the Debtor;
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(iv)
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all Commercial
Tort Claims of the Debtor, including without limitation those
Commercial Tort Claims in which Debtor has any interest as
specified on Schedule I;
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(v)
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all Documents
of the Debtor;
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all instruments
and Chattel Paper of the Debtor;
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(viii)
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all General
Intangibles of the Debtor, including all Intellectual Property of
the Debtor, and all of its rights to tax or other
refunds;
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(ix)
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all Investment
Property and other Financial Assets of the Debtor, including
without limitation all lockbox accounts, deposit accounts and other
accounts maintained by the Debtor with any financial institution
and all monies, securities and other assets credited from time to
time to such accounts;
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(x)
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all Leases of
the Debtor;
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(xi)
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all Fixtures of
the Debtor;
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all Deposit
Accounts of the Debtor;
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all Letter of
Credit Rights of the Debtor;
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all Securities
Accounts and Securities Entitlements of the Debtor;
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all Commodity
Accounts and Commodity Contracts of the Debtor;
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(xvi)
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all Supporting
Obligations that may now or at any time hereafter support the
payment or performance of any Account, General Intangible, Chattel
Paper, Document, Instrument or Investment Property of the
Debtor;
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(xvii)
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all books and
records (including computer programs, tapes and related electronic
data processing software) relating to the Debtor’s Accounts,
Inventory, Equipment, Contracts, Intellectual Property, Investment
Property, Financial Assets and other assets; and
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(xviii)
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to the extent
not otherwise included, all cash and non-cash Proceeds and products
of any of the foregoing.
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3.
Obligations Absolute . (a) The Debtor hereby agrees that
this Security Agreement shall be binding upon the Debtor, and the
grant to the Creditor of a security interest in the Collateral
hereunder shall be irrevocable and unconditional, irrespective of
the validity, legality or enforceability of any Transaction
Document or any of the Obligations, the absence of any action to
enforce the same, the waiver or consent by the Creditor with
respect to any provision thereof, the recovery of any judgment
against any other Person, or any action to enforce the same or any
other similar circumstances. The Debtor hereby waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in
the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Debtor, any notice to
require a proceeding first against any other Person, protest or
notice with respect to any promissory notes or evidences of
indebtedness secured hereby or the indebtedness evidenced thereby
and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Security
Agreement will remain in full force and effect so long as the
Supply Agreement and/or the Factoring Agreement are in effect or
any Obligations remain unpaid.
(b) The
Debtor agrees that, without notice to or further assent by the
Debtor, the liability of any other Person for or upon any of the
Obligations may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be
renewed, extended, modified, accelerated, compromised or released
by the Creditor, as the Creditor may deem advisable, and that any
other collateral or liens securing any of the Obligations may, from
time to time, in whole or in part (subject, in the ease of the
Collateral, to the provisions of this Security Agreement), be
exchanged, sold or surrendered by the Creditor, as the Creditor may
deem advisable, all without impairing, abridging, affecting or
diminishing this Security Agreement or the rights of the Creditor
hereunder or with respect to the Collateral.
4.
Representations and Warranties . The Debtor hereby makes the
following representations and warranties, which shall be deemed to
be repeated and confirmed upon the creation or acquisition by the
Debtor of each item of Collateral and upon the creation of any
Obligation:
(a) The
Debtor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has full
power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its
business as now being conducted, is duly qualified to do business
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character
of its properties, the transaction of its business, the location of
its Inventory or Equipment, the performance of its obligations
under its Contracts, or the collection of any of its Accounts make
such qualification necessary and where the failure to be so
qualified would have a material adverse effect on the business or
financial condition of the Debtor, and has full power and authority
to execute, deliver and perform this Security Agreement.
(b) Its
execution, delivery and performance of this Security Agreement and
the granting of the security interest in the Collateral hereunder
(i) have all been duly authorized by all requisite action of the
Debtor, (ii) do not require the approval of its shareholders, and
(iii) will not (1) violate any provision of law or the
Debtor’s organizational documents, (2) violate, be in
conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice
or lapse of time or both) a default under any indenture, agreement
or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of
its properties is bound, (3) violate any governmental or agency
rule or regulation or any order of any court, tribunal or
govermnental agency or (4) result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any
of the Collateral, except for the security interest created by this
Security Agreement. No authorizations, approvals and consents of,
and no filing and registration with, any governmental or regulatory
authority or agency are necessary for the execution, delivery or
performance by the Debtor of this Security Agreement or for the
validity or enforceability hereof. No consent of any party to any
Contract or any account debtor in respect of any Account is
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance
of this Security Agreement or the creation of a security interest
in such Contract or Account pursuant hereto, other than the
consents obtained by Debtor and delivered to Creditor pursuant to
the Subordination Agreement.
(c) This
Security Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Debtor, enforceable against the Debtor in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
and similar laws affecting enforceability of creditors’
rights generally and except as specific performance may be subject
to equitable principles of general applicability. This Security
Agreement creates in favor of the Creditor a valid first priority
lien and first priority security interest in the Collateral,
enforceable against the Debtor and all third parties, and superior
in right to all other security interests, liens, encumbrances, or
charges, existing or future, other than as set forth in the
Subordination Agreement and certain Permitted Liens.
(d) Except
for the security interest of the Creditor therein the Debtor is,
and as to Collateral created or acquired from time to time after
the date hereof the Debtor will be, the owner of all the
Collateral, having good and marketable title thereto, free from any
lien, security interest, encumbrance or other right, title or
interest of any Person, other than Permitted Liens.
(e) Appropriate
financing statements with respect to the security interest created
hereunder have been or will be duly filed in all appropriate
offices; no filing of any other financing statements or other
instruments and no recording, filing or indexing of this Security
Agreement is necessary or appropriate in order to preserve and
protect the liens and security interests created or intended to be
created by this Security Agreement as legal, valid and enforceable
perfected liens on and security interests in the Collateral (other
than filings or appropriate assignments with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office
with respect to Intellectual Property of the Debtor, if
any).
(f) There
is no financing statement (or similar statement or instrument of
registration under the law of any jurisdiction) now on file or
registered in any public office (other than in respect of Permitted
Liens) covering any interest of the Debtor in the Collateral, or
intended so to be, and so long as the Supply Agreement and/or
Factoring Agreement are in effect or any of the Obligations remain
unpaid the Debtor will not execute, and will not permit the filing
or the continued existence on file of any financing statement (or
similar statement or instrument of registration under the law of
any jurisdiction) relating to the Collateral in any public office,
except financing statements filed or to be filed with respect to
the security interest granted hereunder to the Creditor or with
respect to the Permitted Liens.
(g) The
chief executive office and principal place of business of the
Debtor is located at the address set forth in Schedule I. The
originals of all documents (as well as all duplicates thereof)
evidencing or relating to the Accounts, Contracts, Leases,
Intellectual Property, Investment Property and other Financial
Assets and the original books of account and records of the Debtor
relating thereto are kept at the office or offices specified in
Schedule I. All Inventory and Equipment is held on the date hereof
at the locations specified in Schedule I.
(h) The
name of the Debtor set forth in the preamble is correct. The Debtor
is not currently doing, and has not at any time during the five
years immediately preceding the date hereof done, business under
any trade name or other assumed name. Except as set forth on
Schedule I, during the five years immediately preceding the date
hereof (w) the Debtor has not had any name other than its present
name, (x) the Debtor has not merged or consolidated with any other
entity during the five years immediately preceding the date hereof,
(y) the Debtor has not acquired all or substantially all of the
assets of any other Person and (z) the Debtor has not acquired any
other Person, nor been acquired by any other Person.
(i) None
of the Collateral constitutes farm products (as such term is
defined in the UCC) or Proceeds thereof.
(j) On
the date of this Agreement, none of the account debtors on any
Accounts, and none of the parties to any Contracts, is a
governmental entity.
(k) Except
as set forth on Schedule I, the Debtor has no ownership interest in
any Commercial Tort Claims.
(l) To
the Debtor’s knowledge, the information, schedules, exhibits
and reports furnished by the Debtor to the Creditor in connection
with the negotiation and preparation of this Security Agreement did
not contain any omissions or misstatements of fact which would make
the statements contained therein misleading or incomplete in any
material respect.
5.
Covenants
. (a)
At all reasonable times upon reasonable notice the Creditor shall
have full access to, and the right to audit, check, inspect and
make abstracts and copies of, the Debtor’s books, records,
audits, correspondence and all other papers and computer tapes and
programs relating to the Collateral. The Creditor shall have the
right to confirm and verify the Accounts, General Intangibles, and
other Collateral and to do whatever the Creditor may deem necessary
to protect its interests and the Debtor shall furnish such
assistance and information as the Creditor may require in
connection therewith. The Creditor may enter from time to time the
premises of the Debtor at any reasonable time during business hours
for the purpose of inspecting the Collateral and any and all
records pertaining thereto.
(b) The
Debtor will keep the Collateral, at its own expense, in customary
good repair and condition, and will not misuse, abuse or waste the
Collateral or allow the Collateral to deteriorate (or permit any of
the foregoing), except for normal wear and tear, and will make the
Collateral available for inspection by the Creditor at all
reasonable times upon reasonable notice during business
hours.
(c) The
Debtor will comply in all material respects with all acts, rules,
regulations, orders, decrees and directions of any governmental
authority applicable to the Collateral or any part thereof or to
the operation of its business; provided, however ,
that the Debtor may contest any act, regulation, order, decree or
direction in any reasonable manner which shall not in the
reasonable opinion of the Creditor adversely affect the
Creditor’s rights or the first priority of the
Creditor’s security interest in the Collateral.
(d) The
Debtor will pay promptly when due all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon the Collateral or in
respect of its income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims
of any kind (including claims for labor, materials and supplies),
except that no such charge need be paid if (i) the validity thereof
is being contested by the Debtor in good faith by appropriate
proceedings, (ii) such proceedings do not involve, in the
reasonable opinion of the Creditor, any danger of the sale,
forfeiture or loss of any of the Collateral or any interest therein
and (iii) s
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