INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT
Intellectual Property Security Agreement (this "Agreement" dated as of June
6, 2003, by and among Achievement Tec Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), and the secured parties signatory hereto and their respective
endorsees, transferees and assigns (collectively, the "Secured Party").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 6,
2003, between Company and the Secured Party (the "Purchase Agreement"), Company
has agreed to issue to the Secured Party and the Secured Party has agreed to
purchase from Company certain of Company's 10% Secured Convertible Debentures,
due one year from the date of issue (the "Debentures"), which are convertible
into shares of Company's Common Stock, par value $.001 per share (the "Common
Stock"). In connection therewith, Company shall issue the Secured Party certain
Common Stock purchase warrants dated as of the date hereof to purchase the
number of shares of Common Stock indicated below each Secured Party's name on
the Purchase Agreement (the "Warrants"); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Secured Party to purchase the Debentures,
Company has agreed to execute and deliver to the Secured Party this Agreement
for the benefit of the Secured Party and to grant to it a first priority
security interest in certain Intellectual Property (defined below) of Company to
secure the prompt payment, performance and discharge in full of all of Company's
obligations under the Debentures and exercise and discharge in full of Company's
obligations under the Warrants; and
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. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms which are defined
in the Purchase Agreement and used herein are so used as so defined; and the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Company" shall mean, collectively, Company and all of the subsidiaries of
Company (including, without limitation, Clickable Oil, Inc.), a list of which is
contained in Schedule A, attached hereto.
"Copyrights" shall mean (a) all copyrights, registrations and applications
for registration, issued or filed, including any reissues, extensions or
renewals thereof, by or with the United States Copyright Office or any similar
office or agency of the United States, any state thereof, or any other country
or political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, including, all rights in and to
the material constituting the subject matter thereof, including, without
limitation, any referred to in Schedule B hereto, and (b) any rights in any
material which is copyrightable or which is protected by common law, United
States copyright laws or similar laws or any law of any State, including,
without limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule B hereto.
"Copyright License" shall mean any agreement, written or oral, providing
for a grant by the Company of any right in any Copyright, including, without
limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule B hereto.
"Intellectual Property" shall means, collectively, the Software
Intellectual Property, Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses,
Trademarks, Trademark Licenses and Trade Secrets.
"Obligations" means all of the Company's obligations under this Agreement
and the Debentures, in each case, whether now or hereafter existing, voluntary
or involuntary, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, whether or not jointly owed with others, and whether or not from
time to time decreased or extinguished and later decreased, created or incurred,
and all or any portion of such obligations or liabilities that are paid, to the
extent all or any part of such payment is avoided or recovered directly or
indirectly from the Secured Party as a preference, fraudulent transfer or
otherwise as such obligations may be amended, supplemented, converted, extended
or modified from time to time.
"Patents" shall mean (a) all letters patent of the United States or any
other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all reissues and
extensions thereof, including, without limitation, any thereof referred to in
Schedule B hereto, and (b) all applications for letters patent of the United
States and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof or any
other country or any political subdivision, including, without limitation, any
thereof referred to in Schedule B hereto.
"Patent License" shall mean all agreements, whether written or oral,
providing for the grant by the Company of any right to manufacture, use or sell
any invention covered by a Patent, including, without limitation, any thereof
referred to in Schedule B hereto.
"Security Agreement" shall mean the Security Agreement, dated the date
hereof between Company and the Secured Party.
"Software Intellectual Property" shall mean:
(a) all software programs (including all source code, object code and all
related applications and data files), whether now owned, upgraded, enhanced,
licensed or leased or hereafter acquired by the Company, above;
(b) all computers and electronic data processing hardware and firmware
associated therewith;
(c) all documentation (including flow charts, logic diagrams, manuals,
guides and specifications) with respect to such software, hardware and firmware
described in the preceding clauses (a) and (b); and
(d) all rights with respect to all of the foregoing, including, without
limitation, any and all upgrades, modifications, copyrights, licenses, options,
warranties, service contracts, program services, test rights, maintenance
rights, support rights, improvement rights,
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renewal rights and indemnifications and substitutions, replacements, additions,
or model conversions of any of the foregoing.
"Trademarks" shall mean (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names,
company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service
marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and the 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, including, without
limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule B hereto, and (b) all reissues,
extensions or renewals thereof.
"Trademark License" shall mean any agreement, written or oral, providing
for the grant by the Company of any right to use any Trademark, including,
without limitation, any thereof referred to in Schedule B hereto.
"Trade Secrets" shall mean common law and statutory trade secrets and all
other confidential or proprietary or useful information and all know-how
obtained by or used in or contemplated at any time for use in the business of
the Company (all of the foregoing being collectively called a "Trade Secret"),
whether or not such Trade Secret has been reduced to a writing or other tangible
form, including all documents and things embodying, incorporating or referring
in any way to such Trade Secret, all Trade Secret licenses, including each Trade
Secret license referred to in Schedule B hereto, and including the right to xxx
for and to enjoin and to collect damages for the actual or threatened
misappropriation of any Trade Secret and for the breach or enforcement of any
such Trade Secret license.
2. Grant of Security Interest. In accordance with Section 3(m) of the
Security Agreement, to secure the complete and timely payment, performance and
discharge in full, as the case may be, of all of the Obligations, the Company
hereby, unconditionally and irrevocably, pledges, grants and hypothecates to the
Secured Party, a continuing security interest in, a continuing first lien upon,
an unqualified right to possession and disposition of and a right of set-off
against, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by law, all of the
Company's right, title and interest of whatsoever kind and nature (including,
without limitation, all of Clickable Oil, Inc.'s rights) in and to the
Intellectual Property (the "Security Interest").
3. Representations and Warranties. The Company hereby represents and
warrants, and covenants and agrees with, the Secured Party as follows:
(a) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and otherwise to carry out its obligations thereunder. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the
filings contemplated therein have been duly authorized by all necessary action
on the part of the Company and no further action is required by the Company.
This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditor's rights generally.
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(b) The Company represents and warrants that it has no place of business or
offices where its respective books of account and records are kept (other than
temporarily at the offices of its attorneys or accountants) or places where the
Intellectual Property is stored or located, except as set forth on Schedule A
attached hereto;
(c) The Company is the sole owner of the Intellectual Property (except for
non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company in the ordinary course of
business), free and clear of any liens, security interests, encumbrances, rights
or claims, and is fully authorized to grant the Security Interest in and to
pledge the Intellectual Property. 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 have been filed in favor of the Secured Party
pursuant to this Agreement) covering or affecting any of the Intellectual
Property. So long as this Agreement shall be in effect, the Company 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), except for a financing statement covering assets acquired by
the Company after the date hereof, provided that the value of the Intellectual
Property covered by this Agreement along with the Collateral (as defined in the
Security Agreement) is equal to at least 150% of the Obligations.
(d) The Company shall at all times maintain its books of account and
records relating to the Intellectual Property at its principal place of business
and its Intellectual Property at the locations set forth on Schedule A attached
hereto and may not relocate such books of account and records 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 the 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 valid, perfected and continuing first
priority liens in the Intellectual Property to the extent they can be perfected
through such filings.
(e) This Agreement creates in favor of the Secured Party a valid security
interest in the Intellectual Property securing the payment and performance of
the Obligations and, upon making the filings required hereunder, a perfected
first priority security interest in such Intellectual Property to the extent
that it can be perfected through such filings.
(f) Upon request of the Secured Party, the Company shall execute and
deliver any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the
Secured Party may request to evidence the Secured Party's security interest in
the Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of the
Company relating thereto or represented thereby, and the Company hereby appoints
the Secured Party its attorney-in-fact to execute and file all such writings for
the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and
confirmed; such power being coupled with an interest is irrevocable until the
Obligations have been fully satisfied and are paid in full.
(g) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not
conflict with or cause a breach or default, or an event that with or without the
passage of time or notice, shall constitute a breach or default, under any
agreement to which the Company is a
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party or by which the Company is bound. No consent (including, without
limitation, from stock holders or creditors of the Company) is required for the
Company to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder.
(h) The Company 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 Intellectual Property to the extent they can be perfected by
filing in favor of the Secured Party until this Agreement and the Security
Interest hereunder shall terminate pursuant to Section 11. The Company hereby
agrees to defend the same against any and all persons. The Company shall
safeguard and protect all Intellectual Property for the account of the Secured
Party. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall pay
all fees, taxes and other amounts necessary to maintain the Intellectual
Property and the Security Interest hereunder, and the Company 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.
(i) The Company will not transfer, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, license
(except for non-exclusive licenses granted by the Company in the ordinary course
of business), sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Intellectual Property
without the prior written consent of the Secured Party.
(j) The Company shall, within ten (10) days of obtaining knowledge thereof,
advise the Secured Party promptly, in sufficient detail, of any substantial
change in the Intellectual Property, and of the occurrence of any event which
would have a material adverse effect on the value of the Intellectual Property
or on the Secured Party's security interest therein.
(k) The Company shall permit the Secured Party and its representatives and
agents to inspect the Intellectual Property at any time, and to make copies of
records pertaining to the Intellectual Property as may be requested by the
Secured Party from time to time.
(l) The Company will 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 Intellectual Property.
(m) The Company shall promptly notify the Secured Party in sufficient
detail upon becoming aware of any attachment, garnishment, execution or other
legal process levied against any Intellectual Property and of any other
information received by the Company that may materially affect the value of the
Intellectual Property, the Security Interest or the rights and remedies of the
Secured Party hereunder.
(n) All information heretofore, herein or hereafter supplied to the Secured
Party by or on behalf of the Company with respect to the Intellectual Property
is accurate and complete in all material respects as of the date furnished.
(o) Schedule A attached hereto contains a list of all of the subsidiaries
of Company.
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(p) Schedule B attached hereto includes all Licenses, and all Patents and
Patent Licenses, if any, owned by the Company in its own name as of the date
hereof. Schedule B hereto includes all Trademarks and Trademark Licenses, if
any, owned by the Company in its own name as of the date hereof. Schedule B
hereto includes all Copyrights and Copyright Licenses, if any, owned by the
Company in its own name as of the date hereof. Schedule B hereto includes all
Trade Secrets and Trade Secret Licenses, if any, owned by the Company as of the
date hereof. To the best of the Company's knowledge, each License, Patent,
Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secret is valid, subsisting, unexpired,
enforceable and has not been abandoned. Except as set forth in Schedule B, none
of such Licenses, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets is the
subject of any licensing or franchise agreement. To the best of the Company's
knowledge, no holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any
Governmental Body which would limit, cancel or question the validity of any
License, Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Trade Secrets . No action or
proceeding is pending (i) seeking to limit, cancel or question the validity of
any License, Patent, Trademark, Copyright or Trade Secret, or (ii) which, if
adversely determined, would have a material adverse effect on the value of any
License, Patent, Trademark, Copyright or Trade Secret. The Company has used and
will continue to use for the duration of this Agreement, proper statutory notice
in connection with its use of the Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights and
consistent standards of quality in products leased or sold under the Patents,
Trademarks and Copyrights.
(q) With respect to any Intellectual Property:
(i) such Intellectual Property is subsisting and has not been adjudged
invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part;
(ii) such Intellectual Property is valid and enforceable;
(iii) the Company has made all necessary filings and recordations to
protect its interest in such Intellectual Property, including, without
limitation, recordations of all of its interests in the Patents, Patent
Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and in corresponding offices throughout the world and its
claims to the Copyrights and Copyright Licenses in the United States Copyright
Office and in corresponding offices throughout the world;
(iv) other than as set forth in Schedule B, the Company is the exclusive
owner of the entire and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to such
Intellectual Property and no claim has been made that the use of such
Intellectual Property infringes on the asserted rights of any third party; and
(v) the Company has performed and will continue to perform all acts and has
paid all required fees and taxes to maintain
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each and every item of Intellectual Property in full force and effect throughout
the world, as applicable.
(r) Except with respect to any Trademark or Copyright that the Company
shall reasonably determine is of negligible economic value to the Company, the
Company shall
(i) maintain each Trademark and Copyright in full force free from any claim
of abandonment for non-use, maintain as in the past the quality of products and
services offered under such Trademark or Copyright; employ such Trademark or
Copyright with the appropriate notice of registration; not adopt or use any xxxx
which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark or
Copyright unless the Secured Party shall obtain a perfected security interest in
such xxxx pursuant to this Agreement; and not (and not permit any licensee or
sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any
Trademark or Copyright may become invalidated;
(ii) not, except with respect to any Patent that it shall reasonably
determine is of negligible economic value to it, do any act, or omit to do any
act, whereby any Patent may become abandoned or dedicated; and
(iii) notify the Secured Party immediately if it knows, or has reason to
know, that any application or registration relating to any Patent, Trademark or
Copyright may become abandoned or dedicated, or of any adverse determination or
development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such
determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any court or tribunal in any
country) regarding its ownership of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright or its
right to register the same or to keep and maintain the same.
(s) Whenever the Company, either by itself or through any agent, employee,
licensee or designee, shall file an application for the registration of any
Patent, Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any
other country or any political subdivision thereof or acquire rights to any new
Patent, Trademark or Copyright whether or not registered, report such filing to
the Secured Party within five business days after the last day of the fiscal
quarter in which such filing occurs.
(t) The Company shall take all reasonable and necessary steps, including,
without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency
in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and
pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to
maintain each registration of the Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, including,
without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and
affidavits of incontestability.
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(u) In the event that any Patent, Trademark or Copyright included in the
Intellectual Property is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party,
promptly notify the Secured Party after it learns thereof and shall, unless it
shall reasonably determine that such Patent, Trademark or Copyright is of
negligible economic value to it, which determination it shall promptly report to
the Secured Party, promptly xxx for infringement, misappropriation or dilution,
to seek injunctive relief where appropriate and to recover any and all damages
for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, or take such other actions
as it shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such
Patent, Trademark or Copyright. If the Company lacks the financial resources to
comply with this Section 3(t), the Company shall so notify the Secured Party and
shall cooperate fully with any enforcement action undertaken by the Secured
Party on behalf of the Company.
4. Defaults. The following events shall be "Events of Default":
(a) The occurrence of an Event of Default (as defined in the Debentures)
under the Debentures;
(b) Any representation or warranty of the Company in this Agreement or in
the Security Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material
respect when made;
(c) The failure by the Company to observe or perform any of its obligations
hereunder or in the Security Agreement for ten (10) days after receipt by the
Company of notice of such failure from the Secured Party; and
(d) Any breach of, or default under, the Warrants.
5. Duty To Hold In Trust. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and
at any time thereafter, the Company shall, upon receipt by it of any revenue,
income or other sums subject to the Security Interest, whether payable pursuant
to the Debentures 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 for application to the
satisfaction of the Obligations.
6. Rights and Remedies Upon Default. Upon occurrence of any Event of
Default and at any time thereafter, the Secured Party shall have the right to
exercise all of the remedies conferred hereunder and under the Debentures, and
the Secured Party shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party
under the UCC and/or any other applicable law (including the Uniform Commercial
Code of any jurisdiction in which any Intellectual Property is then located).
Without limitation, the Secured Party shall have the following rights and
powers:
(a) The Secured Party shall have the right to take possession of the
Intellectual Property and, for that purpose, enter, with the aid and assistance
of any person, any premises where the Intellectual Property, or any part
thereof, is or may be placed and remove the same, and the Company shall assemble
the Intellectual Property and make it available to the Secured Party at places
which the Secured Party shall reasonably select, whether at the Company's
premises or elsewhere, and make available to the Secured Party, without rent,
all of
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the Company's respective premises and facilities for the purpose of the Secured
Party taking possession of, removing or putting the Intellectual Property in
saleable or disposable form.
(b) The Secured Party shall have the right to operate the business of the
Company using the Intellectual Property and shall have the right to assign,
sell, lease or otherwise dispose of and deliver all or any part of the
Intellectual Property, 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 the
Company or right of redemption of the Company, which are hereby expressly
waived. Upon each such sale, lease, assignment or other transfer of Intellectual
Property, the Secured Party may, unless prohibited by applicable law which
cannot be waived, purchase all or any part of the Intellectual Property being
sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right of redemption and
equities of the Company, which are hereby waived and released.
7. Applications of Proceeds. The proceeds of any such sale, lease or other
disposition of the Intellectual Property 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 Intellectual Property, to the
reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by the Secured Party in
enforcing its rights hereunder and in connection with collecting, storing and
disposing of the Intellectual Property, and then to satisfaction of the
Obligations, and to the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law,
after which the Secured Party shall pay to the Company any surplus proceeds. If,
upon the sale, license or other disposition of the Intellectual Property, the
proceeds thereof are insufficient to pay all amounts to which the Secured Party
is legally entitled, the Company will be liable for the deficiency, together
with interest thereon, at the rate of 15% per annum (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, the Company waives
all claims, damages and demands against the Secured Party arising out of the
repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Intellectual Property, unless
due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured Party.
8. Costs and Expenses. The Company agrees to pay all out-of-pocket fees,
costs and expenses incurred in connection with any filing required hereunder,
including without limitation, any financing statements, continuation statements,
partial releases and/or termination statements related thereto or any expenses
of any searches reasonably required by the Secured Party. The Company shall also
pay all other claims and charges which in the reasonable opinion of the Secured
Party might prejudice, imperil or otherwise affect the Intellectual Property or
the Security Interest therein. The Company 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 Intellectual Property, or (iii) the
exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Secured Party under the
Debentures. Until so paid, any
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fees payable hereunder shall be added to the principal amount of the Debentures
and shall bear interest at the Default Rate.
9. Responsibility for Intellectual Property. The Company assumes all
liabilities and responsibility in connection with all Intellectual Property, and
the obligations of the Company hereunder or under the Debentures and the
Warrants shall in no way be affected or diminished by reason of the loss,
destruction, damage or theft of any of the Intellectual Property or its
unavailability for any reason.
10. Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Secured Party and all
Obligations of the Company hereunder, shall be absolute and unconditional,
irrespective of: (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement,
the Debentures, the Warrants 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 Debentures, the Warrants or any other agreement entered
into in connection with the foregoing; (c) any exchange, release or
nonperfection of any of the Intellectual Property, or any release or amendment
or waiver of or consent to departure from any other Intellectual Property 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 Intellectual Property; or (e) any other circumstance which might otherwise
constitute any legal or equitable defense available to the Company, 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. The Company 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 Intellectual Property 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, the Company'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. The Company waives all right to require the Secured Party to
proceed against any other person or to apply any Intellectual Property which the
Secured Party may hold at any time, or to marshal assets, or to pursue any other
remedy. The Company waives any defense arising by reason of the application of
the statute of limitations to any obligation secured hereby.
11. Term of Agreement. This Agreement and the Security Interest shall
terminate on the date on which all payments under the Debentures have been made
in full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged. Upon such
termination, the Secured Party, at the request and at the expense of the
Company, will join in executing any termination statement with respect to any
financing statement executed and filed pursuant to this Agreement.
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12. Power of Attorney; Further Assurances.
(a) The Company authorizes the Secured Party, and does hereby make,
constitute and appoint it, and its respective officers, agents, successors or
assigns with full power of substitution, as the Company's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with power, in its own name or in the name of the Company, to,
after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i)
endorse any notes, 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 Intellectual Property that may come into possession of the
Secured Party; (ii) to sign and endorse any UCC financing statement 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 Intellectual Property; (iii)
to pay or discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at
any time levied or placed on or threatened against the Intellectual Property;
(iv) to demand, collect, receipt for, compromise, settle and xxx for monies due
in respect of the Intellectual Property; and (v) generally, to do, at the option
of the Secured Party, and at the Company's expense, at any time, or from time to
time, all acts and things which the Secured Party deems necessary to protect,
preserve and realize upon the Intellectual Property and the Security Interest
granted therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, the Debentures
and the Warrants, all as fully and effectually as the Company might or could do;
and the Company 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.
(b) On a continuing basis, the Company will make, execute, acknowledge,
deliver, file and record, as the case may be, in the proper filing and recording
places 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
security interest in all the Intellectual Property.
(c) The Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Secured Party as the
Company's attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of the
Company and in the name of the Company, from time to time in the Secured Party's
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 Intellectual Property without the signature of the Company where permitted
by law.
13. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
hereunder shall be in writing, with copies to all the other parties hereto, and
shall be deemed to have been duly given when (i) if delivered by hand, upon
receipt, (ii) if sent by facsimile, upon receipt of proof of sending thereof,
(iii) if sent by nationally recognized overnight delivery service (receipt
requested), the next business day or (iv) if mailed by first-class registered or
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certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, four days after
posting in the U.S. mails, in each case if delivered to the following addresses:
If to the Company: Achievement Tec Holdings, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: President
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
E-mail: xxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
With copies to: Sichenzia Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
If to the Secured Party: AJW Partners, LLC
AJW Offshore, Ltd.
AJW Qualified Partners, LLC
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
With copies to: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Ingersoll, LLP
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esquire
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
14. Other Security. To the extent that the Obligations are now or hereafter
secured by property other than the Intellectual Property 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's rights and
remedies hereunder.
15. Miscellaneous.
(a) No course of dealing between the Company 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 Debentures shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder
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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
Intellectual Property, whether established hereby or by the Debentures or by any
other agreements, instruments or documents or by law shall be cumulative and may
be exercised singly or concurrently.
(c) This Agreement and the Security Agreement constitute 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 that 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.
(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) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York, except to the extent the validity, perfection or enforcement
of a security interest hereunder in respect of any particular Intellectual
Property which are governed by a jurisdiction other than the State of New York
in which case such law shall govern. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York State or United States
Federal court sitting in Manhattan county over any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement, and the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and
determined in such New York State or Federal court. The parties hereto agree
that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and
may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any
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other manner provided by law. The parties hereto further waive any objection to
venue in the State of New York and any objection to an action or proceeding in
the State of New York on the basis of forum non conveniens.
(i) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A
JURY TRAIL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY
DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATER OF
THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS,
BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY
HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR EACH PARTY TO
ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH PARTY HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS
WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT EACH PARTY WILL CONTINUE TO RELY
ON THIS WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY FURTHER WARRANTS AND
REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT
SUCH PARTY HAS KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL
FOLLOWING SUCH CONSULTATION. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT,
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER
ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,
RENEWALS AND SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF A
LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE
COURT.
(j) 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.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed on the day and year first above written.
ACHIEVEMENT TEC HOLDINGS, INC.
By:___________________________
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
President
AJW PARTNERS, LLC
By: SMS Group, LLC
By:____________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Manager
AJW OFFSHORE, LTD.
By: First Street Manager II, LLC
By:____________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Manager
AJW QUALIFIED PARTNERS, LLC
By: AJW Manager, LLC
By:_____________________________
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Manager
