SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of July 15,
2009 (" Agreement "), is executed by Stratos
Renewables Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “
Company ”) and each of its wholly-owned
subsidiaries party hereto (each a “ Subsidiary
Grantor ” and together with the Company, the “
Grantors ” and each a “
Grantor ”) in favor of I2BF Biodiesel Ltd., an
exempt private company limited by shares formed and existing under
the laws of the British Virgin Islands (the “
Collateral Agent ”), for its own benefit and on
behalf of each Investor (defined below).
RECITALS
A. The
Company is entering into a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof (such agreement, as it may hereafter be amended or
modified from time to time, the " Purchase Agreement
") pursuant to which the Company is selling and the investors party
thereto (the “ Investors ” and each an
“ Investor ”) are purchasing secured
promissory notes (collectively the “ Notes
” and each a “ Note ”).
B. Each
Subsidiary Grantor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Company and will
receive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the proceeds
of the sale of the Notes.
C. It
is a condition precedent to the extension of credit by the
Investors under the Notes that each Grantor shall have executed and
delivered this Agreement and shall have granted a security interest
in the Collateral to the Collateral Agent in accordance herewith to
secure their obligations under the Notes and the Transaction
Documents.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce the Investors
to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to purchase the Notes and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy
of which hereby is acknowledged, each Grantor hereby agrees as
follows:
1.
Definitions . Unless the context
otherwise requires, terms defined in the Note and not otherwise
defined herein have the same respective meanings when used herein
and terms defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of
California (the " UCC ") and not otherwise defined in
this Agreement or in the Note shall have the meanings defined for
those terms in the UCC. In addition, the following terms
shall have the meanings respectively set forth after
each:
" Certificates " means all
certificates now or hereafter representing or evidencing any
Pledged Securities, Pledged Partnership Interests, or Pledged
Limited Liability Company Interests.
" Collateral " means and includes
all right, title and interest in or to any and all of the following
assets and properties of each Grantor, wherever located, and now
owned or hereafter acquired:
(a) All
Accounts;
(b) All
Chattel Paper;
(c) All
Commercial Tort Claims listed on Schedule 1-A .
(d) All
Deposit Accounts and cash;
(e) All
Documents;
(f) All
Equipment;
(g) All
General Intangibles;
(h) All
Goods;
(i) All
Instruments;
(j) All
Intellectual Property;
(k) All
Inventory;
(l) All
Investment Property;
(m) All
Letter-of-Credit rights;
(n) To
the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any
and all of the foregoing, and all accessions to, substitutions and
replacements for, and rents and profits of each of the
foregoing.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Collateral shall not be deemed to include,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, more than sixty-five
percent (65%) of the presently existing and hereafter arising
issued and outstanding shares of capital stock owned by Borrower of
any Subsidiary not organized in the United States or any state
thereof which shares entitle the holder thereof to vote for
directors.
" Controlled " means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise.
" Copyright " means all
copyrights, whether or not published or registered under the
Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq., as the same
shall be amended from time to time and any predecessor or successor
statute thereto (the “ Copyright Act ”),
and applications for registration of copyrights, and all works of
authorship and other intellectual property rights therein,
including without limitation, copyrights for computer programs,
source code and object code databases and related materials and
documentation and including without limitation, the registered
copyrights and copyright applications listed on Schedule 1-D
attached hereto, and (i) all renewals, revisions, derivative works,
enhancements, modifications, updates, new releases and other
revisions thereof, (ii) all income, royalties, damages and payments
now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto,
including without limitation, payments under all licenses entered
into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or
future infringements thereof, (iii) the right to sue for past,
present and future infringements thereof and (iv) all of such
Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world.
“ Default ” means an
event, condition, or default that, with the giving of notice, the
passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“ Event of Default ”
has the meaning given to that term in the Notes.
" Governmental Authority " means
the government of the United States, any other nation or any
political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any
agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central
bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.
“ Intellectual Property
” means all intellectual and similar property of every
kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor,
including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks,
trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical
and business information, know-how, methods, processes, drawings,
specifications or other data or information and all memoranda,
notes and records with respect to any research and development,
software and databases and all embodiments or fixations thereof
whether in tangible or intangible form or contained on magnetic
media readable by machine together with all such magnetic media and
related documentation, registrations and franchises, and all
additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records
describing or used in connection with, any of the foregoing and any
claims for damages by way of any past, present or future
infringement of any of the foregoing.
" Liens " means, with respect to
any property, any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, claim,
charge or other encumbrance in, of, or on such property or the
income therefrom, including, without limitation, the interest of a
vendor or lessor under a conditional sale agreement, capital lease
or other title retention agreement, or any agreement to provide any
of the foregoing.
" Obligations " means all loans,
advances, debts, liabilities and obligations, howsoever arising,
owed by Grantors to Collateral Agent and the Investors of every
kind and description (whether or not evidenced by any note or
instrument and whether or not for the payment of money), now
existing or hereafter arising under or pursuant to the terms of the
Notes and the other Transaction Documents, including, all interest,
fees, charges, expenses, attorneys' fees and costs and accountants'
fees and costs chargeable to and payable by Company hereunder and
thereunder, in each case, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, and whether or not arising after
the commencement of a proceeding under Title 11 of the United
States Code (11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.), as amended from time
to time (including post-petition interest) and whether or not
allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding.
“ Patents ” means all
(a) letters patent, design patents, utility patents, inventions and
trade secrets, all patents and patent applications in the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, and interests under patent
license agreements, including without limitation, the inventions
and improvements described and claimed therein, including without
limitation, those Patents listed on Schedule 1-D attached
hereto, (b) income, royalties, damages and payments now and
hereafter due and /or payable under and with respect thereto,
including without limitation, damages and payments for past,
present or future infringements, (c) rights to sue for past,
present and future infringements thereof, (d) rights corresponding
thereto throughout the world in all jurisdictions in which such
patents have been issued or applied for and (e) the reissues,
divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and
continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing.
" Permitted Liens " means (a)
Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent and the Investors, (b)Liens
for taxes not yet delinquent or Liens for taxes being contested in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate
reserves have been established, (c) Liens in respect of property or
assets imposed by law which were incurred in the ordinary course of
business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s,
materialmen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar
Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not
delinquent or remain payable without penalty or which are being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (d) Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance
and other types of social security, and other Liens to secure the
performance of tenders, statutory obligations, contract bids,
government contracts, performance and return of money bonds and
other similar obligations, incurred in the ordinary course of
business, whether pursuant to statutory requirements, common law or
consensual arrangements, (e) Liens upon any equipment to secure the
purchase price of such equipment or indebtedness incurred solely
for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such equipment, so
long as such Lien extends only to the equipment financed, and any
accessions, replacements, substitutions and proceeds (including
insurance proceeds) thereof or thereto; (f) Liens arising from
judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting
an Event of Default under Section 2(h) of the Note; (g) Liens in
favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law
to secure payments of customs duties in connection with the
importation of goods, (h) Liens which constitute rights of setoff
of a customary nature or liens with respect to deposit or
investment accounts provided that such liens only secure customary
fees associated with such accounts and provided further that
Collateral Agent and the Investors have a first priority perfected
Lien with respect to all such accounts; (i) Liens on insurance
proceeds in favor of insurance companies granted solely as security
for financed premiums; (j) non-exclusive licenses granted in the
ordinary course of business; and (k) Liens in favor of Whitebox
Hedged High Yield Partners, LP.
" Person " has the meaning given
to that term in the Notes.
" Pledged Collateral " means the
Pledged Securities, the Pledged Partnership Interests and the
Pledged Limited Liability Company Interests.
" Pledged Limited Liability Company
Interests " means all limited liability company interests
owned by each Grantor, including, but not limited to those limited
liability company interests set forth in Schedule 1-C
attached hereto, as such Schedule may be supplemented from time to
time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and all
capital, limited liability company assets, dividends, cash,
instruments and other properties from time to time received, to be
received or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for
any or all of such interests and all certificates and instruments
representing or evidencing such other property received, receivable
or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or
all thereof.
" Pledged Partnership Interests "
means all interests in any partnership or joint venture owned by
each Grantor, including, but not limited to those partnership
interests set forth in Schedule 1-C attached hereto, as such
Schedule may be supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, and all dividends, cash, instruments
and other properties from time to time received, to be received or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all
of such interests.
" Pledged Securities " means all
shares of capital stock of each issuer in which each Grantor owns
an interest, including, but not limited to those shares of capital
stock set forth in Schedule 1-C attached hereto, as such
Schedule may be supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, and all dividends, cash,
instruments and other properties from time to time received, to be
received or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for
any or all of such shares.
“ Subsidiary ” shall
mean with respect to any Person (a) any corporation of which more
than 50% of the issued and outstanding equity securities having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors
of such corporation is at the time directly or indirectly owned or
controlled by such Person, (b) any partnership, joint venture, or
other association of which more than 50% of the equity interest
having the power to vote, direct or control the management of such
partnership, joint venture or other association is at the time
directly or indirectly owned and controlled by such Person, (c) any
other entity included in the financial statements of such Person on
a consolidated basis.
“ Subsidiary Grantor ”
any Grantor other than the Company.
“ Trademarks ” means
all (a) trademarks, trademark registrations, trade names, trademark
applications, service marks, business names, trade styles, designs,
logos and other source or business identifiers, whether or not
registrations have been issued or applied for in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or in any other office or with any
other official anywhere in the world, including without limitation,
trademark registrations and trademark applications listed on
Schedule1-D attached hereto, (b) all income, royalties,
damages and payments for past, present or future infringements
thereof, (d) rights to sue for past, present and future
infringements thereof and (e) renewals of any of the
foregoing.
" Transaction Documents " has the
meaning given to that term in the Notes.
2.
Creation of Security Interest . Each
Grantor, in order to secure its Obligations, does hereby grant and
pledge to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Investors, a
security interest in and to, all right, title and interest of such
Grantor in and to all presently existing and hereafter acquired
Collateral. The security interest and pledge created by
this Section 2 shall continue in effect so long as any
Obligation remains outstanding or the Investors have any obligation
to purchase Notes under the Purchase Agreement.
3.
Delivery of Pledged Collateral .
(a) Each
Certificate shall be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent
and shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or shall be
accompanied by duly executed undated endorsements, instruments of
transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
(b) The
Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, without notice to
any of the Grantors, in connection with a commercially reasonable
foreclosure sale, to transfer to, or to direct the applicable
Grantor or any nominee of such Grantor to register or cause to be
registered in the name of, the Collateral Agent or any of its
nominees any or all of the Pledged Securities, Pledged Partnership
Interests or Pledged Limited Liability Company
Interests. In addition, the Collateral Agent shall have
the right at any time to exchange certificates or instruments
representing or evidencing Pledged Securities for certificates or
instruments of smaller or larger denominations.
(a) At
any time and from time to time at the request of the Collateral
Agent, each Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral
Agent, at such Grantor's expense, all instruments, certificates and
documents, including account control agreements, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and
perform all such other acts as shall be necessary or reasonably
desirable to fully perfect or protect or maintain, when filed,
recorded, delivered or performed, the Collateral Agent's security
interests granted pursuant to this Agreement or to enable the
Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies
hereunder with respect to any Collateral. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor shall: (i)
at the request of the Collateral Agent, mark conspicuously all
chattel paper, instruments and other documents and each of its
records pertaining to the Collateral with a legend, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, indicating that
such document, contract, chattel paper, instrument or Collateral is
subject to the security interest granted hereby, (ii) at the
request of the Collateral Agent, if any Account or contract or
other writing relating thereto shall be evidenced by a promissory
note or other instrument, deliver and pledge to the the Collateral
Agent, such note or other instrument duly endorsed and accompanied
by duly executed undated instruments of transfer or assignment, all
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the the Collateral
Agent; and (iii) with respect to any agreement in which any Grantor
now has or hereafter acquires an interest which by its terms
prohibits assignment, upon the Collateral Agent’s request,
such Grantor will use its best efforts to procure the consent to
assignment of the counterpart party thereto.
(b) At
any time and from time to time, the Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to file and/or record any or all such financing
statements, instruments and documents held by it, and any or all
such further financing statements, documents and instruments,
relative to the Collateral or any part thereof in each instance,
and to take all such other actions as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably deem appropriate to perfect and to maintain perfected
the security interests granted herein.
(c) With
respect to any Collateral consisting of securities, instruments,
partnership or joint venture interests, limited liability company
interests, or the like, each Grantor hereby consents and agrees
that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the issuers of, or obligors on, any such Collateral, or
any registrar or transfer agent or trustee for any such Collateral,
shall be entitled to accept the provisions of this Agreement as
conclusive evidence of the right of the Collateral Agent to effect
any transfer or exercise any right hereunder or with respect to any
such Collateral subject to the terms hereof, notwithstanding any
other notice or direction to the contrary heretofore or hereafter
given by any Grantor or any other Person to such issuers or such
obligors or to any such registrar or transfer agent or
trustee.
5.
Voting Rights; Dividends; etc. So long as no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a)
Voting Rights . Each Grantor shall be entitled to
exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining
to its Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, for any purpose not
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents; provided , however , that each Grantor
shall not exercise, or shall refrain from exercising, any such
right if it would result in a Default or an Event of
Default.
(b)
Dividend and Distribution Rights . Subject to the
terms of the Transaction Documents, each Grantor shall be entitled
to receive and to retain and use any and all dividends or
distributions paid in respect of its Pledged Collateral;
provided, however , that any and all:
(i) non-cash
dividends or distributions in the form of capital stock,
certificated limited liability company interests, instruments or
other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed in
respect of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Collateral,
(ii) dividends
and other distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of any
Pledged 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
(iii) cash
paid, payable or otherwise distributed in redemption of, or in
exchange for, any Pledged Collateral,
shall, except
as otherwise provided for in the Transaction Documents, forthwith
be delivered to the Collateral Agent, in the case of paragraph (i)
above, to be held as Collateral and shall, if received by such
Grantor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral
Agent, be segregated from the other property of such Grantor and
forthwith be delivered to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the
same form as so received (with any necessary endorsements), and in
the case of paragraph (ii) and paragraph (iii) above, to be applied
to the Obligations to the extent permitted by the Transaction
Documents or otherwise to be held as Collateral.
6.
Rights as to Pledged Collateral During Event of Default
. When an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing:
(a)
Voting, Dividend and Distribution Rights . At the
option of the Collateral Agent, all rights of each Grantor to
exercise the voting and other consensual rights which it would
otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 5(a)
above, and to receive the dividends and distributions which it
would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to
Section 5(b) above, shall cease, and all such rights shall
thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent who shall thereupon
have the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual
rights and to receive and such dividends and distributions during
the continuance of such Event of Default to be applied to the
Obligations or otherwise to be held as Collateral.
(b)
Dividends and Distributions Held in Trust . All
dividends and other distributions which are received by any Grantor
contrary to the provisions of Section 6(a) of this Agreement
shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent,
shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and forthwith
shall be paid over to the Collateral Agent as Collateral in the
same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsements).
7.
Irrevocable Proxy . Each Grantor hereby
revokes all previous proxies with regard to its Pledged Collateral
and appoints the Collateral Agent as its respective proxyholder to
(a) attend and vote at any and all meetings of the shareholders of
the corporation(s) which issued the Pledged Securities, and any
adjournments thereof, held on or after the date of the giving of
this proxy and prior to the termination of this proxy and to
execute any and all written consents of shareholders of such
corporation(s) executed on or after the date of the giving of this
proxy and prior to the termination of this proxy, with the same
effect as if such Grantor had personally attended the meetings or
had personally voted its shares or had personally signed the
written consents, waivers or ratification, and (b) to attend and
vote at any and all meetings of the members of the issuer of any
Pledged Limited Liability Company Interests or partners of the
issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests (whether or not such
Pledged Limited Liability Company Interests or Pledged Partnership
Interests are transferred into the name of the Collateral Agent),
and any adjournments thereof, held on or after the date of the
giving of this proxy and to execute any and all written
consents,