EXHIBIT 10.3
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of September 4, 2009, among the
Grantor(s) listed on the signature pages hereof and those
additional entities that hereafter become parties hereto by
executing the form of Supplement attached hereto as Annex 1
(collectively, jointly and severally, the “ Grantors
” and each, individually, a “ Grantor ”),
and DMRJ GROUP, LLC (together with its successors and
assigns, the “ Secured Party ”).
W I T N E S S E T
H:
WHEREAS , the Secured Party is the holder of that
certain Promissory Note bearing even date herewith in the principal
amount of $3,000,000 (as amended or modified, the “
Note ”) issued or to be issued by the Implant Sciences
Corporation (“ Company ”) pursuant to the terms
of the Credit Agreement bearing even date herewith (as may be
amended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) by
and between the Company, as borrower, the Secured Party, as lender,
and C Acquisition Corp., Accurel Systems International Corporation,
and IMX Acquisition Corp. as guarantors (collectively, the “
Guarantors ”) and
WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement, the Secured Party has agreed to extend a loan to
the Company, repayment of which is evidenced by the Note,
and
WHEREAS , in order to induce Secured Party to enter into
the Credit Agreement and other Transaction Documents and to extend
the loans pursuant to the Credit Agreement, each of the Guarantors
have agreed to jointly and severally guaranty the obligations of
the Company to the Secured Party pursuant to that certain Guaranty
(as amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time,
the “ Guaranty ”) dated of even date herewith
executed by the Guarantors in favor of the Secured Party,
and
WHEREAS , in order to induce Secured Party to enter into
the Credit Agreement and other Transaction Documents and to extend
the loans pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Grantors have
agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Party this Agreement
and other collateral documents and to grant the Secured Party a
continuing security interest in and to the Collateral in order to
secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance
of, among other things, the Secured Obligations, and
NOW, THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the recitals made
above and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt,
sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Defined
Terms . All capitalized terms used herein (including in the
preamble and recitals hereof) without definition shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Note or the Credit
Agreement. Any terms used in this Agreement that are
defined in the Code (whether or not capitalized) shall be construed
and defined as set forth in the Code unless otherwise defined
herein or in Note or the Credit Agreement; provided ,
however , that if the Code is used to define any term used
herein and if such term is defined differently in different
Articles of the Code, the definition of such term contained in
Article 9 of the Code shall govern. In addition to those terms
defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “
Account ” means an account (as that term is defined in
the Code).
(b) “ Account
Debtor ” means an account debtor (as that term is defined
in the Code).
(c) “
Books ” means books and records (including each
Grantor’s Records indicating, summarizing, or evidencing such
Grantor’s assets (including the Collateral) or liabilities,
each Grantor’s Records relating to such Grantor’s
business operations or financial condition, and each
Grantor’s goods or General Intangibles related to such
information).
(d) “ Chattel
Paper ” means chattel paper (as that term is defined in
the Code) and includes tangible chattel paper and electronic
chattel paper.
(e) “ Closing
Date ” has the meaning specified therefor in the Purchase
Agreement.
(f) “
Code ” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code, as
in effect from time to time; provided , however ,
that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law,
any or all of the attachment, perfection, priority, or remedies
with respect to Secured Party’s Liens on any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in
a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term
“Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as
enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for
purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment,
perfection, priority, or remedies.
(g) “
Collateral ” has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2 .
(h) “
Commercial Tort Claims ” means commercial tort claims
(as that term is defined in the Code), and includes those
commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 10 attached
hereto.
(i) “
Company ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
recitals to this Agreement.
(j) “
Controlled Foreign Corporation ” shall mean
“controlled foreign corporation” as defined in the
IRC.
(k) “
Copyrights ” means copyrights and copyright
registrations, and also includes (i) the copyright registrations
and applications listed on Schedule 2 attached hereto and
made a part hereof (as the same may be amended or modified from
time to time), (ii) all extensions or renewals thereof, (iii) all
income, royalties, damage awards and payments now and hereafter due
or payable under and with respect thereto, including payments under
all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and
payments for past or future infringements thereof, (iv) the right
to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof, and (v)
all of each Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout
the world.
(l) “
Copyright Security Agreement ” means each Copyright
Security Agreement among Grantors, or any of them, and Secured
Party in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have granted to Secured Party a
security interest in all their respective Copyrights.
(m) “ Credit
Agreement ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
recitals to this Agreement.
(n) “ Deposit
Account ” means a deposit account (as that term is
defined in the Code).
(o) “
Equipment ” means equipment (as that term is defined
in the Code).
(p) “ Event
of Default ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Note.
(q) “ General
Intangibles ” means general intangibles (as that term is
defined in the Code), and, in any event, includes payment
intangibles, contract rights, rights to payment, rights arising
under common law, statutes, or regulations, choses or things in
action, goodwill (including the goodwill associated with any
Trademark), Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, URLs and domain names,
industrial designs and other Intellectual Property or rights
therein or applications therefor, whether under license or
otherwise, programs, programming materials, blueprints, drawings,
purchase orders, customer lists, monies due or recoverable from
pension funds, route lists, rights to payment and other rights
under any royalty or licensing agreements, including Intellectual
Property Licenses, infringement claims, computer programs,
information contained on computer disks or tapes, software,
literature, reports, catalogs, pension plan refunds, pension plan
refund claims, insurance premium rebates, tax refunds, and tax
refund claims, interests in a partnership or limited liability
company which do not constitute a security under Article 8 of the
Code, and any other personal property other than Commercial Tort
Claims, money, Accounts, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, goods,
Investment Related Property, Negotiable Collateral, and oil, gas,
or other minerals before extraction.
(r) “
Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state,
local, or other governmental or administrative body,
instrumentality, board, department, or agency or any court,
tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel,
commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or
body.
(s) “
Grantor ” and “ Grantors ” have the
meanings specified therefor in the recitals to this
Agreement.
(t) “
Guarantor ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
recitals to this Agreement.
(u) “
Guaranty ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
recitals to this Agreement.
(v) “
Insolvency Proceeding ” means any proceeding commenced
by or against any Person under any provision of title 11 of the
United States Code, as in effect from time to time, or under any
other state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency law, assignments
for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria,
compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings
seeking reorganization, arrangement of other similar
relief.
(w) “
Intellectual Property ” means Patents, Copyrights,
Trademarks, the goodwill associated with such Trademarks, trade
secrets and confidential and proprietary customer lists, and
Intellectual Property Licenses.
(x) “
Intellectual Property Licenses ” means rights under or
interests in any patent, trademark, copyright or other intellectual
property, including software license agreements with any other
party, whether the applicable Grantor is a licensee or licensor
under any such license agreement, including the license agreements
listed on Schedule 3 attached hereto and made a part
hereof.
(y) “
Inventory ” means inventory (as that term is defined
in the Code).
(z) “
Investment Related Property ” means (i) investment
property (as that term is defined in the Code), and (ii) all of the
following (regardless of whether classified as investment property
under the Code): all Pledged Interests, Pledged
Operating Agreements, and Pledged Partnership
Agreements.
(aa) “
Negotiable Collateral ” means letters of credit,
letter-of-credit rights, instruments, promissory notes, drafts, and
documents.
(bb) “
Obligations ” means all of the liabilities and
obligations (primary, secondary, direct, contingent, sole, joint or
several) due or to become due, or that are now or may be hereafter
contracted or acquired, or owing, of any Grantor to the Secured
Party under this Agreement, the Note, the Credit Agreement, the
Guaranty, the other Transaction Documents, and any other
instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or
delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in each case,
whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary or involuntary, direct
or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated,
whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from
time to time decreased or extinguished and later increased, created
or incurred, and all or any portion of such obligations or
liabilities that are paid, to the extent all or any part of such
payment is avoided or recovered directly or indirectly from the
Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise as
such obligations may be
amended,
supplemented, converted, extended or modified from time to
time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the term “Obligations” shall include, without
limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on, the Note and the
loans extended pursuant thereto (including any interest that
accrues after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or in part as a
claim in such Insolvency Proceeding); (ii) any and all other fees,
legal fees and other expenses, indemnities, costs, obligations and
liabilities of the Grantors from time to time under or in
connection with this Agreement, the Note, the Credit Agreement, the
Guaranty, the other Transaction Documents, and any other
instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or
delivered in connection herewith or therewith; (iii) payment of the
Redemption Price (as defined in the Warrant) and the Major
Transaction Prepayment Price (as defined in the Note), and (iv) all
amounts in respect of the foregoing that would be payable but for
the fact that the obligations to pay such amounts are unenforceable
or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy,
reorganization or similar proceeding involving any
Grantor. Any reference in this Agreement or in the
Transaction Documents to the Obligations shall include all or any
portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals or
alterations thereof, both prior and subsequent to any Insolvency
Proceeding..
(cc) “
Organizational Documents ” means, with respect to each
Grantor, the documents by which such Grantor was organized (such as
a certificate of incorporation, certificate of limited partnership
or articles of organization, and including, without limitation, any
certificates of designation for preferred stock or other forms of
preferred equity) and which relate to the internal governance of
such Grantor (such as bylaws, a partnership agreement or an
operating, limited liability or members agreement).
(dd) “
Patents ” means patents and patent applications, and
also includes (i) the patents and patent applications listed on
Schedule 4 attached hereto and made a part hereof (as the
same may be amended or modified from time to time), (ii) all
divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues and
extensions thereof, (iii) all income, royalties, damage awards and
payments now and hereafter due or payable under and with respect
thereto, including payments under all licenses entered into in
connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future
infringements thereof, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and
future infringements thereof, and (v) all of each Grantor’s
rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
(ee) “ Patent
Security Agreement ” means each Patent Security Agreement
among Grantors, or any of them, and Secured Party in substantially
the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, pursuant to which
Grantors have granted to Secured Party a security interest in all
their respective Patents.
(ff) “
Permitted Encumbrances ” has the meaning specified
therefor in the Credit Agreement.
(gg) “
Person ” has the meaning specified therefor in the
Credit Agreement.
(hh) “ Pledged
Companies ” means, each Person listed on Schedule
5 hereto as a “Pledged Company”, together with each
other Person, all or a portion of whose Stock, is acquired or
otherwise owned by a Grantor after the Closing Date.
(ii) “ Pledged
Interests ” means all of each Grantor’s right,
title and interest in and to all of the Stock now or hereafter
owned by such Grantor, regardless of class or designation,
including all substitutions therefor and replacements thereof, all
proceeds thereof and all rights relating thereto, also including
any certificates representing the Stock, the right to receive any
certificates representing any of the Stock, all warrants, options,
share appreciation rights and other rights, contractual or
otherwise, in respect thereof, and the right to receive dividends,
distributions of income, profits, surplus, or other compensation by
way of income or liquidating distributions, in cash or in kind, and
cash, instruments, and other property from time to time received,
receivable, or otherwise distributed in respect of or in addition
to, in substitution of, on account of, or in exchange for any or
all of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, in no event shall the Pledged Interests
include more than 65% of the voting Stock of any Controlled Foreign
Corporation if and only for so long as a pledge of more than 65% of
the voting Stock of such Controlled Foreign Corporation would have
adverse United States federal income tax consequences to any
Grantor.
(jj) “ Pledged
Interests Addendum ” means a Pledged Interests Addendum
substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this
Agreement.
(kk) “ Pledged
Operating Agreements ” means all of each Grantor’s
rights, powers, and remedies under the limited liability company
operating agreements of each of the Pledged Companies that are
limited liability companies.
(ll) “ Pledged
Partnership Agreements ” means all of each
Grantor’s rights, powers, and remedies under the partnership
agreements of each of the Pledged Companies that are
partnerships.
(mm) “
Proceeds ” has the meaning specified therefor in
Section 2 .
(nn) “ Real
Property ” means any estates or interests in real
property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor and the
improvements thereto.
(oo) “
Records ” means information that is inscribed on a
tangible medium or which is stored in an electronic or other medium
and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(pp) “
Security Interest ” has the meaning specified therefor
in Section 2 .
(qq) “ Secured
Obligations ” means each and all of the following: (a)
all of the present and future obligations of Grantors arising from
this Agreement, the Note, the Credit Agreement, the Guaranty or the
other Transaction Documents, and (b) all Obligations of the Company
or any Guarantor, including, in the case of each of clauses (a) and
(b), reasonable attorneys fees and expenses and any interest, fees,
or expenses that accrue after the filing of an
Insolvency
Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in whole or
in part as a claim in any Insolvency Proceeding.
(rr) “ Secured
Party’s Liens ” means the Liens granted by the
Grantors to Secured Party under the Transaction
Documents.
(ss) “
Securities Account ” means a securities account (as
that term is defined in the Code).
(tt) “
Stock ” means all shares, options, warrants,
interests, participations, or other equivalents (regardless of how
designated) of or in a Person, whether voting or nonvoting,
including common stock, preferred stock, or any other “equity
security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the
General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Commission under
the Exchange Act).
(uu) “
Supporting Obligations ” means supporting obligations
(as such term is defined in the Code).
(vv) “
Trademarks ” means trademarks, trade names, trademark
applications, service marks, service mark applications, and also
includes (i) the registered or applied for trade names, trademarks,
trademark applications, service marks, and service mark
applications listed on Schedule 6 attached hereto and made a
part hereof (as the same may be amended or modified from time to
time), and (ii) all renewals thereof, (iii) all income, royalties,
damage awards and payments now and hereafter due or payable under
and with respect thereto, including payments under all licenses
entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for
past or future (A) infringements and dilutions thereof and (B)
injury to the goodwill associated therewith, (iv) the right to sue
for past, present and future (A) infringements and dilutions
thereof and (B) injury to the goodwill associated therewith, (v)
the goodwill of each Grantor’s business symbolized by the
foregoing or connected therewith, and (v) all of each
Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world.
(ww) “
Trademark Security Agreement ” means each Trademark
Security Agreement among Grantors, or any of them, and Secured
Party in substantially the form of Exhibit D attached
hereto, pursuant to which Grantors have granted to Secured Party a
security interest in all their respective Trademarks.
(xx) “
Transaction Documents ” has the meaning specified
therefor in the Credit Agreement.
(yy) “ URL
” means “uniform resource locator,” an internet
web address.
2. Grant of
Security . Each Grantor hereby unconditionally
grants, assigns, and pledges to Secured Party a continuing security
interest (herein referred to as the “ Security
Interest ”) in all personal property, tangible or
intangible, of such Grantor whether now owned or hereafter acquired
or arising and wherever located, including such Grantor’s
right, title, and
interest in and
to the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or
arising and wherever located (the “ Collateral
”):
(a) all of such
Grantor’s Accounts;
(b) all of such
Grantor’s Books;
(c) all of such
Grantor’s Chattel Paper;
(d) all of such
Grantor’s Deposit Accounts;
(e) all of such
Grantor’s Equipment and fixtures;
(f) all of such
Grantor’s General Intangibles;
(g) all of such
Grantor’s Inventory;
(h) all of such
Grantor’s Investment Related Property;
(i) all of such
Grantor’s Negotiable Collateral;
(j) all of such
Grantor’s rights in respect of Supporting
Obligations;
(k) all of such
Grantor’s Commercial Tort Claims;
(l) all of such
Grantor’s money, cash equivalents, or other assets of each
such Grantor that now or hereafter come into the possession,
custody, or control of Secured Party;
(m) all of the
proceeds and products, whether tangible or intangible, of any of
the foregoing, including proceeds of insurance or Commercial Tort
Claims covering or relating to any or all of the foregoing, and any
and all Accounts, Books, Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts,
Equipment, General Intangibles, Inventory, Investment Related
Property, Negotiable Collateral, Supporting Obligations, money, or
other tangible or intangible property resulting from the sale,
lease, license, exchange, collection, or other disposition of any
of the foregoing, the proceeds of any award in condemnation with
respect to any of the foregoing, any rebates or refunds, whether
for taxes or otherwise, and all proceeds of any such proceeds, or
any portion thereof or interest therein, and the proceeds thereof,
and all proceeds of any loss of, damage to, or destruction of the
above, whether insured or not insured, and, to the extent not
otherwise included, any indemnity, warranty, or guaranty payable by
reason of loss or damage to, or otherwise with respect to any of
the foregoing (the “ Proceeds
”). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the term “Proceeds” includes whatever is
receivable or received when Investment Related Property or proceeds
are sold, exchanged, collected, or otherwise disposed of, whether
such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, and includes proceeds
of any indemnity or guaranty payable to any Grantor or Secured
Party from time to time with respect to any of the Investment
Related Property.
3. Security for
Obligations . This Agreement and the Security
Interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of the
Secured Obligations, whether now existing or arising
hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, this Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which
constitute part of the Secured Obligations and would be owed by
Grantors, or any of them, to Secured Party but for the fact that
they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an
Insolvency Proceeding involving any Grantor.
4. Grantors Remain
Liable . Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, (a) each of the Grantors shall remain liable under
the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, including
the Pledged Operating Agreements and the Pledged Partnership
Agreements, to perform all of the duties and obligations thereunder
to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed, (b)
the exercise by Secured Party of any of the rights hereunder shall
not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under
such contracts and agreements included in the Collateral, and (c)
Secured Party shall not have any obligation or liability under such
contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of
this Agreement, nor shall Secured Party be obligated to perform any
of the obligations or duties of any Grantors thereunder or to take
any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned
hereunder. Until an Event of Default shall occur and be
continuing, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
Note, the Credit Agreement, or other Transaction Documents,
Grantors shall have the right to possession and enjoyment of the
Collateral for the purpose of conducting the ordinary course of
their respective businesses, subject to and upon the terms hereof
and of the Note, the Credit Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, it is the intention of the parties hereto that record
and beneficial ownership of the Pledged Interests, including all
voting, consensual, and dividend rights, shall remain in the
applicable Grantor until Secured Party, after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, shall exercise its
voting, consensual, or dividend rights with respect to the Pledged
Interests pursuant to Section 15 hereof.
5. Representations
and Warranties . Each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants as follows:
(a) The exact legal
name, jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation,
organizational identification number, if any, and chief executive
officer of each of the Grantors is set forth on Schedule 1
attached hereto. No Grantor has trade names
except as set forth on Schedule 1 attached
hereto. No Grantor has used any name other than that as
set forth on Schedule 1 for the preceding five
years. No entity has merged into any Grantor or been
acquired by any Grantor within the past five years except as set
forth on Schedule 1 .
(b) Schedule 7
attached hereto sets forth all Real Property owned or leased by
Grantors as of the Closing Date.
(c) As of the Closing
Date, no Grantor has any interest in, or title to, any Patents
except as set forth on Schedule 4 , or material Copyrights,
Intellectual Property Licenses, or Trademarks except as set forth
on Schedules 2 , 3 , and 6 , respectively,
attached hereto. This Agreement is effective to create a
valid and continuing Lien on such Copyrights, Intellectual Property
Licenses, Patents and Trademarks and, upon filing of the Copyright
Security
Agreement with
the United States Copyright Office and filing of the Patent
Security Agreement and the Trademark Security Agreement with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the filing of
appropriate financing statements in the jurisdictions listed on
Schedule 8 hereto, all action necessary or desirable to
protect and perfect the Security Interest in the United States in
and to each Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights or
Intellectual Property Licenses has been taken and such perfected
Security Interest is enforceable as such as against any and all
creditors of and purchasers from any Grantor. No Grantor
has any interest in any material Copyright that is necessary in
connection with the operation of such Grantor’s business,
except for those Copyrights identified on Schedule 2
attached hereto which have been registered with the United States
Copyright Office.
(d) Each Grantor has
the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or
other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to
carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and
performance by each Grantor of this Agreement and the filings
contemplated herein and the other Transaction Documents to which it
is a party have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of such Grantor and no further action is required by such
Grantor. This Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party has been duly executed by each
Grantor. This Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of each Grantor, enforceable against such
Grantor in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization
and similar laws of general application relating to or affecting
the rights and remedies of creditors and by general principles of
equity.
(e) No written claim
has been received by any Grantor that any Collateral or any
Grantor’s use of any Collateral violates the rights of any
third party. There has been no adverse decision to any
Grantor’s claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to
use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to such Grantor’s
right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and
effect, and there is no proceeding involving said rights pending
or, to the best knowledge of such Grantor, threatened before any
court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency,
arbitrator or other governmental authority.
(f) Each Grantor shall
at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to
the Collateral at its principal place of business (except when
temporarily kept at the offices of its attorneys or accountants)
and its Collateral at the locations set forth on Schedule 7
attached hereto and may not relocate such books of account and
records or tangible Collateral unless it delivers to Secured Party
at least thirty (30) days prior to such relocation (i) written
notice of such relocation and the new location thereof (which must
be within the United States) and (ii) evidence that appropriate
financing statements under the Code and other necessary documents
have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to
perfect the Security Interests to create in favor of Secured Party,
subject to Permitted Encumbrances, a valid, perfected and
continuing perfected first priority lien in the
Collateral.
(g) The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party by each Grantor do not
(i) violate any of the provisions of the Organizational Documents
of any Grantor or any judgment, decree, order or
award of any
court, governmental body or arbitrator or any applicable law, rule
or regulation applicable to any Grantor or (ii) conflict with, or
constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time
or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights
of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or
without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit
facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing such Grantor’s
debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which any Grantor is a
party or by which any property or asset of any Grantor is bound or
affected, except, in all cases, for such conflicts, defaults,
terminations, amendments, acceleration, cancellations and
violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect. If any, all required consents (including,
without limitation, from stockholders or creditors of the Grantor)
necessary for the Grantor to enter into and perform its obligations
hereunder have been obtained.
(h) This Agreement
creates a valid security interest in the Collateral of each of
Grantors, to the extent a security interest therein can be created
under the Code, securing the payment of the Secured
Obligations. Except to the extent a security interest in
the Collateral cannot be perfected by the filing of a financing
statement under the Code, all filings and other actions
necessary or desirable to perfect and protect such security
interest have been duly taken or will have been taken upon the
filing of financing statements listing each applicable Grantor, as
a debtor, and Secured Party, as secured party, in the jurisdictions
listed next to such Grantor’s name on Schedule 8
attached hereto. Upon the making of such filings,
Secured Party shall have, subject to Permitted Encumbrances, a
first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral of
each Grantor to the extent such security interest can be perfected
by the filing of a financing statement. All action by
any Grantor necessary to protect and perfect such security interest
on each item of Collateral has been duly taken.
(i) (i) Except
for the Security Interest created hereby, each Grantor is and will
at all times be the sole holder of record and the legal and
beneficial owner, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted
Encumbrances, of the Pledged Interests indicated on Schedule
5 as being owned by such Grantor and, when acquired by such
Grantor, any Pledged Interests acquired after the Closing Date;
(ii) all of the Pledged Interests are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable and the Pledged Interests
constitute or will constitute the percentage of the issued and
outstanding Stock of the Pledged Companies of such Grantor
identified on Schedule 5 hereto as supplemented or modified
by any Pledged Interests Addendum or any Supplement to this
Agreement; (iii) such Grantor has the right and requisite authority
to pledge th
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