SECURITY INTEREST AND PLEDGE
AGREEMENT
SECURITY INTEREST AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
(“Pledge Agreement”) dated as July 30, 2009, by and
among OmniReliant Holdings, Inc. (“Secured Party”),
Beyond Commerce, Inc. a Nevada corporation with its principal
business address at 9029 South Pecos, Suite 2800, Henderson, NV
89074 (the “Company” or the “Debtor”), and
Beyond Commerce, Inc., as pledgor (the
“Pledgor”).
RECITALS
A. Reference
is made to (i) that certain Purchase Agreement of even date
herewith (the “Purchase Agreement”) to which the
Company and the Secured Party are parties, and (ii) the Transaction
Agreements (as that term is defined in the Loan Agreement),
including, without limitation, the
Debenture. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the relevant
Transaction Agreements.
B. Pursuant
to the Transaction Agreements, the Debtor has certain obligations
to the Secured Party (all such obligations, the
“Obligations”), including, but not limited to,
obligations to pay principal and interest of the Debenture, which
was issued in the original aggregate principal amount of $641,663,
on the Maturity Date. The Debenture Obligations and the
Warrant Obligations are secured by the pledge of certain stock of
the Company. The obligations of the Company and of the
Pledgor, if any, under the Debenture are referred to collectively
as the “Note Obligations.” The obligations
of the Company and of the Pledgor, if any, under the Warrant are
referred to collectively as the “Warrant
Obligations.”
C.
To secure the Debenture Obligations
and the Warrant Obligations, the Pledgor has agreed to pledge
certain shares of treasury Common Stock of the Company and to issue
the certificate in the name of the Secured Party as security for
the performance of the Debenture Obligations and the Warrant
Obligations.
D.
The Pledgor are shareholders, subsidiaries and/or affiliates
of the Debtor and have determined that it is in the Pledgor’
best interests, including to the benefit of the other interests of
the Pledgor in the Company, to provide the pledge referred to
herein.
E. The
Secured Party is willing to enter into the Purchase Agreement and
the other Transaction Agreements only upon receiving the
Pledgor’ pledge of certain stock of the Company, as set forth
in this Pledge Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises, the mutual covenants and conditions contained herein, and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
1.
Grant of Security Interest .
(a) To
secure the Debenture Obligations and the Warrant Obligations of
Debtor, the Pledgor hereby pledge to the Secured Party (i) all of
the shares of Common Stock (the “Pledged Shares”) set
forth on the attached Schedule 2 of this
Agreement. Unless otherwise set forth on Schedule 2 of
this Agreement, the Pledgor are the beneficial and record owner of
the Pledged Shares set forth opposite the Pledgor’s name on
such Schedule. Such Pledged Shares are hereinafter
referred to as the “Collateral.”
(b) The
Company represents and warrants to the Secured Party that the
Pledged Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and that it will not permit the transfer of the
Pledged Shares except in accordance with this Pledge Agreement
while the same is in effect.
(c) (i) The
Company has given written notice to the Transfer
Agent instructing the issuance of the Pledged Shares in
the name of the Secured Party to be held as collateral;
and
(ii) The
Pledgor hereby consent to the provisions of the preceding
subparagraph (i) and authorizes the Company to provide such notice
and instructions to the Transfer Agent.
2.
Obligations Secured . During the term hereof, the
Collateral shall secure the following:
(a) The
performance by the Company of the Debenture Obligations and the
Warrant Obligations; and
(b) The
payment of all fees and the delivery of all stock other than
principal and interest under the Debenture.
(c) The
performance by the Pledgor of their obligations, covenants, and
agreements under this Agreement.
The
obligations, covenants and agreements described in clauses (a), (b)
and (c) are the “Obligations.”
3.
Perfection of Security
Interests . Upon execution of this Pledge Agreement
by the Debtor and the Pledgor, the Pledgor shall deliver and
transfer possession of the stock certificates identified opposite
the Pledgor’s name on Schedule 2 of this Agreement together
with stock transfer powers duly executed in blank by the registered
owner of the shares represented by such Certificates, with
appropriate Medallion signature guaranty (“Stock
Powers”), to the Secured Party.
The Collateral
will be held by the Secured Party or the Brokerage Firm, to perfect
the security interest of the Secured Party, until the earlier
of
(i) the payment
in full of all amounts due under the Debenture, or
(ii)
foreclosure of Secured Party's security interests as provided
herein.
(c) The
Debtor and the Pledgor hereby appoint the Secured Party, as
attorney-in-fact with powers of substitution, to execute all
documents and perform all acts in order to perfect and maintain a
valid security interest for Secured Party in the
Collateral.
5.
Pledgors’
Warranty . The Pledgor represents and warrants
hereby to the Secured Party as follows with respect to the Pledged
Shares set forth opposite the Pledgor’s name on Schedule 2 to
this Agreement:
A.
With respect to title to the Transferred Shares
(i) that
upon transfer by the Pledgor of the Pledgor’s Certificates
and Stock Powers to Secured Party pursuant to this Agreement at
such time, if any, as contemplated hereby upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default, the purchaser of the Pledged Shares or the
Secured Party, as contemplated herein, as the case may be, will
have good title (both record and beneficial) to the relevant
Pledged Shares;
(ii) that
there are no restrictions upon transfer and pledge of the Pledged
Shares pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement except the
restrictions, to the extent applicable, imposed by Rule 144 under
the Securities Act of 1933;
(iii) that
the Pledged Shares are free and clear of any encumbrances of every
nature whatsoever, the Pledgor is the sole owner of the Pledged
Shares, and such shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable;
(iv) that
the Pledgor has owned the Pledged Shares since the date specified
on Schedule 2 to this Agreement and that such shares were fully
paid for as of such specified date; and
(v) that
the Pledgor agrees not to grant or create, any security interest,
claim, lien, pledge or other encumbrance with respect to the
Pledgor’s Pledged Shares or attempt to sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any of such shares until the Obligations have
been paid in full or this Agreement has terminated.
B.
With respect to certain other matters :
(i) that
the Pledgor has made necessary inquiries of the Company and
believes that the Company fully intends to fulfill and has the
capability of fulfilling the Obligations to be performed by the
Company in accordance with the terms of the Transaction
Agreements;
(ii) that
the Pledgor is not acting, and has not agreed to act, in any plan
to sell or dispose of the Pledged Shares in a manner intended to
circumvent the registration requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or any applicable state law;
(iii) that
Pledgor has been advised by counsel of the elements of a bona-fide
pledge for purposes of Rule 144(d)(3)(iv) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, including the relevant SEC interpretations and
affirms the pledge of shares by the Pledgor pursuant to this Pledge
Agreement will constitute a bona-fide pledge of such shares for
purposes of such Rule;
(iv) that
this Pledge Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Pledgor enforceable in accordance with its terms
(except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, and
similar laws, now or hereafter in effect); and
(v) that
the Pledgor’s address is as provided under the
Pledgor’s signature on the signature page hereof.
6.
Reports under Securities Act and Exchange Act
. With a view to making available to Secured Party the
benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any
other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time
permit Secured Party to sell securities of the Company to the
public without Registration (“Rule 144”), the Company
agrees to:
(i) make
and keep public information available, as those terms are
understood and defined in Rule 144;
(ii) file
with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents
required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act; and
(iii) until
the date when the Secured Party may sell all Registrable
Securities under Rule 144 without volume or other restr