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Exhibit 4.13
SECURITY AGREEMENT
CIRCLE CREEK AQUACULTURE VIII, L.P.
10.35% COLLATERALIZED CONVERTIBLE NOTES
1. CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST. CIRCLE CREEK AQUACULTURE VIII, L.P.,
a Tennessee Limited Partnership conducting business in Bolivar County,
Mississippi (the "Debtor") hereby grants to CHG PROPERTIES, INC., a California
corporation (the "Agent") as agent, under that certain Agency Agreement of even
date herewith for the holders of that certain series of promissory notes in the
original principal amount of up to $700,000 entitled the "10.35% Collateralized
Convertible Notes" issued by the Debtor (the "Notes"), a present security
interest in the Collateral and its proceeds described in Paragraph 3 of this
Agreement.
2. ATTACHMENT AND OBLIGATION SECURED. This security interest is
intended to secure the Debtor's obligation and indebtedness to the holders of
the Notes (collectively, the "Secured Party"). The Debtor's obligation and
indebtedness to the Secured Party is evidenced by the Notes and includes any
further advances to the Debtor by the Secured Party pursuant to the Notes.
3. DESCRIPTION OF COLLATERAL. The collateral in which this security
interest is granted and transferred to the Secured Party is farm products (the
"Collateral") described as follows:
All of the channel catfish raised, fed, fattened, or otherwise held by
Debtor, and any additional acquisitions by, but not limited to,
natural increase, replacement, or subsequent purchase including, the
farm accounts and proceeds arising from the sale of those channel
catfish or the products thereof.
4. LICENSE TO USE ACCOUNTS AND PROCEEDS. Until default shall have
occurred as defined in Section 12 below, Debtor may continue to collect the
accounts and proceeds arising from the sale of the channel catfish or products
thereof described above as part of the Collateral, so long as any cash proceeds
received by the Debtor from such accounts or proceeds are used by or for the
Debtor to purchase or to otherwise pay for goods, materials or services supplied
by or to Debtor in connection with its catfish farming business, the payment of
interest and/or principal on such other debt obligations of the Debtor as may be
incurred in connection with the Debtor's business, and/or the payment of
distributions to the Limited Partners of the Debtor in compliance with the
Debtor's Agreement of Limited Partnership.
5. DEBTOR'S COVENANTS RELATING TO LOAN. The Debtor agrees to pay to
the Secured Party the amounts indicated in the Notes specified in this
Agreement according to the terms of this Agreement and the obligation
described above.
6. DEBTOR'S WARRANTIES. The Debtor represents and warrants to the
Secured Party that Debtor is the full legal and equitable owner of the
Collateral, except for the security interest created by this Agreement, and no
other lien or security interest enforceable against the Collateral exists. The
Debtor also represents and warrants to the Secured Party that the Collateral
will, when acquired by the Debtor, be located at that certain approximately 242
acre catfish Farm situated in Bolivar County, Mississippi, as more fully
described in Exhibit "A" hereto which is hereby incorporated herein by
reference, and that while this Agreement is in effect, Debtor will not remove
Collateral from that location except in the ordinary course of Debtor's business
of operating a catfish production farm without the prior written consent of the
Agent.
EXHIBIT "E"
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Memorandum
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7. CARE OF COLLATERAL. The Debtor shall maintain the Collateral in the
following manner:
(a) The Debtor shall keep the Collateral free from any unpaid
claims and demands, including rent and taxes, and not allow any interest in the
Collateral to be created or transferred, except in the ordinary course of the
Debtor's business to or by any third person without the prior written consent of
the Agent;
(b) The Debtor shall keep the Collateral in good condition and
health. The Debtor shall care for and attend to the Collateral, and take
necessary measures to properly raise, grow, and maintain the Collateral in a
manner consistent with the customary course of husbandry practiced in the
Bolivar County, Mississippi;
(c) The Debtor shall at all times keep the Collateral and the
proceeds from any authorized disposition of the Collateral identifiable and
separate from any other catfish stock belonging to the Debtor or any other
party.
(d) If the value of the Collateral is substantially affected by any
event, or the ability to market or dispose of the Collateral is substantially
impaired by any event, the Debtor shall notify the Agent immediately. Also, the
Debtor shall notify the Agent immediately if the Collateral becomes subject to
any impairment that may affect Secured Party's rights and remedies in relation
to the Collateral. The notice required by this Paragraph shall be given in the
manner set forth in Paragraph 14 of this Agreement.
8. LIST OF POTENTIAL BUYERS. Pursuant to the Food Security Act of 1985
as codified in Section 1631 of Title 7 of the United States Code, Debtor shall
furnish to the Agent the names and addresses of all persons to whom the Debtor
may sell any of the Collateral, and all Commission Merchants and Selling Agents,
as defined in the Act, to whom Debtor may sell the Collateral or otherwise
engage in any transaction relating to it. The lists required under this
Paragraph shall be submitted to the Agent within ten (10) days of the execution
of this Agreement, and shall thereafter be supplemented with any additional
names and addresses of potential buyers, Commissions Merchants, or Selling
Agents on the first day of each month this Agreement is in force.
9. SALE OF COLLATERAL TO PARTY NOT LISTED. Before the sale or contract
to sell any part of the Collateral to a person whose name and address has not
been provided to the Agent under Paragraph 8, and before any transaction
relating to the Collateral conducted between Debtor and a Commission Merchant or
Selling Agent, as defined by the Food Security Act of 1985 [7 U.S.C. ss.1631],
the Debtor shall give notice of the intended transaction and provide the Agent
with the name and address of the person with whom the Debtor intends to
contract. Notice under this Paragraph shall be given in the manner provided for
in Paragraph 14 of this Agreement, and with sufficient time so that the Agent is
notified not less than five (5) days before the transaction.
10. INSURANCE. During the continuation of this Security Agreement, the
Debtor, at the Debtor's own cost and expense, shall keep the Collateral, and all
parts thereof, insured against all hazards for the full amount of indebtedness
owed to the Agent but only if and to the extent such insurance is customarily
obtained by operators of catfish farms in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
11. INSPECTION BY THE AGENT. The Agent shall have the right, but not
the obligation, to enter the premises on which the Collateral is located for the
purpose of inspecting the Collateral at any reasonable times and intervals.
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▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. Any of the following events constitute a default under
this Agreement:
(a) A breach by the Debtor of any of the terms, provisions,
covenants, warranties, or representations of this Agreement or of the Notes that
this Agreement secures;
(b) If the Debtor fails to make any payment owed the Agent covered
by this Agreement;
(c) If the Debtor should dissolve, become insolvent or unable
to pay debts as they become due, or if a trustee or receiver is appointed to
take all or a substantial portion of the Debtor's assets, or if the Debtor makes
a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(d) If there is issued against the Collateral any lien of
attachment, execution, tax assessment, or other similar process and it is not
released with thirty (30) days of the date of issuance.
13. REMEDIES ON DEFAULT. If any of the above events of default occur,
in addition to the statutory remedies provided under Sections 9501-9505 of the
Uniform Commercial Code, the Secured Party may:
(a) Declare any obligation or indebtedness of the Debtor to the
Secured Party secured by this Agreement to be immediately due and payable;
(b) Enter the Debtor's premises to assemble and take possession of
the Collateral;
(c) Require the Debtor to assemble the Collateral and make its
possession available to the Agent on behalf of the Secured Party at a place
designated by the Agent that is reasonably convenient to both the Agent and the
Debtor;
(d) Apply the proceeds received from the sale or other disposition
of the Collateral on default of the Debtor, in addition to the items specified
in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Mississippi, to the payment of
reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses incurred by the Secured Party as a
result of the Debtor's default.
14. NOTICES. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, any and all
notices or other communications required or permitted by this Agreement or by
law to be served on or given to either party by the other party shall be in
writing and shall be deemed duly served and given when personally delivered to
the party to whom they are directed, or instead of such personal service, when
deposited in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, addressed to
the parties at their respective addresses below. Either party may change its
address for the purpose of this Paragraph by giving written notice of the change
to the other party in the manner provided in this Paragraph.
If to Debtor:
Circle Creek Aquaculture VIII, L.P.
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If to Agent or the Secured Party:
CHG Properties, Inc.
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15. TIME OF ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of this Agreement and of
each provision contained in it.
16. EFFECT ON HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS. This Agreement and each of its
provisions shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the respective
heirs, devisees, legatees, executors, administrators, trustees, successors, and
assigns of the parties to this Agreement. Nothing contained in this Paragraph
shall be construed as a consent by the Secured Party to any assignment of the
Collateral or any interest therein by the Debtor.
17. AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENT. This Agreement may be amended only by a
writing signed by the party against whom or against whose successors and assigns
enforcement of the change is sought.
18. EFFECT OF PARTIAL INVALIDITY. If any term or provision of this
Agreement or any application thereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable, the
remainder of this Agreement and any application of the terms and provisions
shall not be affected thereby, but shall remain valid and enforceable.
19. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of Mississippi.
20. WAIVER. Neither the acceptance of any partial or delinquent
payment by the Secured Party nor the Secured Party's failure to exercise any of
its rights or remedies on default by the Debtor shall be a waiver of the
default, a modification of this Agreement, or a waiver of any subsequent default
by the Debtor.
Executed on ____________________ at ___________________________,
Tennessee.
"DEBTOR"
CIRCLE CREEK AQUACULTURE, VIII, L.P.
By:
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General Partner
By: Circle Creek AquaCulture, Inc.,
a Tennessee corporation, General Partner
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By:
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