EX-10.1(B) 6 a05-20328_1ex10d1b.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS

Exhibit 10.1(b)

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Security Agreement”), dated as of November 14, 2005, is by and among the GRANTORS listed on the signature pages hereto and such PERSONS that hereafter become parties to this Security Agreement (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”) and CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC, in its capacity as Agent for the Lender Parties defined below (in such capacity, “Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section 1 below.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

A.            Pursuant to (i) that certain Credit Agreement (as the same now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof, among the Grantors, the other Credit Parties named therein, Agent and the Lenders from time to time a party thereto (the “US Lenders”) and (ii) that certain Revolving Facility Agreement (the “UK Loan Agreement,” and together with the Credit Agreement, collectively, the “Loan Agreements”), dated as of the date hereof, among the Credit Parties named therein, Agent, CSE Finance, Inc., as Revolving Lender, and the other Lenders from time to time a party thereto (collectively with Revolving Lender, the “UK Lenders,” and together with the US Lenders, collectively, the “Lenders”), Lenders have agreed to make Loans to each Borrower under the Loan Agreements.

 

B.            Pursuant to that certain Guaranty, dated as of the date hereof, from the Grantors in favor of the Revolving Lender (including all annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect, the “Guaranty”), the Grantors have guaranteed all of the obligations and liabilities of Revolving Borrower (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and each other Credit Party under the Revolving Loan Agreement and all other Revolving Loan Documents.

 

C.            As a condition precedent to Agent and Lenders entering into the Loan Agreements and to the Lenders making the Loans under the Loan Agreements, the Grantors are required to enter into this Security Agreement to secure the payment and performance of the Obligations (as herein defined).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Defined Terms.

 

(a)           All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement or in Annex A thereto.  All other terms contained in this Security Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by the UCC to the extent the same are used or defined therein.

 



 

(b)           “Contractual Obligations” mean, with respect to any Grantor, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which such Grantor is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject, including, without limitation, the Loan Documents and the Related Documents.

 

(c)           “Copyright License” means, with respect to a Grantor, any and all rights now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor under any written agreement granting any right to use any Copyright or Copyright registration.

 

(d)           “Copyrights” means, with respect to a Grantor, all of the following now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by such Grantor: (i) all copyrights and General Intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof; and (ii) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.

 

(e)           “Intellectual Property” means, with respect to a Grantor, all of such Grantor’s rights, title and interest in and to all Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses.

 

(f)            “Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means the Acknowledgment of Intellectual Property Collateral Lien made in favor of Agent, on behalf of the Lender Parties.

 

(g)           “Lender Parties” means, collectively, all “Lender Parties” as such term is defined in each of the Loan Agreements.

 

(h)           “License” means, with respect to a Grantor, any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests now held or hereafter acquired by such Grantor.

 

(i)            “Loan Documents” means, collectively, all “Loan Documents” as such term is defined in each of the Loan Agreements.

 

(j)            “Obligations” mean, collectively, all “Obligations” as such term is defined in each of the Loan Agreements and all “Guaranteed Obligations” as such term is defined in the Guaranty.

 

(k)           “Patent License” means, with respect to a Grantor, rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor granting any right with respect to any invention on which a Patent is in existence.

 

(l)            “Patents” means, with respect to a Grantor, all of the following in which such Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (i) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all

 

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applications for letters patent of the United States or of any other country, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State or any other country, and (ii) all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof.

 

(m)          “Trademark License” means, with respect to a Grantor, rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor granting any right to use any Trademark.

 

(n)           “Trademarks” means, with respect to a Grantor, all of the following now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by such Grantor: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, internet domain names, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications (other than intent-to-use applications) in connection therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications (other than intent-to-use applications) in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof; (ii) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof; and (iii) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by any of the foregoing.

 

(o)           “UCC jurisdiction” means any jurisdiction that has adopted all or substantially all of Article 9 as contained in the 2000 Official Text of the Uniform Commercial Code, as recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and the American Law Institute, together with any subsequent amendments or modifications to the Official Text.

 

2.             Grant of Lien.

 

(a)           To secure the prompt and complete payment, performance and observance of all of the Obligations and all renewals, extensions, restructurings and refinancings thereof, each Grantor hereby grants, mortgages, pledges and hypothecates to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, a Lien upon all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property and other assets, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of such Grantor (including under any trade names, styles or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, such Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Collateral”), including:

 

(i)            all Accounts;

 

(ii)           all Chattel Paper;

 

(iii)          all Documents;

 

(iv)          all General Intangibles (including payment intangibles and Software);

 

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(v)           all Goods (including Inventory, Equipment and Fixtures);

 

(vi)          all Instruments;

 

(vii)         all Investment Property;

 

(viii)        all Deposit Accounts, including Blocked Accounts (as defined in Section 6 below), Concentration Accounts (as defined in Section 6 below), Designated Deposit Accounts (as defined in Section 6 below) and all other bank accounts and all deposits therein (excluding any bona fide payroll accounts of any Grantor to the extent these accounts are used for these limited purposes);

 

(ix)           all money, cash and cash equivalents;

 

(x)            all Supporting Obligations and Letter-of Credit Rights;

 

(xi)           the following commercial tort claims:  [None as of the date of this Security Agreement]; and

 

(xii)          all Proceeds, tort claims, insurance claims and other rights to payment not otherwise included in the foregoing and products of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents and profits of, each of the foregoing.

 

(b)           In addition, to secure the prompt and complete payment, performance and observance of the Obligations and in order to induce Agent and Lenders as aforesaid, each Grantor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of Lender Parties, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, a right of setoff against the property of such Grantor held by Agent or any Lender, consisting of property described above in Section 2(a) now or hereafter in the possession or custody of or in transit to Agent or any Lender, 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.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 2, the term “Collateral” shall not include: (i) securities representing at any time more than 65% of the aggregate voting power of the Capital Stock of a “controlled foreign corporation,” as defined in Section 957 of the Code, or (ii) any leased equipment, Intellectual Property or General Intangibles of any Grantor to the extent that (but only to the extent that) (A) they are not assignable or capable of being encumbered as a matter of law or under the terms of any license or other agreement applicable thereto or such assignment or encumbrance would invalidate the rights under terms of any license, lease or other agreements applicable thereto (but solely in each case to the extent that any such restriction would be enforceable under applicable law) without the consent of the licensor thereof or other applicable party thereto, and (B) such consent has not been obtained; provided, however, that the foregoing grant of a security interest shall extend to, and the term “Collateral” shall include, each of the following:  (1) any leased equipment, Intellectual Property or General Intangible which is in the nature of an Account or a right

 

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to the payment of money or a proceed of, or otherwise relates to the enforcement or collection of, any Account or right to the payment of money, or goods which are the subject of any Account or right to the payment of money, (2) any and all proceeds of any leased equipment, Intellectual Property or General Intangibles that are otherwise excluded to the extent that the assignment, pledge or encumbrance of such proceeds is not so restricted and (3) upon obtaining the consent of any licensor or other applicable party any excluded leased equipment, Intellectual Property or General Intangible as well as any proceeds thereof that might have otherwise been excluded from such grant of a security interest and from the term “Collateral.”

 

3.             Agent’s and Lenders’ Rights; Limitations on Agent’s and Lenders’ Obligations.

 

(a)           It is expressly agreed by each Grantor that, anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, such Grantor shall remain liable under each of its Contractual Obligations, including all Permits, to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been executed.  Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation or liability under any Contractual Obligation by reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or any other Loan Document or the granting herein of a Lien thereon or the receipt by Agent or any Lender of any payment relating to any Contractual Obligation pursuant hereto.  Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Contractual Obligation, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Contractual Obligation, or to present or file any claims, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

 

(b)           At any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, without prior notice to any Grantor, Agent may notify Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on any of the Collateral that Agent has a security interest therein, and that payments shall be made directly to Agent, for the benefit of Lender Parties.  Upon the request of Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall so notify Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on Collateral.  Once any such notice has been given to any Account Debtor or other Person obligated on Collateral upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, no Grantor shall give any contrary instructions to such Account Debtor or other Person without Agent’s prior written consent.

 

(c)           At any time an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, without prior notice to any Grantor, Agent may, in Agent’s own name, in the name of a nominee of Agent or in the name of any Grantor, communicate (by mail, telephone, facsimile or otherwise) with Account Debtors, parties to Contractual Obligations and obligors in respect of Instruments to verify with such Persons, to Agent’s satisfaction, the existence, amount, terms of, and any other matter relating to, Accounts, Instruments, Chattel Paper and/or payment intangibles.

 

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4.             Representations and Warranties.  Each Grantor represents and warrants to Agent and the other Lender Parties that:

 

(a)           Such Grantor has rights in and the power to transfer each item of the Collateral upon which it purports to grant a Lien hereunder free and clear of any and all Liens other than Permitted Liens.

 

(b)           No effective security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or Lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as may have been filed (i) by such Grantor in favor of Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement or the other Loan Documents, and (ii)  in connection with any other Permitted Liens.

 

(c)           This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Lien on and, upon the filing of the appropriate financing statements listed on Schedule I hereto, a perfected Lien in favor of Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, on the Collateral with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by filing pursuant to the UCC.  Such Lien is prior to all other Liens, except Priority Permitted Liens.  Except as set forth in Sections 4(d) and 4(g), all action by such Grantor necessary to protect and perfect such Lien on each item of such Collateral has been duly taken with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by filing pursuant to the UCC.  Other than filing of the necessary UCC financing statements or Intellectual Property Security Agreement, no authorization, approval or consent is required to be obtained from any Governmental Authority or other Person for the grant of the security interest herein, the perfection thereof or the exercise by Agent of its rights and remedies hereunder.

 

(d)           Schedule II hereto lists all Capital Stock (to be limited to not more than 65% of the aggregate voting power of the Capital Stock of a “controlled foreign corporation,” as defined in Section 957 of the Code), Instruments (excluding checks, drafts and similar instruments that are customarily endorsed or presented for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business), Documents, Letter of Credit Rights and Chattel Paper in which such Grantor has an interest as of the date hereof.  All action by such Grantor necessary to protect and perfect the Lien of Agent on each item set forth on Schedule II (including the delivery of all originals thereof to Agent as required by Section 5(a) and the legending of all Chattel Paper as required by Section 5(b)) has been duly taken, or as of the Closing Date, shall be duly taken.  The Lien of Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, on the Collateral listed on Schedule II hereto is prior to all other Liens, except Priority Permitted Liens.

 

(e)           Such Grantor’s name as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation or organization, all prior names of such Grantor during the past five (5) years, as they appeared from time to time in official filings in the state of its incorporation or organization, the type of entity of such Grantor (including corporation, partnership, limited partnership or limited liability company), organizational identification number issued by such Grantor’s state of incorporation or organization or a statement that no such number has been issued, such Grantor’s state of organization or incorporation, the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office, principal place of

 

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business, other offices, all warehouses, consignees and processors with whom Inventory or other Collateral is stored or located and other premises where Collateral is stored or located, and the locations of its books and records concerning the Collateral are set forth on Schedule III hereto.  Schedule III hereto also sets forth the name as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation or organization of any Person from whom such Grantor has acquired material assets during the past five (5) years, other than assets acquired in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business.  Such Grantor has only one state of incorporation or organization.

 

(f)            [Intentionally Omitted]

 

(g)           Except as set forth in Schedule 5.11 of the Credit Agreement, as of the Closing Date, or as thereafter otherwise disclosed in writing to the Agent from time to time, no such Grantor owns or licenses any material patents, patent applications, registered trademarks, trademark applications, trade names, registered service marks, service mark applications, registered copyrights or copyright applications, other than off-the-shelf licenses readily available in the open market.  This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Lien on and, upon filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United State Patent and Trademark Office (or, to the extent applicable, the United States Copyright Office) and the filing of appropriate financing statements listed on Schedule I hereto, perfected Liens in favor of Agent on such Grantor’s federally registered Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights and such perfected Liens are enforceable as such against any and all creditors of and purchasers from such Grantor.  As of the date hereof, upon filing of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (or, to the extent applicable, the United States Copyright Office) and the filing of appropriate financing statements listed on Schedule I hereto, all action necessary or reasonably desirable to protect and perfect Agent’s Lien on such Grantor’s federally registered Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights shall have been duly taken.

 

5.             Covenants.  Without limiting each Grantor’s covenants and agreements contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each Grantor covenants and agrees with Agent, for the benefit of Lender Parties, that:

 

(a)           Further Assurances; Pledge of Instruments; Chattel Paper.

 

(i)            At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Agent and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor shall promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as Agent may deem necessary or reasonably desirable to obtain the full benefits of this Security Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including using commercially reasonable efforts to secure all consents and approvals necessary or appropriate to enforce the security interests granted hereunder.

 

(ii)           Upon request by Agent, such Grantor shall deliver to Agent all Collateral consisting of negotiable Documents, certificated Capital Stock, Chattel

 

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Paper and Instruments (excluding checks, drafts and similar instruments that are customarily endorsed or presented for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business), in each case, accompanied by stock powers, allonges or other instruments of transfer executed in blank, promptly after such Grantor receives the same.

 

(iii)          Such Grantor shall obtain waivers or subordinations of Liens from landlords, bailees and mortgagees, to the extent required in Section 6.7(d) of each of the Loan Agreements.

 

(iv)          Upon request by Agent, such Grantor shall obtain authenticated letters of control from each issuer of uncertificated securities, securities intermediary, or commodities intermediary issuing or holding any financial assets or commodities to or for such Grantor.

 

(v)           To the extent required by this Security Agreement, such Grantor shall obtain an Account Control Agreement with each bank or financial institution holding a Deposit Account for such Grantor in form and substance acceptable to Agent in its Permitted Discretion.

 

(vi)          If such Grantor is or becomes the beneficiary of a letter of credit, upon Agent’s request, such Grantor shall enter into a tri-party agreement with Agent and the issuer and/or confirmation bank with respect to Letter-of-Credit Rights assigning such Letter-of-Credit Rights to Agent and directing all payments thereunder to a Deposit Account subject to an Account Control Agreement, all in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.

 

(vii)         Such Grantor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to grant Agent control of all electronic Chattel Paper in accordance with the 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.

 

(viii)        Such Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any filing office in any UCC jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Collateral (i) as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC or such jurisdiction, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (b) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization it is and any organization identification number issued to such Grantor, and (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral relates.  Such Grantor agrees to furnish any such information to the Agent promptly upon Agent’s request.

 

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(ix)           Such Grantor shall enter into a supplement to this Security Agreement, granting to Agent a Lien in any commercial tort claim in excess of $100,000 acquired by it after the date hereof.

 

(b)           Maintenance of Records.  Such Grantor shall keep and maintain, at its own cost and expense, accurate and complete records of the Collateral, including a record of any and all payments received and any and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral.  Such Grantor shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to mark its books and records pertaining to the Collateral to evidence this Security Agreement and the Liens granted hereby.  If such Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or Instruments (excluding checks, drafts and similar instruments that are customarily endorsed or presented for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business) with Agent’s consent, such Chattel Paper and Instruments shall be marked with the following legend:  “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of CapitalSource Finance LLC, as Agent, for the benefit of certain Lenders.”

 

(c)           Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.

 

(i)            If such Grantor, either directly or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, files an application for the registration of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency, such Grantor shall give Agent prompt written notice thereof, and, upon request of Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver any and all Intellectual Property Security Agreements as Agent may request to evidence Agent’s Lien on such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and the General Intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.

 

(ii)           Such Grantor shall take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by Agent to maintain and pursue (and not abandon) each application, to obtain the relevant registration and to maintain the registration of each Patent, Trademark and Copyright (now or hereafter existing), including the filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of noncontestability and opposition and interference and cancellation proceedings, unless such Grantor shall determine in its good faith business judgment that such Patent, Trademark or Copyright is not material to the conduct of its business.

 

(iii)          In the event that such Grantor becomes aware that any of the Patent, Trademark or Copyright Collateral is infringed upon, or misappropriated or diluted by a third party, and such Grantor determines in its good faith business judgment to initiate a suit against such third party for infringement, misappropriation or dilution, such Grantor shall notify Agent thereof and enter into a supplement to this Security Agreement, granting to Agent a Lien in the resulting commercial tort claim.  Such Grantor shall, unless it shall determine otherwise in its good faith business judgment, promptly upon learning of such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, sue for infringement, misappropriation

 

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or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and shall take such other actions as such Grantor shall deem appropriate in its good faith business judgment under the circumstances to protect such Patent, Trademark or Copyright Collateral.

 

(d)           Compliance with Terms of Accounts, etc.  Such Grantor will perform and comply in all material respects with all obligations in respect of the Collateral and all other agreements to which it is a party or by which it is bound relating to the Collateral.

 

(e)           Further Identification of Collateral.  Such Grantor will, if requested by Agent, furnish to Agent, as often as Agent reasonably requests, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as Agent reasonably may request, all in such reasonable detail as Agent may specify.  Such Grantor shall promptly notify Agent in writing upon acquiring any interest hereafter in any material property with a value in excess of $50,000 (individually or in the aggregate) 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 if such property is not already covered by a valid UCC financing statement or otherwise perfected pursuant to a registered recordation or similar filing in favor of Agent.

 

(f)            Terminations; Amendments Not Authorized.  Such Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement filed in favor of Agent without the prior written consent of Agent (which consent shall be subject to, among other things, (i) confirmation by Agent that all Obligations have been fully performed and indefeasibly paid in full in cash and (ii) Grantors have executed and delivered releases in favor of Agent and the Lenders in form and substance satisfactory to Agent) and agrees that it will not do so without the prior written consent of Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.

 

(g)           Use of Collateral.  Such Grantor will do nothing to impair the rights of Agent in any material portion of the Collateral.  Such Grantor will not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of any Account, or release wholly or partly any Account Debtor thereof or allow any credit or discount thereon, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business.

 

(h)           Federal Claims.  If requested by Agent in writing, such Grantor shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state assignment of claims laws or other comparable laws if any Collateral constitutes a claim against the United States government, any state government or any instrumentality or agent thereof, the assignment of which is restricted by federal or state law.

 

6.             Bank Accounts; Collection of Accounts; and Payments.

 

Upon the request by Agent, Agent and each Grantor shall enter into an Account Control Agreement with each financial institution at which such Grantor maintains any Deposit Account

 

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(other than payroll accounts or employee benefit accounts to the extent such accounts are used for these limited purposes), including, without limitation, the respective Deposit Accounts set forth on Schedule V hereto (each such Deposit Account, and any other Deposit Account which from time to time hereafter shall be subject to an Account Control Agreement is herein referred to as a “Designated Deposit Account”).  Each Account Control Agreement shall provide, except as otherwise agreed upon by Agent in its Permitted Discretion, among other things, that (a) all items of payment deposited in each Designated Deposit Account subject thereto shall be held by the applicable financial institution (each financial institution party to an Account Control Agreement is herein referred to as a “Designated Depositary Account Bank”), as agent or bailee-in-possession for Agent, on behalf of the Lender Parties, (b) the Designated Depositary Account Bank executing such Account Control Agreement has no rights of offset or recoupment of any other claim against any Designated Deposit Account subject thereto, other than for customary payment of its services and other charges directly related to the administration of each such Designated Deposit Account and for returned checks or other returned items of payment, and (c) solely to the extent permitted by the immediately following sentence, the applicable Designated Depositary Account Bank will transfer all amounts held or deposited from time to time in any such Designated Deposit Account as Agent may so direct in a written notice of sole control.  Agent agrees that it will not deliver a notice of sole control to a Designated Depositary Account Bank as contemplated by the pertinent Account Control Agreement until such time as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  Each Grantor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, a continuing lien upon, and security interest in, all Designated Deposit Accounts now or at any time hereafter established and/or maintained by such Grantor and all funds at any time paid, deposited, credited or held in such accounts (whether for collection, provisionally or otherwise) or otherwise in the possession of any Designated Depositary Account Bank for deposit into a Designated Deposit Account, and such Grantor acknowledges and agrees that each Designated Depositary Account Bank shall act as Agent’s agent in connection therewith as may be required pursuant to the pertinent Account Control Agreement.  No Grantor shall establish any Deposit Account with any financial institution unless, prior to such establishment, Agent, the applicable Grantor and such financial institution shall have entered into an Account Control Agreement.

 

Upon the request of Agent from time to time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall establish lockbox or blocked accounts (collectively, “Blocked Accounts”) in such Grantor’s name with such banks as are acceptable to Agent in its Permitted Discretion (“Collecting Banks”), subject to an Account Control Agreement pursuant to which all Account Debtors shall directly remit all payments on Accounts and in which such Grantor will immediately deposit all cash payments for Inventory or other cash payments constituting proceeds of Collateral, in the identical form in which such payment was made, whether by cash or check.  In addition, Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, may establish one or more depository accounts at each Collecting Bank or at a centrally located bank in the name of Agent or such Grantor as customer (collectively, the “Concentration Accounts”).  From and after receipt by any Collecting Bank of written notice from Agent to such Collecting Bank that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (which notice shall only be delivered by Agent upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default), all amounts held or deposited from time to time in the Blocked Accounts held by such Collecting Bank shall be transferred on a daily basis to Agent (as Agent may direct) or any of the Concentration Accounts.  Subject to the foregoing, each Grantor hereby agrees that all payments received by

 

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Agent or any Lender whether by cash, check, wire transfer or any other instrument, made to such Blocked Accounts or Concentration Accounts or otherwise received by Agent or any Lender and whether on the Accounts or as proceeds of other Collateral or otherwise will be subject to a valid and perfected first priority security interest in favor of Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties.  No Grantor shall, nor shall any such Grantor permit any Subsidiary to, accumulate or maintain cash in any disbursement or payroll account, as of any date, in an amount in excess of checks outstanding against such account as of such date and checks to be issued within the next two Business Days and amounts necessary to meet minimum balance requirements.

 

Each Grantor, and any of its Affiliates, employees, agents and other Persons acting for or in concert with such Grantor shall, acting as trustee for Agent and Lenders, receive any moneys, checks, notes, drafts or other payments relating to and/or constituting proceeds of Accounts or other Collateral which come into the possession or under the control of such Grantor or any Affiliates, employees, agent, or other Persons acting for or in concert with such Grantor, and immediately upon receipt thereof, such Grantor or such Persons shall deposit the same or cause the same to be deposited in kind, in an account subject to an Account Control Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Security Agreement.

 

If requested in writing by Agent in its Permitted Discretion, each Grantor shall close any of its Designated Deposit Accounts (and promptly establish replacement Designated Deposit Accounts with a Designated Depositary Account Bank) maintained with a Designated Depositary Account Bank which is the subject of a written notice from Agent that the creditworthiness of such Designated Depositary Account Bank or any of its affiliates is no longer reasonably acceptable to Agent, or that the operating performance, funds transfer or availability procedures or performance with respect to any Account Control Agreement of such Designated Depositary Account Bank is no longer acceptable in Agent’s reasonable judgment.

 

7.             Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-In-Fact.

 

On the Closing Date each Grantor shall execute and deliver to Agent a power of attorney (the “Power of Attorney”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.  The power of attorney granted pursuant to the Power of Attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable.  The powers conferred on Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, under the Power of Attorney are solely to protect Agent’s interests (for the benefit of the Lender Parties) in the Collateral, and shall not impose any duty upon Agent or any Lender to exercise any such powers.  NONE OF AGENT, LENDERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO ANY GRANTOR FOR ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT UNDER ANY POWER OF ATTORNEY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, NOR FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

 

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8.             Remedies; Rights Upon Default.

 

(a)           In addition to all other rights and remedies granted under this Security Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and under any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any of the Obligations, if any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Agent may exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor expressly agrees that in any such event Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon such Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the UCC and other applicable law), may forthwith (personally or through its agents or attorneys) 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 such Grantor or any other Person notice and opportunity for a hearing on Agent’s claim or action and may take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and may forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give an option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver said Collateral (or contract to do so), or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at a public or private sale or sales, at any exchange at such prices as it may deem acceptable, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk.  To facilitate the foregoing, Agent shall have the right to take possession of each Grantor’s original books and records, to obtain access to each Grantor’s data processing equipment, computer hardware and Software and to use all of the foregoing and the information contained therein in any manner which Agent deems appropriate.  Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, the whole or any part of said Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which equity of redemption each Grantor hereby releases.  Such sales may be adjourned and continued from time to time with or without notice.  Agent shall have the right to conduct such sales on each Grantor’s premises or elsewhere and shall have the right to use such Grantor’s premises without charge for such time or times as Agent deems necessary or advisable.

 

If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Grantor further agrees, at Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Agent at a place or places designated by Agent which are reasonably convenient to Agent and such Grantor, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere.  Without limiting the foregoing, Agent shall also have the right to require that each Grantor store and keep any Collateral pending further action by Agent, and while 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 the Collateral in good condition.  Until Agent is able to effect a sale, lease, license or other disposition of Collateral, Agent shall have the right to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by Agent.  Agent shall have no obligation to any Grantor to maintain or preserve the rights of any Grantor as against third parties with respect to Collateral while Collateral is in the possession of Agent.  Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver

 

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or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of the Lender Parties), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment.  Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any sale, lease, license, other disposition of, or any collection, recovery, receipt, or realization on, the Collateral to the Obligations as provided in the Credit Agreement, and only after so paying over such net proceeds, and after the payment by Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, need Agent account for the surplus, if any, to such Grantor.  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages, and demands against Agent or any Lender arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent or such Lender as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.  Each Grantor agrees that ten (10) days prior notice by Agent of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place is reasonable notification of such matters.  Notwithstanding any such notice of sale, Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral.  In connection with any sale, lease, license or other disposition of Collateral, Agent may disclaim any warranties that might arise in connection therewith and Agent shall have no obligation to provide any warranties at such time.  Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all Obligations, including any attorneys’ fees or other expenses incurred by Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency.

 

(b)           Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, each Grantor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Security Agreement or any Collateral.

 

(c)           To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Agent (i) to fail to incur expenses deemed significant by Agent to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as such Grantor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing 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, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim disposition

 

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warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by Agent, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral.  Each Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 8(c) is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by Agent would not be commercially unreasonable in Agent’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by Agent shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 8(c).  Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 8(c) shall be construed to grant any rights to any Grantor or to impose any duties on Agent that would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 8(c).

 

(d)           Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be required to make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies against, any Grantor, any other obligor, guarantor, pledgor or any other Person with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof.  Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be required to marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, and all of its and their rights hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be cumulative.  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 Agent or any Lender, 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 which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or privately under the power of sale conferred by this Security Agreement, or otherwise.

 

9.             Grant of License to Use Property.  For the purpose of enabling Agent to exercise rights and remedies under Section 8 hereof (including, without limiting the terms of Section 8 hereof, in order to take possession of, collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, remove, realize upon, sell, lease, license, assign, give an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of Collateral) at such time as Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, license or sublicense any Intellectual Property Collateral, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all Software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof and an irrevocable license (exercisable without payment of rent or other compensation to such Grantor) to use and occupy all real estate owned or leased by such Grantor.

 

10.           Limitation on Agent’s and Lenders’ Duty in Respect of Collateral.  Agent and each Lender shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral, if any, in its possession or

 

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under its control.  Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of Agent or such Lender, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto, except as provided under the UCC.  Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property.  Agent shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any of the 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 agent or bailee selected by Agent in good faith.

 

11.           Reinstatement.  This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should any Grantor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Grantor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

12.           Expenses and Attorneys Fees.  Without limiting each Grantor’s obligations under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to promptly pay all (to the extent required by the Credit Agreement) fees, reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and allocated costs of internal legal staff) incurred in connection with (a) protecting, storing, warehousing, appraising, insuring, handling, maintaining and shipping the Collateral, (b) creating, perfecting, maintaining and enforcing Agent’s Liens and (c) collecting, enforcing, retaking, holding, preparing for disposition, processing and disposing of Collateral.

 

13.           Notices.  Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any other party, or whenever any of the parties desires to give and serve upon any other party any communication with respect to this Security Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be given in the manner, and deemed received, as provided for in the Credit Agreement.

 

14.           Limitation by Law.  All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Security Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Security Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Security Agreement invalid, unenforceable,

 

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in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.

 

15.           Termination of this Security Agreement.  Subject to Section 11 hereof, this Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full in cash and performance of all of the Obligations, termination of the Commitments and a release of all claims against Agent and the other Lender Parties, and so long as no suits, actions, proceedings, or claims (provided, however, that the release may exclude claims filed by a Grantor against Agent or a Lender prior to the payoff contemplated in this Section 15, arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct or fraud of Agent or such Lender) are pending or threatened against any Indemnitee asserting any damages, losses or liabilities are indemnified liabilities hereunder or under the Credit Agreement, whereupon this Security Agreement shall terminate without further action on the part of any Person.

 

16.           Successors and Assigns.  This Security Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns except that no Grantor may assign its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of all Lenders.  No sales of participations, other sales, assignments, transfers or other dispositions of any agreement governing or instrument evidencing the Obligations or any portion thereof or interest therein shall in any manner impair the Lien granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, hereunder.

 

17.           Counterparts.  This Security Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts taken together shall constitute but one in the same instrument.  This Security Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto.  This Security Agreement may be authenticated by manual signature, facsimile or, if approved in writing by Agent, electronic means, all of which shall be equally valid.

 

18.           Applicable Law.  THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPALS THAT RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A DIFFERENT JURISDICTION.

 

19.           Headings.  Section headings are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Security Agreement for any other purposes or be given substantive effect.

 

20.           Benefit of Lender Parties.  All Liens granted or contemplated hereby shall be for the benefit of Agent, individually, and the other Lender Parties, and all proceeds or payments realized from Collateral in accordance herewith shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

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21.           Conflict.  In the event of any conflict between any term, covenant or condition of this Security Agreement and any term, covenant or condition of the Credit Agreement, the provisions of the Credit Agreement shall control and govern.

 

22.           Joint and Several.  The obligations, covenants and agreements of Grantors hereunder shall be the joint and several obligations, covenants and agreements of each Grantor.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Anita T. Moseley

 

 

Name:

Anita T. Moseley

 

Title:

Sr. Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TELECOM SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Anita T. Moseley

 

 

Name:

Anita T. Moseley

 

Title:

Sr. Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Anita T. Moseley

 

 

Name:

Anita T. Moseley

 

Title:

Sr. Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC, as Agent

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/Steven A. Museles

 

 

Name:

Steven A. Museles

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 



 

SCHEDULE I
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Filing Jurisdictions

 

Evolving Systems, Inc.

 

Delaware

Telecom Software Enterprises, LLC

 

Colorado

Evolving Systems Holdings, Inc.

 

Delaware

 



 

SCHEDULE II
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Capital Stock, Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper
and Letter of Credit Rights

 



 

SCHEDULE III
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Schedule of Organizational Identification, Offices,
Locations of Collateral and Records Concerning Collateral

 

I.

Each Grantor’s official name:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 

 

II.

Prior official names of each Grantor:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 

 

III.

Type of entity (e.g. corporation, partnership, business trust, limited partnership, limited liability company):

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 

 

IV.

Organizational identification number issued by each Grantor’s state of incorporation or organization or a statement that no such number has been issued:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 

 

V.

State of organization or incorporation of each Grantor:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 



 

VI.

Chief executive office and principal place of business of each Grantor:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 

 

VII.

Other offices of each Grantor:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 

 

VIII.

Warehouses, Consignees and Processors:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 

 

IX.

Other premises at which Collateral is stored or located:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 

 

X.

Locations of records concerning Collateral:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 

 

XI.

Persons from whom assets have been acquired, during the past five years, other than in the ordinary course of business:

 

 

 

a.

 

 

 

b.

 

 

 

c.

 



 

SCHEDULE IV

 

to

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Motor Vehicles.

 



 

SCHEDULE V
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

Designated Deposit Accounts.

 

Grantor

 

Bank

 

Account Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

This Power of Attorney is executed and delivered by each of the undersigned (each a “Grantor” and collectively, the “Grantors”), to CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC (hereinafter referred to as “Attorney”), as Agent for the benefit of the Lender Parties, under that certain Credit Agreement, that certain Security Agreement (the “Security Agreement”), both dated as of November     , 2005, and other related documents (collectively, the “Loan Documents”).  No person to whom this Power of Attorney is presented, as authority for Attorney to take any action or actions contemplated hereby, shall be required to inquire into or seek confirmation from any Grantor as to the authority of Attorney to take any action described below, or as to the existence of or fulfillment of any condition to this Power of Attorney, which is intended to grant to Attorney unconditionally the authority to take and perform the actions contemplated herein, and each Grantor irrevocably waives any right to commence any suit or action, in law or equity, against any person or entity which acts in reliance upon or acknowledges the authority granted under this Power of Attorney.  The power of attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest, and may not be revoked or canceled by any Grantor without Attorney’s written consent.

 

Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Attorney (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Attorney), with full power of substitution, as such Grantor’s 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, from time to time in Attorney’s discretion, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of the Security Documents and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby grants to Attorney the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, and, subject to the terms of the Security Agreement, at any time, to do the following after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default: (a) change the mailing address of such Grantor, open a post office box on behalf of such Grantor, open mail for such Grantor, and ask, demand, collect, give acquittances and receipts for, take possession of, endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, and notices in connection with any property of such Grantor; (b) effect any repairs to any asset of such Grantor, or continue to obtain any insurance and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and costs thereof, and make, settle and adjust all claims under such policies of insurance, and make all determinations and decisions with respect to such policies; (c) pay or discharge any taxes, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances levied or placed on or threatened against such Grantor or its property; (d) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor if such Grantor does not defend such suit, action or proceeding or if Attorney reasonably believes that such Grantor is not pursuing such defense in a manner that will maximize the recovery to Attorney, and settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action, or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as Attorney may deem appropriate; (e) file or prosecute any claim, litigation, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction or before any arbitrator, or take any other action otherwise deemed appropriate by Attorney for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due to such Grantor whenever payable and to enforce any other right in respect of such Grantor’s property; (f) cause the certified public accountants then engaged by such Grantor to

 



 

prepare and deliver to Attorney at any time and from time to time, promptly upon Attorney’s request, the following reports: (1) a reconciliation of all accounts, (2) an aging of all accounts, (3) trial balances, (4) test verifications of such accounts as Attorney may request, and (5) the results of each physical verification of inventory, if any; (g) communicate in its own name with any party to any contract with regard to the assignment of the right, title and interest of such Grantor in and under the contract and other matters relating thereto; (h) to file such financing statements with respect to the Security Agreement, with or without such Grantor’s signature, or to file a photocopy of the Security Agreement in substitution for a financing statement, as the Agent may deem appropriate and to execute in such Grantor’s name such financing statements and amendments thereto and continuation statements which may require such Grantor’s signature; (i) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in any Loan Document, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to collateral subject to the Security Documents and to otherwise direct such sale or resale; (j) exercise the rights of such Grantor with respect to the obligation of all account debtors to make payment or otherwise render performance to such Grantor; (k) exercise the rights of such Grantor to, and take any and all actions that Attorney deems appropriate to realize the benefit of, any Intellectual Property; and (l) assert any claims such Grantor may have, from time to time, against any other party to any contract to which such Grantor is a party and to otherwise exercise any right or remedy of such Grantor thereunder all as though Attorney were the absolute owner of the property of such Grantor for all purposes, and to do, at Attorney’s option and such grantor’s expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and other things that Attorney reasonably deems necessary to perfect, preserve, or realize upon such Grantor’s property or assets and Attorney’s liens thereon, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.  Each Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by law, all that said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney is executed by each Grantor pursuant to the authority of its managers or board of directors, as applicable, this       day of November, 2005.

 

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TELECOM SOFTWARE ENTERPRISES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EVOLVING SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC, as Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 



 

NOTARY PUBLIC CERTIFICATE

 

On this          day of November, 2005,                                   , who is personally known to me, appeared before me in his capacity as the                                                         , of                                                                                      (the “Grantor”) and executed on behalf of such Grantor the Power of Attorney in favor of CapitalSource Finance LLC, as Agent, to which this Certificate is attached.

 

 

 

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

On this          day of November, 2005,                                   , who is personally known to me, appeared before me in his capacity as the                                                         , of                                                                                      (the “Grantor”) and executed on behalf of such Grantor the Power of Attorney in favor of CapitalSource Finance LLC, as Agent, to which this Certificate is attached.

 

 

 

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

On this          day of November, 2005,                                   , who is personally known to me, appeared before me in his capacity as the                                                         , of                                                                                      (the “Grantor”) and executed on behalf of such Grantor the Power of Attorney in favor of CapitalSource Finance LLC, as Agent, to which this Certificate is attached.

 

 

 

 

 

Notary Public