SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.4
EXHIBIT
C
SECURITY
AGREEMENT, dated as of February 9, 2009 (this “Agreement”), among
BroadWebAsia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or the
“Debtor”) and
the holder of the Company’s 18% Secured Convertible Promissory Note due May
10, 2009 in the original aggregate principal amount of $150,000 (the “Note”), signatory
hereto, their endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively referred to as,
the “Secured
Party”).
W
I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Note, the Secured Party has agreed to extend the loans to
the Company evidenced by the Note;
WHEREAS,
in order to induce the Secured Party to extend the loans evidenced by the Note,
the Debtor has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Party this Agreement
and to grant the Secured Party a perfected security interest in certain property
of such Debtor to secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full
of all of the Company’s obligations under the Note and the other Debtor’s
obligations under the Guaranty.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions. As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this
Section 1. Terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement
that are defined in Article 9 of the UCC (such as “account”, “chattel paper”,
“commercial tort claim”, “deposit account”, “document”, “equipment”, “fixtures”,
“general intangibles”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “investment
property”, “letter-of-credit rights”, “proceeds” and “supporting obligations”)
shall have the respective meanings given such terms in Article 9 of the
UCC.
(a) “Collateral” means the
collateral in which the Secured Party is granted a security interest by
this Agreement and which shall include the following personal property of the
Debtor, whether presently owned or existing or hereafter acquired or coming into
existence, wherever situated, and all additions and accessions thereto and all
substitutions and replacements thereof, and all proceeds, products and accounts
thereof, including, without limitation, all proceeds from the sale or transfer
of the Collateral and of insurance covering the same and of any tort claims in
connection therewith, and all dividends, interest,
cash, notes, securities, equity interest or other property at any time and from time to time acquired,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, any or
all of the Pledged Securities (as defined below):
(i) All goods,
including, without limitations, (A) all machinery, equipment, computers, motor
vehicles, trucks, tanks, boats, ships, appliances, furniture, special and
general tools, fixtures, test and quality control devices and other equipment of
every kind and nature and wherever situated, together with all documents of
title and documents representing the same, all additions and accessions thereto,
replacements therefor, all parts therefor, and all substitutes for any of the
foregoing and all other items used and useful in connection with any Debtor’s
businesses and all improvements thereto; and (B) all inventory;
(ii) All contract
rights and other general intangibles, including, without limitation, all
partnership interests, membership interests, stock or other securities, rights under any of the Organizational
Documents, agreements related to the
Pledged Securities, licenses, distribution and other agreements, computer
software (whether “off-the-shelf”, licensed from any third party or developed by
any Debtor), computer software development rights, leases, franchises, customer
lists, quality control procedures, grants and rights, goodwill, trademarks,
service marks, trade styles, trade names, patents, patent applications,
copyrights, and income tax refunds;
1
(iii) All accounts,
together with all instruments, all documents of title representing any of the
foregoing, all rights in any merchandising, goods, equipment, motor vehicles and
trucks which any of the same may represent, and all right, title, security and
guaranties with respect to each account, including any right of stoppage in
transit;
(iv) All
documents, letter-of-credit rights, instruments and chattel paper;
(v) All
commercial tort claims;
(vi) All
deposit accounts and all cash (whether or not deposited in such deposit
accounts);
(vii) All
investment property;
(viii) All
supporting obligations; and
(ix) All
files, records, books of account, business papers, and computer programs;
and
(x) the products
and proceeds of all of the foregoing Collateral set forth in clauses (i)-(ix)
above.
Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, the “Collateral” shall include all
investment property and general intangibles respecting ownership and/or other
equity interests in each Guarantor, including, without limitation, the shares of
capital stock and the other equity
interests listed on Schedule H hereto (as the same may be modified from time to time
pursuant to the terms hereof), and any other shares of capital stock and/or
other equity interests of any other direct or indirect subsidiary of any Debtor
obtained in the future, and, in each case,
all certificates representing such shares and/or equity interests and, in each
case, all rights, options, warrants, stock, other securities and/or equity
interests that may hereafter be received, receivable or distributed in respect of,
or exchanged for, any of the foregoing (all of the foregoing being referred to
herein as the “Pledged
Securities”) and all rights arising under or in connection with the
Pledged Securities, including, but not limited to, all dividends, interest and cash.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an assignment of any
asset which, in the event of an assignment, becomes void by operation of
applicable law or the assignment of which is otherwise prohibited by applicable
law (in each case to the extent that such applicable law is not overridden by
Sections 9-406, 9-407 and/or 9-408 of the UCC or other similar applicable law);
provided, however, that to the extent permitted by applicable law, this
Agreement shall create a valid security interest in such asset and, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall create a valid security
interest in the proceeds of such asset.
(b) “Intellectual
Property” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and
privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United
States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without
limitation, (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any
other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or
unregistered and whether published or unpublished, all registrations and
recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including,
without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United
States Copyright Office, (ii) all letters patent of the United States, any other
country or any political subdivision thereof, all reissues and extensions
thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any
other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part
thereof, (iii) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names,
business names, fictitious business names, trade dress, service marks, logos,
domain names and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill
associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, 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 all common law
rights related thereto, (iv) all trade secrets arising under the laws of the
United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, (v) all
rights to obtain any reissues, renewals or extensions of the foregoing, (vi) all
licenses for any of the foregoing, and (vii) all causes of action for
infringement of the foregoing.
2
(c) “Majority in
Interest” shall mean, at any time of determination, the majority
in interest (based on then-outstanding principal amounts of Notes at the time
of such determination) of the Secured
Party.
(d) “Necessary
Endorsement” shall mean undated
stock powers endorsed in blank or other proper instruments of assignment duly
executed and such other instruments or documents as the Agent (as that term is
defined below) may reasonably request.
(e) “Obligations” means,
without limitation: (i) principal of, and interest on the Notes and the loans
extended pursuant thereto; (ii) any and all other fees, indemnities, costs,
obligations and liabilities of the Debtors from time to time under or in
connection with this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty and any other
instruments, agreements or other documents executed and/or delivered in
connection herewith or therewith; and (iii) all amounts (including but not
limited to post-petition interest) 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 Debtor.
(f) “Organizational
Documents” means with respect to any Debtor, the documents by which such
Debtor 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 Debtor
(such as bylaws, a partnership agreement or an operating, limited liability or
members agreement).
(g) “UCC” means the
Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware and or any other applicable law
of any state or states which has jurisdiction with respect to all, or any
portion of, the Collateral or this Agreement, from time to time. It
is the intent of the parties that defined terms in the UCC should be construed
in their broadest sense so that the term “Collateral” will be construed in
its broadest sense. Accordingly if there are, from time to time,
changes to defined terms in the UCC that broaden the definitions, they are
incorporated herein and if existing definitions in the UCC are broader than the
amended definitions, the existing ones shall be controlling.
2. Grant of Perfected First Priority Security Interest. As an inducement
for the Secured Party to extend the loans as evidenced by the Notes and to
secure the complete and timely payment, performance and discharge in full, as
the case may be, of all of the Obligations, each Debtor hereby unconditionally
and irrevocably pledges, grants and hypothecates to the Secured Party a
continuing and perfected security interest in and to, a lien upon and a right of
set-off against all of their respective right, title and interest of whatsoever
kind and nature in and to, the Collateral (the “Security
Interest”).
3. Delivery of Certain
Collateral. Contemporaneously or
prior to the execution of this Agreement,
each Debtor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent (a) any and all
certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing the Pledged
Securities, and (b) any and all certificates and other instruments or documents
representing any of the other Collateral, in each case, together with all
Necessary Endorsements. The Debtors are, contemporaneously with the
execution hereof, delivering to Agent, or have previously delivered to Agent, a
true and correct copy of each Organizational Document governing any of
the Pledged Securities.
4. Representations, Warranties,
Covenants and Agreements of the Debtors. Each Debtor represents and
warrants to, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Party as
follows:
(a) Each Debtor
has the requisite corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other
power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its
obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by each Debtor of
this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by
all necessary action on the part of such Debtor and no further action is
required by such Debtor. This Agreement has been duly executed by
each Debtor. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of each Debtor, enforceable against each Debtor 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.
3
(b) The Debtors
have no place of business or offices where their respective books of account and
records are kept (other than temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or
accountants) or places where Collateral is stored or located, except as set
forth on Schedule
A attached hereto. Except as specifically set forth on Schedule A, each
Debtor is the record owner of the real property where such Collateral is
located, and there exist no mortgages or other liens on any such real property
except for Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes). Except as
disclosed on Schedule
A, none of such Collateral is in the possession of any consignee, bailee,
warehouseman, agent or processor.
(c) Except for
Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes) and except as set forth on Schedule B attached
hereto, the Debtors are the sole owner of the Collateral (except for
non-exclusive licenses granted by any Debtor in the ordinary course of
business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights
or claims, and are fully authorized to grant the Security
Interest. There is not on file in any governmental or regulatory
authority, agency or recording office an effective financing statement, security
agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other than
those that will be filed in favor of the Secured Party pursuant to this
Agreement) covering or affecting any of the Collateral. So long as
this Agreement shall be in effect, the Debtors shall not execute and shall not
knowingly permit to be on file in any such office or agency any such financing
statement or other document or instrument (except to the extent filed or
recorded in favor of the Secured Party pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement).
(d) No written
claim has been received that any Collateral or Debtor's use of any Collateral
violates the rights of any third party. There has been no adverse decision to
any Debtor's claim of ownership rights in or exclusive rights to use the
Collateral in any jurisdiction or to any Debtor'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 any Debtor, threatened before
any court, judicial body, administrative or regulatory agency, arbitrator or
other governmental authority.
(e) Each Debtor
shall at all times maintain its books of account and records relating to the
Collateral at its principal place of business and its Collateral at the
locations set forth on Schedule A attached
hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records or tangible
Collateral unless it delivers to the Secured Party at least 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 UCC and other necessary documents
have been filed and recorded and other steps have been taken to perfect the
Security Interest to create in favor of the Secured Party a valid, perfected and
continuing perfected first priority lien in the Collateral.
(f) This
Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Party a valid, security interest in
the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Liens (as defined in the Notes)
securing the payment and performance of the Obligations. Upon making
the filings described in the immediately following paragraph, all security
interests created hereunder in any Collateral which may be perfected by filing
Uniform Commercial Code financing statements shall have been duly
perfected. Except for the filing of the Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements referred to in the immediately following paragraph, the
recordation of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement (as defined below)
with respect to copyrights and copyright applications in the United States
Copyright Office referred to in paragraph (m), the execution and delivery of
deposit account control agreements satisfying the requirements of Section
9-104(a)(2) of the UCC with respect to each deposit account of the Debtors, and the delivery of the certificates and other
instruments provided in Section 3, no action is necessary to create,
perfect or protect the security interests created hereunder. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for the filing of said
financing statements, the recordation of said Intellectual Property Security
Agreement, and the execution and delivery of said deposit account control
agreements, no consent of any third parties and no authorization, approval or
other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or
regulatory body is required for (i) the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement, (ii) the creation or perfection of the Security Interests
created hereunder in the Collateral or (iii) the enforcement of the rights of
the Secured Party hereunder.
4
(g) Each Debtor
hereby authorizes the Secured Party, or any of them, to file one or more
financing statements under the UCC, with respect to the Security Interest with
the proper filing and recording agencies in any jurisdiction deemed proper by
them.
(h) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Debtors does not
(i) violate any of the provisions of any Organizational Documents of any Debtor
or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or
arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to any
Debtor 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 any Debtor's debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which any Debtor is a party or by which any property or asset
of any Debtor is bound or affected. No consent (including, without limitation,
from stockholders or creditors of any Debtor) is required for any Debtor to
enter into and perform its obligations hereunder.
(i) The capital stock and other equity interests listed on
Schedule
H hereto represent all of the capital stock and other equity
interests of the Guarantors, and represent all capital stock and other equity
interests owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company. All of the
Pledged Securities are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and
the Company is the legal and beneficial owner of the Pledged Securities, free
and clear of any lien, security interest or other encumbrance except for the
security interests created by this Agreement and other Permitted Liens (as
defined in the Note).
(j) The ownership and other equity interests in partnerships
and limited liability companies (if any)
included in the Collateral (the
“Pledged
Interests”) by their express terms do not provide that they are
securities governed by Article 8 of the UCC
and are not held in a securities account or by any financial
intermediary.
(k) Each Debtor
shall at all times maintain the liens and Security Interest provided for
hereunder as valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests in
the Collateral in favor of the Secured Party until this Agreement and the
Security Interest hereunder shall be terminated pursuant to Section 11
hereof. Each Debtor hereby agrees to defend the same against the
claims of any and all persons and entities. Each Debtor shall safeguard and
protect all Collateral for the account of the Secured Party. At
the request of the Secured Party, each Debtor will sign and deliver to the
Secured Party at any time or from time to time one or more financing statements
pursuant to the UCC in form reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Party and
will pay the cost of filing the same in all public offices wherever filing is,
or is deemed by the Secured Party to be, necessary or desirable to effect the
rights and obligations provided for herein. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, each Debtor shall pay all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary
to maintain the Collateral and the Security Interest hereunder, and each Debtor
shall obtain and furnish to the Secured Party from time to time, upon demand,
such releases and/or subordinations of claims and liens which may be required to
maintain the priority of the Security Interest hereunder.
(l) No Debtor will
transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license, sell or otherwise dispose of
any of the Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by a Debtor in
its ordinary course of business and sales of inventory by a Debtor in its
ordinary course of business) without the prior written consent of a Majority in
Interest.
(m) Each Debtor shall keep and
preserve its equipment, inventory and other tangible Collateral in good
condition, repair and order and shall not operate or locate any such Collateral
(or cause to be operated or located) in any area excluded from insurance
coverage.
5
(n) Each Debtor shall maintain with financially sound and
reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the Collateral against loss or
damage of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against by entities
of established reputation having similar
properties similarly situated and in such amounts as are customarily carried
under similar circumstances by other such entities and otherwise as is prudent
for entities engaged in similar businesses but in any event sufficient to
cover
the full replacement cost thereof. Each Debtor shall cause each
insurance policy issued in connection herewith to provide, and the insurer
issuing such policy to certify to the Agent that (a) the Agent will be named as
lender loss payee and additional insured under
each such insurance policy; (b) if such insurance be proposed to be cancelled or
materially changed for any reason whatsoever, such insurer will promptly notify
the Agent and such cancellation or change shall not be effective as to the
Agent for at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Agent
of such notice, unless the effect of such change is to extend or increase
coverage under the policy; and (c) the Agent will have the right (but no
obligation) at its election to remedy any default in the payment of
premiums within thirty (30) days of notice from the insurer of such
default. If no Event of Default (as defined in the Note) exists and if
the proceeds arising out of any claim or series of related claims do
not exceed $100,000, loss payments in
each instance will be applied by the applicable Debtor to the repair and/or
replacement of property with respect to which the loss was incurred to the
extent reasonably feasible, and any loss payments or the balance thereof
remaining, to the extent not so applied, shall be payable to the applicable
Debtor, provided, however, that payments received by any Debtor after an Event
of Default occurs and is continuing or in
excess of $100,000 for any occurrence or
series of related occurrences shall be paid
to the Agent and, if received by such Debtor, shall be held in trust for and
immediately paid over to the Agent unless otherwise directed in writing by the
Agent. Copies of such policies or the related certificates, in
each case, naming the Agent as lender loss payee and
additional insured shall be delivered to the Agent at least annually and at the
time any new policy of insurance is issued.
(o) Each Debtor
shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof, advise the Secured
Party promptly, in sufficient detail, of any substantial change in the
Collateral, and of the occurrence of any event which would have a material
adverse effect on the value of the Collateral or on the Secured Party’ security
interest therein.
(p) Each Debtor shall
promptly execute and deliver to the Secured Party such further deeds, mortgages,
assignments, security agreements, financing statements or other instruments,
documents, certificates and assurances and take such further action as the
Secured Party may from time to time request and may in its sole discretion deem
necessary to perfect, protect or enforce its security interest in the Collateral
including, without limitation, if applicable, the execution and delivery of a
separate security agreement with respect to each Debtor’s Intellectual
Property (“Intellectual Property
Security Agreement”) in which the Secured Party have been granted a
security interest hereunder, substantially in a form acceptable to the Secured
Party, which Intellectual Property Security Agreement, other than as stated
therein, shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions
hereof.
(q) Each Debtor shall
permit the Secured Party and their representatives and agents to inspect the
Collateral at any time, and to make copies of records pertaining to the
Collateral as may be requested by a Secured Party from time to
time.
(r) Each Debtor shall
take all steps reasonably necessary to diligently pursue and seek to preserve,
enforce and collect any rights, claims, causes of action and accounts receivable
in respect of the Collateral.
(s) Each Debtor shall
promptly notify the Secured Party in sufficient detail upon becoming aware of
any attachment, garnishment, execution or other legal process levied against any
Collateral and of any other information received by such Debtor that may
materially affect the value of the Collateral, the Security Interest or the
rights and remedies of the Secured Party hereunder.
6
(t) All information
heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured Party by or on behalf of
any Debtor with respect to the Collateral is accurate and complete in all
material respects as of the date furnished.
(u) The
Debtors shall at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect their
respective valid existence and good standing and any rights and franchises
material to its business.
(v) No
Debtor will change its name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization,
organizational identification number (if it has one), legal or corporate
structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious name unless it provides at
least 30 days prior written notice to the Secured Party of such change and, at
the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any financing
statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue perfected the
perfected security Interest granted and evidenced by this
Agreement.
(w) No
Debtor may consign any of its Inventory or sell any of its Inventory on xxxx and
hold, sale or return, sale on approval, or other conditional terms of sale
without the consent of a Majority in
Interest which shall not be unreasonably withheld, except to the extent
such consignment or sale does not exceed 15% of the total value of all of the
Company’s finished goods in Inventory.
(x) No
Debtor may relocate its chief executive office to a new location without
providing 30 days prior written notification thereof to the Secured Party and so
long as, at the time of such written notification, such Debtor provides any
financing statements or fixture filings necessary to perfect and continue
perfected the perfected security Interest granted and evidenced by this
Agreement.
(y) Each
Debtor was organized and remains organized solely under the laws of the state
set forth next to such Debtor’s name in the first paragraph of this
Agreement. Schedule D attached
hereto sets forth each Debtor’s organizational identification number or, if any
Debtor does not have one, states that one does not exist.
(z)
(i) The actual name of each Debtor is the name set forth in the preamble above;
(ii) no Debtor has any trade names except as set forth on Schedule E attached
hereto; (iii) no Debtor has used any name other than that stated in the preamble
hereto or as set forth on Schedule E for the
preceding five years; and (iv) no entity has merged into any Debtor or been
acquired by any Debtor within the past five years except as set forth on Schedule
E.
(aa) At
any time and from time to time that any Collateral consists of instruments,
certificated securities or other items that require or permit possession by the
secured party to perfect the security interest created hereby, the applicable
Debtor shall deliver such Collateral to the Agent.
(bb) Each Debtor, in its capacity as issuer, hereby agrees to
comply with any and all orders and
instructions of Agent regarding the Pledged Interests consistent with the terms
of this Agreement without the further consent of any Debtor as contemplated by
Section 8-106 (or any successor section) of the UCC. Further, each
Debtor agrees that it shall not enter into a similar agreement (or
one that would confer “control” within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) with any
other person or entity.
(cc) Each
Debtor shall cause all tangible chattel paper constituting Collateral to be
delivered to the Agent, or, if such delivery is not possible, then to cause such
tangible chattel paper to contain a legend noting that it is subject to the
security interest created by this Agreement. To the extent that any
Collateral consists of electronic chattel paper, the applicable Debtor shall
cause the underlying chattel paper to be “marked” within the meaning of Section
9-105 of the UCC (or successor section thereto).
(dd) If there is any investment
property or deposit account included as Collateral that can be perfected by
“control” through an account control agreement, the applicable Debtor shall
cause such an account control agreement, in form and substance in each case
satisfactory to the Secured Party, to be entered into and delivered to the
Secured Party.
7
(ee) To
the extent that any Collateral consists of letter-of-credit rights, the
applicable Debtor shall cause the issuer of each underlying letter of credit to
consent to an assignment of the proceeds thereof to the Secured
Party.
(ff) To
the extent that any Collateral is in the possession of any third party, the
applicable Debtor shall join with the Secured Party in notifying such third
party of the Secured Party’ security interest in such Collateral and shall use
its best efforts to obtain an acknowledgement and agreement from such third
party with respect to the Collateral, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Secured Party.
(gg) If any Debtor shall at any
time hold or acquire a commercial tort claim, such Debtor shall promptly notify
the Secured Party in a writing signed by such Debtor of the particulars thereof
and grant to the Secured Party in such writing a security interest therein and
in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing
to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Secured Party.
(hh) Each Debtor shall
immediately provide written notice to the Secured Party of any and all accounts
which arise out of contracts with any governmental authority and, to the extent
necessary to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interest
in such accounts and proceeds thereof, shall execute and deliver to the Secured
Party an assignment of claims for such accounts and cooperate with the Secured
Party in taking any other steps required, in their judgment, under the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute or rule
to perfect or continue the perfected status of the Security Interest in such
accounts and proceeds thereof.
(ii) Each Debtor shall
cause each subsidiary of such Debtor to
immediately become a party hereto (an “Additional Debtor”),
by executing and delivering an Additional Debtor Joinder in substantially the
form of Annex A attached hereto and comply with the provisions hereof applicable
to the Debtors. Concurrent therewith, the Additional Debtor shall
deliver replacement schedules for, or supplements to all other Schedules to (or
referred to in) this Agreement, as applicable, which replacement schedules shall
supersede, or supplements shall modify, the Schedules then in
effect. The Additional Debtor shall also deliver such opinions of
counsel, authorizing resolutions, good standing certificates, incumbency
certificates, organizational documents, financing statements and other
information and documentation as the Secured Party may reasonably
request. Upon delivery of the foregoing to the Secured Party, the
Additional Debtor shall be and become a party to this Agreement with the same
rights and obligations as the Debtors, for all purposes hereof as fully and to
the same extent as if it were an original signatory hereto and shall be deemed
to have made the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein as
of the date of execution and delivery of such Additional Debtor Joinder, and all
references herein to the “Debtors” shall be deemed to include each Additional
Debtor.
(jj) Each Debtor shall vote the Pledged Securities to comply
with the covenants and agreements set forth herein and in the Notes.
(kk) Each Debtor shall register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities on the
books of such Debtor. Each Debtor shall notify each issuer of Pledged
Securities to register the pledge of the applicable Pledged Securities in the
name of the Secured Party on the books of such issuer. Further, except with respect to certificated
securities delivered to the Agent, the applicable Debtor shall deliver to Agent
an acknowledgement of pledge (which, where appropriate, shall comply with the
requirements of the relevant UCC with respect to perfection by
registration) signed by the issuer of the applicable Pledged Securities, which
acknowledgement shall confirm that: (a) it has registered the pledge on its
books and records; and (b) at any time directed by Agent during the continuation
of an Event of Default, such issuer will transfer the record
ownership of such Pledged Securities into the name of any designee of Agent,
will take such steps as may be necessary to effect the transfer, and will comply
with all other instructions of Agent regarding such Pledged
Securities without the further consent of the applicable
Debtor.
(ll) In the event that, upon an occurrence of an Event of
Default, Agent shall sell all or any of the Pledged Securities to another party
or parties (herein called the “Transferee”) or shall
purchase or retain all or any of the Pledged Securities, each Debtor shall, to
the extent applicable: (i) deliver to Agent or the Transferee, as the case may
be, the articles of incorporation, bylaws, minute books, stock certificate
books, corporate seals, deeds, leases,
indentures, agreements, evidences of indebtedness, books of account, financial
records and all other Organizational Documents and records of the Debtors and
their direct and indirect subsidiaries; (ii) use its best efforts to obtain
resignations of the persons then serving as officers and directors of the
Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries, if so requested; and (iii)
use its best efforts to obtain any approvals that are required by any
governmental or regulatory body in order to permit the sale of the Pledged
Securities to the Transferee or the purchase or retention of the Pledged
Securities by Agent and allow the Transferee or Agent to continue the business
of the Debtors and their direct and indirect subsidiaries.
8
(mm) Without limiting the
generality of the other obligations of the Debtors hereunder, each Debtor shall
promptly (i) cause to be registered at the United States Copyright Office all of
its material copyrights, (ii) cause the security interest contemplated hereby
with respect to all Intellectual Property registered at the United States
Copyright Office or United States Patent and Trademark Office to be duly
recorded at the applicable office, and (iii) give the Agent notice whenever it
acquires (whether absolutely or by license) or creates any additional material
Intellectual Property.
(nn) Each Debtor will from
time to time, at the joint and several expense of the Debtors, promptly execute
and deliver all such further instruments and documents, and take all such
further action as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Secured Party may
reasonably request, in order to perfect and protect any security interest
granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the Secured Party to
exercise and enforce their rights and remedies hereunder and with respect to any
Collateral or to otherwise carry out the purposes of this
Agreement.
(oo) Schedule F attached
hereto lists all of the patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, registered copyrights, and domain names owned by any of the
Debtors as of the date hereof. Schedule F lists all
material licenses in favor of any Debtor for the use of any patents, trademarks,
copyrights and domain names as of the date hereof. All material
patents and trademarks of the Debtors have been duly recorded at the United
States Patent and Trademark Office and all material copyrights of the Debtors
have been duly recorded at the United States Copyright Office.
(pp) Except as set forth
on Schedule G
attached hereto, none of the account debtors or other persons or entities
obligated on any of the Collateral is a governmental authority covered by the
Federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar federal, state or local statute
or rule in respect of such Collateral.
5. Effect of Pledge on Certain
Rights. If any of the Collateral subject to this Agreement
consists of nonvoting equity or ownership interests (regardless of class,
designation, preference or rights) that may be converted into voting
equity or ownership interests upon the
occurrence of certain events (including, without limitation, upon the transfer
of all or any of the other stock or assets of the issuer), it is agreed that the
pledge of such equity or ownership interests pursuant to this Agreement or the
enforcement of any of Agent’s rights hereunder shall not be deemed to be the type of
event which would trigger such conversion rights notwithstanding any provisions
in the Organizational Documents or agreements to which any Debtor is
subject or to which any Debtor is party.
6. Defaults. The following events
shall be “Events of
Default”:
(a) The
occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Note) under the
Note;
(b) Any
representation or warranty of any Debtor in this Agreement shall prove to have
been incorrect in any material respect when made;
(c) The failure
by any Debtor to observe or perform any of its obligations hereunder for five
(5) days after delivery to such Debtor of notice of such failure by or on behalf
of a Secured Party unless such default is capable of cure but cannot be cured
within such time frame and such Debtor is using best efforts to cure same in a
timely fashion; or
(d) If any
provision of this Agreement shall at any time for any reason be declared to be
null and void, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by
any Debtor, or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Debtor, or by any
governmental authority having jurisdiction over any Debtor, seeking to establish
the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or any Debtor shall deny that any
Debtor has any liability or obligation purported to be created under this
Agreement.
9
7. Duty To Hold In
Trust.
(a) Upon
the occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, each Debtor
shall, upon receipt of any revenue, income,
dividend, interest or other sums subject to the Security Interest,
whether payable pursuant to the Note or otherwise, or of any check, draft, note,
trade acceptance or other instrument evidencing an obligation to pay any such
sum, hold the same in trust for the Secured Party and shall forthwith endorse
and transfer any such sums or instruments, or both, to the Secured Party,
pro-rata in proportion to their initial purchases of Notes for application to
the satisfaction of the Obligations (and if any Note is not outstanding,
pro-rata in proportion to the initial purchases of the remaining
Notes).
(b) If any Debtor shall become entitled to receive or shall
receive any securities or other property
(including, without limitation, shares of Pledged Securities or instruments
representing Pledged Securities acquired after the date hereof, or any options,
warrants, rights or other similar property or certificates representing a
dividend, or any distribution in connection with any recapitalization,
reclassification or increase or reduction of capital, or issued in connection
with any reorganization of such Debtor or any of its direct or indirect
subsidiaries) in respect of the Pledged Securities (whether as an
addition to, in substitution of, or in exchange for, such Pledged Securities or
otherwise), such Debtor agrees to (i) accept the same as the agent of the
Secured Party; (ii) hold the same in trust on behalf of and for the
benefit of the Secured Party; and (iii)
to deliver any and all certificates or instruments evidencing the same to Agent
on or before the close of business on the fifth business day following the
receipt thereof by such Debtor, in the exact form received together with the
Necessary Endorsements, to be held by Agent
subject to the terms of this Agreement as Collateral.
8. Rights and Remedies Upon
Default.
(a) Upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured
Party, acting through any agent appointed by them for such purpose, shall have
the right to exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the
Notes, and the Secured Party shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured
party under the UCC. Without limitation, the Secured Party shall have
the following rights and powers:
(i) The Secured Party
shall have the right to take possession of the Collateral and, for that purpose,
enter, with the aid and assistance of any person, any premises where the
Collateral, or any part thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and
each Debtor shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Secured
Party at places which the Secured Party shall reasonably select, whether at such
Debtor's premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Secured Party, without
rent, all of such Debtor’s respective premises and facilities for the purpose of
the Secured Party taking possession of, removing or putting the Collateral in
saleable or disposable form.
(ii) Upon notice to the
Debtors by Agent, all rights of each Debtor to exercise the voting and other
consensual rights which it would otherwise be entitled to exercise and all
rights of each Debtor to receive the dividends and interest which it would
otherwise be authorized to receive and retain, shall cease. Upon
such notice, Agent shall have the right to receive any interest, cash dividends
or other payments on the Collateral and, at the option of Agent, to exercise in
such Agent’s discretion all voting rights pertaining
thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to exercise all rights with
respect to the Collateral as it were the sole and absolute owners thereof,
including, without limitation, to vote and/or to
exchange, at its sole discretion, any or all of the Collateral in connection
with a merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization or other
readjustment concerning or involving the Collateral or any Debtor or any of its
direct or indirect subsidiaries.
10
(iii) The Secured Party
shall have the right to operate the business of each Debtor using the Collateral
and shall have the right to assign, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and
deliver all or any part of the Collateral, at public or private sale or
otherwise, either with or without special conditions or stipulations, for cash
or on credit or for future delivery, in such parcel or parcels and at such time
or times and at such place or places, and upon such terms and conditions as
the Secured Party may deem commercially reasonable, all without (except as
shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived) advertisement or
demand upon or notice to any Debtor or right of redemption of a Debtor, which
are hereby expressly waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment
or other transfer of Collateral, the Secured Party may, unless prohibited by
applicable law which cannot be waived, purchase all or any part of the
Collateral being sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right of
redemption and equities of any Debtor, which are hereby waived and
released.
(iv) The Secured Party
shall have the right (but not the obligation) to notify any account debtors and
any obligors under instruments or accounts to make payments directly to the
Secured Party and to enforce the Debtors’ rights against such account debtors
and obligors.
(v) The Secured Party may
(but are not obligated to) direct any financial intermediary or any other person
or entity holding any investment property to transfer the same to the Secured
Party or their designee.
(vi) The Secured Party may
(but are not obligated to) transfer any or all Intellectual Property registered
in the name of any Debtor at the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and/or Copyright Office into the name of the Secured Party or any designee or
any purchaser of any Collateral.
(b) The Agent may comply with any applicable law in
connection with a disposition of Collateral and such compliance will not be
considered adversely to affect the
commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. The Agent
may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties and may specifically
disclaim such warranties. If the Agent sells any of the Collateral on
credit, the Debtors will only be credited with
payments actually made by the purchaser. In addition, each Debtor
waives any and all rights that it may have to a judicial hearing in advance of
the enforcement of any of the Agent’s rights and
remedies hereunder, including, without limitation, its right
following an Event of Default to take immediate possession of the Collateral and
to exercise its rights and remedies with respect thereto.
(c) For the purpose of enabling the Agent to further
exercise rights and remedies under this Section 8 or elsewhere provided by agreement or applicable law,
each Debtor hereby grants to the Agent, for the benefit of the Agent and the
Secured Party, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable
without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Debtor) to use, license or sublicense following an Event of
Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such
Debtor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license
access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be
recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof.
9. Applications of Proceeds. The
proceeds of any such sale, lease or other disposition of the Collateral
hereunder shall be applied first, to the expenses of retaking, holding, storing,
processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like (including, without
limitation, any taxes, fees and other costs incurred in connection therewith) of
the Collateral, to the reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by the
Secured Party in enforcing their rights hereunder and in connection with
collecting, storing and disposing of the Collateral, and then to satisfaction of
the Obligations pro rata among the Secured Party (based on then-outstanding
principal amounts of Notes at the time of any such determination), and to the
payment of any other amounts required by applicable law, after which the Secured
Party shall pay to the applicable Debtor any surplus proceeds. If, upon the
sale, license or other disposition of the Collateral, the proceeds thereof are
insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Party are legally entitled,
the Debtors will be liable for the deficiency, together with interest thereon,
at the rate of 10% per annum or the lesser amount permitted by applicable law
(the “Default Rate”), and the reasonable fees of any attorneys employed by the
Secured Party to collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, each Debtor waives all claims, damages and demands against the
Secured Party arising out of the repossession, removal, retention or sale of the
Collateral, unless due solely to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Secured Party as determined by a final judgment (not subject to further
appeal) of a court of competent jurisdiction.
11
10. Securities Law Provision. Each Debtor recognizes that Agent may be
limited in its ability to effect a sale to the public of all or part of the
Pledged Securities by reason of certain prohibitions in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or
other federal or state securities laws (collectively, the “Securities Laws”), and may be
compelled to resort to one or more sales to a restricted group of purchasers who
may be required to agree to acquire the
Pledged Securities for their own account, for investment and not with a view to
the distribution or resale thereof. Each Debtor agrees that sales so
made may be at prices and on terms less favorable than if the Pledged Securities
were sold to the public, and that Agent has no obligation to delay the
sale of any Pledged Securities for the period of time necessary to register the
Pledged Securities for sale to the public under the Securities
Laws. Each Debtor shall cooperate with Agent in its attempt to satisfy any
requirements under the Securities Laws (including, without limitation,
registration thereunder if requested by Agent) applicable to the sale of the
Pledged Securities by Agent.
11. Costs and Expenses. Each
Debtor agrees to pay all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses
incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder, including without
limitation, any financing statements pursuant to the UCC, continuation
statements, partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or
any expenses of any searches reasonably required by the Secured
Party. The Debtors shall also pay all other claims and charges which
in the reasonable opinion of the Secured Party might prejudice, imperil or
otherwise affect the Collateral or the Security Interest therein. The
Debtors will also, upon demand, pay to the Secured Party the amount of any and
all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable fees and expenses of its
counsel and of any experts and agents, which the Secured Party may incur in
connection with (i) the enforcement of this Agreement, (ii) the custody or
preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any
of the Collateral, or (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of
the Secured Party under the Notes. Until so paid, any fees payable hereunder
shall be added to the principal amount of the Notes and shall bear interest at
the Default Rate.
12. Responsibility for Collateral.
The Debtors assume all liabilities and responsibility in connection with all
Collateral, and the Obligations shall in no way be affected or diminished by
reason of the loss, destruction, damage or theft of any of the Collateral or its
unavailability for any reason. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, (a) neither the Agent nor any Secured Party (i) has any duty (either
before or after an Event of Default) to collect any amounts in respect of the
Collateral or to preserve any rights relating to the Collateral, or (ii) has any
obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale, and (b)
each Debtor shall remain obligated and liable under each contract or agreement
included in the Collateral to be observed or performed by such Debtor
thereunder. Neither the Agent nor any Secured Party shall have
any obligation or liability under any such contract or agreement by reason of or
arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Agent or any Secured Party
of any payment relating to any of the Collateral, nor shall the Agent or any
Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of
any Debtor under or pursuant to any such contract or agreement, to make inquiry
as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Agent or any
Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or as to the sufficiency of any
performance by any party under any such contract or agreement, to present or
file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the
payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to the Agent or to which the
Agent or any Secured Party may be entitled at any time or times.
13. Security Interest Absolute.
All rights of the Secured Party and all obligations of the Debtors hereunder,
shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity
or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes or any agreement entered into in
connection with the foregoing, or any portion hereof or thereof; (b) any change
in the time, manner or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term
of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any
consent to any departure from the Notes or any other agreement entered into in
connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or nonperfection of any
of the Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to
departure from any other collateral for, or any guaranty, or any other security,
for all or any of the Obligations; (d) any action by the Secured Party to
obtain, adjust, settle and cancel in its sole discretion any insurance claims or
matters made or arising in connection with the Collateral; or (e) any other
circumstance which might otherwise constitute any legal or equitable defense
available to a Debtor, or a discharge of all or any part of the Security
Interest granted hereby. Until the Obligations shall have been paid
and performed in full, the rights of the Secured Party shall continue even if
the Obligations are barred for any reason, including, without limitation, the
running of the statute of limitations or bankruptcy. Each Debtor
expressly waives presentment, protest, notice of protest, demand, notice of
nonpayment and demand for performance. In the event that at any time any
transfer of any Collateral or any payment received by the Secured Party
hereunder shall be deemed by final order of a court of competent jurisdiction to
have been a voidable preference or fraudulent conveyance under the bankruptcy or
insolvency laws of the United States, or shall be deemed to be otherwise due to
any party other than the Secured Party, then, in any such event, each Debtor’s
obligations hereunder shall survive cancellation of this Agreement, and shall
not be discharged or satisfied by any prior payment thereof and/or cancellation
of this Agreement, but shall remain a valid and binding obligation enforceable
in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Each Debtor
waives all right to require the Secured Party to proceed against any other
person or entity or to apply any Collateral which the Secured Party
may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any other remedy. Each
Debtor waives any defense arising by reason of the application of the statute of
limitations to any obligation secured hereby.
12
14. Term of Agreement. This
Agreement and the Security Interest shall terminate on the date on which all
payments under the Notes have been indefeasibly paid in full and all other
Obligations have been paid or discharged; provided, however, that all
indemnities of the Debtors contained in this Agreement (including, without
limitation, Annex B hereto) shall survive and remain operative and in full force
and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement.
15.
Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.
(a) Each Debtor
authorizes the Secured Party, and does hereby make, constitute and appoint the
Secured Party and their respective officers, agents, successors or assigns with
full power of substitution, as such Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact,
with power, in the name of the various Secured Party or such Debtor, to, after
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) endorse
any note, checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments of payment
(including payments payable under or in respect of any policy of insurance) in
respect of the Collateral that may come into possession of the Secured Party;
(ii) to sign and endorse any financing statement pursuant to the UCC or any
invoice, freight or express xxxx, xxxx of lading, storage or warehouse receipts,
drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications and notices in connection
with accounts, and other documents relating to the Collateral; (iii) to pay or
discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time
levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral; (iv) to demand,
collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and xxx for monies due in respect of
the Collateral; (v) to transfer any Intellectual Property or provide licenses
respecting any Intellectual Property; and (vi) generally, at the option of the
Secured Party, and at the expense of the Debtors, at any time, or from time to
time, to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments and to do all
acts and things which the Secured Party deem necessary to protect, preserve and
realize upon the Collateral and the Security Interest granted therein in order
to effect the intent of this Agreement and the Notes all as fully and
effectually as the Debtors might or could do; and each Debtor hereby ratifies
all that said attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall
be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of
the Obligations shall be outstanding. The designation set forth herein shall be deemed to
amend and supersede any inconsistent provision in the Organizational Documents
or other documents or agreements to which any Debtor is subject or to which any
Debtor is a party. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, each Secured Party is specifically authorized to execute and file any
applications for or instruments of transfer and assignment of any patents,
trademarks, copyrights or other Intellectual Property with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office.
(b) On a
continuing basis, each Debtor will make, execute, acknowledge, deliver, file and
record, as the case may be, with the proper filing and recording agencies in any
jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the jurisdictions indicated on
Schedule C
attached hereto, all such instruments, and take all such action as may
reasonably be deemed necessary or advisable, or as reasonably requested by the
Secured Party, to perfect the Security Interest granted hereunder and otherwise
to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, or for assuring and
confirming to the Secured Party the grant or perfection of a perfected security
interest in all the Collateral under the UCC.
(c) Each Debtor
hereby irrevocably appoints the Secured Party as such Debtor’s attorney-in-fact,
with full authority in the place and instead of such Debtor and in the name of
such Debtor, from time to time in the Secured Party’ discretion, to take any
action and to execute any instrument which the Secured Party may deem necessary
or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the filing,
in its sole discretion, of one or more financing or continuation statements and
amendments thereto, relative to any of the Collateral without the signature of
such Debtor where permitted by law, which financing statements may (but need
not) describe the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property” or words
of like import, and ratifies all such actions taken by the Secured
Party. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall
be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement and thereafter as long as any of
the Obligations shall be outstanding.
13
16. Notices. All notices,
requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be subject to the
notice provision of the Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the
Notes).
17. Other Security. To the extent
that the Obligations are now or hereafter secured by property other
than the Collateral or by the guarantee, endorsement or property of any other
person, firm, corporation or other entity, then the Secured Party shall have the
right, in its sole discretion, to pursue, relinquish, subordinate, modify or
take any other action with respect thereto, without in any way modifying or
affecting any of the Secured Party’ rights and remedies hereunder.
18. Appointment of Agent. The Secured
Party hereby appoints Able Income Fund, LLC to act as its agent (“Agent”) for purposes
of exercising any and all rights and remedies of the Secured Party hereunder.
The Agent shall have the rights, responsibilities and immunities set forth in
Annex B
hereto.
19. Miscellaneous.
(a) No course of
dealing between the Debtors and the Secured Party, nor any failure to exercise,
nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Secured Party, any right, power
or privilege hereunder or under the Notes shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder
or thereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege.
(b) All
of the rights and remedies of the Secured Party with respect to the Collateral,
whether established hereby or by the Notes or by any other agreements,
instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may be exercised
singly or concurrently.
(c) This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and is intended to supersede all prior negotiations,
understandings and agreements with respect thereto. Except as specifically set
forth in this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement may be modified or
amended except by a written agreement specifically referring to this Agreement
and signed by the parties hereto.
(d) In
the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction for any reason, unless such provision is
narrowed by judicial construction, this Agreement shall, as to such
jurisdiction, be construed as if such invalid, prohibited or unenforceable
provision had been more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or
unenforceable. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any provision of
this Agreement is held to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective to
the extent of such invalidity, prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining portion of such provision or the other provisions of
this Agreement and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such
provision or the other provisions of this Agreement in any other
jurisdiction.
(e) No
waiver of any breach or default or any right under this Agreement shall be
considered valid unless in writing and signed by the party giving such waiver,
and no such waiver shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default
or right, whether of the same or similar nature or otherwise.
14
(f) This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each party hereto and its
successors and assigns.
(g) Each party
shall take such further action and execute and deliver such further documents as
may be necessary or appropriate in order to carry out the provisions and
purposes of this Agreement.
(h) All questions
concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this
Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the
internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of
conflicts of law thereof. Each Debtor agrees that all proceedings
concerning the interpretations, enforcement and defense of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Note (whether brought against a party
hereto or its respective affiliates, directors, officers, shareholders,
partners, members, employees or agents) shall be commenced exclusively in the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan.
Each Debtor hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
state and federal courts sitting in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan
for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with
any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably
waives, and agrees not to assert in any proceeding, any claim that it is not
personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such proceeding
is improper. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives personal service of
process and consents to process being served in any such proceeding by mailing a
copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with
evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it
under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and
sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall
be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted
by law. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any
legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. If any party shall commence a proceeding to
enforce any provisions of this Agreement, then the prevailing party in such
proceeding shall be reimbursed by the other party for its reasonable attorney’s
fees and other costs and expenses incurred with the investigation, preparation
and prosecution of such proceeding.
(i) This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original and, all of which taken together
shall constitute one and the same Agreement. In the event that any signature is
delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid binding
obligation of the party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is
executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature
were the original thereof.
(j) All Debtors
shall jointly and severally be liable for the obligations of each Debtor to the
Secured Party hereunder.
(k) Each Debtor
shall indemnify, reimburse and hold harmless the Secured Party and their
respective partners, members, shareholders, officers, directors, employees and
agents (collectively, “Indemnitees”) from
and against any and all losses, claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits,
costs and expenses, of any kind or nature, (including fees relating to the cost
of investigating and defending any of the foregoing) imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against such Indemnitee in any way related to or arising from or
alleged to arise from this Agreement or the Collateral, except any such losses,
claims, liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs and expenses which result
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnitee as determined
by a final, nonappealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction. This indemnification provision is in addition to, and
not in limitation of, any other indemnification provision in the Notes, the
Purchase Agreement (as such term is defined in the Notes) or any other
agreement, instrument or other document executed or delivered in connection
herewith or therewith.
(l) Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to subject
Agent or any Secured Party to liability as
a partner in any Debtor or any if its direct or indirect subsidiaries that is a
partnership or as a member in any Debtor or any of its direct or indirect
subsidiaries that is a limited liability company, nor shall Agent or any Secured
Party be deemed to have assumed any obligations under any
partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of
any such Debtor or any if its direct or indirect subsidiaries or otherwise,
unless and until any such Secured Party exercises its right to
be substituted for such Debtor as a partner or member, as applicable, pursuant
hereto.
15
(m) To the extent that the grant of the security interest in
the Collateral and the enforcement of the terms hereof require the consent,
approval or action of any partner or
member, as applicable, of any Debtor or any direct or indirect subsidiary of any
Debtor or compliance with any provisions of any of the Organizational Documents,
the Debtors hereby grant such consent and approval and waive any such
noncompliance with the terms of said
documents.
[SIGNATURE
PAGES FOLLOW]
16
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to
be duly executed on the day and year first above written.
|
By: /s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
|
[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
17
[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS TO BROADWEBASIA, INC. NOTE]
Name of
Investing Entity: Able Income Fund, LLC
Signature of Authorized Signatory of
Investing entity: _________________________
Name of
Authorized Signatory: _________________________
Title of
Authorized Signatory: __________________________
[SIGNATURE
PAGE OF HOLDERS FOLLOWS]
18
SCHEDULE
A
Principal
Place of Business of Debtor: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Locations
Where Collateral is Located or Stored: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
19
SCHEDULE
B
Owners
of Collateral
None.
20
SCHEDULE
C
Delaware
21
SCHEDULE
D
Organizational
Identification Numbers
EIN:
00-0000000
22
SCHEDULE
E
Names;
Mergers and Acquisitions
None.
23
SCHEDULE
F
Intellectual
Property
Domain
Name: XXXXX.xxx and associated software/databases
24
SCHEDULE
G
Account
Debtors
None.
25
SCHEDULE H
Pledged Securities
742,575 shares of Common Stock pledged by Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx. Xx. Xxxxxxxxx holds
76,357,112 shares of Common Stock of the Company.
26
ANNEX
A
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
FORM
OF ADDITIONAL DEBTOR JOINDER
Security
Agreement dated as of February 9, 2009 made by
and its
subsidiaries party thereto from time to time, as Debtors
to and in
favor of
the
Secured Party identified therein (the “Security
Agreement”)
Reference
is made to the Security Agreement as defined above; capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such
terms in, or by reference in, the Security Agreement.
The
undersigned hereby agrees that upon delivery of this Additional Debtor Joinder
to the Secured Party referred to above, the undersigned shall (a) be an
Additional Debtor under the Security Agreement, (b) have all the rights and
obligations of the Debtors under the Security Agreement as fully and to the same
extent as if the undersigned was an original signatory thereto and (c) be deemed
to have made the representations and warranties set forth in Section ___ therein
as of the date of execution and delivery of this Additional Debtor
Joinder. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, THE
UNDERSIGNED SPECIFICALLY GRANTS TO THE SECURED PARTY A SECURITY INTEREST IN THE
COLLATERAL AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH IN THE SECURITY AGREEMENT AND ACKNOWLEDGES
AND AGREES TO THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL PROVISIONS SET FORTH
THEREIN.
Attached
hereto are supplemental and/or replacement Schedules to the Security Agreement,
as applicable.
An
executed copy of this Joinder shall be delivered to the Secured Party, and the
Secured Party may rely on the matters set forth herein on or after the date
hereof. This Joinder shall not be modified, amended or terminated
without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.
27
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Joinder to be executed in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned.
[Name of Additional Debtor] | |
By:
Name:
Title:
Address:
|
Dated:
28
ANNEX
B
to
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THE
AGENT
1. Appointment. The Secured Party (all
capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the
respective meanings provided in the Security Agreement to which this Annex B is
attached (the "Agreement")), by
their acceptance of the benefits of the Agreement, hereby designate Able Income
Fund, LLC (“Able” or “Agent”) as the
Agent to act as specified herein and in the Agreement. Each Secured
Party shall be deemed irrevocably to authorize the Agent to take such action on
its behalf under the provisions of the Agreement and any other Transaction
Document (as such term is defined in the Notes) and to exercise such powers and
to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are specifically delegated to
or required of the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Agent may perform
any of its duties hereunder by or through its agents or
employees.
2.
Nature of Duties. The Agent shall
have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the
Agreement. Neither the Agent nor any of its partners, members,
shareholders, officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for any
action taken or omitted by it as such under the Agreement or hereunder or in
connection herewith or therewith, be responsible for the consequence of any
oversight or error of judgment or answerable for any loss, unless caused solely
by its or their gross negligence or willful conduct as determined by a final
judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent
jurisdiction. The duties of the Agent shall be mechanical and
administrative in nature; the Agent shall not have by reason of the Agreement or
any other Transaction Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Debtor
or any Secured Party; and nothing in the Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to
impose upon the Agent any obligations in respect of the Agreement or any other
Transaction Document except as expressly set forth herein and
therein.
3.
Lack of Reliance on the
Agent. Independently and without reliance upon the Agent, each
Secured Party, to the extent it deems appropriate, has made and shall continue
to make (i) its own independent investigation of the financial condition and
affairs of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with such Secured
Party’s investment in the Debtors, the creation and continuance of the
Obligations, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, and the
taking or not taking of any action in connection therewith, and (ii) its own
appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company and its subsidiaries, and
of the value of the Collateral from time to time, and the Agent shall have no
duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide
any Secured Party with any credit, market or other information with respect
thereto, whether coming into its possession before any Obligations are incurred
or at any time or times thereafter. The Agent shall not be
responsible to the Debtors or any Secured Party for any recitals,
statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any
document, certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith, or for
the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection,
collectibility, priority or sufficiency of the Agreement or any other
Transaction Document, or for the financial condition of the Debtors or the value
of any of the Collateral, or be required to make any inquiry concerning either
the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of
the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or the financial condition of
the Debtors, or the value of any of the Collateral, or the existence or possible
existence of any default or Event of Default under the Agreement, the Notes or
any of the other Transaction Documents.
4.
Certain Rights of the
Agent. The Agent shall have the right to take any action with
respect to the Collateral, on behalf of all of the Secured Party. To
the extent practical, the Agent shall request instructions from the Secured
Party with respect to any material act or action (including failure to act) in
connection with the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and shall be
entitled to act or refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of
Secured Party holding a majority in principal amount of Notes (based on
then-outstanding principal amounts of Notes at the time of any such
determination); if such instructions are not provided despite the Agent’s
request therefor, the Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking
such action, and if such action is taken, shall be entitled to appropriate
indemnification from the Secured Party in respect of actions to be taken by the
Agent; and the Agent shall not incur liability to any person or entity by reason
of so refraining. Without limiting the foregoing, (a) no Secured
Party shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Agent as a result of
the Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and the Debtors shall
have no right to question or challenge the authority of, or the instructions
given to, the Agent pursuant to the foregoing and (b) the Agent shall not be
required to take any action which the Agent believes (i) could reasonably be
expected to expose it to personal liability or (ii) is contrary to this
Agreement, the Transaction Documents or applicable law.
29
5. Reliance. The Agent
shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any
writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or
telecopier message, cablegram, radiogram, order or other document or telephone
message signed, sent or made by the proper person or entity, and, with respect
to all legal matters pertaining to the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it and
upon all other matters pertaining to this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and its duties thereunder, upon advice of other experts selected by
it.
6. Indemnification. To the extent
that the Agent is not reimbursed and indemnified by the Debtors, the Secured
Party will jointly and severally reimburse and indemnify the Agent, in
proportion to their initially purchased respective principal amounts of Notes,
from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any
kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted
against the Agent in performing its duties hereunder or under the Agreement or
any other Transaction Document, or in any way relating to or arising out of the
Agreement or any other Transaction Document except for those determined by a
final judgment (not subject to further appeal) of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted solely from the Agent's own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Prior to taking any action hereunder as Agent,
the Agent may require each Secured Party to deposit with it sufficient sums as
it determines in good faith is necessary to protect the Agent for costs and
expenses associated with taking such action.
7. Resignation by the Agent.
(a) The
Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties under the
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents at any time by giving 30 days'
prior written notice (as provided in the Agreement) to the Debtors and the
Secured Party. Such resignation shall take effect upon the
appointment of a successor Agent pursuant to clauses (b) and (c)
below.
(b) Upon
any such notice of resignation, the Secured Party, acting by a Majority in Interest, shall appoint a successor
Agent hereunder.
(c) If a
successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within said 30-day period, the
Agent shall then appoint a successor Agent who shall serve as Agent until such
time, if any, as the Secured Party appoint a successor Agent as provided
above. If a successor Agent has not been appointed within such 30-day
period, the Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction or may
interplead the Debtors and the Secured Party in a proceeding for the appointment
of a successor Agent, and all fees, including, but not limited to, extraordinary
fees associated with the filing of interpleader and expenses associated
therewith, shall be payable by the Debtors on demand.
8. Rights with respect to
Collateral. Each Secured
Party agrees with all other Secured Party and the Agent (i) that it shall not,
and shall not attempt to, exercise any rights with respect to its security
interest in the Collateral, whether pursuant to any other agreement or otherwise
(other than pursuant to this Agreement), or take or institute any action against
the Agent or any of the other Secured Party in respect of the Collateral or its
rights hereunder (other than any such action arising from the breach of this
Agreement) and (ii) that such Secured Party has no other rights with respect to
the Collateral other than as set forth in this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents.
30