UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 23, 2017
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IMATION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  ___________________

 

Delaware 001-14310 41-1838504

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

 

1099 Helmo Ave. N., Suite 250, Oakdale, Minnesota 55128

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

(651) 704-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

The information set forth in Item 2.01 below regarding the delivery of the Note (as defined in Item 2.01) is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

 

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

On January 23, 2017, Imation Corp. (the “Company” or “we”) consummated the previously announced sale (the “Stock Sale”) of all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Nexsan Corporation (“Nexsan”) to NXSN Acquisition Corp. (“NXSN”), an affiliate of Spear Point Capital Management LLC (“Spear Point”). Prior to the consummation of the Stock Sale, we contributed all of the issued and outstanding stock of Connected Data, Inc. to Nexsan.

 

The Stock Sale was effected pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2016, by and between the Company and NXSN (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2016 (the “Amendment”).

 

In consideration of the Stock Sale, we received (i) a senior secured convertible promissory note issued by NXSN in an initial aggregate principal amount of $25 million, subject to certain adjustments (the “Note”), and (ii) 50% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of NXSN (the “NXSN Shares”). The remaining 50% of the issued and outstanding shares of NXSN common stock is owned by Spear Point Private Equity LP (“SPPE”).

 

As has been previously disclosed, the Note represents a senior secured obligation of NXSN, matures on the third anniversary of the date of issuance, ranks senior in right of payment to all other indebtedness of NXSN, is guaranteed by Nexsan and certain of its subsidiaries, and is secured by a first priority lien on all of the assets of NXSN, including the capital stock of Nexsan and certain of its subsidiaries. The foregoing guarantees and security interests are provided by a guaranty and security agreement (the “Guaranty and Security Agreement”), which we entered into with NXSN, Nexsan and certain of Nexsan’s subsidiaries, as grantors, contemporaneously with the delivery of the Note.

 

The Note bears interest at a rate of 5 percent per annum from the date of issuance through the second anniversary thereof, and 8 percent per annum thereafter, and is payable quarterly from the date of issuance through the first anniversary thereof, and monthly thereafter. The principal amount, and in certain circumstances, the interest rate of the Note are subject to certain adjustments from time-to-time, including as a result of (i) the failure of NXSN to sell $10 million of Series A Preferred Stock during the period beginning date of the Stock Purchase Agreement and ending on the 6 month anniversary of the closing of the Stock Sale, (ii) certain surpluses or deficiencies in the net working capital of Nexsan and the subsidiaries as of the closing of the Stock Sale, (iii) the incurrence by Nexsan of certain one-time expenses within 60 days of the closing of the Stock Sale and (iv) the satisfaction of any indemnity obligation of the Company arising under the Stock Purchase Agreement. The Note also permits the Company, at any time following the closing of the Stock Sale, to convert up to $10 million of the aggregate principal amount thereof into shares of common stock of NXSN at a conversion price of $1.25 per share, representing a 25% premium. The Note includes anti-dilution provisions, negative covenants and other protective provisions that are customary for instruments of its type.

 

In connection with the consummation of the Stock Sale, we entered into a stockholders agreement with SPPE providing for certain oversight, management and veto rights with respect to NXSN. As a result, we have the right to designate, individually, two of the five directors serving on the NXSN board, and to designate jointly, with SPPE, an additional independent director to serve on the NXSN board, until the Note is paid in full. In addition, we have a consent right with respect to certain actions proposed to be taken by NXSN, including the issuance of additional amendments to its organizational documents and issuances of additional capital stock.

 

The foregoing descriptions of the Stock Sale, the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Amendment, the Note and the Guaranty and Security Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Amendment, the Note and the Guaranty and Security Agreement, which are incorporated herein by reference. A copy of the Stock Purchase Agreement was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on November 22, 2016, and a copy of the Amendment was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 12, 2016. Copies of the Note and the Guaranty and Security Agreement are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto, respectively.

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On January 23, 2017, we issued a press release announcing the consummation of the Stock Sale. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

We incorporate by reference herein the Exhibit Index following the signature page to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  IMATION CORP.
     
Dated: January 27, 2017 By:

/s/ Danny Zheng 

  Name: Danny Zheng
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No.   Description
10.1   Senior Secured Convertible Note, dated as of January 23, 2017, payable by NXSN Acquisition Corp. to the Company.
10.2   Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2017, by and among the Company, NXSN Acquisition Corp., Nexsan Corporation and the other grantors party thereto.
99.1   Press Release, dated January 23, 2017, announcing the consummation of the Stock Sale.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Copy

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS HEREOF AND REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.

 

PAYMENTS THAT BECOME DUE AND PAYABLE UNDER THIS NOTE SHALL BE ADJUSTED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 25(a).

 

NXSN Acquisition Corp.

 

Senior Secured Convertible Note

 

 

Issuance Date: January 23, 2017

Original Principal Amount as of

the Issuance Date: U.S. $25,000,000.00 1

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, NXSN Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Imation Corp. or registered assigns (“ Holder ”) the amount set out above as the Original Principal Amount (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise, the “ Principal ”) when due, whether upon the Maturity Date (as defined below), acceleration, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof) and to pay interest (“ Interest ”) on any outstanding Principal at a rate per annum set forth below (the “ Interest Rate ”), from the date of this Senior Secured Convertible Note (this “ Note ”) set out above as the Issuance Date (the “ Issuance Date ”) until the same becomes due and payable, whether upon an Interest Date (as defined below), the Maturity Date, acceleration, conversion, redemption or otherwise (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof), as adjusted pursuant to Section 25(a). For purposes of the table below, the word “from” means “from and including” and the word “to” means “to but excluding.” In addition, the Original Principal Amount shall be adjusted pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement. Furthermore, the Principal and Interest are subject to set-off and recoupment under the Stock Purchase Agreement. Notwithstanding the above, Interest on $_______, which is the additional Principal added to this Note pursuant to Section (2)(e)(i)(C) of the Stock Purchase Agreement, will not begin to accrue until the date that is six months after the Issuance Date, at which point, Interest shall begin to accrue and be payable on each Interest Date at the Interest Rate set forth below and on the same terms and conditions as the rest of the Principal hereunder.

 

 

1 Original Principal Amount to be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

Year  

Interest Rate 2

 
From the Issuance Date to the 1st anniversary of the Issuance Date     5 %
From the 1st anniversary of the Issuance Date to the 2nd anniversary of the Issuance Date     5 %
From the 2nd anniversary of the Issuance Date to the 3rd anniversary of the Issuance Date     8 %

 

(1)          MATURITY . On the Maturity Date, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company and the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount, as adjusted pursuant to Section 25(a), in cash, representing all outstanding Principal, accrued and unpaid Interest and accrued and unpaid Late Charges, if any. The “ Maturity Date ” shall be the date which is the third anniversary of the Issuance Date, or otherwise as provided herein.

 

(2)          INTEREST; INTEREST RATE . Interest on this Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of a 365-day year and actual days elapsed and shall be payable, as adjusted pursuant to Section 25(a), in arrears on (i) the last day of each Quarterly Period from the Issuance Date to the 1st anniversary of the Issuance Date, (ii) the last day of each Monthly Period from the 1st anniversary of the Issuance Date thereafter to the Maturity Date, and (iii) on the Maturity Date (each, an “ Interest Date ”) with the first Interest Date being March 31, 2017. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Date in cash, to the record holder of this Note on the applicable Interest Date. Prior to the payment of Interest on an Interest Date, Interest on this Note shall accrue at the Interest Rate and be payable by way of inclusion of the Interest in the Conversion Amount (as defined below) in accordance with Section 3(b)(i). From and after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Interest Rate shall be increased by four percent (4%) per annum. In the event that such Event of Default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the date of such cure; provided that the Interest as calculated at such increased rate during the continuance of such Event of Default shall continue to apply to the extent relating to the days after the occurrence of such Event of Default through and including the date of cure of such Event of Default.

 

(3)          CONVERSION OF NOTES . This Note shall be convertible into shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 3.

 

(a)           Conversion Right . Subject to the provisions of Section 3(d), at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date, the Holder shall be entitled to convert (the “ Conversion Right ”) any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock in accordance with Section 3(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below). The Company shall not issue any fraction of a share of Common Stock upon any conversion. If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a share of Common Stock, the Company shall round such fraction of a share of Common Stock up to the nearest whole share. The Company shall pay any and all taxes (other than Incomes Taxes) that may be payable with respect to the issuance and delivery of Common Stock upon conversion of any Conversion Amount.

 

 

2 Interest Rate to be increased by 1% in all years if Funded Equity Commitments are less than $10M on the Closing Date pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

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(b)           Conversion Rate . The number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 3(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (the “ Conversion Rate ”).

 

(i)          “ Conversion Amount ” means the sum of (A) the portion of the Principal to be converted, redeemed or otherwise with respect to which this determination is being made up to a maximum Principal amount of $10,000,000, (B) accrued and unpaid Interest with respect to such Principal and (C) accrued and unpaid Late Charges with respect to such Principal and Interest.

 

(c)          “ Conversion Price ” means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination, $1.25, subject to adjustment as provided herein (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits, reclassification, recapitalization and similar events).

 

(d)           Mechanics of Conversion .

 

(i)           Optional Conversion . To convert any Conversion Amount into shares of Common Stock on any date (a “ Conversion Date ”), the Holder shall (A) transmit by facsimile or other electronic transmission (or otherwise deliver), for receipt on or prior to 11:59 p.m., New York Time, on such date, a copy of an executed notice of conversion in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Conversion Notice ”) to the Company and (B) if required by Section 3(c)(iii), surrender this Note to a common carrier for delivery to the Company as soon as practicable on or following such date (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss, theft or destruction). On or before the first (1 st ) Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice, the Company shall transmit by facsimile a confirmation of receipt of such Conversion Notice to the Holder. On or before the second (2 nd ) Business Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the “ Share Delivery Date ”), the Company shall issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder or its designee, for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder shall be entitled. If this Note is physically surrendered for conversion as required by Section 3(c)(iii) and the outstanding Principal of this Note is greater than the Principal portion of the Conversion Amount being converted, then the Company shall as soon as practicable and in no event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of this Note and at its own expense, issue and deliver to the holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)) representing the outstanding Principal not converted. The Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such shares of Common Stock on the Conversion Date.

 

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(ii)          Company’s Failure to Timely Convert . If the Company shall fail to issue a certificate to the Holder for the number of shares of Common Stock to which the Holder is entitled upon conversion of any Conversion Amount on or prior to the date which is five (5) Business Days after the Conversion Date (a “ Conversion Failure ”), then (A) the Company shall pay damages to the Holder for each date of such Conversion Failure in an amount equal to 1.5% of the product of (I) the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock not issued to the Holder on or prior to the Share Delivery Date and to which the Holder is entitled and (II) the Conversion Price and (B) the Holder, upon written notice to the Company, may void its Conversion Notice with respect to, and retain or have returned, as the case may be, any portion of this Note that has not been converted pursuant to such Conversion Notice; provided that the voiding of a Conversion Notice shall not affect the Company’s obligations to make any payments which have accrued prior to the date of such notice pursuant to this Section 3(c)(ii) or otherwise.

 

(iii)         Registration; Book-Entry . The Company shall maintain a register (the “ Register ”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the holders of the Note and the principal amount of the Note (the “ Registered Notes ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent manifest error. The Company and the holder of the Note shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of a Note for all purposes, including, without limitation, the right to receive payments of Principal and Interest hereunder, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. A Registered Note may be assigned or sold in whole or in part only by registration of such assignment or sale on the Register. Upon its receipt of a request to assign or sell all or part of any Registered Note by a Holder, the Company shall record the information contained therein in the Register and issue one or more new Registered Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the principal amount of the surrendered Registered Note to the designated assignee or transferee pursuant to Section 19. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, upon conversion of any portion of this Note in accordance with the terms hereof, the Holder shall not be required to physically surrender this Note to the Company unless (A) the full Conversion Amount represented by this Note is being converted or (B) the Holder has provided the Company with prior written notice (which notice may be included in a Conversion Notice) requesting physical surrender and reissue of this Note. The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal, Interest and Late Charges converted and the dates of such conversions or shall use such other method, reasonably satisfactory to the Holder and the Company, so as not to require physical surrender of this Note upon conversion.

 

(4)          RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT .

 

(a)           Event of Default . Each of the following events shall constitute an “ Event of Default ”:

 

(i)          the Company’s (A) failure to cure a Conversion Failure by delivery of the required number of shares of Common Stock within ten (10) Business Days after the applicable Conversion Date or (B) notice, written or oral, to any holder of the Note, including by way of public announcement or through any of its agents, at any time, of its intention not to comply with a request for conversion of the Note into shares of Common Stock that is tendered for conversion in accordance with the provisions of the Note;

 

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(ii)         the Company’s failure to pay to the Holder any amount of Principal, Interest, Late Charges or other amounts when and as due under this Note, Guaranty and Security Agreement or Control Agreement (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) or any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to which the Holder is a party (collectively, the “ Loan Documents ”), except, in the case of a failure to pay Interest and Late Charges when and as due, in which case only if such failure continues for a period of at least three (3) Business Days;

 

(iii)        any default under, redemption of or acceleration prior to maturity of any material Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a whole;

 

(iv)        the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to or within the meaning of title 11 of the United States Code, or any existing or future similar Federal, foreign or state law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, (collectively, “ Bankruptcy Law ”), (A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding or otherwise seeks to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeks to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeks reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, (B) has commenced against it any case, proceeding or other action of the type nature referred to in clause (A) above that (1) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (2) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of thirty (30) days, or consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in such an involuntary case or proceeding, (C) consents to the appointment of a receiver, administrator, manager, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian, conservator, or similar official (a “ Custodian ”) for, or entry of an attachment order (an “ Attachment Order ”) with respect to, it or all or any substantial portion of its revenue or assets, (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (E) admits in writing that it is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due;

 

(v)         a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that (A) is for relief against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an involuntary case or proceeding of the type referred to in clause (iv) above, (B) appoints a Custodian for, or enters an Attachment Order with respect to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or all or any substantial portion of the revenue or assets of any of them, or (C) orders the dissolution, liquidation, or winding-up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and such order or decree is not discharged or stayed within thirty (30) days;

 

(vi)        a distress, attachment, execution or other legal process is levied, enforced or sued out on or against any material part of the property, assets or revenues of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole, and is not discharged or stayed within thirty (30) days;

 

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(vii)       any step is taken by any Person that could reasonably be expected to result in the seizure, compulsory acquisition, expropriation or nationalization of all or a material part of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries as a whole, and such step is not reversed within thirty (30) days;;

 

(viii)      a final judgment or judgments for the payment of money aggregating in excess of $500,000 are rendered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and which judgments are not, within ninety (90) days after the entry thereof, bonded, discharged or stayed pending appeal, or are not discharged within ninety (90) days after the expiration of such stay; provided, however, that any judgment which is covered by insurance or an indemnity from a credit worthy party shall not be included in calculating the $500,000 amount set forth above so long as the Company provides the Holder a written statement from such insurer or indemnity provider (which written statement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holder) to the effect that such judgment is covered by insurance or an indemnity and the Company will receive the proceeds of such insurance or indemnity within thirty (30) days of the issuance of such judgment;

 

(ix)         the Company or any Subsidiary breaches any representation, warranty, covenant or other term or condition of any Loan Document, except, in the case of a breach of a covenant which is curable, only if such breach continues for a period of at least five (5) consecutive Business Days after receipt of notice thereof;

 

(x)          any breach or failure in any respect to comply with Section 9 or Section 15 of this Note;

 

(xi)         the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to perform or comply with any covenant or agreement contained in the Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party;

 

(xii)        any material provision of the Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Loan Document shall at any time for any reason (other than pursuant to the express terms thereof) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company or any Subsidiary intended to be a party thereto, or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested by any party thereto, or a proceeding shall be commenced by the Company or any Subsidiary or any governmental authority having jurisdiction over any of them, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof, or the Company or any Subsidiary shall deny in writing that it has any liability or obligation purported to be created under the Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Loan Document;

 

(xiii)       the merger between Nexsan Corporation and the Company as contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement is rejected for filing by the Delaware Secretary of State or otherwise does not become or no longer is effective, and such rejection or lack of effectiveness is not cured within five days; and

 

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(xiv)      the Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Loan Document, after delivery thereof pursuant hereto, shall for any reason fail or cease to create a valid and perfected and, except to the extent permitted by the terms hereof or thereof, first priority Lien in favor of the Holder on any material portion of the collateral purported to be covered thereby, and such failure is not cured within five days.

 

(b)           Remedies . Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, the then unpaid principal and accrued but unpaid interest shall, at the election of the Holder, be immediately due and payable, all without demand, presentment or notice, each of which is hereby waived by the Company, and Holder shall have all other rights accorded under this Note by law; provided , that upon the occurrence of the Event of Default specified in Section 4(a)(iv) or Section 4(a)(v) above, the entire principal amount of this Note and unpaid interest, and/or other amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall automatically be due and payable without any declaration, notice, presentment or demand of any kind (all of which are hereby waived). All sums remaining unpaid upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, on the Maturity Date or the accelerated maturity date shall bear interest at the rate specified above, plus four percent (4%).

 

(c)           Exception . Notwithstanding anything in this Note or any other Loan Document to the contrary, no misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company, Nexsan or a Subsidiary of either the Company or Nexsan in any of the Loan Documents shall constitute an Event of Default if such misrepresentation or breach was due to (in whole or in part) a misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by Imation Corp. (the initial Holder hereunder) in the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

(5)          RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION AND CHANGE OF CONTROL .

 

(a)           Assumption . The Company shall not enter into or be party to a Fundamental Transaction unless (i) Holder consents in writing to such Fundamental Transaction and (ii) the Successor Entity assumes in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Note and the other Loan Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Section 5(a) pursuant to written agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Holder and approved by the Holder prior to such Fundamental Transaction, including agreements to deliver to Holder in exchange for the Note a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Note, including, without limitation, having a principal amount and interest rate equal to the principal amounts and the interest rates of the Note held by such holder and having similar ranking to the Note, and satisfactory to the Holder. Upon the occurrence of any Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Note with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein. Upon consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, the Successor Entity shall deliver to the Holder confirmation that there shall be issued upon conversion or redemption of this Note at any time after the consummation of the Fundamental Transaction, in lieu of the shares of the Common Stock (or other securities, cash, assets or other property) purchasable upon the conversion or redemption of the Notes prior to such Fundamental Transaction, such shares of common stock (or its equivalent) of the Successor Entity as adjusted in accordance with the provisions of this Note. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Fundamental Transactions and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.

 

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(b)           Fundamental Transaction Prepayment . No sooner than fifteen (15) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile or other electronic transmission and overnight courier to the Holder (a “ Change of Control Notice ”). At any time during the period beginning after the Holder’s receipt of a Change of Control Notice and ending on the date of the consummation of such Change of Control (or, in the event a Change of Control Notice is not delivered at least ten (10) days prior to a Change of Control, at any time on or after the date which is ten (10) days prior to a Change of Control and ending ten (10) days after the consummation of such Change of Control), the Holder may require the Company to prepay all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (“ Change of Control Redemption Notice ”) to the Company, which Change of Control Redemption Notice shall indicate the portion of the Principal the Holder is electing to have the Company prepay. The portion of this Note subject to prepayment pursuant to this Section 5 (the “ Prepayment Portion ”) shall include a prepayment premium equal to 1% of the aggregate amount of the outstanding Principal so prepaid, plus the amount of any accrued and unpaid Interest on the Prepayment Portion through the date of such redemption payment together with the amount of any accrued and unpaid Late Charges on such Prepayment Portion and Interest. Prepayments required by this Section 5 shall have priority to payments to shareholders in connection with a Fundamental Transaction. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company’s prepayment of any portion of the Note under this Section 5(b), the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 5(b) is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty.

 

(6)          RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF PURCHASE RIGHTS AND OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS .

 

(a)           Purchase Rights . If at any time the Company grants, issues or sells any Options, Convertible Securities or rights to purchase stock, warrants, securities or other property pro rata to the record holders of any class of Common Stock (the “ Purchase Rights ”), then the Holder will be entitled to acquire, upon the terms applicable to such Purchase Rights, the aggregate Purchase Rights which the Holder could have acquired if the Holder had held the number of shares of Common Stock acquirable upon complete conversion of the convertible portion of this Note immediately before the date on which a record is taken for the grant, issuance or sale of such Purchase Rights, or, if no such record is taken, the date as of which the record holders of Common Stock are to be determined for the grant, issue or sale of such Purchase Rights.

 

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(b)           Other Corporate Events . In addition to and not in substitution for any other rights hereunder, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of shares of Common Stock are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for shares of Common Stock (a “ Corporate Event ”), the Company shall make appropriate provision to insure that the Holder will thereafter have the right to receive upon a conversion of this Note, (i) in addition to the shares of Common Stock receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets to which the Holder would have been entitled with respect to such shares of Common Stock had such shares of Common Stock been held by the Holder upon the consummation of such Corporate Event (without taking into account any limitations or restrictions on the convertibility of this Note) or (ii) in lieu of the shares of Common Stock otherwise receivable upon such conversion, such securities or other assets received by the holders of shares of Common Stock in connection with the consummation of such Corporate Event in such amounts as the Holder would have been entitled to receive had this Note initially been issued with conversion rights for the form of such consideration (as opposed to shares of Common Stock) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate. Provision made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be in a form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holders. The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events and shall be applied without regard to any limitations on the conversion or redemption of this Note.

 

(7)          RIGHTS UPON ISSUANCE OF OTHER SECURITIES .

 

(a)           Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Issuance of Common Stock . If and whenever on or after the Issuance Date, the Company issues or sells, or in accordance with this Section 7(a) is deemed to have issued or sold, any shares of Common Stock (including the issuance or sale of shares of Common Stock owned or held by or for the account of the Company, but excluding shares of Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold by the Company in connection with any Excluded Security) for a consideration per share (the “ New Issuance Price ”) less than a price (the “ Applicable Price ”) equal to the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such issue or sale or deemed issuance or sale (the foregoing a Dilutive Issuance ”), then immediately after such Dilutive Issuance, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be reduced to a price determined in accordance with the following formula:

 

CP 2 = CP 1 * (A + B) ÷ (A + C).

 

For purposes of the foregoing formula, the following definitions shall apply:

 

CP 2 ” shall mean the Conversion Price in effect immediately after such Dilutive Issuance.

 

CP 1 ” shall mean the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance;

 

A ” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such Dilutive Issuance (treating for this purpose as outstanding all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Options outstanding immediately prior to such issuance or upon conversion or exchange of Convertible Securities (including the Series A Preferred Stock) outstanding immediately prior to such issuance);

 

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B ” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock that would have been issued if the shares of Common Stock issued in the Dilutive Issuance had been issued at a price per share equal to CP 1 (determined by dividing the aggregate consideration received by the Company in respect of such issue by CP 1 ); and

 

C ” shall mean the number of shares of Common Stock issued in the Dilutive Issuance.

 

(b)          For purposes of determining the adjusted Conversion Price under Section 7(a), the following shall be applicable:

 

(i)           Issuance of Options . If the Company in any manner grants or sells any Options and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Option is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the granting or sale of such Option for such price per share. For purposes of this Section 7(a)(i), the “lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon the exercise of any such Option or upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities issuable upon exercise of such Option” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon granting or sale of the Option, upon exercise of the Option and upon conversion or exchange or exercise of any Convertible Security issuable upon exercise of such Option. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock or of such Convertible Securities upon the exercise of such Options or upon the actual issuance of such Common Stock upon conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities.

 

(ii)          Issuance of Convertible Securities . If the Company in any manner issues or sells any Convertible Securities and the lowest price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise thereof is less than the Applicable Price, then such share of Common Stock shall be deemed to be outstanding and to have been issued and sold by the Company at the time of the issuance of sale of such Convertible Securities for such price per share. For the purposes of this Section 7(a)(ii), the “price per share for which one share of Common Stock is issuable upon such conversion or exchange or exercise” shall be equal to the sum of the lowest amounts of consideration (if any) received or receivable by the Company with respect to any one share of Common Stock upon the issuance or sale of the Convertible Security and upon the conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Security. No further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made upon the actual issuance of such share of Common Stock upon conversion or exchange or exercise of such Convertible Securities, and if any such issue or sale of such Convertible Securities is made upon exercise of any Options for which adjustment of the Conversion Price had been or are to be made pursuant to other provisions of this Section 7(a), no further adjustment of the Conversion Price shall be made by reason of such issue or sale.

 

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(iii)         Change in Option Price or Rate of Conversion . If the purchase price provided for in any Options, the additional consideration, if any, payable upon the issue, conversion, exchange or exercise of any Convertible Securities, or the rate at which any Convertible Securities are convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Common Stock changes at any time, the Conversion Price in effect at the time of such change shall be adjusted to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at such time had such Options or Convertible Securities provided for such changed purchase price, additional consideration or changed conversion rate, as the case may be, at the time initially granted, issued or sold. For purposes of this Section 7(a)(iii), if the terms of any Option or Convertible Security that was outstanding as of the Issuance Date are changed in the manner described in the immediately preceding sentence, then such Option or Convertible Security and the Common Stock deemed issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange thereof shall be deemed to have been issued as of the date of such change. No adjustment shall be made if such adjustment would result in an increase of the Conversion Price then in effect.

 

(iv)         Calculation of Consideration Received . In case any Option is issued in connection with the issue or sale of other securities of the Company, together comprising one integrated transaction in which no specific consideration is allocated to such Options by the parties thereto, (x) the Options will be deemed to have been issued for a value determined by use of the Black Scholes Option Pricing Model (the “ Option Value ”) and (y) the other securities issued or sold in such integrated transaction shall be deemed to have been issued for the difference of (I) the aggregate consideration received by the Company, less (II) the Option Value. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold or deemed to have been issued or sold for cash, the consideration received therefor will be deemed to be the net amount received by the Company therefor. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued or sold for a consideration other than cash, the amount of the consideration other than cash received by the Company will be the fair value of such consideration, except where such consideration consists of securities, in which case the amount of consideration received by the Company will be the Closing Sale Price of such securities on the date of receipt. If any Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities are issued to the owners of the non-surviving entity in connection with any merger in which the Company is the surviving entity, the amount of consideration therefor will be deemed to be the fair value of such portion of the net assets and business of the non-surviving entity as is attributable to such Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, as the case may be. The fair value of any consideration other than cash or securities will be determined jointly by the Company and the Holder. If such parties are unable to reach agreement within ten (10) days after the occurrence of an event requiring valuation (the “ Valuation Event ”), the fair value of such consideration will be determined within five (5) Business Days after the tenth day following the Valuation Event by an independent, reputable appraiser jointly selected by the Company and the Holder. The determination of such appraiser shall be deemed binding upon all parties absent manifest error and the fees and expenses of such appraiser shall be borne by the Company.

 

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(v)          Record Date . If the Company takes a record of the holders of Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them (A) to receive a dividend or other distribution payable in Common Stock, Options or in Convertible Securities or (B) to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, Options or Convertible Securities, then such record date will be deemed to be the date of the issue or sale of the Common Stock deemed to have been issued or sold upon the declaration of such dividend or the making of such other distribution or the date of the granting of such right of subscription or purchase, as the case may be.

 

(c)           Adjustment of Conversion Price upon Subdivision or Combination of Common Stock . If the Company at any time on or after the Issuance Date undertakes any action (whether by way of subdivision, stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) that increases any one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such subdivision will be proportionately reduced. If the Company at any time on or after the Issuance Date undertakes any action (by combination, reverse stock split or otherwise) that reduces any one or more classes of its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

 

(d)           Other Events . If any event occurs of the type contemplated by the provisions of this Section 7 but not expressly provided for by such provisions (including, without limitation, the granting of stock appreciation rights, phantom stock rights or other rights with equity features), then the Company’s Board of Directors will make an appropriate adjustment in the Conversion Price so as to protect the rights of the Holder under this Note; provided that no such adjustment will increase the Conversion Price as otherwise determined pursuant to this Section 7.

 

(e)           Rights Upon Distribution of Assets . If the Company shall declare or make any dividend or other distribution of its assets (or rights to acquire its assets) to holders of shares of Common Stock, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, stock or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement or other similar transaction) (a “ Distribution ”), at any time after the Issuance Date, then, in each such case any Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of shares of Common Stock entitled to receive the Distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction of which (i) the numerator shall be the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding such record date minus the value of the Distribution (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) applicable to one share of Common Stock, and (ii) the denominator shall be the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock on the Business Day immediately preceding such record date.

 

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(8)          SECURITY . This Note is secured to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

(9)          NONCIRCUMVENTION . The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, scheme of arrangement, dissolution, issue or sale of securities, or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Note or otherwise amend or modify the rights, privileges or preference of the Common Stock in a manner that adversely affects the conversion rights of the Holder, and will at all times in good faith carry out all of the provisions of this Note and take all action as may be required to protect the rights of the Holder of this Note.

 

(10)         RESERVATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARES .

 

(a)           Reservation . The Company shall initially reserve out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock a number of shares of Common Stock for the Note equal to 130% of the Conversion Rate with respect to the Conversion Amount of the Note as of the Issuance Date. So long as the Note is outstanding, the Company shall take all action necessary to reserve and keep available out of its authorized and unissued Common Stock, solely for the purpose of effecting the conversion of the Note, 130% of the number of shares of Common Stock as shall from time to time be necessary to effect the conversion of the Note then outstanding; provided that at no time shall the number of shares of Common Stock so reserved be less than the number of shares required to be reserved by the previous sentence (without regard to any limitations on conversions) (the “ Required Reserve Amount ”).

 

(b)           Insufficient Authorized Shares . If at any time while the Note remains outstanding the Company does not have a sufficient number of authorized and unreserved shares of Common Stock to satisfy its obligation to reserve for issuance upon conversion of the Note at least a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Required Reserve Amount (an “ Authorized Share Failure ”), then the Company shall immediately take all action necessary to increase the Company’s authorized shares of Common Stock to an amount sufficient to allow the Company to reserve the Required Reserve Amount for the Note then outstanding.

 

(11)         RESTRICTION ON REDEMPTION AND CASH DIVIDENDS . Until the Note has been converted, redeemed or otherwise satisfied in accordance with its terms, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, redeem, repurchase or declare or pay any cash dividend or distribution on its capital stock without the prior express written consent of the Holder.

 

(12)         PREPAYMENT . Subject to Holder’s Conversion Right, the Company may at any time and from time to time prepay the Note, in whole or in part (other than any Conversion Amount, if the Conversion Right is exercised by Holder), upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Holder by not later than 11:00 a.m. at least five Business Days prior thereto, which notice shall specify the date of such prepayment. If any such notice is given, all outstanding Principal (other than any Principal related to the Conversion Amount, if the Conversion Right is exercised by Holder) shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid and all Late Fees, if any. If this Note is prepaid through any prepayments, Holder shall be paid a prepayment premium equal to 1% of the aggregate amount of the outstanding Principal so prepaid. The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company’s prepayment of any portion of the Note under this Section 12, the Holder’s damages would be uncertain and difficult to estimate because of the parties’ inability to predict future interest rates and the uncertainty of the availability of a suitable substitute investment opportunity for the Holder. Accordingly, any redemption premium due under this Section 12 is intended by the parties to be, and shall be deemed, a reasonable estimate of the Holder’s actual loss of its investment opportunity and not as a penalty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Original Principal Amount is reduced, but such reduction is determined after the Company has made payments of Principal or Interest hereunder, the amounts due hereunder by the Company shall be recalculated taking into account the reduction in the Original Principal Amount, and in the event Company has made any payments in excess of the amounts which would have been required hereunder had the Original Principal Amount been so reduced prior to making such payments, the amount of such excess shall be treated as prepayments, and no penalties or premiums shall be due or charged with respect to such prepayments.

 

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(13)         VOTING RIGHTS . The Holder shall have no voting rights as the holder of this Note, except as required by law, including but not limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and as expressly provided in this Note. The Company shall have no more than five directors on the Board of Directors unless the Holder consents in writing to an increase in the number of members of the Board of Directors.

 

(14)         REGISTRATION RIGHTS . At any time after an IPO, Holder, to the extent it has exercised its conversion right under Section 3, may request registration under the Securities Act of all or any portion of the Common Stock it received in such conversion pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1 or any successor form thereto, pursuant to a form of registration rights agreement reasonably acceptable to Holder.

 

(15)         COVENANTS . So long as this Note is outstanding:

 

(a)           Rank . All payments due under this Note shall be senior to all other Indebtedness of the Company.

 

(b)           Incurrence of Indebtedness . The Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur or guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, other than (i) the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note and (ii) other Permitted Indebtedness.

 

(c)           Issuance of Preferred Stock . Other than the shares of preferred stock set forth on Schedule 15(c) attached hereto, the Company shall not issue any shares of preferred stock or other equity securities that rank senior or that have any priority over the Common Stock.

 

(d)           Existence of Liens . The Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, allow or suffer to exist any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, “ Liens ”) other than Permitted Liens.

 

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(e)           Restricted Payments . The Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, redeem, defease, repurchase, repay or make any payments in respect of, by the payment of cash or cash equivalents (in whole or in part, whether by way of open market purchases, tender offers, private transactions or otherwise), all or any portion of any Permitted Indebtedness (other than this Note), whether by way of payment in respect of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on, such Indebtedness if at the time such payment is due or is otherwise made or, after giving effect to such payment, an event constituting, or that with the passage of time and without being cured would constitute, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

(f)           Loans, Advances, Investments, Etc. The Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or commit or agree to make any loan, advance, guarantee of obligations, other extension of credit or capital contributions to, or hold or invest in or commit or agree to hold or invest in, or purchase or otherwise acquire or commit or agree to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of the capital stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of, or make or commit or agree to make any other investment in, any other Person, or purchase or own any futures contract or otherwise become liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing, except for: (i) investments existing on the date hereof, as set forth on Schedule 13(e) hereto, but not any increase in the amount thereof as set forth in such Schedule or any other modification of the terms thereof, (ii) temporary loans and advances by it to its Subsidiaries and by such Subsidiaries to it, made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (iii) Permitted Investments.

 

(g)           Fundamental Changes; Dispositions . Other than in accordance with Section 5(a), the Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, wind-up, liquidate or dissolve, or merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any Person, or convey, sell, lease or sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions, all or any part of its business, property or assets (including by way of spin-off, slit-off or business separation), whether now owned or hereafter acquired (or agree to do any of the foregoing), or purchase or otherwise acquire, whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of any Person (or any division thereof) (or agree to do any of the foregoing), or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the foregoing; provided , however , that the Company and its Subsidiaries may (A) sell Inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (B) dispose of obsolete or worn-out equipment in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and (C) sell or otherwise dispose of other property or assets for cash in an aggregate amount not less than the fair market value of such property or assets provided that the proceeds of such dispositions in the case of clauses (B) and (C) above, do not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate in any twelve-month period.

 

(h)           Change in Nature of Business . The Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) make any change in the nature of its business as described in Schedule 13(g) hereto or (ii) cease conducting any such business.

 

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(i)           Stock Option Plans . Without the prior written consent of the Holder, the Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or adopt any stock option plan, stock appreciation plan or any similar plan, or to amend or modify any such plan in any material respect.

 

(j)           Accounting Methods; Auditors . Without the prior written consent of the Holder, the Company shall not, and the Company shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) modify or change its Fiscal Year, (ii) change or make material modifications to its billing systems and accounting practices, (iii) change or modify its method of accounting (other than as may be required to conform to GAAP) or (iv) change its independent certified public accounts or registered public accountants, as applicable, that review, audit and/or certify its respective financial statements.

 

(k)           Creation of New Subsidiaries . So long as the obligations of the Company under this Note are outstanding, if the Company shall create or acquire any Subsidiary, simultaneous with the creation or acquisition of such Subsidiary, the Company shall (1) promptly cause such Subsidiary to become a guarantor by executing a guaranty in favor of the Holder in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, the Subsidiary and the Holder, (ii) promptly cause such Subsidiary to become a grantor under the Guaranty and Security Agreement by executing a joinder to the Guaranty and Security Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, the Subsidiary and the Holder, (iii) promptly cause such Subsidiary to become a pledgor by the Company and such Subsidiary executing a pledge agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company, the Subsidiary and the Holder, and (iv) promptly cause such Subsidiary to duly execute and/or deliver such opinions of counsel and other documents, in form and substance reasonable acceptable to the Holder, as the Holder shall reasonably request with respect thereto.

 

(l)           Intellectual Property . So long as the obligations of the Company under this Note are outstanding, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, (i) assign, transfer or otherwise encumber or allow any other Person to have any rights or license to any of the intellectual property rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries, except in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) knowingly take any action or inaction to impair the value of their intellectual property rights.

 

(m)           Change in Collateral; Collateral Records . The Company shall (i) advise the Holder promptly, in sufficient detail, of any material adverse change relating to the type, quantity or quality of the Collateral (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) or the Lien granted thereon and (ii) execute and deliver, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to execute and deliver, to the Holder, solely for the Holder’s convenience in maintaining a record of Collateral, such written statements and schedules as the Holder may reasonably require, designating, identifying or describing the Collateral.

 

(n)           Transactions with Affiliates . The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into, renew, extend or be a party to, any transaction or series of related transactions (including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, lease, transfer or exchange of property or assets of any kind or the rendering of services of any kind) with any Affiliate, except (i) in the ordinary course of business in a manner and to an extent consistent with past practice or (ii) necessary or desirable for the prudent operation of its business, for fair consideration and on terms no less favorable to it or its Subsidiaries than would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate thereof.

 

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(o)           Preservation of Existence, Etc . The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges, and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

 

(p)           Maintenance of Properties, Etc . The Company shall maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties which are necessary or useful in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any material loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder.

 

(q)           Maintenance of Insurance . The Company shall maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any governmental authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated and in any event in amount, adequacy and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Holder. All policies covering the Collateral are to be made payable to the Holder as a co-payee with the Company, as its interests may appear, in case of loss, under a standard non-contributory “lender” or “secured party” clause and are to contain such other provisions as the Holder may reasonably require to fully protect the interest of the Holder in the Collateral and to any payments to be made under such policies. All certificates of insurance are to be delivered to the Holder and the policies are to be premium prepaid, with the loss payable and additional insured endorsement in favor of the Holder and such other Persons as the Holder may designate from time to time, and shall provide for not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to the Holder of the exercise of any right of cancellation. If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries fails to maintain such insurance, the Holder may arrange for such insurance, but at the Company’s expense and without any responsibility on the Holder’s part for obtaining the insurance, the solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the collection of claims. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Holder shall have the sole right, in the name of the Holder, the Company and its Subsidiaries, to file claims under any insurance policies, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies.

 

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(16)         PARTICIPATION . The Holder, as the holder of this Note, shall be entitled to such dividends paid and distributions made to the holders of Common Stock to the same extent as if the Holder had converted the convertible portion of this Note into Common Stock and had held such shares of Common Stock on the record date for such dividends and distributions. Payments under the preceding sentence shall be made concurrently with the dividend or distribution to the holders of Common Stock.

 

(17)         CONSENT TO ISSUE, OR CHANGE THE TERMS OF, NOTES . The affirmative consent of the Holder shall be required for any change or amendment to this Note.

 

(18)         TRANSFER . This Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the consent of the Company, subject to compliance with all applicable securities laws (provided that any assignee or transferee seeking to exercise any conversion rights shall be required to enter into the Stockholders Agreement (as defined under the Stock Purchase Agreement).

 

(19)         REISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE .

 

(a)           Transfer . If this Note is to be transferred, the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, whereupon the Company will forthwith issue and deliver upon the order of the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less than the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal not being transferred. The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 3(c)(iii) and this Section 19(a), following conversion, exchange or redemption of any portion of this Note, the outstanding Principal represented by this Note may be less than the Principal stated on the face of this Note.

 

(b)           Lost, Stolen or Mutilated Note . Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and, in the case of loss, theft or destruction, of any indemnification undertaking by the Holder to the Company in customary form and, in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note (in accordance with Section 19(d)) representing the outstanding Principal.

 

(c)           Note Exchangeable for Different Denominations . This Note is exchangeable, upon the surrender hereof by the Holder at the principal office of the Company, for a new Note or Notes (in accordance with Section 19(d) and in principal amounts of at least $250,000) representing in the aggregate the outstanding Principal of this Note, and each such new Note will represent such portion of such outstanding Principal as is designated by the Holder at the time of such surrender.

 

(d)           Issuance of New Notes . Whenever the Company is required to issue a new Note pursuant to the terms of this Note, such new Note (i) shall be of like tenor with this Note, (ii) shall represent, as indicated on the face of such new Note, the Principal remaining outstanding (or in the case of a new Note being issued pursuant to Section 19(a) or Section 19(c), the Principal designated by the Holder which, when added to the principal represented by the other new Notes issued in connection with such issuance, does not exceed the Principal remaining outstanding under this Note immediately prior to such issuance of new Notes), (iii) shall have an issuance date, as indicated on the face of such new Note, which is the same as the Issuance Date of this Note, (iv) shall have the same rights and conditions as this Note, and (v) shall represent accrued Interest and Late Charges on the Principal and Interest of this Note, from the Issuance Date.

 

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(20)         REMEDIES, CHARACTERIZATIONS, OTHER OBLIGATIONS, BREACHES AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF . The remedies provided in this Note shall be cumulative and in addition to all other remedies available under this Note and the other Loan Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief), and nothing herein shall limit the Holder’s right to pursue actual and consequential damages for any failure by the Company to comply with the terms of this Note. Amounts set forth or provided for herein with respect to payments, conversion and the like (and the computation thereof) shall be the amounts to be received by the Holder and shall not, except as expressly provided herein, be subject to any other obligation of the Company (or the performance thereof). The Company acknowledges that a breach by it of its obligations hereunder will cause irreparable harm to the Holder and that the remedy at law for any such breach may be inadequate. The Company therefore agrees that, in the event of any such breach or threatened breach, the Holder shall be entitled, in addition to all other available remedies, to an injunction restraining any breach, without the necessity of showing economic loss and without any bond or other security being required.

 

(21)         PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS . If (a) this Note is placed in the hands of an attorney for collection or enforcement or is collected or enforced through any legal proceeding or the Holder otherwise takes action to collect amounts due under this Note or to enforce the provisions of this Note or (b) there occurs any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership of the Company or other proceedings affecting Company creditors’ rights and involving a claim under this Note, then the Company shall pay the costs incurred by the Holder for the valid collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

(22)         CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS . This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and the Holder and shall not be construed against any person as the drafter hereof. The headings of this Note are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Note.

 

(23)         FAILURE OR INDULGENCE NOT WAIVER . No failure or delay on the part of the Holder in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right, power or privilege.

 

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(24)         DISPUTE RESOLUTION . In the case of a dispute as to the determination of the Fair Market Value or the arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate, the Company shall submit the disputed determinations or arithmetic calculations via facsimile or other electronic transmission within one (1) Business Day of receipt of the Conversion Notice or other event giving rise to such dispute, as the case may be, to the Holder. If the Holder and the Company are unable to agree upon such determination or calculation within one (1) Business Day of such disputed determination or arithmetic calculation being submitted to the Holder, then the Company shall, within one Business Day submit via facsimile or other electronic transmission (a) the disputed determination of the Fair Market Value to an independent, reputable investment bank selected by the Company and approved by the Holder or (b) the disputed arithmetic calculation of the Conversion Rate to the Company’s independent, outside accountant. The Company, at the Company’s expense, shall cause the investment bank or the accountant, as the case may be, to perform the determinations or calculations and notify the Company and the Holder of the results no later than five (5) Business Days from the time it receives the disputed determinations or calculations. Such investment bank’s or accountant’s determination or calculation, as the case may be, shall be binding upon all parties absent demonstrable error.

 

(25)         NOTICES; PAYMENTS .

 

(a)           Notices . Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be given in accordance with Annex A . The Company shall provide the Holder with prompt written notice of all actions taken pursuant to this Note, including in reasonable detail a description of such action and the reason therefore. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will give written notice to the Holder (i) immediately upon any adjustment of the Conversion Price, setting forth in reasonable detail, and certifying, the calculation of such adjustment and (ii) at least twenty (20) days prior to the date on which the Company closes its books or takes a record (A) with respect to any dividend or distribution upon the Common Stock, (B) with respect to any pro rata subscription offer to holders of Common Stock or (C) for determining rights to vote with respect to any Fundamental Transaction, dissolution or liquidation, provided in each case that such information shall be made known to the public prior to or in conjunction with such notice being provided to the Holder.

 

(b)           Payments . Whenever any payment of cash is to be made by the Company to any Person pursuant to this Note, such payment shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by a check drawn on the account of the Company and sent via overnight courier service to such Person at such address as previously provided to the Company in writing; provided that the Holder may elect to receive a payment of cash via wire transfer of immediately available funds by providing the Company with prior written notice setting out such request and the Holder’s wire transfer instructions. Whenever any amount expressed to be due by the terms of this Note is due on any day which is not a Business Day, the same shall instead be due on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day and, in the case of any Interest Date which is not the date on which this Note is paid in full, the extension of the due date thereof shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the amount of Interest due on such date. Any amount of Principal or other amounts due under the Loan Documents, other than Interest, which is not paid when due shall result in a late charge being incurred and payable by the Company in an amount equal to interest on such amount at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum from the date such amount was due until the same is paid in full (“ Late Charge ”).

 

(c)           Highest Lawful Rate .

 

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(i)          If the transactions contemplated in this Note or by any other Loan Document would be usurious as to the Holder under laws applicable to it (including the laws of the United States of America and the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction whose laws may be mandatorily applicable to the Holder notwithstanding the other provisions of this Note), then, in that event, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Note or any other Loan Document, it is agreed as follows: the aggregate of all consideration which constitutes Interest under law applicable to the Holder that is contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by the Holder under this Note or any other Loan Document shall under no circumstances exceed the maximum amount allowed by such applicable law, any excess shall be canceled automatically and if theretofore paid shall be credited by the Holder on the Principal amount of this Note (or, to the extent that the Principal amount of this Note shall have been or would thereby be paid in full, refunded by the Holder to the Company). If at any time and from time to time (1) the amount of Interest payable to the Holder on any date shall be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to the Holder pursuant to this Section 25(c) and (2) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount of Interest otherwise payable to the Holder would be less than the amount of Interest payable to the Holder computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to the Holder, then the amount of Interest payable to the Holder in respect of such subsequent interest computation period shall continue to be computed at the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to the Holder until the total amount of Interest payable to the Holder shall equal the total amount of Interest which would have been payable to the Holder if the total amount of Interest had been computed without giving effect to this Section 25(c).

 

(ii)         For purposes of this Section 25(c), the term “applicable law” shall mean that law in effect from time to time and applicable to the transaction between the Company, on the one hand, and the Holder, on the other, that lawfully permits the charging and collection of the highest permissible, lawful non-usurious rate of interest on such loan transaction and this Note, including laws of the State of Delaware and, to the extent controlling, laws of the United States of America.

 

(26)         CANCELLATION . After all Principal, accrued Interest and other amounts at any time owed on this Note have been paid in full, this Note shall automatically be deemed canceled, shall be surrendered to the Company for cancellation and shall not be reissued.

 

(27)        SET-OFF AND RECOUPMENT. This Note, and the Principal and Interest hereunder, is subject to set-off and recoupment by the Company as set forth in the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

(28)         WAIVER OF NOTICE . To the extent permitted by law, the Company hereby waives demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note.

 

(29)         COUNTERPARTS . This Note may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

(30)         No Effect on Stock Purchase Agreement . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, no term or provision of this Note or any other Loan Document shall have the effect of modifying or amending any of the rights of the Company (as Purchaser) under the Stock Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any rights to set-off or recoup amounts under this Note or any of the obligations, including, without limitation, the indemnity obligations, of Imation Corp. (the initial Holder) (as Seller) under the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

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(31)         GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION; SEVERABILITY; JURY TRIAL . This Note shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and all questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and performance of this Note shall be governed by, the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware. The Company irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in Wilmington, Delaware, 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 suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. In the event that any provision of this Note is invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, then such provision shall be deemed inoperative to the extent that it may conflict therewith and shall be deemed modified to conform with such statute or rule of law. Any such provision which may prove invalid or unenforceable under any law shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Note. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or operate to preclude the Holder from bringing suit or taking other legal action against the Company in any other jurisdiction to collect on the Company’s obligations to the Holder, to realize on any collateral or any other security for such obligations, or to enforce a judgment or other court ruling in favor of the Holder. THE COMPANY AND HOLDER EACH HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST, A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(32)         CERTAIN DEFINITIONS . For purposes of this Note, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a)          “ Account Receivable ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all rights of such Person to payment for goods sold and/or services rendered, including accounts, general intangibles and any and all such rights evidenced by chattel paper, instruments or documents, whether due or to become due and whether or not earned by performance, and whether now or hereafter acquired or arising in the future, and any proceeds arising therefrom or relating thereto.

 

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(b)          “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 50% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

 

(c)          “ Approved Stock Plan ” means any employee benefit plan which has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company and, if required, by the Holder in accordance with Section 15(i), pursuant to which the Company’s securities may be issued to any employee, consultant, officer or director for services provided to the Company.

 

(d)          “ Business Day ” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the State of Delaware are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(e)          “ Change of Control ” means any Fundamental Transaction other than (A) a Fundamental Transaction in which holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to the Fundamental Transaction continue after the Fundamental Transaction to hold, directly or indirectly, the voting power of the surviving entity or entities necessary to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if other than a corporation) of such entity or entities, or (B) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

 

(f)          “ Contingent Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the primary effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto.

 

(g)          “ Convertible Securities ” means any stock or securities (other than Options) directly or indirectly convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock.

 

(h)          “ Disposition ” means any transaction, or series of related transactions, pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries sells, assigns, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property or assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to any other Person, in each case, whether or not the consideration therefor consists of cash, securities or other assets owned by the acquiring Person, excluding any sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business on ordinary business terms.

 

(i)          “ Excluded Securities ” means any Common Stock issued or issuable: (i) in connection with any Approved Stock Plan; (ii) upon conversion of the Note; and (iii) upon conversion of any Options or Convertible Securities which are outstanding prior to or as of the Issuance Date (including, without limitation, the shares of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock), provided that the terms of such Options or Convertible Securities are not amended, modified or changed on or after the Issuance Date other than antidilution adjustments pursuant to the terms thereof in existence as of the Issuance Date.

 

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(j)          “ Fair Market Value ”, with respect to securities for which there is no established trading market shall be made by reference to prevailing conditions in capital markets generally, including (to such extent, if any, as the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith deems relevant): (a) the possibility of a public offering for such securities or a private sale of such securities; (b) the financial statements of the issuer thereof prepared on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the events in question and considering, among other factors: (i) the price per security paid by a bona fide, unaffiliated purchaser in an arms’-length transaction; (ii) the existence and nature of any recent or pending transactions or transaction proposals; (iii) book value; (iv) replacement value; (v) earnings; and (vi) the value of future cash flows of such issuer as an ongoing enterprise; and (c) both the sale of various combinations of the individual assets of such issuer as well as a sale of such issuer as a whole; and shall make no deduction, discount or other subtraction whatsoever for the possible minority status of the holder of such security or for any lack of marketability of such security (other than by virtue of conditions in capital markets generally) or any restrictions on the transfer thereof. If the Company and the Holder are unable to agree upon the fair market value of such security, then such dispute shall be resolved pursuant to Section 24. All such determinations are to be appropriately adjusted for any stock dividend, stock split, stock combination or other similar transaction during the applicable calculation period.

 

(k)          “ Fiscal Year ” means the Company’s fiscal year that ends on December 31, or such other fiscal year adopted by the Company for the financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.

 

(l)          “ Fundamental Transaction ” means that (A) the Company shall, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions, (i) consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) another Person, or (ii) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company to another Person, or (iii) allow another Person to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the Person or Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the Persons making or party to, such purchase, tender or exchange offer), or (iv) consummate a stock purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person whereby such other Person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other Person or other Persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other Persons making or party to, such stock purchase agreement or other business combination), or (v) enter into or consummate any Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the Certificate of Incorporation), or (vi) reorganize, recapitalize or reclassify its Common Stock, or (B) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the 1934 Act) (not including any Persons or groups holding any stock of the Company as of the Issuance Date) shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by issued and outstanding Common Stock or any preferred stock; provided , however , that none of the transactions contemplated under the Stock Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the Company’s acquisition of all of the stock of Nexsan, the Company’s issuance of Series A Preferred Stock to Equity Investors (as defined therein), and the merger of the Company and Nexsan, shall be considered or treated as Fundamental Transactions hereunder.

 

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(m)          “ GAAP ” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

(n)          “ Guaranty and Security Agreement ” means that certain guaranty and security agreement provided by Company, Nexsan Corporation and their Subsidiaries for the benefit of Holder dated as of even date herewith.

 

(o)           “Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum non-usurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Indebtedness obligations and liability of the Company under this Note under laws applicable to the Holder which are currently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum non-usurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.

 

(p)          “ Income Tax ” means any tax that is based on, or computed with respect to, net income or earnings (and any franchise tax or tax on doing business imposed in lieu thereof) and all related interest and penalties.

 

(q)          “ Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without duplication (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables entered into in the ordinary course of business and not outstanding for more than 120 days after the date such payable was created), (iii) all reimbursement or payment obligations with respect to letters of credit, surety bonds and other similar instruments, (iv) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, including obligations so evidenced incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses, (v) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to any property or assets acquired with the proceeds of such indebtedness (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or bank under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (vi) all monetary obligations under any leasing or similar arrangement which, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied for the periods covered thereby, is classified as a “capital lease”, (vii) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance upon or in any property or assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by any Person, even though the Person which owns such assets or property has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such indebtedness, and (viii) all Contingent Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above.

 

(r)          “ Inventory ” means, with respect to any Person, all goods and merchandise of such Person, including, without limitation, all raw materials, work-in-process, packaging, supplies, materials and finished goods of every nature used or usable in connection with the shipping, storing, advertising or sale of such goods and merchandise, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and all such other property the sale or other disposition of which would give rise to an Account Receivable or cash.

 

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(s)          “ IPO means an initial offering of the Common Stock or any other equity securities of the Company pursuant to an effective registration statement filed under the Securities Act.

 

(t)          “ Monthly Period ” means each of: the period beginning on and including the first day of each month and ending on and including the last day of each month.

 

(u)          “ Nexsan ” means Nexsan Corporation.

 

(v)         “ Options ” means any rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock or Convertible Securities.

 

(w)          “ Permitted Indebtedness ” means (A) the principal of (and premium, if any), interest on, and all fees and other amounts (including, without limitation, any reasonable out-of-pocket costs, enforcement expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket legal fees and disbursements), collateral protection expenses and other reimbursement or indemnity obligations relating thereto) payable by Company and/or its Subsidiaries under or in connection with any Indebtedness entered into by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries with one or more financial institutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Holder, including, without limitation, the terms and conditions of any intercreditor arrangements relating to any Collateral securing both the Note and such Indebtedness; provided , however , that (1) the aggregate outstanding amount of such Indebtedness permitted hereunder (taking into account the maximum amounts which may be advanced under the loan documents evidencing such Indebtedness) does not at any time exceed US $500,000, (2) such Indebtedness does not provide at any time for the payment, prepayment, repayment, repurchase or defeasance, directly or indirectly, of any principal or premium, if any, thereon until ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to Section 1) or later and (3) to the extent such Indebtedness is secured by any assets or equity interests held by the Company, such security interest shall be a second priority (or more junior priority) security interest, (B) unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Company that is made expressly subordinate in right of payment to the Indebtedness evidenced by this Note, as reflected in a written agreement acceptable to the Holder and approved by the Holder in writing, and which Indebtedness does not provide at any time for the payment, prepayment, repayment, repurchase or defeasance, directly or indirectly, of any principal or premium, if any, thereon until ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date (as may be extended pursuant to Section 1) or later, (C) Indebtedness secured by Permitted Liens, (D) Contingent Obligations of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries consisting of guarantees or indemnities within the ordinary course of business of such Person or otherwise within the scope of the business plan of the Company (which business plan shall have been approved by the Holder in writing), (E) the Note, and (F) extensions, refinancings and renewals of items of Permitted Indebtedness set forth in clauses (A), (B) and (C), provided that the principal amount thereof is not increased or the terms thereof modified to impose more burdensome terms upon the Company or its Subsidiary, as the case may be.

 

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(x)          “ Permitted Investments ” means marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case, maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided, however, that, for avoidance of doubt, Permitted Investments shall not include any securities or other obligations issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or any successors thereto.

 

(y)          “ Permitted Liens ” means (i) any Lien for taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any statutory Lien arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent, (iii) any Lien created by operation of law, such as materialmen’s liens, mechanics’ liens and other similar liens, arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens (A) upon or in any equipment acquired or held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such equipment or indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition or lease of such equipment, or (B) existing on such equipment at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of such equipment, (v) Liens securing obligations arising under the Note, (vi) Liens incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clauses (i) and (iv) above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase, (vii) leases or subleases and licenses and sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (viii) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payments of custom duties in connection with the importation of goods and (ix) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 4(a)(ix).

 

(z)          “ Person ” means an individual, a limited liability company, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization, any other entity and a government or any department or agency thereof.

 

(aa)         “ Quarterly Period ” means each of: the period beginning on and including January 1 and ending on and including March 31, the period beginning on and including April 1 and ending on and including June 30, the period beginning on and including July 1 and ending on September 30 and the period beginning on and including October 1 and ending on and including December 31.

 

(bb)         “ Stock Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement entered into as of November 22, 2016, by and between Imation Corp. (as Seller thereunder) and the Company (as Purchaser thereunder), pursuant to which this Note was issued.

 

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(cc)         “ Subsidiary ” means any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest of such entity.

 

(dd)         “ Successor Entity ” means the Person, which may be the Company, formed by, resulting from or surviving any Fundamental Transaction or the Person with which such Fundamental Transaction shall have been made.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed as of the Issuance Date set out above.

 

  NXSN Acquisition Corp.
     
  By:  /s/Trevor L. Calhoun
    Name:  Trevor L. Calhoun
    Title: Chairman

 

 

 

 

 

AGREED AND ACCEPTED

as of the 23 day of January, 2017

 

IMATION CORP.  
   
By:  /s/ Joseph A De Perio  
  Name:  Joseph A. De Perio  
  Title:   Chairman of the Board  

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13(e)

 

Investments

 

Subsidiaries

 

Subsidiary   Jurisdiction of Formation   Authorized Capital Stock   Outstanding Capital Stock*
6360246 Canada Inc.   Canada   Common – Unlimited Shares   Nexsan Corporation – 6,899,512 Shares
6360319 Canada Inc.   Canada   Common – Unlimited Shares   6360246 Canada Inc. – 6,899,512 Shares
Connected Data, Inc.   California   Common – 26,000,000 Shares   Nexsan Corporation – 1,000 Shares**
        Series A-1 Preferred – 22,000,000 Shares   None Outstanding
        Class A Common – Unlimited Shares   6360319 Canada Inc. – 2,000,930 Shares
        Class B Common – Unlimited Shares   6360319 Canada Inc. – 70 Shares
        Class C Common – Unlimited Shares   None Outstanding
        Class D Common – Unlimited Shares   None Outstanding
Nexsan Technologies Canada Inc.   Canada   Class E Common – Unlimited Shares   None Outstanding
        Class F Common – Unlimited Shares   None Outstanding
        Class G Common – Unlimited Shares   None Outstanding
        Class H Common – Unlimited Shares   None Outstanding
        Class I Common – Unlimited Shares   None Outstanding
Nexsan Technologies Limited   England and Wales   Common – 44,444 Shares   Nexsan Corporation – 44,444 Shares
        9% Redeemable Preferred – 60,000 Shares   Nexsan Corporation – 60,000 Shares
Nexsan Technologies Incorporated   Delaware   Common – 1,000 Shares   Nexsan Corporation – 1,000 Shares

 

*None of the Subsidiaries holds any of its issued capital stock in treasury.

**Assumes the effectiveness of the transactions contemplated by the Contribution Agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13(g)

 

Nature of Business

 

Any business that Nexsan or any of its Subsidiaries conducts as of the date hereof.

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 15(c)

 

List of Preferred Stock

 

Up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock (at $1.00 per share) within 6 months after the date hereof.

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

NXSN ACQUISITION CORP.
CONVERSION NOTICE

 

Reference is made to the Senior Secured Convertible Note (the “ Note ”) issued to the undersigned by NXSN Acquisition Corp. (the “ Company ”). In accordance with and pursuant to the Note, the undersigned hereby elects to convert the Conversion Amount (as defined in the Note) of the Note indicated below into shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), as of the date specified below.

 

Date of Conversion:  

 

Aggregate Conversion Amount to be converted:  

 

Please confirm the following information:

 

Conversion Price:  

 

Number of shares of Common Stock to be issued:  

 

Please issue the Common Stock into which the Note is being converted in the following name and to the following address:

 

Issue to:  
   
   
   
   

 

Facsimile Number:  
   

 

Authorization:  
   

 

By:  
   

 

Title:  

 

Dated:  

 

Account Number:  
  (if electronic book entry transfer)  

 

Transaction Code Number:  
  (if electronic book entry transfer)

 

 
 

 

Annex A

 

All notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder will be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder shall be deemed duly given (a) when delivered personally, with written confirmation of receipt; (b) when received by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier; (c) on the date sent by facsimile or email (with confirmation of transmission) if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the next Business Day if sent after normal business hours of the recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail (in each case, return receipt requested, postage pre-paid), and addressed to the intended recipient as set forth below:

 

If to the Holder:

 

Chairman, Imation Corp.

Joseph A. De Perio

Clinton Group, Inc.

510 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor

New York, NY 10022

jad@clinton.com

(212) 377-4252

With a copy to:

 

Joel L. Rubinstein

Partner

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10166-4193

JRubinstein@winston.com

(212) 294-5336

   

If to the Company:

 

NXSN Acquisition Corp.

c/o Rodney A. Bienvenu, Jr.

Managing Member

Spear Point Capital Management LLC

400 Poydras St., Suite 2100

New Orleans, LA 70130

ron@spearpointllc.com

(504) 252-1369

With a copy to:

 

Ernest (JR) Mysogland

Managing Member

Spear Point Capital Management LLC

191 Post Road West

Westport, CT 06880

jr@spearpointllc.com

(203) 221-2641

 

Any Party may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other Parties notice in the manner herein set forth.

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Dated as of January 23, 2017

 

by and among

 

NxSN Acquisition Corp.

 

and

 

Nexsan corporation

 

and

 

Each Other Grantor
From Time to Time Party Hereto

 

and

 

IMATION CORP.,
as Lender

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
     
ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS 1
Section 1.1 Definitions 1
Section 1.2 Certain Other Terms 8
     
ARTICLE II GUARANTY 9
Section 2.1 Guaranty 9
Section 2.2 Limitation of Guaranty 9
Section 2.3 Contribution 9
Section 2.4 Authorization; Other Agreements 10
Section 2.5 Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional 10
Section 2.6 Waivers 11
Section 2.7 Reliance 12
     
ARTICLE III GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST 12
Section 3.1 Collateral 12
Section 3.2 Grant of Security Interest in Collateral 12
     
ARTICLE IV Representations and Warranties 13
Section 4.1 Title; No Other Liens 13
Section 4.2 Perfection and Priority 13
Section 4.3 Locations of Inventory, Equipment and Books and Records 14
Section 4.4 Pledged Collateral 14
Section 4.5 Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper Formerly Accounts 14
Section 4.6 Intellectual Property 14
Section 4.7 Commercial Tort Claims 16
Section 4.8 Specific Collateral 16
Section 4.9 Enforcement 16
     
ARTICLE V Covenants 16
Section 5.1 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation and Consents 16
Section 5.2 Changes in Locations, Name, Etc 17
Section 5.3 Pledged Collateral 18
Section 5.4 Accounts 20
Section 5.5 Commodity Contracts 20
Section 5.6 Delivery of Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper and Control of Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Electronic Chattel Paper 20
Section 5.7 Intellectual Property 21
Section 5.8 Notices 22
Section 5.9 Notice of Commercial Tort Claims 23
Section 5.10 Controlled Securities Account 23

 

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ARTICLE VI Remedial Provisions 23
Section 6.1 Code and Other Remedies 23
Section 6.2 Accounts and Payments in Respect of General Intangibles 26
Section 6.3 Pledged Collateral 27
Section 6.4 Proceeds to be Turned over to and Held by Lender 28
Section 6.5 Sale of Pledged Collateral 28
Section 6.6 Deficiency 29
     
ARTICLE VII Agent 29
Section 7.1 Lender’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact 29
Section 7.2 Authorization to File Financing Statements 30
Section 7.3 Authority of Lender 31
Section 7.4 Duty; Obligations and Liabilities 31
     
ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous 32
Section 8.1 Reinstatement 32
Section 8.2 Release of Collateral 32
Section 8.3 Independent Obligations 32
Section 8.4 No Waiver by Course of Conduct 33
Section 8.5 Amendments in Writing 33
Section 8.6 Additional Grantors; Additional Pledged Collateral 33
Section 8.7 Notices 33
Section 8.8 Successors and Assigns 33
Section 8.9 Counterparts 33
Section 8.10 Severability 34
Section 8.11 Governing Law 34
Section 8.12 Waiver of Jury Trial 34

 

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ANNEXES AND SCHEDULES

 

Annex 1 Form of Pledge Amendment
Annex 2 Form of Joinder Agreement
Annex 3 Form of Intellectual Property Security Agreement
   
Schedule 1 Commercial Tort Claims
Schedule 2 Filings
Schedule 3 Location of Inventory, Equipment, Books and Records
Schedule 4 Pledged Collateral
Schedule 5 Intellectual Property

 

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GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of January 23, 2017, by NXSN Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Borrower ”), and Nexsan Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Nexsan ”), and each of the other entities listed on the signature pages hereof or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.6 (together with Nexsan and the Borrower, the “ Grantors ” and each, a “ Grantor ”), Imation Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Lender ” or “ Secured Party ”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Senior Secured Convertible Note dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented and/or modified from time to time, the “ Note ”) issued by the Borrower in favor of Lender, whereby the Borrower agreed to certain repayment terms for amounts owing to Lender (the “ Loan ”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, each Grantor has agreed to guaranty the obligations of Borrower under the Note (the “ Obligations ”) and secure all of their Obligations under the Note by granting to Lender a security interest in and lien upon substantially all of their Property;

 

WHEREAS, each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the making of the extensions of credit under the Note; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lender to make its extension of credit to the Borrower under the Note that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to Lender;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and to induce the Lender to make its extension of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with Lender as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

 

Section 1.1            Definitions . (a) Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Note.

 

(b)         The following terms have the meanings given to them in the UCC and terms used herein without definition that are defined in the UCC have the meanings given to them in the UCC (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined): “ account ”, “ account debtor ”, “ as-extracted collateral ”, “ certificated security ”, “ chattel paper ”, “ commercial tort claim ”, “ commodity contract ”, “ deposit account ”, “ electronic chattel paper ”, “ equipment ”, “ farm products ”, “ fixture ”, “ general intangible ”, “ goods ”, “ health-care-insurance receivable ”, “ instruments ”, “ inventory ”, “ investment property ”, “ letter-of-credit right ”, “ proceeds ”, “ record ”, “ securities account ”, “ security ”, “ supporting obligation ” and “ tangible chattel paper ”.

 

(c)          The following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

 

 

 

Agreement ” means this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Applicable IP Office ” means the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency within or outside the United States.

 

Cash Collateral Account ” means a deposit account or securities account subject, in each instance, to a Control Agreement.

 

Cash Equivalents ” means (a) any readily-marketable securities (i) issued by, or directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States federal government or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States federal government the obligations of which are fully backed by the full faith and credit of the United States federal government, (b) any readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the United States federal government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least “P-1” from Moody’s, (c) any commercial paper rated at least “A-1” by S&P or “P-1” by Moody’s and issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States, (d) any Dollar-denominated time deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit or bankers’ acceptance issued or accepted by (i) any Lender or (ii) any commercial bank that is (A) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulators) and (C) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $250,000,000 and (e) shares of any United States money market fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with maturities as set forth in the proviso below, (ii) has net assets in excess of $500,000,000 and (iii) has obtained from either S&P or Moody’s the highest rating obtainable for money market funds in the United States; provided, however, that the maturities of all obligations specified in any of clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above shall not exceed 365 days.

 

Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1 .

 

Contractual Obligations ” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security (whether in the nature of Stock, Stock Equivalents or otherwise) issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, document or agreement (other than a Loan Document) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound or to which any of its Property is subject.

 

Control Agreement ” means each agreement establishing control over such bank accounts and lockboxes of the Grantors with financial institutions reasonably satisfactory to Lender,

 

Controlled Securities Account ” means each securities account (including all financial assets held therein and all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such financial assets) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement.

 

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Copyright License ” means any agreement now or hereafter in existence, providing for the grant by, or to, any rights (including, without limitation, the grant of rights for a party to be designated as an author or owner and/or to enforce, defend, use, display, copy, manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell, make derivative works, and require joinder in suit and/or receive assistance from another party) covered in whole or in part by a Copyright.

 

Copyrights ” means, collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (i) all copyrights, works protectable by copyright, copyright registrations and copyright applications anywhere in the world, (ii) all derivative works, counterparts, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past, present and future infringements, violations or misappropriations of any of the foregoing, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements, violations or misappropriations of any of the foregoing and (v) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

 

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary incorporated, organized or otherwise formed under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

Excluded Equity ” means any voting stock in excess of 65% of the outstanding voting stock of any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary. For the purposes of this definition, “ voting stock ” means, with respect to any issuer, the issued and outstanding shares of each class of Stock of such issuer entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations § 1.956-2(c)(2)).

 

Excluded Foreign Subsidiary ” means a Foreign Subsidiary which is (a) a controlled foreign corporation (as defined in the Code) that has not guaranteed or pledged any of its assets to secure, or with respect to which there shall not have been pledged two-thirds or more of the voting Stock and Stock Equivalents to secure, any Indebtedness (other than the Loan) of a Grantor or (b) a Foreign Subsidiary owned by a Foreign Subsidiary described in clause (a) of this definition.

 

Excluded Property ” means, collectively, (i) Excluded Equity, (ii) any permit or license or any Contractual Obligation entered into by any Grantor (A) that prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than the Borrower and its Affiliates which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Obligation or any Stock or Stock Equivalent related thereto or (B) to the extent that any Requirement of Law applicable thereto prohibits the creation of a Lien thereon, but only, with respect to the prohibition in (A) and (B), to the extent, and for as long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other Requirement of Law, (iii) Property owned by any Grantor that is subject to a purchase money Lien or a capital lease permitted under the Note if the Contractual Obligation pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or in the document providing for such capital lease) prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than the Borrower and its Affiliates which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation of any other Lien on such equipment and (iv) any “intent to use” Trademark applications for which a statement of use has not been filed (but only until such statement is filed); provided , however , “ Excluded Property ” shall not include any proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements of Excluded Property (unless such proceeds, products, substitutions or replacements would otherwise constitute Excluded Property).

 

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Foreign Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person, which Subsidiary is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Fraudulent Transfer Laws ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .

 

Governmental Authority ” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any state attorney general, state Medicaid fraud unit, central bank, stock exchange, regulatory body, arbitrator, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank), any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners) and any Medicare administrator or other contractor acting on behalf of a Governmental Authority, including any recovery audit contractor or zone program integrity contractor.

 

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .

 

Guarantor ” means each Grantor.

 

Guaranty ” means the guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations made by the Guarantors as set forth in this Agreement.

 

Intellectual Property ” means, collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (i) all systems software and applications software (including source code and object code), all documentation for such software, including, without limitation, user manuals, flowcharts, functional specifications, operations manuals, and all formulas, processes, ideas and know-how embodied in any of the foregoing, (ii) concepts, discoveries, improvements and ideas, know-how, technology, reports, design information, Trade Secrets, practices, specifications, test procedures, maintenance manuals, research and development, inventions (whether or not patentable), blueprints, drawings, data, customer lists, catalogs, and all physical embodiments of any of the foregoing, (iii) Patents and Patent Licenses, Copyrights and Copyright Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses and (iv) other agreements with respect to any rights in any of the items described in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), and (iii).

 

Internet Domain Name ” means all right, title and interest (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to Internet domain names.

 

IP Agreement ” means any license or other written agreement under which any Grantor’s right to use any Material Intellectual Property arose or pursuant to which such Grantor licenses or otherwise distributes any Material Intellectual Property to any third party, including, without limitation, all Copyright Licenses, Patent Licenses and Trademark Licenses.

 

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, the Note, the Control Agreement and any other agreement, document, certificate or other instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby to which the Lender is a party.

 

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Material Intellectual Property ” means (i) all Intellectual Property consisting of patents and related items listed in Schedule 5 hereto and (ii) all Intellectual Property that is owned by or licensed to a Grantor and used in the Grantor’s business.

 

Ordinary Course of Business ” means, in respect of any transaction involving any Person, the ordinary course of such Person’s business, as conducted by any such Person in accordance with past practice and undertaken by such Person in good faith and not for purposes of evading any covenant or restriction in any Loan Document.

 

Organization Documents ” means, (a) for any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation, the bylaws, any certificate of determination or instrument relating to the rights of preferred shareholders of such corporation, and any shareholder rights agreement, (b) for any partnership, the partnership agreement and, if applicable, certificate of limited partnership, (c) for any limited liability company, the operating agreement and articles or certificate of formation or (d) any other document setting forth the manner of election or duties of the officers, directors, managers or other similar persons, or the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preference of the Stock of a Person.

 

Patent License ” means any agreement, now or hereafter in existence, providing for the grant by, or to, any Grantor of any rights (including, without limitation, the right for a party to be designated as an owner and/or to enforce, defend, make, have made, make improvements, manufacture, use, sell, import, export, and require joinder in suit and/or receive assistance from another party) covered in whole or in part by a Patent.

 

Patents ” means collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (i) all patents, all inventions and patent applications anywhere in the world, (ii) all improvements, counterparts, reissues, divisional, re-examinations, extensions, continuations (in whole or in part) and renewals of any of the foregoing and improvements thereon, (iii) all income, royalties, damages or payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past, present or future infringements, violations or misappropriations of any of the foregoing, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and future infringements, violations or misappropriations of any of the foregoing and (v) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

 

Person ” means any individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust and a public benefit corporation), professional corporation or association, joint stock company, estate, association, firm, enterprise, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture and any other entity or Governmental Authority.

 

Pledged Certificated Stock ” means all certificated securities and any other Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Person evidenced by a certificate, instrument or other similar document (as defined in the UCC), in each case owned by any Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including all Stock and Stock Equivalents listed on Schedule 4 . Pledged Certificated Stock excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Securities Accounts to the extent permitted by Section 5.10 hereof.

 

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Pledged Collateral ” means, collectively, the Pledged Stock and the Pledged Debt Instruments.

 

Pledged Debt Instruments ” means all right, title and interest of any Grantor in instruments evidencing any Indebtedness owed to such Grantor or other obligations owed to such Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including all Indebtedness described on Schedule 4 , issued by the obligors named therein. Pledged Debt Instruments excludes any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Securities Accounts to the extent permitted by Section 5.10 hereof.

 

Pledged Investment Property ” means any investment property of any Grantor, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, other than any Pledged Stock or Pledged Debt Instruments. Pledged Investment Property excludes any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Securities Accounts to the extent permitted by Section 5.10 hereof.

 

Pledged Stock ” means all Pledged Certificated Stock and all Pledged Uncertificated Stock.

 

Pledged Uncertificated Stock ” means any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Person that is not Pledged Certificated Stock, including all right, title and interest of any Grantor as a limited or general partner in any partnership not constituting Pledged Certificated Stock or as a member of any limited liability company, all right, title and interest of any Grantor in, to and under any Organization Document of any partnership or limited liability company to which it is a party, and any distribution of property made on, in respect of or in exchange for the foregoing from time to time, including in each case those interests set forth on Schedule 4 , to the extent such interests are not certificated. Pledged Uncertificated Stock excludes any Excluded Property and any Cash Equivalents that are not held in Controlled Securities Accounts to the extent permitted by Section 5.10 hereof.

 

Property ” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.

 

Requirement of Law ” means, with respect to any Person, the common law and any federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, guidelines, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and that are applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its Property is subject.

 

Related Persons ” means, with respect to any Person, each Affiliate of such Person and each director, officer, employee, agent, sub-agent, trustee, representative, attorney, accountant and each insurance, environmental, legal, financial and other advisor (including those retained in connection with the satisfaction or attempted satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article III) and other consultants and agents of or to such Person or any of its Affiliates.

 

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Secured Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 .

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended).

 

Software ” means (a) all computer programs, including source code and object code versions, (b) all data, databases and compilations of data, whether machine readable or otherwise, and (c) all documentation, training materials and configurations related to any of the foregoing.

 

Stock ” means all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.

 

Stock Equivalents ” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock or any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

 

Stock Purchase Agreement ” means that certain Stock Purchase Agreement entered into as of November 22, 2016, by and between the Lender (as Seller thereunder) and the Borrower (as Purchaser thereunder), pursuant to which the Note was issued.

 

Trademark License ” means any agreement, now or hereafter in existence, providing for the grant by, or to, any Grantor of any rights in (including, without limitation, the right for a party to be designated as an owner and/or to enforce, defend, use, mark, police, and require joinder in suit and/or receive assistance from another party) covered in whole, or in part, by a Trademark.

 

Trademarks ” means, collectively, all of the following of any Grantor: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, internet domain names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other business identifiers, whether registered or unregistered, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith (other than each United States application to register any trademark or service mark prior to the filing under applicable Law of a verified statement of use for such trademark or service mark) anywhere in the world, (ii) all counterparts, extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing or with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past, present or future infringements, violations, dilutions or misappropriations of any of the foregoing, (iv) the right to sue for past, present or future infringements, violations, dilutions or misappropriations of any of the foregoing and (v) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing (including the goodwill) throughout the world.

 

Trade Secret License ” means any agreement, now or hereafter in existence, providing for the grant by, or to, any Grantor of any rights in (including without limitation, the right for a party to be designated as an owner and/or to enforce, defend, use, mark, police, and require joinder in suit and/or receive assistance from another party) covered in whole, or in part, by a Trade Secret.

 

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Trade Secrets ” mean all confidential and proprietary information, including, without limitation, know-how, trade secrets, manufacturing and production processes and techniques, inventions, research and development information, databases and data, including, without limitation, technical data, financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and information.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of Delaware; provided , however , that, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law, any of the attachment, perfection or priority of Lender’s security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code of a jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, “ UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of the definitions related to or otherwise used in such provisions.

 

Vehicles ” means all vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state.

 

Section 1.2            Certain Other Terms .

 

(a)          The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. References herein to an Annex, Schedule, Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Annex or Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in this Agreement. Where the context requires, provisions relating to any Collateral when used in relation to a Grantor shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or any relevant part thereof.

 

(b)          Other Interpretive Provisions .

 

(i)             Defined Terms . Unless otherwise specified herein or therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.

 

(ii)            The Agreement . The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

 

(iii)          Certain Common Terms . The term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation.”

 

(iv)          Performance; Time . Whenever any performance obligation hereunder shall be stated to be due or required to be satisfied on a day other than a Business Day, such performance shall be made or satisfied on the next succeeding Business Day. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”, and the word “through” means “to and including.” If any provision of this Agreement refers to any action taken or to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be interpreted to encompass any and all means, direct or indirect, of taking, or not taking, such action.

 

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(v)           Contracts . Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to agreements and other contractual instruments, including this Agreement, the Note and any other Loan Documents, shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, thereto, restatements and substitutions thereof and other modifications and supplements thereto which are in effect from time to time, but only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by the terms of any Loan Document.

 

(vi)          Laws . References to any statute or regulation are to be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions related thereto or consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting the statute or regulation.

 

ARTICLE II

GUARANTY

 

Section 2.1            Guaranty . To induce the Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and to make the Loan to or for the benefit of one or more Grantors, each Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, the full and punctual payment when due, whether at stated maturity or earlier, by reason of acceleration, mandatory prepayment or otherwise in accordance with any Loan Document, of all the Obligations of the Borrower whether existing on the date hereof or hereinafter incurred or created (the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”). This Guaranty by each Guarantor hereunder constitutes a guaranty of payment and not of collection.

 

Section 2.2            Limitation of Guaranty . Any term or provision of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount for which any Guarantor shall be liable hereunder shall not exceed the maximum amount for which such Guarantor can be liable without rendering this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, as it relates to such Guarantor, subject to avoidance under applicable Requirements of Law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer (including the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act and Section 548 of title 11 of the United States Code or any applicable provisions of comparable Requirements of Law) (collectively, “ Fraudulent Transfer Laws ”).Any analysis of the provisions of this Guaranty for purposes of Fraudulent Transfer Laws shall take into account the right of contribution established in Section 2.3 and, for purposes of such analysis, give effect to any discharge of intercompany debt as a result of any payment made under the Guaranty.

 

Section 2.3            Contribution . To the extent that any Guarantor shall be required hereunder to pay any portion of any Guaranteed Obligation exceeding the greater of (a) the amount of the value actually received by such Guarantor and its Subsidiaries from the Loan and other Obligations and (b) the amount such Guarantor would otherwise have paid if such Guarantor had paid the aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations (excluding the amount thereof repaid by the Borrower that received the benefit of the funds advanced that constituted Guaranteed Obligations) in the same proportion as such Guarantor’s net worth on the date enforcement is sought hereunder bears to the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors on such date, then such Guarantor shall be reimbursed by such other Guarantors for the amount of such excess, pro rata, based on the respective net worth of such other Guarantors on such date.

 

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Section 2.4            Authorization; Other Agreements . Lender is hereby authorized, without notice to or demand upon any Guarantor and without discharging or otherwise affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder and without incurring any liability hereunder, from time to time, to do each of the following:

 

(a)          (i) modify, amend, supplement or otherwise change, (ii) accelerate or otherwise change the time of payment or (iii) waive or otherwise consent to noncompliance with, any Guaranteed Obligation or any Loan Document (to the extent the Lender may do so under the Note);

 

(b)         apply to the Guaranteed Obligations any sums by whomever paid or however realized to any Guaranteed Obligation in such order as provided in the Loan Documents;

 

(c)          refund at any time any payment received by any Secured Party in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation;

 

(d)         (i) sell, exchange, enforce, waive, substitute, liquidate, terminate, release, abandon, fail to perfect, subordinate, accept, substitute, surrender, exchange, affect, impair or otherwise alter or release any Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligation or any other guaranty therefor in any manner, (ii) receive, take and hold additional Collateral to secure any Guaranteed Obligation, (iii) add, release or substitute any one or more other Guarantors, makers or endorsers of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof and (iv) otherwise deal in any manner with the Borrower or any other Guarantor, maker or endorser of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof; and

 

(e)          settle, release, compromise, collect or otherwise liquidate the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

Section 2.5            Guaranty Absolute and Unconditional . Each Guarantor (other than the Borrower) hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defense, whether arising in connection with or in respect of any of the following or otherwise, and hereby agrees that its obligations under this Guaranty are irrevocable, absolute and unconditional and shall not be discharged as a result of or otherwise affected by any of the following (which may not be pleaded and evidence of which may not be introduced in any proceeding with respect to this Guaranty, in each case except as otherwise agreed in writing by Lender):

 

(a)          the invalidity or unenforceability of any obligation of the Borrower or any other Guarantor under any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto (including any amendment, consent or waiver thereto), or any security for, or other guaranty of, any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof, or the lack of perfection or continuing perfection or failure of priority of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof; provided , however , that none of the Borrower’s rights of set-off or recoupment under the Stock Purchase Agreement are hereby waived;

 

(b)          the absence of (i) any attempt to collect any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof from the Borrower or any other Guarantor or other action to enforce the same or (ii) any action to enforce any Loan Document or any Lien thereunder;

 

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(c)          the failure by any Person to take any steps to perfect and maintain any Lien on, or to preserve any rights with respect to, any Collateral;

 

(d)          any workout, insolvency, bankruptcy proceeding, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or dissolution by or against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any of the Borrower’s other Subsidiaries or any procedure, agreement, order, stipulation, election, action or omission thereunder, including any discharge or disallowance of, or bar or stay against collecting, any Guaranteed Obligation (or any interest thereon) in or as a result of any such proceeding;

 

(e)          any foreclosure, whether or not through judicial sale, and any other sale or other disposition of any Collateral or any election following the occurrence of an Event of Default by any Secured Party to proceed separately against any Collateral in accordance with such Secured Party’s rights under any applicable Requirement of Law; or

 

(f)          any other defense, setoff, counterclaim or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, in each case other than the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

Section 2.6            Waivers . Each Guarantor (other than the Borrower) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim based on diligence, promptness, presentment, requirements for any demand or notice hereunder including any of the following: (a) any demand for payment or performance and protest and notice of protest; (b) any notice of acceptance; (c) any presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirements of any kind with respect to any Guaranteed Obligation (including any accrued but unpaid interest thereon) becoming immediately due and payable; and (d) any other notice in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof, and any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense of the Borrower or any other Guarantor. Each Guarantor (other than the Borrower) further unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to (x) enforce or otherwise exercise any right of subrogation or any right of reimbursement or contribution or similar right against the Borrower or any other Guarantor by reason of any Loan Document or any payment made thereunder or (y) assert any claim, defense, setoff or counterclaim it may have against any other Grantor or set off any of its obligations to such other Grantor against obligations of such Grantor to such Guarantor. No obligation of any Guarantor hereunder shall be discharged other than by complete performance. Each Guarantor further waives any right such Guarantor may have under any applicable Requirement of Law to require any Secured Party to seek recourse first against the Borrower or any other Person, or to realize upon any Collateral for any of the Obligations, as a condition precedent to enforcing such Guarantor’s liability and obligations under this Guaranty.

 

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Section 2.7            Reliance . Each Guarantor hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Borrower, each other Guarantor and any other guarantor, maker or endorser of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of any Guaranteed Obligation or any part thereof that diligent inquiry would reveal, and each Guarantor hereby agrees that no Secured Party shall have any duty to advise any Guarantor of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event any Secured Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any Guarantor, such Secured Party shall be under no obligation to (a) undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, (b) disclose any information that such Secured Party, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance or banking practices, wishes to maintain confidential or (c) make any future disclosures of such information or any other information to any Guarantor.

 

ARTICLE III

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

 

Section 3.1            Collateral . For the purposes of this Agreement, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by a Grantor or in which a Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interests is collectively referred to as the “ Collateral ”:

 

(a)          all accounts, chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents (as defined in the UCC), equipment, goods, money, general intangibles, instruments, Intellectual Property, inventory, investment property, letter of credit rights, Software, all insurance policies covering the Collateral, and any supporting obligations related to any of the foregoing;

 

(b)          the commercial tort claims described on Schedule 1 and on any supplement thereto received by Lender pursuant to Section 5.9 ;

 

(c)          all books and records pertaining to the other property described in this Section 3.1 ;

 

(d)          all property of such Grantor held by any Secured Party, including all property of every description, in the custody of or in transit to such Secured Party for any purpose, including safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of such Grantor or as to which such Grantor may have any right or power, including but not limited to cash;

 

(e)          all other goods (including but not limited to fixtures) and personal property of such Grantor, whether tangible or intangible and wherever located; and

 

(f)          to the extent not otherwise included, all proceeds of the foregoing;

 

Section 3.2            Grant of Security Interest in Collateral . Each Grantor, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations (the “ Secured Obligations ”), hereby mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to Lender, for the benefit of the Lender, and grants to Lender, for the benefit of the Lender, a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral of such Grantor; provided , however , notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lien or security interest is hereby granted on any Excluded Property; provided , further , that if and when any property shall cease to be Excluded Property, a Lien on and security interest in such property shall be deemed granted therein. Each Grantor hereby represents and warrants that the Excluded Property, when taken as a whole, is not material to the business operations or financial condition of the Grantors, taken as a whole.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Representations and Warranties

 

To induce the Lender to enter into the Loan Documents, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants each of the following to Lender:

 

Section 4.1            Title; No Other Liens . Except for the Lien granted to Lender pursuant to this Agreement and other Permitted Liens (except for those Permitted Liens not permitted to exist on any Collateral) under any Loan Document (including Section 4.2 ), such Grantor owns each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. Such Grantor (a) is the sole, record and beneficial owner of the Collateral pledged by it hereunder constituting instruments or certificates and (b) has rights in or the power to transfer each other item of Collateral in which a Lien is granted by it hereunder, free and clear of any other Lien other than Permitted Liens. Such Grantor is the sole and exclusive owner of all Intellectual Property pledged by it hereunder and no Intellectual Property pledged by such Grantor is jointly owned.

 

Section 4.2            Perfection and Priority . The security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement constitutes a valid and continuing perfected security interest in favor of Lender in all Collateral subject, for the following Collateral, to the occurrence of the following: (a) in the case of all Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC, the completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 2 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on such schedule, have been delivered to Lender in completed and duly authorized form), (b) with respect to any deposit account, the execution of Control Agreements, (c) in the case of all Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents for which UCC filings are insufficient, all appropriate filings having been made with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, and all required fees and taxes to maintain and protect such Grantor’s interest in the Intellectual Property having been paid, (d) in the case of letter-of-credit rights that are not supporting obligations of Collateral, the execution of a Contractual Obligation granting control to Lender over such letter-of-credit rights, (e) in the case of electronic chattel paper, the completion of all steps necessary to grant control to Lender over such electronic chattel paper and (f) in the case of Vehicles, the actions required under Section 5.1(e) . Such security interest shall be prior to all other Liens on the Collateral except for Permitted Liens having priority over Lender’s Lien by operation of law upon (i) in the case of all Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged Investment Property, the delivery thereof to Lender of such Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments and Pledged Investment Property consisting of instruments and certificates, in each case properly endorsed for transfer to Lender or in blank, (ii) in the case of all Pledged Investment Property not in certificated form, the execution of Control Agreements with respect to such investment property and (iii) in the case of all other instruments and tangible chattel paper that are not Pledged Certificated Stock, Pledged Debt Instruments or Pledged Investment Property, the delivery thereof to Lender of such instruments and tangible chattel paper. Except as set forth in this Section 4.2 , all actions by each Grantor necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Lien granted hereunder on the Collateral have been duly taken.

 

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Section 4.3            Locations of Inventory, Equipment and Books and Records . On the date hereof, such Grantor’s inventory and equipment (other than inventory or equipment in transit) and books and records concerning the Collateral are kept at the locations listed on Schedule 3 .

 

Section 4.4           Pledged Collateral . (a) The Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder (i) is listed on Schedule 4 and constitutes that percentage of the issued and outstanding equity of all classes of each issuer thereof as set forth on Schedule 4 , (ii) has been duly authorized, validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable (other than Pledged Stock in limited liability companies and partnerships) and (iii) constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(b)         As of the Closing Date, all Pledged Collateral (other than Pledged Uncertificated Stock) and all Pledged Investment Property consisting of instruments and certificates has been delivered to Lender in accordance with Section 5.3(a) .

 

(c)          Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights of the Grantor granting the security interest in any Pledged Stock, and a transferee or assignee of such Pledged Stock shall become a holder of such Pledged Stock to the same extent as such Grantor and be entitled to participate in the management of the issuer of such Pledged Stock and, upon the transfer of the entire interest of such Grantor, such Grantor shall, by operation of law, cease to be a holder of such Pledged Stock.

 

Section 4.5            Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper Formerly Accounts . No amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any account is evidenced by any instrument or tangible chattel paper that has not been delivered to Lender, properly endorsed for transfer, to the extent delivery is required by Section 5.6(a) .

 

Section 4.6            Intellectual Property

 

(a)           Schedule 5 sets forth a true and complete list of the following Intellectual Property such Grantor owns, licenses or otherwise has the right to use: (i) Intellectual Property that is registered or subject to applications for registration, (ii) Internet Domain Names and (iii) Material Intellectual Property and Software, separately identifying that owned and licensed to such Grantor and including for each of the foregoing items (1) the owner, (2) the title, (3) the jurisdiction in which such item has been registered or otherwise arises or in which an application for registration has been filed, (4) as applicable, the registration or application number and registration or application date and (5) any IP Agreements or other rights (including franchises) granted by the Grantor with respect thereto.

 

(b)         On the Closing Date, all Material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is valid, in full force and effect, subsisting, unexpired and enforceable, and no Material Intellectual Property has been abandoned.

 

(c)          No breach or default of any IP Agreement shall be caused by any of the following, and none of the following shall limit or impair the ownership, use, validity or enforceability of, or any rights of such Grantor in, any Intellectual Property: (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by any Loan Document or (ii) any holding, decision, judgment or order rendered by any Governmental Authority.

 

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(d)          There are no pending (or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes challenging the ownership, use, validity, enforceability of, or such Grantor’s rights in, any Material Intellectual Property of such Grantor.

 

(e)          To such Grantor’s knowledge, no Person has been or is infringing, misappropriating, diluting, violating, conflicting with or otherwise impairing any Intellectual Property of such Grantor.

 

(f)          Such Grantor, and to such Grantor’s knowledge each other party thereto, is not in breach or default of any IP Agreement.

 

(g)          All applications pertaining to the Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks of each Grantor have been duly and properly filed, and all registrations or letters pertaining to such Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks have been duly and properly filed and issued.

 

(h)         No Grantor has made an assignment or agreement in conflict with the security interest in the Intellectual Property of any Grantor hereunder.

 

(i)           Each Grantor and each of its Subsidiaries, own, or possess the right to use, all of the Intellectual Property that is reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person.

 

(j)           No slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed by any Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries infringes upon any rights held by any other Person.

 

(k)          With respect to each IP Agreement, (i) such IP Agreement is valid and binding and in full force and effect and represents the entire agreement between such Grantor and, to such Grantor’s knowledge, the other parties thereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, (ii) such IP Agreement will not cease to be valid and binding and in full force and effect on terms identical to those currently in effect as a result of the rights and interest granted herein, nor will the grant of such rights and interest constitute a breach or default under such IP Agreement or otherwise give any party thereto a right to terminate such IP Agreement, (iii) such Grantor has not received any written notice of termination or cancellation under such IP Agreement, (iv) such Grantor has not received any notice of a breach or default under such IP Agreement, which breach or default has not been cured, (v) such Grantor has not granted to any other third party any rights, adverse or otherwise, under such IP Agreement, except duly authorized licenses and sublicenses and as permitted under the Loan Documents, and (vii) neither such Grantor nor, to such Grantor’s knowledge, any other party to such IP Agreement is in breach or default thereof in any respect, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default or permit termination, modification or acceleration under such IP Agreement. Except as set forth in Schedule 5 , none of the Intellectual Property owned or used by such Grantor in the operation of such Grantor’s business as presently conducted or intended to be conducted is the subject of any IP Agreement.

 

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Section 4.7            Commercial Tort Claims . The only commercial tort claims of any Grantor existing on the date hereof (regardless of whether the amount, defendant or other facts can be determined and regardless of whether such commercial tort claim has been asserted, threatened or has otherwise been made known to the obligee thereof or whether litigation has been commenced for such claims) are those listed on Schedule 1 , which sets forth such information separately for each Grantor.

 

Section 4.8            Specific Collateral . None of the Collateral is or is proceeds or products of farm products, as-extracted collateral, health-care-insurance receivables or timber to be cut.

 

Section 4.9            Enforcement . No Permit, notice to or filing with any Governmental Authority or any other Person or any consent from any Person is required for the exercise by Lender of its rights (including voting rights) provided for in this Agreement or the enforcement of remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, including the transfer of any Collateral, except (i) as may be required in connection with the disposition of any portion of the Pledged Collateral by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally or any approvals that may be required to be obtained from any bailees or landlords to collect the Collateral, and (ii) any restrictions on foreclosure and transfer of any IP Agreements under which Grantors are licensees or any other Contractual Obligations of Grantors (not in any event applying to Intellectual Property owned by any Grantor) which require third party consents for transfer of Grantors’ rights and obligations thereunder.

 

Section 4.10          Exception . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, no misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Borrower, or any other Grantor in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents shall constitute an Event of Default if such misrepresentation or breach was due to (in whole or in part) a misrepresentation or breach of any representation or warranty made by the Lender in the Stock Purchase Agreement.

 

ARTICLE V

Covenants

 

Each Grantor agrees with Lender to the following, as long as any Obligation remains outstanding (other than contingent indemnification Obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted):

 

Section 5.1           Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation and Consents . (a) Generally . Such Grantor shall (i) not use or permit any Collateral to be used unlawfully or in violation of any provision of any Loan Document, any Requirement of Law or any policy of insurance covering the Collateral and (ii) not enter into any Contractual Obligation or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or Lender to sell, assign, convey or transfer any Collateral.

 

(b)         Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest and such priority against the claims and demands of all Persons.

 

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(c)          Such Grantor shall furnish to Lender from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other documents in connection with the Collateral as Lender may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail and in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.

 

(d)         At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Lender, such Grantor shall, for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, (i) promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further documents, including an authorization to file (or, as applicable, the filing) of any financing statement or amendment under the UCC (or other filings under similar Requirements of Law) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby and (ii) take such further action as Lender may reasonably request, including (A) using its commercially reasonable best efforts to secure all approvals necessary or appropriate for the assignment to or for the benefit of Lender of any Contractual Obligation, including any IP Agreement, held by such Grantor and to enforce the security interests granted hereunder and (B) executing and delivering any Control Agreements with respect to deposit accounts and securities accounts.

 

(e)          If requested by Lender, the Grantor shall arrange for Lender’s first priority security interest to be noted on the certificate of title of each Vehicle and shall file any other necessary documentation in each jurisdiction that Lender shall deem advisable to perfect its security interests in any Vehicle.

 

(f)          To ensure that a Lien and security interest is granted on any of the Excluded Property set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of “ Excluded Property ”, such Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain any required consents from any Person other than the Borrower and its Affiliates with respect to any permit or license or any Contractual Obligation with such Person entered into by such Grantor that requires such consent as a condition to the creation by such Grantor of a Lien on any right, title or interest in such permit, license or Contractual Obligation or any Stock or Stock Equivalent related thereto.

 

Section 5.2            Changes in Locations, Name, Etc . Except upon 20 days’ prior written notice to Lender and delivery to Lender of (a) all documents reasonably requested by Lender to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written supplement to Schedule 3 showing any additional locations at which inventory or equipment shall be kept, such Grantor shall not do any of the following:

 

(i)            permit any inventory or equipment to be kept at a location other than those listed on Schedule 3 , except for inventory or equipment in transit; or

 

(ii)           change its legal name or organizational identification number, if any, or corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other organizational structure to such an extent that any financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement would become misleading.

 

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Section 5.3           Pledged Collateral . (a) Delivery of Pledged Collateral. Such Grantor shall (i) deliver to Lender, in suitable form for transfer and in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, (A) all Pledged Certificated Stock, (B) all Pledged Debt Instruments and (C) all certificates and instruments evidencing Pledged Investment Property and (ii) maintain all other Pledged Investment Property in a Controlled Securities Account.

 

(b)          Event of Default . During the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender shall have the right, at any time in its discretion and without notice to the Grantor, to (i) transfer to or to register in its name or in the name of its nominees any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment Property and (ii) exchange any certificate or instrument representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral or any Pledged Investment Property for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.

 

(c)           Cash Distributions with respect to Pledged Collateral . Except as provided in Article VI and subject to the limitations set forth in the Note, such Grantor shall be entitled to receive all cash distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral.

 

(d)           Voting Rights . Except as provided in Article VI , such Grantor shall be entitled to exercise all voting, consent and corporate, membership, partnership, limited liability company and similar rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast, consent given or right exercised or other action taken by such Grantor that would impair the Collateral or be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of any Loan Document.

 

(e)           UCC Section 8 . To the extent any of the Pledged Collateral constitutes an “uncertificated security” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(18) of the UCC), each Grantor shall cause the issuer thereof to acknowledge to the Lender the registration on the books of such issuer of the pledge and security interest hereby created in the manner required by Section 8-301(b) of the UCC.

 

(f)           Membership Interest .

 

(i)            No Pledged Stock that is Stock or Stock Equivalent in any limited liability company (the “ Pledged Membership Interest ”) shall be (i) held in a securities account as defined under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction applicable to such limited liability company, (ii) dealt in or traded on an securities exchange or in a securities market, or (iii) an investment company security as defined under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the jurisdiction applicable to such limited liability company. The pledge of any Pledged Membership Interest made by a Grantor hereunder shall be a pledge not only of profits and losses of the Person having issued the Pledged Membership Interest (the “ Pledged LLC Entity ”), but also a pledge of all rights and obligations of the Pledged LLC Entity. Such pledge or assignment shall include all voting, management and control rights and is not limited to economic rights.

 

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(ii)           No Pledged Membership Interest by its terms expressly provides that it is a “security” within the meaning of (i) Section 8-102(a)(15) of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Delaware and (ii) the Uniform Commercial Code of any other applicable jurisdiction that now or hereafter substantially includes the 1994 revisions to Article 8 thereof as adopted by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and approved by the American Bar Association on February 14, 1995.

 

(iii)          Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in the LLC Agreement, until such time as the Obligations under the Note have been repaid in full:

 

(1)         Lender (or its designee) may, upon a foreclosure, sale or other transfer of any Pledged Membership Interest pursuant to this Agreement, (A) become a substitute member with respect to the Pledged Membership Interest subject to this Agreement, (B) exercise any and all voting rights allowed to the holder of any Pledged Membership Interest subject to this Agreement, (C) transfer its interest in the Pledged LLC Entity, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, and/or (D) succeed to all other rights or interests associated with any Pledged Membership Interest subject to this Agreement, or any part thereof, as may be provided in this Agreement;

 

(2)         no new or additional membership interest shall be created, issued, redeemed, exchanged, diluted or modified;

 

(3)         no Grantor shall sell, convey, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, grant a security interest in or otherwise dispose of any Pledged Membership Interest, except as permitted by the LLC Agreement subject to the terms of the Loan Documents;

 

(4)         a Grantor shall give Lender not fewer than thirty (30) days prior written notice of any proposed change in the name of the Pledged LLC Entity or such Grantor and any proposed change in the location of any Pledged Membership Interest or of such records, and no Grantor will, without the prior written consent of Lender, move any Pledged Membership Interest or such records to a location not previously identified to Lender or keep duplicate records with respect to any Pledged Membership Interest at any address outside such county; and

 

(5)         except as it relates to Lender and as otherwise may be permitted under the LLC Agreement subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, no Grantor shall consent to or permit to occur the admission of any new member in the Pledged LLC Entity, or the issuance of any additional membership interests or any other equity interest in the Pledged LLC Entity that would have the effect of diluting such Grantor’s interest in the Pledged LLC Entity.

 

(iv)         Without limiting the generality of anything in the LLC Agreement, none of the following types of provisions will be deemed to restrict, or be applicable to, Lender or any other Secured Party in any way:

 

(1)         confidentiality clauses;

 

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(2)         transfer restrictions, including without limitation: (A) requirements to offer interests to the Pledged LLC Entity, to other members or to affiliates; (B) provisions that trigger offers or deem offers of interests to have been made; (C) provisions related to the purchase price of interests or the payment terms of a sale of interests; (D) provisions requiring consent from other members or managers to transfer interests; (E) drag along rights and tag along rights; (F) restrictions on transferring only a portion of a member’s interests; and (G) restrictions on transferring voting rights;

 

(3)         provisions waiving rights to maintain an action for dissolution or partition;

 

(4)         provisions requiring the consent of any person other than a member of the Pledged LLC Entity to amend the limited liability company operating agreement of the Pledged LLC Entity; or

 

(5)         clauses that provide: (A) that a creditor will have no rights under such LLC Agreement; or (B) that none of the provisions of such LLC Agreement are for the benefit of creditors or enforceable by a creditor.

 

Section 5.4            Accounts .

 

(a)         Such Grantor shall not, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, (i) grant any extension of the time of payment of any account, (ii) compromise or settle any account for less than the full amount thereof, (iii) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for the payment of any account, (iv) allow any credit or discount on any account or (v) amend, supplement or modify any account in any manner that could adversely affect the value thereof.

 

(b)         So long as an Event of Default is continuing, Lender shall have the right to make test verifications of the Accounts in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and such Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as Lender may reasonably require in connection therewith. Upon Lender’s reasonable request, such Grantor shall cause independent public accountants or others satisfactory to Lender to furnish to Lender reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the accounts.

 

Section 5.5            Commodity Contracts . Such Grantor shall not have any commodity contract unless subject to a Control Agreement.

 

Section 5.6          Delivery of Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper and Control of Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Electronic Chattel Paper . (a) If any amount in excess of $10,000 payable under or in connection with any Collateral owned by such Grantor shall be or become evidenced by an instrument or tangible chattel paper other than such instrument delivered in accordance with Section 5.3(a) and in the possession of Lender, such Grantor shall mark all such instruments and tangible chattel paper with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of Imation Corp., as Lender” and, at the request of Lender, shall immediately deliver such instrument or tangible chattel paper to Lender, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to Lender.

 

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(b)         Such Grantor shall not grant “ control ” (within the meaning of such term under Article 9-106 of the UCC) over any investment property to any Person other than Lender.

 

(c)          If such Grantor is or becomes the beneficiary of a letter of credit that is (i) not a supporting obligation of any Collateral and (ii) in excess of $10,000, such Grantor shall promptly, and in any event within 2 Business Days after becoming a beneficiary, notify Lender thereof and enter into a Contractual Obligation with Lender, the issuer of such letter of credit or any nominated person with respect to the letter-of-credit rights under such letter of credit. Such Contractual Obligation shall assign such letter-of-credit rights to Lender and such assignment shall be sufficient to grant control for the purposes of Section 9-107 of the UCC (or any similar section under any equivalent UCC). Such Contractual Obligation shall also direct all payments thereunder to a Cash Collateral Account. The provisions of the Contractual Obligation shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.

 

(d)         If any amount in excess of $10,000 payable under or in connection with any Collateral owned by such Grantor shall be or become evidenced by electronic chattel paper, such Grantor shall take all steps necessary to grant Lender control of all such electronic chattel paper for the purposes of Section 9-105 of the UCC (or any similar section under any equivalent UCC) and all “ transferable records ” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

 

Section 5.7           Intellectual Property . (a) Within 30 days after any change to Schedule 5 for such Grantor, such Grantor shall provide Lender notification thereof and the short-form intellectual property agreements and assignments as described in this Section 5.7 and any other documents that Lender reasonably requests with respect thereto.

 

(b)         Such Grantor shall (and shall cause all its licensees to): (i) (1) continue to use each Trademark included in the Material Intellectual Property in order to maintain such Trademark in full force and effect with respect to each class of goods for which such Trademark is currently used, free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (2) maintain at least the same standards of quality of products and services offered under such Trademark as are currently maintained, (3) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends required by applicable Requirements of Law, (4) not adopt or use any other mark that is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless Lender shall obtain a perfected security interest in such mark pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) not do any act or omit to do any act whereby (A) such Trademark (or any goodwill associated therewith) may become destroyed, invalidated, impaired or harmed in any way, (B) any Patent included in the Material Intellectual Property may become forfeited, misused, unenforceable, abandoned or dedicated to the public, (C) any Trade Secret that is Material Intellectual Property may become publicly available or otherwise unprotectable, or (D) any Copyright may become invalidated, otherwise impaired or injected into the public domain.

 

(c)          Such Grantor shall not make any assignment or agreement in conflict with the security interest in the Intellectual Property of each Grantor hereunder (except as permitted by the Note).

 

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(d)         Such Grantor shall notify Lender immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating to any Intellectual Property may become forfeited, misused, unenforceable, abandoned or dedicated to the public, injected into the public domain or of any adverse determination or development regarding the validity or enforceability or such Grantor’s ownership of, interest in, right to use, register, own or maintain any Intellectual Property (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding relating to the foregoing in any Applicable IP Office). Such Grantor, at its own expense, shall take all actions that are necessary or reasonably requested by Lender, including, without limitation, in the Applicable IP Office, to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration or recordation) and to maintain each registration and recordation included in the Material Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, the payment of required fees and taxes, the filing of responses to office actions issued by the Applicable IP Office or other Governmental Authorities, the filing of applications for renewal or extension, the filing of affidavits under Sections 8 and 15 of the U.S. Trademark Act, the filing of divisional, continuation, continuation-in-part, reissue and renewal applications or extensions, the payment of maintenance fees and the participation in interference, reexamination, opposition, cancellation, infringement and misappropriation proceedings.

 

(e)          Such Grantor shall not knowingly do any act or omit to do any act to infringe, misappropriate, dilute, violate or otherwise impair the Intellectual Property of any other Person. In the event that any Intellectual Property of such Grantor is or has been infringed, misappropriated, violated, diluted or otherwise impaired by a third party, such Grantor shall notify Lender immediately and take such action as it or the Lender reasonably deems appropriate under the circumstances in response thereto, including promptly bringing suit and recovering all damages therefor.

 

(f)          Grantor shall not sell or transfer any Intellectual Property.

 

(g)          Such Grantor shall execute and deliver to Lender in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Lender and suitable for (i) filing in the Applicable IP Office the short-form intellectual property security agreements in the form attached hereto as Annex 3 for all Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents and IP Agreements of such Grantor and (ii) recording with the appropriate Internet domain name registrar, a duly executed form of assignment for all Internet Domain Names of such Grantor (together with appropriate supporting documentation as may be requested by Lender).

 

(h)         Upon the request of Lender, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as Lender may request to evidence Lender’s Lien upon such registered Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby consistent with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(i)           Such Grantor shall promptly notify Lender in writing if any Intellectual Property owned now or in the future ceases to be owned solely and exclusively by such Grantor.

 

Section 5.8           Notices . Such Grantor shall promptly notify Lender in writing of its acquisition of any interest hereafter in property that is of a type where a security interest or lien must be or may be registered, recorded or filed under, or notice thereof given under, any federal statute or regulation.

 

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Section 5.9           Notice of Commercial Tort Claims . Such Grantor agrees that, if it shall acquire any interest in any commercial tort claim (whether from another Person or because such commercial tort claim shall have come into existence), (i) such Grantor shall, immediately upon such acquisition, deliver to Lender, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, a notice of the existence and nature of such commercial tort claim and a supplement to Schedule 1 containing a specific description of such commercial tort claim, (ii) Section 3.1 shall apply to such commercial tort claim and (iii) such Grantor shall execute and deliver to Lender, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, any document, and take all other action, deemed by Lender to be reasonably necessary or appropriate for Lender to obtain a perfected security interest having at least the priority set forth in Section 4.2 in all such commercial tort claims. Any supplement to Schedule 1 delivered pursuant to this Section 5.9 shall, after the receipt thereof by Lender, become part of Schedule 1 for all purposes hereunder other than in respect of representations and warranties made prior to the date of such receipt.

 

Section 5.10         Controlled Securities Account . Each Grantor shall deposit all of its Cash Equivalents in securities accounts that are Controlled Securities Accounts except for Cash Equivalents the aggregate value of which does not exceed $10,000.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Remedial Provisions

 

Section 6.1           Code and Other Remedies . (a) UCC Remedies . During the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any Secured Obligation, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC or any other applicable law.

 

(b)          Disposition of Collateral . Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lender may, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), during the continuance of any Event of Default (personally or through its agents or attorneys), (i) enter upon the premises where any Collateral is located, without any obligation to pay rent, through self-help, without judicial process, without first obtaining a final judgment or giving any Grantor or any other Person notice or opportunity for a hearing on Lender’s claim or action, (ii) collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon any Collateral and (iii) sell, assign, convey, transfer, grant option or options to purchase and deliver any Collateral (enter into Contractual Obligations to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of any Secured Party or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Lender shall have the right, upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by the UCC and other applicable Requirements of Law, upon any such private sale, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption of any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released.

 

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(c)           Management of the Collateral . Each Grantor further agrees, that, during the continuance of any Event of Default, (i) at Lender’s request, it shall assemble the Collateral and make it available to Lender at places that Lender shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere, (ii) without limiting the foregoing, Lender also has the right to require that each Grantor store and keep any Collateral pending further action by Lender and, while any such Collateral is so stored or kept, provide such guards and maintenance services as shall be necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain such Collateral in good condition, (iii) until Lender is able to sell, assign, convey or transfer any Collateral, Lender shall have the right to hold or use such Collateral to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving the Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by Lender and (iv) Lender may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of any Collateral and to enforce any of Lender’s remedies, with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment. Lender shall not have any obligation to any Grantor to maintain or preserve the rights of any Grantor as against third parties with respect to any Collateral while such Collateral is in the possession of Lender.

 

(d)          Application of Proceeds . Lender shall apply the cash proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.1 , after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of Lender and any other Secured Party hereunder, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Secured Obligations, as set forth in the Note, and only after such application and after the payment by Lender of any other amount required by any Requirement of Law, need Lender account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor.

 

(e)           Direct Obligation . Neither Lender nor any other Secured Party shall be required to make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any right or remedy against, any Grantor or any other Person with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any right or remedy with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guaranty thereof. All of the rights and remedies of Lender and any other Secured Party under any Loan Document shall be cumulative, may be exercised individually or concurrently and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by any Requirement of Law. To the extent it may lawfully do so, each Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against Lender or any other Secured Party, any valuation, stay, appraisement, extension, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety, now or hereafter existing, arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of any Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.

 

(f)           Commercially Reasonable . To the extent that applicable Requirements of Law impose duties on Lender to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Lender to do any of the following:

 

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(i)            fail to incur significant costs, expenses or other Liabilities reasonably deemed as such by Lender to prepare any Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition;

 

(ii)           fail to obtain Permits, or other consents, for access to any Collateral to sell or for the collection or sale of any Collateral, or, if not required by other Requirements of Law, fail to obtain Permits or other consents for the collection or disposition of any Collateral;

 

(iii)          fail to exercise remedies against account debtors or other Persons obligated on any Collateral or to remove Liens on any Collateral or to remove any adverse claims against any Collateral;

 

(iv)         advertise dispositions of any Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not such Collateral is of a specialized nature, or to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as any Grantor, for expressions of interest in acquiring any such Collateral;

 

(v)          exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other Persons obligated on any Collateral, directly or through the use of collection agencies or other collection specialists, hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of any Collateral, whether or not such Collateral is of a specialized nature, or, to the extent deemed appropriate by Lender, obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Lender in the collection or disposition of any Collateral, or utilize Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets to dispose of any Collateral;

 

(vi)         dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets;

 

(vii)        disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment; or

 

(viii)       purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure Lender against risks of loss, collection or disposition of any Collateral or to provide to Lender a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of any Collateral.

 

Each Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 6.1 is to provide a non-exhaustive list of actions or omissions that are commercially reasonable when exercising remedies against any Collateral and that other actions or omissions by any Secured Party shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 6.1 . Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 6.1 shall be construed to grant any rights to any Grantor or to impose any duties on Lender that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by applicable Requirements of Law in the absence of this Section 6.1 .

 

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(g)          IP Agreements . For the purpose of enabling Lender to exercise rights and remedies under this Section 6.1 (including in order to take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove, realize upon, sell, assign, convey, transfer or grant options to purchase any Collateral) at such time as Lender shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to Lender (i) an irrevocable, nonexclusive, worldwide license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), including in such license the right to sublicense, use and practice any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor and access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all Software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof and (ii) an irrevocable license (without payment of rent or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, operate and occupy all real Property owned, operated, leased, subleased or otherwise occupied by such Grantor.

 

Section 6.2           Accounts and Payments in Respect of General Intangibles . (a) In addition to, and not in substitution for, any similar requirement in the Note, if required by Lender at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payment of accounts or payment in respect of general intangibles, when collected by any Grantor, shall be promptly (and, in any event, within 2 Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to Lender, in a Cash Collateral Account, subject to withdrawal by Lender as provided in Section 6.4 . Until so turned over, such payment shall be held by such Grantor in trust for Lender, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of proceeds of accounts and payments in respect of general intangibles shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit.

 

(b)         At any time during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(i)            each Grantor shall, upon Lender’s request, deliver to Lender all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the Contractual Obligations and transactions that gave rise to any account or any payment in respect of general intangibles, including all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts and notify account debtors that the accounts or general intangibles have been collaterally assigned to Lender and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to Lender;

 

(ii)           Lender may, without notice, at any time, limit or terminate the authority of a Grantor to collect its accounts or amounts due under general intangibles or any thereof and, in its own name or in the name of others, communicate with account debtors to verify with them to Lender’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any account or amounts due under any general intangible. In addition, Lender may at any time enforce such Grantor’s rights against such account debtors and obligors of general intangibles; and

 

(iii)          each Grantor shall take all actions, deliver all documents and provide all information necessary or reasonably requested by Lender to ensure any Internet Domain Name is registered.

 

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(c)         Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each account and each payment in respect of general intangibles to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. No Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any agreement giving rise to an account or a payment in respect of a general intangible by reason of or arising out of any Loan Document or the receipt by any Secured Party of any payment relating thereto, nor shall any Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any obligation of any Grantor under or pursuant to any agreement giving rise to an account or a payment in respect of a general intangible, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts that may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

 

Section 6.3            Pledged Collateral . (a) Voting Rights . During the continuance of an Event of Default, upon notice by Lender to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, Lender or its nominee may exercise (A) any voting, consent, corporate and other right pertaining to the Pledged Collateral at any meeting of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, of the relevant issuer or issuers of Pledged Collateral or otherwise and (B) any right of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other right, privilege or option pertaining to the Pledged Collateral as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including the right to exchange at its discretion any Pledged Collateral upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or equivalent structure of any issuer of Pledged Stock, the right to deposit and deliver any Pledged Collateral with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as Lender may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it; provided , however , that Lender shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing.

 

(b)          Proxies . In order to permit Lender to exercise the voting and other consensual rights that it may be entitled to exercise pursuant hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions that it may be entitled to receive hereunder, (i) each Grantor shall promptly execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to Lender all such proxies, dividend payment orders and other instruments as Lender may from time to time reasonably request and (ii) without limiting the effect of clause (i) above, such Grantor hereby grants to Lender an irrevocable proxy to vote all or any part of the Pledged Collateral and to exercise all other rights, powers, privileges and remedies to which a holder of the Pledged Collateral would be entitled (including giving or withholding written consents of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, calling special meetings of shareholders, partners or members, as the case may be, and voting at such meetings), which proxy shall be effective, automatically and without the necessity of any action (including any transfer of any Pledged Collateral on the record books of the issuer thereof) by any other person (including the issuer of such Pledged Collateral or any officer or agent thereof) during the continuance of an Event of Default and which proxy shall only terminate upon the payment in full of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations to the extent no claim giving rise thereto has been asserted).

 

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(c)           Authorization of Issuers .   Each Grantor hereby expressly and irrevocably authorizes and instructs, without any further instructions from such Grantor, each issuer of any Pledged Collateral pledged hereunder by such Grantor to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from Lender in writing that states that an Event of Default is continuing and is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and each Grantor agrees that such issuer shall be fully protected from Liabilities to such Grantor in so complying and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby or the Note, pay any dividend or make any other payment with respect to the Pledged Collateral directly to Lender.

 

Section 6.4            Proceeds to be Turned over to and Held by Lender .   Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Note or this Agreement, all proceeds of any Collateral received by any Grantor hereunder in cash or Cash Equivalents shall be held by such Grantor in trust for Lender, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall, promptly upon receipt by any Grantor, be turned over to Lender in the exact form received (with any necessary endorsement). All such proceeds of Collateral and any other proceeds of any Collateral received by Lender in cash or Cash Equivalents shall be held by Lender in a Cash Collateral Account. All proceeds being held by Lender in a Cash Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for Lender) shall continue to be held as collateral security for the Secured Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in the Note.

 

Section 6.5            Sale of Pledged Collateral .   (a)   Each Grantor recognizes that Lender may be unable to effect a public sale of any Pledged Collateral by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state or foreign securities laws or otherwise or may determine that a public sale is impracticable, not desirable or not commercially reasonable and, accordingly, may resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers that shall be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.   Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. Lender shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act or under applicable state securities laws even if such issuer would agree to do so.

 

(b)          Each Grantor agrees to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of any portion of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to  Section 6.1 and this Section 6.5 valid and binding and in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law.  Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any covenant contained herein will cause irreparable injury to Lender, that Lender has no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained herein shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defense against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Note.   Each Grantor waives any and all rights of contribution or subrogation upon the sale or disposition of all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral by Lender.

 

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Section 6.6            Deficiency .   Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of any Collateral are insufficient to pay the Secured Obligations and the fees and disbursements of any attorney employed by Lender or any other Secured Party to collect such deficiency.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Agent

 

Section 7.1            Lender’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact .   (a)   Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Lender and any Related Person thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of the Loan Documents, to take any appropriate action and to execute any document or instrument that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of the Loan Documents, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives Lender and its Related Persons the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any of the following when an Event of Default shall be continuing:

 

(i)          in the name of such Grantor, in its own name or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any check, draft, note, acceptance or other instrument for the payment of moneys due under any account or general intangible or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by Lender for the purpose of collecting any such moneys due under any account or general intangible or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

 

(ii)         in the case of any Intellectual Property owned by or licensed to such Grantor, execute, deliver and have recorded any document that Lender may request to evidence, effect, publicize or record Lender’s security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

 

(iii)        pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against any Collateral, effect any repair or pay any insurance called for by the terms of the Note (including all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof);

 

(iv)        execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.1 or Section 6.5 , any document to effect or otherwise necessary or appropriate in relation to evidence the sale of any Collateral; or

 

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(v)         (A) direct any party liable for any payment under any Collateral to make payment of any moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to Lender or as Lender shall direct, (B) ask or demand for, and collect and receive payment of and receipt for, any moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral, (C) sign and indorse any invoice, freight or express bill, bill of lading, storage or warehouse receipt, draft against debtors, assignment, verification, notice and other document in connection with any Collateral, (D) commence and prosecute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect any Collateral and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral, (E) defend any actions, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral, (F) settle, compromise or adjust any such actions, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as Lender may deem appropriate, (G) assign any Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor or any IP Agreements of such Grantor throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as Lender shall in its sole discretion determine, including the execution and filing of any document necessary to effectuate or record such assignment and (H) generally, sell, assign, convey, transfer or grant a Lien on, make any Contractual Obligation with respect to and otherwise deal with, any Collateral as fully and completely as though Lender were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes and do, at Lender’s option, at any time or from time to time, all acts and things that Lender deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon any Collateral and the Secured Parties’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of the Loan Documents, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

 

(vi)        If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any Contractual Obligation contained herein, Lender, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such Contractual Obligation.

 

(b)          The expenses of Lender incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1 , together with interest thereon at a rate set forth in the Note, from the date of payment by Lender to the date reimbursed by the relevant Grantor, shall be payable by such Grantor to Lender on demand.

 

(c)          Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Section 7.1 . All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released.

 

Section 7.2            Authorization to File Financing Statements .   Each Grantor authorizes Lender and its Related Persons, at any time and from time to time, to file or record financing statements, amendments thereto, and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to any Collateral in such form and in such offices as Lender reasonably determines appropriate to perfect, or continue or maintain perfection of, the security interests of Lender under this Agreement, and such financing statements and amendments may describe the Collateral covered thereby as “ all assets of the debtor ” or words of similar import.  A copy of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other filing or recording document or instrument for filing or recording in any jurisdiction.   Such Grantor also hereby ratifies its authorization for Lender to have filed any initial financing statement or amendment thereto under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction if filed prior to the date hereof.  Each Grantor hereby (i) waives any right under the UCC or any other Requirement of Law to receive notice and/or copies of any filed or recorded financing statements, amendments thereto, continuations thereof or termination statements and (ii) releases and excuses each Secured Party from any obligation under the UCC or any other Requirement of Law to provide notice or a copy of any such filed or recorded documents.

 

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Section 7.3            Authority of Lender .   Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of Lender under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by Lender or the exercise or non-exercise by Lender of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between Lender and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the Note and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between Lender and any Grantor, Lender shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation or entitlement to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

 

Section 7.4            Duty; Obligations and Liabilities .   (a)    Duty of Lender .   Lender’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession shall be to deal with it in the same manner as Lender deals with similar property for its own account.   The powers conferred on Lender hereunder are solely to protect Lender’s interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Lender to exercise any such powers.   Lender shall be accountable only for amounts that it receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its Related Persons shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.   In addition, Lender shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any diminution in the value thereof, by reason of the act or omission of any warehousemen, carrier, forwarding agency, consignee or other bailee if such Person has been selected by Lender in good faith.

 

(b)           Obligations and Liabilities with respect to Collateral .   No Secured Party and no Related Person thereof shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to any Collateral.   The powers conferred on Lender hereunder shall not impose any duty upon any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers.   The other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 8.1            Reinstatement .   Each Grantor agrees that, if any payment made by any Grantor or other Person and applied to the Secured Obligations is at any time annulled, avoided, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the proceeds of any Collateral are required to be returned by any Secured Party to such Grantor, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other party, including any Grantor, under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, any Lien or other Collateral securing such liability shall be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made.   If, prior to any of the foregoing, (a) any Lien or other Collateral securing such Grantor’s liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by virtue of the foregoing or (b) any provision of the Guaranty hereunder shall have been terminated, cancelled or surrendered, such Lien, other Collateral or provision shall be reinstated in full force and effect and such prior release, termination, cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of any such Grantor in respect of any Lien or other Collateral securing such obligation or the amount of such payment.

 

Section 8.2            Release of Collateral .   (a)   At the time provided in the Note, the Collateral shall be released from the Lien created hereby and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of Lender and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors.   Each Grantor is hereby authorized to file UCC amendments at such time evidencing the termination of the Liens so released.   At the request of any Grantor following any such termination, Lender shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral of such Grantor held by Lender hereunder and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

 

(b)          If Lender shall be directed or permitted pursuant to the Note to release any Lien or any Collateral, such Collateral shall be released from the Lien created hereby to the extent provided under, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, such subsection.   In connection therewith, Lender, at the request of any Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such release.

 

(c)          At the time provided in the Note and at the request of the Borrower Representative, a Grantor shall be released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the Stock and Stock Equivalents of such Grantor shall be sold to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries of the Borrower in a transaction permitted by the Loan Documents.

 

Section 8.3            Independent Obligations .   The obligations of each Grantor hereunder are independent of and separate from the Secured Obligations and the Guaranteed Obligations.   If any Secured Obligation or Guaranteed Obligation is not paid when due, or upon any Event of Default, Lender may, at its sole election, proceed directly and at once, without notice, against any Grantor and any Collateral to collect and recover the full amount of any Secured Obligation or Guaranteed Obligation then due, without first proceeding against any other Grantor, or any other Collateral and without first joining any other Grantor in any proceeding.

 

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Section 8.4            No Waiver by Course of Conduct .   No Secured Party shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.5 hereof), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default.   No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof.   No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.   A waiver by any Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy that such Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion.

 

Section 8.5            Amendments in Writing .  None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with the consent of the Lender and the Borrower; provided , however , that annexes to this Agreement may be supplemented (but no existing provisions may be modified and no Collateral may be released) through Pledge Amendments and Joinder Agreements, in substantially the form of Annex 1 and Annex 2 , respectively, in each case duly executed by Lender and each Grantor directly affected thereby.

 

Section 8.6            Additional Grantors; Additional Pledged Collateral .   (a)    Joinder Agreements .   If, at the option of the Borrower or as required pursuant to the Note, the Borrower shall cause any Subsidiary that is not a Grantor to become a Grantor hereunder, such Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to Lender a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex 2 (each, a “ Joinder Agreement ”) and shall thereafter for all purposes be a party hereto and have the same rights, benefits and obligations as a Grantor party hereto on the Closing Date.

 

(b)           Pledge Amendments .   To the extent any Pledged Collateral has not been delivered as of the Closing Date, such Grantor shall deliver a pledge amendment duly executed by the Grantor in substantially the form of Annex 1 (each, a “ Pledge Amendment ”).   Such Grantor authorizes Lender to attach each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement.

 

Section 8.7            Notices .   All notices, requests and demands to or upon Lender or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in the Note; provided , however , that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Grantor shall be addressed to the Borrower’s notice address set forth in the Note.

 

Section 8.8            Successors and Assigns .   This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of each Secured Party and their successors and assigns; provided , however , that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Lender.

 

Section 8.9            Counterparts .   This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate 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.   Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart.   Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or by Electronic Transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

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Section 8.10           Severability .   Any provision of this Agreement being held illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such provision not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of this Agreement or any part of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 8.11          Governing Law .   This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

Section 8.12         No Effect on Stock Purchase Agreement; No Waiver of Rights.   Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, no term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall have the effect of modifying or amending any of the rights of the Borrower (as Purchaser) under the Stock Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any rights to set-off or recoup amounts under the Note or any of the obligations, including, without limitation, the indemnity obligations, of the Lender (as Seller) under the Stock Purchase Agreement.   

 

Section 8.13          Waiver of Jury Trial .   THE PARTIES HERETO, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO, THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY.   THIS WAIVER APPLIES TO ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE.

 

EACH GRANTOR AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION (29) OF THE NOTE.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guaranty and Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

  BORROWER :
   
  NXSN ACQUISITION CORP.
     
  By: /s/Trevor L. Calhoun
  Name: Trevor L. Calhoun
  Title: Chairman

 

[Signature Page to Guaranty and Security Agreement]

 

 

 

 

  NEXSAN CORPORATION
   
  By: /s/Trevor L. Calhoun
  Name: Trevor L. Calhoun
  Title: Duly Authorized
   
  NEXSAN TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
   
  By: /s/Trevor L. Calhoun
  Name: Trevor L. Calhoun
  Title: Duly Authorized
   
  CONNECTED DATA, INC.
   
  By: /s/Trevor L. Calhoun
  Name: Trevor L. Calhoun
  Title: Duly Authorized

 

[Signature Page to Guaranty and Security Agreement]

 

 

 

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED
as of the date first above written:
 
IMATION CORP.,
  as Lender
   
By: /s/Joseph A. De Perio  
  Name: Joseph A. De Perio
  Title: Non-Executive Chairman

 

[Signature Page to Guaranty and Security Agreement]

 

 

 

 

ANNEX 1
TO
GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT  1 

 

FORM OF PLEDGE AMENDMENT

 

This Pledge Amendment, dated as of __________ __, 201_, is delivered pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of [Closing Date under SPA] by NXSN Acquisition Corp. and the other Grantors party thereto, the undersigned Grantor and the other Affiliates of the Borrower from time to time party thereto as Grantors in favor of Imation Corp., as Lender (the “ Guaranty and Security Agreement ”).   Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

The undersigned hereby agrees that this Pledge Amendment may be attached to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and that the Pledged Collateral listed on Annex 1-A to this Pledge Amendment shall be and become part of the Collateral referred to in the Guaranty and Security Agreement and shall secure all of the Secured Obligations.

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.1 , 4.2 , 4.4 and 4.9 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement is true and correct on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of such date.

 

  [GRANTOR]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

 

 

Separate agreements should be executed relating to each Grantor’s respective Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks.

 

  A1- 1  

 

 

Annex 1-A

 

PLEDGED STOCK
 
ISSUER   CLASS  

CERTIFICATE

NO(S).

  PAR VALUE  

NO. OF

SHARES,
UNITS OR
INTERESTS

                 
                 
                 
                 

 

PLEDGED DEBT INSTRUMENTS
 

ISSUER

 

DESCRIPTION OF
DEBT

 

CERTIFICATE

NO(S).

 

FINAL
MATURITY

 

PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT

                 
                 
                 
                 

 

  A1- 2  

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED
as of the date first above written:
 
IMATION CORP.,
  as Lender

 

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  A1- 3  

 

 

ANNEX 2
TO
GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

This JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of _________ __, 201_, is delivered pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of [Closing Date under SPA], by NXSN Acquisition Corp. and the other Persons from time to time party thereto as Grantors in favor of Imation Corp., as Lender (as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Guaranty and Security Agreement ”).   Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement, the undersigned, as provided in Section 8.6 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Guaranty and Security Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor therein and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, hereby mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to Lender and grants to Lender a lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral of the undersigned and expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder.   The undersigned hereby agrees to be bound as a Grantor for the purposes of the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

The information set forth in Annex 1-A is hereby added to the information set forth in Schedules 1 through 5 to the Guaranty and Security Agreement.   By acknowledging and agreeing to this Joinder Agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees that this Joinder Agreement may be attached to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and that the Collateral listed on Annex 1-A to this Joinder Amendment shall be and become part of the Collateral referred to in the Guaranty and Security Agreement and shall secure all Secured Obligations of the undersigned.

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Article IV of the Guaranty and Security Agreement applicable to it is true and correct on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of such date.

 

  A2- 1  

 

 

In witness whereof, the undersigned has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

  [ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  A2- 2  

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED  
as of the date first above written:  
   
IMATION CORP.,  
  as Lender  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  A2- 3  

 

 

ANNEX 3
TO
GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT  1 

 

THIS [COPYRIGHT] [PATENT] [TRADEMARK] SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of _________ __, 201_, is made by each of the entities listed on the signature pages hereof (each a “ Grantor ” and, collectively, the “ Grantors ”), in favor of Imation Corp (“ Lender ”), as lender.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Senior Secured Convertible Note dated as of [Closing Date under SPA] (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented and/or modified from time to time, the “ Note ”) issued by the Borrower for the benefit of the Lender, the Lender has agreed to enter into the Loan Documents and to make a loan to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note;

 

WHEREAS, each Grantor has agreed, pursuant to a Guaranty and Security Agreement dated [Closing Date under SPA], in favor of Lender (as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Guaranty and Security Agreement ”), to guarantee the Obligations of Borrower;

 

WHEREAS, all of the Grantors are party to the Guaranty and Security Agreement pursuant to which the Grantors are required to execute and deliver this [Copyright] [Patent] [Trademark] Security Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and make the loan to the Borrower that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to Lender;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Lender and Lender to enter into the Loan Documents and to induce the Lender to make its loan to the Borrower, each Grantor hereby agrees with Lender as follows:

 

Section 1.    Defined Terms .   Capitalized terms used herein without definition are used as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Section 2.    Grant of Security Interest in [Copyright] [Trademark] [Patent] Collateral .   Each Grantor, as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement), hereby mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to Lender and grants to Lender a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the following Collateral of such Grantor (the “[ Copyright] [Patent] [Trademark] Collateral”) :

 

 

 1  Separate agreements should be executed relating to each Grantor’s respective Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks.

 

  A3- 1  

 

 

(a)          [all of its Copyrights and all IP Agreements providing for the grant by or to such Grantor of any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, those referred to on Schedule 1 hereto;

 

(b)          all renewals, reversions and extensions of the foregoing; and

 

(c)          all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, all rights to sue and recover at law or in equity for any past, present and future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof.]

 

or

 

(a)          [all of its Patents and all IP Agreements providing for the grant by or to such Grantor of any right under any Patent, including, without limitation, those referred to on Schedule 1 hereto;

 

(b)          all reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, renewals and extensions of the foregoing; and

 

(c)          all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, all rights to sue and recover at law or in equity for any past, present and future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof.]

 

or

 

(a)          [all of its Trademarks and all IP Agreements providing for the grant by or to such Grantor of any right under any Trademark, including, without limitation, those referred to on Schedule 1 hereto;

 

(b)          all renewals and extensions of the foregoing;

 

(c)          all goodwill of the business connected with the use of, and symbolized by, each such Trademark; and

 

(d)          all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted under and with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, all rights to sue and recover at law or in equity for any past, present and future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof.]

 

Section 3.    Guaranty and Security Agreement .   The security interest granted pursuant to this [Copyright] [Patent] [Trademark] Security Agreement is granted in conjunction with the security interest granted to Lender pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and each Grantor hereby acknowledges and agrees that the rights and remedies of Lender with respect to the security interest in the [Copyright] [Patent] [Trademark] Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Guaranty and Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

  A3- 2  

 

 

Section 4.    Grantor Remains Liable .   Each Grantor hereby agrees that, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, such Grantor shall assume full and complete responsibility for the prosecution, defense, enforcement or any other necessary or desirable actions in connection with their [Copyrights] [Patents] [Trademarks] and IP Agreements subject to a security interest hereunder.

 

Section 5.    Counterparts .   This [Copyright] [Patent] [Trademark] Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate 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.   Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart.

 

Section 6.    Governing Law .   This [Copyright] [Patent] [Trademark] Security Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

  A3- 3  

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor has caused this [Copyright] [Patent] [Trademark] Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

  [GRANTOR]
  as Grantor
   
  By:    
    Name:
    Title:

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED  
as of the date first above written:  
   
imation corp.,  
  as Lender  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  A3- 4  

 

 

SCHEDULE I
TO
[COPYRIGHT] [PATENT] [TRADEMARK] SECURITY AGREEMENT

[Copyright] [Patent] [Trademark] Registrations

 

1.          REGISTERED [COPYRIGHTS] [PATENTS] [TRADEMARKS]

 

[Include Registration Number and Date]

 

2.          [COPYRIGHT] [PATENT] [TRADEMARK] APPLICATIONS

 

[Include Application Number and Date]

 

3.          IP AGREEMENTS

 

[Include complete legal description of agreement (name of agreement, parties and date)]

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1 to Guaranty and Security Agreement

 

Commercial Tort Claims

 

None.

 

 

 

 

Schedule 2 to Guaranty and Security Agreement

 

Filings

 

ENTITY   JURISDICTIONS
Nexsan Corporation   Delaware
Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Delaware
Connected Data, Inc.   California
     
NXSN Acquisition Corp.   Delaware
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

Schedule 3 to Guaranty and Security Agreement

 

Location of Inventory, Equipment, Books and Records

 

All books and records are located either the locations set forth below or located at 900 E Hamilton Ave, Ste 230 Campbell, CA 95008.   All inventory and equipment is located at the following:

 

Grantor   Use   Location   Landlord
Nexsan Corporation   Corporate Headquarters  

900 E Hamilton Ave, Ste 230

Campbell, CA 95008

  Legacy III Campbell, LLC
Nexsan Technologies Incorporated   Corporate Headquarters  

900 E Hamilton Ave, Ste 230

Campbell, CA 95008

   
     

1445 Lawrence Drive

Thousand Oaks, CA 91320

  Voit Conejo Partners, LLC
     

302 Enterprise Street, Ste A

Escondido, CA 92029

  Enterprise Heights Industrial Centre Associates
Connected Data, Inc.   Corporate Headquarters  

900 E Hamilton Ave, Ste 230

Campbell, CA 95008

   
NXSN Acquisition Corp.      

c/o Spear Point Capital Management LLC

400 Poydras St., Suite 2100

New Orleans, LA 70130

   

 

 

 

 

Schedule 4 to Guaranty and Security Agreement

 

Pledged Collateral

 

Entity   Jurisdiction   Stock   Issued
Shares/Units
  Cert #   Ownership (org
chart)
Nexsan Corporation   Delaware   Common   1,000   N-1   NXSN Acquisition Corp.
Nexsan Technologies Incorporated   Delaware   Common   1,000   N-1   Nexsan Corporation
Connected Data, Inc.   California   Common   1,000   N-1   Nexsan Corporation
                     
                     
                     

 

 

 

 

Schedule 5 to Guaranty and Security Agreement

 

Intellectual Property

 

PATENTS

 

Title   Country   Status  

Application

Number

 

Filing

Date

 

Publication

Number

 

Pub

Date

 

Patent

Number

 

Issue

Date

  Owner
Journaling raid system   International Application   Entered   US2012/031823   04/02/12                   Nexsan Corporation
Journaling raid system   United States   Issued   14/041,975   09/30/13           8,838,893   09/16/14   Nexsan Corporation
Journaling RAID System   United States   Abandoned   14/041,814   09/30/13   20140173186   06/19/14           Nexsan Corporation
Journaling RAID System   European Convention   Abandoned   12848123   02/04/12   2695066   12/02/14           Nexsan Corporation
System for displaying hierarchical information   United States   Issued   13/076,218   03/30/11   20120254805   10/04/12   9,256,350   02/09/16   Nexsan Technologies Incorporated
System for displaying hierarchical information   International Application   Abandoned   US2012/031506   03/30/12   2012135649   10/04/12           Nexsan Technologies Incorporated
Distributed File System Management   United States   Used   61/638,866   4/26/12                   Connected Data, Inc.
System and Method for Managing User Data in a Plurality of Storage Appliances Over a Wide Area Network for Collaboration, Protection, Publication, or Sharing   United States   Used   61/731,517   11/30/12                   Connected Data, Inc.
System and Method for Socially Organized Storage   United States   Used   61/731,518   11/30/12                   Connected Data, Inc.
Storage Appliance   United States   Issued   29/437,875   11/21/12           D706,755   6/10/14   Connected Data, Inc.
Storage Appliance   European Convention   Issued   002240515   5/21/13           002240515-0001   5/21/13   Connected Data, Inc.
Storage Appliance   Japan   Issued   2013-11097   5/21/13           1496144   3/28/14   Connected Data, Inc.
Assembly for Digital Storage Appliance   United States   Abandoned   13/688,995   11/29/12   20140145571   5/29/14           Connected Data, Inc.
Assembly for Digital Storage Appliance   International Application   Expired   US2013/071898   11/26/13   2014085400   6/5/14           Connected Data, Inc.
System and Method for Managing User Data in a Plurality of Storage Appliances Over a Wide Area Network for Collaboration, Protection, Publication, or Sharing   United States   Issued   13/804,019   3/14/13   20130290256   10/31/13   9,218,406   12/22/15   Connected Data, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Title   Country   Status  

Application

Number

 

Filing

Date

 

Publication

Number

 

Pub

Date

 

Patent

Number

 

Issue

Date

  Owner
System and Method for Managing User Data in a Plurality of Storage Appliances Over a Wide Area Network for Collaboration, Protection, Publication, or Sharing   International Application   Used   US2013/038427   4/26/13   2013163550   10/31/13           Connected Data, Inc.
System and Method for Managing User Data in a Plurality of Storage Appliances Over a Wide Area Network for Collaboration, Protection, Publication, or Sharing   Great Britain   Pending   1419101.9   4/26/13   2515703   12/31/14           Connected Data, Inc.
System and Method for Managing User Data in a Plurality of Storage Appliances Over a Wide Area Network for Collaboration, Protection, Publication, or Sharing   France   Pending   1353867   4/26/13   2990036   11/11/13           Connected Data, Inc.
System and Method for Socially Organized Storage and Shared Access to Storage Appliances   United States   Issued   13/804,436   3/14/13   20130290464   10/31/13   9,396,156   7/19/16   Connected Data, Inc.
Method of Reducing Bandwidth Required for Sharing of Files on a Server   United States   Issued   14/322,447   7/2/14           8,959,242   2/17/15   Connected Data, Inc.
Method of Reducing Bandwidth Required for Sharing of Files on a Server   International Application   Published   US2015/015640   2/12/15                   Connected Data, Inc.
System and Method for Geographically Displaying Storage Appliances and Applications Sharing Data on a Peer-to-Peer Basis   United States   Pending   15/082,936   3/28/16                   Connected Data, Inc.
System and Method for Managing User Data in a Plurality of Storage Appliances Over a Wide Area Network for Collaboration, Protection, Publication, or Sharing   United States   Pending   14/977,506   12/21/15   20160117377   04/28/16           Connected Data, Inc.

 

 

 

 

TRADEMARKS

 

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Current

Owner

  Status  

Class

Number

  Goods  

Current

Application

Number

 

Current

Application

Date

 

Current

Registration

Number

 

Current

Registration

Date

A DIFFERENT KIND OF STORAGE EXPERIENCE   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND DOWNLOADABLE SOFTWARE USED FOR DATA STORAGE AND DATA MANAGEMENT.   85131337   9/16/2010   4119264   3/27/2012
ASSUREON   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   A COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOLUTION WHICH PERFORMS MANAGEMENT FOR DATA STORAGE   78658909   6/27/2005   3175479   11/21/2006
ASSUREON   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOLUTION WHICH PERFORMS MANAGEMENT FOR DATA STORAGE.   78658769   6/27/2005   3175478   11/21/2006
AutoMAID   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR THE REDUCTION OF POWER CONCUMPTION IN DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS.   77465350   5/5/2008   3709663   11/10/2009
DEDUPE SG   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN DE-DUPLICATION WITH RESPECT TO STORED DATA.   77789073   7/24/2009   3901459   1/4/2011
E   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE USED FOR DATA STORAGE AND DAT   85139885   9/28/2010   4003906   7/26/2011
E-CENTRE   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   A COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOLUTION WHICH PERFORMS MANAGEMENT FOR DATA STORAGE   85211029   1/5/2011   4094613   1/31/2012
FASTIER   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   A COMPONENT OF DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS, COMPRISED OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, USED TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE.   85338153   6/4/2011   4180640   7/24/2012
NEXSAN   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN DE-DUPLICATION WITH RESPECT TO STORED DATA.   77666170   2/9/2009   3675948   9/1/2009
NEXSAN UNITY   Canada   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Pending   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT   1801387   9/21/2016        
NEXSAN UNITY   China   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Pending   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIRONMENT   Not yet assigned   9/22/2016        

 

 

 

 

Trademark   Country  

Current

Owner

  Status  

Class

Number

  Goods  

Current

Application

Number

 

Current

Application

Date

 

Current

Registration

Number

 

Current

Registration

Date

NEXSAN UNITY   Europe   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Published   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT   15853906   9/21/2016        
NEXSAN UNITY   Japan   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Pending   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT   T2016-103171   9/23/2016        
NEXSAN UNITY   United States   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Opposed   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT   86/948,652   3/22/2016        
NEXSAN ("E"  IS A DESIGN)   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE USED FOR DATA STORAGE AND DATA MANAGEMENT   85052305   6/1/2010   3982616   6/21/2011
NST   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE USED FOR DATA STORAGE IN CLASS 9   85540270   2/11/2012   4243620   11/13/2012
SASBeast   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE USED FOR DATA STORAGE.   77505136   6/23/2008   3775512   4/13/2010
SASBoy   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE USED FOR DATA STORAGE.   77505120   6/23/2008   3775511   4/13/2010
SATABeast   United States   Nexsan Technologies, Inc.   Registered   9   A COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOLUTION WHICH PERFORMS MANAGEMENT FOR DATA STORAGE.   78698045   8/23/2005   3238324   4/4/2006
UNITY   Canada   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Pending   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT   1801386   9/21/2016   UNITY   Canada
UNITY   China   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Pending   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIRONMENT   Not yet assigned   9/22/2016   UNITY   China

 

 

 

 

Trademark   Country  

Current

Owner

  Status  

Class

Number

  Goods  

Current

Application

Number

 

Current

Application

Date

 

Current

Registration

Number

 

Current

Registration

Date

UNITY   Europe   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Published   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT   15853799   9/21/2016   UNITY   Europe
UNITY   Japan   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Pending   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT   T2016-103170   9/23/2016   UNITY   Japan
UNITY   United States   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Pending   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT   86/948,640   3/22/2016   UNITY   United States
UNITY   Canada   Nexsan Technologies Inc.   Pending   9   COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN MANAGING, STORING, TRANSFERRING, ACCESSING, AND SHARING DATA IN AN ENTERPRISE PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIORNMENT   1801386   9/21/2016   UNITY   Canada

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

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Imation Corp. Announces Closing of Nexsan Transaction

 

OAKDALE, Minn. – January 23, 2017 – Imation Corp. (“Imation”) (NYSE: IMN) today announced that its transaction with NXSN Acquisition Corp. (“NXSN”), an affiliate of Spear Point Capital Management LLC (“Spear Point”), pursuant to which all of the issued and outstanding common stock of Nexsan Corporation (“Nexsan”) was sold to NXSN, has closed. Imation’s leaders Bob Fernander, its Interim Chief Executive Officer, and Geoff Barrall, its Chief Technology Officer, will continue to run the Nexsan business as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Nexsan, respectively, and will have seats on the new Nexsan board. The transaction is designed to enhance Nexsan’s plans for both organic and inorganic growth, as Nexsan will be infused with up to $10 million in fresh private equity capital. The transaction is a strategic final step in the restructuring plan of Imation, which received 50% of the issued and outstanding common stock of NXSN and a $25 million senior secured convertible promissory note, by providing for third-party investment in the Nexsan business to enhance Nexsan’s growth and support its recent product developments. This investment provides value for Imation stockholders by eliminating Imation’s need to make this investment in Nexsan itself while preserving the potential for equity value upside from Nexsan’s ongoing development and market penetration.

 

As a result of the deal, Nexsan plans to make additional investments in sales, marketing and geographic expansion. Nexsan is continuing its 100 percent channel model worldwide, and will increase account coverage, including channel assistance and marketing initiatives in order to drive growth and customer adoption. Over the last year, Nexsan has stabilized its revenue and we expect it will continue to grow following the closing of the transaction.

 

About Imation

Imation ( IMN ) is a holding company involved in asset management. Imation’s partially-owned Nexsan subsidiary is engaged in the global enterprise data storage business. At the corporate level, Imation continues to seek and explore new opportunities to enable us to pursue a diverse range of strategic business opportunities and deploy excess cash.

 

About Nexsan

Nexsan ™ is leading the way in redefining unified storage. The company has been at the forefront in developing world-class storage technologies that are focused on the critical needs of our customers. Nexsan Unity ™ is the first enterprise-class unified storage solution to incorporate secure file sync and share in a single platform. Nexsan Assureon ™ delivers secure archive storage for the most compliant of industries and our renowned E-Series is the storage backbone of many data centres around the world due to its high performance, reliable, high density storage. Nexsan is headquartered in Campbell, CA. For more information, please visit:  www.nexsan.com .

 

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Nexsan, the Nexsan logo, Connected Data, the Connected Data logo, Transporter, E-Series, NST, AutoMAID, Assureon and Unity are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nexsan Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

 

About Spear Point

Spear Point is a deep value investor focused on special situations. Our investment strategy combines intensive due diligence, an active role in addressing corporate governance and strategy, and a highly concentrated portfolio, in order to create superior value in our portfolio companies. For more information, visit www.spearpointllc.com .

 

Trademarks and Tradenames

This press release includes trademarks and tradenames owned by the company and its subsidiaries, including “Imation”, “Nexsan”, “E-Series” and “UNITY”. Solely for convenience, these trademarks or tradenames appear without the ® or ™ symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate in any way that the company will not assert, to the fullest extent, our rights to use these trademarks and tradenames.

 

Forward Looking Statements

This press release may include “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United Stated Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. Words such as “expects”, “believes”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “estimates”, “seeks” and variations and similar words and expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements with respect to the Nexsan transaction, the Nexsan business and the value of both to Imation and its stockholders are based on current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results to differ materially from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: (1) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Imation or others in connection with the Nexsan transaction; (2) the risk that the transaction disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation thereof; (3) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the transaction; (4) costs related to the transactions; (5) changes in applicable laws or regulations; and (6) other risks and uncertainties indicated from time to time in filings with the SEC by Imation. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made, and Imation undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

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